anointed therewith you may take them at your pleasure LXXIV How to make no Dog shall bark at you TAke an Herb called Serpentine and by vertue thereof no Dog shall bark at you LXXV How to make Birds come to your Culver-house CAst Barley stéeped in Honey where they do féed and they will gather to your Culver-house LXXVI An excellent Conclusion how to put an Apple into a Vial. HAng the Vial on the twig of an Apple-trée and put a young Apple in the mouth of the Vial and it will grow therein And so ye may do with Grapes or other fruit LXXVII How to put an Egge into a Vial. STéep the Egge two days and two nights in Vinegar and then roll it on a Table softly and it will stretch as Wax and then may you put it in the Vial or draw it thorow a Ring LXXVIII To make folk seem black PVt Oil-Olive in a Lamp and put thereto fine powder of ground Glass and light it and all that be above it will séem black as Egyptians LXXIX To prove if a Maiden be clean BVm Mother-wort and let her take the smoke thereof in at her nose and if she be corrupt she shall presently piss or else not Otherwise take gray Netiâ—es while they be gréen and let her piâ—s on them if she â—e no Maiden they will wither forthwith otherwise not LXXX To know if a sick person shall die or not TAke gray Nettles while they be green and put them into the patients Vrine and if they remain green he shall live and if they wither not LXXXI To make Salt water fresh TAke Clay and put it into a bag and strain it thorow until it bâ— clear and it will be fresh LXXXII To see by night as by day ANoint your eyes with the blood of a Bat and by this means you may effect your desire LXXXIII To kindle fire at the Sun TAke a very bright Bason and put a new Looking-glass therein and set the Bason in the hottest Sun and lay about it very dry Towe small â—hopâ—ed and the Towe will take fire with the heat of the Sun LXXXIV To make flesh cleave in the Pot. TAke Dwall or Nightshade and stamp it well and put it in the Pot with meat and the meat will cleave together LXXXV An easie way to take Birds PVt Barley in the juyce of Rue and Vinegar and cast it where the Birds do haunt or come and as soon as they have eaten it they cannot flie and then ye may easily take them LXXXVI To make Silk-worms TAke the brain of a Calf and put it in a pit of Mader and let it lie thrée wéeks and they will bréed of the brain and ye may féed them with Mulberries LXXXVII How to take away hairs ANoint the rough place with the blood of a Bat after that it is shaven and hair shall never grow there LXXXVIII To fat Hens or Capons MAke a déep pit in the earth and make therein a bâ—d of dung and a bed of Nettles and do so till it be full and there kéep your Pullen till the herbs begin to gâ—ow and then let them out and wâ—tâ—in a short while they will be very fat LXXXIX That one shall not be drunk DRink the juyce of Yarrow fasting and ye shall not be drunk for no drink And if ye were drunk it will sober you Or else 〈◊〉 the marrow of 〈◊〉 fasting and by this means ye shall not be drunk XC To make a good bait for Fish at ali seasons of the year TAke Wheat-flower and Tallow of a new-slain Shéep and the glair of an Egge and beat them all together and vait them all therewith XCI How to make an Egge go up to a Spears end EMpty the Egge at a little hole and fill it full of May-dew and stop the hole close with a little Wax and Parchment glued that the dew go not out Then stick a spear in the earth in the heat of the Sun and lay the Egge by the Spear and it will mount to the top thereof by the heat of the Sun XCII To make Pottage run out of the Pot. TAke Sope and cast thereof into the Pot and it will run over XCIII To make Fish or Flesh seem raw TAke the blood of a Wat or of a Kid and dry it and keep 〈◊〉 from the air then cast on Fish or Flesh that is hot and it will séem raw XCIV To kill Hens or Ducks CAst to them the seed of Henbane and having eaten thereof they will fall down as they were dead XCV How to make Coles to burn a great while MAke powder of S. Johns Wort and when the Coles are wasted and the fire néer out cast it thereon and let it lie XCVI Ad capiendum Pisces REcipe luce Mullage vel scolares sortas collectum ciâ—ca medium Maii. Quando Luna sit plena distemperata cum nigro sale serva in Olla terrea quando vis occupare unge manus tuas lava in aqua vel loco ubi sunt Pisces XCVII That a man shall not be weary of going DRink of the juyce of Mugwort and bear the herb about him with the herb Pedelion and Crowfoot XCVIII To make Yarn and Linen cloth become white TAke a Herring-barrel and fill it nigh full of good Ale-dreggs and stop it fast but ye must have a good dish-ful of parcht beans and put them in a linen bag and very hot put them to the dreggs till they be cool and shut it fast for the space of a quarter of an hour Then take two pound of Allom ground to subtil powder and cast it therein and let it lie four days naturally well closed then wash your Yarn XCIX To make that a horse may not go thorow a street TAke the guts of a Wolf and lay them overthwart the Stréet and cover them with v or sand and he will not go that way as long as the guts do lie there Probatum est C. To know if a Woman be with a Man-childe or not TAke a diâ—h and put water in it and then let her milk her brest into the water and if it be a Man-childe it will fléet and if it be a Woman-childe it will sink CI. An easie Experiment to ease thy feet for going ANd to do this take the leaves of Plantine and stamp them well and strain them or otherwise preserve the juyce thereof and anoint your feet therewith and it will remove away the grief Also upon the going of any great journey if you put within each of your shooes or boots a leaf of Plantine it will both cool and refresh your feet and likewise make you hold out mainly in travel CII To preserve your Teeth fair white and clean FOr the fair and neat keeping of the Teeth take Barley-meal Honey and Salt and mingle them together and use therewith to rub your Teeth at sundry times especially in the Morning and by this means they shall become very fair and white CIII
