of Ale put into it a quarter of a peck of Garden-Scurvy-grass bruised two great handfuls of Sage two ounces of Horse-Radish-root scraped and sliced very thin Red-Dock-root sliced very thin two ounces Anniseeds bruised one ounce and an half Liquorish scraped and sliced thin four ounces Sena two ounces Figs sliced thin half a pound When your Ale hath done working put in all these things and stop it up when it hath been four days then drink every Morning a pint and again at four in the After-noon till you have drunk all the Ale With this I have Cured many who were very bad For a Squinacy or other sore Throat Take the whitest dung of a Dog which he hath dunged abroad in May let it dry in the Sun very well and when you have occasion to use it beat it fine and searce it and give the Party thereof a slight spoonful in a Glass of White-wine and mix some with Hony and spread it and lay to the Throat let the Plaister lie on and take the other three Nights and it will Cure you For a Red-face Every Night wash your Face with this following Take fumitory-Fumitory-water half a pint a little lump of Allom and a little white Sugar-Candy with the juyce of one Lemmon and as much common Brimstone beaten fine as will lye upon a half Crown heaped Do not wipe your Face when you have washed it but let it dry in Every Morning drink a Glass of old Malago-Sack and eat a little Toast dipped therein It will be very good for you to Purge every Spring if you find much heat in it which you may know by a dry hot hand and inward heat be sure to shift them often till the Coar be drawn out For a Plague-Sore Take Figgs half a pound and of Hony as much beat them together extreamly well then spread some of it upon a Burdock-leaf if you can have one or else upon a linnen Cloth dress it twice a day this will both break and heal it Use it till it be quite well An excellent Medicine prescribed by a Worthy Physician against the Plague and Pestilence Take of strong White-wine Vinegar half a pint of Spring-water one quarter of a Pint mix them together and put thereto one ounce of Venice-Treacle Take of this every Morning two spoonfuls and anoint your Nostrils with a little Methridate for that will not suffer any Infection to pass that way To kill Worms which breed about the Nose Wash it often with Vinegar Allom and Brimstone till you find they are killed and then use Pomatum every Night to smooth the skin For Childrens Scabbed-faces Take Mallow-leaves and the leaves of Red-Dock of each a like quantity shred them small and put as much sallad Oil to them as will just stand even with them then boil them on a soft fire till you find the Herbs begin to be crispy then presently take it off and strain it out and keep it Anoint the Face with it twice in a day and every time before you dress it wash off that you laid on before with Butter and Beer This is very good to Heal and Cleanse For Chest-Worms Take a quarter of a pint of New-Milk and when it boils put in a piece of Allom and stir it about till you see that the Milk be well turned then take out the Allom and take off the Curd very clean and give the Party the Cleer drink to drink in the Morning fasting do so three Mornings together and it will kill all the Worms but then it will be necessary for to purge them with these things following Take a pound of Pruons and stew them leisurely in fair Water and take half an ounce of Sena and tie it up in a piece of Tiffany with half an ounce of Liquorish scraped and sliced thin and a quarter of an ounce of Anniseeds bruised let these stew in the Pipkin with the Pruons till they are enough then every Morning fasting give four or five or more of the Pruons according to the Age of the Party and also two or three spoonfuls of the Liquor do so so long as you see fitting I have given this with very good success A fine Julip for one in an Ague or Feaver Take four ounces of French-Barley and wash it well then boil it in three quarts of Water till half be consumed then strain the Barley from it and put into the Water the juyce of two Lemmons and as much white Sugar-Candy as will well sweeten it then put in two ounces of Sirrup of Violets and nine sheets of Leaf-Gold cut very small give the sick Party of this three or four times in a day four or five spoonfuls at once it is both cordial and very pleasant I Think I have said enough concerning those things which I have already written in this little Book I will now give you some Directions for several sorts of Work which may pleasure you in your Chambers and Closets And if any of you shall desire to be further informed than I can possibly direct in Writing or to confirm themselves in what they have already made Trial of if you please to give your selves the trouble as to come to me I shall give you the best assistance I can in any of those things which I profess to teach and for a competent gratuity I have set down every thing as plain as I can and I know there are many who have done things very well by my Books only but you may imagine that if you did learn a little by sight of my doing you would do much better For if my Pen can teach you well how much better would my Tongue and Hands do The one to make answer to any Objection or Question the other to order or to shape any thing So that in my opinion you would not lose by having some personal Acquaintance with me neither would I willingly lose my time and labour in informing you Therefore I beseech you let it be thus Be pleased to afford me some of your Mony And I will repay you with my pains and Skill That I judge to be fair on both sides Imprimis To make Transparent Work BOil all in Earth and let your Pipkin be three quarts full of Isinglass such as you have at the Apothecaries broken â—nto small pieces and a small quantity of Gum-Dragon amongst it then fill it up with fair Water and boil it till you find it be enough which you may well know by dipping your Wyer therein which must be shaped according to the Leaves or Flowers you intend it for Strain it while it is hot Now for the COLOURS First For Red. Take the shavings of Brazil-wood and fill your Pipkin half full with them then fill it up with Water and put in a little Roch-Allom set it over the fire and when it boils strain it out This and Oil-Tartar makes a Purple Do not mix it too hot for that will spoil it For Sea-Green Take one ounce of
all these in a Mortar to a Paste with a little Sack and one grain of Amber-grease then mould it up with searced Sugar make it into little Cakes according to your fancy and lay them upon Wafer sheets upon a Tin-plate and bake them after Bread is drawn Another sort of Bisket Take half a pound of Naples-Bisket mix them with a little Sack when you have sliced them thin and let them lye in soak in it then take half a pound of sweet Almonds blanched in cold Water and beaten to a Paste with a little fair Water to keep them from oyling then beat that Paste with the Naples Bisket and the Yolks of three Eggs and the Whites of one when you have mixed them then put in three quarters of a pound of searced Sugar a little juyce of Lemmon and one grain of Ambergreace of what Spice you like you may put in a little beaten and searced When these are well incorporated take them out of the Mortar and mould it up with searced Sugar upon a smooth Board and make it into what form you please bake them upon Waser-sheets on tin Plates after-Brown-bread is drawn do not take them from the Plates till they are cold enough To make Sirrop of Violets Pick your Violets very clean and beat them well in a Mortar then strain them and to one pint of the juyce take one quarter of a pint of Spring-water put it into the Mortar with the stamped Violets which you have strained stamp them together a while and strain the Water well from them and mix them with your other juyce then put it into a long Gally-pot and to each pint of Juyce put in one pound of double Resined Sugar let it stand close covered for the space of twelve hours then put in a little quantity of Juyce of Lemmon that will make it look purely transparent then set your Gally-pot into a Kettle of seething-seething-water covered till you find it to be thick enough then set it by till it is cold and then put it up Sirrop of Roses a good way Fill a great Stone-pot with Damask-Rose leaves as hard as you can thrust it then fill it up with Damask-Rose water and cover it with Stone or Glass and set it into a Kettle of boiling Water till you find that the Rose-water be very well coloured which may be about four hours then strain it out hard and put the Liquor into a Gally-pot and to every pint of it put two pounds of Sugar then cover the Pot and set it into a Kettle of seething Water and let it stand till