The secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemount Containyng excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidents, with the manner to make distillations, parfumes, confitures, diynges, colours, fusions and meltynges. ... Translated out of Frenche into Englishe, by Wyllyam Warde. Imprinted at London, By Iohn Kingstone for Nicolas Inglande, dwellinge in Poules churchyarde, 1558.

THE SECRETES OF THE REVERENDE MAISTER ALEXIS OF PIEMOVNT.

Containyng excellente remedies againſt diuers diſeaſes, woundes, and other accidents, with the manner to make diſtillations, parfumes, confitures, diynges, colours, fuſions and meltynges. A worke well approued, verye profytable and neceſſary for euery man.

Tranſlated out of Frenche into Engliſh, by Wyllyam Warde.

Imprynted at London by Iohn Kingſtone for Nicolas Inglande, dwelinge in Poules churchyarde.

ANNO. 1558. Me[•]ſs. Nouemb.

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health. In all theſe thinges are certaine ſecrete vertues, whiche be manifeſte ſignes of goddes loue and fauoure towardes man: for he created them to thintent that men ſhould vſe them, glorifie him, and geue him thankes for them. And becauſe the vſe and knowledge of them, and their vertues, is ſo expedient for al creatures, God of his mere goodnes, hath not onely geuen vnto the diligent ſearchers therof, the gifte of perfitte vſage, and vnderſtandinge of their operation in this time of Chriſtianitie: but alſo vnto infideles before Chriſt, beynge ignoraunt from whence that gyfte came: who, notwithſtanding their ignoraunce, did ſo reuerence the wonderful vertues of thinges created in the worlde, that they thought that eche of thoſe thinges had had in it ſelfe a certaine diuine power, or els that there was of euery thinge a ſeueral god or creatour. Now, if they gaue ſuche honoure vnto thinges created, not knowinge the creatoure, what woulde they haue doen, if they had knowen and confeſſed God to haue bene the onely maker of the worlde, of man, and of all thinges therin, of nothinge? Trulye they woulde not haue done as ſome curious Chriſtians amonge vs nowe a dayes do, whiche (as your honour well vnderſtandeth) moſte impudentlye deſpiſe all maner of medecines, and ignorauntly diſpute againſt the vertues and operation of herbes, and trees, ſayinge: that if the ſicke man be appointed of God to dye, all the medecines in the worlde can not ſaue his life. Whervnto it may eaſely be aunſwered, that euery man that is vexed with a diſeaſe, is not appointed of God to die of the ſame: but the infirmitie is ſent him as a puniſhment for his offences, and yet hath God created thinges to geue him eaſe and remedy for his diſeaſe, which no Chriſtē man ought to contempne or deſpiſe: for he that deſpiſeth the worke, ſeemeth to contempne the workeman. And agayne, becauſe that the appointment and determination of God, concerning the life and death of man, is ſo ſecrete, and ſo farre beyonde the capacitie of mans reaſon, and vnderſtandinge, and that we know not when God hath prefixed the terme of our life, we vſe in our infirmities and weaknes, thoſe remedies that God hath created to be receaued at their handes, to whome he hath geuen the knowledge howe to miniſter theim vnto vs. All theſe thinges are abundantly ynough knowen vnto your honour, with a great many more reaſons then I am able to alledge, and therfore I do but bring owles to Athens in declaringe this vnto you. But thus much I may well ſaye, that mooſt madde are they, and voyde of all reaſon & Chriſtianitie, that wyle ſet ſo light by the workes of God: yea, they are vnprofitable members of a common welth, not worthy to bear the name of Chriſtians: for by their fonde and falſe perſwaſions to the ignoraunte and ſimple ones in their diſeaſes, againſt the receiuing of any medicines, many times it chaūceth, that thei folowynge their fooliſhe aduiſe in neglectyng Phiſick, thei be caſt away and periſhe, whiche otherwiſe might haue bene ſaued. Me thinketh this ſhould be ſufficient to perſwade thē to embrace good and holeſome remedies: thei ſee daylie that herbes, oinctmentes, plaiſters made of thinges growing on the earth, and ſuche like, by their vertues, do cure and heale externall and outwarde woundes, ſores, cuttes, ſwellinges, and other infirmities of the body, and yet they will not beleue that ſuche vertues can heale the internall and inwarde diſeaſes. Vtterly ignoraunte be thei, that ſo imagine with them ſelues, for thei that deſpiſe Phiſick, deſpiſe a heauenly ſcience. But what be thei that thus contempne it? Forſoth ignoraunt & vnlearned men, that barke at, and backbite theim that take paines for the commoditie of all men. But it is comonly ſeene and proued. Scientia non habet inimicum praeter ignorantem. Whiche ſaiynge (I feare me) is verified more in ſome of vs Engliſhe men, than in anye other nation, I woulde God it were not. And yet I thincke there is no man ſo beſtiall, ſo rude, or ſo blunt of wit, but that he is (by a certaine inſtinct of natural inclinatiō) deſirous to know things not before knowen, to heare newes not before heard, and to vnderſtand bokes in his maternall tonge, written firſt in a forein langage, to thende not to ſeme altogether ignoraunte in matters both of the liberall ſciences, and alſo of hiſtories, ſet forth for his rudiment and inſtruction, as in Coſmographie, in Aſtronomie, in Philiſophie, in Logike, in Rhetoricke, and ſpecially in Phiſick, whereof we had neuer ſo muche neede as in theſe our daies, conſidering the ſtraunge and vnknowen diſeaſes that ſwarme amonge vs, and mo in number then can be found remedy for. Therefore conſidering with my ſelf (right honorable) that I could not better declare my bounden duetie vnto you, nor do my countrey a greater pleaſure, than to put ſome thinge abroade vnder youre honoures name, whereby it mighte receiue ſome commodite: I haue taken in hand to tranſlate this noble and excellent woorke called, The Secretes of the Reueuerende Maſter, Alexis of Piemount, firſte written in the Italian toungue, and after tourned into Frenche, and of late into Dutche, and nowe laſte of al into Engliſh, becauſe that as well Engliſhe men, as Italians, Frenche menne, or Dutchmen, may ſucke knowlege and profit hereof: beyng a work come out of the hands of ſo famous a man as Alexis is, and dedicated fyrſte to ſuche a noble prince as the duke of Sauoye is, to whome trifles or fables are not to be preſented, nor beinge a man vnder whoſe name and protection lies or vayne inuentions oughte to be ſette forth. Therefore wayinge the age, the learninge and fame of the auctor, & the nobilitie of the ſaied Prince, men may eaſely iudge that ſuche intollerable paynes haue not bene taken in the collection of theſe ſecretes, to blowe an vntrueth into mennes eares, but rather that this boke hath ben publiſhed and communicated to the worlde by the ſaied Alexis, for the care and good zeale that he had to the health of mens bodies, and that men of all countreys might haue the knowledge of that with eaſe, ſitting at home in their ſtudies, whiche he got with greate trauayle and laboure, wandering almoſte al the world ouer, as in his epiſtle here to the reader he declareth.

And nowe (right honourable) like as Chriſtopher Plantine of Antwarpe, the printer of this worke in Frenche, choſe the Prince of Piemount, to protecte and adourne the fruites of his labours, vnder the honoure of his name: euen ſo I the tranſlatour hereof into our Engliſhe tounge, haue thoughte it my duety (with your honours fauour) to preſente this my tranſlation vnto you, and to putte it forth vnder your honours name and protection, deſiring, and humbly requiring the ſame, to accept my poore good wyll, hauinge good hope that you ſhall finde ſuche thinges in the diſcourſe of the whole booke, that you will not onely take pleaſure in the knowledge of them: but alſo commoditie, if it pleaſe you to put in experience and proofe, thoſe that ſeme moſte beſt vnto you: whereof there bee ſome as excellente and as eaſie, as were euer ſette foorthe in any toungue, as by your honours wiſedom and iudgement, in the readyng you ſhall eaſely perceiue. I am not able ſufficiently to praiſe the excellencie of the boke, and the diligence of the aucthour, ner to extol the wonderfull giftes of God in men, whiche accordyng to their talent, impart to the worlde the encreaſe and fruicte of ſoche giftes, as he diſtributeth vnto them. Of the whiche giftes I thinke I ſhould not moche erre, if I ſaied Phiſike to be the beſt and the moſte neceſſary Nam ſi corporum noſtrorū, & tranquillitatis vitae (quae ſine ſecunda valetudine vix eſſe poteſt) rationem habere volumus, fatebimur medicinam excellentiſſimam, mortalibus neceſſariam eſſe. And euen ſo Cornelius Celſus whiche wrote moſte excellente Bookes of Phiſike, affirmeth ſaiyng. Alimēta ſanis corporibus agricultura promittit: ſanitatem autem aegris medicina: et idcirco deo optimo maximo gratias habere debimus, qui vitam nobis elargitus eſt: deinde medico, qui eam nobis conſeruat, diuturnioremꝙ facit.

All this learninge and knowledge doo the Greke auctors affirme to be moſt aunciente, and moſt neceſſary in a common welth. For, as it is deſyred of all men to liue in health of body, ſo is it requiſite that medecines, both preſeruatiue and curatiue, be hadde and vſed amonge men, whiche not onelye comforteth the infirme and diſeaſed bodye, but alſo putteth the ſoule in remembraunce of Goddes great power and myght, that hath geuen ſuche vertue vnto thinges growing on the earth, for mannes commoditie, preſeruation, and health: which health I pray God longe to remayne with you, and all your family with much encreaſe of vertue and honoure, vnder the protection of almightye God.

Your humble Seruaunt William Warde.

Don Alexis to the reader.

THey that haue knowen me in time paſt, or to ſpeake plaine, haue vſed me familierly all my lyfe time, can peraduenture, tel how God by his great goodnes, hath made me to be borne of a noble houſe and bloude (accordinge to the commune, I will not ſaye vayne, perſwaſion of them, that ſtabliſh nobilitie more in the merites of another man, than in our own) and that beſides this I haue alwaies had my pleaſures, and great plentie of richeſſe, yea farre paſſing the ſmalnes of my deſertes. I wil ſay yet more (not to boaſt or to auaunce my ſelf, but to the ende to refourme the gentill reader, and to geue thankes vnto God) that there be many whiche knowe, how I being geuen euen from my firſt youth vnto ſtudy, haue gotten, not onely the knowledge of the Latin, Greke, Ebrue, Caldei, and Arabic tonge, and alſo of diuers other nations and countreis: But aboue al thinge hauinge by a natural inclination, taken a ſinguler pleaſure in Philoſophy, and in the ſecretes of nature, haue wandered and trauailed abroad in the worlde the ſpace of .xxvii. yeares, to the intent to acquainte my ſelf with all ſortes of learned and diſcrete men. By the which diligence and curioſitie, I haue learned many goodlye ſecretes, not alonely of men of great knowledge and profound learning, and noble men, but alſo of poore w[•]mē artificers, peyſantes, and all ſortes of men. Moreouer I haue ben thre times in Leuant, and ſondry times haue traua[•]led almoſt all other partes of the world, without reſting or ſeiourning at any time in one place aboue .v. moneths. Now this my ſtudy and deſire of knowledge, as well of the vniuerſall ſciences, as of particuler ſecretes, and althoughe it was geuen vnto me by nature, as to the moſt part of men (for euery man by an inſtincte of nature deſyreth to knowe thinges) yet haue I alwayes been noſeled vp by a certain ambition and vainglorie, to knowe that, whiche an other ſhould bee ignoraunte of: whiche thyng hath grafted in me, a continuall niggardneſſe or ſparing, to diſtribute or communicate any of my ſecretes, yea vnto my moſte ſinguler frendes that I had: ſaiyng, that if the ſecretes were knowen of euery man, thei ſhould no more bee called ſecretes, but publike and common.