An easie Device to take Fleas ANoint a Pot with the grease of a Buck and set the same on your Bed and all the Fleas will gather thereunto Or else the grease of a Goupil and anoint the place of the house therewith where ye would have them come and they will be drawn thither Or else take leaves of Dan and lay them under your Coverlet or where ye will and when they be among the leaves they cannot come away by any means CIV. How to make abundance of Nails or other pieces of Iron to hang one upon the other by the Loadstone FIrst take a Nail and knock it a little way into a Bean then touch the head with a Loadstone then put the point of another Nail to that and it will hang Then touch the second Nail on the head and put to the point of a third and so you may do till you come to the ground let the beam be never so high to the great admiration and amazement of all the beholders This Conclusion and natural dependency may be further amplified and extended with other several pieces of Iron or Stéel which have onely formerly béen touched with the Loadstone whence cometh their contingencie CV How with a Loadstone to make pieces delivered from your hand on a Shovel-boord to be Deuces or Trays at pleasure YOu must have Pieces of your own in which you must drive points of Néedles and then break them off smoothe and neat Then at the end of the Table close by the Box underneath cover a Loadstone and there your Pieces will rest But be sure then you do throw as néer the Tables end as you can so shall you with the more convenience and the less suspition effect your desire CVI. A new Receit for a Cook how with one Spit and with one equal fire to keep one Capon raw the second to boil and the third to roste PRovide a long Spit and put thereon thrée Capons Chickens Pidgeons or what you please onely thrée then make a long fire and lay them thereto and let one turn the Spit Then on that you would keep raw pour continually cold water and on that you would boil pour scalding liquor and that which you would desire to rost baste it with Butter and so bread it Let A be the raw Capon whereon pour cold water Then let B be the boiled Capon on which pour scalding liquor And let C be the rosted which expose to the fire and baste with Butter This is being punctually performed a very pretty Secret But be sure you have in readiness provided severâ—l pans or vessels to receive each basting or liquor by it self CVII To make one that they shall not sleep or to sleep when you please IF you lay the heart of a Crow or Bat upon a party you would not have to sleep the said party shall take but little rest Also the head of a Bat brought to powder and bound to the right arm doth the like But if you put the same upon the stomack of one that is asléep it is said that the party will not awake till it be taken away CVIII How by a new Secret to make a pair of Bowls to lie as neer the Jack as you please DIvers men peg and put in peggs of of Lead into their Bowls on their wheeling or running side Now in stead of those leaden peggs knâ—ck in points of nails or else horse-nail heads very neat and handsome so that it doth not make the Bowl to rub Then in the toe of your shooe before-hand put a piece of a Loadstone and then throw your Bowl as néer the Iack as you can when the Bowl is out of your hand run before it and with that foot draw before your Bowl and it will follow it then where you would have it lie quickly take away your foot and there the Bowl rests CIX An excellent Experiment to make Artificial Cloves TAke what certain quantity you will of the finest Gum-Dragant and infuse it in rose-Rose-water then strain it and beat it in a Morter with a little fine sersed Sugar then take of the powder of Cloves and beat it amongst your paste and when it is somewhat stiff take it forth and roll it somewhat small to the form of Cloves and likewise cut them to the length of Cloves Then take a knife and cross the heads and print them with natural Cloves and being so in the right form of Cloves dry them in your Oven or Stove and serve them CX A rare Device to make a Walnut that when you crack it there shall be Biskets or Caraways in it or a Poesie written in a paper TAke a quantity as you think méet of Paste-royal white being beaten with Gum-Dragant and mix it with a little fine sersed Cinamon and that will bring your Paste to the right colour of the Walnut-shell then roll it thin and having a mold of a Walnut-shell which is in two halfs print it therein and being molded before put what you please therein and so close it up and dry it and when you are disposed present them thus formed to any company of your friends or strangers at your pleasure This Device will séem marvellous to all who are not by their own usual practice and profession inured to the forming and molding of sundry Devices and Experiments of this rare and strange nature CXI A neat Conclusion whether a Man and Woman shall marry or not TAke the number of the Mans name and three and likewise of the Womans and divide them asunder by Nine if the mans name exceeds the Womans they shall marry otherwise not CXII A Conceit to finde whether of the married couple die first TAke the number of the Marriage-day as what day of the Moneth it was and the number of the Signe that the Moon was in on that day Then divide these by Thirty and if the number remaining be even the Woman shall die first else not CXIII An approved Perfume TAke Rose-water and Vinegar of each a like quantity as you please whereunto likewise put a proportionable quantity of Bay-leaves and Cloves and let these boil all together in a Pot or rather in a Perfuming-pan and this will yeeld about the house a most excellent savour and sweet perfume CXIV A pretty Conclusion to finde out whether a man shall win or lose at play MArk the name of the Man and one for the place on the one party and the number of the day and the age of the Moon on the other party Divide each number by Nine and if the Mans number exceed the other he winneth or else not CXV To make Steel or Chrystal soft TAke a quantity of â—nquenched Lime and as much Sope-ashes and thereof make a â—y after this manner Strain it thorow a Strainer nine times then take your Steel or Chrystal and lay it therein for a night and a day and it will be soft if you will have it hard again quench it suddenly in cold water