it be a thick Sirrup when it is cold put it up and keep it for your use it will worke very kindly and very effectually The best way to preserve Fruits Wet the Sugar for them with the juyce of some of the same Fruit instead of Water and that will give a full and lively taste and they will keep the better The worst of your Fruit will serve for that Be pleased to observe my former Books for the ordering of all Fruits in the Preserving only do not put in Rose-water so generally as is set down because it is not so much used as formerly unless in Cordial things or some other particular things therefore where it is liked use it or else not for we have new Modes for Eating and Drinking as well as for Apparel One cannot so strictly set down any thing but that in the making of Sauce dressing of Meat with Seasoning Preserving several things and the like there must be a judgment in those who order them to leave out or to add or else they will please but a few pallets for some do hate the taste of what others do extreamly love To make very fine Jelly for a weak stomach Take Calves-Feet or Sheeps-Trotters cleanly dressed and split them in half put them into a Pipkin with as much Whitewine as will cover them put in a little Salt make it boil and scum it well then put in a blade or two of whole Mace with a sprig or two of Time and a little Lemmon-pill put in a few Dates sliced very thin cover it close and let it boil leisurely till the Feet be very tender then take them up and eat them if you please and take the Liquor and strain it and to a quart of it put in the juyce of one Lemmon and as much fine Sugar as will well sweeten it and set it over the fire till the Sugar be throughly melted then keep it in a Gally-pot and give the Party of it three or four times in a day as much as they please to take if you like it you may put in a little Ambergreace and Rose-water the one is pleasing and good for a weak stomach the other for the Brain Amber-greace is good for the Head if inwardly taken but it is not good to smell to because it will raise fumes to the head Yet observe this I once did ask a Physician concerning Musk and Ambergreace Why the smell of either of them did offend so much He Answered me thus The reason saith he why either of them are so offenfive is because they smell but a little and do only disturb but if they go into a Shop where store is and smell to divers pounds of it they will find it rather a purge downward than a raiser of Fumes to the Head To Candy White Sugar excellent good for any Cough or Cold. Take two pounds of the best powdered Sugar and put it in a Dish to dry very well in a warm Oven then beat it fine and searce it mix with this quantity one ounce of the best prepared Amber mingle them very well together and put them into a Preserving-Pan with one pint of fair-Fair-water melt it over a gentle fire and when it boils put in the White of an Egg to clarifie it then seum it very well and when you perceive it to be as clear as Chrystal then let it stand in the Pan until it be cold covered very close then take fair running-Running-water about two quarts and one ounce of the clearest Roch-Allom beaten to powder mix them together and let them stand twenty four hours When you have so done take an Earthen-Vessel or Pot and some few sticks of the whitest sappy-Fire splintered from un-wrought Deal and place your sticks as you do in a Bee-Hive cross every way set this Pot over a few Embers empty then mix your Sugar and your Water in your Preserving-Pan setting them upon the fire and so soon as you perceive the Sugar to sink then pour out the Water having a Cullenderâ— pour your Sugar into the said Pot very gently through the Cullender and it will Candy presently in square forms and that which falleth to the bottom will be as good as the rest though perhaps not altogether so clear of colour as soon as you have poured in all your Sugar which will rope like Hony then stop your Pot very close and let the
the space of two hours or more then put them out into an Hippocras Bag and hang them up to drain and let them drop into a Glass with a mouth so wide as that it may not drop besides and when it hath dropped all it will then to a pint of it take a pound of White Sugar Candy two spoonfuls of the best Cinnamon-water one quarter of a pint of red Rose-water one grain of Ambergreace and twelve sheets of Leaf-Gold put all these into the Glass and let it stand all night then set it carefully into a Kettle of Water when it is cold and fasten it very vvell about with Hay and let the Kettle be set on the fire and by degrees be made to boil but if you should put in a Pot or Glass into a Kettle of boiling hot Water the suddain heat would break it or else not Let it stand thus slightly covered till you find that the Sugar be quite incorporated with the Juyce when it is taken off and cold put it up to keep and give the Party of it two spoonfuls at a time twice in a day in the Morning and in the Afternoon about four of the Clock Very fine Lozenges for a Cough of defluxion of Rheum Take two ounces of powder of Liquorish half an ounce of powder of Anniseeds one quarter of an ounce of powder of Elecampane one dram of flower of Brimstone and one dram of prepared red Corral one pound of double refined Sugar beaten and searced then with some Gum-Dragon steeped all night in red Rose-water beat them into a paste then mold it up with a little searced Sugar and make it up into Lozenges print them with a Seal and dry them in the Sun or in some warm place eat of these often in the day or night putting one in your mouth and let it lye till it be quite melted To make a Paste very delicate rich and very pleasant Take one pound of red Quince-Marmelade which is made very smooth one ounce of candid Lemmon-pill one ounce of candid Cittron-pill one ounce of candid Iringo-root one ounce of candid Ginger one ounce of Dates sliced thin and one ounce of Prunels let all these be cut small and beaten with a little Sack to a Paste then put your Marmelade to them with four ounces of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten and four ounces of fine Sugar beaten and searced and a little Gum-Dragon steeped all night in fair water when you have beaten them extream well then take it out and mold it up with searced Sugar and make it into little Cakes of what form you please and dry them upon Wafer-sheets on Tin-plates in an Oven after Bread is drawn If you please you may perfume some of them To make good Drink to comfort you in a cold Morning Take a pint and a half of Claret-Wine and half a pint of stale strong-Beer boil them with such Spice as you like very well and a little Lemmon-pill then take the Yolks of four or five Eggs and beat them very well then put so much Sugar into your Wine as you think will well sweeten it and after mixing some of your hot Wine with the Eggs brew them and the Wine very well together and let there be a little piece of Butter in it Be sure to brew it a pace that it curdle not for then it is spoiled To make an excellent Cordial Electuary for to restore one that is weak or against Melancholy Take of Conserve of Burrage flowers Rosemary flowers of Marigold flowers of Sage flowers of Benorty flowers of each of these one ounce two ounces of Sirrop of Clove-Gilly flowers two ounces of the Sirrop of the juyce of Cittrons one dram of Confection of Alkermes two ounces of the best Cinnamon Water and twelve or fourteen leaves of Leaf-Gold with one ounce of prepared Corral either White or Red mix all these together very well and take about the quantity of a Walnut every night when you go to Bed A very good Cordial Water without the trouble of a Still Take two quarts of Brandy and keep it in a great Glass with a reasonable narrow mouth put into it of Cloves Nutmeg Cinnamon and Ginger Cardemon seeds Coriander seeds Anniseeds Liquorish of each of these half an ounce bruised Long-pepper and Grains of each one dram bruised Elecampane one quarter of an ounce bruised let all these steep in the Brandy a fortnight then pour it out into another Glass softly so long as it will run clear then put more Brandy into the Glas where the Ingredients are and let that stand three weeks and so along as you find there is any strength in the Ingredients still put in more Brandy and let it stand every time longer and longer Then take your first two quarts of Brandy which you poured off and put in it four ounces of White Sugar-Candy and so much Sirrop of Clove-Gilly flowers as will well colour it with store of Leaf-Gold give two spoonfuls at a time It is good in case of any Illness or Swouning to drive out any infection and venemous humors it is good for wind in the Stomach and to keep out