Now, it chaunced theſe fewe daies paſt, being in Milan: in the fowerſkore and twoo yere, and ſeuen monethes of myne age, that a poore artificer was maruelouſly tourmented with the ſtone, and had been twoo daies without making his vrine. The Cyrurgen that dreſſed hym, knowyng well that I had many ſecretes, and ſingulerly for the ſtone, came to me, and requeſted me that I would teache hym the receipte, or at the leaſt to giue hym the medecine, compoſed and ready made, for the health of the patiente. But I perceiuyng that he would vſe other mennes thinges, for his owne profite and honour, refuſed to giue it hym, but willed hym to bryng me vnto the ſicke man, and that I my ſelf would miniſter the medecine vnto him gratis. The Phiſition, either fearyng blame if it ſhould bee knowen, that he had recourſe to the aide of an other man, hauyng peraduenture, boſted that he had the ſecrete hymſelf, or els in the meane tyme, ſtill to make his profite in diſſembling the matter, and differryng it yet twoo daies more, with diuerſe excuſes and colours, vntill he brought me to the patiente, whom at my commyng I founde ſo nigh his ende, that after he had a little lifted vp his iyes, caſtyng them pitiouſly towarde me, he paſſed from this into a better life: not hauyng any neede, neither of my ſecrete nor any other receipt to recouer his health. With this cace I was moued to ſoche a compaſſion and ſorowe, that not onely I wiſſhed my ſelf euill, but alſo I deſired to die: ſeyng my ambition and vain glorie, to haue been the cauſe that this poore man was not ſuccoured with the remedy, and gifte that God the father, and Lorde of vs all had giuen me. Wherefore, ſo greate was the remorſe of conſcience in me, that, deſiryng to ſequeſtrate my ſelf frō the worlde, and not findyng my ſelf of ſoche a diſpoſition of mynde, that I could liue in a Monaſterie emong religious menne, better edified then I, I was at the laſte fully reſolued with my ſelf, to chooſe a place ſeparate from any Toune, where I haue a little lande, ſome bookes, and a ſtudie, for to auoide idlenes. Here I liue a life, whiche I call a Monkes life, with one ſeruaunte, whiche goeth to the toune, not to begge, but to buie my prouiſion, and other thynges neceſſarie: for to ſuſtaine his poore life and myne, as long as it ſhall pleaſe God.

But yet not hauyng the power to put out of my fantaſie, but that I was a verie homicide and murtherer, for refuſing to giue the Phiſition the receipt and remedie, for the healyng of this poore manne, I haue determined to publiſhe and communicate to the worlde, all that I haue, beyng aſſured that fewe other menne haue ſo many as I. And mindyng to ſet forth none, but ſoche as bee moſte true and proued, I haue theſe daies paſte (taken partly out of my Bookes, and partly out of my memorie, all thoſe that came to hand) made a collection of ſoche as I am certaine bee veritable, true, and erperimented, not caryng if ſome of theim be written, or printed in any other Bookes then this. For of this my collection the reader, as touchyng thoſe, maie at the leaſt take this vtilitee and profite, that whereas before he mought haue doubted, whether ſoche remedies ſette foorthe by an other manne, were true or not, he ſhall bee now aſſured, vnder the affirmaunce of my faithe: For truely, I would not ſette my ſelfe (beeyng in the age, and diſpoſition, bothe of bodie and mynde, that I am nowe in) to write fables or lies, that ſhould continue alwaies. But of one poyncte I wille aduertiſe the reader, and that is, that he dooe the thynges with good diligence, and that in medecines concernynge mannes body, he vſe the ayde and helpe of phiſitions: Although in dede many of theim, moued with a certaine ruſtick, and euyll grounded enuie, with a paſſion of Ialouſy, are wont to blame and contempne thinges that come not of them ſelues. Wherefore, as wel in this, as in euerye other pointe, if he that will vſe theſe, ſhould perchaunce finde, that the thing would not take effecte according to his contentation, lette him beware that he abuſe not him ſelf in the confection of them, and to beginne againe with more diligence. Aſſuringe him ſelfe, that (as I haue ſayd) there is nothing in this boke but is true and experimented. And geuing alwayes glory and praiſe vnto god onely for all, haue a good hope, that, by meane of his diuine grace, I will conſequentlye make you a preſent of the reſt of all that I haue gotten in ſo manye trauayles, voyages, coſtes, and diligente ſtudye.

Fare well.

THE Secretes of the reuerent Maſter Alexis of Piemont.

THE FIRST BOKE.

The maner an ſecrete to conſerue a mannes youthe, and to holde backe old age: to maintain a man alwaies in health and ſtrengthe, as in the faireſt flower of his age.

¶All this is taken out of the long ſtudie, and diuers experiences, that a gentleman made, by the ſpace of many yeres, in the ſeruice of a noble Ladie. Beyng a thyng moſte certain, that an old man, of thre skore and ten yeres, all withered withage, of a verie euill complexion, and ſubiect to diuers kindes of diſeaſes, was altered and chaunged, as into the age of ſxe oir eight and thirtie yeres.

FIrſte, menne ought to haue alwaies in remembraunce, and before their iyes, that no grace, gifte, or commoditie, is to be hoped for, but of God onely. In whoſe greate clemencie and goodneſſe, the greate prophete, beyng aſſured, and ſtabliſhed in conſcience, through his perfect faithe, cried, ſaiyng: Renouabitur, ſicut aquilla, inuentus mea. And by the ſame mercie & goodneſſe, he prolonged, ſo many yeres, the life of Ezechias: & made Moiſes to liue a hūdred and .xx. yeres, and more, and not one of his tecthe, at any time mouyng: without any dimnes of ſight, or ache of heade. He then, as a moſte mightie creatoure, and father of all, hauyng aſſigned vnto man, the terme of his life, and lefte hym to the arbitremente of his owne will: and alſo hauyng giuen vertue, ſtrengthe and properties vnto thynges, and leauyng theim to execute ordinarily, their mouynges and nature, hath alſo left power vnto humaine creatures, to preſerue theim ſelues in healthe, vntill the tearme and prefixed ende of our life, bothe vniuerſally and particularly. But, for aſmoche as wee knowe not, how to emploie thynges, accordyng as thei are conuenable and meete for our nature, and our chaunces or neceſſities, our diſordinate maner of life maketh vs to liue, the moſte parte in diſeaſes, to precipitate our yougth and to abbreuiate moche our life. Then, hauyng our thought and mynde, alwaies firme and ſure in hym, and replete with faithe and deuotion, ſaiyng in the name of his infinite goodneſſe, vnto our ſelues: Longitudine dierum replebo eum, et oſtendam illi ſalutare meum. We will commence and begin, as inſpired with hym, and aſſured to helpe our ſelues, with the vertue and ſtrength of thinges, created in the worlde by his diuine power, onely for our benefite. And mindyng for a publike profite, to communicate ſome thing, as well ſearched and found out of my ſelf, by long experience, as lately obtained and gotten, of a ſpeciall frende of mine, whiche alſo, by greate diligence and experience, hath by the ſpace of ſeuen yeres: proued this maner of preſeruing & ſtabliſhing, the health and yougth, I will firſt giue you the maner, how to make a miraculous licoure, conſeruatiue, and reſtoratiue of the naturall heate, and radicall humour, in the whiche twoo thinges conſiſteth, principally the health, the vigour, the ſtrength, and the life of man.

¶To make a precious licoure, and of ineſtimable vertue: the whiche taken at the mouthe, ſtrengtheneth and augmenteth the naturall heate, and radicall humidite purifieth the blood, and clenſeth the ſtomacke from all ſuperfluitie of humours: and by that meane conſerueth the health and yougth, and prolongeth the life of hym that vſeth it.

IN the moneth of Maie, at the Sonne riſyng, thou ſhalt take vp in a peuter diſhe, or ſome veſſell of glaſſe, beyng very cleane, the dewe that is fallen vpō Roſemarie, Borrage, and other good herbes, Sage onely excepted, for it is a thing moſte certain, that vnder Sage certain venemous beaſtes, are wonte to aſſemble, whiche infecte and poiſon it, with their breathe: and though that the leaues, maie by waſihing be purified and clenſed, from ſoche exhalatiō and breathing, yet neuertheleſſe, if the dewe that falleth vpon the leaues, chaunce to take ſoche venim and poiſon, it is not poſſible by any meanes to purifie it: and therefore you ſhall not take vp the dewe of Sage. Then, after hauyng gathered as moche dewe, as you thinke good, haue three glaſſes ready, of ſoche greatneſſe as you will, the whiche glaſſes you ſhall fil, ſome what more then halfe full: the one with Suger, the other with Manna, and the third with Honnie, the reſt of the glaſſes remaining ſtill emptie and voide: and then fill them all vp, full with the ſaid dewe, ſtopping them faſt with white waxe, and couer them with a linen clothe. Kepe theim alſo in a cupborde, or ſome other place out of the Sonne, as long as nede ſhall be to vſe of it, as we will declare afterward. And then take the inice of Quinces, & haue redie in a litle glaſſe, ſome good Agaric, broken in pieces onely, and not in poulder: the whiche you ſhall couer, with theſaid iuice of Quinces, in ſoche ſorte as you haue doen with the Suger, and other thinges in the glaſſes, and kepe it well couered. Then, take the Iuice of all theſe thinges followyng, of redde Roſes, or incarnate, of Succorie, of Endiue of Fumiterie, of Bugloſſe, of Borage, of Mallowes, of Hoppes, of the leaues and flowers of Marche violettes: & of eche of theſe iuices a like quātitie: then mixe them wel together. That doen, take a pound or two of Aloes Epaticā or as moche as you wil: for the more there is, the better it ſhall be, bicauſe that theſaid Aloe beyng ſoſteeped, watered, and prepared, as we will ſhe we you, is a verie exquiſite & familiare medecine, to kepe in a houſe, and take of it by litle lumpes or pilles, ones in the weke, when a man goeth to bed: for it kepeth the body from putrifaction, and from all euill humours: and is very profitable and good, againſt the ache or paine in the ioinctes, and alſo for the Frenche Pockes, as herafter we will declare orderly.

