or other Mallowes and the white of an Egge these mixe together annoyntyng theâ—ewith all aboute thy boote and then cast the fine pouder of Brimstone on the same settyng it ouer a fire and it will strongly burne and neither harme hande nor garment anoynted therewith ¶ How to make the Chamber as light by night as by daie AND to dooe this take that parte whiche shineth of the night Wormes and bruse them well whiche after set in hot Horsdung in a glasse stopped and lette it there so stande for fifteene daies and after distill the same in a Limbecke of glasse with a soft fire the whiche water so drawne stoppe close in a narrow necked pot of Christal glasse and hang the same in the entrie of the house and it will so giue a very bright light How to make two Dogges fight together a proper secrete AND to doe this take the Secliffet of the Wolfe cast the same betweene twoo Dogges and thei shall so long fight together as thei lye there betwene them and when you will haue theÌ„ to cease fightyng then take them awaie How to make a Bitche that she shall not desire to be couered with any Dog TO doe this take Bees and prepare them orderly whiche after giue vnto thy Bitche with breade or with meate and she will not after suffer any Dog to touche her To make a blowen Bladder to daunce and skip from place to place TO doe this put Quicksiluer in a bladder and laie the bladder in a hot place and it will after skipp from place to place without handlyng How to cast for the any worme or Snake entered within the bodie TO doe this haile the hearbe Basill ouer a softe fire in Vineger whiche so boileâ— giue vnto the pacient to drinke and it shall caste the same vp forthwith And if the same bee a Snake entered within the bodie then you maie take writyng Inke and good Wine mixyng them together whiche after drinke and it will caste vp whatsoeuer euill bee in the bodie How to make a Hen to runne awaie with greate feare AND to dooe this take the head of a Kyte and tye the same aboute a Hennes necke and she shall neuer cease runnyng here and there vntill you haue taken awaie the same from her neck and when you will take the same from her necke she will then moue from you nothyng at all How to finde a persone drouned that hath been sought for TO doe this take a white loafe and cast the same into the water nere the suspected place and it will forthwith goe directly ouer the dead body and there still abide by whiche you maie well finde the dead body How to deale with Iron many waies right profitable FIrst to make Iron as soft as past take Vitrioll and salt Niter of eche a like heatyng these to pouder whiche after destill in a Limbecke of Glasse and in this water laie your â—mall pâ—â—ces of Iron for a daie and a night whiche aâ—ter euâ—er us hotte horsedung for 15. daies and the same will become verie soâ—te like vnto paste and with the same Iron you maie make seales or graue or otherwise Imprint what you list on Iâ—oÌ„ so easely as iâ— to earth and you maie alâ—o beate and woorke the same Iron so easely as Leade Also make a water of Roche Alome as is aboue saied and in the same water quenche your Iron seuen tymes and it will make the Iron so easely breake as glasse and to make pouder therof Also quenche the Iron in the dung of an Oxe or Cowe tempered with Honie oftentymes and it will become so softe that you maie worke the same like Leadâ— with the hammer Also take saâ—te Armomacke well beaâ—eÌ„ an mixe the same wiâ—h vnssecked Lime and temper the same with colde water like vnto a thicke brothe and in â—his water temper the Iron and it shall aâ—ter become white faire and verie strong Also take the iuice of the Hearbe nâ—med Palma Christi and with the same amount thy handes and you maie after handle Iron fire hotte without harme And the like maie you doe with the iuice of Hemlocke Also take redde Arsenicke red Alome of eche like these grinde into fine pouder mixyng the same with the iuice of Sengreue or Houselike and the gall of a Bull and anointe thy handes with the same and you maie after handle burnyng Iron and annointyng the fecte you maie goe on hot Grates of Iron or Coales without any daunger To light a Candle at the mouthe of an Image painted on a wall Take and putte Brimstone to the mouthe of the Image and take a burnyng Candle and blowe it out And or the weeke bee out sette it to the Images mouthe and it will burne And so ye maie doe against a glasse To take Fishe by night TAke a lanterne of glasse and put a burnyng Candle in it and set the lanterne on the water and the Fishes will come to light Or els take Nettles and Houselike and make iuice of theim and putte it in a poude and all the fishes will gather there and if your handes be anointed therewith ye maie take them To make that no Dog barke at you TAke an hearbe called Serpentine and thei shall not barke at you To make birdes come to your Culuerhouse CAste Barly steeped in Honie where thei doe feede and thei will gather to your Culuer house To put an Apple in a Violl HAng the Violl on a twigge of the Apple Tree and put a yong Apple in the mouthe of the Violl and it will growe therein And so ye maie doe with Grapes or other fruite To puâ— an Egge in a Violl STeepe the Egge twoo daies and twoo nightes in Vineger and then roll it on a table softly and it will streâ—che as waxe and then maie you putte it in the