Cold. A pretty Sweet-mèat made of Grapes very good in Feavors Take Grapes and pluck them from their Stalks and bruise them well then strain them through a Strainer made of French Canvas then set that juyce in a Gally-pot into a Kettle of boiling Water for three hours then take the weight of it in fine Sugar and boil it to a Candy height then put in your juyce of Grapes and boil it till it be very clear and scum it well then put it into Glasses and set them into a Stove for a while To make Marmelade with Barberries and Pippins Take one pound of fine Sugar and a pint of Water and boil them together and scum them very well then put into that Sirrop one pound of the best Pippins pared and cut in quarters and Coared boil them quick in this Sirrop till they are extream clear then take them and bruise them as small as you can with the back of a Spoon then put to them one pound of Conserve of Barberries that is curiously made and stir them well together and let them boil till they are well incorporated and then put them into Glasses This is very Cordial and pleasant in Feavors To Candy Fruits after they have lien in Sirrop Take any sort of Fruit which you have preserved as Apples Pears Plumbs Oranges Lemmons Citrons or any other and lay them out of their Sirrop all night to drain then lay them upon Sieves and set them into a warm Oven to dry then wash them over with Wat◠wherein Gum-Arabick hath lien to steep one night and do it with a Feather then have in readiness some White Sugar Candy beaten not fine but grosly and some small some bigger so soon as you have washed your Fruit with Gum-water then strew it over with this Sugar Candy so thick as the Gum
cut small when it is boiled enough put in as much of the best sallad Oil as will make it very soft and moist according to the bigness of your Sore spread some of it upon a linnen Cloth and lay over it as hot as you can suffer it Morning and Evening when you dress it wash it with a little Brandy and Butter For a tickling Rheum and Cough Take of Conserve of Fox-lungs two ounces Sirrup of Colts-foot Sirrup of Maiden-hair Sirrup of Hore-hound Sirrup of Hysop Sirrup of Violets of each one ounce mix them well together and take them often in the day or night upon a Liquorish-stick An excellent Balsom for inward Bruises for outward Wounds and for the Stone Take of Oyl-Olive Oyl of Turpentine and of the best Whitewine of each one quart put into them three good handfuls of the tops of St. Johns Wort with the flowers and seeds let them stand in a Glass in the Sun ten daies then put them into a long Gally-pot and set that pot into a Kettle of water and fasten it with Hay let the water seeth for two hours then take it out and set it by alwaies keep it covered If you take it for the Stone take a spoonful of it at a time in a Glass of Whitewine in the Morning fasting for three days together at the New and Full of the Moon but if you should be suddenly taken then take it when your self is in pain For Sores warm it a little and after you have vvell vvashed the Wound with Brandy lay on the Balsom with a Feather and dip Lint in it and lay into it and a piece of Hogs-bladder over that that the linnen you bind it up with may not soak it up dress your wounds Morning and Evening If you take it for an inward Bruise take two spoonfuls of it in a Glass of Whitewine and go to bed and sweat do so three nights together be sure to jumble the pot well together when you take any or else the Oils vvill be at the top and the Wine at the bottom the Herbs and Flowers applyed stench bleeding in Wounds or at the Nose A most admirable Drink for a Cough it also expelleth any congealed Blood Impostume or other filthy Humour It healeth all inward Vlcers and cooleth inflamed Lungs and also healeth Vlcers in them Take two pounds of quick-Lime and put it into ten quarts of Spring-water in an Earthen-pot let it stand twenty four hours then you will see as it were a thin ice on the top of it which you must take off very clean with a scimmer then pour off all that is clear into another pot and put into it these things following Of blew Figgs slit in two half a pound of Raisons of the Sun stoned half a pound of Liquorish scraped and sliced thin four ounces of China Root sliced thin two ounces of Anniseeds bruised one ounce of the shavings of Ivory four ounces of Maiden-hair one handful of Burrage of Pimpernel of Balm of Penny-Royal of Colts-foot Scabions Horehound of St. Johns Wort of each one handful and half a handful of Marigold flowers then put in four ounces of Earth-worms slit and cleansed from their filth with Whitewine Let all these steep in that water 24 hours then take it and strain it gently and keep it in Glass-bottles drink thereof Morning and Evening a good draught or if you please oftener and you will find a great benefit Take two pounds more of quick-Lime and put it into the same quantity of Spring-water and do as you did before only you may use the same Ingredients as you made the other without any new For a Pin and Web in the Eye Take of red-Rosewater one quarter of a pint put into it two pennyworth of Mastick finely powdered and one quarter of an ounce of white Sugar-Candy then have in readiness of burnt-Allom and white Sugar-Candy of each a like quantity beaten fine and searsed and mixed well together When you dress the Eye first wash it well with the Water and then blow in some of the powder with a quill and hold your hand over it till the smart be gone the next Morning let some Breast-milk be milked into it and do nothing else in the Morning and every Evening use the other so do till your Eye be well Do not put any Cloth or Silk before your Eye for that poysons it by causing the venemous humor to return This Water is very good for other Sore-Eyes if they be well washed with it Morning and Evening and if the Rheum be very much in the Eyes then lay a plaister of Burgundy-Pitch to the Nape of the Neck and let it lie as long as it will stick For the Tooth-ach Anoint that side of the face on which the Tooth-ach is from the Temple down to the lower part of the Ear upon all those Veins which carry the Rheum to the Teeth with a few drops of Oil of Amber work it well with your hand and gently then spread a black Ribbon two penny broad with Mastick and lay it upon the place which you did anoint and keep it on For a Thrush in a Childs mouth Wash it Morning and Evening with a little Verjuyce and Hony warmed a little and then blow in some white Sugar-Candy beaten fine with a quill For the Itch. Take some common Brimstone beaten fine and mix a little beaten Ginger with it then tie it up in a Tiffany or Lawn and let it lie in strong Whitewine Vinegar with some Roach-Allom when it hath lien all night you may begin to use it but the longer it lies the better it will be when you use it take up the Cloth wherein the Brimstone is tied and rub all your Joynts with it very well every night when you go to bed then take a little Methridate before you go to bed so do till you are Cured It is a dangerous thing to cure the Itch and not to drive it out for that strikes it in and many times it falls upon the Lungs sometimes it causes Convulsion-fits Apoplexies or Lethargies if not driven out It is also very necessary when you have quite killed and cured it to purge the Party very well to prevent further mischief For a Bruise where no skin is broken There is no better thing than to bath it well with Oil of Spike morning and evening For a Sinew-strain Take strong Beer or Ale and boil it till it be very thin then spread it upon Leather and lay it on as hot as you can suffer it and let it stay on For a Consumption or other weakness Take a Gallon of strong Ale-wort and put therein two ounces of Liquorish scraped clean and sliced thin and one ounce of Anniseeds bruised boil them together till it be very thick then strain it while it is hot and keep it in a Gally-pot and take thereof every Morning and Evening It is a very good Remedy For a Burn. Take the juyce of a great
