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A96154	Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper.	Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654, attributed name.	1660 (1660)	Wing W1235; Thomason E2140_3; ESTC R208368	51,507	157

Citron-pill seven drams Cynamon Nutmeg Mace Cloves Coriander-seed prepared Cardamoms each three drams one scruple pure Labdanum eight ounces Styrax-calamita six drams two scruples liquid Styrax three ounces Benjamin ten drams yellow Wax one ounce and a half Turpentine four ounces Rose-water two ounces and a half Musk of Alexandria Ambergreece each two scruples and a half make a mass Another Take Powder of Violets a dram and a half Roses Marjoram Styrax-calamite Labdanum each one dram Cloves two drams Benjamin Nutmegs each one scruple Ambergreece half a scruple make a mass with Rose-water in which Tragacanth and Gum-arabick have been steeped and sprinkle it with a little Oyl either of Cynamon or Cloves or Nutmegs Another Take Styrax three drams Cloves Cynamon each two drams Mace Nutmeg each one dram Wood of Aloes half a dram Musk Ambergreece each three granes Mastick one dram and a half pouder and searse them then make them up with the distilled Water of Marjoram and liquid Styrax and make round sweet Balls Another Take of Virgins Wax four ounces Oyl of Olives Turpentine each half an ounce Labdanum three drams Olibanum Mastick each a dram and a half Myrrhe Styrax-calamite each two drams white and red Been red Roses dried Mint Marjoram Cloves Cardamoms white and red Saunders Cynamon Nutmeg Wood of Aloes Camphure each one dram Ambergreece Musk each half a dram pouder them and make a Pomander A Pomander for the time of Pestilence Take of Labdanum Styrax-calamite each one dram Cloves half a dram Camphure Nard Nutmeg each seven granes bruise them all to a fine pouder and mix them with Rose-water in which Tragacanth and Gum-arabick have been steeped and make Balls Another Take of Labdanum three ounces Styrax-calamite one ounce Benjamin half an ounce Cloves three drams red Roses two drams Wood of Aloes white Saunders each one dram Majoram Lavender Gith-seeds each half a dram Camphure three granes liquid Styrax half an ounce with the infusion of Gum-tragacanth in Rose-water make a Pomander the rich may adde a little Musk and Ambergreece A Pomander that will purge Take of Scammony Aloes Myrrhe each one dram Spurge Coloquintida each one dram and a half powder and searse them and with the Juice of Coriander make two Pomanders which hold in your hands often changing them from one hand into the other that they may be hot and alter the air Another against the Plague Take the Flowers of Water-lillies Bugloss Violers Roses each one dram Pomecitron rinde one dram and a half Mace half a dram all the Saunders each a dram and a half white Poppy one scruple Camphure half a scruple Labdanum two drams Ambe regreece four granes powder them and make them up with the distilled Water of Lettice and liquid Styrax and make sweet Balls Another Take of Styrax-calamita Benjamin eace one ounce Labdanum Mastick each half an ounce Cloves Wood of Aloes yellow Saunders each one dram Gith-seeds two drams with a little Venice-Turpentine make sweet balls and aromatize them with a little Musk and Amber-greece dissolved in Oyl of Cloves A sweet Ointment Take of Musk Ambergreece Sivet each four granes Oyl of sweet Almonds as much as is sufficient make a Liniment Another Take Oyl of Nurmeg made by a press one dram the best Sivet one scruple choice Musk six granes Oyl of Spike Oyl of Lavender each two drops or three make an Ointment to anoint the forehead nostrils and other principal parts A Candle for a Perfume Take of sweet Asa Styrax-calamita each four ounces red Styrax Olibanum each twelve ounces Labdanum eighteen ounces Cloves one ounce and a half Gith one ounce Coriander prepared Juniper-berries each half an ounce liquid Styrax six-ounces Turpentine half an ounce Coales of Line-tree or Sallow thirty ounces with the infusion of Gum-tragacanth made in Rose-water make Candles Perfuming Candles against Poyson and Pestilence Take of Labdanum three ounce Styrax-calamita ten drams sweet Asa six drams Frankincense one ounce and a half French Lavender two ounces red Roses Cloves each three ounces Pomecitron-pills yellow Saunders each two drams Juniper-berries half an ounce Amber-greece Musk each half a scruple Coals of Line-tree one pound and a half mix them all with Gum-tragacanth and Rose-water warm and bring them into a Masse then make small Candles out of it and dry them gently A Muskified Soap Take of Venetian Soap four pound cut it very small and add pouder of Cloves white Saunders each two ounces Benjamin one ounce Musk twenty granes temper them with Rose-water some add a few drops of Oyl of Spike but Oyl of Cloves or Mace will do better Balls against the Plague or Pestilence Take of Labdanum three drams powder of Roses Aromatick-cane Orrice the true Dittander Angelica Cynamon sweet Saunders Nutmegs each two scruples Benjamin two drams and a half Amber-greece one scruple Musk twenty granes Styrax-calamita half an ounce with six ounces of Gum-Arabick or Tragacanth infused in one ounce of Rose-water make Balls according to Art and anoint them with Oyl of Benjamin Of sweet Scents or Perfumes Troches for Perfumes TAke Wood of Aloes Labdanum Benjamin each two drams Styrax-calamite half a dram Sugar-candy three ounces Musk two granes mix them with Rose-water into a Paiste and make Troches which will smell the better if you sprinkle a little Rose-water on them when you use them Troches of Gallia Moschata Take raw Wood of Aloes choice and good five parts Ambergreece three parts good Musk one part Mucilage of Tragacanth dissolved in Rose-water as much as will suffice to make them up and make Troches of the figure of a Myrtle-leaf seal them up and put them in an Earthen Vessel Troches of Benjamin Take of Benjamin six ounces Wood of Aloes eight ounces Styrax-calamite three ounces Musk half