falling 〈◊〉 that stroke in vaine and breaketh not the same at that time And in like manner mayâ— Life bee easâ—ly broken with a small and easie stroke of the hande 〈◊〉 that through the weight of the stone in the falling and helpe of the quick stroke it doth of this so lightly breake even as it were done with the vehement stroke of a 〈◊〉 XXXII To make an hearbe to grow which shall have many savours and tasts TO doe this first take one seed of the Lettice one seede of Endive one of Smalledge one of the Baâ—ll one of the Léeke and of the Parsley all these put together in a hole in â—â—ich sort that one â—eede may touch another but this remember that you plant these together in the dung of an Horse or an Oxe without any earth at all with them And then after of these seedes shall grow up one proper hearbe which will have so many savours and tasts as there were seeds sowne together XXXIII How to make sundry devices or Armes of such like in a Rose Carnation or Flower-de-luce or Lilly TO doe this take Sal Armoniacke grindâ— the same on a Marble Stone with fine Vinegâ—r and a little Sugar-candy and keeepe the same in a narrow-necked Pot or Glasse and after take your Rose and dresse the Leaves fastening them with red wax that they may so lye plaine and even which so done then take a fine Pencill with the licour drawing on the leaves what proper matter 〈◊〉 Armes you list and after let the same drie of it selfe putting upon of the leafe-gold or the leafe silver and after pressing it lightly or gently downe with Bombasse and that which sticketh not then fast falleth ofâ— in the doing and so your workâ— will remaine â—rim and faire XXXIII To write what you list on a steel Dagger or Knife TO do this take an ounce of Saltpeter and an ounce of gréen Copperas beat these grosly together and after put the same into a strong battle of glass distilling a water of it which water use on this wise First take yellow or red Wax stretching the same upon the Dagger or Knife so far as you will draw or write thereupon unto the thickness of a paper leaf and somewhat more after draw or write therein what you list drawing or writing unto the Stéel and then fill that hollow drawing or holes with the distilled water which within a day and a night will have eaten it sufficiently And the like may you draw and do on any other piece of Stéel XXXV How to break a new and big Rope with the hands onely TO do this take and fasten the one end of the Cord or Rope either â—ith a nail driven fast into it or about â— strong hook of Iron and after winde 〈◊〉 same three or four times or ofâ—ner â—out thy hand and the other end of the â—ord or Rope winde about by the top of 〈◊〉 Palm â—etwéen the fore-finger and he â—umb that the one part of the Cord â—â—y reach unto the Nail and the head 〈◊〉 other end unto the bottome of the Palm by which it must be again windâ—â— about and after that winded again â—nce or twice about And this so done â—hen with a vehement pâ—uck and force â—â—ay in the same part by which it is so â—â—der-winded or râ—n with the Cord for â—hat the substance of the Cord or Rope which is under both defend that the â—â—nd can take no harm by the hastie and â—trong pull and take héed that the utter-â—ost fold of the Cord â—â—ide not 〈◊〉 thy â—â—nd And to conclude this 〈◊〉 that in the nâ—â—hty and hasty pluck together the one fold of the Cord doth to cut the other in sunder and then especially â—hen as that part shall be set soft which is between the hand and the nail and that both the hand be strong and then pluck out-right and quick And now if XXXVI How to make white Flowers like as the Lilly white Rose and such like to be red Tubbe where you minde â—o plante your white Flowers to become reâ— and after they be so planted in the 〈◊〉 then let them not be watered at any time with any other water then this which is made on this wise Lake water putting therein a certainâ— quantity of Brasill finely 〈◊〉 and boyle the same unto a third parte which water after take and being through coldâ— water by little and little the same Earth as both at morning and evening and water it at no time with any other water then this untill you see that the same water first have taken effect XXXVII How to make a hollow Ring to dance by it self a proper secret TO doe this take a Ring round about hollow into which put Quick-silver and stop the same fast that it runâ—e noâ— forth After hâ—â—re the Ring somewhere in the fire or let it 〈…〉 the fiâ—e and beâ—ng 〈◊〉 lay the 〈◊〉 on a Table or Stoole which by and by after will beginne to dance of it selfe untill it be cold againe XXXVIII To make Glue to hold together so hard as a stone a proper Secret ANd to do this take unstekt Lyme and quench the same with Wine and beat the same into fine powder mixing therewith both Figs and Swines grease and after labour them well together for this as Pliny writeth passeth the hardness of a stone Also take Greek Pitch Rozen and the powder of Lyle-stones these mix together and when you will occupie of the same then heat it over the fire and work therewith for when the same is cold it holdeth them together so hard as any nail Also take of Spuma ferri one pound of Lyle-sheards two pound of unstekt Lyme four pound of Oil of Linséed so much as shall sufâ—ice to prepare and work them together for this Glue is marvellous strong and indéed neither feareth nor yeeldeth to water nor fire XXXIX How to make an Apple move on the Table a proper Secret TO doe this take an Aple and cut the same in the middest and in the one halfe make a round hole putting therein a blacke Béetle and so lay the halfe on the Table and it will then move XL To make Roses and other Flowers that be red to become white ANd to doe this take Brimstone beating the same into fine Pouder which pouder burne on a new tyle-stone holding such red flowers or Roses over the smoake of it whiles it so burneth and they will after become white and on this wise you may make your Roses halfe white and halfe red or one leafe white and another red by a cep of paper so cut for the nonce XLI How to write letters on the Egshell that the same Letters may appeare within on the Egge TO doe this take a little quantitie both of Galles and Allome which worke together with Vineger and after write with this liquor what you will on the shell and that dryed laye then the Egge in Vrine else annoint the Egge about with waxe