Take of the ſaied Aloe, of the beſt and the freſheſt, ſoche a quantitie as you will, and put it in a cup of glaſſe, or cleane platter, as is aboue ſaid, and ſet it in a windowe or ſome other place in the Sonne, watryng or ſtepyng it in theſaid iuices mingled together, giuing it therof as often as ſhalbe ſufficient to make it moiſt, and to make of it as it were athicke ſirop. Then couer the cup with a clene linen clothe, or paper, to kepe it onely from the duſte, and leaue it ſo in the Sonne. And when it is almoſte waxen drie, embibe or water it again as before, and let it ſtand in the Sonne. This ſhall you doe, ſo often, vntill you haue made it ſoke and drinke vp as moche iuice, as the weight of halfe the Aloe onely: that is to ſaie, if the Aloe weighe twoo pound, make it drinke vp at diuers times, one poūd of theſaid iuices. This doen, take theſe thinges followeyng, Turbit halfe and vnce, fine Sinamom, Spica Nardi, Fole foote, alias Aſtrabacca, Squinantum, Carpobalſamum, ^[1] Xilobalſamum, Lignum Aloes, Bdellium, Mirrhe, Maſtic, of eche of them an vnce, with halfe an vnce of Safron: All theſe thynges beyng well beaten into pouder, and put into a cleane panne, you ſhall poure into theim, ſo moche common water, that it ſurmounte theſaied matieres, a good hande breadth, lettyng theim boile with a a ſmall fire, the ſpace of an hower or more. After this you ſhall ſtraine the ſaied decoction, and by litle and litle, water from tyme to tyme, the ſaid Aloe in the Sonne, as you haue afore doen: and this you ſhall doe ſo long, vntill the Aloe haue dronke vp all the decoction. This doen, take it out of the Sonne, and it ſhall be a precious thing, to kepe in your houſe, as we haue all ready declared, whiche alſo maintaineth the body in health, kepeth the heade cleane, and cauſeth to haue a good colour, and a quicke and liuely ſpirite, to them that vſe of it. He that is not of abilitie to make this mixtion, in the maner aboue ſaid, maie make it in this wiſe. Kepe diligently the ſaied Aloe, in litle diſſhes of woode, to make this that wee will ſpeake of, here followyng. Take Aqua vite, not to fine, nor of the firſt ſtillyng, but ſtilled twiſe, or thriſe at the moſte. And putte in diuers litle violles of glaſſe (the one bigger then the other) all theſe thynges followyng, well beaten into pouder, at the leſt thoſe that maie be beaten, puttyng alſo in eche of theim, aſmoche of the Aqua vite, as ſhall bee three fingers aboue them in the Violles, doyng as hereafter foloweth. Take an vnce of ſmalle fine Perles, well waſſhed three or fower tymes in cleare water: and then beyng dried, and laied in the iuice of Lemons, or Cytrōs, well ſtrained, leaue theim ſo by the ſpace of three daies: and ſo put the ſaied perles, that thei maie be with theſaid iuice, remaining in the glaſſe, putting to them Roſe water, three fingers high or aboue the perles, as is afore mētioned. Then take an vnce of fine read. Corall, and put it likewiſe in the Iuice of Lemons or Citrons, vſyng it in al poinctes, like as ye did the perles, puttyng it in a glaſſe by it ſelf with Roſe water, with fower vnces of blew V[•]triol, well burned in a cloſe pot. This doen, take the flowers & tender ſtalkes of Roſemarie, of Burrage, of Bugloſſe, of Sage, of Selandine, of Iſope, of Scabioſe, of Rue, of ſainct Ihons worte, of Primroſes, together with all the tender leaues of the ſaied herbes: and then ſtampe them ſlightly in a morter of ſtone or wood, and put them altogether into one glaſſe, or into diuers, with as moche Aqua vite, as will be aboue them, three or fower fingers, as we haue ſaied of the other thinges, and let them frande ſo in the glaſſe, wel ſtopped with ware or bombaſe. Take after this, halfe an vnce of Saffron, well beaten into pouder, and put it in a glaſſe by it ſelf, with Roſe water, after the maner of the other thynges: then put to it fower vnces of Triacle, with Roſe water, in an other glaſſe, after the foreſaied maner: and take one vnce of fine Cinamom, a quarter of an Vnce of Cloues, an Vnce of Lignum Aloe an vnce of Aniſe ſeede, and vnce of Fenell ſeede, halfe an vnce of Smallage ſeede, fiue or sixe vnces of Ieniper berries, halfe an vnce of Cheruell ſeede, of the ſeede and bark of a Cedartree, of eche of them twoo vnces, halfe an vnce of Myrrhe, a quarter of an vnce of Storax or Styrax Liquida, an Vnce of Bengewine, an vnce of Sandali, of all ſortes of Mirabolanes, of eche of thē three vnces, of Pine apple kernelles mondified three vnces, of yelowe Ambre whiche the Apoticaries call Carabe, twoo vnces, thre vnces of white Dittanie grene or drie, the eight parte (or as litle as you will) of an vnce of Muſke. Let all theſe thynges hee well ſtamped, and mixed together, and putte in a glaſſe with their Aqua vite, as is ſaied of the other. You muſt then ſtoppe well all the ſaied violles or glaſſes, or other veſſelles, with waxe or bombaſe, and with parechement ouer it: and ſo ſet them a daie in the Sonne, and the night followyng, in the aire abrode. The morowe after, take ſome great veſſell of glaſſe, as thicke as you can get, hauyng no couer, bicauſe you maie alwaies loke into it: and thereinto you ſhall powre faire & ſoftly the Roſe water, that is in all the glaſſes, eche of them beyng coloured with their ſubſtaunce, in ſoche maner that no part of the ſubſtaunces, whiche are in the bottome, be mixte with it. And after, hauing put al the ſaied Aqua vite, into the ſaid veſſell, as is aboue ſaid, ye ſhal ſet it in ſome place, where as no Soonne can in any wiſe come vnto it. But beware that the three firſt glaſſes, that is to ſaie, with the Suger, the Māna, and the Honie in the dewe, ought neuer to be ſet in the Sonne, but muſt be kept vntil you put it in vre, as we wil ſhewe you. And after that you haue poured, the Aqua vite, out of all the ſaied glaſſes, ye ſhall put in other freſhe, and ſet them well ſtopped in the Sonne, and in the night in the aire, as is afore ſaied. Then put them all together with the other, in the ſaid veſſell of glaſſe, and put again in euery violle other Aqua vite, and doe as before: and thus muſt ye doe eight or tenne tymes, or till you ſee that the Aqua vite, will bee no more coloured, or haue taken all the ſubſtaunce of the drooges, that are in the violles. A man can not chaunge the ſaied Aqua vite to often, bicauſe ye muſt paſſe all the ſaied waters of life, through a bath called Balneum Marie, as wee will hereafter declare by the whiche ye maie paſſe, as well a greate quantitie as a ſmalle, and by this meane alſo, ye ſhall loſe no parte of the vertue, or ſubſtaunce of the ſaid thynges, hauyng drawen and taken it all with the ſaied Aqua vite, of the whiche ye muſt firſt haue made prouiſion, of fower or fiue flagons. Then, ye muſt take all the ſaied Aqua vites, beyng put into one veſſell, and mixte theim well together, with the three firſt violles, where the Suger, the Manna, and the Hōnie, with the dewe, is: and then the violle with the Agarie, and three vnces of the ſaied Aloes, prepared and watred. After this, put all theſe thinges in a greate violle made of good and thicke glaſſe, to thende it be not in daūger of breakyng, in handelyng of it. And to be more aſſured, after ye haue well mixed all together, ye maie deuide all the ſubſtaunces, into diuers ſmalle glaſſes, or violles, to paſſe theim through the ſaied Balneum Marie, at ſondry times or at ones in diuers litle fourneiſes, in this mananer. You ſhall ſet and trimme the violles with ſtrawe or Towe, in the bottome of a panne or caudron, wherein there muſt be water, and ſet the ſaied caudron vpon a furnaiſe of yearth, and this is called ſtillyng per Balneum Marie: Then ſet vnto the violle, his Limbecke, with his recipient that the ſubſtaunce take no winde or vent: then you muſte make your fire ſo, that the caudron maie ſeeth or boyle faire and ſoftly, and ſo ſhall you diſtille and make come into the recipient, all the Aqua vite as clere as Criſtalle, the whiche, bicauſe it hath been paſſed through, by diſtillation diuers tymes, will bee better for all thynges then the other, and principally to be taken at the mouthe, bicauſe it kepeth parte of the vertue and ſtrengthe of the thynges, that it was put into. Alſo you muſt vnderſtande that of the fiue partes onely, of all the ſubſtaunce, whiche ſhall be in the violle or violles three or fower partes muſt bee diſtilled: and the reſt to remaine in the bottome of the ſaied violles. This doen, let the ouen or foruaiſe and the caudron coole, and in vndoyng the Limbecke, and the recipient, ye ſhall take awaie the violles, kepyng well this diſtilled water for to ſerue you, as wee haue afore ſaied: and then put all the ſubſtaunce, whiche remaineth in the ſaid violles not diſtilled, into ſome other greate and thick violle or glaſſe, wel couered or bound in wicker or oſiers, ſtoppyng it well with waxe or bombaſe, and aboue that, with a double parechemente, and locke it handſomely in ſome place, farre from the Soonne, and out of all heate.

This licoure hath not his like in vertue, the whiche takē euery weke ones or twiſe, the quātitie of a ſponefull, preſerueth health, driueth awaie all euill complexions from the body, maintaineth and ſtrengthneth ſo the naturall heate, and radicall moiſtneſſe, and vpholdeth a man in his ſtrengthe and vigoure of the heads, and of the witte, maketh the viſage well coloured, the breath ſwete, the bodie yong and luſtie, that a mā is not able worthely to eſteme, or iudge the vertue thereof: and leſſe able to expreſſe and praiſe the greate goodneſſe of God the creatoure, that giueth ſoche vertue vnto thynges created, and openeth the witte and vnderſtandyng of man to knowe them, and to vſe them to the profite and commoditie of his creatures.