a dram Orrice two ounces Sugar-candy three pound powder them and with rose-Rose-water make Troches The Countess of Arnsburg's Perfume Take fresh white Roses bruised four ounces Benjamin steeped in rose-Rose-water a day and a night two ounces Ambergreece three granes Musk two granes Siver one grane powder and beat them with the Roses then adde of the best Sugar half an ounce then let them alone in a morter well covered for two dayes then work them into a mass and make Troches but you must mix a little Gum-tragacanth steeped in rose-Rose-water and Gum-dragon to make them stick together the better A Perfume made in the form of little Birds Take of red Styrax half a pound liquid Styrax one ounce Styrax-calamite one ounce and a half coals of Sallow Tragacanth each two drams let the powder of the Coals and the Tragacanth be steeped three days in rose-Rose-water then work them into a mass of which make the figures of Birds An excellent Perfume for Candles or Troches Take of sweet Asa half an ounce Powder of Orrice two drams Wood of Aloes Nutmeg Cloves Mastick each one dram Styrax-calamite two drams all the Saunders each half a scruple Camphure five granes Ambergreece Musk each four granes white Sugar four ounces with the mucilage of Tragacanth and a little liquid Styrax and Rose-water with Musk make Candles or Troches FINIS The Contents of the Book IT teacheth to make variety of sweet Waters for the Body or Garments to illustrate and adorn the face to take away Freckles Skars Sun-burns Pimples Redness with the Art of making several Colourings or Fucusses also how to take away Spots Bunchings Warts to kill Ring worms to smooth Wrinkles raze out the marks of the small Pox with Potions to make the Body fat or lean sweet Baths to cleanse the body also how to colour the Hair of any colour whatsoever to make it grow thick to make it curl to lengthen it to cause it to grow where it is wanting and take it away where it is superfluous to hinder the shedding of it also to cure all blemishes or infirmities of the eyes and teeth with Dentrifrices and Powders to cleanse and whiten them to make Lotions Lyes and Ointments As also to cure sore Heads Dander Nits Lice Scabs Scars Leprosies Tetters Scalds and Burns to whiten the hands to take away all deformities of womens breasts how to make sweet and muskified Soaps to wash with also Perfumes sweet Bags Pomanders for delight and those that will purge by smelling to them Candles that perfume as they burn and several Troches for Perfumes

Page 129 130 131 132 W WHiten Hair Page 8 Whiten Teeth Page 13 14 Warts in the Face Page 36. 95 96 97 Wrinkles of the face Page 36 37. 54.92 Whiten Freckles Page 37 Worms and Scabs of the head Page 89 Whiten Skars Page 93 Whiten the face Page 108 the hands Page 109 110 111 Warts in the hand Page 116 Wrinkles after Childe-bearing Page 120 OF Ornamental VVaters OF SWEET WATERS SECTION I. A sweet Water for the Body or Garments TAke of Rose-water of Orange-flowers of Myrtels of Musk-water each a pint Powder of Oriental Orrice one ounce Sivet a dram mix them and boil them in a Glass vessel till a third part be wasted then keep in a Glass vessel very well stopt Another sweet Water Take of Rose-water as much as is sufficient of Musk one scruple Sivet and Amber-greece each a little set them in a Glass vessel by the fire till they are hot then stop it well and keep it for your use Another of the same Authors Take rose-water four pints benjamin styrax cloves camphire wood of aloes each one ounce musk and sivet each one scruple mix them in a glass vessel well stopt and boil them four hours in Balneo Mariae then when it is cold strain it and put it in another glass vessel well stopt and set it in the Sun five dayes adding fifteen grains more of musk The Authors Musk-water Take of the best rose-water two pints the best musk one ounce and a half mix them and still them in Bal. Mariae with a very gentle fire then keep it in a vessel well stopt Another Take of rose-water twelve pints water of lavender cloves cynamon each one dram mace cardamoms musk ambergreece each half a scruple citron pill yellow saunders orrice each half a dram benjamin storax-calamite each one scruple mix them all in a glass vial and put them in Bal. Mariae ten dayes then set it in the Sun fifteen days more and it will be most excellent Another of the same Take of rose-water four pints lavender-water six ounces the water of jasmine-flowers three pints musk one scruple mix them and when they have been well stopt up ten dayes in a vessel then distil them in Bal. Mariae and keep it for your use A sweet water of the Italians which they call Damask-water TAke of cynamon one ounce cloves half an ounce sweet-marjoram rosemary lavender Bay-leaves penny-royal green province roses each a handful mallego wine rose-water each a pint and a half cut the green things powder the dry ones and set them in the Sun six dayes then distill them in a double vessel some adde to them citron pill storax calamite o●rice each one dram and flowers of jasmine they sprinkle this water on their garments linnen hands and nostrils Another Take of cloves half an ounce rose-water a pint and half mix and distil them Another pretty fancy Put twelve grains of musk into a vessel with a narrow mouth and put roses or violets into another vessel join the mouths of these vessels together and set them in the Sun so that the roses be uppermost but let their mouths be parted with a linnen cloth some bruise the roses a little instead of musk you may use cloves and cynamon Another Let the lowest part of the glass be filled with roses then strew on lillies and let every row have cloves strewed on and a little musk but let the uppermost row be of roses and so distil them Or this way is made a most sweet Water Take of Roses cut three pound Cynamon Cloves each two drams Camphure half a dram Orrice root half an ounce Nutmeg Mace each two drams put them in a glass and pour upon them Candy-wine Rose and Lavender-water each three ounces