below him he keeps hiâ— Residence there that he might with the more Facility direct their beaâ—â— Influences when and whither he pleases you may Ladies by this means make them beautiful Brows that have their Hair growing too thick or irregular Take Ivy Gum Emmets-Eggs or Pincent Colophonie Leeches burnt half an Ounce grind and mingle them with the Blood of a Frog and annoint the superfluous Hair and it will come off or you may take the Juice of Henbane Sanguinis Draconis Gum-Arabick and Frankincense of each three Drams Juice of Nigthshade as much as will suffice to make it into an Ointment and apply it as the former Brows falling too low over the Eyes you must work to remedy that defect a little Mastick together with the Juice of Colworts and going to Bed put the Brow up into its place and in the form of a Plaâ—â—ter apply the Mastick to it all Night and in so doing three or four Nights it will keep in its proper place Brows that shed their Hair may be prevented from so doing by taking the small filings of Lead a little Linseed-Oil and Goose-grease with which being well mixed annoint them or Maiden-hair one Dram black Henbane-seed two drams Unguentum Irinum three Spoonfuls bruise what is to be bruised and with Oil make them into an Unguent and having bathed the Brows with Water wherein Mirtle-Berries have been boil'd annoint them with it Brows that have lost their Hair to recover it take Wasps or Bees burn them to Ashes and mix the Ashes with Honey and laying it to the Hair 't will quickly come again Brows reddish or white are made black by this means Take what quantity you please of Red Filberds calcine them in an earthen Vessel mix it with Goats-grease and annoint the Brow with it and if the Skin be soil'd wash it off with warm Water and in often using the Hair 't will become of a very curious Black Beauty of an Itchy oâ— Scabby Skin repaired Beauty Ladies by these defects is much impaired but we fear whilst we are prescribing Remedies for such loathsom Skin-defiling Maladies you will perhaps think we have forgot you and are Addressing our selves to your Kitchen-maids We must confess these fretting Exulcerations are more frequently incident to such as have not the advantages of Neatness and anticipating Remedies but most certain it is that not only they but the most nice and delicate if any thing the most Irregular or Intemperate cannot at all times be secur'd from them If ever then your ill dispos'd Humours grow so strong as to break their way through the inclosing Skin it will do you no harâ— to have something in readiness that may check their Presumption Be it so then take fumitory-Fumitory-water an Ounce and a half succory-Succory-water three Ounces Syrup of Fumitory and Succory of each one Ounce mix them together and take two Spoonfuls in a Glass of White-wine for your Mornings draught and by often using you will find it an excellent Remedy or take Rhuburb one Scruple Senna two Drams Anniseeds half a Scruple White-wine half a pint put them into an earthen Bottle stop it close and set it over warm Embers all Night in the Morning strain it out and drink it and to purge your Body afterwards that the Humours may be remov'd which may be done with Pills made of Citron Mirabolaus and Rhuburb of each half a Dram Aloes washed in the Decoction of Senna one Scruple mix them well by bruising and make them up into Pills with Syrup of Fumetory And to wash the place afflicted Take Balm a good quantity bruise it well and set it to macerate one Night in White wine the next day draw off the Water in a Glass-still it is exceeding sweet and will cleanse and purifie the Skin after the defect is taken away then annoint it with Natural Balsom and a Grain of Musk and you will find a rosie Beauty where Deformity had usurped the place Big-belly'd Woman how to govern herself Good Government in these Cases has not only saved Miscarriages and Abortions but prevented endangering the Mother's Life wherefore we have thought it convenient for the Instruction of new marry'd Women to lay down some modest Rules and commend them to their Observance First then We advise Women with Child iâ— they are not strong of Body and very healthful to chusâ— a temperate Air where no grosâ— Fogs or Damps arise from Lakes Marishes or the like and noâ— to venter herself abroad when the Weather is either too Cold or too Hot nor when the South-wind blows too strong for that above all others is held to be injurious to the Birth she carries in her Womb The North-wind in the next place when it is too turbulent and cold is offensive to her Person carsing Catarrhs Coughs and Rheums which opening the Body le ts in too much Air 〈◊〉 the Womb or causes it to dismiss its Burthen untimely and if any evil Vapours be drawn in during pregnancy they produce many disorders and sometimes cold Diseases And Secondly In her Diet 〈◊〉 ought to be careful and cautious chusing such Meats 〈◊〉 create wholsom Nourishment and those are held to do so which are moderately dry she must avoid Excess on the one hand and immoderate Fasting on the other for as the one causes it to swell beyond its natural bounds so the other renders it weakly and sickly and often for want of Nourishment to come before its time All Meats too hot or too cold are to be avoided as Sallets any thing dressed with hot Spices Salt-meats and the like which being eat to any degree sometimes makes the Child come forth without Nails and such other defects as are signs of short Life or a very unhealthy Constitution therefore let her take such as are of good Nourishment and a facil Digestion as Lamb Veal Mutton Larks Partridges and the like and of Fruits such as are sweet and pleasant as Cherries Apricots Rasberries Pears Plumbs c. but by any means avoid those things that occasion windyness in the Body she