you maie get and stāpe them well then put them in a little canues bagge strong and presse them vnder a presse as harde as you can and take it vp togither diligētly although it seeme iuell fauored and put it in a strong vessell of glasse but set it not in the sunne for it will be cleere of it self and waxe faire and bright and wil haue a very sharpe odour of Spike And by like meane maie you make oile of Lauander and serue your turne with it in many thinges bicause it is very hote sharpe and conforteth the stomake and if a man put some of it in well water it wil smell al of it whan a man washeth his handes with it And of this water menne vse fo◠sweete Balles and many other thinges To make odoriferous oile of Storax TAke a bottell of double glasse and put into it a pounde of oile of sweete Almondes and foure vnces of Storax grossely broken and cleane and put it into it stopping it well Then sette it vpon the hote embers vntill the Storax be molten then take it from the fire beyng so hote as it is put into it halfe an vnce of Mastick made into pouder and whan it is colde straine it diligently pressing and wringing well the bottom And if you will make it more odoriferous you shal adde to it some Bengewine and two vnces of cloues and it will be perfite To make an odoriferous oile of Bengewine TAke a pounde of good Bengewine and beate it small and put it in a limbecke well glewed and closed with past or els into some violl of glasse so that you maie put in your hande and let it bee shalowe and not very depe bicause the oile maie mounte vp with ease And put therevpon twoo pounde of rose water and incorporate it well togither this doen set on the couer of the Limbecke and trimme it so well that it maie not breath out Then giue it a slowe fire in soche wise that ye maie gette out some water and augmente your fire little and little vntill the oile begin to come forthe and by and by chaunge the recipient or receptorie pouring out the 〈◊〉 water into som violle and then giue it a good and quicke fire vntill you thinke you haue drawē out three vnces and a half of oile and kepe it in some violle of glasse well stopte and leaue it in the Sunne the space of viij daies and it will be parfite and good And thus maie you make oile of Storax and if you putte to it fower vnces of Storax it will be the better To make good oile of Ladanum Take a pounde of good Ladanum and cut it as small as you can and put it in a pot of Copper and put into it sixe vnces of Rose water fower vnces of Oile of sweete Almondes this doen seeth it faire and softly the space of twoo howers and straine it so often vntil the oile waxe clere and it wil be perfite and good oile of Ladanum And first of al in taking awaie the yearth if you knewe that it were not cleane take the said Ladanum and cut it small and put it in Rose water vpon the fire for to melte it then take it of againe and let it stand and rest the space of halfe an hower and gather togither that is vpermoste with a spone and putte it again into Rose water vntill it be thorowe colde and than make and compounde it as before ¶ To make oile of Orenge flowers and other swete flowers TAke freshe and cleane flowers of Orenges one pounde and put them in a great violl of glasse at the fire and put to them a pound and a half of swete Almonde oile and a little burned Alome three graines of Ambergrise sixe graines of Muske sixe scruples of Camfere and braie them after the accustomed maner First of all the Muske then the Amber with fine Suger as moche as a Beane tempered with a little Rose water and braie the Camfire alone with Sugar and put it in laste but lette there not bee to moche of it bicause that the sauour of it is to sharpe and put in but a little at ones for you maie alwaie adde to but you can not diminish it whē it is ones in And let not the violl be to full to the entent you maie mixe and tourne vp and doune the composicions for to incorporate them and leaue theim in the Sunne eightene or twentie daies vntil a moneth bee paste and it will bee parfite and that the flowers maie seeth the more in the oile then strain theim and wring them well and put theim again into the violle in the Sunne the space of twoo or three daies vntill it purifie This dooing you shall haue a merueilous oile and of a very good odour and if the flowers seme vnto you but a fewe you maie put other vpon theim and thei will augmente the odour by this meane you maie take of all sortes of swete flowers and haue oile of diuers sortes vsing the meanes aforesaied To make a parfume sodainly in a chamber where a sicke man lieth TAke a little yearthen potte and putte into it a Nutmegge twoo scruples of the sticke of Cloues twoo scruples of the sticke of Sinamome fower scruples of Storax calamitae Rose water or water of Spike or some other sweete water and seeth it Then put it in a pot sharde with a fewe hote asshes and coales vnder it and set it in the chamber and the smoke thereof shall giue a very sweete amiable and hartie sauour To make long and rounde parfumes to burn◠in a chamber TAke sixe vnces of Timiama twoo vnces of Ladanum three vnces of Storax solidae fiue vnces of Frankencens an vnce of Bengewine a pounde of swete coales eight vnces of Dragant And of al this make a very small poulder but you shal put the coales and the Dragant to stepe in Rose water or some other swete water and leaue theim so the space of three daies Then stampe theim in a morter and put into them all the poulders and stampe theim so that thei maie be well incorporated togither Then put in the coles stamping alwaies and incorporating it and put so moche in of it that the paste waxe somewhat harde And then make your parfumes long and round as you will and drie them well in the shadow And if you will not bestowe so moche cost vpon them take the lees and bottome that remaineth of some sweete odoriferous waters and make thereof a poulder and thei shall be good putting to them a little Timiama the whiche will multiplie your woorke and make a good odoure and if you put to it a little Camfire thei will make a noise in burning as it were cracking To make a fine and swete pouder of Cipres TAke foure vnces of Cardamomum or toun Kerse two vnces of Storax solida two vnces of Frankensence thre vnces of drie red Roses an vnce of Sandalum citrinum three vnces of
very stronge Vinaigre and make thereof some distilled water and washe your face with it one daie and the nexte daie folowinge take Bren Mallowes and water and boile all togither vntill it be diminished of the halfe and washe your face with it that same daie and the next daie washe it againe with the water of the distilled Vinaigre and the nexte daie with the other water made with the Bren and Mallowes and coÌ„tinue so vntil the markes or holes begon whiche will be very shortly Also if you take Egge shelles distill them and washe your face with the water at night whan you go to bed and in the morning with the other of Bren and Malowes as is aboue rehersed To make the handes white TAke an Oxe gall and take halfe a sponefull of it in the ingâ—ning with wel water and washe your handes with this little of the gall and they will become moist softe and very white Take also Sope and purge it wel than take of the roote of Iris and dry it in an ouen and make pouder of it the whiche you shall mixe with the Sope well purged and so washe your handes withal and they wil be softe and white Take also Sope well purged and take the Ashes of a 〈◊〉 and mixe them well togither vntill they be well incorporated the one with the other and washe your handes with it in the morning and thei wil be moist softe white as snowe which thing is experimented To make an odoriferous and sweete smelling grese that kepeth the lippes and handes from thinkes and chappes and kepeth them moist and softe TAke a pounde that is to saie twelue vnces of Calues grease or the Deere suet that is yong and the suet fresh Than take sixe vnces of Maioram and stampe them all well togither and make thereof little halles and sprinkle them with a little good White or Claret wine that hath a good odour Than put them in some vessell and couer them well that the good odour of the Maioram go not out and so set them in the shadow the space of fower and twenty houres somwhat more or lesse than put them in water and seeth theÌ„ leisurely and than draine it againe Take also nine vnces of Maioram and stampe it with the same grease and make litle balles of it which you shall sprinkle ouer with Wine and put it in another vessell cleane the which you shal also set it in the shadowe the space of xxiiij houres and than put water to it againe and seeth it and straine it And do so fower or fiue times adding to it alwaies nine vnces of Maioram and sprinklinge it with good Wine you maie also put to it a little muske or ciuette thus doyng you shall haue a very excellent thing to keepe the lippes and handes from chappes or chinckes and from all great colde For to make a sweete Suet called in Frenche and Italian Pommade in latin Pomatum TAke a pounde of Deeres suet or if you can not get of that the grease of a kidde three vnces of barrous greasâ— and â—â— vnces of the marowe of a bucke and purge it cleane of all filthe and take out the little skinnes veines and griâ—eâ—â— that are 〈◊〉 then washe it with good white Wine so often vntill the wine remaine cleere and the grease white than straine out al the Wine and let it ronne abrode vpon a table This don take eight Appian apples or as many Pepins and pare them well bothe with out and within and stampe them Than take halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of Nutmegges sixe graines of spike of india and foure pound of Rose water and mingle all togither with the grease and set it to seeth in a couered pot with a slowe fire and let it seeth vntill the Rose water be almost consumed Then straine it and put it into another vessell washed three or foure times with Rose water then adde to it foure vnces of white waxe well purified and purged and sixe vnces of sweete Almondes Then sette it on the fire againe â—â—ely vntil it be molten and then take it from the fire and straine it and put it into another vessell washed â—ith Rose water Finally after it is congeled and â—axen harde take asmuche muske as you will with 〈◊〉 Rose water and other odoriferous waters and mingle them togither with a pesâ—ell of woode and and keepe it in a vessell of Glasse and set it in the shadowe toward the Northe and if you put to it a little â—â—orax liquida it wil be as good for the skurfe or skabbe as to keepe the handes faire To make that flies shall not tourment or trouble Horses in Somer TAke the leaues of Gourdes and stampe them and so rubbe the Horses with it euery morning and at nighe whan it is hote or els take leese of wine and rubbe them with it and the flies shall not tourment â—â—r â—oxe them no more than in the middes of winter To keepe Figges greene all the yeare YOu muste gather them whan they are ripe in the faire wether and at none daies to the inteÌ„t that they maie be drie from all dewe and putte them in a faire vessell of stone or earth the mater or substance whereof must be very fine and that the figges touche not one another then couer them diligeÌ„tly that they haue no maner of ayer and put them so in wine and they will be greene as long as the wine is good whiche thing hath bene proued For to make that Pommegranates shal not open TAke three great flint stones whiche are in the botom of riuers vncouer the earth from the roote of the tree and laie the stones vpon the roote and couer it with the earth againe as it was before Also if you plant nighe vnto the tree Squilla the Pomgranates will not open For to keepe wine sweete all the yeare TAke a vessel wel pitched within and without and put the wine into it before it boile in the fat and stoppe the saide vessell well that it take no ayer and then laie it in a riuer as deepe as you can that the vessel maie be couered with water and let it remaine so a moneth without remouing it then take it out and set it where you wil. Thus doynge the Wine shall be sweete and good all the yeare and thicke like must For wine that will not keepe longe TAke two or three egges and if it be claret wine take onely the yelke of it if it be white wine take onely the white of an Egge and take thre vnces of flint stone of a riuer that runneth swift and make it into pouder and two vnces of Salt made into very small pouder and mingle all togither Then put the Wine into another clene vessell that hath no oâ—our or sauour this done cast into it all this composition and mengle it with the wine fiue or sixe times a daie during the space of three or fower daies But note