Violl or drawe it through a Ryng To make folke seem blacke PUt Oile Oliue in a Lampe and putte thereto fine pouder of grounde Glasse and light it and all that bee about it will seem blacke as Egiptians To proue if a maiden bee cleane BUrne Motherwort and lette her take the smoke at her nose and if she be corrupte she shall pisse or els not Otherwise take graye Nettles while thei bee gréene and let her pisse on them if she bee no maiden thei will wither forthe or els not ¶ To knowe if a sicke personâ— shall dye or not TAke Graie Nettles while thei bee greene and put them in the pacientes Vrine and if thei remaine greene he shall liue and if thei wither not To make salt water freshe TAke claie and put it into a bagge and straine it through till 〈◊〉 bee cleare and it will be freshe To kindle Fier at the Sunne TAke a verie bright Basin and putte a newe lookyng Glasse therein and set the Basin in the hottest of the Sunne and laie aboute it verie drie Towe small chopped and the Towe will take fire with heat of the Sunne To see by night as
three or foure times or oâ—tner aboute thy hande and the other ende of the Corde or Rope winde about by the top of the Palme betweene the fore finger and thumbe that the one part of the corde maie reache vnto the Nayle and the head or other ende vnto the bottome of the Plame by whiche it must againe be winded about and after that winded againe once or twise aboute And this so done then with a vehement plucke and force assaye in the same part by which it is so ouer winded or runne with the Corde for that the substance of the Corde or Rope whiche is vnder doeth defende that the hande can take no harme by the hasty and strong pull and take heede that the vttermost folde of the Corde slyde not in thy hande And to conclude this conceiue that in the mightie and hastie plucke together the one folde of the Corde doeth so cut the other in sunder and then especiâ—lly when as that parte shall bee sette soft whiche is betweene the hand and the nayle and that both the hande be strong and then plucke out right and quick And now if you will conceiue this order in the windyng of the Corde about both the handes you may so breake the same with the onely strength of the handes yea suche strong Cordes or Ropes as will well holde a Bullocke or Cowe vnto the admiration or wondering of the lookers on ¶ How to make white Flowers like as the Lilly white Rose and suche like to be red AND to doe this fill a pint pot of the best red Wine vnto the middle of it and within the mouth of the pot haÌ„g the white â—lowers so deepe in that thei touch not the wine after that couer the mouth of the pot very close so that no aire of the wine breath out and then let it so stande for one whole daie and they will after become red of colour And to make suche flowers that beâ— naturally white to become red dooe this first take grose earth driyng the same very well in the Sunne that you maie after bryng the same into very fine pouder and after put the same earth into a pot or halfe Tubbe where you mynde to plant your white flowers to become redde and after they be so planted in the earth then let theÌ„ not be watered at any tyme with any other water then this whiche is made on this wise Take water puttyng therein a certaine quantitie of Brasill finely cut and boyle the same vnto a third parte whiche water after take and beyng through colde water by little and little the same earth as bothe at mornyng and euenyng and water it at no tyme with any other water then this vntil you see that the same water first haue taken effect ¶ How to make a hollow Ring to daunce by it self a proper secrete AND to doe this take a Ring rounde about hollowe into whiche put quicksiluer and stopp the same fast that it runne not forth After heate the Ring somewhat in the fire or lette it lye neere vnto the fire and beeyng hot laie the same on a Table or Stoole which by and by after wil begin to daunce of it self vntill it be colde againe ¶ To make Glewe to holde together so hard as a stone a proper secret AND to do this take vnfleke Lime and quench the same with wine and beate the same into fine powder mixing therewith both Figges and Swines greace and after labour them well together for this as Plinie writeth passeth the hardnesse of a Stone Also take Greeke Pitch Rosin and the powder of Tyle stones these mixe together and when you will occupie of the same then heate it ouer the fire and worke therewith for when the same is colde it holdeth them together so harde as any Nayle Also take of Spuma ferri one pounde of Tyle shardes twâ—â— pounde â—f vnslekt Lyme foure pounde of Oyle of Linseede so muche as shall suffice to prepare and worke them together for this Glewe is merueilous strong whiche neither feareth nor yeeldeth to water nor fire ¶ To make an Apple moue on the Table a proper secrete HOw to doe this take an Apple and cut the same in the middest and in the one halfe make a rounde hole putting therein a black â—eetle and so laie the same half on the Table and it will then moue ¶ To make Roses and other flowers that be red to become white AND to doe this take Brimstone beating the same into fine pouder whiche powder burne on a newe Tylestone holdyng suche red flowers or Roses ouer the smoake of it whiles it so burneth and thei will after become white and on this wise you maye