in the face 22 For a film in the Eye 32 Faces scabbed 58 Frames for Pictures 6â— Feathers of Woosted 73 Fruits preserved 108 G FOr the cold Gout hot Gout p 25 25 A Glister to cool and bind 26 The running Gout or any hot Tumor 27 Plaister for the Gout 28 Glast windows made clean 68 To gild any thing with gold or silver 126 H TO keep the Hair clean and pâ—eserve it p. 8 Rheum falling from the head 19 To cure a Horse of a Cold 24 Huckle-bone 47 Pain in the head 48 Heart-burning 50 Passion of the heart 50 Hangings for Closers 72 I FOr the 〈◊〉 p. 44 Impostame in the Eaâ— 48 〈◊〉 so Ague or Feavor 59 Jelly for a weak stomach 109 Jelly of Fruits 116 K FOr Kbed-heels p. 35 Kings Evil 55 56 L TO make clean gold and silver Lace p. 7 〈…〉 Lip salve 9 〈…〉 or other 〈…〉 23 〈…〉 119 M MAdnese and fumes in the Head 23 Falling down of the Mother 28 To dress Mutton very savourly 89 To stew Muscles or Cockles 90 Marmalade of Damsons 118 Marmalade with Barbersies and Pippins 124 N TO Cure sore Nipples 32 Numlness in Lambs 48 Neats Tongues ported 86 O A Most excellent Ointment p. 19 Obstructions 113 P TO make clean Points or Laces p. 3 To wash and starch Points 3 To make clean Plate 8 To Cure one who pisseth their Bed 22 Poultis for any Sore 39 Pin and Web in the Eye 43 Plague Sore 57 Plague and Pestilence ibid. Puff work 64 To make the Puffs 65 To acorn a Room with Prints 70 To dâ—ess up Gloss plates 72 Petticoats Bodice or Belts embroidered 81 To Pot Fowls 85 To stew Parsnips 90 Pigeon Pye very good 92 Loyn of Pork boiled 93 To bâ—ll green Pease 95 To preserve Green Pease a while p. 95 Pudding of cold Meat 98 Paste very rich and deâ—icate 120 R TO kill Rats p. 23 For Rheum in the Eyes 34 For the Rickets in Children 35 Rheum and Cough 39 Red-face 54 Red Beets dressed well 92 Rabbits stewed 94 Sirrop of Roses 107 S SWeet-meat of Grapes 123 Sirrop of Snails 118 Sweetmeat of Lettuce-stalks 117 To wash white Sarsnets 4 To wash black Sarsnets Silk-stockings and coloured Silks 6 To geâ— spots of Ink out of any linnen Cloth 7 Likewise stains of Fruit 7 Also greasie spots out of Silk Stuff or Cloth 8 For the Stone and Choller 32 For the Stone 36 Sinew-strain 45 Shingles 47 Scabbed head 51 Scurvy 53 Squinancy or Sore-throas 54 To stain Satten 66 To starch Tiffany 1 T TO keep the Teeth clean and sound p. 10 To cure a Timpany 30 Thistolow water 31 33 Tooth-ach 44 Thrush in the mouth ibid. Transparent work 62 Colours for it ib. More Colours for it 63 64 A Toy to catch Flies 125 V TO stew Veal savourly p. 88 Sirrop of Violets 106 W FOr VVorms a miraculous Cure p. 19 For Worms in Children 57 Worms in the Nose 58 in the Chest ibid. Work for Chairs 77 78 To make Wax work 182 To make the moulds for it 184 To make the likeness of many things in Wax without the help of a Mould 185 To take the shape of your own hand 186 To take the face of a dead Body 187 For Eggs to be hard and cut in quarters ibid. Colours for Wax-work 189 190 191 To make Spanish white 192 LETTERS FRom a Sister to a Brother far distant from her pag 1â—9 From a Daughter to he Mother 150 From a Mother to a Daughter in a Ladies Service 151 The Answer 152 From a Sister to a Brother 153 From one Friend to another 158 The Answer 156 From one Sister to another 156 From a Lady to a Gentlewoman whom she hath a Kindness for 157 The Answer 155 From a Wife to her Husband craving his pardon c. 160 From an Aunt to her Neece 161 The Answer 162 From a Widow to her Friend desiring her Assistance 163 The Answer 164 From a Woman in Prison â—o her Friend to help her 165 The Answer ibid. From a Seamans Wife to her Husband 166 From a Servant to her Mistriss concerning her Charge 166 A Letter of Complement from one Friend to another 167 The Answer 168 From a Mother to a Daughter who had gone astray from her 169 The Daughters Answer to her Mother 170 A Letter from a Gentleman to a Relaâ—ion of his c 172 The Ladies Answer 17â— From a Gentlewoman to her Father 175 From a Gentlewoman to her Vncle 176 From a Widow to her Landlord 177 From a Gentlewoman to her Brother at Oxford 177 From a Gentlewoman in Answer to aâ— Leâ—ter from a Gentleman who Courted her 178 Another Letter from a Gentlewoman to one who Courted her for his Mistress 181 The Cause why good Children or the Children of worthy Parents are off-times in a distressed condition 135 The Cause why others do commonly run into mischief and wickedness 138 Advice to Parents concerning their Children and Advice to Children concerning their Parents 141 Directions for the more curious working and adorning of the Images of the Poetical Gods and Goddesies p. 193 194 195 196 Also for the better Drawing of the Months of the Year 197 198 199 AN Advertisment IF any Person desire to speak with me they may find me at Mr. Richard Wolleys House in the Old-Baily in Golden Cup Court He is Master of Arts and Reader at St. Martins Ludgate They may have of me several Remedies for several Distempers at reasonable Rates Likewise If any Gentlewomen or other Maids who desire to go forth to Service and do want Accomplishment for the same For a reasonable Gratuity I shall inform them stone and keep them all the time from the Air for that will spoil them Then make your starch of a reasonable thickness and blew it according to your liking and to a quarter of a pound of Starch put as much Allom as an Hasel Nut boyl it very well and strain it and while it is hot wet your Tiffanies with it very well and lay them in a Cloth to keep them from drying then wash your hands clean and dry them then hold your Tiffanies to a good fire till they be through hot then clap them and rub them between your hands from the fire till you see they be very clear then shape them by a piece of Paper cut out by them before they were washed and iron them with a good hot Iron and then they will look glossie like new Tiffany Thus you may starch Lawns but observe to iron them on the wrong side and upon a Cloth wetted and wrung out again Sometimes if you please instead of Starch you may lay Gum-Arabick in water and when it is dissolved wet your Lawns in that instead of Starch and hold them to the fire as before directed clapping them and rubbing them till they are very cleer To make clean Points or Laces Take white Bread of half a day old and cut it in the middle and pare the
sore Leg who was advised by a Chirurgion to have it cut off A Cancer in the Nose I have Cured Cankers in the Mouth and Throat The Green-sickness in many Dropsie Jaundies Scurvy Sciatica Griping of the Guts Vomiting and Loosness And for the Palsie whether Dead or Shaking I am sure none can give better Remedies nor know it better than I do having bought my Experience at a dear rate there is none who have been more afflicted with it than my self and I humbly bless God for it there is no Person more freer from it than my self nor from any other Disease and that is very much I being now in my Two and fiftieth year Much more I could say but I think I need not for they who do believe any thing I write will I hope have confidence to make use of these Receipts I shall give them without any fear It is altogether as necessary that you should know how to keep your Bodies in health to preserve your Eye-sight and your Limbs as it is to Feed or Cloath your self Therefore the more fully to accomplish you let me perswade you not to slight but to value what I shall teach and give God the glory who out of so mean things as I shall name he should of his goodness to us create in them so great a vertue I do not attribute any thing but to his alone power and give him praise when he pleaseth to make me an Instrument of doing good For any Ague whatever TAke of the dried leaves of Lawrel which is esteemed in Gardens Take of the fine powder thereof as much as will lie upon a sixpence by heap mix it vvith any liquid thing and take it one hour or two before the fit comes do this three times and go to bed and keep warm The best thing to give it in is treacle-Treacle-water Cardus-water or Dragon-water For the falling Sickness Take a live Mole and cut the throat of it into a Glass of Whitewine and presently give it to the party to drink at the New and Full of the Moon viz. the day before the New the day of the Nevv and the day after and so at the Full. This vvill Cure absolutely if the Party be not above forty years of Age. For an extream Rheum falling from the Head Take some Lucatelia Balsom and spread it thin upon the smooth sides of red Sage leaves take five or six of these leaves with the other side downward upon a few embers of Wood Coals and take the smoak through a paper tunnel into your mouth thus do every morning till you find a Cure For Worms a miraculous Cure Let the party drink their own Water with a little Methridate mingled therein for three days together in the morning fasting and walk after it A most excellent Oyntment for all manner of swellings and sores and for the Kings Evil it will dissolve it if it be to be dissolved it will both break and heal it is good also for sore Eyes if anointed therewith Take one pint of the juyce of Cellondine and boil it in one pound and half of new Butter never salted till you may by your judgment think it to be enough so keep it in a Gally-pot for your use and when you apply it let it be warm and bath the place well if it be not broken but if it be broken then dip fine linnen Cloths in it and lay on twice in the day anoint sore Eyes gently with