must regulate as well as she can her Longings that they extend to nothing that 's unwholsom or extravagant Government must in pregnant Women be observed in their Sleeping which we advise to be moderate not soon after Meals and little as may be in the day time Moderate Exercise is likewise requir'd to move the Body and keep it in a good Temper by distributing the Humours and giving the Blood a freer Circulation but all viâ—lent Motion in Walking or otherways must be avoided for it molests and injures the frame of the Womb any great Sounds or Noises especially Ringing of Bells and Shooting off Guns are to be shun'd as much as may be Immoderate Crying or Laughing are very hurtful and the better to help the Birth when it comes near to delivery Let the Childbearing Woman take such things as will keep her Body soluble as Syrup of Violets sweet Wines or the like avoiding
with wonder and they take her for a kind of a Terrestial Paradise furnished out with delights not common to the World Friends and Relations are forsaken for her and she is exalted upon the Soveraign Throne of Affection Life is a small hazard to protect or vindicate her Honour Says Esdras though it was death for any to touch the Persian Kings without an especial Command yet says he of Darius I saw Apame his Concubine sitting familiar with him on his right hand and she took the Crown from off his head and put it on her own and stroaked him with her left hand yet the King was well pleased Gaping and Gazing on her and when she smilled he smilled and laughed when she laughed and when she was angry he flattered to be reconciled to her When the fair Chariclea fell into the hands of Pyrates with divers others she only escaped being put to the Sword her Excelling Beauty working upon the Villains heart contrary to their bloody custom to save her Life Some Nations chuse their Kings and Queens by their Beauty and Proportion of Body without regard to their Birth As of Old the Indians Persians and Aethiopians have done Barbarians Stand in awe of a Fair Woman c. Barbarous People have many times given Adoration to Beauty And Helena though she was the cause of a Ten Years War attended with so much Ruin and Dissolation with the Armour of her Dazling Beauty stood proof against her injured Husbands Anger and Disarmed his hand that was about to take her head so that he stood as one amaz'd at her Excellent Features and letting his Weapon fall tenderly Embraced her For as the Old saying is The Edge of the Sword is dull'd by Beauties Aspect It is said of Sinalda a Queen that when she was doomed to be trampled to death by wild Horses the Beasts though before untractable were so astonished at her Beauty that they stood still gazing with wonder upon her admirable Form and would not by any force be driven over her Lucian confesses though a Person very judicious that his Mistrisses Presence has for a time so over-powered his Senses that he has been void of Understanding And others indeed have run quite distracted when they have found nothing but disdain after a long attendance They waite the sentence of her Scornful Eyes And whom she favours lives the other dyes No Medium she allows there always waits Life on her smiles her frown commands the fates To cut his Early Thread who must forego Her Beauties for the Mellancholy shades below Body the Beautifying thereof Bodies that are weak and moving Mansions of Mortality are exposed to the Treacherouâ— underminings of so many Sicknesses and Distempers that it 's own frailty seems a Petitioner for some Artificial Enamel which might be a fixation to natures Inconstancy and a help to its variating Infirmities for he that narrowly observes that Fading house of distempered Clay will soon find that it Imulates the Moon in Mutability that though to day it be Varnished o're with a Lively Rosie Blush to Morrow it is white-washed with Megar paleness as if death had took it to hire and made it a whited Sepulchre that though to day it appears smooth and gay So that Venus herself might be tempted to take her Recreation there to Morrow it may be so rough cast and Squall'd that Cupid can scarce walk there without being over Shoes Now to Sublimate Nature beyond the reach of Sickness by a lasting Aetherial Pulcritude and by Cosemetick Antidotes to fortifie it with and Incapacity of being surprized by any Features Fretting Malady would be a business that would not only puzle the whole Elaboratory of Chymists but their Atcheus too although of the Privy Council to Nature and confident to her recluded Privacies But to make Beauty the Lure of Love of a more ordinary Lustre to fix the Complexion of the Body so that it be not too frequent in it's variation or to keep the Fair and Damasked Skin from being too much sullied with deformities Is a task not transcending the Sphere of a Modest Vndertaking and such a one Ladies you will find in this work beyond perhaps what ever has been before exposed to your fair Eyes though not in a Compleat Body but reduced under their Several Alphabets as the nature and necessity of this undertaking requires But let us come a little nearer to the purpose Bodies that are very Lean and Scragged we all must own cannot be very Comely It is a contrary Extream to Corpulency and the Parties Face seems always to carry Lent in it though at Christmas looking so Megarly that when such of either Sex come to their Confessor he perceiving them meer Skelitons dares not for fear of Solecism join them Pennance to Mortifie the Flesh No part about them thrive but their Bones and they look so Jolly and Lusty as if they had eaten up the Flesh and were ready to leap up of the Skin that they may fall upon others Truly Ladies such Leanness is a very Ravenous Guest and will keep you bare to Maintain him If thefore you are Desirous to be rid