make your Roses halfe white and half red or one leafe white and an other red by a cappe of paper so cut for the nouce ¶ How to write letters on the Egshell that the same letters maie appeare within on the Egge AND to do this take a little quantitie bothe of Gales and Allome whiche woorke together with Vineger after write with this licour what you will on the shell and that dryed laye then the Eggeâ—â—triue or els anoynt the Egge aboute wâ—th Waxe vnto the thicknesse of a Paper or somewhat more and with a fine bodkin write deepe letters that the hoales may be open and the letters apparant into the whiche holes poure of this licour and when the same is dryed on the Egge then seeth the Egge vntill it bee harde and after laye the same to soake in sharp Vineger through the which soaking the letters will so passe through the shell that the letters maie be seen on the Egge after the shell is pulled of How to make a Bottle or a narrowe mouth pot full of water or milke not to spill or shed forthe TO doe this take the Bottle or narrowe mouth Pot and fill the same vnto the brimme after couer the mouthe with a Paper and then turne the mouth dounward on the mouth of an other pot and nothyng shall shed forthe as by a triall in fillyng the one pot with Milke and the other maie be seene How to kill Fleas diuers waies AND first to gather all the Fleas of thy Chamber into one place anoint a Staffe with the greace of a Foxe or Headghog and laie the Staffe againe where you list in your chamber and it shall so gather al the Fleas by it Also sill a dish with Goates bloud and set the same by the bed and all the Fleas will come to it rouÌ„d aboute And the like will they doe by the bloud of the Headghog Also take the fat of a Goate and anoint what you list therewith and set the same vnder your bed and all the Fleas will gather vnto the same Also take Lupines or flat Beanes boyle them in water with Wormwood and that water sprinkle well aboute the Chamber and al the Fleas shall auoyde that Chamber Also take an Apple of Coliquintida and infuse the same in
by daie ANnoint your eyes with the bloud of a Backe To make fleshe cleane in the potte TAke Dwall or Nightshade and stampe it well and putte it in the potte with meate and the meate will cleane together To take Birdes PUt Barly in the iuice of Rue and Veneger and caste it there as the Birdes doe haunte or come and as soone as thei haue eaten it thei can not flie and then ye maie take them To make Silke Wormes TAke the braine of a Calfe and put it in a pitte of Mader and lette it lye three weekes and thei will breede of the braine and ye maie feede them with Mulberies To take awaie haires ANoint the rough place with the bloud of a Backe aâ—ter that it is shauen and haire shall neuer growe there To fat Hennes or Capons MAke a deepe pitte in the yâ—arth and make therein a bedde of dunge and a bedde of Nettles and doe so till it be full and theâ—e keepe your Pullen till the hearbes begin to growe and then let them out and within a short while thei will be verie faâ—te That one shall not be dronke DRinke the iuice of Yarrowe fastyng and ye shal not be droÌ„ke for no drinke And if ye were drunke it will sober you or els eate the marrowe of Porke fast yâ—â— and ye shall not be dronke To make a good batte for Fishe at all seasons of the yere TAke Wheate flower and Callowe of a newe slaine Sheepe and the gleire of an Egge and eate theim all together and haue them all therewith ¶ To make an Egge goe vp to the Spere ends EMptie the Egge at a little hole and fil it full of May deawe and stop the hole close with a little Waxe and Parchment glewed that the deawe goe not out Then sticke a spere in the earth in the heate of the Sunne and laie the Egge by the Spere and it will mount to the top thereof by the heate of the Sunne To make fishe or fleshe seeme rawe TAke the bloud of a Wat or of a Kid and drye it and keepe it from the ayre then cast it on fishe or fleshe that is hot and it will seeme rawe To make Potage to runne out of the pot TAke and cast Sope in the Pot and it will runne ouer To kill Hens or Ducks CAst to them the seede of Henbane and thei will fall doune as thei were dead To make Coales to burne a great while MAke pouder of S. Ihons worte and when the Coales are wasted and the fire nere out cast it thereon and let it lye ¶ That a man shall not beâ— weary of goyng DRinke the iuyce of Mugworte and beare the hearbe about hym with the hearbe Pedilion and Crowfoote Ad capiendum Pisces REcipe luce Mulage vel scolares tortas collectum circa medium Maij. QuaÌ„da Luna sit plena distemperata cum ingro sape serua in Olla terreo quaÌ„do vis occupare vnge manus tuas laua illa in aqua velloco vbi sunt Pisces To make Yearne and linnen Cloth white TAke a Herryng Barrell fill it nigh full of good Aledregges and stoppe it fast but ye must haue a good dishe full of parched Beanes and put them in a linnen bagge and very hot put them to the dregs till thei be coole and shut it fast the space of a quarter of an houre Then take twoo pounde of Allum ground to suttle pouder and cast it therein and let it lye foure daies naturally well closed then washe your Yarne To make that a Horse maie not goe through a streate TAke the guts of a Wolfe and laie theÌ„ ouerthwart the Streate and couer them with earth or Sande and he will not goe that waie