ordinarily and putte into it this your lie of the herbe called vitriol then wipe them drie where you thinke good be it in the sunne or by the fire and do this twise or thrise a weeke and your heares will be white and shine as it were siluer A sofee dowe or paste as it were Pomatum to washe the handes and whan the mouth Nose Lippes or Handes do chincke or chappe and it keepeth the fleshe softe and sweete TAke white Almondes Alumen fecis flower of Amilum of eche of them sixe vnces white Pine apple kernels cleane seedes of Gourdes and Beâ—â—ne flower of eche of theim foure vnces pouder of Cloues Storax solida in pouder and Macaleb in pouder of eche of them three vnces with twoo vnces of white Salte beaten a pound of white Honnie and asmuche of venise Sope a scruple of Muske and as muche of Ciuet the whites of tenne Egges Firste take the Almondes and Pine apple kernels with the seedes of Gourdes or Melons that be very white and neat and stampe theÌ„ well in a morter And note that all the importance is that they bee all well stamped very small then put in the Alumen fecis and stampe them well than put in the Honie and incorporate it well togither with the pestle And after this you shall put in the sope cutt in small pieces and incorporate them diligently this don put in two pound and a half of the herbe called Brionia temper all well Put all this into a newe pot and leaue it so couered a daie then set it on a fire of coles with out smoke and lette it seeth the space of a quarter of an houre and sturre it alwaies in the pot with a wodden spone that it cleaue not to the bottome and so take some euill sauour then take it from the fire and poure it out into a greate earthen pan Then put into it the foresaide slower and that beyng well incorporated put in the pouder of Cloues and all the other pouders togither and all beyng well incorporated couer it close that it maie take no aier and lette it remaine so the space of ten daies Then put into it the Macaleb the muske and the ciuet braid and beaten very small and incorporate all well togither with a slise this done put in the egges beaten so that they become as it were a skim or frothe and then put in the salt and mixe al well togither in suche wise that the whole maie be well incorporated And then the paste or dowe wilbe of a Graie colour and odoriferous and is called Imperiall ointment bicause it is a thing noble and full of vertu and a man maie vse alwaies of this precious odour which conforteth the memorie and if you vse it to wash your handes and face with it will giue a sweete sauour to them and maketh the fleshe delicate and softe white and well saudring and closeth vp quickly al maner of cleftes chinkes or chappes of the mouth handes and lippes And if you will not washe your selfe with it anoint yourself morning and euening and you shall incontinent bâ— healed for this hath bene many times proued by experience White Pomatum fine and sweete for great lordes TAke thirty or twenty Appiane apples or other tendre and mellowe Apples and diuide them in to foure partes and make them cleane within â—nd without Then take Cloues and Sinamome flicke the apples full of it as they were larded so laie theÌ„ in rose water that thei maie be couered ouer with the said water and put into it sixe Nutmegges with two drammes of Mace and lette them thus lie a stiepe the space of sixe daies and lette them he well couered Then take Hogges grease take of from it the little skâ—nne that is vpon it and cut it very small and put it to purge in fresh and cleere water three or foure daies and change the water twise a daie and put it the last time to stepe in Rosewater or some other sweete water and by this meanes it shal be wel purged and purified and shal not haue but a good sauour and odour then take three or foure pound of the said grease and put it in a pot or other vessell that is not greasie nor sauoreth euill and put the apples cut in peces as they are into the said pot or vessell and adde therto an vnce of the oile of Orenges and of the water whiche the Frenche men call Eau de â—afe whereof we haue spoken in the firste parte of this worke or some other sweete and odoriferous water so that all maie be vnder the water and boile them an houre or more with a slowe fire vntill the Apples be well sodden and then breake theim well with a woodden slise that they maie bee turned as it were into a broth this done passe theim through a strainer and then straine them hote againe thorow another finer and close strainer and whiles it is thus hote put into it three vnces and a half of white waxe cut very small and two vnces of white Sandalum made in pouder very fine and mixt togither vntill it be all well incorporated and whan it is colde washe it with rose water vntill it be very cleere and this Pomatum wil be as white as snowe And after it is washed you shall put to it eight graines of Muske and foure graines of Ambergrise that bee very smally ground and so incorporate well al togither and leaue it in the aier abrode the space of fiue or sixe nightes and the Pomatum wilbe parfite good and odoriferous And if you will not haue it thus perfite you maie put lesse drogges to it as Muske and Amber but here note and vnderstand that we haue made of it diuers times and neuer lefte of this order aforesaid and it hath been excellent parfite and good There is also another sorte of it whiche serueth for euery hote disease and for to anoint the handes the mouthe and nose as is afore said Take two vnces of sheepe suet and an vnce of Goates suet and choppe it smal and melt it and then straine it thorow a strainer and put into it three vnces of newe waxe and two vnces of the oile of sweete Almondes And melte all this on a slowe fire mixyng and sturring it alwaies than take it of and adde to it foure scruples of Camfire broken and mingle it still togither vntill it be colde and so keepe it and anoint your selfe withall diligently There is another better than this and well allowed proued whiche is made as followeth Take newe waxe the suet of a he goate and the marowe of an Oxe of eche of them an vnce and a halfe an vnce of the oile of Saint Iohns wuit and asmuche of oile of Roses and asmuche salt beaten very small but cut the suet and marowe and melt them and straine them this don set them vpon a slow fire so that they maie not be skant warme and putte the waxe
cleane and stampe them and get out asmuche iuice of them as you can and put a little inck into it vntill it be black or els a little Saffran in pouder without inck and write with the same iuice great letters or other and lette them drie then go ouer them againe ones more for to make theÌ„ of the greatnes that you will haue them this done let it drie and whan you will-laie the Golde vpon theim heate it againe with your breath and so laie it on but the Golde muste be in leaues Then couer the letter lightly with cotton and rubbing them a little you shal take of all that cleaueth not vpoÌ„ the letters And thus doyng your worke will remaine of Golde and embossed whiche wilbe a very faire thing to see To make a deuise or armes or other thinges vpon a violett or a rose TAke salte Armoniac and braie it in a morter with vinaigre and a little Sugre candy and keepe it in a boxe then take the rose or Violet or gelly floure and dresse the little leaues fastened togither with red waxe in suche wise that they maie be equall Then with a pensill very fine make what deuise or armes you will let it drie an houre or more and than laie gold or siluer vpon it in foile and presse it doune a little with cotton so that whiche cleaueth not on will goe awaie and your worke shall remaine faire Sope to get out all spottes of cloth TAke a pound of Alome and burne it sixe vnces of pouder of Ireos and lette all be well beaten in pouder togither Then take two pounde and a half of white sope and half an oxe gall and the white of an Egge or two and incorporate them well togither Then take the Alome and the pouder of Ireos and incorporate them all togither and putte into theim a little Salnitrum or salt peter This done put into it asmuche of the said incorporated Sope as will make it haue a substance or bodie to the intent that ye may facion and make rounde balles in a good ferme and fast paste or dowe and so drie theim in the shadow and not in the sunne bicause the sunne is contrary to it And if you make them for to sell make them by measure and by weight and whan you wil take out your spot weate arâ—â—e the clothe vp and doune then rubbe it well with the sope and cloth against cloth This don you shall washe it with colde water vntill the water were cleere and if you think it be not out al togither lette the clothe drie and do ones againe as you did before and the spottes will go out Another like secret TAke a pounde of white Sope of Venise the yelkes of sixe Egges and halfe a sponefull of beaten Salt and asmuche iuice of Beetes as will suffise to incorporate the saide Sope and make thereof a cleauing past whereof you shall forme and make your balles and let them drie in the shadowe and whan they be drie weate your clothe vp and doune with cleere water and then rubbe it with sope and washe it as is a fore declared and the spottes will goe awaie Another like TAke a pounde of white Sope cutte very small the Gall of an Oxe or he Goate Alumen catinum of eche of them an vnce the yelkes of two Egges and a fewe ashes very fine and incorporate well al togither with the sope in a morter and so make thereof paste whereof you shall make balles and doe as before is said Another meane TAke the Gall of an olde Oxe and a pounde of Fenigreke made in pouder a pounde and a half of white sope three flagoÌ„s of strong lie put al togither and seeth it on a slowe fire vntill it diminishe of the halfe Then washe what spotte you will with it refreshing it diuers times with colde water and it will take it awaie Another meanes for spottes of fatte or Oile TAke a pounde of rocke Alome and as muche freshe vnsleck lime sixe vnces of Alumen fecis three pounde of white Sope cutte small foure pound of cleere water and let it boile a certaine space in some vessell that is not fatty and than straine it and whan you will occupie of it let it be luke warme and weate the spottes with the saide water on bothe sides of the cloth and the cloth togither then washe it with cleere water and the spottes will be gon then washe it againe with a little Sope and freshe water and at the second or third time they will without all peraduenture go out Also for spottes you maie take two pintes of renning water the Gall of an oxe four vnces of Alom De fece burnt and three vnces of Alumen fecis broiled and two scruples of Camfer and put all togither and seeth it vntill half be diminished Then straine it and washe what spottes you will with it and within twise or thrise washing they will go out To take spottes out of Skarlate or Veluet without burting the colour TAke the herbe called Lauaria of the Apoticaries Condisi and get out the iuice of it and laie it vpon the spot the space of two or three houres theÌ„ washe it well with warme water and if you thinke the spot not well taken awaie do it ones more and if the clothe be not died in graine put to it a little sope with another little quantite of the saide iuice and incorporate it well and so washe the spot with it and it will go out To take spottes out of white silke or Veluet in griene or Crimsen Veluet TAke stronge Aqua vite of three stillinges and weate the spot with it vp and doune then take the white of a newe laide Egge and spreade it vpon the spot and so set it in the sunne to drie This done wash it trimly with freshe and cleere water and so wring well the spotte betweeâ—e your handes and it will go out and do this twise at the lest for the colour will not perishe nor decaie Also for a cloth in graine take Alome water and washe well the spotte with it rubbing it harde clothe againste clothe this dooen washe it againe with clere water and in twise doing it it will goe out Also for the like effecte take roche Alome Tartre of tonnes and white Sope of eche of them three vnces and make theim into very fine pouder this doen take twoo Oxe galles and an yearthen pot that is not in any wise fattie or greasie and putte into it haÌ„dsomely at your discrecion and so sette it on the fire and when it beginneth to seeth cast in by and by the oxe gall and the pouder and let it so boile vntill it be diminished of the third or fourth part Then washe the spot with this water three or foure times and at euery time drie the cloth And finally renewe it with freshe water and you shall see the effect To take out a spot of inke or wine of a wollen or linen