Now the maner how to vſe it, is this: In the Spryng time, ye maie take it alone, or with a little broth of Veale, Pigeons or Chickens, or els in Maluoiſie, or ſome other good white wine. In Sommer, ye muſt take it with water of Bugloſe, or the decoctiō of Borrage, Bugloſe, Letteſe, Succorie, Endiue, or els ſome of the ſaid herbes: and at all tymes it is good to take of it a ſponefull, putte into halfe a glaſſe ful of the milke of a woman, new brought a bed of a man child, or of a nurrice that giueth a man child ſucke, or els in Gotes milke. And the quantitie & oft vſing of it muſt be obſerued, accordyng to the perſones, & tyme: for, vnto a weke and aged man and thoſe that haue been lately ſicke, or weake of nature, ye muſte giue it oftener, and a greater quātitie, then vnto a yong and luſtie man. Alſo a man maie take of it oftener, and more in Winter, then in Sommer. Now ye muſt vnderſtande, that all the flowers, herbes, and other thinges reherſed, are not foūd together in one time and ſeaſon: wherefore the ſaid licour can not be made at one tyme, but beginnyng the firſte or ſeconde weeke of Maie, it ſhall be at the leaſt, the ende of September or October, before ye can make an ende: and therefore you muſt gather from tyme to tyme, eche thing in his ſeaſon, as you maie get them, and put them in ſome veſſell, euery one by them ſelues, or with the other thynges that thei ought to be ioyned with, after the maner aboue ſaied: and vſe to dreſſe and trimme the ſaid thynges, accordyng to the tyme that you maie get them in. And yet if you can not furniſhe your ſelf, with al ſoche thinges as I haue declared, take thoſe that you can gette, prouided, that the reſte whiche you can not get, bee not of to greate importaunce: but it ſhould be more expedient and ſure, to haue of all, ſeyng there is nothyng of any greate coſte or charge, or to hard to be gotten. Moreouer, if you wil haue your matter in good perfection, there resteth but to make a naturall diſſolutiō of fine gold: and when you will take of it, take twoo partes of the ſaid licoure, & one part of the diſſolutiō of the gold, whiche we will teache you to make hereafter: although that in this preſente booke, wee will make no mention of the perfiteſt maner, of making ſoche a diſſolution, whiche we haue gotten by great ſtudie, and obſeruation, and by often expertēce of the thyng, that we will doe, aſwell for not being verie poſſible to ſhewe it by writyng, without makyng demonſtration thereof: as for other cauſes but we wil put here ſome other maners and waies, bothe good & true, and of ſoche importaunce, that peraduenture better hath not, vnto this daie, been found.

¶A potion or drinke, to be vſed in ſteade of Sirop, good for men of al ages and complexiōs, that will be purged the whiche, taken what daie you will, driueth a waie the euill humours, without mouyng or troublyng the good, or doing any burte: And is alſo very good for the great Pockes, and all infinnities, as well of the stomacke, as of the heade: and is like wiſe profitable for them that be in health, to take twiſe in the yere, in ſteade of an ordinary purgation, that is to ſaie, in the Spryng tyme, and in September.

TAke Mallowes, and boile them in water, vntill thei bee ſofte, that thei can almoſte bee no ſofter: then ſtrain the decoction, and take pouder of Sene, and of the barke of Lignum ſanctum, called Guatac, of eche of them ſeuen vnces, well beaten to pouder, and clenſed or ſifted, Salt Armoniac twoo dragmes: and in the meane tyme, ſet the decoction of the Mallowes vpon the fire, with halfe a pound of Honie, and let the ſaid decoction be aboute twoo common glaſſes in quantitie, whereunto ye muſt put halfe a pounde of wine lies, and then let it boils faire and ſoftly, the ſpace of halfe an houre, ſkimmyng well the Honnie. After this, ye muſt ſtraine it, and put it hotte as it is into a potte by litle and litle, where the foreſaied thynges be, that is to ſaie, the Sene, the Guaiac, and Armoniac ſalte. Now in powryng, you muſt alwaies ſturre the ſaied thinges with a Spone, or ſome other thing. And then immediatly ye muſt couer the pot with his couer, in ſhuttyng it cloſe, and cloſyng it vp with claie, round aboute the ſides, ſo that nothyng maie breath or reſpire out, and ſo ſet the pot vpon the fire, by the ſpace of twoo Pater noſters, and no more. Then take it from the fire, and wrap it in a pillowe of fethers, well warmed by the fire, or in a tubbe or barrell, full of branne well heated, or in ſome clothe very hote, to thende it maie be well nurriſhed and kept warme and leaue it ſo by the ſpace of ten or twelue houres. Then afterward ye muſt open the pot, and ſtraine the ſaied ſubſtaunce, through a ſtrainer or thicke canueſſe, & you muſt haue ready before, halfe a glaſſe of white wine, and in the ſame three or fower vnces of Rubarbe, cut in ſmalle pieces, and that the Rubarbe haue been in it, the ſpace of a daie or twoo before: the whiche wine ye ſhall powre into the decoction of the ſaid thinges, as ſone as it is ſtrained, as is aforeſaied: and put thereunto an vnce of Aloe Epaticum, prepared and ordered, as is aboue ſaied: or at the leſt as the Apoticaries doe ſell it, and call it Aloe Lotum, with the iuice of Roſes, or other wiſe, the whiche ye muſte put in, well beaten to pouder, with halfe an vnce of Caſſia Lignea, and kepe all this cōpoſition in a violle, or other veſſell well couered. The maner of receiuyng it, is to heate it a litle at the breake of the daie, and to take halfe a glaſſe full or more of it, accordyng to the exigent of the ſickneſſe, and the qualitie of the perſone, & hauing taken it, he muſt kepe his bedde a while, and ſlepe, if it be poſſible: and then riſe and walke aboute the houſe, or els where at his pleaſure. Neuertheleſſe, it were better that he kept the houſe, and ſpecially bicauſe of the mouyng of the body. And this maie he vſe .v.vij.ix. or .xj. mornynges: for the pluralitie can not hurte. Alſo this potion or drinke, is of ſoche exquiſite boūtie for mannes body, that we nede to vſe none other maner of purgation, or medicine.

¶A verie eaſie and good remedie, for to heale all maner of Pockes, whiche is made with litle coſt, and requireth not that a manne kepe his bedde or his houſe, but maie vſe it going in the ſtreetes: And it is alſo verie good for all ſortes of grief in the iointes, in what part of the bodie ſo euer it be.

TAke .iij. poundes of rawe Honie, and a poūd of the Iuice of the flowers of an herbe called Molis or Lung worte, whiche hath his leafe ſomewhat long, fatt, or full of carnoſite, and ſomewhat white, his flower Yelowe, faſſioned like a belle: and for lacke of the flowers, the Iuice of the herbe: then take halfe a pounde of Lignum Sanctum, beaten into pouder, and hauing let it boile in cōmon water, a good while, ye muſt ſtraine it, and put the ſaid iuice with the ſaied Honnie, into a pot, puttyng to it three vnces of Aloe epaticum, ordered as is afore ſaid, or as the Apoticaries ſell it, waſſhed with the Iuice of Roſes. And then, vpon the ſaied Aloe beaten to pouder, ye muſt poure as moche of the ſaied water, wherein the Guaiacum hath boiled, as wyll mounte in the potte fower or fine fingers high:^[2] then adde thereunto twoo vnces of the Vineigre of Squilla, and lette it boile faire and ſoftly, by the ſpace of halfe an houre, or a litle more, ſkummyng well alwaies the H[•]unie, and when it hath almoſte boiled inough, put vnto it three vnces of fine Sinamō, well beaten into pouder, ſet it again a while vpon the fire: then, hauyng taken it of, and ſetten it vp to keepe, ye muſte heate of it in the morning a glaſſe full: and after you haue dronken it, eate a litle piece of a Quince, or of a fruite called in Latine Sorbum, in Frenche Corme, or grene Grapes, Pome Granade, or of ſome other bindyng thyng, what ye will: and keepe your bedde, ſleapyng as long as you will: and alſo after you be riſen, and haue doen your buſineſſe, yea, out of the houſe, if it come ſo to paſſe. But (as we haue ſaid) to keepe your bedde or houſe, is alwaies the beſt for you, when ye vſe Phiſicke. And this potion or drinke, muſte you take from daie to daie: but if the paine be not to vehement, it ſhall ſuffice being taken twiſe in the weeke: and this doyng, you ſhall ſee a wonderfull operation, and ye ſhall not nede to vſe Lignum ſanctū, nor any other thing. This remedy onely is ſufficiente for all menne, and hath been proued and experimented diuers tymes, and vpon diuers perſones.

¶To diſſolue and reducte gold into a potable licoure, whiche conſerueth the youth and health of a manne, as well taken by it ſelf, as mingled with the foreſaied licoure, ſpoken of in the ſecond Chapiter of this preſente booke, and will heale euery diſeaſe that is thought curable, in the ſpace of ſeuen daies at the furtheſt.