of his Company observe the Following prescriptions Be sure to take care in the Summer to keep your Chamber Cool and moist with some Fragrant Flowers set or scattered about it when you are about to go to Meals chase your Body as much as you can that the blood may be stirred in the Veins and the Skin sit more loose At your Meals Eat not any thing that is very Salt Sharp Bitter or too Hot but let your Food be sweet of a quick Digestion and Nourishing as New Eggs Veal Mutton Capon c. and for three hours after Meat take your Recreation in that whereby your Body may be moving and stiring twice a Month if the weather be not extream bad make moreover an Electuary to be taken Morning and Evening in this manner viz. Take sweet Almonds Pistach-nuts Sugaâ— and white Poppy-Seed beat them according to Art into the form of an Electuary and take the Quantity of a Walnut for many Mornings and Evenings this will not only make you Fat but give you a good Complexion then for your diet take a young Capon and the Flesh of Four Calves feet with a piece of the Fillet of Veal boil them in a sufficient quantity of fair Water and white Wine then scum the Fat off and put the Broth well pressed from the Meat into a New Earthen Vessel with a pound and a half of Sugar a dozâ—â— of Cloves half an ounce of Cinnamon then boil it gently again and add the whites of 2 Eggs reboil it and pass it through a strainer before it cool mix with it a little Musk and Amber boiled in rose-Rose-water and take of this which will be a kind of a Jelley twice or thrice a day Bodies sometimes fall away in one part and not in another if so to bring your Body to even terms take
an ounce and a half of Oyl of Foxes Oyl of Lillies and Capons Grease and Goose Grease each two ounces Pine Rosin Greek Pitch and Turpentine of each two ounces boile them together in an Earthen Glaz'd-Vessel Adding then an ounce of the Oyl of Elder being taken hot from the fire add some Virgins-Wax to them as much as will stiffen the Mass into a Sear-cloth and when it is almost cold spread it and apply it to the place that Languishes or does not equally Thrive And for that and the rest the Plaister after some continuance being taken off use this Bath in Claret Wine Boil half a handful of Wormwood Roses Stachas of Rosemary Calamint Sage Squinath Cammomile each a handful boil it till the third part of the Wine be consianed and when it is warm Bath the Body or any particular part more immediately requiring it will Nourish Strengthen and Beautifie the Framâ— of the Body Body when too Fat Hoâ— to reduce it to a Beautifâ—â— Form and handsom Proporâ—â—â—on Bodies of an 〈◊〉 weildy Bulk are to many â—â—â— pleasing as the former as beiâ—â— the other Extream no one câ—â— think it a very pleasing Sigâ— to see a Soul Strugling 〈◊〉 a mountanous Load of Flesâ— and the Body stretched to 〈◊〉 Dimensions as renders it 〈◊〉 most out of shape And if the were nothing more than 〈◊〉 Incumbrance it were sufficâ—â—ent to deter any one from 〈◊〉 unweildy a Magnitude 〈◊〉 here in too Legible Character those that can Read 〈◊〉 Sloth and Voluptuousnes occasioned it for when e're 〈◊〉 Carcase swells it self into a buâ— too Voluminous Idleness 〈◊〉 there described in Folio Ladies then be careful to keeâ— your Bodies in an due Proportion and if ever they enlarâ—â— themselves to Extravagant Lâ—â—mits use the Directions to â—â—â—duce them to their formâ— bounds that so you may 〈◊〉 gain both your Credits 〈◊〉 your Beauties Bodies 〈◊〉 such Proportions must 〈◊〉 Early in the Morning be Exercised to Sweating be 〈◊〉 in Diet not Eating Sweâ—â—t things but rather Salt Sharâ— or Bitter especially â—awcâ—â— lye not over Soft at Night Bleed in the Right Arm preâ— largely in the Spring and in 〈◊〉 Left in Autumn purge pretty strongly in those Seasons and once a Week take some Laxatives and in Winter Mornings the Powder thus Composed Bray Anniseeds Fennel Agnus Castus Carroway Rue and Cummin Nutmegs Pepper Mace Ginger Galingale and Smallage dry'd Marjorum Gentian Round-bithwort of each an equal part and by drying beating and sifting bring it into a Powder and take in a Glass of White-wine a Dram of it half an hour before Meals and to the Heart and Liver as you see Cause â—ay cooling Applications as the Juice and Decoction of Plantane Sheepherds-purse Lettice and the like and if any particular part be more Corpulent then the rest take Cerus Fullers-earth and white Lead mix them with the Juice of Henbane and Oil of Mirtle and when the part has been bath'd with Vinegar annoint the place and the Success will be evident Breaâ—â—s hanging down or large how to make them Plump and Round Breasts that hang loose and are of an extraordinary Largeness lose their Charms and have their Beauty buried in the grave of Uncomliness whilst those that are small plump and round like two Ivory Globes or little Worlds of Beauty whereon Love has founded his Empire command an awful homage from his Vassals captivate the wondring gazers Eyes and dart warm Desires into his Soul that make him languish and melt before the soft Temptation therefore to reduce those Breasts that hang flagging out of all comely Shape and Form that they may be plump round and smaller Bind them up close to you with Caps or Bags that will just fit them and so let them continue for some Nights then take Carret-seed Plantan-seeds Anniseeds Fenel-seeds Cummin-seeds of each two Ounces Virgins-Honey an Ounce the Juice of Plantane and Vinegar two Ounces each bruise and mingle them well together then unbinding your Breast spread the Composition Plaister-wise and lay it on your Breasts binding them up close as before after two days and two nights take off the Plaisters and wash your Breasts with White-wine and Rose-water and in so doing for twelve or fourteen days together you will find them