a Feather every night till they are well A most excellent Balsom for Wounds Take a pint of the purest sallad Oyl and put to it four ounces of common Brimstone beaten fine and set it in the Sun for three weeks or more before you use it If the Wound be inflamed spread some conserve of Red-roses upon a linnen Cloth and lay on over night the next Morning bath it well with Brandy and then lay on this Balsom with a Feather warm use the Conserve of Roses till you find the inflammation to be quite gone and if you perceive proud flesh to grow in the Wound then lay in a little burnt Allom after you have washed it before you lay on the Balsom Conserve of Red-roses is also very good to lay upon inflamed Eyes moistned first with a few drops of Plantain Water For Madness and for fumes in the Head Rub the soles of the Feet with the Spirit of Brandy every night and apply the Herb Henbane bruised with a little Nutmeg and Whitewine Vinegar to the Temples it will ease pain in the Head and cause the Party to sleep For pain in the Bones Anoint the place grieved with Dogs grease every night by the fire and wear socks cut out of a Bears skin in their Shoes every day and their pain will be gone For the Leprosie or any other venemous Humour Swallow every twelve hours a bullet of Gold and still as you void one wash it in Treacle-vvater and at the due hour swallow it again continue doing this a long time and it vvill Cure To kill Rats Fry a Spung in Butter and hang it by a string and the Rats vvill forsake the Room To Cure a Horse of a Cold though he hath had it never so long a time Take two new laid Eggs put them into an Earthen-pot and then put in as much Whitewine Vinegar as will cover them then cover them close and put them into a Horse-dunghill and cover it over with the dung so let it stand twelve hours then pour it down the Horses throat shells and all and gallop him after it and Cloath him very warm be sure you give it him three or four times but there must be a day between every time For a Cow that Stales bloud Take a good handful of the Herb called Peruwinckle and bruise it and boyl it in a quart of Ale till it comes to a pint then strain it and give it her to drink do so three times Peruwinckle hath also an excellent vertue to stench bleeding at the Nose in Christians if it be made into a garland and hung about the Neck An excellent Medicine for the Cold Gout Take Stone-pitch three drams pound it to dust and set it over the fire Venice Turpentine so much as being mingled with the Pitch will make it spread when the Pitch is cold the best Turmerick 5 or 6 Races beaten to powder Letharge of Gold half an ounce mix all these together when you have warmed the Pitch and work them together that all may become one substance and use it for your Plaister following the Gout as it shall remove For the Hot Gout A most admirable Medicine Take the Bones of a Horses Legs break them and take the Marrow out of them and wash it clean it must be the whitest Marrow wash the Bones also and put both the Marrow and them into a Kettle with Running-water and set them a boyling scim off the first rising for that will be froth then scim of all the rest that
Loaf Sugar and so apply it For the Stone and Choler Half an ounce of Cassia in the Cane taken from the point of a knife and presently after it half an ounce of Manna dissolved in Posset-drink and two hours after that drink Lemmon Posset-drink This you must do three days together To make Thistolow Water Take of Bolearmoniack four ounces Camphire four ounces white Coperus one ounce slice the Camphire thin and beat the Coperus fine then boil them two together in an Earthen-Pan never used they will melt of themselves without any thing to them when they are melted stir them together with a little stick till they are hard then beat them in a Mortar to a powder and then beat your Bolearmoniack and mix with them very well and keep it tied up in a bladder it will keep seven years when you use of it take a quart of spring-Spring-water and make it boiling hot then put in one good spoonful of the powder and stir it about and when it is cold put it into a Glass and cover it When you dress any Wound or Thistolow with it you must warm it very hot and bath the place well with it then double some soft Rags and wet them in it having before a little Hony in the heating of it so lay on your wetted Rags and bind them on thus do twice a day till it be well This heals very fast if the Wound be fit to be healed but if there be any inflammation in it it is not for it If you use it for the Eyes you must warm it and drop it in I did Cure a Gentlewoman of a Thistolow in the Eye with it which she had by the Small-Pox And several sore Legs I have Cured with it It is very good for the Itch and for Gald-Horse backs only you must double your quantity of powder and always put in Hony when you heat it for that doth cleanse and help to heal For Rheum in the Eyes Dragons-blood Bole-armoniack and Mastick beaten and searst of each a like quantity mix them with the white of an Egg well beaten then spread it on a piece of Leather and lay it on the Forehead from one Temple to another and let it lie till you be Cured which with Gods blessing will be in three days To stench Bleeding at the Nose or in Wounds Take of Frankinsence one dram Aloes half a dram beat them into fine powder then beat the white of an Egg and mix with it let it be of the thickness of Hony dip the wool of a Hare in it and apply it to the Wound and bind it on if to the Nose spread it upon a linnen Cloth and lay it to it For Kibed Heels Take the Wool of a Cony and the white of an Egg beaten together and spread it upon a linnen Cloth and lay it on but if they are broken then take a live-Mouse and flea it and lay the skin on while it is warm For the Rickets in Children Take of the inner Bark of Ivy the inner Bark of Ash Harts-tongue leaves branches of Tamerisk boil them in sour Gallons of middle-Wort and put in so many of Hops as you think will keep it when it is cold enough work it up with Yeast as you do other drink have one Vessel under another and let the Child drink no other drink for a quarter of a year I have cured many with this drink and a Plaister of Paracelsus upon Sheeps leather to the small of the back An excellent Remedy for the Stone Take White-wine and quench a black Flint in it five several times then sweeten it with Sirrup of Marsh-Mallows and take it Morning and Evening for three days An excellent Cordial Electuary Take of Conserve of Sage-flowers Rosemary-flowers Marigold-flowers and of red-Roses of each one ounce mix them together with one ounce of Sirrup of Clove-gilly flowers and six sheets of leaf-Gold keep it in a Gally-pot and take every night when you go to bed as much as a little Walnut It is very good for any weak Body For the Bloudy-Flux or other Loosness Take two or three Races of Ginger and slice them thin and lay some of them ever a Chaffing-dish of Coals then sit over the heat and smoak of it and take heed you catch no Cold Do this Morning and Evening for three or four days For the Worms in Children Take of the tops of unset-Leeks with the lower part also of them one handful as much of the tops of Wormwood chop them small then set them on the fire with a little fresh Butter and a little Whitewine Vinegar and boil them till the Herbs be soft and that it be reasonable thick then put it between two linnen Clothes sewed like a Bag and lay it warm all over the belly of the Child at Night and bind it on with a Cloth The next Morning take it off and put a warm Cloth instead thereof Thus do three or four Nights together and it will cause them to void the Worms It doth also draw Wind and infection out of the Body To make a black Salve very good for Corns or for any Sore old or new Take a pint of sallad Oyl and half a pound of Red-lead and put them into a skillet that will hold three pints or near for fear of boyling over stir it all the while and let it boil softly till you perceive it to look black and that it leave boiling and doth smoak then take it from the fire and let it stand till it be quite cold then warm the bottom of the Skillet and turn it out An excellent Water for a Canker in the Mouth or for any Sore Take of Rosemary Sage Plantain and Scurvy-grass of each one handful one little branch of Herb of Grace and a little Sweet-bryer boil these in a quart of Water and a quart of White-wine and put therein a bright shining Sea-coal as big as an Egg one that was never burned let them boil softly over a slow-fire close covered till half be consumed then strain it out and put in some Roach-allom make it sharp with it then make it very sweet with Hony and set over the fire again till it be boyling hot then when it is almost cold put it into a Glass-bottle and keep it for use When you use it wash your Mouth with it very hot three or four times in a day and then take a little warm Hony in your Mouth to ease the smart Bath-Wounds with it very hot and well then dip linnen Clothes in warm Hony and lay on Dress it twice a day A very sine Poultis to lay on any Sore to take the inflammation out of it or to lay to a sore Breast to break or to dissolve it if it will not break It will also heal it if broken Take a quart of Milk and boil it with two slight handfuls of Oatmeal and one good handful of white-Lilly leaves I mean the green leaves of the white Lillies