TAke a glaſſe full of the Iuice of Limons, and heate it ouer the fire, vntill it beginne almoſte to ſeeth: then take it from the fire, and ſtrain it three or fower times through a Linnen clothe, and afterwarde diſtille it through a long gutter of Felte: then take twoo pounde of rawe Ho[•]nie, and ſette it on the fire in a pot, mixyng with it the ſaid Iuice of Lemons, and adding thereunto halfe a pounde of common ſalte, that is clene, white and well beaten: mixe well all together, and let it ſeeth faire and ſoftly, vntill there remaine no more ſkum of the Honnie. Then take that remaineth in the pot, and diſtill it in a vrinall of glaſſe, makyng but a ſmalle fire at the beginnyng, encreaſyng it by litle and litle, and at the ende greate and ſharpe: and whē all is cooled again, open the violle, and powre the water out of the recipient, into an other violle, ſtoppyng it ſure for takyng vente. This dooen, ye muſte breake the vrinall of glaſſe, and take the lies that ſhall remain in the bottome, and put it into a couered pot, the whiche pot you muſte couer ouer and ouer with claie or morter, to the entente it maie the better endure the fire: and after put it into ſome fourneſſe, where glaſſe is made, or into a potters fourneſſe or Lune kill, or ſome other ſemblable thing, ſo that it maie be in a greate fire, by the ſpace of twoo or three daies. And after that the ſaied ſubſtaunce ſhall be taken out again, ſtampe it well, and for a pounde of the ſame, put in fower vnces of Manna, and twoo vnces of Suger candie, and if there be more or leſſe of the ſubſtaunce, ye muſt put in a good proportiō of the Manna and Suger candie, in equall quantitie with the ſubſtaunce. Then put al into an other vrinall of good glaſſe, well claied, and powre vpon it the water, whiche you kept before in the violle, puttyng thereunto twiſe as moche fine Aqua vite, as was in the ſaied firſt violle. And hauyng trimmed and ſette the vrinall of Glaſſe vpon the fourneſſe, with his limbecke, and his recipient, and well cloſyng all the iointes with claie or morter, ye ſhall make the matter diſtill faire and ſoftly, with a ſmalle fire: for it will eaſely diſtill: & when it will diſtill no more, augment your fire, ſo that ye maie diſtille all that is poſſible. But you muſt leaue the water, with the violle, vpon the fourneſſe, without mouyng it any whit, vntill you will put it in experience. This doen, take fine golde foile, that is of xxiiij. Carates well fined with Antimonium: and take of the ſaied fotle, what quantitie ye will, in a cup of glaſſe, in minglyng theim well with Honnie, or with Iulep roſet or Violet, as men are wont to dreſſe it to write withall, whereof we will put parfitely all the maners and faſious, in the fift boke of this volume. And after you haue well vnmixed, and purged it from the ſaied Honnie with hotte water, as ſhall bee ſaied in the ſame place, you ſhall put them to ſtille in a violle of glaſſe: and then hauing taken of the recipiente, put the ſaied water into a long necked glaſſe, well ſtopped with white waxe, hauyng firſte put vpon the ſaid gold, whiche is in the violle, the height of fiue fingers of the ſaied water: and then ſet to the limbeck with his recipiēt, ſtoppyng well with clate the iointes, makyng the water, whiche ſhall be vpō the ſaid gold, to diſtill with a ſmall fire, not augmenting it at the ende, to make all to diſtill: and care not if the gold remain ſome what moiſt. This doen, take awaie the Limbeck frō the Violle, without takyng awaie or vntiyng the recipiente from the ſaid Limbeck, not ſturryng the water out of the recipient. But take ſome man to helpe you, who, whiles you take the Limbeck of from the Vrinall, ſhall powre vpon the ſaied gold, the ſame water that you kept in the violle, ſtopped with white waxe: & let hym put in as moche as at the firſte tyme, that is to ſaie, the heighte of fiue fingers: then immediatly ſet the Limbeck vpon the Vrinall again, cloſing well with claie the iointes or ſides a newe, makyng the diſtillation as afore, and ſo conſequently, vntill all the water of the ſaied violle, bee diſtilled vpon the ſaied gold. And finally, ye ſhall powre the gold out of the violle into a glaſſe, ſomewhat greate, to holde the water that you haue diſtilled into it at diuers times, as we haue ſaid in the Chapiter before: then ſet to the Limbeck with his recipient, and ſee that by the ſpace of .xv. or .xx. daies, the water of the bathe be hotte, without ſeethyng, ſo that yet nothing maie diſtille. Then after make the water to ſeeth, and diſtille all that maie be diſtilled: and in the bottome of the violle, the golde will remaine diſſolued into a licoure moſte precious, whiche you muſt keepe in ſome litle glaſſe well ſtopped. And if you will haue it yet finer, you maie make it without takyng it out of the ſaid glaſſe, in puttyng to it again the ſaied water, and diſtillyng it a freſhe, not kepyng (for all that) the water from ſeethyng, as you did before, but make it ſeeth and diſtille all at ones and this diſtillyng maie you reiterate as oftē as you will: for the oftener it is diſtilled, the better it is. Thus doing ye ſhall haue a right, naturall, and perfite potable golde, whereof ſomewhat taken alone, euery monethe ones or twiſe, or at the leaſte with the ſaied licoure, whereof wee haue ſpoken in the ſeconde Chapiter of this booke: is verie excellente to preſerue a mannes youth and health, and to heale in fewe daies, any diſeaſe rooted in a manne, and thought incurable. The ſaied gold will be alſo good and profitable, for diuers other operations & effectes: as good wittes & diligent ſearchers of the ſecretes of nature, maie eaſely iudge. In this ſame maner (obſeruyng all thynges diligently) a man maie make of ſ[•]iluer beaten into foile to haue likewiſe a potable ſ[•]iluer, of a meruellous vertue, yet not ſoche as the golde: And I aſſure you, that I ſawe aboue, .v. yeres ago, an Engliſhe man haue a water made of ſiluer, paraduenture, trimmed & dreſſed after an other ſort, accordyng to diuers differēt waies, tēding (notwithſtandyng) all to one ende, with the whiche water the ſaied Engliſhe man did many thinges, eſtemed as miraculous, in healing many painfull diſeaſes and infirmities of mā.

¶To heale an excreſcens or growyng vp of the fleſhe, within the yarde of a man, albeit it were rooted in of a long tyme.

TAke the lies of Honie diſtilled, or, if you cā not haue ſoche, take Honie, and burne it in a pot: and put the blacke leefe that ſhal remain in the bottome, into an other pot, or into an irō pan, & set it to burne or calcine in a verniſhers fourneſſe, or ſoche other in a great fire, by the ſpace of .iij. or .iiij. daies, wherof ye ſhal haue a ſubſtaunce as yelowe as gold, the whiche will be excellent, to laie vpon all manner of woundes: for it eateth awaie the euill fleſhe, mondifieth, and healeth the good, without pain or grief, whiche maketh to be moche better for all woundes, then is the Precipitatum, that the Syrurgens comonly vſe. Take then of this pouder an vnce, of Dogges turdes .ij. vnces, leeſe of wine halfe a dragme, whiche is the halfe of theight part of an vnce, fine ſuger[•] a dragme, roche Alume burned a dragme, of Nill a dragme let all theſe thynges bee well beaten to pouder, and ſifted through a fine ſeeue & then take grene leaues of an Oliue tree, and beate them in a morter of ſtone, moiſting them a litle with white wine, the whiche being well ſtamped, ye muſt ſtrain in a preſſe, or betwene .ij. trāchours, for to get out the Iuice, and putte to it as moche Plantaine Iuice: then ſet it to the fire in a litle potte, and afterward put in it by litle and litle the ſaied pouder, minglyng altogether continually: And laſte of all ye muſte adde vnto it, a litle grene waxe, and a verie litle Honie roſat, that it maie be a liquide ointemente and ſo keepe it. This ointemente is very precious, to conſume all maner of ercreſcence, or growyng vp of fleſhe, in any tender place of the body, as in the ſecrete members, or in the noſe, whereunto a man dare not applicque any ſtrong or ſmartyng thyng. Now when ye muſte vſe it for the carnoſite, within a mannes yarde, you ſhall take firſte of all a Squirte, and fill it with white wine, wherein drie Roſes, and Plantaine leaues haue been ſodden and boiled, wherewith alſo ye ſhall mix a litle womans milke, or the milke of a Gote: then waſhe well the mannes yarde within, with this Squirte: After this take a litle waxe candell, ſomwhat long, and of ſoche greatneſſe, as it maie enter into his yarde, at the poincte whereof ye ſhall put a litle of the ſaied ointemente, warming it a litle, and thruſt it as farre into his yarde as you can, vntil you feele the Carnoſite, and leaue the ſaid ointmente within the yarde a litle while: then take it out again, and doe thus mornyng and euenyng, liyng a bedde his bealie vpward, when ye ſhall put in the candell with the ointement, and you ſhall ſee a meruellous effecte: for it ſhall heale hym throughly, in fewe daies, without any daunger.

To heale all maner of inflamatiō and euill diſpoſition of the liuer, and by this ſame ſecrete haue been healed certain perſones, whiche had their faces as it were Leparie, greate ſwollen legges, their handes inflambed, and rough within ſide.

TAke flower, or Amilum made of Barley, whiche ye ſhall eaſily finde at the Apoticaries, and ſeeth it halfe an houre in common water: then ſtraine it, and put it in an other newe pot, that is clene and not, puttyng to it a fewe Mallowes, Succorie, Hoppes, Endiue, and Burrage: and ſeeth all theſe together, vntill it bee diſſolued, and adde to it an vnce of Sandal: and then ſtraine all, and take in a linnen clothe, as moche Caſſia extracta, as will goe in to twoo Nuttes, and put it within the ſaied linen clothe with the Caſſia, while the water be hote, preſſyng it ſo harde betwene your twoo fingers, that all the ſubſtaunce of it, maie goe into the ſaied water: then putte it to the Suger or Penides, as moche as you will. Of this drinke, whiche is of a very amiable ſauoure, ye muſt take from daie to daie, a litle glaſſe ful in the mornyng, liyng in your bed, with your breſt vpward: then laiyng ſome linen clothe vpon your ſtomack, ſlepe if you can, and take of it alſo after you be vp, and haue dooen your neceſſaries, the whiche doyng you ſhal finde your ſelf very well healed in fewe daies. But here note, that this muſt be doen in Sommer, and not in Winter: and he that hath his ſtomack very cold, maie weare before his breſt, ſome pece of Scarlat, or other clothe, and ſometyme annointe his ſtomacke with an oile, made for the weakeneſſe of it, the perfecte compoſition whereof, we will put hereafter.

To heale the Emorhodes or Piles in a nighte, a rare ſecrete and verie excellente.

TAke the leaues of grene Elder, and boyle theim in water, vntill thei be diſſolued: Then take a piece of redde cloth, a litle bigger then the palme of your hand, and ſtretche it a long vpō your palme. Now, muſt the pacient be in his bed, with his bealy douneward, bicauſe ye muſt laie the ſaid leaues vpon the Emorhodes, hot as thei wer taken out of the caudron, hauyng laied vpon them before, a litle oile Oliue. Then take an other litle piece of cloth, with other leaues, and take awaie the firſt, continuyng thus, and chaungyng alwaies the leaues, if not all the night, at the leaſt as long as ye maie: and alſo in the meane time, ye muſt let the patient ſlepe as moche as he will, who, in the mornyng ſhall finde hym ſelf as luſtie, and as well diſpoſed as if he had neuer had the diſeaſe.

A ſinguler ointment, whiche healeth all burnynges with fire, not leauyng any cicatrice or skarre where it hath been.

TAke the white of twoo Egges, twoo vnces of Tutia Alexandrina, twoo vnces of quicke Lime waſshed in .ix. waters, an Vnce of new Waxe, with as moche Oyle Roſatte, as ſhall ſuffice, and make thereof an ointmente, whiche ye ſhall finde verie good, for this that we haue ſpoken of.

A perfecte and proued remedie for them that bee weake of ſtomacke, and can not keepe their meate, without vomityng it vp again.

HAuyng taken twoo pounde of redde waxe, and made prouiſion of a diſhefull of oile oliue, take peces of Alablaſter, and heate thē in the fire, and then quenche theim in the ſaied Oile: heate them again, and quenche them as before: and ſo three or fower times. This doen beate the Alablaſter to pouder, and mixe it with the ſaid ware and oile, wherein it was quenched: then put all to diſtill through a croke necked violle, like a Bagge pipe claied rounde about, ſauyng the bottome, whiche diſtillers beyonde ſea doe vſe, the Frenche men cal Retorte or Cornue, and make ſoche a fire, as the Oile maie diſtille, wt al the reſt yt poſſible maie be diſtilled: and then keepe it, puttyng to it halfe an vnce of Mirrhe, beaten in pouder. And when you will put it in effecte, ye muſt take a litle pan of Braſſe, or Iron: and hauyng the toppes and leaues of Worme woode, whiche is a bitter herbe, put them in the ſaied Oile, and ſeeth or frie all together: then take it, hote as it is, and rubbe the patientes breaſt with it, vp to the throte, doyng thus alwaies at night, when he is in his bedde, and it ſhall make his ſtomacke ſtrong. He muſt vſe in his meate, as moche Roſemarie as he can, bee it rawe or otherwiſe, and ſpecially in his drinke. He muſt vſe likewiſe the moſte excellente Aqua vite, whereof we will ſpeake hereafter.