and then quench it in the blood which after will become as soft as paste then with a copper Print worke therein what you list and after set the same abroad in the ayre and it will come againe unto the former hardnesse LI. To make a Candle after a strange manner to burne a proper secret FOr to doe this first make a wéeke of Silke and infuse the same in the Oyle of Hempséed and when the wéeke shall be sufficiently soked role the same in Snow untill it be of the bignesse of a great Candle whereby it may so be well wrought together and after light the same setting it in a sticke and it will give the like light as a waxe Candle Also make a Candle of Parpen Stone and waxe together about the which roule Snow and the Snow will burne untill it be all wasted Also take Snow and mixe therewith the pouder of Camphire and of the same make a Candle and it will burne being lighted LII How to draw many Candles the one after the other being laid a foot distance or more asunder FOr this take Brimstone Orpiment and Oyle these labour together and make thereof an Oyntment after take so many Candles as may well serve your Table which lay on the Table a large foot asunder and all a row the one behind the other as long as you lift to lay them yea an hundred may you lay downe on this wise a length if you lay them strait then â—ake a long thréed and annoint the same in this ointment which after lay along on the Candles and after drawing the formost all will follow by order LIII How to cut an Apple into many pieces without harming of the skin or paring TO doe this take a most fine Néedle with a small thréed and thrust the same by little and little under the paring and thrust it in againe right against the place untill you have so gone round about the outside of the Apple And this also remember that you thrust the néedle through the paring at straite corners one against the other of the Apple and this so often do untill you come againe unto the first place where you began And if so be you would divide the same in six or eight pieces then draw the thréed againe by a like distance alwaies taking héede to divide the Apple under the skin and when you have thus done with the Apple and the peeces yâ—t covered with the skin then draw out the ends of the thréed and you shall after divide the Apple within without harming of the paring or skin into so many péeces as you list And when you have thus drawne out and taken the thréed quite away you may kéepe the Apple so long as you thinke requisâ—te LIV. How to make a Cup of Glasse being set in the fier not to burne AND to doe this take what Cup or Pot of glasse you list and séethe the same in common Oyle by the space of five houres and after take it forth and it will be then made so strong that the said Cup of glasse or pot will indure the heat of the fire LV How to make Quick-Silver in a manner so hard as Silver ANd to doe this take the strongest Vineger and whites of Egges wel beaten together and thrée ounces of quicksilver unto one of the other these first distill together in a Limbeck wel luted and in that distilled water put the quicksilver and it will be after so hard that you may worke it with the hammer Also take Quick-silver and wash it in the distilled water of mans blood and every time you wash the same let it drie and in the end it will come to be so hard as silver LVI A prety conceit to catch Fowles without a Net TO doe this take Arsenick putting the same in water and in that water boyle wheate or any other grain and cast the same forth unto Fowls and so many as eate thereof will not be able afterward to flye away And take the iuice of Celidone and infuse wheat in the same letting it there remain for thrée daies after give the same to Fowles to eate and such as eate thereof you may after take with the hand Also take wheat putting it in wine Lées and let the same remaine there eight dayes after that put it into the juice of Celandine and horehound to stéepe which so done then give of the same â—nto the Foules to eate and such as eaâ—e thereof cannot flye away LVII To make a Candle to be marveilud at A proper secret ANd to doe this take foure ounces of salt Niter sixe ounces of fine Frankinsence thrée ounces of brimstone sixe ounces of Oyle and sixe ounces of the Milke of Cataputia all these beat fine and mixe together after take thrée ounces of Waxe and make them a Candle of altogether in the end of which Candlesticke sticke déepe a néedle and after set the same in a narrow mouth'd glasse full of water and you shall sée after what the same will doe LVIII How to see many wondrous strange signes in an Vrinall And to sée these take a new and cleane washed Vrinall into which powre either cleane water or other running water after take the white of a new laid Egge and a little Saffron binding it in a cleane linnen cloth after that powre a little of the water into a dish and put the cloth with the Saffron into it so long untill it have coloured it somewhat and being on this wise then beat the white of the egge with this water seven or eight times with thy finger and then powre the same into the Vrinall and you shall after sée in it Towers Castels Hills and many other strange sightes LIX How to make a Loafe of bread new set upon the Table to leape off TO doe this take a Quill filling the same with Quick-silver and stopping it close thrust the same after into â— hot Loaf new drawn out of the Oven and the Loaf will by and by dance upon the Table LX How to make an Egge flee about a merry Conclusion TO do this take a Goose-Egge and after the opening and cleansing of it take a Bat that flieth in the Evening which put into the shell then glue it fast about on the top and the Bat will flie away with it which perhaps will be thought of some to flie about in the air of it self LXI How to make artificial Fire divers ways which will seem marvellous ANd first to make a flame of fire to pass suddenly out of the mouth of a pot full of water take an Egge making a hole in the head and draw out all the substance of the same which so done then fill the same with the powder of Brimstone and unâ—â—ekt Lime mixed toâ—ether shutting the mouth with Wax and so let it fall to the bottom of a Quâ—â—tpot full of water taking quickly your hand away and suddenly will issue forth a flame out of the mouth of the pot And
belly bare of Feathers and after rub the naked place with Nettles setting young Chickens under him and he will then miraculously cherish them and bring them kindly up And the rather if you accustome to use the Capon the like for a time For by that meanes hee is moved the willinger to cherish bring up and feede yea and to love them so well as the Henne naturally would doe And the reason of this is in that through the pricking of the Nettles hee is thereby the rather desirous to touch the soft downe and fathers of the young Chickens sitying under him V. To make any fowl of what condition soever the same be to have feathers all white TO doe this take the Eggs and roule them in the juyce of the hearbe called Mouse-eare or in the hearb called Houseleeke or otherwise in Oyle after the mind of Cardanus and after put the Egges againe in the nest and after the hatching their feathers shall grow white VI How to make a Candle burne in the Water ANd to doe this take VVaxe Brimstone and Vinegar of each a like quantity boyle these all together over the fire untill the Vinegar appeare all consumed and then after