reduc'd to a curious Plumpness and Charming Roundness wash them then with Water of Benjamin and it will not only whiten them but make their Azur Veins appear in all their intricate Meanders till the Lover in tracing them looses himself Breasts are likewise to be reduc'd by washing them with Scabeous Water-Verjuice the Waters of Bean-Blossoms Rosemary-flowers and the Juice of Citrons annointing them afterward with Oil of Mastick and Myâ—rhe and binding them up close as before directed So the unseemly spreading Alps you 'll see Round as Parnassus spiry Tops to be Bracelets Perfumed how to make them Bracelets have been highly in Esteem among the Ladies adorn'd with Gold and precious Stones but since those seem to be laid aside we hope Pomander or Perfumed Bracelets may be used they by their odoriferous Scent conduce much Ladies to the making your Captives numerous though they bind only your Arms yet they take Men your Prisoners To make them then Beat Musk and Ambergreece of each forty Grains with two Ounces of the Buds of Damask-Roses the Whites being clipt off add of Civit twenty Graiâ—â— also a little Labdanum being well mix'd and fine beaten make them up with Gum-tragacanth disolv'd in Rose water and so make them when harden'd into small Beads and string them the Scent is rare and Comfortable or for another sort take Labdanum and Styrax Calemite each a Dram and a half Benjamin one Dram Mace Cloves Lavender-Flowers and Wood of Aloes of each half a Scruple Musk and Ambergreece of each four Grains a little â—â—rpentine and Gum-Tragaâ—anth dissolved in Rose-water as much as will suffice beat and mix them well together in a warm Mortar and make them into a Pomander according to Art Boxes of Perfume Boxes are very necessary on sundry Occasions viz. To hinder Vapours prevent Infections remove Ill Scents or bad Airs To make these Perfum'd Boxes Take right Jessemine Butter half an Ounce Essence of Orange-flower Essence of Cynnamon Oil of Orange peel Oil of Nutmegs Essence of Roses of each half a Scruple Flowers of Benjamin one Scruple Essense of Amber Musk and Civit of each half a Scruple All these you must work well together in a cold Marble-Mortar keeping it as close as may be Then put it into your Boxes of Ivory or Silver with holes for the Scent to come through and it is a great preservative against the Plague Pestilence c. as well as pleasant and delightful to the Brain Brows of the Eyes How to Beautifie and Adorn. Brows of the glittering Eyes are Cupid's Groves of Pleasure where he shelters himself from the violent Heat of the too flaming Opticks or rather 〈◊〉 a controlling Intelligence made super Intendant to the Chrystal Spheres
all Astringents that contract the Vessels and Passages and going Loose Let her give what scope she can in the Fourth Month when the Motion is great she may Sweath her Belly with a Sweath-band And Annoint it with an Ointment thus made Get of Capons-grease and Goose grease each an Ounce and a half the Gall of a Kid or a Lamb three Ounces then having melted and mixt them well together add the Marrow of a Red Deer or the Suet for want of it an Ounce then work it up in half a pint of rose-Rose-water and in using it will keep the Belly smooth and from hanging down after delivery It during her Pregnancy she finds but little motion let her make a Quilt thus Take the Powder of Red-roses Red-Coral and Gilliflowers each three Ounces Maâ—tick a Dram and of Angelica-seeds two Drams Amber-greece two Grains and one of Musk being beaten well and mixed Then make a Quilt of a Linnen bag put the Ingredients into it and lay it upon the Woman's Navel and it will not only refresh her but greatly strengthens the Infant This we have thought fit to advise which will turn to the Advantage of those that are due observants Books Directions to Ladies about Reading them It is not necessary then to read many Books but to read the best and especially never to be curious of such whereby we cannot Learn any thing without the danger of becoming Vitious And here I needs must encounter with two gâ—eat Errors the one proceeding from Fear and the other from Boldness Some Mothers of Children and others there are who make a great scruple that their Children should read the Books of the Heathens such as Seneca 〈◊〉 and others in English and yet they will give them full leave to read any lying Pamphlet There are some again who make a Conscience to read the Books of the 〈◊〉 though full of good Precepts yet the History of Parisinus or Ornatus and Artesia must be commended and read by them But what Contentment can there be in a counterfeit Pamphlet which is not found in History Are there not Succeses and Events fair enough Can there be a greater Pleasure than to be present at the Birth and Ruin of Monarchies and Empires and in the compass of an Hour to see what hath passed many Ages It is not an honest and a witty Way to shorten time when it seemeth long by fetching it again when it is slipt away and to find Recreation against Cares and Memory against Oblivion What cause is there that young Gentlewomen may not refresh themselves without danger of Debauchment The reading of many wanton things do heat by little and little it insensibly takes away the Repugnancy and the Horrour we have to Evil and we acquaint our selves so thorowly with the Image of Vice as we afterwards fear it not when we do meet with Vice it self When once Shame is lost we are in great danger to lose that which is not preserved but by it But this is not all for after that these Pamphlets and Songs of Wantonness have made young Maidens bold it afterwards doth make them to practice what they read or sing then they labour to find out Subtleties to carry them on to what so much they do desire and do learn not only the Evil which they should not know but even