bicause that the ointment doth â—ipe the roote and whan the head is all bare without heare and made cleane feare not for all the heare wil â—ome againe fairer than euer they were and he shall be cured and sound This hath bene oftentimes proued and hath wrought well almost in all menne for you must know that there are foure kindes of skurfes the one is more grosse and fleshy than the other and therfore marueile not if you finde so many diuers receiptes for there be many menne that heale the skurfe whiche know it not but if it be the skurfe looke vpon his naile if there be a blacke circle about the white at the roote of the naile and the greater the circle is the worse kinde of skurfe it is and therefore you shall vse the remedies aforesaid and lette him not eate any hogges fleshe nor eigre or sharpe thinges and with the helpe of God he shalbe healed Take also a great lisard or two and drowne theim in comon oile and than seeth them vntill they coÌ„sume and with this oile anoint his head oftentimes and the heare will come so faste and suche great quantite that he shall not tell what to do with theim There is also another remedy for to heale the simple skurfe Take of the grease of a male hogge as muche as you will and some stronge vinaigre for a third part and half an vnce of salt beaten and stampt and boile it with a small fire vntill all the vinaigre be consumed then take it from the fire and put into it all these pouders folowing verdegris alome of the rocke burned of eche of them two drammes brimstone and suet of eche one a dramme and pigeons dong and let al be well incorporated togither and anoint his head with it ones a daie and washe it twise or thrise a weeke and boile in the lie the roote of Lapathum or Rumex in english Sorrell and straine it and then washe him with it and whan it is drie again anoint him a fresh Of the foure kindes of skurfe the firste is called Porrigâ— farinosa flowery or white skurfe the other Furfurea or Furfurosa bicause it hath the colour of bran and skales like vnto bran the third Viscosa claÌ„my or cleauing like bird lime and the fourth Lupinosa bicause it is like the graine called lupinâ—s And in the forme and matter the one is drie the other moist the one vlcerous the other without vlcers here of it followeth that the one is more sharpe and smarting than the other for the causes of the skurfe are grosse humors corrupt clammy whiche somtime is brought with vs euen from our mothers wombe some by euill gouerning of our selues in our life the moist skurfe is with brode sores the drie w t crustes An excellent and a tried water for the skabbe TAke a violl full of wel water or Rose water or els of other sweete water as though you wold make it for some noble man put into it an vnce and a half of siluer sublimed that is beateÌ„ very smal half an vnce of salt This done sette it before the fire vpon a tile to the intent that the violl take no hurt in boiling and let it boile vntill all the length of the necke of the viol be decreased Then take it of whan it is cold put into it the whites of three newe laide egges well beaten that they haue no more viscosite or clammynesse in them and put also into it the iuice of foure Limons and of two soure Orenges let al be well incorporated togither in the said violl and sturre it well whan you haue thus done leaue it in the sunne two or three daies it will be made And in this maner is the said water made thus men vse it At night whan you go to bedde washe your selfe onely about the iontes with a sponge weate in the saide water and then wryng pressed harde washe your selfe â—ligthly ouer with the said sponge This said water wilbe as white as milke and odoriferous and where as you washe your selfe with it there it will make the skinne white do thus euery second night and where there is any skurfe or crust weate it with this water rosid about not touchyng the crust for that would greeue you You maie make another water simpler without daÌ„ger Take a glasse or violl as before and fill it with water put into it two vnces of rocke alome half an vnce of siluer sublimed and asmuch salte and all beyng beaten into pouder very small boile it as the other before was vntill it be decreased beneth the necke of the viol then straine it handsomely and occupie it as before the other was for by this meanes the skabbes will come out at the iointes and will incontinent drie vp leauing your fleshe and skin nete and faire as it hath ben oftentimes proued A remedie for any burning or skalding either by fire or by hote water or any other casuall chauÌ„ce what so euer it be TAke vnsleckt lime asmuch as you will slecke it in comon oile and take it out as drie as you can possible and incorporate it with oile of Roses and it will be as it were an ointment wherwith you shall anoint the place that is burned or skalded and it wil shortly ease the paine and greefe and heale within sixe or eight daies not leauing any marke or skarre vpon the skin Also for the same effect Take an vnce of litarge of gold and seeth it in white wine and a little Vinaigre than take it of and make thereof a very fine pouder Take also an vnce of butter and asmuche oile of Roses and washe it foure or fiue times in freshe water than take halfe an vnce of Blanc rasill burned and the yelke of a new laid Egge and a little fine sugar and incorporate all togither with a little Rose water and spread this ointment vpon a linen cloth and it will profite you very muche Another for the same Take some strong white Vinaigre and the white of a newe laide egge with the iuice of the rine or bark of an eldern tree and mingle al togither and wâ—â—e some peces of linen cloth in it and laie them vpon the burned place one after another and you shall be hole and whan you will heale vp the wound take a little of the second rine or barke of an eldern tree and get out the iuice of it and a little pouder of â—â—ankensens a little oile of roses and a little newe waxe and make therof as it were an ointment and spreade it vpon the peeces of linen cloth and laie them vpon the burned place and you shal see that thei wil consolidate and heale vp in short time For to make afterwarde an ointment to the intent that the consolidation and closing vp maie be faire take tenne vnces of oile of Roses two vnces of newe Waxe and set them on a slowe
¶ The seconde part of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by hym collected out of diuers excellent aucthours and newely translated out of Frenche into Englishe with a generall Table of all the matters conteined in the saied Boke By Willyam Ward ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston for Nicholas Englande Anno domini M.D.lx. The translatour to the Readers IN the edicioÌ„ of the first parte of the worthie secretes of the reuerend Senior Alexis of Piemont it was promised you gentill readers euen of hym self in his Epistle that he would labour in the colleccioÌ„ of others tried and experimented for the vtilitie profite and pleasure of all soche as either delited in theim or would by theim be eased of soche infirmities as thei might casually haue been greeued withall You heard also the cause why he would communicate those secretes with the worlde whiche vndoubtedly sprong of a godlie zeale towarde the common cace of all menne I therefore bicause he hath kept touche performing his promes in collectyng a seconde part could no lesse dooe herein then I did in the firste parte that is to saie no more to spare my labour in translatyng it into our natiue toungue nor hide the commoditie of so excellente thinges from those that haue not the vnderstandyng of the Frenche tongue then I did before And bicause you should not haue onely the hed without the taile that is the biginnyng without the ende you shall haue here no lesse good and profitable matters althoughe not so many then was presented you in the other as by your iudgement in readyng you shall easely perceiue THE Second parte of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by him collected out of diuers and excellent Authors To make whey as clere as well water TAke wheie and heate it on the fier but lette it not boile then sprinkle it with a Sponge weate in strong vinaigre or vergeous or els the iuice or licour of Orenges and so strain it in a piece of clothe made like a little bagge doeyng so diuers times vntill it be clere But note that the bagge must not be made cleaue at euery time but you must powre it alwaies vpon the skomme of it and it will become as clere as Amber To make very good Aqua vite TAke Wine that is not to olde that is to safe of a yeare or somwhat more or lesse and let it be very good hauing a good odour and distille it in a vessel of glasse hauing a long necke about sixe foote long with a very small and slowe fier and take it vp togither whiles it commeth furth fast that is to saye whan one droppe tarrieth not for another and it shalbe very good and pleasant for there shalbe nothing els but onely the parte of the Wine very subtile and fine true it is that it shal not be very hote nor burne so muche as other Aqua vites doe To make Armes or tables of Pictures alwaies bright shining TAke verie stronge Vinaiger and Alome and beate the Alome into pouder and mingle it with the Vinaigre and than rubbe therwith the armes or tables and they will be alwaies bright or els anoint theÌ„ with the marow of a Deere To make blacke Ynk very good TAke a pound and a halfe of raine water with three vnces of the waighttest Galles you can finde bruse them into small peeces and poore them into the said water and let it stande two daies in the sunne Then put to it two vnces of Romaine vitriolle wel colored and beateÌ„ small and mixe all well togither with a sticke of a Figge tree leaue it againe two daies more in the Sunne Finally put to it an vnce of Gomme Arabicke that is eleere and bright and beaten into pouder and an vnce of the pill of Pomegranades and than boile it a little with a slowe fier that doen straine it and kepe it in a vessell of Leade or Glasse and it will be very blacke and perfite good To make Greene Ynke TAke Verdegris elect fayer and make it into past with a little strong Vinagre and distilled water of Grene galle and let it drie and whan you will write with it teÌ„per it with the same water of greene gall putting to it a little gomme Arabike For Oxen that pisse Bloode TAke three vnces of Phasioli that be redde and sixe drammes of Pepper the seede of brome and make thereof â— poulder and giue him drinke of it euery daie with white wine vntill he be hole putting three vnces of the said poulder to two quarteâ— of the said wine and giue it him euerie daie three times To make Oile of Vitriol TAke the Vitriol and make it into Lime than put into Aqua vite and let the water couer it than distille it first with a very small fier augmenting it by little and little vntil al become out Then take out the Aqua vite by Balneum mariae with the water that is skant warme This doen distil againe the Oile and if at the beginning there come any water put the said Oile into some vessell and set it in the Sunne but it were muche better to set two vessels well closed togither one vpon another and the water beyng in the Sunne will come and cleaue vnto the vessell that is vppermost and therfore you shall take awaie the said vessell and set to another and by this meane you shall purge awaie all the said water and the Oile shall remaine not onely pure nete but also more delicat than the comon Oile of Vitriol To make white Teeth TAke Limons and make distilled water of theÌ„ and washe your Teeth with it for it is a soueraine thing or if you will not make the water take the licour of them which is also good for the same purpose but the water is moche better bicause it is finer so that in distilling it lose not his force For the same TAke lees of wine called Tarâ—arum and put it in a vessell of Marble and stop it surely then burie it in the ground and let it remaine there vntill it become water and then take it out and rubbe your teeth with it and thei will waxe very faire Take also the water that falleth at the beginning of the distillacion of salte Peter and Alome and rubbe your teethe therwith If you take also the roote of Mallowes and rub your teeth with it euery daie thei will be bright white and faire without hurting the gommes Or if you take a cruste of wheaten bread and burne it euen to coales and then hauing made it to pouder skower your teeth withall and washe them afterwarde with cleane and faire water either of the Welle or of the Conduite thei will bee white for it is a thing experimented To take awaie spottes from the face TAke twoo vnces of the licour of Limons and twoo vnces of Rose water twoo drammes of siluer sublimed and as moche of Ceruse put al togither and make it like an
ointmente and anointe your face therwith at night when ye go to bedde and in the morning whan you are vp anoint it with butter This is proued For the same TAke the white of an Egge and sturre it with some thing vntill it bee taurned to water then take an vnce of the same water and halfe an vnce of ceruse and two drammes of quicke siluer and a dramme of camfire and mengle it all together and so annoint your face with it For the same TAke iiij vnces of vitriol and thre vnces of Salt peter an vnce of the rubbish or skale of steele and distille all togither putting to it halfe an vnce of Camfire and washe your face with it euery daie For the same TAke halfe a pounde of the roote of Serpentinâ— called in latine Dracuntium or comonly Serpentaria whiche hath certaine great red graines ioyned togither in a lompe or els a stalke of a reede and half a pound of a Lily roote and asmuche of with Malowes and seeth theÌ„ all togither in raine water then beate them in a morter of Marbel and put to it fower vnces and a halfe of oile of Tartre and the marowe of a Deere and sixe drammes of Camfire and so mixe all togither and annoint your face therwith To take away little red Pimples from a mans face TAke fiuetene newe laied Egges and put them whole into stroÌ„g Vinaigre then take them out and breake them euen with the same Vinaigre in putting to it an vnce of Senuey then distille them with some vessell of Glasse and washe your face with the water at night when you go to bed and againe in the morning wash it with sodden water wherin must be Bren and Mallowes This is experimented To make a water that taketh awaye the spottes of the face and maketh it faier and bright and kepeth the handes and mouth that they chappe not or waxe full of chinkes TAke a white Pigeon and plucke of his fethers then pluck out the guttes and garbage of him and cut of his head and feete then take three good handfuls of Fraxinella and two pounde of Milke and three vnces of Creame and sixe vnces of oile of sweete Almondes and let it be newe and fresh and put all this togither and distille it in a vessell of Glasse and washe your face and handes euery daie with the same water and they wilbe alwaies white softe and with out any spottes or