steep them eight dayes and distil them rellish it with a scruple of Musk and digest it in the Sun five dayes you may adde also Storax-calamite and Benjamin Another compounded of the former Take of rose-water a pint of damask-water of water of citron pills of orrice each one ounce storax-calamite half an ounce cloves two drams musk amber-greece sivet each one scruple set them in the Sun fifteen dayes shaking the glass every day it is excellent for the heart brain and stomach Of Waters that make the Hair grow long TAke of lard as much as is sufficient shave it very thin then beat it in a marble morter that it may be like paste then distil it in an Alembick and you shall receive a white liquor with which you must anoint the Hair Another to lengthen the Hair Take of streined honey three pints forty yelks of eggs mix them and distil them and anoint the hair with it Another of the same Take of fresh Maiden-hair bruised one handful of the best honey as much as is sufficient mix them in the form of a paste and distil them Of Waters that colour the Hair A Water to make the Hair black TAke of Gum-arabick four ounces chebul and emblick myrobalanes each half a pound being powdred and distilled by a gentle fire set them in the sun two hours and the head being washt with a Ly and dried last of all wet the hairs with wine and salt and wash them with the distilled water but let it not touch the skin Another of the same Take of Gum-arabick four ounces chebul myrobalanes roses each half a pound being bruised distil them with a gentle fire and let the head being first washt with water and not exactly dried again be washed with this distilled water Another to black the Hair Take of privet and date-stones powder'd each alike of the water in which bean rindes and gauls have been boyled as much as is sufficient mix them Another of the same Take of Cypress nuts as many as are sufficient of red wine red vinegar each alike boyl them together and with this Decoction wash the hairs Another of the same Take of the spume of silver as much as is sufficient of vinegar or the juice of Citrons or Lemons as much as is sufficient boil them together half an hour then wash the hair with it Another Take of the filings of iron as much as is sufficient put it into the sharpest vineger for ten days then wet the hair with it Another Take of the dross of iron filings of lead as much as is sufficient boyl them in vineger till one half be wasted strein it and wash the hairs Another of the same Take of Caper roots as much as is sufficient boil them in Asses milk till a third be wasted wash the hairs and let them alone all night Another Take of salt Gemm scales of brass privet each alike powder them and distil them in an Alembick Another Take of salt Gemm one pound Romane Vitriol half a pound salt Niter four ounces the green roots of Celandine two pound being bruised and powdred draw a water with an Alembick cast away that which comes out first but the next colours the hairs being first washt

and dried in the hot Sun Another most excellent Take of Aqua-fortis half an ounce fine silver two drams mix them and when the silver is dissolved adde of Rose-water three ounces and wash the hair A Water to make the Hair yellow Take of the best honey two pints Gum-arabick two ounces distil them with a gentle fire the water which comes forth first doth whiten the face the second and third makes the hair yellow Another Take of the shaving● of Box French Lavender Citron Liquorish powder'd the roots of Colts-foot Maidenhair each as much as is sufficient a little Saffron boil them all together till a third be wasted Another Take of Agrimony one ounce one stone of a horse dried boil them in spring water and distil them and use it the head being first washt Another of the same Take of vinegar two pints salt niter half a pound and distil them A Water to make Hair red Take of the water of raddish of privet as much as is sufficient mix them and wash the hair A Water to make the Hair white Take of the greater Cento●y four ounces the lees of Allom eight ounces Roch-allom Gum-arabick each two ounces clean white soap Gum-tragacanth each four ounces water six ounces boil them to one half and strein it and the head being washt with it and dried by the sun last of all wash it with Lye Of Waters that increase the Hair A Water to make Hair grow TAke of the flesh of snails wasps bees horsleeches burnt salt each alike quantity put them in a glazed Vessel having small holes at the bottom like a sieve and put under that another glazed vessel which may receive the moisture which will drop forth in many days by degrees take that and rub the places that have no hair with it A Water against shedding the Hair Take of pure honey candy wine a boyes urine milk each one pint and distil a water with which you must wash the places from whence the hairs fall Another more effectual Take of mountain hyssop mountain calamint the leaves of southernwood each two handfuls rich Candy wine piss honey milk each two pints mustard-seed half a pound powder those things which ought to be then mix them and let them steep three days afterwards distil the water the use of which will suddenly bring forth a beard and restore hair to bald places Of waters that hinder the growing of Hair Take of the blood of Frogs sealed earth sumach roses each a sufficient quantity vineger juice of house-leek each enough steep them 24 hours then distil them and bathe the part often with it Another of the same Take of a Cowes horn roch-allom black Poppy powder'd each a sufficient quantity fresh Cows blood two pints steep and distil them use it every night Another Take the decoction of Spurge made with vineger unslaked lime and mallows Another Take of Henbane powder'd half a pound put it in a moist place and after a time adding two ounces of the leaves of Orpin distil it and the hairs being pull'd out often bathe the bare place with it Of Waters that take away the faults of the Eyes Against tears of the Eyes TAke of ripe