as long as the guts doe lye there Probatum est To knowe if a Woman be with a man child or not TAke a dishe and putte water in it and then let her milke her Breast into the water and if it bee a man Childe it will fleete if it be a woman child it wil sinke To ease thy Feete for goyng TAke Plantine and stampe it well and anoynt your feete with the iuâ—ce therof and it will doe a waie the griefe To haue faire white teeth TAke Barly Meale Honey and Salt and mingle them together and rubbe your teeth therwith and thei wil be white and cleane To take Fleas ANoynt a potte with the Greace of a Bucke and set it on your Bed and all the Fleas will goe to it Or els take the Greace of a Goupill and annoynt a place of the house where ye wil haue them come and thei will goe thether Or els take leaues of Dan and lay them vnder your Couerlet or where ye will and when they be among the leaues thei cannot come away FINIS
that if a man eateth in the Euenyng before his goyng to bedde of the hearbe named Nightshade or Mandrake or Henbane shall after see in his sleepe pleasant sightes How to tourne water into wine a proper secret IF thou wilte conuert or tourne water into wine then fill a brasse potte with the best wine settyng vpon the head of the potte a Limâ—â—ecke and destill the wine out and the Lees remainyng after the destillation drie them and bring theÌ„ into fine pouder which equally mixed with the water doeth so cause the water to haue bothe the colour and taste of the same wine And the like vnto this mate be wroughâ— doen in a Rose Limbeck Also a loafe of Barlie bread hote drawen out of the ouen and broken into greate peeces hote and laied so to soke in good wine whiche peeces wheÌ„ thei shall bee well soked in the wine let theÌ„ drie in the Sunne and after soke of that bread in faire Water and it will after receiue bothe the colour and tast of that wine To make a light or Candell to endure burnyng without goyng out by any winde so long as the substance endureth TO doe this make a weeke after thy discâ—etion which infâ—se in the oile oâ— Hempseede and after into molten Tallowe as you would properlie make a weeke or cotten Candell lettyng thesame to hang somwhat vntill it be cold which through cold then light it in the like sort as you doe a common Candell and it will not after goe out wiâ—hâ—na Winde so long as the substance indureth and in like sorte maie light bee made to serue in the night tyme if so be that fine linnen ragges bee firste soked in the Oile of Hempseede and after dipped into molten Tallowe whiche so bounde or wrought on a staffes ende to carrie aboute or otherwise on a staffes ende liyng in an Iron plate How to make quâ—rters of wood iâ— hang so fast together that thei cannot be shaken a funder without breaking TO make quarters hold and hang together thus without tiyng must bee doen on this wise First laie one of the quarters doune as these it letters A. and B. do instruct on the whiche laie the other quarter euen as these twoo letters C. and D. doe heere represent and on that C. and D. laie the third quarter as the letters E. and F. doe heere expresse and in suche sorte that E. and F. must lye vnder A.B. And beyng then thrust hard together thei cannot after fall awaie without breakyng in that A. and B. is staied and helde of E. and F. and E. and F. of C. and D. and C. and D. holden of A. and B. so that none of them can fall a sunder the one from the other Also that place where B.D.E. is holden or staied together and doeth the like hold together as by a triall of the same shal more manifestly appeare Also the more and harder thei be thrust together the longer thei so coÌ„tinue hangyng together And some suppose that a like triall vnto this maie bee assaied and proued either with three stickes made flatte for the nonce or with three kniues beeyng a like if thei bee orderly vsed How to make a colour like to gold in vnderstandyng this secret ANd to doe this take of Aloes Hepaticke and of salt Niter of eche sixe vnces these grinde and perfectly mixe together on a smoothe Marble or other harde stone that beyng so laboured together thei can after bee separated by no meanes and after distill the same in a Limbeck of glasse well luted aboute that you maie so drawe out al the moist substaunce that will come And with this maie you gilde what you lisâ—e vâ—derstandyng how to drawe this licour Also by a shorter waie and lesser pain maie you doe the like although not so perfecte as the other aboue saied whiche indeede is right meâ—ueilous And â—ow this is on this wise First take of Aloes Hepaticke three vnces of Rosen sixe vnces and of oile of Lineseede well boiled a pinte and a halfe these set ouer the fire in a pott and mingle them well together after straine the same licour through a Linnen cloathe puttyng it into a potte whiche you must sâ—op close and so keepe the same vntill you haue neede to gilde any thyng therewith To make Siluer like any mettall whichâ— shall so continue a long tyme. FOR to doe this take halfe an ounce of Aquafortis and a scruple of Quicke-siluer and a little of the Tartare made of the white wine and a little Salte These put altogether in a pot or yearthen panne woorkyng and labouryng the same together ouer hotte Imbers whiche so dooen you maie after with this coÌ„position make siluer like any mettall you list and to