pimples as in the middes of Somer To make the face faire TAke Fraxinella and make water thereof in a Lembick and washe your face well with thesame euery daie A water to make the face faire TAke the white of an Egge and make water therof in a Lembick and washe your face with it asmuch and as often as you liâ—â— To make a water that maketh the face white and shinyng TAke the milke of an Asse and Egge shelles and make thereof distilled water and washe your face with it it will be white faire glistring A water to make the face redde TAke the legge of an Oxe or Calfe that is to say from the knee douneward and take of the skin and the hoofe froÌ„ it and then breake all the rest in pieces that is to saie the bones the senewes and the marowe and distill it and so washe your face with the water that cometh of it euery morning To make a kinde of white to make the face faire called in Frenche Blanchet TAke twoo vnces of Dragantum and dissolue it with the white of an Egge well beaten than put to it halfe an vnce of Borace with asmoche of Ceruse and asmoche Camfire and mingle all togither and make thereof little flatte balles and when you occupie of it tempere it in some Rose water and anoint your face with it at night when you go to bed and in the morning washe your face with water of the flowers of Beanes or els seeth Bren in well water and washe your face with all To make an other better whiche maketh the face white and glisteryng TAke twoo vnces of the skimme of siluer and a pound of white vineigre very strong and boile them togither vntill thei be diminished of twoo thirdendels Then take twoo drammes of Camfire twoo of alome twoo of Boras and as moche oile of Tartre and seeth them in Rose water Then take of these twoo licours that is to saie of the said vineigre and of the other as moche of one as of the other and mingle them togither and rubbe your face with it as moche as you will and besides that it maketh the face white and glistring it taketh awaie all maner of spottes and pimples from it A water to make the face redde and glisteryng TAke an vnce of fishe glue and an vnce of Rock alome and twoo vnces of Verzine and put theÌ„ into a quarte of water that is to saie xxviij vnces and let them remaine in infusion three daies and then seeth them and strain out the water and kepe it in a vessell of glasse as you will To make an other maner of the same whiche the Frenche men call Blanchet TAke twoo drammes of siluer sublimed and put it into a violle of water that holdeth a quarte and seeth it vntil it decreaseth of the tenth part Then put to it halfe an vnce of Ceruse and a dramme of Camfire and of Boras and the licour or iuice of a whole Limon and mingle all togither and let it seeth with a slowe fire the space of seuen howers But you must note that this bicause of the siluer sublimed maketh by long vsing it the teeth somewhat blacke and at the last to fall out it maketh also a stinking breath and hurteth the senewes and the brain To make an other Blanchet that maketh the face white and of a ruddie colour and hurteth not as the other aforesaied doeth TAke two vnces of Boras fower vnces of Ciche Peason brused that is to saie without the huskes and fower vnces of Phasiols and asmoche of Beanes and make theim all into pouder and the galle of a Bulle and the yelkes of fiftene egges and a quarte of white wine and put all togither to distille and washe your face with the water in the morning To make an other Blanchet whiche is called roiall that is the best and the excellentest of all other TAke a good handfull of the flowers of an Oliue tree and a handfull of the flowers of an Eldern tree a handfull of white roses a handfull of the flowers of Orenges and an other of Gelsemines and twelue newe laied Egges twelue grene Figges and freshe gathered and twelue Snailes one dramme of Camfire an other of Alumen desquamatum twoo drammes of Boras halfe a dramme of Alome fower penie weight of Alumen plumae otherwise called in Latin Tricbitiâ— eight penie weight of siluer sublimed an vnce of redde waxe a good handefull of white Lilies and distille all the flowers when thei bee grene in their season and
also the Figges Snailes and the egges and mingle all these waters togither and put a parte half of the same water and kepe the other halfe and put it into a vessell of glasse and mingle into it all the other thinges and let them bee firste made into pouder and put to also the waxe then set it in the sunne and leaue it there vntill all become like vnto waxe then take it out with a white linen clothe and take fiftene Egges and stille theim in the same water and powre all this coÌ„posicion into the saied water distilled with a pound of rawe Honie and set it again in the Sunne and let it remaine there vntill the water bee dried vp and it will bee parfite good And afterward when you will occupie it take asmoche of it as a Wheate corne and anointe your face with the water that you did sette aparte that is to saie that of the flowers and it will proue a merueilous thing To take out the wrinkles of the face TAke a little of the wood of a white Vine or els a little of Brionie and stampe it with a drie Fig that is faâ—te that is to saie pastie and anointe your face with it and then go walke till you sweate for if you should not sweate the Vine would take of the skin and the Brionie make you blacke To make beare slacke in comming forthe or growing in yong men as well on their beard as in other partes TAke a rasour that is made of copper mixt with Auripigmentum otherwise called Arsnic or Orpine in the melting of it so that it bee incorporated togither and shaue the bearde or heare withall and it shall neuer growe again or if you heate the said rasour of copper in the fire and quenche it in the blod of a Salamander or els in the milke of Sowthistles If also you rubbe the place where you will not that heare shall growe with the bloode of a fishe called a Tony it will done the like Also if you take Beanes and seeth theim in water and washe the place euery daie with that water the heare will not growe or at the least long or thei came forthe To make heare growe in euery place of the body where you will TAke greate greene Lisardes or sea Frogges and cutte of their heddes and their tailes and drie the reste in an Ouen and make pouder of it Then take the yelke of an Egge and make Oile thereof and mengle all togither diligently that is to saie the pouder and the oile and anoint the place with it where you will heare shall growe and thei will come for the shortly To make heares blacke TAke a Combe of Leade and kembe your hedde with it alwaies and the heares will be blacke Take also Crowes egges and make oile of theÌ„ and laie a combe of horne in it and let it remain there till it hath dronke vp all the oile then take it out and kembe your hedde with it and by continuall vsing of it your heare will be blacke To make a water that will make the face redde and glisteryng TAke a pound of Aqua vite of three seethinges an vnce of Brasill that is good ten Cloues orientall and ten graines of Nasturtium otherwise called Cardaâ—â— in English Cresses or toune Kerse and fiue graines of Cubiâ—es and stampe all togither verie small then put it into a vessell of glasse with the Aqua vite and stoppe it sure and boile it a little and then distill it in Balneo Marie or with a verie small fire and it shall be in his perfection To die or colour heere TAke half an vnce of Aqua fortis sixe penie weight of good â—â—luâ—r and sixe vnces of Rose water and washe your hedde with it Take also Litarge and of the ashes of Nettles and mingle them togither and rubbe your heere with it To take awaie the euill sauour of the breath TAke Cheruile Mirre and Cyperus called of the Apoticaries IuÌ„â—us odoratus as moche of one as of the other and make theim into pouder then take Rosen and of all this pilles and drinke theim in your wine To get awaie the heares from the iye browes TAke the galle of a he Gote or of a she Gote but the he Gote is better and dooeth it soner and rub your iye browes and the heare will 〈◊〉 ly fall awaie To die or to colour all kinde of metall or stone into the colour of golde without golde TAke salte Armoniac white Vitrioll stone salt and Verdegris and make all into a verie fine pouder and â—aâ—e of this pouder vpon the metal or stone that you die or colour vntill it hee couered ouer with it then put your stone or metall into the fire and leaue it there a good hoâ—â—â— then take it out and quenche it in vrine or pisse newly made For to make Iron or Steele softe YE shal take the iuyce of Hemlocke and put the yroÌ„ or steele beynge redde hoate into it three or foure tymes and let it remayne in it vntyll it be thorowe colde Take also oile and put into it seuen times some molten Leade and then quenche the yron in it at the ende of foure or fiue times To harden Yron or Steele TAKE the iuice of MelanthiuÌ„ otherwise called Nigella romana or the herbe called Mouse eare and quench your Iron hote therin three or foure times To make Figges ripe quickly LET the Fygges come to theyr parfyte greatnes than pryke theym with a pinne and rubbe thyem wyth a lytle Oyle oliue then bynde theym about wyth Greene Olyue leaues so that they maye be couered round about with them and so let them ripe in what place you will To make Hennes laie Egges all the winter TAKE the toppes of Netles when they beginne to haue seede and drye theym and gyue the Hennes a litle of it with Bren and Hempe seede and they shal laie euery day an Egge To make a Glue or paste that holdeth as fast as a naile TAKE Pixe Greca and Rosen the pouder of burned Brycke whyche is called Ceruse and mengle al togither and heate it when you wil occupie it and whan it is cold it will hold as fast as a naile To take avvaye all maner of spottes TAKe a Tenche and seeth him muche vntill he be dissolued into water almost and wash the spotted clothe therewyth oftentymes Than take Bren and boile it likewise in the same water wash the cloth againe therwith To cause that a womans Brestes waxe not great of swellinge TAKE a Fishe that is called Squatina in Englishe a Soale and cleaue hym in the myddle and laye hym vppon the womans Breastes and they shall not encrease bygger And yf they be greate and bygge they shall aswage and waxe lesse To purge Honnie with out fier TAKE the rawe Honie and put in a veessel of stone well leaded wythin and large and couer it well with a Paper and let it so stande and euery thirde or fourth daye
vncouer it and take oute the skim that is vpon it and by this meanes it purgeth better then with fier To stenche the menstrual blood of women TAKE a Toode and binde him with a lytle bande and bange it aboute the womans necke that hath that infyrmyte and in fewe dayes she shalbe cleered of it To keepe Roses freshe all the yeare TAKE the Roses whan they be halfe open and gather theym in the eueninge wyth a knife and in the nyght folowing set them in the aier abrod and in the morning put theym in a vessel of earth well leaded wythin and stoppe it well and couer it wyth drie sande For the same TAKE the buddes of Roses whan they beginne to open and take a reede that is yet growinge and cleane it a lytle that you maye put in the buddes and let them remaine so and whan you wil take them out cut the reede and put the buddes in luke warme water and they shalbe as faire as in Maye To take awaye or dissolue a boile or Kernell in the grine or the wresting of a senewe TAke a Tode and binde vpon the boile and it will dissolue it in short space To dresse and trim Oliues in one daie TAke the Oliues whan they be greene and cut them a little on the side than put them in water with Lime and Ashes but note that you muste haue twise asmuche Ashes as Lime as if you take halfe a pound of Lime you must haue a pound of Ashes and let them lie a stiepe in it the space of xxiij houres than take them out and washe them fiue or sixe times in luke warme water than put theÌ„ in some vessell of stone or Glasse as you wil with salte water and so kepe them as long as you list and they will be very good To preserue and keepe Peches or other Fruite TAke Peches or other Fruites that you will kepe in the faire and drie wether and open them in the middes take out the stone and laie them a daie to drie in the sunne than take sodden sugar well purged and rubbe theim ouer with it and the nexte daie set them in the Sunne againe and rubbe them with the said sugar as oft as thei drie vntill they haue gathered a crust vpoÌ„ them than kepe them at your pleasure and it will be an excellent and parfite thing To cause meruelous Dreames TAke the bloode of a Lampwink or black plouer and rubbe your temples with it and so goe to bedde and you shall see merueilous thinges in your sleepe or els if you eate at nighte a little of the herbe Solanâ— or Vesicaria or some Mandragora or elles of the herbe called in Greeke Hyoscyamos in Latine it hath these names Alâ—ercum Appollinaris and Symphoniaea in the Frenche Iusquiame and in the Englishe some call it Henban and you shall se in the nighte goodly thinges in your dreame To make a woman beare Children TAke Ceruse and Frankensens and waie as muche of the one as of the other and after you haue companied with her put the same into her matrice Also if you geue her drinke of Mares milke or to eate the lower parte of the belly of a Hare or the Genitories or stones of a hee Goate after her menstruall purgation is come vnto her it shall profite her muche