An excellente remedie, wherewith a woman of .xxxvi. yeres was healed, that had ſo marred her ſtomacke, that in the ſpace of twoo yeres and an balfe, ſhe was neuer naturally purged douneward: and as ſone as ſhe had eatē any thing, ſhe vomited it vp againe, ſo that ſhe became yelowe, and as drie as a ſticke.

A Monke, of the order of ſaincte Auguſtine, a man of greate knowledge, and full of meruelous ſecretes, healed the ſaied woman, with this remedy followyng: &, in the ſpace of .xvij. daies, made her as whole and ſound faire, and wel coloured, as ſhe was before her ſickneſſe.

Firſt of all, he had made a litle ouen, like vnto ſoche as men bake breade in, ye which he did heate with roſemarie: and the ſayd Ouen was in facion like a Bakers Ouen, wherein he baked litle pretie loaues and cakes, whiche he gaue her a lone, without any other thyng to eate, viij. or .x. daies, and gaue her white wine to drinke without water. He gaue her alſo gentle meates, with Sinamom and Suger: and euery mornyng gaue her in a glaſſe, aboute a finger heighte of water, made after this maner folowing. Aqua vite halfe a glaſſe ful, wherin he put the yelowe pille of halfe a Citron, or Orenge cut in pieces, the flowers of Roſemarie a handfull, fine Sinamom an vnce, Safron a quarter of a dragme, Bēgewin a dragme, with a litle Muſke: and made her to bee waſhed ouer and ouer, or bathed in the decoction of Roſemarie, and other ſwete herbes, ones a weeke: and euery night annointed her breaſt with the ſaied Oile, diſtilled and ſodden with Wormewoode. And aboue al thynges, commaunded her to keepe a Cuſhen vpon her ſtomacke, in the night tyme, and cauſed her to lye long a bedde in the mornyng: he made her alſo eate the confection of Diambre. And in this wiſe he made her in xvij. daies, as whole and as faire, as ſhe was before, whom no Phiſicion could euer finde remedy for, duryng al the tyme of her ſickneſſe.

Three remedies verie good againſt he wormes in litle children.

TAke the flower of wheate well boulted, as moche as will lye vpon three crounes of gold, and put it in a glaſſe, and powre vnto it well water, or foūtain water, ſo moche as will ſtiepe the ſaid flower, and make it looke like as it wer milke, and no thinner: then giue the childe drinke of it, and you ſhall ſee that with his ſiege, the Wormes will come forthe ſtarke dedde, whiche is a verie good remedy.

¶The ſeconde remedie.

TAke a Citron or Orenge, and make in hym a hole, as big as a peny, by the whiche hole with wringyng, ye ſhall make the licoure come out: and hauyng made a hole into the middle and more, ye ſhall powre in to it oile of Baie free or leaues, the Iuice of Rue, the Iuice of Wormewood, Triacle, flower of a kinde of poulſe corne, called Lupinum or Lupinus in Latine, hauyng one ſtalke, the leafe in fiue diuiſions, the codde creuiſed aboute, hauing in it fiue or ſixe graines, harde, broad, and redde. Thei be common in Fraunce & Italie, but here vnneth knowen. And ſeeth all this a while: and then powre it in a diſhe, and annointe therewith the childes nauell, ſtomacke, temples noſetrilles, and the vttermoſte part of his poulſes, and ye ſhall immediatly ſee a wonderfull operation.

¶The thirde remedie.

FOr children that be ſo litle, that a man can not miniſter the medecine in at the mouth, you ſhall take very good Aqua vitae, wherewith ye ſhall waſhe or weate the ſtomacke, or the breaſt of the childe: then pouder ouer the ſaid places, with the pouder of fine Mirrhe, and laie the child doune a litle while, with his breaſt vpwarde, and you ſhal ſee incontinent, that with the dunge of the child, the worme ſhall come out dead.

To heale children of the Lunatike diſeaſe, whiche happeneth vnto theim, by reaſon of a worme with twoo heades, that breedeth in their bodies, the whiche worme, commyng vnto the harte, cauſeth theim to haue ſoche a paſsion, that often tymes it killeth theim.

TAke the tender ſtalkes of a Wildyng tree, and drie theim in the ſhadowe: then ſtampe theim well, and ſifte theim, and take of the ſaied pouder, and the roote of Gentian, & of long Perne of eche of them a quarter of an vnce, and half a quarter of an vnce of Mirrhe. All theſe thynges well beaten in pouder, ye ſhall put in a diſſhe, or in ſome other veſſell, as you thinke good: moiſt them with a litle water: then take of it with your twoo fingers, and weate the lippes and the mouthe of the child. Doe this three or fower times, and you ſhall ſee the worme come out deade with his ſiege. This haue I often tymes ſeen by experience, and many children, whiche, for lacke of good help, haue died with ſoche maner of Wormes, the whiche afterwarde beyng opened, menne haue founde the Worme ſtickyng vpon their hartes. And for the ſame accidente the other remedies, whiche we haue written before, againſt the Wormes, be alſo very good.

A remedie for the fallyng ſick neſſe.

TAke Germander gathered in Ma[••], when it is in bloſome: drie it in the ſhadowe, and make it in pouder. And when you will vſe it, take the yelke of an Egge or twaine, and ſturryng or breakyng it with a ſponefull of the ſaied pouder: then ſeeth it, and giue it to the paciente to eate. Dooe this, Mornyng and Euenyng, eight daies long: but all this while he muſt abſtaine from wine, and carnall company of women, from al ſorte of poulſe, as Beanes, Peaſon, Vetches, Tares, and ſoche other, from Salades, ſalte Fleſhe, and from all other thynges, whiche are of a harde concoction or digeſtion. A verie goodly and notable ſecrete.

To make oile of Brimſtone, to heale all maner of Cankers diſeaſes or ſores, whiche come of a putrified humoure, and renne cōtinually, commonly called Fiſtules, and alſo to heale olde and inueterate woundes.

TAke Brimſtone beaten in pouder, and hauyng ſteeped and mollified it, with common oile, put it in a Gourde, apte to ſtill out of, ſo that it bee brought as it were like pa[••]e, the whiche you ſhall diſtill through the mouthe of the ſaid Gourde: and the oile that ſhall drop out, ye ſhall put into a violle, fillyng it halfe full: and afterwarde fill vp the ſaied violle with Plantan water, and with the Iuice of Cardus benedictus, and ſo let it boile a pretie while. Then waſhe the wounde with Aqua vite, or white wine, and laie to it of the ſaid oile, and in fewe daies ye ſhall heale it parfitly.

To take awaie the venim or poyſon from a wounde, made by ſome poiſoned weapon or arrowe.

TAke Aſſa Fetida, and a gomme called Galbanum, of eche of them an vnce, and ſteepe them in Vinaigre, the ſpace of a night, then ſette it to the fier to diſſolue, and ſtraine it through a Linen clothe, miring with it twoo vnces of Vnguentū diabaſilicū: and laie it to the wounde, and incontinent the ſaid ointmente will drawe vnto it ſelf, and kill all the venim, ſo that the wounde maie afterward be healed, as all other maner of woundes bee: and in caſe ye lacke, or can not get Galbanum, it ſhall ſuffice to haue onely Aſſa Fetida, to drawe the venim out of the ſaied wounde.

Againſt the bityng of all venemous beaſtes.

AS ſoone as the perſon feleth hymſelf bitten, with any venimous beaſt (or at the leaſte as ſone as is poſſible) take grene leaues of a figge tree, and preſſe the milke of them, three or fower times in to the wounde. And for this ſerueth alſo Muſtard ſeede mingled with vinagre.

To drawe an arrowe heade or other Iron, out of a wound.

TAke the iuice of valerian, in the whiche ye ſhall weate a tente, and put it into the wounde, laiyng the ſaid herbe ſtamped vpon it, then make your bindyng or bande, as it appertaineth, and by this meanes ye ſhall drawe out the Iron. And after heale the wounde, accordyng as it ſhall require.

Againſt a vehement cough of yong children.

TAke the Iuice of Perſely, pouder of Commin, womannes milke, and mixe all well together: then giue the childe drinke thereof, and after, make this ointment folowing. Take the ſeede of Line or Flaxe, and Fenigreke, and ſeeth them in cōmon water: then preſſe with your hand, the ſubſtaunce of the ſaied herbes, whiche you ſhall mingle with Butter, and ſo annointe the childes breaſt with it, heatyng it often tymes.

For hym that hath a bunche or knobbe in his heade, or that hath his heade ſwollen with a fall.

TAke an vnce of Baie ſalt, rawe Honie thre vnces, Commin three Vnces, Turpentine twoo vnces, intermingle all this well vpon the fire: then laie it abrode vpō a linen clothe, and make thereof a plaiſter, the whiche ye ſhall laie whote to his heade, and it will altogether aſwage the ſwell yng, and heale hym cleane and nete.

A good remedie for one that is deffe.

TAke Mint, Sage, Penniroiall, Roſemarie, Iſope, Mugworte or Motherworte, wilde Minte, Calaminte, Camomille, Millefoile, Yarrow or Noſeblede, herbe ſaincte Ihon, Wormewood, Southernwood, Centorie, of eche of them a hand[•]full: Seeth theim in a cleane pan, with as moche good white wine, as there be herbes, and let it ſeeth altogether, vntil the third part be diminiſhed: then cauſe theſe oiles folowyng, to be made at the Apoticaries: old Oile twoo vnces, oile of Leeke, oiles of Almondes, of eche of them an vnce, of the iuice of Rue halfe an vnce, of Maluoiſie an vnce and a halfe: put all theſe thynges in a lōg neckt glaſſe or violle, and let it ſeeth with a ſmalle fier, vntill the Iuice and the Maluoſie bee almoſte all conſumed: then take it from the fire, and putte in to it theſe Drogues folowyng, well beaten into pouder, that is to ſaie, Spiknard, Coloquintida, the ſtone of a Beuer, called Caſtoreū, Maſtic, of eche of them a grain and a halfe: ſtoppe wel the ſaid violle, that nothyng maie take vent: then put it in a pan full of water, and make it ſeeth the ſpace of three howers. Then take it from the fire, and powre the ſaid licours in ſome platter, whiche you ſhall ſet in the ſonne, and leaue it there vntill it ſhall become verie cleare, and hauyng ſtrained it through ſome fine linen cloth, and preſſed well the ſubſtaunce, ye ſhall put a grain and a half of Muſke in a diſſhe, and incorporate it well by litle and litle, with the ſaied Oile, and then keepe it in a violle, well ſtopped with waxe and Parchmente. After this, take the pan with the ſaied herbes, and heate theim vpon the fire: then take, for a couer or lidde, a fonnell made of white Iron: and when ye go to bedde, couer the pan with the ſaied fonnell, and ſee that the pan be good and hote: then, by the litle hole aboue, let the patient take the ſmoke into his eare, by the ſpace of halfe an hower. This doen, heate the ſaid oile, vntill it be luke warme, and let it droppe into his eare two or three droppes: and ſtoppe his eare with a litle Muſked bombaſe, or Cotton, and let him ſlepe therevpon. Now he muſte, in receiuyng the parfume or ſmoke into his eare, haue in his mouth ſome drie Beanes, and after he hath chewed theim, ſpit them out again, to thende that in chewyng, he maie open the conduites of his Eares. And with the grace of God, he ſhall find hymſelf healed in fewe daies, prouided, that the diſeaſe be in aniwiſe curable. If in caſe this helpe not, ye neede not ſeeke any other remedie in the worlde. If a man haue alſo anie hummyng or noyſe in his eares, let him vſe the ſayde medecine, & you ſhall ſe, with Gods helpe a wonderfull thinge: for it will heale the defeneſſe of a man, though he haue had it .xxx. yeres, ſo that he be not borne deafe. Let him vſe alſo to take pilles to purge his head, and to eate good meate alwaies.