Strawberries as much as is sufficient steep them in horse dung fifteen days then distil them Another of the same Take of the flowers of white thorn the flowers or tops of Sallows and the leaves of Sallow each a sufficient quantity and distil them in a glass vessel Against redness of the Eyes Take the juices of Celandine Vervin Rue Fennel each three ounces the tops of Rose-leaves as much as is sufficient Sugar-candy three ounces the best Tutty and Dragons blood each four ounces prepare them and distil them A Water to preserve the Sight Take of Myrrhe one ounce Aloes two drams Saffron one dram Frankincense Ginger Sarcocol Camphure powder'd each a little put them into water and keep it for your use Another Take of Fennel Vervin Eybright Endive Betony red Roses Maidenhair each three handfulls bruise them and steep them a day in white wine and then distil them Another of the same Take of Fennel Celandine Sage Rosemary Vervin Rue each a like quantity distil them in an Alembick A Water against pains of the Eyes Take of Rose-water Eyebright Celandine each one ounce Tutty prepared one dram mix them the water from a vine cut is good for the same A Water to restore the sight Take of Fennel Celandine Vervin Rue leaves of Elecampan each one handful small wilde Teasel Milfoil each a handful Camphure half a dram distil then in an Alembick A Water to dry up tears from the Eyes Take of Tutty prepared one ounce the blood-stone half an ounce Dragons blood Acacia Antimony each a dram Camphure two scruples sealed earth a dram Frankincense Mastick white Pepper each half a scruple water of Fennel Eyebright each one ounce water of Violets Roses each two ounces old wine three ounces boil them all in a double vessel till half be consumed and then strein it A Water for the redness of the Eyes Take of the juice of unripe Grapes two ounces Aloes a dram and half binde it in a linnen Cloth and steep it in the said juice and at night wet the eyes with it A Water against darkness of the sight Take of Tutty prepared four ounces the juice of unripe Grapes half an ounce or five drams set them in the Sun fifteen days and adding half an ounce of Rose-water sun it fifteen days more and five days with Eyebright water afterwards powder the Tutty and strein it through a fine cotton cloth and keep it for your use A Water against blood-shed Eyes Take the pieces of a Marchesite and burn them then quench them in old clear common oyl powder them and distil them and powder them over again with the reffuse and distil it again Another of the same Take of Benjamin one ounce pure white honey half a pint Fennel and Rue water each twelve drams water of Sweet-marjoram half an ounce distil them in an Alembick A Water for swellings of the Eye-lids and tears of the Eyes Take of Agrimony Vervin Fennel Roses Celandine each a sufficient quantity being all cut and sprinkled with a little white wine distil them Of Waters that whiten the Teeth TAke of salt Arabick salt Gem each half a pound sugar'd Allom three ounces powder and distil them and rub the teeth with a scarlet cloth dipt in the water Another of the same Take of Roch-allom salt Niter each one pound a little Vinegar being powder'd dissolve them with Vinegar and distil them to every ounce of the water adde four ounces of juice of Lemons and rub the teeth with it Another Take of red Allom six ounces common Salt three ounces Mastick one ounce Myrrhe half an ounce Cloves six drams mix and distil them with which rub the teeth Another Take of Salt clensed and bruised one pound of Ice-alume one ounce distil them in an Alembick with an ounce

Tartar half a pound Flowers of Matweed five handfuls mix them and put them in some great vessel and keep it for your use when you would use it take a little out of the vessel and heat it in another vessel and adde if you please a little Myrrhe and Cynamon and so it will be excellent A Lotion for the Hair Take the lees of Alume eight ounces Centory one pound Gum-arabick Starch-corn each three ounces white Soap one ounce River-water one pint mix them and boyl them till a fourth part be wasted after that the head hath been washt with a Lye let this water dye them with a spunge in the sun A Lye to make the hair yellow Take the flowers of Mullein one handful Fenigreek two ounces Vine ashes the wood of Ivy ashes each one handful Rain-water ten points boyl them together till one half be consumed strein it and adde four pound of the whitest Soap Saffron two drams mix them and set them in the sun for one month with which dye the hair in the sun with a spunge or comb Another for the same Take of the Lye made of the ashes of the wood of Ivy as much as is sufficient the flowers of Mullein St. Johns-wort Fenigreek each as much as is sufficient boyl them and make a Lye with which wash the hair Another Take of the Lye of prunings of Vines the flowers of Mullein French Lavender the shavings of Butchers-broom the roots of Celandine each a sufficient quantity boyl them and wash the hair A Lye to make a Gold colour Powder the stems and roots of Coleworts and mix them with the shavings of Box or Ivory powder'd and with those Powders make a Lye which will do the business Another for the same Take of the Lye of Vine ashes as much as is sufficient Saffron white Soap each a sufficient quantity mix them Another Take of the Lye of prunings of Vines Pennyroyal each a sufficient quantity mix boyl them and wash the hair Another Take of the Lye made of Colewort ashes a sufficient quantity the roots of Agrimony Salt each as much as will suffice a little Aloes boyl them together then adde Saffron Rubarb powder'd each a little mix them and make a Lye with which wash the head at night and wrap it up with a hor linen cloth and next morning they will be yellow Of Lyes that colour the Hair black Take of the Juice of the rine of Walnuts three pints Litharge powder'd one pound mix them together with a Lye and wash the hairs Another Take of the rines of Fig-tree Gauls Date-tree Brambles Cypress each a