vnto conception To heale and cure Horses of the Skabbe FIrst you must let him blood then take Brimstone Quicksiluer Hony liquide Pitch Salt the iuice of Hemlocke Vinaigre Alome Helesbore softe Sope Oile Sutt of a Chimney Hogges dong and Lime and mingle al togither and anoint the place with it where the Skabbe is and within fewe daies he shal be healed and cleane To heale the Kinges euill a disease called in latine Siruma TAke a great Tode a liue and whan the Moonâ— draweth towarde the comunction of the sunne cutte of all the legges from him and put him about the necke of the patieÌ„t and it wil do him muche good Take also the hoofe of an Asse and burne it and saie it vpon the sore for it is very good and profitable for suche a sicknes To make one that is poisoned to vomite the poison TAke two graines of Pazar whiche is a stone thaâ— commeth out of Portugal and is grene â— tawnie somewhat obscure glistering and light and â—â— breaking it it is within of the colour of ashes and giue it him to drinke with a little milke and incontinent he shall vomite by the poison if there be any To make a Candell that cannot be puâ— ouâ— TAke Virgine waxe and Brimstone well purged asmuch of the one as of the other and melt it togither and make therof a CaÌ„del the which will neuer be put out vntill it be burned and consumed to the ende To make a Candell of Yre to burne TAke a Candel of Ware made as is afore said and take some Brimstone and coles and stampe them very small and fifte them thorow a linen cloth then heate the candell and rubbe it ouer wel with the same pouder vntill it waxe vnto crust rounde about it as thicke as the backe of a knife and couer it with a paper then â—â— it at the ende of a guttour of your house and let it remaine there till the yee be rounde about it a finger thicke whiche will be within two or three daies than take it of and it will burne as though it were of waxe onely this is a thinge tried and experimented To make that fruite shall take what forme or facion you will TAke a piece of woode and cutte it after the forme and facion that you will your fruite shal haue but let it be as bigge as the fruite is whan it is ripe then take some plaster tempered with water and put it about the wood a finger thicke and lette it drie and it will incontinent waxe drie than take it of and whan the fruite is not yet comen to his full greatnes binde it faste about this same forme and leaue it so remaining vntill it be ripe and it will be after that forme and facion If you will also write vpon it dresse the letters after this maner and forme made of plaster and they shalbe legible To make that rootes shall haue what forme you will TAke greene rootes but let theÌ„ be great and thicke like radishe rootes or the roote of Bryonix and such like and trim them with a knife as you shall thinke the best facion Then set them in the ground againe vntill they haue gathered vpon them a skinne 〈◊〉 in this maner maie a man make conterfete Mandragora in trimming them with a knife into the shape of a man and than putting them againe into the grounde with the head dounward and with a little barley or mill vnder them whiche will cleaue and sticke faste to the hed of the roote and seeme like heare but you must note that to make these Mandragora you must take the rootes of Bryonia For to write letters
very thinne and of thre partes fill two with oile oliue very good and cleane fill the rest with Roses or the herbe wherwith you will make the oile Than sette the violl or glasse in the sunne and couer it well first and let it so rest three or foure daies than take it out of the sunne and take out al the roses and al the oile and wring them well that all the oile maie come out of them then cast them awaie and put the oile againe into the violl and fill it a newe with freshe roses and set it in the sunne other foure daies Than take them awaie and wring out the oile and put in other freshe roses doyng thus foure or fiue times you shall haue an oile as odoriferous as the roses them selues To make that the Mothes and Vermine shall not eate nor destroie clothes and apparell TAke Wormwoode or Southernwoode the leaues of a Cedar tree and valerian and laie them in your coffers or presses where your clothes be or in the pleytes of your garmentes and you shall see that they will not hurt them bicause these leaues and herbes are bitter of taste and the sauour or smell is very strong whiche the vermine do abhorre and can not abide For to make that wilde beastes shall not hurt you FOr to be assured and safe from wilde Beastes as Wolues Beares and such other like take the grease of a Lion and annointe your selfe therwith ouer and ouer and go hardely wher you will and no beast shall hurte you but as sone as they smell the sauour of the grease they will runne awaie And if by chaunce you meete with a wolfe or other wilde beast ronne not awaie but with a good corage go euen to him that he may smel the grese that you are anointed with all and he will flie For to be assured and safe from Serpentes TAke the suck or iuice of a radish roote and anoint your handes with it then take the Serpentes in your handes and they will not bite nor sting you bicause of the subtilite and finesse of this iuice but will die almost in smelling onely the sauour To take awaie the paine and greefe of the Goute TAke a greate foule called a Vultour in latine Vultur and take the skinne of her righte beele and laie vpon the right foote of the patiēt then take the skinne of the lefte heele and laie it vpon his lefte foote and incontinent you shall see that in halfe an houre the paine will goe awaie Whiche is a meruelous thing For to see wilde Beastes in a Dreame TAke the hart of an Ape and laie it vnder your heade whā you go to bed so that it touche your head and you shall see meruelous thinges and all kindes of beastes as Liōs Beares Wolfes Apes Tigres and other suche like For to make Silke white TAke Brimstone and burne it holde the Silke ouer the smoke of it it will incontinent waxe white Also if you wil haue a Rose of diuers colours holde him ouer the smoke of Brimstone burning and it will be red white and Cremsine and wil be faire but it shall lose his sweete sauour To make an herbe growe that shal haue many and diuers odours and sauours TAke one graine of lettise seede one of succorie one of alexanders one of basille one of a leeke and another of persely and plant them all togither in one hole so that one touche not another and you must plante them in horse donge or Oxe donge or of any other beaste so that there be no earth at all there will growe an herbe that shall haue the smell of Lettuse Alexāders of Succorie of Basil of leekes and of Perslie and this is a thing proued To make an Apple or ball that prouoketh sleepe TAke wild Poppy the iuice of Mandragora and leese of wine asmuch of the one as of the other and a little ciuet and of all this make a rounde ball and hold it in your hande and smell to it and it will make you sleepe wonderfully To make a barraine woman beare children TAke of these little seafishes with many feete called in Latine Polipi or Polypodes and roste them vpon the embers without oile and let the woman eate of them and it shall profite and helpe her very muche hauing in the meane time the company of a man To make heares growe vpon a bald hed TAke oile of Tartre and warme it and rubbe your hed with it or other places wher you will heare shall growe and within viij or ten daies the heares wil come furth as thicke as before and not onely make those heares to grow which be fallen but also maketh other to encrease more then there was afore and whiche is more if you rubbe the paulme of your hande with it heares will growe there as well as in any other place To make a water that dieth or coloreth copper into the colour of Golde TAke the gall of a male gote and another of a female gote and a little Arsenick asmuch vntill you se there is inough and distille al togither and wete and temper your copper in this water but let the copper be first well skoored and incontinent it will turne into the colour of Gold To make oile of Brimstone TAke ten egges and seeth them till they be hard then take of the shels and caste the white and them awaie so that there remaine nothing but the yelke whiche you shall stampe and take asmuche brimstone by weight and make thereof pouder and mengle all well togither and so distill it with a slowe fire and it wil be very good For to make salt Armoniac TAke a pounde of mans bloode and two pounde of the bloode of an Oxe or other beaste and sixe pound of well water and mingle all togither than streine it with a linen cloth very harde straigte and set it on the fire where you shall leaue it vntill the water be consumed and that which shall remaine wil be good salt Armoniac For to make Borase TAke two vnces of Alome and temper it with two vnces of salt Alcall whiche menne vse to make glasse withall then put it into some vessel of tinne and seeth it with a sougth fire the space of halfe an houre and than take out the water and take two vnces of salt Gemma beaten in pouder and asmuche of salt Alcall and two pound of virgin Honny and a pound of Cowe milke amd mingle all togither with water and set it three daies in the sunne and it will be made For to make Corall TAke the Hornes of a white male Goate and make thē very cleane then take a good sharpe knife and skrape them finely that the skrapinges maie be like pouder then take pieces of Ashe and burne them and of there ashes you shall make lie which you shal straine three times in a linen clothe and put the skrapinges of the horne into it and mixe it well togither and let it
a hare and the man also as muche as is possible that is to saie leauing all other kinde of flesh theÌ„ take y e kinde of that Mercurie that hath curled or wrinkled leaues mugwort or mother wort valerian and make therof long or round morsels without past with grease spices cheese and egges and let her eate nothing els in the morning with breade three times a weeke continually and let her drinke good wine and parfume her selfe three daies togither with Frankensens Bay leaues Nutmegges Bengwine a little Muske and let the husbaÌ„d also take three morninges some of this poudre folowing Take the small skraping of Cipres a dramme a halfe of toune Cresses called in latine Nasturtium long Pepper Nutmegges fine wood of Aloe of eche of them half a peny weight and the kidney and stones of a hedgehogge dried and not burned and make therof a pouder the which you shall take at three times with Malmesey and remaine viij daies without the companie of her and after hauing companied with her let her sleape and carry vpon her lefte arme an Egle stone not of the comoÌ„ sorte but of those that be as hard as steele and lette her also keepe euery daie vpon the reines of her backe a newe laide egge beaten with fiue or sixe droppes of strong blacke Vinaigre and remoue it euery daie To make a woman laboring to bring forth her Child that can not be deliuered TAke of the said Egle stone called in latine Lapis Aquilinus and binde it vpon the lefte thigh of the woman then giue her to drinke three vnces of white Lilies and she shall be deliuered incontinent in adding to it a little Safran and sugar and make her to vomite and neese And if she be not deliuered for all this or if the childe be dead in her body long afore you must make this composition followyng which is a thing experimeÌ„ted Take three handefuls of greene Maioram and asmuche of greene ysope and stampe them togither and presse them vntill you gette out three vnces of iuice the whiche you shall straine and giue it her warme to drinke fasting and let her eate nothing in fiue houres after she shal be deliuered of her Childe without doubt and if she be not she shall die bicause she is to weake or els you must cut the Child out bicause it may lie ouerthwart and except these two cases she shal not faile but be deliuered For to make teeth that doe ake to fall out TAke the roote of Crowe foote called in latine Ranunculus gathered in Maie and drie it a little in an ouen and keepe it all the yeare Then take a litle of it beyng beaten or stamped also take a little pitche made with clammy Turpentine and put the said roote in the hole of the saide toth that aketh and if it haue no hole put it vpon the toppe of the said tooth and laie the saide pitch vpon it so that it be fast to it and let it remaine so three houres and in two or three times doyng it at the most the tooth wil fall in pieces within eight daies A remedy for the falling sicknes TAke wheate slower and kneath it with dewe gatherid in the morning on midiomer daie make therof a cake the whiche you shall bake and giue the patient to eate of it and he shalbe healed Against the Plage TAke three vnces of the licour of the innar rinâ— of an Ashe tree and sâ—ill it with three vnces of white wine giue the pacient drinke of it euery iij. houres within xxiiij houres he shalbe cured For the same TAke three vnces of Walnuttes that be not yet full ripe prepared and distilled at midsomer and let him that hath the plage drinke of it and he shall be hole but it shall be better to take the outward pilles of the Walnuttes in September whan thei be blacke so that thei be not rotten and distille them and giue the pacient a glasse full of it to drinke and let it be luke warme before he be lette blood and this shall help him muche For the putrefaction of the teeth TAke the rootes of