the faireâ—â— way to commit the 〈◊〉 And to speak the truth what likelihood is there for them to be familiar with such alluring Books and Songs and not put their Innocency it self in danger In those vain Pamphlets they read how this Virgin leaves her Country and her Parents to run after that Stranger another is in love in a Moment when she reads that she hath received Letters from such and such a Gallant and how they have appointed private places where to meet together These are but cunning Lessons to learn young Maids to sin more wittily and there is no Man can comprehend with what reason nay with what probability such perillous Books and Sonnets may be justified And not to dissâ—emble it is a great calamity to see now adays that it is even to make us more eager and it doth put an edge upon our Curiosity to read a Book that is forbidden It seems the same Spirit who deceived our Great Grand-Mother Eve by seducing her to lose the sweetness of the Fruit of Knowledge inspires no less too many with the same Liberty promising that their Eyes shall be opened to see admitable things and that they are denyed the reading of such wanton Books only out of pure envy This Errour corrupteth a greâ—t number of Ladies Behaviour in Conversation Zeâ—xis being to Paint a perfect Beauty proposed to himself five of the most accomplish'd Ladies in all Greece to take from every one of them those Charms and Representations which he conceived to be most powerful But to frame the Model of a woman whose Behaviour should be such as to please in all Companies he had need of greater assistance all that Nature affords or Morality teacheth is too 〈◊〉 for this End To say then what seemeth to me to be at the first most necessary I could content my self to wish in young Gentlewomen those three Perfections which Socrates desired in his Disciples Discretion Silence and Modesty Behaviour in young Ladies is a comely Grace if well considered and diligently regarded it is that which makes them to be Esteemed in the World and â—iâ—s them to go abroad in it as they would wiâ—h to be Prized and Rated It raises them a Character that will 〈◊〉 their Names to poâ—erâ—ty and better the 〈◊〉 they have 〈◊〉 if their Examples be 〈…〉 Practice and all 〈◊〉 Examples better than 〈…〉 or Precepts 〈◊〉 your behavioâ—r then strongly encline towards a reserved part not excluding a modest freedom being well timed and innocent but avoid all Extravangances that too much Encumber and peiter the Age And indeed though a Generous freedom in itself be innocent and harmless yet the too great Liberty ill Men upon that account have taken to encroach upon the honour of your Sex though but in their own opinions has made such freedom in a manner unjustifiable and involved you into a necessity of reducing it into more strictness and although it cannot so alter the nature of things as to render that Criminal which in it self is indifferent yet if it make it hazardous to your Reputations that ought to be a sufficient cause for a nearer reservedness A close Behaviour is the most seemly to receive Vertue for a constant Guest because it is a Fortress in which it can only be secure from Assaults For proper and seemly Reserves are the outworks and must not at any time be diserted by those that design to keep the main 〈◊〉 in possession for then if you see the danger at a distance you have more time to prepare for the repelling of it She that will suffer things to come to the utmost 〈◊〉
Extravagant Panatasticks be more moderate in Athens Powders for the Hair Linen and Sweet Bags Powders of this Kind are made several ways and are of Great Efficacy for Ladyes After you have made use of many things if nevertheless you meet with any that defies your Charms and is obstinate do you not despair for we will teach you how you shall tickle his Nose with a Powder and cartously fetch him about with is which will give you so rich a Scent that the Roses and Violets in your Cheeks shall not make you hath so sweet Powder of a curious Scent is made of Florentine Iris 〈◊〉 timely powder'd one pound Benjamin four ounces Cloves the like quantity Starax two ounces powder them all very line use them and well mix them together This you may 〈◊〉 to sent your Hair Powder we had adding about 3 ounces of it to a pound of Starch or Rice Grounds well find and 〈◊〉 Again take Iris Roots fix ounces Red Rose leaves powdered four ounces Cyprus half a â—iachm Marjorum Storax and Cloves of each an ounce Yellow Saunders and Benjamine of each half an ounce Violets 3 drachms Musk a dicham powder these isior Sweet Bags or to lay among Linen very grosly him if let the hair very fine Powder to give the Hands or any part of the body an Excellent odour make in this manner Take the pressings of sweet and bitter Almonds after the oyle is drawn off of either sort four Ounces the flower of French Barly and Luptu of each two Ounces the Roots of Ins an Ounce white Roses dryed Benjamine fix drachms Salt of white Tartar white Chalk powdered sperma 〈◊〉 of each half an Ounce Oyle of 〈◊〉 one Scrupie of cloves and I avender each half of Scrapie mix and make them into a pouder well dryed and if you would have your hands seemed and of a curious white or any other part of the body rub on this pouder and it will effect your desire you may with Rose water make it into a Past let your face and it will beautify it Perfumes to 〈◊〉 Sweet Candles c. Perfumes Ladies of this kind are very greatful to the finelling and more advantageons where Lights are made of them as Sweet Candles c you are indeed very much beholden to ordinary Candles for when the gloomy Night would befriend your Chambermaids and make them seem as handsome as your selves that which discovers the mistake and makes you be preferr'd before them is the Friendly Light those Candles lend