Onion and put to it three spoonfuls of Fair-water and as much pure sallad Oil and beat it together very well with two or three Feathers tied together beat it till it be thick and white and lay it on with a Feather then lay on very thin Raggs dipped therein dress it three times in a day for you must not let it be dry and when you do dress it anoint the Cloths with some of it before you take them off that they may come easily the pulling of them off when they are hard and dry is that which makes a Scar. When you perceive the fire to be quite out then leave out the juyce of Onion and use only the Oil and Water and besure you anoint it eight or ten days after it is quite well I have Cured many Burnings and some with Gunpowder without a Scar with this Medicine For the Shingles Take a Cat and cut off her Ears or her Tail and mix the Blood thereof with a little new-Milk and anoint the grieved place with it Morning and Evening for three days and every night vvhen the Party goes to Bed give her or him two spoonfuls of treacle-Treacle-water to drive out the venom To take away the pain in the Huckle-bone or for any Old ach Take of Burgundy-Pitch Oxicroscium and Paracelsus of each a like quantity melt them together in an Earthen-Porringer and spread them upon Sheeps-leather then anoint the grieved place vvith Oil of Amber and lay on your Plaister This is very good also for any Sprain For one who is suddenly taken with a Numbness in any Limb. Take Brandy and Mustard and warm them well together and bath the place very well with it twice a day for a week together and it will work a wonderful effect To take away any extream pain in the Head in any Sickness At your going to rest let a linnen Cloth be dipped in Aquavite and laid all over the Forehead from one Temple to another then dip little linnen Rags in Cinnamon-water and put up the Nostrils let them not be too short for fear the breath draw them into the Head For an Impostume in the Ear. Take a great Onion and roast it in a paper wetted in wood-Embers when it is enough put to it two pennyworth of Saffron and a little spoonful of sallad Oil and work them well together with the back of a Spoon then apply it on a linnen Cloth to the hole of the Ear as hot as the Party can suffer it at the time of going to rest and the next day when you take it off put a warm Cloth instead thereof thus do three Nights together and when you find that it is broken and well drawn out Seringe the Ear with a little warm Sack and Betony-water for three days together twice a day For Deafness in Young or Old Take Brine which comes from Beef at the first salting and boil it very well and scum it well and keep it in a Glass for your use Then take the Kidney-Suet of a Loin of Mutton and shave it very thin and when the Party goes to Bed fill the hole of the Ear that is grieved with some of the Suet and stop it with Black-wool and let him lie on the other side that it fall not out and as he sleeps it will melt into the Ear thus do for a Week every Night when that is done then take three or four drops of the Brine in a Spoon and warm it a little and drop into the Ear every night for a Week This hath done very much good to one of Fourscore years Old For the Emorroids or Piles Take of Unguentum Album vvhich you have at the Apothecaries commonly melt it over the fire vvith a little sallad Oil and put in a little of the best Bolearmoniack apply it upon a linnen Cloth every Night vvhen you go to bed till you are vvell For to Cure Heart-burning Take prepared Crabs-Eyes and mix leaf-Gold therein and keep them in a Box and when you find your Heart begin to burn lick two or three times of the powder and it vvill Cure you for that time and be a means to keep it away for the future Also a draught of Milk never at all boiled doth help it but the other Medicine is much better For the passion of the Heart Take as much Confection of Alkermes as a Pea in a drop or two of Sirrup of Clove-Gilly-flowers and it will case you in such an instant as you cannot but admire it is beyond all things that ever I used and not of much cost Take heed that it be good Alkermes for there is much of deceit used in it For the Cramp in the Legs Take a lock of black-Thred about half an ounce and dip it in such Oil as they greaze Wool withal then draw it through your hands very well that the Oil may not drop from it then vvind it about your Thighs and tie it and keep it on day and night Eel-skins are also good to tie about the Thighs but first they must be made gentle and easie And that which is as good as either of these is to anoint the grieved parts vvith Oil of Spike a vveek together The same perfectly Cures a Crick in the neck in two or three times using I like the latter best To Cure a Scabbed-Head and to kill the Lice Take the yolks of six hard Eggs and bruise them well with a spoon then put one pound of new-Butter to them that vvas never salted boil them together till you find it to be enough which will be in an hours space upon a slow fire let it look blackish when you take it off the fire then strain it and keep it for your use anoint the Head very well with it twice a day and it will soon destroy both Scabs and Lice in a short time to much admiration For Chilblanes on the Hands So soon as you find your Fingers begin to itch spread some Burgundy Pitch upon Leather and lay round about your Arms let the Plaisters be four-fingers broad and lay them four-fingers above your hand They will soon abate the itching and draw forth the humor where they lie not suffering it any more to fall into your hands Wash your hands every day with right Venice Soap and that will help you in the Cure This is a very certain Remedy to my knowledge It also Cureth sore hands that are crackt and chopt with a sharp humour if you lay the Plaisters round about the upper-part of your Arm above the Elbow and wash with the same Soap To kill the Scurvy before you purge Take of Scurvy-grass of Worm-wood and Sage of each half a handful with a little Rue put them into a pint of Whitewine and let them boil softly till half be consum'd close covered then strain it and put in as much Saffron as will well colour it Divide this into three parts and take every Morning one then take this Purge following Take five Gallons
Verdigreace and a pint of Whitewine and let it but just boil together then let it drop thorough a double Brown-paper and it will be a perfect Sea-Green For White Take of the best Cerus and dissolve it in some of the best Isinglass-liquor and it is done So must you mix all your Colours as you do use them with some of that Liquor and put them into Gally-pots For Yellow Take Saffron and tie it in a Rag and put it into some of your Liquor to which you must add Gum-Arabick and fair-Fair-water two parts of Gum and one of Water When you use them you must warm them and lay them on with a Pencil on the wrong-side of the Flowers For Primrose-Colour Yellow and White makes it very right You may make it as Deep or as Pale as you will some will do well a little Deeper than the other Flesh-Colour Vermillion and White makes Flesh-Colour Damask-Rose Colour Vermillion and Brazil and Purple and White makes the Damasck-Rose Colour Grass-Green The yellow added to the Sea-Green makes a perfect Grass-Green and very beautiful Blew You must put in some Smalt into your Liquor and strain it very well and when you will have it Pale mix a little White with it Clove-Colour Take Logwood and boil as you do the Brazil Tauney Mix the Clove-Colour and Red together To make the Puff-work Take two ounces of white Vellom cut in pieces and steep it in a pint and half of Blew Take Indico and mix with the Spirit of Sack and when your stains are thorough dry rub them over with White-bread and wipe it off again with a soft clean linnen Cloth A most excellent Black-Dye for any Stuffs or Stockens Take one peck and half of black Alder-Bark and break it indifferently small then steep it three days in three Pails full of water and if you have any rusty Iron steep it with