of that Waxe remaining make a Candle and you shall see the proper effect as avove is written VII To make a VVoman that she shall not eat of the Meates set upon the Table TO doe this take a little of the greene Basâ—ll and when one bringeth any Dishes of Meat unto the Table then put the same Hearbe secretly under one of the platters or dishes that she espie it not and as long as the hearb so lyeth on the table the VVoman shall eat nothing of that meate in the platter or dish which covereth the hearbe VIII A proper seâ—ret of the Philosophers to make a Stone to burne without fire ANd to doe this take Calamit Brimstone unâ—â—aked Lâ—me Pitch Ceruse of each of these three Drames of Camphora one Dram Asphaltum three Drammes all these make in powder and put the same in a strong Potte well stopped and after make a fire under the Pot encreasing the same by little and little untill the powder in the Pot become so hard as a stone and when you will have it burne then rubbe the same well with a Cloath and it will burne suddenly and when you will put the same out then spit upon it and after set the same in a moist place and it will goe out IX To make one to see fearefull sights in his sleepe ANd to doe â—his take the blood of a Lapwing and therewith anoint the pulses of thy forehead before thy going to rest and then after in thy sâ—eepe thou shalt see both marvailous and â—earefull â—ightes as Vitalis Medicus writeth Also he writeth that if a man eateth in the Evening before his going to Bed of the hearb named Nightshade or Mandrake or Henbane he shall see in his sâ—eepe pleasant sights X. How to turne VVater into VVine â—a proper secret IF thou wilt convert or turne Water into Wine then fill a brasse Pot with the best Wine â—etting upon the head of the Pot a Limbecke and distill the Wine out and the Lees remaining after the distillation drie them and bring them into fine powder which equally mixed with the Water doth so cause the VVater to have both the colour and taste of the same VVine And the like unto this may be wrought and done in a Rose Limbecke Also a Loafe of Barley Bread hot drawne out of the Oven and broken into great peeces hot and laid so to soke in good Wine which péeces when they shall bee well sâ—ken in the VVine let them dry in the Sunne and after â—oke of that bread in faâ—re water and it will after receive both the colour and taste of that Wine XI To make a light or Candle to indure burning without going out by any winde so long as the substance endureth TO doe this make a weeke after thy discretion which infuse in the Oyle of Hemp-seede and after into molten Tallow as you would properly make a weeke or Cotten Candle letting the same to hang somewhat untill it be cold then light it in the like sort as you doe a common Candle and it will not after goe out with any winde so long as the substance endureth And in like sort may light be made to serve in the night time if so be that â—ine linnen ragges be first soked in the Oyle of Hemp-seed and after dipped into molten Tallow which so bound or wrought on a staffâ— end to carry about or otherwise lying on a staffes end in an iron plate XII How to make quarters of wood to hang so fast together that they cannot be shaken asunder without breaking or to lay Knives or Tobacco pipes triangular TO make quarters â—old and hang together thus without tying must bee done on this wise First lay one of the quarters downe as these two letters A. and B. doe instruct on the which lay the other quarter even as these two letters C. and D. doe here represent and one that C. and D. lay the third quarter as the letters E. and F. doe here expresse and in such sort that E. and F. must lye under A. B. And being then thrust hard together they cannot fall away without breaking in that A. and B. is stayed and held 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 asunder the one from the other Also that place where B. D. E. is holden or stayed together and doth the like hold together as by tryall of the same shall more manifestly appeare Also the more and harder they be thrust rogether the longer they continue so hanging together And a like â—riall unto this may be assayed and proved either with three stickes made flat for the nonce or with three knives being alike or three Tobacco-pipes if they be orderly used XIII How to make a colour like to gold in understanding this secret ANd to doe this take of Aloes Hepaticke and of Salt Niter of each sâ—xe ounces those grinde and perfectly mixe together on a smoothe Marble or other hard stone that being so laboured together they can after bee separated by no meanes and after distill the same in a Limbicke of glasse well luted about that you may so draw out all the moist substance that will come And with this you may gilde what you list understanding how to draw this liquor Also by a shorter way and lesser paine may you doe the like although not so perfect as the other abovesaid which indeed is right marvailous And now this is on this wise First take of aloes Hepaticke thrée ounces of Rosen sixe ounces and of Oyle of Lin-séede well boyled a pint and a halfe these set over the fire in a pot and mingle them well together after straine the same liquor through a Linnen cloath putting it into a
Roses at all timâ—â— of the yeere sundry wayes taught ANd first if you will have fresh Roses at any time so well as in the Moneth of May then gatheâ— the buds halfe oâ—â—n in a manner in the Evening when as the Sunne is set and touch them not with thy hand in the gaâ—hering but with a sharpe knife properly gaâ—her them after lay the Roses upon a Boord letting them to lye abroad in a faire night all the night through and then after have in readinesse a new earthen Pot well glased within and without into which put the former Roses before the Sunne bee un in in the morning and stop close the mouth of that Pot with clay being mixed with Horse dung and flocks all tempered well together before wherebâ— no air of the Ruâ—â— may pasâ— or breathe forth After set the same pot into the ground covering it in dry sand and let no moist place be 〈◊〉 about the same And now on this â—ase may you have fresh Roses at any time of the yâ—r Also take of the Rose-buds in the Spring-time when they begin first to open and put those into a green Cane yet growing cleaving the same by little and little until you may handsomely put in those buds and after 〈◊〉 that place with a thred stopping the same about that no air breathe out and after cover that piece of the Cane or â—eeâ— so â—â—und and stopped about