continue so a long tyme. How to sticke an Iron or Steele Bodkin into the hed of either Cocke Henne or Chicken ANd to doe this write first these woordes followyng that is to saie Gibell Got Gabell in a scroll and binde the same about the bill of the Cocke Henne or Chicken to colour this secrete withall whiche so doen then pearce the head of the Bird iust in the middle as you can gesse with a verie sharpe poineted Bodkin and after seâ—t the Birde doune and you shall see the Birde so lustely runne awaie from you as if nothyng were strickyng into the heade if the Pullet be bigge vnto the wonder of suche as shall see the same And now the reason of this is in that the head and braine of the Pullet is deuided into twoo partes in the bone and the bone also doubled in the middest so that the Bodkin maie easely enter without daunger and of this the braine so pearced the Pullet neuerthelesse liueth whiche if the ignorant se thei will perhaps beleeue and thinke that the wordes onely doeth the same whiche is nothing lesse To make a Candle that will not goe out vntill the whole substaunce be wasted ANd to doe this take the best waxe and the pure Brimstone of eche a like portion whiche take and melt together and after make a Candle thereof whiche beyng lighted set the same in a Candlesticke to buâ—ne And the same candle so lighted will not goe out vntill the whole sustaunce bee spent thus Cardanus writeth How to make Iron soft a proper secret ANd to doe this take the iuice of the Hemlocke and quenche the Iron in it beyng well heated three or fower times lettyng it there remaine euery tyme vntill it bee throughlie colde Also Cardane writeth that if you take oile puttyng into it mosten Leave seuen times together and after quenche your Iron redde hotte into that Oile for fower or fiue tymes together and it will so make the same soft to woorke To make a Sworde Dagger or Knife to cut Iron so easely as Leade OF this thyng Hermes writeth if a Sworde Dagger or knife beeyng onely Iron and fashioned and beyng redde hot â—f the same be afterward quenched into the iuice of the Raddishe mixed
with the licour of the freshe Wormes of the grounde or rather the water of Artely distilled beeyng before some what brused suche a Sworde dagger or knife saieth he shall after haue suche a straunge edge if the same red hotte be quenched fower or fiue tymes in it that with the same you maie cutt Iron so easely as if it were Lead Also he writeth that if Steele bee often molten in the Furnace and so purified vntill the same bee so white as Siluer in a maner and then after of the same fashion grauyng Instrumentes with their edges and poinâ—tes orderly like as to the art of grauyng belongeth whiche instrumentes beyng redde hotte quenchte aâ—ter into the iuice of Radishe and the destilled water of the Wormes of the yearth mixed together Or els with that water of the Wormes drauâ—en through a cleane Linnen clothe so that there be so muche of this water as of the iuice of the Radishe and then those instrumentes quencht foure or fiue times in the aboue saied licour And after will the edges and poinetes of the instrumentes bee so hard that you maie cut and graue in any stone and Iron so easely as the same were Lead How to keepe weapons cleane and faire for a long tyme. ANd to do this take Barrowes greace common Oile newe Waxe Ceruse of eche a like these teÌ„per together very well ouer a soft fire vnâ—ill thei be throughly incorporated and after anoint the burnished weapon with this ointment and it shall so continue in the same brightnesse in secula secuâ—orum And there can not be a greater secrete inuented for the keepyng bright of weapons then this is if these wordes bee well vnderstanded How to make Steele so soft as past a proper secret DOe thus Take the gall of an Ore Bans vrine â—erâ—es and the â—yâ—e of the Nettle of eache of theâ—e take a little quantitie and miâ—e them very diligently together then after quenche the Steele red hot in this licour sower or fiue times together and it will after become so soft as paste And this is a â—ight proper and necessarie secrete to be vnderstanded of all suche workemen as dooe any matters in Steele as grauyng and suche like if these wordes be well marked ¶ How to make Hens laye Egges all the winter through TO doe this take the toppes of the Nettles when they begin to come vnto seede and drye them whiche so dryed giue a little of the same with Bran and Hempseede mingled together to your Hens and thei shall euery daie after laye you an Egge a peece ¶ How to make thy Chamber appeare full of Snakes and Adders TO doe this kill a Snake puttyng the same into a pan with Waxe and lette it so long boyle vntill the same be through drye and of that waxe make a Candle lightyng the same in the Chamber and then after shall appeare as though there were a thousande creepyng in thy Chamber ¶ How to make letters appeare of the colour of Golde Copper or Siluer AND to doe this take very cleere Christal and worke the same into merueilous fine pouder on a Marble stone and after mixe the same pouder with the white of an Egge vntill this be so prepared to write withal And after with this confection write what letters you will lettyng the same drye and after rubbe a golde Ring or any peece of golde on the same letters and all the letters shall appeare like gold And in