sufficient quantity mix them and make a Lye to wash the hair Another for the same Take of Fig-tree leaves of black Vine of Mulberry leaves each one pound Rain-water a sufficient quantity steep them one day then boyl them and wash the hair Another Take a sufficient quantity of common Lye leaves of Beets one handful Sage three or four handfuls Myrrhe Bay-leaves the rines of green Nuts each a sufficient quantity mix and boyl them and so wash the head then in the end wash the face and neck with a simple Lye Another Take of Myrtle-berries Sumach Sage Cypress Nuts Citrine and Chebul Myrobalans common Lye each a sufficient quantity boyl them all together till a third part be consumed and make a Lye to wash the head Another Take of Indian Myrobalanes Gauls Cypress Nuts Pomegranate flowers Myrtle-berries each one ounce Roche-alume half an ounce salt Gem one dram powder them and boyl them in water with which wash the hair Another Take of common Lye a sufficient quantity Litharge of Gold one pound boyl them awhile together then take them from the fire and adde Oyl of Tartar half an ounce mix them and anoint the hair Another Take of common Lye two parts the ashes of Mast-tree salt Niter each one part mix them and wash the hair Another to colour the hair and beard Take of the scum of Silver burnt Brass each one part of the strongest Lye four parts boyl them with a gentle fire and when it rises in bubbles wash the hair and when they are drid again sprinkle them with warm water Another Take the water of Stillatory in which put four iron needles till they are dissolved and yellow Arsnick powder'd and with a feather wet the comb with the same water and comb the hair by the fire side or in the sun but so as it touch not the skin Of Lyes to colour the Hair red Take of Lupines powder'd ten drams Myrrhe half a dram the flowers of Sallow burnt Tartar each three drams being powder'd put them in a Lye and boyl them till they are thick with which dye the hairs Another Take of Sumach two ounces Gauls three ounces Madder two ounces Maidenhair Wormwood each one ounce Lupines husked two handfuls water ten pints steep them for some days then wash the hair Of Lyes that colour the Hair white Take of the greater Centory four ounces the Lees of Alume eight ounces Roche-alume Gum-arabick each two ounces clean white Soap Gum-tragacanth each four ounces clear water six ounces boyl half away then strein it and the head being washt with that and dried in the sun last of all wash it with a Lye Another Take of Vine ashes one pound water six pints and make a Lye Of Lyes to lengthen the Hair Take of Agrimony Elm bark Vervin Rain-water each a sufficient quantity mix and boil them till a third part be wasted with which wash the hair once every week Another for the same Take the rine of Sallow Wormwood Southernwood dried Roses Water each a sufficient quantity mix and steep them for a whole Friday and Sunday boyl them till a third part be wasted and wash the hair Another Take a sufficient quantity of Goats Milk Whey the ashes of a Cane Flax-seed each a sufficient quantity boyl them together strein it and make a Lotion for the hair Another Take of Maidenhair Emblick Myrobalanes Sorrel each a sufficient quantity boyl them in water strein it and adde a little Myrrhe and make a Lotion for the hair Of Lyes to increase the Hair Take of Agrimony Elm bark the roots of Sallow Southernwood Marsh-mallowes white Popler buds ashes of Colewort-stalks water each a sufficient quantity make a Lye to wash the hair Another of the same Take of Bears-breech common Lye each a sufficient quantity boyl them and wash the hair Another to make the hair thick Take of Agrimony Elm bark roots of Vervin roots of Sallow Southernwood Flax-seed burnt Cane-roots each a sufficity mix them all and boyl them in Goats milk or water and wash the hair A Lotion to increase the hair Take of Maidenhair three ounces Labdanum Myrtle a Goard burnt each one ounce ten pints of water powder them and steep them twenty days every day mixing them then boyl them till a third part be consumed and make a Lye to wash the head Another Take a sufficient quantity of white

of this water mix an ounce of plantane water and rub the teeth with a Cotton cloth dipt in it Another precious one Take of the first water of honey distilled which is white one pint white Salt one ounce Allom half a pound salt Niter one ounce water of the leaves of the Mastick tree one pint Mastick White-wine-vineger each two ounces distil them all in Bal Mar then rub the teeth with a Mastick stick dipt in it Another Take of white Wine six ounces the tops of Myrtil Servas-tree Cypress each three ounces Pomgranate flowers the bark of Nut tree roots Pellitory of Spain Dragons blood Date stones burnt red Rose-buds Cynamon each one ounce bruise them and distil them with a gentle fire mix with two ounces of this water one ounce of burnt Harts-horn and one ounce of Dragons blood and set them in the sun four days then rub your teeth with it A Water to strengthen the Teeth Take three Nutmegs two roots of Ginger a little Mastick Pellitory of Spain sweet Marjoram Hyssop Mint Rosemary Sage Salt each half an ounce put them all into sweet wine and let them boil till a third part be consumed then strein it well and use it hot A Decoction to fasten the Teeth cleanse and strengthen the Gums Take of the water of Mastick tree leaves of Rosemary distilled Vineger each half a pint Myrrhe Mastick Bolearmenick Dragons blood burnt Alume each one ounce choice Cynamon half a dram Rain-water three pints mix them all and boil them with a very slow fire a quarter of an hour adding of despumed Honey half a pint a little Benjamin wash the teeth often with this holding it in your mouth a while Of Waters that adorn the Face TAke of the Crum of Barley-bread two pound of Goats milk three pints white wine half a pint of the four greater cold seeds bruised each three ounces Frankincense Mastick Myrrhe each one ounce fresh Beans two pound or Beans-flowers three small