under the earth bowing down the same stalk by little and little that the same break not and cover the same well with the earth letting it there remain so long as you liâ—t and when you be mâ—nded to haâ—e them forth then cleave the Cane by little and little that you spoil â—ot the buds and after set them in the Sun or in luke-warm water and they shall be open â—nd fair in a sâ—ort space as in the midst of 〈◊〉 Also if you will have dry Roses to become fresh then take a new glased pot and wet the same within with Rose-water and after shut that pot with the Roses very close letting it so to stand for five days and they shall be fresh XXVI How to make Beans and other seeds to grow up in the space of four hours ANd first to make Beans grow up in an hours space take the Beans and put them in hot oil let them there remain for eleven days and after dry them And when you will make proof of them then set the Beans and go to dinner and by that time you rise again from the table and go look on them you shall finde them grown up well a sâ—an high And the like you may do with Gourds And now to make the Gourds grow up in the space of four hours both with leaves and flowers take the seeds of the Gourd and let them lie in the blood of a â—anguine young man and let them there remain for Fifteen days in a moist place and in a pot well stopped and after take them forth and let them bee dryed well in the Sunne and when you will sowe or plant them then take a dish-full or two of good earth and drie the same well after wet the same with a little fresh water and after have warme water powring the same upon this earth untill it become sufficient soft and then plant your seeds in it and within three or foure houres after you shall have Gourds growne up together with leaves and with flowers And the like may you doe with the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and divers other green seedes XXVII To make a Candle of Ice to burn like unto another Candle TO doe this make a Candle of Brimstone which with the Powder of a Coale smeared about and after in the Winter time drowne the same in water but cover the head of it with a paper and after hang the same at the mouth of some gutter which droppeth fast whereby it may so bee covered with halfe a finger thicknnesse of Ice in the Morning and after being lighted it will then burne unto the wonder of such as shall see the same Also take pure VVaxe and fine Brimstone purified of Earth alike melt these together making thereof a Candle and after take the powder of a Câ—ale finely beaten and Brimstone the like in powder these sift through a Serfe or linnen Cloth and after heating the Candle smeare the said Candle about so long untill it have as it were a thick crust round about the same like unto the thicknesse of the backe of a Knife which after cover about the â—ead of it with a Paper and then hang the same at the mouth of a Gutter which droppeth fast untill the Ice cover it about a finger thick then light the same and it will burne like as if it were all â—f waxe XXVIII To make flesh seem to crawl full of Wormes ANd to doe this take Harpe-strings and cut them into very short peeces which straw upon Meate being taken hot out of the Pot and those pieces will then move and stir about like unto living worms XXIX How to make a light in the night-time that all things round about thy Hall or Parlour shall appear both black and green TO do this take the black iuyce or ink of the Fish named Cuttle and the like quantity of Verdigrease these mix well together putting the same into a Lamp and dipping a week in that liquor then light the same putting out the other Lights in that room and then shall all things round about that place and the walls also being white appear both black and green unto the marvel of such as shall see the same XXX How to make Roots to have what proper form you will on them TO do this take such green Roots which â—e big like as be the Briony-roots Radish-roots and Rape or Navew-roots and of any of these Roots carve and â—ut as you liâ—t and after put the same into the earth letting it there so long remain until the same carving be covered with a skin And on such wise may you make the counterfeit Mandrakes in fashioning in the Briony-root as both Mattheolus and Cardane do write the form of a man with a Pen-knife and setting the same Root again into the earth with the head of the Root turned downward and a little Barley put under it which after will cleave and hang fast into the head of the Root and appear like unto hair growing out of the same XXXI How to break a stone with the fist of the thickness of ones hand ANd to do this first raise the edge of a flat stone upright from a plain boord or rather from a big smoothe stone in suâ—h sort that it stand of it self without any under-bearing or help and after with thy fist snaâ—e hastily or quickly that part standing upright wâ—â—th falling together flâ—â— on the plaine boord or stone doth to breake in so many pieces And if the fist bée frâ—â—â— liâ—r smiâ—â—en then the end of the stone toucheth the boords in the
also if thou wilt spit fire out of thy mouth without pain and to do thée no harm take the powder of the Willow-stick finely beaten and â—erâ—ed with the which â—oyn a little new Silk making it â—ound up like unto a ball into which â—ut this powder wrapping the silk well about it and after put within it with the powder a little fine Flax and then properly stitch it up round about which so done then cut it open a little on the one side putting a quick cole or a light Candle unto it to set it on fire a little then put it again into thy mouth holding the same softly with thy téeth and turning also the part cut inward in thy mouth and when thou wilt spit fire out then hold the â—all strongly in thy mouth and blowe and the â—ookers on shall sée then a great flame iâ—sue forth of thy mouth and do thée no harm at all Also to make fire flie up in the air Tâ—â—e Towe and wet the same in Aqua vitae and after put fire to it and blowe the same away which after will flie up in the air and burn LXII How to know a natural Precious Stone from a counterfeit TO do this rub the same on Lead and if it change the colour then it is counterfeit if it change not then it is a natural Stone Also if the Stone have like unto a Bladder within then it is counterfeit LXIII How to make a Man to appear on a flame burning without any harm FOr to do this take Brimstone Orâ—iment and common Oil of these make an Ointment with the which anoint thy garments all about and thy head and