the like sort maie you make the letters either appeare like siluer or copper ¶ How to make any peece of Iron to appeare like golde AND to doe this take foure pintes of Raine water into which put ten drammes of Roch Allum and ten drammes of Orpiment of Romain Vitrioll and Salt Gemme of each one an vnce and a scruple of Coperas all these boyle together after put there into a quart of Vineger and of Tartare and common Salt finely beaten to pouder of eache three vnces all these incorporate againe ouer a soft fire very well and after occupie the same whiche maketh a colour like vnto golde ¶ How to haue freshe Roses at all tymes of the yeare sundrie waies taught AND first if you will haue fresh Roses at any tyme so well as in the Moneth of May then gather the buddes halfe open in a maner in the Euenyng when as the Sunne is set and touch them not with thy hande in the gatheryng but with a sharpe knife properly gather them after laye the Roses vppon a boord lettyng them to lye abroad in a faire night al y â— night through and then after haue in a readinesse a newe earthen potte well glased within and with out into whâ—che put the former Roses before the Sunne be vp in the mornyng and stop close the mouth of that pott with claie mixed with Horsdung and flocks all tempered well together before whereby no ayre of the Roses maye passe or breathe forthe After sette the same potte into the grounde coueryng it in drye Sande and lette no moyst place bee neere or about the same And now on this wise may you haue freshe Roses at any tyme of the yeare Also take of the Rose buds in the spring time when thei begin first to open and put thoâ—e into a greene Cane yet growyng cleanyng the same by little and little vntill you maie handsomely putte in those buds and after tye that place with a threed stoppyng the same about that no ayre breathe out and after couer that neece of the Cane or Reede so bounde and stopped about vnder the earth bowyng downe the same stalke by little and little that the same breake not and couer the same well with the earth lettyng it there remayne so long as you lift and when you bee mynded to haue them forthe then cleane the Cane by little and little that you spoyle not the buâ—des and after set theim in the Suâ—ne or in luke warme water aâ—d they sâ—aâ—be open and faire in a short space as in the middest of Maie Also if you will make drye Roses to become freshe then take a newe glased pot and wet the same with in wâ—th Rose water and after shut that pot with the Roses very close lettyng it so to stande for fiue daies and they shall be freshe ¶ How to make Beanes and other seedes growe vp in foure houres AND first to make Beanes grow vp in an houres space take the Beanes and put them in hot Oile lettyng them there remaine for a xl daies and after drye them And when you will make the proofe of them then set the Beanes and goe to dinner and by that tyme you rise againe from the Table and goe to looke on them you shall finde them growe vp well a spanne high And the like maie you doe with the Gourdes And now to make the Gourdes growe vp in the space of foure houres bothe with leaues and flowers take the seede of the Gourde and let them lye in the bloud of a sâ—nguine
young man and lette them there remaine for fifteene daies in a moyst place and in a potte well stopped and after take them foorth and let them bee dryed well in the Sunne and when you will sowe or plant them then take a dishe full or two of good earth and drye the same well after wet the same with a little fresh water and after haue warme water powryng the same vpon this earth vntill it become sufficient soft and then plant your seedes in it and within three or foure houres after you shall haue Gourdes growen vp with leaues and with flowers And the like maie you doe with the Melons Citrones and other greene seedes ¶ To make a Candle of Ise to burne like vnto an other Candle TO doe this make a candle of Brimstone whiche with the pouder of a coale smeare about and after in the Winter tyme drowne the same in water but couer the head of it with a paper and after hang the same at the mouth of some Gutter whiche droppeth fast whereby it may so be couered with half a finger thicknesse of Ise in the mornyng and after being lighted it will then burne vnto the woÌ„deryng of suche as shall see the same Also take pure Wake and fine Brimstone purified of eache a like melt these together makyng thereof a Candle and after take the pouder of a coale finely beaten brimstone the like in pouder these sift through a Serse or linnen cloth and after heating the Candle smeare the Candle about so long vntill it haue as it were a thick crust rouÌ„d about the same like vnto the thicknesse of the backe of a knife whiche after couer about the hed of it with a paper then hang the same at the mouth of a Gutter whiche droppeth fast vntill the Ise couer it about a finger thicke then light the same and it will burne like as it were all waxe ¶ To make fleshe to seeme to crall full of wormes AND to doe this take Harpe stringes cut them into very short peeces whiche strawe vpon meate beyng taken â—ot ouâ— of the pot those peeces wil theÌ„ moue and farre like vnto wormes ¶ How to make a light in the night tyme that all thinges round about thy hall or parlour shall appeare bothe blacke and greene TO doe this take