They shew the difference between a 〈◊〉 and the Foils that 〈◊〉 attend her but if those common ones are so serviceable to you these will certainly be more for if you can but once procure these Ignes fatui to lead men about you need never fear but to have servants enough dancing after you Perfumes are made sundry ways but the best are these Take Labdanum two drachms styrax Calamint a drachm and an half Benjamine White Amber Red Roses Wood of Aloes Cinamon Cyprius and Cloves of each two Scruples Amber and Musk each five Grains made with Gum Tragacanth into small Cakes the Gum being first dissolved in Spirit of Roses one of which Cakes being cast on the coals scents the Chamber with a very pleasing odoriferous Vapour Again Take dry'd Charcoal made of Willow one ounce Mirrh Wood Storax Aloes Calamint of each one ounce and an half Labdanum an ounce Amber and Musk each seven Grains dissolve half an ounce of Gum Tragacanth in Rose water with a little Spirit of Wine and make them up into Rolls like small Candles which being set a burning will give a pleasing perfume Again Take Benzoin Storax and Calamint each half an ounce Wood of Aloes two drams Zibet not adulterated one drachm Galia Muscata one Scruple Oyl of Roses and of Cloves of each half a Scruple mix them well with Damusk Rose Water and make them into little Bails and they are an Excellent Perfume Perfumes of these sorts add Ladyes the Roses Sweetness to the Lillyes loveliness of your snowy hands Scent then your Gloves with these Perfumes and those that take you by the hand shall find all pleasures grasp'd in an handful wherein all Ravishing Objects are that can convey those charming Delights to the admiring Fancy that pleases the sight and feasts the Feeling with its downy softness and the Smelling with perfume Perfume then of this Kind to make it Take an ounce of the whitest Gum Tragacanth dissolve it in Water then take Musk Amber and dry'd Majoram of each one Scruple boil them gently all together and in the boiling add half a Scruple of Zibet put these into a covered Vessel till they are cold and when you have order'd your Gloves sit for its being laid on chase it into them being cold and smoothing them as well as may be lay them in a convenient place to dry or wash the Gloves you first intend to perfume in White wine then dry them in the shade after that wash them again in a pint of Rose Water scented with Oyl of Jessimine Cloves Nutmegs and Labdanum of each half a Scruple then take Musk Zibet and Ambergreece of each five Grains beat them together in a Mortar with a little oyl of Spike and mucilage of Gum Tragacanth dissolved in Rose Water and chase in this composition the Gloves being well safh'd before a gentlefire By these measures you may make any perfumes most grateful to your scent for the same way they are all ordered of what fort soever that is usually subject to be perfum'd and therefore to go on any further in this matter would be but a Repetition of what has been already said so Ladies we have you Experience shews what has been laid down which we doubt not will answer your Expectations in any persuming of this Kind Pride As for Pride she hath so many feathers added to her wings that she covereth all the earth with her shadow Our men are grown to esseminate and our women so man-like that if it might be I think they would exchange genders What modest eye can with patience behold the immodest gestures and attires of our women No sooner with them is infancy put on but impudency is put on they have turned Nature into Art so that a man can hardly discern a woman from her image Their bodies they pinch in as if they were angry with Nature for casting them in so gross a mould but as for their looser parts them they let loose to prey upon whatsoever their last darting eyes shall seize upon Their breasts they lay to the open view like two fair Apples of which whosoever tasteth shall be sure of the knowledge of evil of good I dare not warrant him Some Gentlewomen have more to do to attend their Beautyes than the Vestal Virgins to maintain their sacred Fires In the morning they study their Glass in the Afternoon they are taken up and down with Visits where you may see they are not wronged
Decency One speckled Bird will not warrant us all to be Jayes and Mag 〈◊〉 A single Cato would abhor those Garments which 〈◊〉 calls 〈…〉 and which Suidas terms Tunicas interlucentes Latice a Garmenti wherein under their pretence of covering the Debauchees of Rome discover'd their Nakedness nor should a thousand precedents encourage one sober Christian to heard with those in this who in many other things give a demonstration that they are under no tyes of Conscience Further all fashions of Apparel however lawful in themselves that spring from or give indications of an evil heart are sinfully used Augustus Cesar was wont to say the Rich and Gay Cloathing was either the sign of Pride or the Nurse of Luxury Perhaps he might be mistaken nor can any such necessary Connexion between Pride and costly Apparel be demonstrated as shall infallibly prove them sinful Nevertheless when at any time they do so spring from an evil Principle they may without Violating the Law of Charity be doomed as evil It was an Argument of their Sobriety of that Great Emperour what the same Author Reports of him that he never wore any Apparel but such as his Wife his Sister or Daughter made for him Nor indeed do we read of any such Trade as that of a Taâ—â—or in all the Scripture which argues the 〈…〉 and plâ—â—â—ness of the 〈…〉 thaâ— they 〈…〉 Art and Skill little Labour and 〈◊〉 to make them up But Luxury hath Roâ—aged every corner of the Earth to fetch home Fewel to feed that insatiable are of Lust which the more iâ— Eats the more it Hungers Alexander Siverus and Aurelianus those Great Emperors are