hands and after light the same and it will burn all at once without harm Also take juyce of Adders tongue the juyce of March-Mallows or other Mallows and the white of an Egge these mix together anointing therewith all about thy body and then cast the fine powder of Brimstone on the same setting it over a fire and it will strangely burâ—â— and yet neither harm hands nor garments which shall be anointed therewith LXIV A new conceited Conclusion to make a Chamber as light by night as by day TO do this take that part which shineth of the Night worm and bruise them well which after set in hot Horse-dung in a Glass stopped and let it there so stand for fifteen days and after distil the same in a Limbeck of Glass with a soft fire the which water so drawn stop close in a narrow-neck'd Pot of Chrystal-Glass and hâ—ng the same in the entry of the house and it will so give a very bright light LXV· How to make two Dogs fight together a proper Secret TO do this take the Seelifset of the Wolf and cast the same between two Dogs and they shall so long fight together as they lie there between them and when you will have them to cease fighting then take them away LXVI How to make a Bitch â—hat she shall not desire to be covered with any Dog ANd to do this take Bees and prepare them orderly which after give unto the Bitch with bread or with meat and she will not after suffer any Dog to touch her LXVII How to cast forth any Worm or Snake entred within the body ANd to do this boil the herb Basil over a soft fire in Vinegar which so boiled give unto the patient to drink and it shall cast the same up forthwith And if the same be a Snake entred within the body then you may take writing Ink and good Wine mixing them together which after drink and it will cast up whatsoever evil be in the body LXVIII How to make a blown Bladder to dance and skip about from place to place TO do this put Quicksilver in a Bladder and lay the Bladder in a hot place and it will after skip from place to place without handling LXIX How to make a Hen to run away with great fear FOr to do this take the head of a Kite and tie the sâ—me aâ—â—ut a Hens neck and she shal never â—ease running here and there until you havâ— taken away the same from her neck and when you will take the same â—rom her neâ—k she will tâ—en move from you nothing at all LXX How to finde a person drowned that hath been sought for TO do this take a white loâ—f and cast the same into the water nâ—er the suspected place and it will forthwith go directly over the dead body and there still abide by which you may well finde the dead body LXXI How to deal with Iron many ways right profitable FIrst to make Iron as soft as paste take Vitriol and salt Niâ—re of â—ach alike beating these to powder which after distil in a Limbeck of Glass and in this Water lay your small pieces of Iron for a day and a night which after cover in 〈…〉 dung for fiftéen days and the same will become very soft like unto â—aste and with the same Iron you may make seals or gâ—ave or otherwise imprint what you list on Iron so easily as into Earth and you may also beat and work the same Iron so easily as Lead Also make a Water of Roch-Allom as is above-said and in the same Water quench your Iron seven times and it will make the Iron so easily break as Glass and to make powder thereof Also quench the Iron in the dung of an Ox or Cow tempered with Honey oftentimes and it will become so soft that you may work the same like Lead with the hammer Also take salt Armoniack well beaten and mix the same with unsâ—ekt Lime and temper the same with cold water like unto a thick Broth and in this water temper the Iron and it shall after become white fair and very strong Also take the juyce of the Herb named Palma Christi and with the same anoint thy hands and thou maist after handle Iron fireâ—hat without harm And the like may youdâ— with the juyce of Hemlock Also take red Arsenick and red Allom of each alike these grinde into fine powder mixing the â—ame with the juyce of Sengâ—â—en or House-leek and the gall of a Bull and anoint thy hands with the same and thou maist after handle burning Iron and anointing thy feet thou mayst go on hot Grates of Iron or Coles without any danger LXXII To light a Candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall TO do this take and put Brimstone to the mouth of an Image and take a burning Candle and blowe it out anâ— ere the week be out set it to the Images mouth and it will burn And so ye may do against a Glass LXXIII To take Fish by night TAke a Lantern of Glass and put a burning Candle in it and set the Lantern on the water and the Fishes will come to light Or else take Nettles and Housleek and make juyce of them and put it in a Pond and all the Fishes will gather there and if your hands be
a great Dissention between those Parties who shall happen to drink thereof The like on the contrary part may be averted concerning the validity which consisteth in the heart and brains of the Turtle-dove viz. that if any do in their drink or otherwise partake of either they shall thereby be inclined to peace and moved with true affection CXXXI How to make a sportive Conclusion with a Cat by putting her into a small Washing-bowl in a Pond Thames or other River BRing forth a small Washing-bowl and put therein a Caâ— then shove the Bowl and Cat into a great Pond the Thames or other River in a calm when you have so done manage your Spaniels or other Dogs that will take the water or be apt to bait a Cat and you shall have dainty sport For the Dogs with their féet will turn the bottom of the Bowl upwards the Cat being in the water will still flée to her little Pinnace she first boarded namely the Washing-bowl betwixt which will appear a terrible Sea-fight in fresh watâ—r CXXXII How to make a pretty house-sport with a Cat CAtch your Cat and take a Hawkâ— bell or the like then tie a thred to the bell and about half an inch from the bell tie a knot then binde it fast to the end of her tail and let her loose whereby you shall sée pretty sport Also you may take Walnut-shells when the kernels are out and put therein a little â—rum of Pitch and warm them against the fire then shooe her on all her four féet Then put her into a dark room and she will never rest quiet but kéep her self so trampling that the noise thereof to those that onely hear not knowing what you have done will séem strange and indéed delectable CXXXIII How to make a Cat to piss out the fire TAke a Cat and with a glove on your hand hold all her four féet together then hold her head