it then boil it with a pound of green-Copperus for the space of an hour and half if you can get them put also one ounce of Nut-galls beaten to boil with the rest then scum off all the Bark and let it boil up again then put your Stuff in which you mean to Dye and stir it down altogether as near as you can and keep stirring of it down for a quarter of an hour then take it out and drain it and let it half-dry then put it in again and do as before then let it be quite dry and when it is so wash it so long as it will blaze the Water then dry it well To make clean Glass-Windows First brush them with a Cobwebbing-Broom then take some Spanish-Whiting and warm Water and wash them all over very well and rub them every where then wash it off again with cold Water very well and rub them with clean Rags till they are very dry And if you would paint the Wooden-barrs of your Windows white or red take Red-lead or White-lead and grind it with a little Linseed-Oil and then lay it on with a Brush but first you must let them be very clean Do it over twice but let the first be dry before you lay on the second To make pretty Frames for slight Pictures in Black only Cut Past-board plain without form but only long narrow pieces about two fingers breadth and fasten them together at the corners with a little Glew then wash them over with a Brush with a little Lamb-black and Size mixed well together then presently before it be dry strew it all over with French-Frost of what Colour you please then put on some Shells with Bees-wax and Rosin melted together hot To make Frames for Pictures in work of Satten Stitch and the like Let a handsome plain Frame be made of Deal-wood fit for your piece of Work then black it over as you did the other and Frost it then have in readiness some Bones out of the Heads of Whitings Frosted over first do them over with a Feather with some Water wherein Gum-Arabick hath been steeped and put on your Frost and let some be of one Colour and some of another Make some little Flowers of several Colours upon round pieces of Cards with small Satten-Ribbon and fasten some Wier for the stalks get some Shells and some Mother-Pearl some Corral and some Amber some little kinds of Creatures made in Wax as Frogs and such like pieces of old Neck-Laces and Pendants with a little Moss When you have got all your things ready put on your Shells first in several Fancies with Bees-wax and Rosin and do them quick and crush them on hard then put on the Mother-pearl and then as you please the rest of the things till you have put on all It will look like a Frame of great price but it will not cost any great matter To adorn a Room with Prints Buy of your Prints only Black and White of sorts what are good and cut them very exactly with a small pair of Cissers from the paper put them into a Book as you do cut them then let your Room be done with plain Deal but Wainscot fashion and let it be painted all over with White-lead and Linseed-Oil ground together and some little streaks imitating Marble then lay your Prints upon a smooth-board with the wrong-sides upwards then with a knife take some Gum-Dragon steeped well in fair water spread them all over as thin as you can and still as you do them take them up with your knife and so turn them into your hand and clap them upon the Wainscot but let it be dry first close them well on with your fingers that they be not hollow in any place and observe to put them in proper places or else it will be ridiculous be sure to put the things flying above and the walking and creeping things below let the Houses and Trees be set sensibly as also Water with Ships sailing as you put them on observe that they have a relation one to another If you employ your fancy well you may make fine stories which will be very delightful and commendable also Gardens and Forrests Landskips or indeed any thing you can imagine for there is not any to be named but you may find it in Prints if you go to a Shop that is well stored nor no Pencil can shadow more rare than that will shew it makes a Room very lightsome as well as fine as for those in Colours I do not esteem for this purpose for they look Childishly and too gay If you mean to make Stories you must buy good store of Figures the coloured ones are good to put upon white Plates and Flower-pots for Closets To dress up Glass-Plates on which you may lay dry Sweetmeats or Biskets Take your Glass-Plates and lay the right-sides downward upon a Table then have in readiness some coloured Prints finely cut and lay them on with Gum with their right-sides to the wrong-side of the Plates then take some Spanish-Whiting mixed with Size which is purely cleer let
Pot stand in a Vessel of cold water four daies very well luted they usually break the Pot when they take the Candy then break it off the sticks and keep it in a Box in some dry place A most rare Receipt for the Scurvy for old Catarrhs or Rheums or for a Consumption Take a good quantity of Scurvy-grass and beat it and strain it take the juyce thereof and set it over the fire till it be hot but let it not boil so soon as you see a thick scum arise take it off and strain it through a linnen Cloth but never press it between your fingers as soon as the scum is thrown away then set it over the fire again and take clarified Hony three ounces Butter clarified with three Cloves of Garlick one ounce Anniseeds half an ounce Eunulacampane half an ounce Liquorish half an ounce powdered very fine and searced through a lawn Sieve Saffron one dram finely beaten White Sugar-Candy finely beaten one ounce mix all these powders very well together and strew them carefully into the aforesaid Juyce with the clarified Butter and Hony and keep it continually stirring till you have incorporated it fully over the fire then take it from the fire and keep it stirring till it be cold then if you have a mind to keep it for a Sirrop you may keep it in a Gally-pot or you may make it thicker with more Sugar-Candy add a little Fâ—os Sulphuris and you may perfume them if you please that is if you stiffen it enough for Lozenges An excellent Medicine for any Obstructions Take a quarter of a peck of fine Wheat-flower half an ounce of Cloves beaten very fine two Nutmegs and a quarter of an ounce of Mace beaten fine mix these well with the Flower as also half a pound of fine Sugar beaten and searced put in some juyce of Harts-tongue and Liver-wort the yolks of six Eggs and six ounces of fresh sweet Butter knead it together very well and make it into a Cake and bake it with Bread eat of it very often and no doubt you will find good of it for it hath done very great Cures upon many who were Obstructed Here is a most excellent Plaister which is called the Catholick and for fear I should forget it I will not omit it any any longer Take of Rosin beaten beaten to powder two pounds and a half Heifers Tallow one pound and a quarter tryed with a gentle fire and cleansed when it is cold scrape away the dross from the bottom and melt it in a Brass Vessel then strew in the Rosin by handfuls and stir it with a Willow Spatula continually stirring it until it be all stirred in and melted then have ready a Bason of Pewter and in it of Water of Camomile of English Briony-Root and of Damask Rose-water of each eight ounces with powder of Salt of Wormwood Salt of Tartar Salt of Scurvy-grass Vitriol camphonate of each one ounce and half then pour in the melted bodâ—â—â—d stir it with the Spatula from the East to the West round continually until the body have seemingly swallowed up all the Waters and Salt continue it stirring until the Water appear and thus work it until the body be as white as Snow then let it stand a Month in the Water covered from dust and when you use it let it not come near any fire but work a little at a time until it be as white as Snow on the brawn of your hand over against the little-Finger spread it on a linnen-Cloth or Leather for the best Catholick Plaister in the World for the Reins in all Accidents for all Bruises and great Contusions and where the Bones are broken into small bits to ease pains least a Gangrene ensue then twice a day foment the part with hot stroops wrung out of a fomentation made with a strong Lye of three quarts made with Wood-Ashes then in the Lye Centaury St. Johns Wort Mallows Wormwood of each a good handful one root of Solomons Seal if you can get one or else it may be made without foment with hot stroops wrung out of this liquor of Wollen Cloaths and apply to the part as hot as may be and cover it 〈◊〉 Blankets to keep in the heat and before it be quite cold renew another hot stroop continue this order one hour Morning and Evening then presently apply the Plaister a