reported never to have worn a Garment of entire 〈◊〉 all their Lives which 〈◊〉 becoâ—◠〈◊〉 ordinary wear of everâ— Nurse of a Village Emperours then were not Cloathed as Servants are now It was above 150 Years after Christ that some Idle Monks brought into Europe these Silk Spinsters And truly it s no great Credit to the Ware that they who first brought in strange Religions and new fashions of Worship should be the Men who first introduced strange Attire and new fashions of Apparel but so it is Whilst we pursue exotick lying vanities we forsake our own domestick Mercies And weigh it seriously Says the same 〈◊〉 Author with a long train of sins wait upon this stately Lady Vainglory Pride never walks the Streets alone nor without a vast Retinue of Lusts to Adorn her Pageantry He that will be profuse in one Instance must be Covetous in another Riotous Spending is accompanied with Penutious Sparing A great fire must have great â—â—re of Fewel to seed it And an open Table requires abundance of Provisions to maintain it Pride must be maintain'd by Oppression Fraud Couznage If the Tradesmans Wife lashes it out in the Streets the Husband must fetch it in one way or other in the Shop They that spend unmercifully must gain unconscionably The Mill will not grind unless some Lust brings Grilt unto it A Gentleman anticipates his Rent in the Country he comes up to Town to Vamp his Lady and fine Daughters with the newest fashion he ransacks the Court and City for the Fashions searches the Shops for materials to furnish out the Pompe he returns home and then his poor Tenants go to wrack the sweat is squeez'd out of their Brows to maintain his Prodigality so that we may now take up a Lamentation as is the Profane so is the Professor and as is the Harlot so in this particular are many whom we hope to be Chaste If a Wise Man would not willingly be seen abroad in a Fools Coat why should a Modest Virgin walk the Streets in the Garbe of the Debauched and Prostitute or if they will needs do it let them not be angry if others judge them as bad as those whom they are ambitious to imitate I could wish therefore tho' with small hopes to see it take effect that as once there was a Proclamation That all Curtezans should be known by their striped Veyle so we had the same or some like Law revived that there should be a visible mark of Discrimination between two such contrary Parties Faces though naturally Beautiful are many times foiled and disordered by being studded over with Pimples or put in a Scarlet Livery The Inundation of Crimson Blood often drowns the slowry Eletium of a Charming Face disfiguring it with such a Flaming hue as if the Juicy God had trod his Wine-press there or scattered it with Ruby coloured Grapes To abate the fury of such high colours and fright them into pleasing Paleness call to your assistance the following friendly Receipts but to prepare you for them be temperate before their Application in abstaining from Wine or hot Liquors that Enfeavour the Body by Enflaming the Blood and when you find temperance in Meats and Drinks has allayed much of the heat that glowed within you than for removing the defects Take of Rose-water a pint put it into a Glass and steep an ounce of Camphire in it an ounce of Sulpher beaten to powder Myrrh and Frankincense half an ounce each set it in the Sun or some warm place and after ten days end wash your Face with the Water and in often doing it your colour will be restored then if the Pimples sinking away have left a Scurff use some Pomatum to smooth it over and like the Sun from behind the Moons dark Body you will appear out of your Eclipse as bright as before or for want of the former take this Fine Brimstone Powder an once the Juice of Limmons half a pint Juice of Onions two ounces Cutle-bone and Camphire each one a Dram pound what is to be pounded and Incorporate your Powder with your Juices anoint the Face with it going to Bed and wash it off the next Morning with Water wherein Bran has been decocted and by using it a few times you will we hope confess the knowledge of it worth the buying of this work Freckles are found to be the Product of Fuliginous Vapours and like smoke molest those most who have the fairest Skins as if Beauty jealous of being outvied by too clear Complexions did bestow that yellow Livery on others which she rather deserved to wear herself but seeing what is done requires a remedy the best means to remove such disfiguring spots are these Take Figtree Juice or the white Milk that comes out of it Oil of Tartar a Dram Honey two drams mix them well together and anoint the Face with the Unguent they produce when you go to bed washing it off in the Morning with warm Water and a few times using it those Cholerick Spots will be dispersed and disappear or if the forementioned Ingredients are not to be procured Take three ounces of Cummin seed bruise them with two ounces of Salt Brimstone Powder an ounce Rye-Meal half an ounce the juice of Celandine and the Gall of a Cock press out from these an Oyntment