To heale a woman that hath the Matrice out of her nanaturall place.

TAke a Flinte ſtone that hath bene alwaies in the earth, and not taken the ayer, and put it in ſome baſket, couered in a greate fire: and whan it is verie hote, put it in a litle Tubbe or barrell, and weete it wyth Vinagre caſt vpon it, and cauſe the woman to ſtand ouer it, to receiue the ſmoke or parfume of it, and than let her go to bed, for this muſt be doone at night. Ye ſhall, after this, take of the iuice of Rue, & make a litle rounde balle of Cotton, wherunto ye ſhal tie a threede: and than dippe the ſaied balle in the ſayd iuice of Rue, and put it into the mouth of the Matrice, the which wil incontinent take the balle, and draw it in, and than it will returne into his naturall place agayne. But you muſte binde and tie the ball ſure and well, leaſt paraduenture it ſhould remayne within. After this, make an oyntment as foloweth, wherwith ye ſhall anoynte the reynes of her backe. Take an herbe called in Greeke Ciclaminos, of the latines Rapum, Tuber terrae, or Vmbilicus terrae, of the Apoticaries Panis porcinus, of the Frenche men Pain de pore, and Rue, as muche of one as of the other, and ſtampe them well: and than ſeeth it in a pan with olde oyle, vntill the whole be diminiſhed by the thirde part. This doone, let it coole againe, and hauing preſſed out all the ſubſtaunce, ye ſhall power it into an other new pan, adding to it a litle new waxe, and heatyng it all together, vntill it be well incorporated: thā annoynte her raynes with all, and lay hote Tow vpon it, and than ſwaddel her as women do yonge infantes. And ſo ſhe muſt be layed in her bed, with her belly vpwarde, and her head lower than her buttockes. Thys muſt ye do from night to night, three times, & ſhe ſhall be healed. She muſt alſo eate whote thinges in operation, as Pigeons, and Hennes, with ſpices and other like thynges. She ſhall be healed without any greefe, and if ſhe had had it .xxx. yeres.

¶To make a womans milke to come and encreaſe.

TAke the greene leaues of Fenell, & make therof a decoction, be it in wine or water, wherof ye ſhall geue the woman drinke, as wel at her meales, as other wiſe, as often as may be, and ſhe ſhall be abondant in milke. Furthermore, if the woman haue not ordinarilie her naturall purgacion called Floures, this wll ſerue her for a good medecine.

¶A verie goodly ſecrete for the gommes or burgeons that remaine of the great Pockes, as well olde as new.

TAke Bole armenick, Vinagre, and oyle Roſet, and make thereof a defenſife,^[3] or oyntment, annoynting the burgeons round aboute .iij. or .iiij. fingers large: thā take .ij partes of the oyle of an herbe called Euphorbium, firſt founde out by Iuba the kyng of Libia. Looke Ruellius, Lib. 3. cap. 53. and one part of oyle Violet: and mixe them together, and annoynt the burgeons with all, hauynge firſt well waſſhed them with Redde wine, vorie hote. And whan you haue thus annoynted them, with the ſayd oyle of Euphorbiū, lay vpon it ſome litle bande annoynted with Butter, leauing it ſo three or foure houres, or as longe as you will: than vncouer the Burgeons, and if you finde no bladders, do once agayne as before, vntill you ſe ſome. And than you maie pricke and breake the ſaied bladders, or let them breake of them ſelues: & than ye may heale them with ſome healyng oyntment.

Another remedie for the ſame bourgeons of the Pockes.

WAſhe the burgions with Wine, and make the defenſif aboue ſaied: than take .iij. partes of Vnguentum aureum, and one parte of Sublimatum, well broken or beaten: mengle the ſaied Sublimatum wt the ſaid oyntment, and lay it with a plaſter vpon the burgeons, leauing it therupon, a day or more, if you can, & ye ſhal find the burgeons or buddes, and the fleſh fayre and neate, whiche will ſeeme to be a miraculous thynge, and if it worke not well at the firſte, ye muſt renew it agayne, twiſe or thriſe, accordyng as the burgeons ſhalbe hard and olde. Now, whan they be thorowlie diſſolued and leuſed, take Butter waſſhed with Wyne, and lay it vpon a linnen cloth, and put it vpon them, and ſo ſhall you heale them perfectlie. Note alſo that the ſaied ointment, with the Sublimat, will draw vnto him all the aquoſite, and euil humours of the arme or legge, whervnto it is layde. Wherfore it will not onlie heale the place where you laye it, but will alſo purge the whole member of all euill humours, that is in it, and therfore there is a verie good water confect and made of it, for to heale ſcabbes, as we will tell you afterwarde. It healeth alſo all other accidentes, wherupon you make any outwarde application: and (as we haue ſayed) draweth to him ſelfe al the watriſhnes, and humour of the member, wherupon it is layde. Now, whan you wyll lay it vpon the burgeons, or vpon anie corrupte place, weete wel the linnen clothe, and the band that you wil binde it withall: weete well alſo rounde aboute the infect or ſore place: for the ſaid medecine, will draw all the corruption thorow the ſaied places. And this is a verie worthie and cra[•]i[••]te ſecrete, for all thinges, ſo that it be well vſed, made and applied.

A verie eaſie and parfite remedie for him that hath anie blow with aſwo[•] d[•]ſtaffe, or ſtone, or other like thyng, yea, though he were gr[•]uouſlie wounded.

TAke Taxue barbatus, and ſtampe it, and take the iuice of it: and if the wounde bleede, wipe it, and make it cleane, waſſhinge it with white wine, or water: than lay of the ſayd iuice vpon the wounde, and the herbe vpon it, of the whiche you toke the iuice, and than make your bindinge, and let it be on it a whole daie: and you ſhall ſe a wonderfull effecte.

¶A water to beale all maner of woundes in ſhort ſpace: whiche is a thinge that euerye man ought alwayes to haue in his houſe, for the accidentes and chaunces that maye fall, ſeyng it is eaſye to bee made, and wyth lytle coſt, and that it is of ſo meruelous an operation.

TAke a pounde of newe yelowe waxe, or as muche as you will, and lette it melte vpon a fier in a cleane panne: and then powre it into another panne, or diſhe, wherein muſt bee Malmſey, Muſcadel, or other white wyne that is very good: afterwarde take it out of the wine and melt it agayne: then powre it again vpon the ſaid wine, doing ſo .vii. times. And then take the ſaid waxe, & melt it vpō the fier, mixyng with it a handfull of bricke finely beaten into duſt: incorporate all well together, & put it into a croke necked viole of glaſſe, which diſtillars, call a Bagpipe, claied about vp to the middes of the necke: & let it diſtill firſt with a litle fier, by the ſpace of .viij. houres: & afterward make your fier greater, & at thende verie greate. But you muſt aboue all thing, cloſe wel the ſydes and ioyntes of the ſaied veſſell, and of the recipient, which muſt be ſomewhat greate. After that the ouen & all the other thinges bee colde agayn, you ſhall take the water out of the recipient, and ſhall powre it into a violl well ſtopped with waxe and cyred clothe, ſo that in no race it maye take vent: neither ſet it in a place where anye heate of the ſonne or fier maye come to it: for it is of ſo fine a ſubſtaunce, that it woulde flie and vaniſhe awaie immediatlye. The ſaide lycour is merueylous good for all kinde of woundes: and ye muſt weate and moiſt the wounde with it, and hynde vpon it a piece of lynen clothe ſteeped in the ſayd water. And amonge all the experiences that hath been ſeene, thys was experimented and proued vpon a ſeruaunt of a noble man called Feonello Pio de Carpe, reſydent in Veniſe, the yere 1548. the whiche ſeruaunte hauinge receyued a ſtroke with a dagger vpon the inſteppe of the foote, whiche is a place verye daungerous, did nothing but laye therto a lytle of the ſayde water, whiche a gentell man of the ſaide Senyor Leonello had in his houſe: & in the ſpace of two daies he was ſo healed that ſkant coulde a man perceyue the cicatrice or ſkarre where the cut was: it is alſo exceding good for ſhronken ſynowes. And if thys foreſayd water bee well and naturally made or diſtilled the ſecond time, it is of ſo fine and perſyng ſubſtaunce, that if a man laye of it vpon the palme of his hande, ye ſhal ſee it perſe thorowe incontinent and in a moment, and leaue the place drie as thoughe it had neuer been layde there. Therefore they that haue any knowledge maye helpe diuers diſeaſes, in adding to it ſome other licour or pouder, ſuche as they woulde haue perſe into the fleſhe.

To make oyle of S. Ihons wort, which is called in Veniſe, and in diuers other places redde oyle: and is of ſuche vertue that a man can ſkantly expreſſe it, as well to heale woundes, as other infinite diſeaſes, whereof we wyll ſhewe the moſt notable, and thoſe that haue been founde trew by experience.