little warmed every time when you see want spread it again if you see cause But when such shatterings are of Bones Contused Wounds Dislocations roul it not up as other fractures but have a Box made open at each end and lay the part on a pillow and let the strings of binding come about the pillow and lay the Member in the Box bind it not hard and sometimes not at all This is a very great Secret and to be valued To make fine Jelly of Fruit which will look transparent Take some Isinglass and break it in little bits and boil it in Water very well and strain it then colour it with any sort of Fruit by putting in the juyce thereof then to every pint of it take one pound of the best refined Sugar boil them together and scum it very well and when you find it to be enough put it into flat Glasses and keep it in a Cubbord You may make Jelly of any Cordial Herb or Flower in this manner which will be very comfortable and strengthâ—ing and also very pleasant A pretty sweet Meat of Lettuce-stalks Boil them in several Waters till they are tender then wash them in cold water and dry them well then take their weight in fine Sugar just wet it with Water and boil it to a Candy-height â—hen put in your stalks being first stamped in a Mortar very well boil them together till it be very cleer and take them from the fire and put them into Glasses and if you please you may add 〈◊〉 little juyce of a Lemmon to it as it â—oils and a little candid pill of a Lemnon shred small for that will give a good taste and make it look very beautiful In like manner you may do with Harty-Choaks bottoms when they are boiled â—ender To make Marmalade of Damsons Take your Damsons and scald them in Water till the skins do crack then pill them and take away the Stones then beat them well in a Mortar then take their weight in fine Sugar wet it with Water and boil it to a Candy-height then put in your Damsons and boil it and keep it stirring continually till it will come from the bottom of the Posnet To make Sirrop of Snails most admirable in Consumptions Take shell-Snails and break their shells off and wash them very well in a Pan with Water and Salt and then with several Waters alone till they be very clean then put them into a long Gally-pot with a blade or two of Mace and a little quantity of Whitewine cover the Pot and set it into a Kettle of boiling Water for
her self and while he yet pretends great Kindness to her he gathers up all the Mony he can to fit him for his Intentions and if perchance he have not an opportunity to go out of the Land but fears therefore to be persecuted by her or her Relations he then protests that she was never his lawful Wife so that unless she can bring a Certificate to Testifie when and where she was Married he quite defeats her and then is she esteemed no better than a Whore others go away beyond Sea and get employ there and never think upon the Person whom he hath so highly injured unless it be to laugh at her Misery and admiring his own Wit in serving of her so If Women were of a more Jealous nature and would consider the Policy of Men they might be generally happy whereas now very few are so I have seen and known so much as it hath given me a sufficient Caution to beware of them I am not in haste to Marry I will take deliberation and crave Gods assistance and my Friends advice before I proceed in any such business Therefore I do beseech you not to take it ill if my Answer correspond not to your desires If you have Respect for me in that way I am sorry for it because I cannot Answer it I am sure there is nothing in my Person that is attractive neither is my Fortune worthy one of your Quality and Estate I have no more to say but that I shall be very careful of my self and if you please to give your self no further trouble but desist I shall ever be Your obliged Friend Another Letter from a Gentlewoman to one who Courted her for his Mistress Vnworthy Sir I Had scarce patience to read your Lines after I perceived your base design but perswading my self I might the better Answer you I forced a forbearance of my Passion from tearing them Now know Sir that if you do not make me some satisfaction for this Dishonourable Sute of yours by asking my pardon before some of my Friends you shall receive your due reward for such Villany If you have a mind to a Whore there are enough without tempting of honest Women from their Husbands Thus desiring you to consider what I have Written and to have a care of your self for the future least you meet with some Friends of hers Who is not yours I have now done with the Letters having given you the Forms of as many as may teach you all the rest that possible you may have occasion for and did here intend to have finished my Book but being unwilling to keep any thing from you I here present you with a very good Receipt how to make Wax-work which if you carefully observe it is a very sufficient Direction How to make Wax-work REd-Lead is for Oranges When your pure White-wax is melted take it off the fire then put in so much of the finest Red-Lead as will make it of an Orange-colour then wet your Moulds and pour it in but be sure that you stir it well together to mix it first Red-Root is for all Red for red-Paste and that Root must be boiled in the Wax a while till you find the Colour very good For Pruons a little Lamb-Black For Rasberries Lamb-black and Red-Lead together so much of each as your discretion shall think fit Vermillion for Flesh-colour Verdigreace for Willow-green and if you put a little Turmerick to it it will make a perfect Grass-green Saffron also will do the same and likewise Turmerick and Saffron or either of them makes a Lemmon-colour and also some kinds of Apples and Pears and yellowish Plumbs which when they are cast and cold and taken out of the Moulds you must colour them with a Pencil with streaks and spots as you think fit and with those Colours you think most natural for them You must have all your Colours purely ground Saffron or Turmerick will serve for any kind of Paste that should be Yellow or for Cakes but then you must white the bottoms of them to make them look like Wafer-sheets If you observe well the Transparent Work you may take several Colours from those Rules and if you would gild any thing of Wax-work you have already the Rule in this Book punctually given To make the Moulds for the Wax-work Take Plaister of Parris and mix it with Water and make it like Paste as much as will serve for half a Mould at a time for you must do no more because it will dry so fast then lay it upon a Board and what you will have a Mould on upon it and let it lie till it be dry when you have done the one half of the Mould then do the other Note That whatsoever you lay upon your Plaister of Parris to make the Mould must be first anointed with Linseed Oil or else it will stick so fast as you can never get it out again and be sure to wet your Moulds very well in Water before you pour your Wax into them and when you have pour'd it in wave it up and down in your hand that the Wax may run into every part of the Mould Now for Images you must put every piece in its place and tie it up and fill the hollow place full with Water and then pour it out and pour in the Wax and shake it about till it be reasonable cool then take off the pieces from it and order it as you think fit In the same manner you must shake your Sweet-Meats or Fruit and when you find that it is a little cool take off the one half of the Mould A very fine way to make the likeness of many several things in Wax without the help of a Mould Melt pure White-Wax and colour it for what you intend it then take an Orange Lemmon Apple Pear Plumb or any other Fruit which you fancy and tie a string to the stalk and anoint your Fruit first with pure Sallad Oil then let it down by the string into the melted Wax and presently pull it up again and hang it on a Line till it be cold then with a hot knife cut it gently down each side and take out the Fruit within then heat your Knife again and hold the two halves together and close them neatly with your hot Knife and so you have the direct shape You may do so with an Egg if you first make a little hole at each end and blow out the meat and then draw a string through it with a knot at one end Radishes with their Green-tops look very prettily Green-Peascods Beans Walnuts or small Nuts Chesnuts black and white-Puddings Saucages Dishes little Cups Plates or any thing almost that you can think of for there is nothing which represents things more lively than Wax if they that do it have skill for the Colours or else it will look as unhandsomly To take the shape of your own Hand Have your Wax melted and coloured Flesh-colour then dip