handfuls or of dryed Beans and red Cicers each two pound Rice half a pound flowers of water Lillies Violets white Roses each two small handfuls ten Eggs distil them in Bal. Mar. If you adde Turpentine before you distil it the liquor will be the better and preserve the face the longer Another of the same Take of the Decoction of a Chicken Capon or Hen three pints of the juice of Lemmons one pint White wine vineger half a pint Bean and Water-lilly-flowers each three small handfuls Camphure and whites of Eggs each two drams mix them and distil them with an Alembick In stead of the Decoction of a Capon or Hen you may use the milk of a white Goat Another of the same Take of Bran separated from the best grain and of the strongest Vineger each a sufficient quantity mix them and make a paste to which adde in the mixing twelve whites of Eggs and distil it A water to beautifie the Face Let the water made of the whites of new Eggs through a sponge with an equal quantity of Juice of Lemmons be distilled as Rose-water afterwards adde to this water two ounces or thereabouts of common Lye and put into it a whole Lemmon bruised after eight days preserve the Juice from it and mix it with the water let the face be first washt with common water and dried and then with this distilled water Another Take of Rosemary white Tartar white Wine each a sufficient quantity mix them and distil them in an Alembick A water to make the face very fair Take two young Pigeons two pound of Veal Spurge-seeds clensed four ounces Pine Nuts sweet and bitter Almonds the Roots of white and blew Lillies Beans bruised and cleansed Ox-gaul the Root of Grass Plantane bastard Dittany each as much as is sufficient one Lemmon cut and cleansed the crum of white Bread steeped in Milk Gum-armoniack dissolved in Vineger Privet flowers each a sufficient quantity mix them and distil them with a gentle fire and put a little Musk and Benjamin about the top of the neck of the Receiver and keep it in a vessel well stopt Another Take of green Pine-nuts cleansed and cut as much as is sufficient put them in milk three days every day adding new milk then distil it with the things following viz. Glass powder'd four ounces red Coral three ounces Sugar-candy four ounces Allom one ounce mix them and make a powder then take of Quicksilver killed with spittle one ounce and a half twelve new laid Eggs shels and all broken and beaten together Turpentine nine times washt four ounces white Sea-periwinkles which Perfumers sell two ounces Earth-snails fifty bruise them all and mix them then put in part into a Glass-goard and then part of the powder afterwards part of the Turpentine last of all part of the snails thus laying one upon another till the Goard be full then adde a sufficient quantity of white Wine and with a slow fire distil it for your use A Mellon Water to beautifie the Face Take of white Mellons cleansed from the Rine as many as needs and cut them into pieces a finger thick then take of Sugar'd-allom four ounces Burnt-allom Quicksilver kill'd each one ounce white Sea-periwinkles two ounces washt Turpentine one ounce twelve new laid Egges bruised with their shells white Lemmons cut in pieces as many as you please Sugar four ounces Goats milk white wine each a sufficient quantity put all these in a Glass-goard one upon another as hath been said then distil them with a gentle fire and keep it in a glass vessel for your use A compleat Goard-water Take as many Goards as you please cleansed from the Rines and cut in round pieces Sugar'd-alume six ounces Alume one ounce Myrrhe a dram washt Turpentine half an ounce four new laid Eggs bruised six Lemmons sliced Snailes as many as you please white Wine a sufficient quantity Powder what is to be powder'd and mix them laying the first row with Sugar then with powders the third with Snails the last with Wine Lemmons and Eggs and so distil them with a gentle fire then keep it in a glass vessel eight or fifteen days A water to set forth the Face Take two Calves feet twelve pints of rain water boyl away half then adde one pound of Rice the Crumb of one Loaf softned in Milk two pound of fresh Butter ten whites of Eggs with the shells mix them all and boyl them then distil them to which at last adde a little Camphure and Sugar'd-alume and it will be excellent Another of the same Take of Chrysocol or Borax two ounces of Roche-alume Scissil Squammous each one ounce Camphure two drams powder them all then mix them and put them in a glass vial filled with spring-water and close stopt then set it to the fire two hours then take it away and when it is cold put it into another vial adding two whites of new laid Eggs beaten well together with the Juice of unripe Grapes and you will have a most

dissolved in the Juice of Lemmons one ounce mix and distil them Another Take of the roots of the greater Grass-plantane cleansed and bruised as much as is sufficient Spring-water a sufficient quantity mix and boyl them till a fourth part be consumed then take it from the fire and keep it in a vessel well stopt also the water distilled from the roots of Grass-plantane the roots of Bryony and the roots of Sows-bread do make the face red Another Take of the roots of Dragons or Grass plantane of white Lillies of fresh Lard each half a pound Bean-flower water four ounces Rose-water eight ounces Musk Cynanom each one dram powder and distil them Another of the same Take of Borax one dram Sublimate two ounces Camphure half a dram salt Gem one dram salt Alkali Roche-alume Endive Alume each two ounces Plumed-alume Sugar'd-alume each half an ounce Rose-water as much as is sufficient boyl them in a glass vessel till half be consumed and keep it for your use Another to colour the Face Take two ounces of Aquavitae Bean-flower water Rose-water each four ounces water of the Flowers of Water-lillies six ounces Tragacanth powder'd one dram mix them and set them in the sun for six or eight days then strein it and keep it for use let the face be first washed