an herbe called in latine Pes Alexandrinus and cut them very smal and distill them with the best wine you can get and holde a spone full of the water in your mouth and you shall finde ease and remedy in shorte space for this healeth sore and currupt teeth and maketh them cleane And besides that it helpeth much in purging and clensing awaie of al maner of filth of the mouth For the stinking of the breath and to make the teeth white TAke a pounde of skimmed Hony halfe a pound of Aqua vite three vnces of Lignum aloe two vnces of gomme Arabick Nuttemegges Galingale Cububes Cinamome Mastick Cloues Spic and Lauander newe anna three drammes two drammes of Amber beaten mixe all this togither and still water of it in a limbeck this water will take awaie the stinking of the breath whiten the teeth and maintaine helth long A water to make cleane teeth TAke salt Armoniac and salt Gemma three vnces of eche one an vnce and a halfe of Alumen Suchâ—â—â—num and distil it or temper it in two pounde of water the space of eight daies and with this licour distilled or so tempered you shal rubbe your teeth and they will be white Another water to whiten teeth TAke a pounde of salt well purged and beaten an vnce of Alumen Glaciale and distill it in a limbeck and mingle an vnce of the water with an vnce of Plantaine water and rubbe your teeth with the composition and with cotten and they will bee white and cleane To take awaie the smell of Garlike Leekes or Onyons AFter that you haue eaten Garlike Leekes or Onions take the rote of Beete and rost it vnder embers and eate it and you shall see the effect or els eate a piece of the roote of Zeduaria and you shall not smell at all and this is easier to be don than with the roote of Beete A principall remedie for the flixe or laxe TAke Panike beaten and stamped and giue the patieÌ„t drinke of it with claret wine and he shall be cured The saide Panike beyng also sodden with Goates milke and eateÌ„ twise a daie at morning and night before meales it worketh the like operatioÌ„ For to make that heares shall not growe TAke the skinnes or huskes of greene Beanes and make a plaister of them and laie vpon the places where you wil that heare shal not grow and if there be any they will fal of and grow no more A very profitable remedie for the hardenesse of wemens breast after they be brought a bed YOu must take wheate Bran and seeth it with the iuice of Rue and laie it vppon her breastes that be hardened after her liyng doun and thei will waxe softe and supple The like remedy is also very good against the biting of Venimous beastes For Apostumes Botches
thing is that he be made to vomite in giuing him drinke oile oliue and lie made of the Ashes of the shrubbes of vines or of the braÌ„ches of a wilde peare tree with salt and vinaigre tempred with water Hennes Egges also be good beyng drunke with Vinaigre tempered with water And these remedies be good for any man that hath drunke Plaster or eaten any thinge that choketh or him to whome some manne hath giuen menstruall blood to drinke as wicked wemen some time doe To be assured and safe from all Sorcerie and Enchantement TAke Squilla and tie it vpon the principall gate or doore of your house and you shall assure all the inhabitantes in it from all sorcerie and enchantmentes Also this Squilla assureth and kepeth al plantes and trees that are about the house where it is planted or set from all noisomnesse and infection of the ayer Against lightning and tempest IN the place where there is tied the skinne of a beast called in latine Hyena or of a Cocodrille or of a Hyppopotame or of a sea Calfe or seale the lightening tempest and thonder will neuer fall there nor likewise vpon a haye tree nor figge tree To keepe that fruites shall not fall before they be ripe IF you tie wilde Figges vpon the trees in your Garden from the whiche your fruite falleth it shall not onely not fall doune but also these figges will keepe them safe To keepe that wesels and other like beastes shall not eate nor destroy Poultrie RUbbe your Pultrie with the iuice of Rue or herbe grace and the Wesels shall do them no hurt also if they eate the Lunges or lightes of a Foxe the Foxes will not eate them To make Flaxe as softe as Silke TAke what quantite of Flaxe you will that is good and faire kembe it as ready to be sponne Then take freshe and recent Calues dunge as muche as will suffise to paste ouer the saide flaxe and lette it be well washed after it hath remained fiue or sixe houres so soked and couered with the dunge and it will be as softe as silke maie be sponne as fine as a man will To heale the paine of the Head TAke Maioram and presse out the iuice of it and let the pacient take of it into his Nose To heale lippes that be clefte and full of chinkes by meanes of colde or winde TAke gomme Arabike and Dragant asmuch of the one as of the other and make pouder of it and incorporate it with Oile of Violettes and anoint your lippes therwith To heale handes that be full of Chappes by colde or winde TAke mastike frankences newe waxe and oile of roses make of all this an vnguent or ointmeÌ„t and anoint the chappes or chinkes of your handes and they will immediatly be hole To grinde Golde and Siluer TAke the cutting or paringe of beaten Golde the value of halfe a croune than take some gomme Arabick asmuche as two beanes and stiepe it in so little water that it skant becouered ouer and leaue it so a night than braie it a little vpon a marble stone and put to it the Golde by litlle and little and incorporate it well with the gomme Then braie it slightly the space of two houres in gathering it vp vnder the stone that grindeth it for in spreading it abrode much of it is lost and with a pensill weate the Golde rounde about for seare lesse it should drie for you should lose it bicause of the gomme that maketh it to drie vp Then you shall take half an vnce of salt peter whiche you shall put in a little câ—fer or casket of yron and put to it so muche water that it maie be scant couered and boile it on the fire skimming it well then straine it with a double linen cloth and thicke and let it coole and it will congele and be white Then braie it with the Golde the space of an houre and a halfe and than it is grounde This don take it vp with a fine pensill and putte it in a cuppe or goblet of glasse and resolue all into water Than must you haue ready three or foure cuppes of Glasse for to empty the water in from hand to hand then put the water vpon the Golde and with the ende of your finger washe it well with the Gomme and salt peter and you shall empty the water from hand to hand into the cuppes of glasse Also you muste haue ready some shelles cleane and drie for to put it in and the Golde beyng well washed in the cuppe or goblet let there be a little water in it and sturre the Golde with a pinne and you shall empty by little and little in the dishe all that quantite whiche you thinke you will cut of and make thereof suche measure that you maie haue your money againe And you must knowe that there is alwaies half in half gotten vpon it And in emptiyng it mixe it well togither to the ende that the course maie goe to the bottom and mingle it not with the fine for you should do hurte vnto your worke and your selfe wronge but keepe it for you maie grinde it ones againe and whan it is in the dishe you shall holde it ouer a flambing cole not letting it rest still but remouing it faire and softly and it will waxe drie seeme fayrer to the eye And thaÌ„ kepe it from all filth dust To make faire Verdegrise after the newe facion TAke strong Vinaigre and viij vnces of the siling or skales of Copper well made cleane from all dust foure vnces of Baye salt two vnces of it and than facion what bede stones you will make the hole of them little and lette them drie well in the sunne and if you bake them in an ouen they wil dure longer and will be stronger Than giue them a light colour with hole armenick the white of an egge laie siluer foile very fine vpon them but weate it first with water and then polish theÌ„ with a dogges tooth and make them glister and shine Then take the shearinges or paringes of parchement that be white and not colored or painted and washe them with luke warme water and boile them in a newe potte vntill they be well sodden and somewhat ingrossed waxen to a substance or body then straine them finely and whan you will occupie them about your worke lette them be luke warme Than take your Perle and put it vpon the ende of a needle or some other fine or smal yron to the intent the hole be not stopt and so plonge it into the said parchemeÌ„t glue take it out quickly againe and turne it round that the glue maie not rest in one place of it but that it maie be of like thicknesse rounde about the Perle and if it appeare not thicke inough vnto you dippe it in againe and it will shewe better that is to faie the whitnesse will shine vnder the glue will make a certaine
as you shal see the colour come cleere or dimme and temper or stiepe it with nothing els but with pisse and it wil continue a yeare or more alwaies of one colour and whan you will put it in effect sturre and trouble it well within the violle and take a pen or a pensill and weate it and you shall see a faire Blewe and if you will giue it a glosse or lustre stiepe it with the saide pisse and some Gomme arahicke To make a piece of violet cloth to write or paint vpon TAke of these litle apples of walwort tree which comonly groweth on dike sides and stampe theÌ„ in a morter and after they be well staÌ„ped leaue them in some warme place vntil thei rotte and putrifie then stampe them again and get asmuch iuice out of them as you caÌ„ by pressing them in a presse hauing first made ready your peeces of cloth cleane and fine and old and take half a dishe full of quicke lime and weate it in a basen so that whaÌ„ it is wel weate there maie be two or three dishes full of water aboue the lime and no more and poure it out handsomely that it maie be cleere and stiepe therin your peeces of cloth well then take them out and drie them in the shadow This done take some cleere water and putte some Alome into it and boile it and seeth your peeces in it the space of a Credo then take them out and let them drie in the shadow and whan they be drie stiepe them in the said iuice two or three times and at euery time let them drie in the shadowe and in the winde vpon a net and let them be flatte to the intent that the colour ronne not at one side and they shalbe made and well colored and so keepe them well from dust and from the aier that the colour go not of And this is the perfite and true secrete to trimme and dresse peeces that men make to paint vpon and to take all maner of colour and is the meane that the excelleÌ„t painter Iohn the Euangelist did vse For to make another colour of violet take little apples of a mirtle tree very ripe and stampe them and presse them vnder a presse and get out the iuice of them and stiepe your said peeces in it and drie them in the shadow For to make a greene piece and of diuers colours for to paint on take Verdegrise ground smal and some saffron and temper it with strong vinaigre and put to it asmuch more iuice of Rue then stiepe againe the saide pieces in pisse and drie theim this done plonge theim three or iiij times in the said colour and drie them in the shadow Take also half a quarter of orpiment two vnces of strong lie and a little brasse of the foulest you can get half an vnce of Verdegrise an vnce of Geniper berries well stamped put all togither and seeth it vntill it be a quarter diminished TheÌ„ stiepe your pieces in the said compositions and drie them in the shadow as before and you shall make a faire changeable colour If you wil make also a faire grene take the leues of the herbe called in latine Raphanitis whiche is a kinde of lilly or flower deluce called of the Frenchmen Lis celestâ—s staÌ„p them well and get out the iuice of them and put into it a little Alome stamped and it wil be the cleerer and stiepe your pieces therin ofteÌ„times they will receiue the colours and then drie them as before But if you wil make theÌ„ of a sanguine colour you shal make this fore saide colour with graine wherin you shall stiepe your pieces If you will make them Blewe take the floures of Line or of the fore named Raphanitis do as before And whan you wil take of the colour froÌ„ euery piece you shall haue a little gommed water and weat the piece a little with it and wring it well and you shall haue asmuche colour as you will and so vse of it with a Pensill whan you will To get oile out of Talchum artificially and of his owne strength TAke sixe pound of Talchum and beate it smal put it in a pot not baked nor leadid within but thickâ— and greate of earth and put of the said Talchum into it vntill the pot be ful then set the couer vpoÌ„ it and binde it well with wier and stoppe the saide pot well with Lutum sapientiae and lette it well drie and so put it in a furneise of bricke or lime keele neere vnto the mouth where the fire reuerberateth and whan you will take it out beware that it breake not This donâ— braie it small vpon the marble vntill it be like vnto flower and do it quickly to the intent it take not muche aier and put it in a little sacke pointed at the bottome like a gelley bagge and laie vpon it a cuppe of glasse or some other well leaded and glased within which may be meete to receiue the saide oile Then lette it doune into a wel with a corde about a two pardes or a yarde and a halfe from the water and very nighe vnto the wall but that it tutche it not and remoue it not in xx or xxv daies Then if you se that it hath begon to cast some oile you maie take it out of the well and sette it in some moiste place that is to saie in the corner of a sellar for feare lest the aier or the winde or any kinde of best should hurt it And leaue it so longe in the said place vntill all the licour become out of iâ— Then take the lees that remaineth and distil it thorow a lembick with a small fire augmenting it little and little vntill by the force of the fire all come out that maie comme and it is called of the Alkemistes the fire of Talchum Nowe the first that is gotten out by the humidite and moistnes is called the earth and is very medicinable The second is the very richesse of the Alkemistes And I will saie vnto you that many whiche professe Alkâ—â—niâ— haue sought this secrete and haue done in all thinges as is here writen and yet coulde neuer finde this meanes to giue it this great humidite and of such abondance and with so long time And for asmuche as the mater in it self is very stiffe and drie so wil it haue great moistnesse and in abondaÌ„ce And bicause it hath had great and it must needes haue muche moistnesse and hauinge had these partes there is made of it two Clementes separated as you see Then take this last lees and stampe it in a morter and put it in a pot or cawdron pouring vpon it some well water and let it boile a certaine space and then straine it and washe your body with it and you shall se your skinne wil be very white and will heale a manne of all maner of skabbes and skurt and swelling of the legges And in vsing the