the blacke iuyce or inke of the fish named a Cuttle and the like quantitie of Verdigreace these mixe well together putting the same into a Lampe and dipping a weeke in that licour then light the same puttyng out the other lightes in the roume and then shall all thinges round about that place and the wals also being white appeare both blacke and greene vnto the meruaile oâ— suche as shall see the same ¶ How to make Rootes to haue what proper forme you will on them TO doe this take suche greene rootes whiche be big like as be the Briony rootes Radishe rootes and Rape or Nauew rootes and of any of these rootes carue and cut as you list and alter put the same into the earth lettyng it there so long remaine vntill the same caruyng bee couered with a skinne And on suche wise maie you make the counterfait Mandrakes in fashionyng in the Briony roote as bothe Mathealus and Cardane doe write forme of a man with a Pen knife and settying the same roote againe into the earth with the head of the roote turned downeward and a litle Barly put vnder it whiâ—h after will cleaue and hang fast vnto the hed of the Roote and appeare like vnto haire growyng out of the same ¶ How to breake a stone with the Fist of the thicknesse of ones hand AND to doe this first raise the edge of a flat stone vpright from a plaine boorde or rather from a big smooth stone in suche sorte that it stande of it self without any vnderbearing or helpe and after with thy fist sinne hastely or quickely that parte standyng vpright which failing together flat on the plaine boorde or stone doeth so breake in so many peeces And if the fist be swiftlier smitten then the end of the stone toucheth the boord in the fallyng then is that stroke in vaine and breaketh not the same at that tyme. And in the like maner maie Tyles bee easely broken with a small and easie stroke of the hande for that through the weight of the stone in the fallyng and helpe of the quicke stroke it doeth of this so lightly breake euen as it were downe with the vehement stroke of a hammer ¶ To make an hearb to growe whiche shall haue many sauors and tastes AND to doe this first take one séede of the Lettice one seede of Endiue one of Smallage one of the Basill one of the Leeke and of the Parsly al these put together in a hole in suche sort that one seede may touch an other but this remember that you plant these together in the dung of an Horse or an Oxe without any earth at al with theÌ„ And then after of these seedes shall growe vp one proper hearbe whiche will haue so many sauours and tastes as there were seedes sowne together ¶ How to make sundrie deuises or Armes or suche like in a Rose Carnation or Flowers de luse or Lilly TO doe this take Salt Armoniacke and grinde the same on a Marble stone with fine Vineger and a little Suger Candie and keepe the same in a narrowe necked pot or glasse and after take your Rose and dresse the leaues in fastenyng them with red Ware that thei may so lye plaine and euen whiche so done then take a fine Pensell with the licour drawyng on the leaues what proper matter or Armes you list and after let the same drie of it self puttyng vppon of the leafe golde or the leafe siluer and after pressyng it lightly or gently downe with Bombasse and that whiche sticketh not then fast falleth of in the doyng and so your worke will remaine trim and faire ¶ To write what you list on a Seelâ— Dagger or Knife HOW to dooe this take an vnce of Salt Peter and an vnce of greene Coperesse beate â—hese grosely together and after put the same into a stâ—oÌ„g Bottle of glasse distillyng a water of it whiche water vse on this wise First take yellowe or red Waxe sletchyng the same vppon your Dagger or Knife so farre as you will draw or write thereupon vnto the thicknesse of a Paper leafe and somewhat more after drawe or write therein what you list drawyng or writyng vnto the Steele and then fill that hollowe drawing or holes with the distilled water whiche within a daie and a night will haue eaten it sufficiently and the like maie you drawâ— and doe in any other peece of steele ¶ How to breake a newe and big Rope with the handes onely TO dooe this take and fasten the one ende of the Corde or Rope either with a nayle driuen fast into it or aboute a strong hooke of Iron and after winde the same
by little and litle vnder the paryng and thrust it in againe right against the place vntill you haue so gone rounde about the outside of the Apple And this also remeÌ„ber that you thrust the needle through the parting at streight corners one against the other of the Apple and this so often doe vntill you come againe vnto the first place where you began And if so be you would deuide the same in sixe or eight peeces then draw the thred againe by a like distaunce alwaies takyng heede to deuide the Apple vnder the skinne and wheÌ„ you haue thus doen with the Apple and the peeces yet couered with the skinne theÌ„ draw ouâ— the endes of the thred and you shall aâ—â—er deuide the Apple within without haâ—â—â—yng of the paring or skin into so many peeces as you list And when you haue thus drawne â—ut and taken the thred quite awaie you man keepe the Apple so long as you thinke requisite How to make a Cup of Glosse beyng set in the fire not to burne AND to doe this take what Cup or Pot of glasse you list and seeth the same in common Oyle