juice one dram and a half Opium a Scruple steep these well bruised in common lye covering them about two Inches then boil them over a gentle Fire and with the liquid part anoint the place and have cooling Oyl as before Hair if you would have it grow no more in the place after it is taken away by the means aforesaid must be secured from so doing by taking Gum of Ivy Emets Eggs Colophony Orpiment an ounce of each mingle these with the Blood of a Frog or Tench and make them into an Ointment or for want of these take the juice of Henbane Gum Arabick Sanguis Draconis and Frankincence of each three drams and with the Juice of Night shade make them into an Ointment and it will effectually perform your desire Hair how to cause it neatly to Curl Hair twining in curious Curls is very graceful and modish to the Ladies but especially to the other Sex whose Faces if any thing comely it sets off to a wonder and these kind of Curls were once so taking with the Fair Sex though now reduced much shorter that none were thought Paragons for Beauty save those whose graceful Locks did reach the Breasts and make Spectators think those soft tempting Ivory Globes of Venus were upheld by the friendly aid of their Crispy Twirls wherefore seeing it is not as yet utterly laid aside if any one affect the Fashion they may by our Directions serve themselves so advantageously that none shall desire to be free that may have the honour to be fettered with their Curled Hair Hair iâ— you would have it curiously to Curl must be first washed and cleansed well that done take Oak-galls to the number of twenty two ounces of Maiden-hair boil them well stamped in a small quantity of Water and Salt till the Water be boiled to the Consistence of Honey work them well together and then at sundry times for two days anoint the Hair with it and on the third day cleanse it in this Bath viz. Take Beet-Leaves and Fern-Roots of each a handful bruise them in two quarts of Water till a third part of the Water be consumed then taking it off put in a little piece of Gum-arabick and use it cool after which on Twirling Irons turn up your Hair in what Curls or Ringlets you please and it will continue so a long while but finding iâ— begin to fall and grow Limber it must be renewed or for 〈◊〉 of the former Receipt take the Oyls of White Henbane and Fenugreek Seed and with them mix a little Gum-arabick and Mirrh and over a gentle Fire make it into a flowing 〈◊〉 soft Ointment and anoint youâ— Hair with it before you turn it up and it will be curiously Curled Hair Bushey to make it Lank and Flag The stately Bushy Forest of the Head like Atlas Crowned with Pines is sometimes Labirinth'd with Mazie and rude Meanders whilst the Locks themselves retreat in â—â—ch Recoiling Twirls as if they took the Breasts for the Alpin bills cover'd with Snow and were afraid their tender Tops should touch them But that they may be forced to extend themselves to a pleasing length follow the Rules we have prescribed Hair is reduced from this stubbornness by taking the Oyls of Roses and White Lillies each an ounce two ounces of the Oyl of Violets Marsh Mallows a good handful Green beat these together squeeze out the liquid part and over a gentle Fire make it into an Ointment and by anointing the Hair often with it will render it soft and plyable or Oyl of Roses worked well in a Pint of Spring-water will go a great way in this Matter Hair how to lengthen it Hair though it is accounted but an excremental Superfluity yet we see it is cherished carefully as a plant of value since most fancy it to be the Microcosmical Flax whereof Cupid twists his Bow-strings To see it we acknowledge in the Female Sex of a more than usual length is a pleasing Spectacle therefore those Ladies that are desirous to be so accommodated may prove our Directions and find in that an ample Satisfaction Hair is cherished and lengthened by taking Vervine the inward back of an Elme and Agrimony each a handful boil them in two quarts of Water till the third part be consumed and often wash your Hair with it when warm or for want of these take Politrick Reed Roots Flax-Seed and the Ashes of Maiden-hair bruise these make them into a Lye dissolve into it a little Mirrh and add a third part of White-wine and wash it as the former Hair that is harsh and stiff how to soften it Hair that hangs on the Heads of some like Sedge or Thatch on a homely Cottage and serves more for use than Ornament to secure them from the Impetuous Injuries of Wind and Weather rather than with it's soft and tender sheaves to delight the admiring Eyes such stiff bristles are usually Attendants to a harsh and churlish Disposition however those then that desire a more graceful covering and would alter those harsh Conceits that others are apt to entertain of their Hoggish Nature may to their great Advantage use these Directions Hair if you would reduce to a comely shape take black and white Helebore Roots long and round BrithwortRoots and the Roots of Briony with the Leaves and Roots of Wake Robin make these by drying into 〈…〉 and rub the Hair well 〈…〉 For want of these 〈…〉 burn the Twiggs of 〈…〉 and making a Lye of 〈…〉 put into it the Meal of Vetches Beans Lupins and Barly strain after it be well soaked the liquid part and add about half a Pint of White-wine then wash your Hair with it cleanse it and comb it out well and often Hair splitting how to prevent it for the Future Hair that is very slender when by Nature it is Spun to it's utmost length must be well regarded and carefully kept or by sundry Accidents it will be fray'd and ravell'd at the ends which seem to envy that work they cannot mend then take as a Provision against such Injuries these Instructions Mix Oyl of Roses and Water a like quantity anoint the Hair with it going to Bed and turn it up against the next Morning boil the Bark of a Willow Tree Flebane and Marsh Mallows in running Water and wash your Head with the Decoction or if it be already very much split take Mirrh and Willow Leaves two ounces of each Labdanum in Powder six scruples Emblick Mirabolans powdered half a Dram Oyl of Mirtle four ounces and half a quarter of a Pint of Whitewine boil them gently to the Extremity of a third parts Consumption and anointing the extream ends of the Hair with the Liquid part it will stop the Cracks from going further and render the Hair fresh and lively Hair how to make it of any Colour Hair of a yellow or shining golden Colour was in highest esteem among the Ancients the Poets rarely delineating any excellent Beauty without appropriating that to