beyng cut in peces with the saide oile and salt and mingle them well togither with your slise of woode Then take it from the fire and put into it sixe scrupules of Camfere somewhat beaten and mixe it alwaies vntill it bee colde Then keepe it in yearthen cuppes leaded within And the older it is the better it is Menne vse of it for all maner of hote disease for chappes or chinckes of the Nose Mouth Lippes or handes and for kibes on Childrens heeles and also for a felon or cattes heare for in anointinge theim with this they will goe awaie and also taketh awaie the paine as it hath bene well proued many a time For those that haue a stinking breath bicause of the stomacke TAke an vnce of Sage and make thereof pouder three vnces of Rosemarie sloures halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of fine Sinamom two Nutmegges two graines of Muske and make them all into pouder Then take asmuche purified Honnie as shall bee sufficient to knethe the saide pouders or to incorporate theim well togither this done put it in a boxe of earth and lette it remaine in the Sunne foure or fiue daies and it will be parfite Then take of it in the morning fasting halfe an vnce and as muche at night to the intent it may confort the meate that it corrupt not nor putrifie in the stomacke and in vsing it oftentimes you shall be cured and deliuerid from the euill smel of the breath To make one haue a good stomacke that hath a naughty one TAke Abrotonum Rue Penniriall fine Minte of eche of them a handfull and two pintes of white Wine halfe a pounde of white Honny and boile it vntill it be sodden inough and putte therevnto some pouder of Sinamom and Cloues of eche halfe an vnce This done straine it and keepe it in some vessell of glasse against you haue neede of it and takâ— thereof in the morning the height of two or three fingers in a glasse and lette it be somwhat luke warme and it will confort your stomacke but vse it not to muche A remedy for him that can not keepe his meate in his stomake without vomiting TAke Quinces and make theim cleane within and without and seeth them in stroÌ„g vinaigre then stampe them in a morter and put into theÌ„ a little mustard seede beaten into poudre so incorporate well all togither lay it hote vpon a linen cloth putting vpon it some pouder of Cloues lay it vpon his breast and in doyng this three or foure times he shall keepe his meate without vomiting To make a naturall white Skinne TAke a pouÌ„de of distilled vinaigre with as much water of Gourdes and put them into two violles then put into the violl with the Vinaigre an vnce of Litarge beaten very small and into the violl with the water of Gourdes an vnce of salt Gemma and set these two violles vpoÌ„ a tile nigh vnto the fire and let them boile an houre then plucke the tile back and let them coole this done set them in the sunne the space of eight daies than keepe theÌ„ vntill you haue neede of them And whan you will vse of them take a dishe or goblet and put as muche of the one as of the other into the saide dishe or cuppe and it will become as white as milke and so wash your face with it with a sponge rubbing well the fleshe and it will waxe as white and as soft as cotton and delicate to tutche and of meruelous effect But if you will make it redde and shining take a pouÌ„d of white vinaigre distilled twise for it shall be the better and put it into a little violle and put into it an vnce of redde Sanders cut and beaten and so made into a very fine pouder This done seeth it on the fire the space of half an houre and put into it a little Alome beaten for it will augment the glosse of it and if you will haue it of a good odour or sauour for any great Lord or prince you maie put to it two grains of Muske or Ciuette than sprinkle or weate it a little with a sponge and if perchaunce it be to redde you maie put into it a little Alome and it wil ware cleere and so you shall make a faire shining redde of it whiche will make a sweete fleshe or skin To make the fleshe or skin faire and bright TAke a pound of white tartre half a pound of Talcum asmuche salt and put al into a pot not bake or aneled couer it This don binde it with wier and set it to calcine in a keell of lime or of bricke thaÌ„ take it out and braie it small vpon a marble stone After this put it into a little bagge pointed at the ende like an Ipocras bagge and hange it in a moist place that it tutch nothing and that to much enter not into it set vnder it some cup of glasse to receiue the oile that shall come out of it the space of fiuetene or xx daies more or lesse occording as it shalbe in a moist place and keepe this oile as a treasure And first washe your self with lie or water and whan you are drie againe weate a sponge or a linen cloth in the saide oile and rubbe your skinne finely with it and you shal see that euery spot wil go of be it sunne burning or any other impediment and wil make your fleshe white soft and clere And in continuing this you shal attaine to your purpose in fewe daies And if you will make an other sorte of it whiche men vse newly in Venise take two long white Gourdes and thre dishes full of Fasils the blacke spottes or eies at the ende as thei call them beyng taken awaie with the cromme of three white loues and stepe theÌ„ in milke one night and then take a dishefull of the seedes of Melons with half a dishful of peche kernels made cleane of their skinne or pille and a pound of white Pine apple kernels and let all be well stampt in a morter eche one a parte and two great pigeons the which you shal cut in pieces a liue taking out onely the bowels and so set all to distil togither in a limbeck of glasse and vse of the same water that cometh thereof and it will make your skinne and flesh faire soft as it hath diuers times bene proued To cleere and mâ—ske cleene the face from all maner of spottes TAke two pounde of turpentine of Venise and twelue newe laide egges of the which you shal onely take out the white and distill all togither in a limbeck oâ— glasse twise then put into the said water ten scruples of Camfere beaten and dissolue it wel in water than take an vnce of the said water and asmuche of the water of a torteise and put all togither and washe well your face with it diuers times and it will waxe cleane and cleere from spottes To take
clothe TAke the iuice of Limons Orenges or citrons and wete the spot with it diuers times letting it drie at euery time this done washe it with hote water and it will go out Vse also white Sope with white Vinaigre and the spot of inck will easely goe out To restore the colour to a cloth that hath lost it in taking out a spotte TAke a pound of Tartre of white wine and calcine it in a fornaise of bricke vntil it be white and take an vnce of it than take a pint of stroÌ„g Vinaigre and cleere and put the said pouder into it so set it on the fire And whan it beginneth to boile take it by and by of and it is made Then weate by little and little the place that hath losâ—e his colour â—â—ners times and the colour will come againe A water to take all maner of spottes out of cloâ—â—â— of any colour TAke two olde oxe galles and two scrupules of rocke Alome and asmuche of Alumen fecis foure vnces of Tartre of white wine one scruple of Camfire and stampe all togither very smal This don take two flagons of cleere water and put al togither and so seeth it with a slowe fire vntil it make no more froth or skim Then putte into it three vnces of Aqua vite of three distillinges and so keepe it in some vessel of glasse vntill you will occupie it And if the spotte be in skarlate take a corner of the same cloth and weate it in the said water and rubbe well twise or thrise the spotte and than washe it againe with cleere water and it will goe out The like maie you doe in al sortes of colored clothe in taking a little of the like colored clothe or other that is nighe vnto the colour weating it and rubbing as is afore saide and it shalbe done To driue awaie Flies Spiders Scorpions and other Vermine from your house TAke what quantite of Lapwinkes feathers you will and burnâ— them in your Chamber and whan suche Vermine shall smell this sauour they will not abide Against Gnattes whiche stinge men in the night TAke Comine and chewe it well and anoint your handes your face and al your body if it be possible with y e iuice that shalbe in your moâ—th and the flie feeling this sauour whiche is troublesome vnto him will not molest you at all And if you will driue them out of your house and that thei comme not into your chamber take Commine and make therof pouder very fine the whiche you shall incorporate with good white wine and take a burgeon of a vine or other branche hauing greene leaues vpon it and steepe it in the saide wine and so sprinkle your windowes and doores of your chamber or the place wher you will not haue them come in And also sprinkle of it a long vpon the walles for in smelling this sauour they can not abide If you will also driue awaie flies take Santonicum or Lauander cotton and the leaues of Eldern trees with some Comine and seeth it with water and sprinkle your house with it or your chambre and they shall not trouble you for the sauour of the water is very contrary vnto theim but beware you laie no baite for them to giue them occasion to enter in boldely for afterward thei will not greatly care for the sauour of it A very excellent Secret for to take out spottes or hard fleshe gotten by labour TAke salte peter Blewe vitrioll and Verdegrise of eche of them two vnces two vnces of Alumen Sucharinum and halfe an vnce of vnsleckt Lime and lette all be made into pouder then distill it in a limbeck of Glasse True it is that the firste water is not verie good but the seconde will bee excellent good to washe theim withall often times and they will drie vp by lâ—ttle and little so that you shall not perceiue it You maie take also some pouder of Euphorbium or Euphorbius tempered with lie and oile of Tartre and incorporate it well and so soke the spottes or harde fleshe with it and cutte it as neere as you can and laiyng this medicine vpon it you shalbe hole Take also the water that falleth from the vignes after they bee cutte and washe the Wartes oftentimes with it and they will were awaie leauing the skinne cleane with out any blacke spottes You maie make also pouder of Cantharides and incorporate it with Rosen Pitche and make therof a plaister whiche you shall laie vpon your Wartes and hard fleshe and you shall kill their roote so that thei wil drie vp of themselues and will go awaie without any paine Take also glasse heaten small and washe it and take the finest of it and mixt it with a little womans milke and some leuaine of wheate and make thereof a plaister first cutting the wart or hard fleshe paring of the head of the warte and so laie it vpon it at night and in oftentimes vsing this they will go awaie To take oile or grease out of a cloth of what colour so euer it be without any droppe of water TAke some sheepes feete and make them verie cleane then seeth them and eate theim keepe the right bones the which you shall burne and make therof a cleane and fine pouder This don heate the said pouder and laie it vpon the spot and let it remaine in the sunne and whan you see that the pouder beginneth to waxe black take it by and by of and put other freshe vpon it and doe this so often that you see the pouder no more blacke and than the spotte wil be gone and the colour of the cloth not perished Balles of Sope for Barbers of diuers sortes and sauours FIrste you muste note that the Sope is purged and purified two maner of waies The first is the venitian Sope beyng3 cut small muste be put in a pot that is not fatty nor hauing any euill sauour and put into it some rose water or other sweete waters or els in this maner folowing Take well water and put into it cheuers of cipers and seeth it a good while than straine it it wil be very odoriferous and sweete or els putte in the floures of mirtle tree of Orenge tree Cedar tree Spicke Lauander Agnus castus Sticados beyond sea Violettes Sage and suche other odoriferous floures or herbes as Cedâ—â— Baie our ladies glooues Minte Maioram Time and other sweete herbes and make of all this a composition so make a sweete water of diuers sauours and so seeth it a little This done take of the sope that swimmeth aboue with a Spoone and laie it vpon a newe Tile and it wil incontinent be drie and shal remaine neate and cleane bicause the water hath taken awaie al the filth and vnctuosite of the sope and therfore will be faire and white without any euil sauour hauing augmented the good smell of it And this maie you keepe against you haue neede of it And this is