fast betwéen your leggs when you have so dâ—ne go to the fire and hold up her tail and you shall sée her spout forth presently CXXXIV How a Wager may be laid that a Cat shall draw a simple fellow over a Pond Moat c. TAke a long Rope and tie it about the fellâ—ws middle very fast then get the other end of the Rope on the other side of the Pond when you have so done tie the Cat with a small Packthred to the Rope Now you must imagine that the Rope must reach a good way from the Cat and put it thorow some bushes or wéeds behinde which you must have two or thrée Confederates so that the fellow sée them not Then when all is ready one must whip or beat the Cat and then your Conâ—orts must pull the Rope quickly over and when he is come to the shore they may 〈◊〉 convey themselves away for he will haâ—e small minde to eye them CXXXV An approved artificial Conclusion for the making of Paste-royal white TAke of your finest Gum-Dragant and infuse it in rose-Rose-water which being dissolved strain it thorow a fine linen cloth and beat it with a little fine sersed Sugar it will require beating the longer because by this means it grows the whiter When it is grown somewhat stiff as it will do by adding Sugar unto it then take it forth and put it in your Mold very thin and dry it in your stow and you will finde it useful for best occasions CXXXVI Of an Herb which will make one to be very forgetful SOme do write that there is a Tree or Herb called Lutos that if any do eat the fruit thereof they shall quite forget all sorrow nay it will make them forget their own Countrey and birth CXXXVII How to drive away all Inchantments or Witchcraft ALl Beasts do naturally detest the female-Pimpernel but not the male as sundry Authors affirm And it is credibly witnessed that this Pimpernel laid under the threshold of the door driveth away all manner of Inchantments and Witchcraft CXXXVIII How you may serve a Tapster such a trick that he shall not be able to froth his Cans or Juggs PRovide but in readiness the skin of a Red Herring and at some time or other when the Tapster is absent do but rub a little on the inside of his Pots Cans or Iuggs and he shall not in any wise be able to froth them for a long time after although he would This is a Conceit to cozen the Tapster when he would cozen you CXXXIX A natural means to preserve your house in safety from Thunder and Lightning AN antient Author reciteth among diverâ— other Experiments of Nature which he had found out that if the herb 〈…〉 Synâ—reen do grow on the houâ—◠〈◊〉 the same house is never strickeâ— with Lightning or Thunder CXL A good Drink for Travellers or such-like when they shall happen to want either Ale or Beer in their Inne TAke a quart of good fair Water and put into the same some half a dozen spoonfuls of Wine-vinegar or for failing as much Aqua vitae a little Sugar Borage Tyme and Rosemary then brew them well together out of one pot into another and you shall finde it a good and wholesome drink especially in Summer CXLI How to keep Beer or Ale from sowring in the heat of Summer or when it beginneth to be dead TAke Mugwort and put it into Ale or Beer in the heat of Summer so that you put in a quantity according to the proportion of your Drink for the greater quantity requireth also the greater quantity of this Mugwort Otherwise put a handful or two of Oatmeal or else of ground Malt into your vessel of Ale or Beer and afterward stir the same well together and let it settle a little and it will become fresh Or else put into the vessel the roots of Ireos Organy and Barberries CXLII How to take Crows Kites Magpies or Jackdaws alive TAke any piece of raw Flesh or Liver of a Beast and slice it into small morsels that they may swallow it then take the powder or slices of Nux vomica and making holes in the flesh put it into the same and lay it where they haunt and presently after they have eaten of it they will take to a trée as soon as they can and suddenly totter and fall down where you may with your hands easily take them but they will quickly recover again CXLIII To hang a Gourd Cucumber or great Apple up in your house that you may have Wheat Barley Rye or Pease to grow out thereof TAke a Gourd Cucumber or great Apple and with a skewer or Butchers prick make holes therein a little way and in those holes put the slender ends in of Wheat Barley or Rye so that they may be buried Then take a Packthred or Brown thred and tie it cross the Gourd and so hang it up in your house and in short time your séed of these several sorts will sprout and grow forth and for the Conceit séem very rare CXLIV How to finde out a delusion of the Vintners in mixing Water with their Clarets and Whites or Honey with their other Sweet Wines IF you suspect your French Wines as Clarets or Whites to be mingled with Water which you may partly perceive by the thinness about the verge or brink of the Glass the best way to finde out the delusion thereof is to put a Pear pared into the Glass and if it doth swim aloft upon the Wine it is a pregnant evidence that the Wine is perfect and unmingled but if it sink to the bottom then of a certain Water is mingled therewith If you likewise have any suspition of your Sweet Wines as Canaries Maligoes c. that they should be mingled with Honey you may finde out the trick in this manner Take a few drops of the Wine and pour them on a hot plate of Iron and the Wine will soon dissolve but the Honey remain and thicken CXLV To preserve a man from being drunk or make a drunken man to become sober again HE that will preserve himself from being drunk let him drink in a morning fasting Sallet-oil or eat the marrow of Pork fasting Otherwise if a man being drunk would become sober let him eat Coleworts or drink a good draught of Vinegar or wash his privie members therewith CXLVI The vertue of a rare Cole that is to be found but one hour in the day and one day in the yeer DIvers Authors affirm concerning the verity and vertue of this Cole viz. That it is onely to be found upon Midsummer-Eve being the Eve of Saint John the Baptist just at noon under every root of Plantine and of Mugwort The effects whereof are wonderful for whosoever weareth or beareth the same about with them shall be freed from the Plague Fever Ague and sundry other diseases And one Author especially writeth and constantly averreth that he never knew any that used to carry of this marvellous Cole about them who ever were to his knowledge sick of the Plague or indeed complained of any other Maladie FINIS This may be Printed July 26. 1688. Rob. Midgley