before you use it Another of the same Authors Take of Goats milk two pints one hot white Loaf the root of Dragons or Grass-plantane the root of Salomons-seal each half a pound the head of one Wether cut Borax Endive Alume each half an ounce the Juice of Lemmons Venus-shell dissolved in the same Cerusse each one ounce Litharge Sublimate each half an ounce powder what is to be powder'd and cut small that which is to be cut then mix and distil them Another Take of Cerusse two ounces Sublimate one ounce Plumed-alume Endive Alume each half an ounce Borax two drams Camphure one dram Sugar-candy two scruples Roche-alume one scruple powder them and tye them up in a linnen cloth then adde a young white Pigeon cleansed and cut in small pieces boyl them all together in Goats or Asses milk till the flesh be severed from the bones afterwards distil them all in an Alembick Another Take of Snails salt Gem Juice of Lemmons each a sufficient quantity being cut and powder'd mix them well and distil them in Balneo Mariae Another Take 12 Lemons sliced the Juice of Bryony white wine each a sufficient quantity the whites of three Eggs mix and distil them Of Waters that black the Face With Chymical Instruments extract a most clear water from green Walnut-shells and Gaules with which if you wet the face or hands they grow black by degrees like to an Aethiopian which if afterwards you would restore to their former whiteness you must distil Vineger Juice of Lemmons and Colophonia and washing with that will take off the blackness Of Waters that make the face youthful Take of Live-sulphur one ounce Olibanum Myrrhe each two ounces Ambergreece six drams powder and mix them adding a pint of Rose-water then distil them and keep the water in a vessel well stopr● which if any one will use at night when he goes to bed let him wash his face and in the morning with spring water and it will be most comely Another Take two Calves feet River-water nine quarts boyl them till one half be wasted then adde one pound of Rice the crum of a Loaf mollified in milk fresh Butter two pound ten whites of Eggs with their shels mix them all and boyl them then distil all the water from them to which add at last Camphure and Sugar'd-alume each a little and it will be excellent Another Take two ounces of Aquavitae Bean-flower water and Rose-water each four ounces water of Water-lillies six ounces mix them all and adde to them one dram of the whitest Tragacanth set it in the sun six dayes then strein it through a fine linen cloth you must use it in the morning and not wipe it off Of Waters that take away spots in the Face A Water for Warts and bunchings out in the Face TAke of salt Ammoniack Roman Vitriol Verdegrease each two ounces red Alume an ounce unslaked Lime half an ounce distil them in a glass Alembick cast away the first liquor the second is more effectual and to be kept for your use A Water for wrinkles of the Face Take of the Decoction of Bryony and Figs each alike quantity wash the face with it For Ring-worms of the Face Take 4 ounces of the water of sowr Dock Borax three drams common salt one dram Vineger of Squills one ounce mix them To prevent them Take of the best white Wine-vineger three ounces the Juice of sowr Dock the Juice of Lemmons each three drams Lytharge of Gold one pound boyl them gently then distil them and keep it for use A Water to whiten the Specks or Freckels of the Face Take three parts of the best Aquavitae two parts of Rosemary-flower steep them together a day and a night then distil them A Water that takes away all troubles whatsoever from the Face Work the Flour of Bread-corn with Goats milk bake a Loaf of it gently and draw it before it be too much leave the crum of this bread broken into small pieces steeping in fresh Goats milk for six hours mix with it the water of twelve whites of Eggs made with a spunge Egg-shells calcined one ounce Camphure Sugar'd-alume white Corral each two ounces powder them all incorporate them with the liquors and distil them in a glass Alembick Another for Wrinckles Take one Pomegranate hollow it and cleanse it from the inward parts then infuse it in whey and wine each a sufficient quantity and boyl them till the wine be evaporated then use it For Freckles of the face Take Rose-water Juice of Lemmons each eight ounces Sublimate two drams four whites of Eggs mix them all well then set it in the sun for eight days and keep it for your use Another Take four pints of Asses milk one pint of white Wine the crum of two new Loaves twelve Eggs with their shells Sugar-candy three drams bruise and distil them A Water to take away the marks of the Small-pox Take of Mastick Myrrhe Hepatick-Aloes Nard Dragons blood Olibanum Opoponax Bdellium Carpobalsame Saffron Gum-arabick liquid Styrax each two drams and a half powder them all and with Turpentine the weight of them all distil a liquor with glass instrumen●s Water from Beans Calves Ram● Hogs feet of Honey of the root of Grass-plantane Lemmons O enges Bean-flowers Egg-shells will do the same Of Potions that adorn the Body A Potion to make the Body fat TAke of the flour of Vetches Beans Barley Rice each alike parts flour of Lentils white Poppy each half as much flour of bread corn Turky-millet each alike quantity Sugar twice as much boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Sheeps milk of which let him take one cup every morning fasting