true it is that it costeth more and yet is not so good as the other but for a shifte And note well that whan you heare speake of oile it is of this purified oile Lie for to washe beyond sea Azure TAke eight or ten handfuls of the ashes of vines well sifted and put it into some vessell that holdeth at the least a paile full and a halfe of water and thath hath a hole in the bottome and so order it that the water maie reÌ„ne out and that the ashes kepe in and stoppe the hole without side Then put in the said ashes and presse it doune asmuche as is possible this done powre vpon a paile full of hote water by little and little and open it not vnderneth vntill the water begon to the bottom And than let it out as fast as it will keepe this first water in a vessell of glasse and distill it thorowe a felt that is to a bande of olde white cloth then distill it againe with a piece of felt or white cloth and than it wil be nete cleane and purified and keepe it well from dust in some vessel leade within Then put another pailefull of hote water in to it and lette it out as before you did the other and keepe alwaies of these twoo sortes against you haue neede This done do it the thirde time in the like maner and put eche of these waters or lie by them selues the first is strong the second weaker the third is weakest of all and sweete of the whiche lies menne do vse for to washe the fore saide paste with all whan the Azure will not come out as you haue learned before Nowe whan you will occupie of this lie take of all three sortes asmuche as you shall thinke good A man maie make yet another maner of lie to washe the paste with and to purge it from his vnctuosite and fatnes Take asmuche calcined Tartre as you will and boile it in cleane water the space of a quarter of an houre or more then lette it go doune to the bottome keepe it so cleere for you maie occupie it whan the past is vnctuous or fatty and also for to washe the beyonde sea azure for asmuch as it augmeÌ„teth lighteneth the colour of it It is also good for to heale the skabbe skurfe and lasarie if a man vse to washe him self with it and maketh all the body cleane and white How the Vessell ought to be wherin all the waters are put that the azure is washed with THe vessell muste be of earth bake and anelled and well leaded and polished in the bottome and if it be not of earth it maie be of Copper or Laton well polished at the bottome and lette it haue three pipes or conduites one in the middle another somwhat lower and the thirde within two fingars of the bottome And if you thinke that it is not yet azure let it stande eight or tenne daies vntill it be well settled and you shalt see at the bottome a little azure Then washe it with fresh water as you did the other and so put it with the other or els kepe it a part for it is faire and good The first parte howe to knowe the vertues good 〈◊〉 and signes of Lapis lasuli and to make true â—â—yonde sea Azure most perfectly and expertly Wâ—ate first the saide stone with spettle or water and sette a piece of white cloth before it and you shall see it giue in it a faire lustre of a Violet colour whiche shall comforte your â—ight And if you will make the proofe to know if it be fine take a little of it and laie it vpon hote embers and make it flame theÌ„ take it out if you see that it is not altered it is a signe that it is good and if it chaÌ„ge not at all it is of the finest bicause it feareth not the fire but rather augmeÌ„teth his true and parfite colour If you will make another proofe laie it vpon a fire panne or vpon some other yron and so heate it on a flambe and then quenche it with white vinaigre very strong and take it of if you see that it hath not loste nor changed the colour it is of the best and if it take colour againe it is of the finest and moste parfite And if a manne could get of this seconde which encreaseth his colour he might sell it for three or foure crounes the vnce but very little of it is to be had that wil kepe his natural colour but will change some thing in the triyng And you must note that in making these trials with fire if the stone do not keepe wholly his naturall bâ—ate the azure shall not be of the fairest but of the meane sort To know whan it is pouder whether it be good or no take a Goldsmithes melting pot and put a little of it into the said pot at your discretioÌ„ and set it on the fire and let it flame heate and then let it coole againe And if it bee not good it will melte like glasse but if it be good it wil remaine vnmolteÌ„ in his owne substance and essence although it bee in pouder it will yet be good and if incace it were but halfe good and halfe badde the badde will melte and become like a cake and the stone will remaine in his state and colour still And this fraude and deceit is comonly wrought of them that sell it and therfore lette euery manne beware of it And of all the three sortes of Azure you shall get out for euery pound of stone I meane of that which endureth y e cimentes aboue said about a fiue vnces and a halfe of Azure and the firste which shalbe the finest will be solde for xij or xiij duâ—ates an vnce the second for iij. or iiij crownes and the third a crowne Than shall you take out the laste whiche is called cinders whiche is of no great value yet neuertheles it wil beare the cost charge of your past and by this meanes you maie giue iudgement of the gaine and profits of your worke But if it were of those stones whiche in triyng of them do decrease and lose their colour a manne can not make so muche noâ— so fine but if you will take paine for to fine theim the more you must giue them the past as it shalbe declared afterward True it is that it diminisheth much in weight But that is good true and parfite whiche is full of veines of Gold and shining and that is it that sustaineth and abideth liuely all cimentes of fire of Vinaigre and also all other triall The maner howe to prepare the stone Lapis lasuli and to calcine it whan you will grinde it TAke the said stone that is to saie that whiche hath the veines of Gold and whiche hath ben in cimentes and fore saide profes and breake him into pieces as bigge as Hasel nuttes and washe theim in hote water then putte
ended incorporate all togither â—it will be a very good ointment wherwith you shall anoint the firste morning the head of the pacient and leaue it so anointed vntill the nexte morning thâ—n wash his hedde with lie that is not to strong but somwhat temperate then anoint it againe let iâ— alone so vntill the third morning do thus nine morninges in washing and anointing it and it will be as neete as a perle Also bitter almondes blanched and staÌ„ped and laid as it were a plaister vpon the head of the patient it will easely heale the scurfe changyng and renewyng the plaister certaine daies To kill lise and nittes in the head TAke the pouder or scraping of Hadâ—â—s horne and make the pacient to drinke of it and there will no lise nor nittes breede in his head but â—â— you 〈◊〉 the saide pouder vpon his head all the lise and nittes will die For one that can take nothing at the mouth or els to make him goe to the stoole and to sweate well FIrst the pacient must be well rubbed with hote linen clothes from the head to the foote and must be very warme kept in his bedde theÌ„ giue him this ointment following Take asmuche pepper as will lie vpon a grote and put it into halfe a glasse full of vinaigre and oile asmuche of the one as of the other and let it be very warme and anoint all his body ouer with it let him be well couerid in his bedde and than shall he sweate and go well to the stoole To heale those that haue the disease of the Splene TAke Lignum aloe and make therof a pouder and put it in some maner of brothe or wine asmuch as wil lie vpon a grote and lette him take of it three morninges togither Also the seede of an Ashe tree doth the like and the roote of Palma christi if it be eaten nine morninges fasting For the paine of the side or colike BOile a haÌ„dfull of Rosemary with water wherwith you shall temper the wine of the pacient and let him drinke none other water Also for the like Take a dogge and keepe him xv daies in a chambre and giue him onely lambes or motton bones to gnawe then take of his excremendes and drie it in the sunne and make therof a pouder and giue the patient to drinke of it euery morning halfe an vnce in white wine hote and doyng this three morninges he shall be deliuerid of the paine as it hath bene oftentimes tried Also for the like effect take the dung of a blacke asse as hote as you maie finde it whan it commeth from him and seeth it in white wine that is not sweete wringing well the dunge into the wine Of this make warme glisters for the pacient for it is the best and the aptest remedy that can be found for such a disease as many notable menne worthy of credite haue affirmed Likewise for the same disease it shall profite muche if he eate euery daie or foure times in the weeke foure peche kernels eche daie Thus doing he shall neuer feele paine of the colike This secrete was had first of a Iewe. There is yet another remedy easier then al the rest and that is you must take foure Garlike heades and boile them in a little pot with a pint of good white wine and lette it seeth well Then take a glasse full of this wine asmuche as you maie endure to drinke and so goe to bedde couering your selfe well and you shall feele incontinent great ease If you take also an vnce of the rote of Imperatoria made in pouder with white wine hote fasting the paine will incontinent go awaie For him that can not pisse TAke the stones and kernels of Peches and meddlers asmuche of the one as of the other and make them into pouder very fine and sift it in a sarce this done take fine Sugar the weight of all this and mengle all togither and the pacient drinke of it in good white Wine and incontinent he shall make water For one that is broke by reason of any trauaile either riding poste or by any other accident or chaunce TAke salt Armoniak and Rosen of eche of them two vnces and stiepe it in Vinaigre the space of xxiiij houres and dissolue it by the fire so that it burne not Then mixe with it halfe an vnce of pouder of Cipres and halfe an vnce of Gall and make thereof as it were a Ciraene True it is that these gommes ought not to be thorowly molten And if it be in winter so that the Ciraene be to hard put into it a droppe of mastic and then spreede it abrode vpon the rupture or the place a broke and chaunge it ones in foure daies and you shall see a meruelous operation To take away the paine and to heale the Goate TAke a little whelp of a brake that hath a while begon to see and the fattest that you can finde and skalde him like a Pigge and take out the guttes and garbage at one of his sides This done take Nettles stamped with two vnces of Brimstone foure yelkes of egges four vnces of turpentine and incorporate all togither and put it into the whelpes belly sowyng vp surely the hole for feare lest the composition should runne out then rost him with a temperate fire and receiue the grease that coÌ„meth of him and anoint the place of the Goute with it for it will bring great ease and cease all maner of conuulsions of the sinewes or muskles and paine of crampe that maie be felt in a manne with this remedie many haue not onely eased the paine of the Gout but haue also healed it put it cleane awaie Also for the like effect Take a newe pot and fill it half full with oile the other half with good white wine put some Nettles into it the which you shall seeth and laie them as hote vpon the place as the pacient can endure in twise or thrise vsing this the goute shalbe cleane driueÌ„ away Against the hote Goute FOr asmuche as there is two maner of goutes the one hote and the other cold you shal make this medicine following for the cold one take the iuice of great reisins sugar rosat of eche of theÌ„ an vnce with sugar made with Buglose fiue vnces of Diapruni solutiâ—i an vnce of Reubarbari electi and mingle al these thinges togither with a Iulep of Violettes make therof a composition of the whiche you shall take halfe an vnce euery morning an houre before daie and in short space you shalbe healed A meruelous and very good water for diuers infirmities and diseases TAke an vnce of Frankensens of the male kinde called in latin Olibanum asmuch of Sarcocolla sixe vnces of Aloe epaticum good and cleere hoÌ„ny the iuice of Plantain white Rosen of eche of these three vnces stampe them al wel togither mingle them This don put them into a great vessel of