by the space of fiue houres and after take it foorth and it will be then made so strong that the said Cup of glasse or pot will endure the heate of the fire How to mâ—ke a Candle to be maruailed at a proper secrete AND to doe this take foure vnces of salte Niter sixe vnces of fine FrankeÌ„sence three vnces of brimstone sixe vnces of Oyle and sixe vnces of the Miâ—ke of Cataputia all these beate fine mixe together after take thrée vnces of Waxe and make then a Candle of altogether in the ende of which Candlesticke sticke deepe a Needle and after set the same in a narrowe mouth glasse full of water and you shal see after what the same will doe ¶ How to make quick siluer in a maâ—er so hard as siluer AND to doe this take the strongest Vineger and whites of Eggeâ— wel beaten together and three vnces of quicksiluer vnto one of the other these first still together in a Limbecke wel luted and in that distilled water put the quicksiluer and it will bee after so harde that you maie work it with the hammar Also take quicksiluer and washe it in the distilled water of mans bloud and euery tyme you wash the same let it drie and in the ende it wil come to be so harde as siluer How to see many and diuers straunge sightes in an Vrinall AND to see these take a newe and cleane washed Vrinall into which poure either cleane water or other runnyng water after take the white of an newe layed Egge and a little Saffron bindyng it in a cleane linnen cloth after that poure a little of the water into a dishe and put the cloth with the Saffron into it so long vntill it haue coloured it somwhat and beyng on this wise theÌ„ beate the white of the Egge with this water seueÌ„ or eight tymes with thy â—inger and then poure the same into the Vrinall and you shall after see in it Towers Castels Hilles and many other straunge sights How to catch Foules without a Net TO doe this take Arsnick puttyng the same in water and in that water boyle Wheate or any other graine and cast the same forthe vnto Foules and so many as eate thereof will not be able afterwarde to flye away And take the iuyce of Celidone and infuse Wheate in the same lettyng it there remaine for thrée daies after giue the same vnto Foules to eate and such as eate thereof you maie after take with the hand Also take Wheate puttyng it in Wine Lees and let the same remaine there eight daies after that put it into the iuyce of Celandine and Horehounde to steepe whiche so doen then giue of the same vnto the foules to eate and suche as eate thereof cannot after flye a waie How to make a loafe of bread newe set vpon the Table to leape of TO doe this take a quill fillyng the same with Quicke siluer and stopping it close thrust the same after into a hot loafe newe drawne out of the Ouen and the loafe will by and by daunce on the Table How to make an Egge flye about amerry conclusion AND to do this take a Gose Egge and after the opening and cleansing of it take a Backe that flyeth in the Euenyng whiche put into the shell then glewe it fast about on the toppe and the Backe wil so flye awaie with it which perhappes will bee thought of some to flye about in the ayre of it self ¶ How to make Artificiall fire diuers waies and that maruailous AND first to make a flame of fire to passe sodeinly out of the mouth of a pot full of water take an Egge makyng an hole in the head and drawe out all the substaunce of the same whiche so dooen then fill the same with the pouder of Brimstone and vnslâ—ckt Lime mixed together shuttyng the mouthe with Waxe and then let it fall to the bottome of a quarte potte full of Water takyng quickly your hande awaie and sodainly will issue forthe a flame out of the mouthe of the potte And also if thou wilt spit fire out of thy mouthe without paine and to dooe thee no harme take the pouder of the Willowe sticke finelie beaten and searsed with the whiche ioyne a little newe Silke makyng it rounde vp like vnto a ball into whiche put this pouder wrappyng the Silke well aboute it and after putt it within with the pouder a little fine Flaxe and then properly stitche it vp rounde aboute whiche so dooen then cut it open a little on the one side puttyng a quicke coale or a light Candle vnto it to set it on fire a little then put it againe into thy mouthe holdyng the same softly with thy teethe and tournyng also the parte cut inward in thy mouthe and when thou wilt spit fire out then holde the hall strongly in thy mouth and blowe and the lookers on shall see then a greate flame issue forthe of thy mouth and doe there no harme at all Also to make a fire flye vp in the ayre Take Towe and wet the same in Aquauitae and after put fire to it and blowe the same awaie which after will flye vp in the ayre and burne ¶ How to knowe a naturall precious stone from a counterfaite AND to dooe this rubbe the same on Leade and if it chaunge the colour then it is counterfaite if it chaunge not then it is a naturall Stone Also if the stone haue like vnto a Bladder within then it is counterfaite ¶ How to make a man appeare on a flame burnyng without any harme TO do this take Brimstone Orpiment and common Oyle of these make an oyntment with the whiche anoynt thy garment all about and thy head and handes and after light the same and it will burne all at once without harme Also take iuyce of â—dders tongue the iuyce of March Malloâ—es