sleeping upon it half an hour Another of the same Take of Milk spring-Spring-water each one pint boyl them together till the water be consumed then adde Sugar of Penidies fresh Butter each one ounce Oyl of sweet Almonds newly drawn half an ounce give them one boyling more and so let it be taken fasting and sleeping upon it A Drink to make the body lean Take of round Birthwort one dram the lesser Centory one scruple Gentian Poly Parsley each three drams powder them and take them with white Wine fasting Of Baths to mundifie the Body Take of Pellitory of the wall Mallows Bears-breech Violet leaves each one handful whole Barley two pugils Violet Chamemel-flowers each three pugils make a Decoction in rain-water and with that make a Bath with which wash fasting afterwards when the Body hath sweated in the bed wipe it carefully Another to cleanse the Body and make it comely Take of Sage Lavender-flowers Rose-flowers each two handfuls a little Salt boyl them in water or in a Lye and make a Bath not too hot in which bathe the body two hours before meat Another of the same Take of Rose-water Vineger Salt each as much as is sufficient make a Decoction with Spring-water of which take two cups full and a sufficient quantity of Bran mix them and rub the body with it then wash with warm water or with a sweet Bath A Bath for faults of the Skin in Cholerick Bodies Take of Barley cleansed three pugils of Marsh-mallows Mallows Violet leaves each three handfuls Beets Pellitory of the wall Bugloss Burrage each one handful the seeds of Goard Citrul Mellon Cowcumber Flax Fenigreek each two drams flowers of Violets Roses Water-lillies Lillies each two handfuls make a Decoction with the head and feet of a ram and make a warm Bath A stronger Bath for faults of the Skin Take of the roots of Lillies Grass-plantane Bryony each one pound Burrage Bugloss Fumitory Sope-wort each two handfulls Pellitory of the Wall Maidenhair Mallows Violet leaves each one handful whole Barley Beans blanched Rice each three ounces Flowers of Melilot Chamemel Rosemary Mallowes Violets each two pugils roots of Orrice Niter each a sufficient quantity make a Decoction for a Bath A sweet-scented Bath for Noble-women Take of Roses Citron pill Citron flowers Orenge flowers Jasmine Bays Rosemary Lavender Mint Pennyroyal Spring-water each a sufficient quantity boyl them together gently and make a Bath to which adde Oyl of Spike six drops Musk five grains Ambergreece three grains sweet Asa one ounce let her go into the Bath two houres before meat Of Lotions or Lyes that adorn the Hair A Lye to make the Hair fair IF you would have your hair fair and sweet cented wash your head with Galens Lye called The distilled Lye which is made of a little ashes of a Vine burnt of the Knots of Ba ley straw and liquorish Sowes-bread and whiles the head is combed sprinkle the hair with the powder of Cloves Roses Nutmeg Cardamom and Galingale with Rose-water dipping the Comb also in it also they are made fair being often washt with the Decoction of Beech-tree nuts Another to make the Hair yellow Take of Dyers Madder yellow French Lavender Maidenhair Wormwood Lupines each a sufficient quantity put them in water or a Lye in a glass vessel for nine days stirring of it every day twice and steep a spunge in it with which wash the hair and after it is dryed wash it with warm water and soap To make the Hair of a Gold colour Take of Barley straw the rine of Liquorish shavings of Box leaves of Box Saffron Cummin each a sufficient quantity the Lye of the ashes of prunings of Vines as much as is sufficient boyl them all well and make a Lye with which if the hairs be often washt they will be exceeding yellow and like the colour of gold To make it yellow Take of the Lye of Vines as much as is sufficient to wash the hairs once the flowers of Mullein French Lavender the roots of Celandine each one pugil boyl them together let the head be first washt with a common Lye and being dried wash it with this decoction and dry it by degrees with hot linnen clothes The Italian women boyl in a common lye the flowers of French Lavender bruised and the shavings of yellow Sanders Another for the same Take of the shavings of Box French Lavender Citron pill Liquorish powder'd the roots of Coltsfoot Maidenhair each a sufficient quantity a little Saffron boyl them in water till a third part be consumed strein it and wash the head and anoint the comb with it Another of the same Authors Take of Barley straw as much as is sufficient Myrtle-flowers shavings of Box Saffron Cummin Privet each three drams boyl them in a Lye of Vines with which wash the head Another Take of Lupines one ounce and a half Myrrhe one ounce Stavesacer white Tartar each half an ounce boyl them in a Lye and wash the hair Another Take of Oat straw the roots of Celandine Agrimony the shavings of Box Vine-ashes Oat ashes each a sufficient quantity make a Lye with warm water and wash the head A Lye to dye the hair of a Saffron colour Take Lye in which a little Rubarb hath bin dissolv'd wil dye the hair of a Saffron colour Another Raw Lupines anointed on the hair with water and Niter do make them yellow saith Galen Another Take of Lupines powder'd Myrrhe each five drams salt Niter white Tartar burnt each three drams the Lye of prunings of Vines a sufficient quantity mix them and with this wash the haires in the sun with a spunge or comb Another Take the rine of Barberries half an ounce the root of Liquorish two ounces and a half Spleen-wort Oakfern each one handful make a Decoction in water or Lye strein it and to one pound adde common honey one ounce water of Grass-plantane of Cuckow-pintle each half an ounce mix them and with a spunge or comb dye the hairs in the sun Another Take of Tartar calcined half an ounce the roots of privet two ounces Raddish roots three ounces bruise them well boyl them rub the hairs when you go to bed and in the morning wash it with the Lye of Vines Another Take the Lye of the ashes of the wood of Ivy unbarked wash the head often and the hair will become yellow A Lye to make the hair red and curled In Bononia they wash them in a Lye of prunings of Vines in which the shavings of Box and Citron pill are steeped In Italy also they say that a Gentian root will do the same A Lye to make the hair yellow bright and long and to help the Memory Take so much common Lye as will wash the head ten times six sweet Orange pills Citron pill as much as you please Chamemel flowers Bay-leaves Maidenhair each one handful Agrymony half a handful Barley straw cut three handfuls dry Lupines a handful Fenigreek two handfuls burnt