YOu muſt gather in the moneth of May and Iune, the herbe called of the Greekes Hypericon, of the Latynes Perforata, of the Frenchmen Millepertuis, and of vs in Englande S. Ihons worte, before it begin to floryſhe or haue floures: and ſtampe it in a morter of marble, or of wood very cleane, and putte it ſo ſtamped in a violle or glaſſe: and then powre to it as muche white wine as will couer it all ouer, and adde to it of good oyle olyue aboute the height of two fyngers, leauyng it ſo in the ſaide glaſſe wel ſtopped, and after that ye muſt gather the ſaid herbe with his bloſſomes vpon S. Ihons day in the mornyng after the ſonne is ryſen, and puttyng the bloſſomes a part, ye muſt ſtampe wel the herbe with the ſtalkes, and after ye haue cut it very ſmall, take it out of the morter, and ſtampe it in the ſame morter alſo a litle, the floures or bloſſoms whiche you kepte a parte, and mingle them with theyr herbe, whiche was ſtamped before. But the bloſſomes muſte wey foure times or very nigh as muche as al the herbe that ye gathered in the moneth of Maye, and before S. Ihons day, and was putte in the ſaide violle or glaſſe, with the wine and oyle olyue. You muſte after this mingle al theſe things together, and put them in ſome violle or glaſſe, or els in ſome pan of earth very cleane, with the ſaid wine and oyle olyue, and put to it againe other wine and oyle, vntil al bee couered as before: and then ſet al this in the Sonne in ſome veſſell well ſtopped. And twelue or fiftene daies after when the ſeede of S. Ihons wort ſhalbe ripe, you muſt gather of it in the morning after the Sonne is vp: and ſtampe it well, and ſo mingle it with the ſaide herbe, and bloſſomes: but you muſt put no wine to it, ſauynge onely the oyle oliue. And the ſaied ſeede muſte in quantitie wey as much as the fourth or thirde parte of the ſayd herbe before the wyne bee putte to it: alſo the oyle muſt bee of ſuche quantitie, as maye be aboue all the ſubſtaunces a good handfull or twoo. After this ſet a caudron of water on the fier, with hey or ſtrawe in the bottom: and put the ſaied violle into it ſo that it bee not in daunger of breakyng, when the water beginneth to ſeeth. This maner of ſetting the violles or glaſſes in a caudron of boylyng water, is called of our moderne Philiſophers, Balneum Marie, and it is dreſſed and trimmed in thys ſorte, as well for to diſtill with a Lymbecke, as for to make putrefaction, euaporation, or diſſolution: of the whiche thinges we wyll ſpeake afterwarde, when we comme to the matter of diſtyllyng. Then muſte you make the water in the ſaide caudron to ſeeth, with the ſubſtaunce whiche is in it, by the ſpace of thre or foure houres, according to the quantitie of the ſaid ſubſtaunces, vntyl the wine, or at the leaſt the moſt part of it be dronke and conſumed, which ye ſhal know in this maner. Take a litle of the ſubſtaunce on the ende of a ſticke, and caſte it in the fier, and if it burne withoute anye noyſe, it is a ſigne that there is no moore wyne left. The ſayde violle muſte bee vncouered whyle the water boyleth, becauſe the wyne maye euaporate and breathe out. And if the ſayde ſubſtaunce bee ſo great in the violle, that it paſſe fyue or ſyxe pounde, ye ſhal put to it theſe thinges folowing, accordyng to the weyght and meaſure that we wyl ſhewe you, and kepe alwais good proporcion, accordinge to the quantitie of the weyghte of the water, whiche ſhalbe moore or leſſe then fyue pounde. Fyrſt take quicke brymſtone, or els when it is made into long canes or ſtickes half a poūd, commune white ſalte, eyght vnces, of ſmallage a diſhfull wel waſhed, fyrſt in water, and then in honnye roſat, or other honny (ſo that it bee ſodden and ſkymmed) foure vnces: ten vnces of Turpentyne, waſhed once or twiſe in well, ryuer, or conduite water, of the iuyce of Taxus barbatus, of the iuyce of white or blacke Dictamum, of eche of them foure vnces, of Saffron thre vnces, rootes of Dictamum, rootes of Gentian, the rootes of Imperatoria the rootes of the herbe called Crocodilium or Carlina, the rootes of Valerian, and the rootes of Selandyne, of eche of them two vnces. And if the ſayd rootes be greene, you muſte ſtampe them wel: if they bee drie, ye muſt beate them into pouder: an vnce of myrre, two vnces of redde ware, two vnces of fyne Triacle, an vnce of the ſeedes of a Cedar tree, thre vnces of yuy ſeede thorowe rype, foure vnces of the ſeede of a Bay tree thorowe rype, ſyxe vnces of aqua vitae, an vnce of Synamom, half an vnce of lignum Aloe. Let all theſe be well ſtamped, and put in a violle or vrinall with the ſaide herbe, bloſſomes, and oyle: ye muſte ſtoppe well the ſaide violle, that the ſubſtaunce haue no maner vent or euaporation. Then make a fier vnder the caudron ſo that the water maie be hotte without ſeething, and keepe it ſo the ſpace of two or thre dayes: and the longer the better. If in cace the fier go out in the night there is no greate daunger: ye maie make it againe in the morning, but you muſt kepe it ſo much the longer. Hauing then taken the violle out of the caudron, and left it in the Sonne all the reſt of the Somer, kepe it in your houſe well couered: and the older ſuche oyle wareth, the better it will bee. But it ſhalbe good to put to it euerye yeare newe iuyce, of the ſaide herbe S. Ihons wort, and of the bloſſomes and ſeede well ſtamped, and that the ſaide bloſſomes, herbe, or ſeedes bee ſodden, by the ſpace of foure or ſixe houres in oyle oliue: and then muſte you powre all the oyle with the ſubſtaunce into ſome veſſell, and preſſe well all the bloſſomes and the herbe, and caſt them away, and put in other: and yf ye ſhoulde dooe ſo euerie yeare the oyle woulde not be the worſe but rather better. If al theſe foreſaid things can not be gotten in one ſeaſon or time it is no matter: for a man maye put them in as he findeth them: and if ye can not get them all, ye may put in theim that ye can finde or get. The vertues of this excellent oile are infinite, of the which we will ſpeake onely of the chiefeſt, & thoſe that haue been proued by experience, as wel of vs as of other in our preſence, and by our appoyntment and orderinge. Firſt, it hath as muche or more vertue, then the true and right baulme, and it is good for all colde griefes, as well within as without the bodie: for the Sciatica, and colde goute, in heating it and rubbing the place withal: for a quartayne, tertian, or quotidian ague, when a man anointeth the raines of the backe an houre before the ague come. Alſo it healeth meruelous well Colicam paſsionem, when a man rubbeth or anoynteth warmely his breſt or ſtomacke withall, and when it is put in gliſters with other ſubſtaunces, as we will declare in the chapter of the Colicke paſſion. And if ye anoynt the place about the priuie membres of a man or woman, it will make them to vrine or piſſe well. If a woman haue her fruit dead in her wombe taking three or foure dragmes of the ſaide oyle, ſhe ſhalbe deliuered incontinent. It is likewiſe good for all griefes of the breſt or ſtomacke. It is a thing aboue all other moſt excellent and miraculous for the plage, anoyting the raines of the backe, and in drinking two dragmes or two dragmes and a halfe in good white wine: but note that it muſt bee dronke before the ſixte houre after the ſickeneſſe is begonne, and rubbe the place of the ſickeneſſe with it, it beinge heated. It healeth moreouer all maner vlcers, ſores, boyles, botches, and corrupte matter within the ſkinne couered with a ſkabbe, as well olde as new, & alſo bruſings, or knockes. And good for other infinite thinges, as euery man maye dayly proue by experience. And ſpecially it is verie good for the retraction or drawinge againe of woundes or ſuch like.

¶To make an oyle of a redde dogge, by the meane wherof (beſide other infinite vertues that it bath) I haue bealed a frier of S. Onofres, who had by the ſpace of xij. yeres, a lame and drye withered arme lyke a ſticke, ſo that nature gaue it no more noriſhement.

TAke a yonge dogge of redde heare, and keepe him thre daies without meate: and then ſtrangle him with a corde, and lette him lye dead a quarter of a houre, and in the meane time boile a kettle of oyle vpon the fier, and putte the dogge in whole or in pieces, it maketh no matter how, ſo that he bee all there with the ſkinne and heare: and make him ſeeth ſo vntill he bee almoſt ſodden to pieces, keping alwaies the kettle cloſe couered. In the meane time take Scorpions to the number of foure ſkore or a hundreht, and putte theym in a baſyn on the fier, vntill they bee thorowly burned. Then putte them into the ſaid kettle wt the oyle & the dogge, putting to it a good diſhfull of great grounde wormes,^[4] or ſmallage well waſhed, a good handfull of S. Ihons worte, a handfull of wylde or marſhe mallowes, and a handfull of wal wort, with an vnce of Saffron. Seeth all theſe thinges well together, vntill the fleſhe of the dogge be broken and fallen in pieces. And becauſe ye muſt haue much oyle, ye may at the firſte putte into the kettle two partes of water, and one parte of oyle: and in ſething ye may powre in water, vntill the dogge bee all together broken, as is alreadie ſaide: then let it waxe colde. After this ye ſhall take the bones of him and the herbes, and when ye haue preſſed and ſquiſſed them well, that all the ſubſtaunce remaine in the ſaide oyle, caſte them a waye.

This doen, you ſhall take only that which is aboue vpon the water: that is to ſaie, the oyle and the greaſe, and caſt away the water, if there be muche: but if there be but a litle, ſo that you can ſkant diſcerne the oyle frō the water, ye ſhall take all together, for a litle water can not bee but good. Then ſtraine it thorowe a ſtrayner or canueſe, firſte weated or ſteeped in white wine: and take then vnguentum Agrippe ſeuen or eyght vnces, of the marie of the gambon and bones of a hogge, a pounde, of the marie of the hinder thighes of an aſſe a pounde, or as muche as you maye get. Put all theſe thinges together, with the ſaide oyle and greaſe: and make it ſeeth vppon the fier: then adde to it a diſhefull or an halfe of oyle roſat: & when it ſetheth, you ſhal put to it thre vnces of Maſtick, two vnces of Gomme Elemi, eyghte vnces of redde Waxe: but the Maſticke and the Gomme muſte bee well beaten into pouder and ſifted. And when all this hath boyled the ſpace of halfe an houre, let it coole againe, and ſette it in the Sonne in ſome kinde of veſſel wel couered by the ſpace of certaine daies. Then ſhal you haue an excellent ſubſtaunce and matter for all kinde of colde infirmities, and for many other. And as I haue alredie ſaid, I haue ſeene the experience of it in a Frier of S. Onofrey, that is to ſaie: of them that weare anhabit of Roan colour: but (as he ſaied) he dwelt not in the monaſterie, becauſe of the ſaid infirmitie of his lefte arme, whiche was as drie as the braunche of a withered tree. Moreouer, he ſaied vnto me, that he did not remember nor coulde tell whether that chaunced vnto him, either by ſickneſſe, or by ſome wounde or hurte. The ſaide arme was become ſmaller then the other almoſte by halfe, ſo that the ſaide arme had almoſte no ſtrength at all, and coulde not helpe it ſelfe in no wiſe. I cauſed him then to bee annointed with the ſaide oyle (whiche I had ſet in the Sonne the Somer of the yeare 1547.) by the ſpace of .ij. miſerere, & made him tarie in the Sonne vntill the ſaied oyle was cleane dryed vp, and had perced thorowe the ſaied arme: and within .lv. daies, men did perceyue and ſee perfitelye that the veynes gaue nouriſhment vnto the membre. Nine daies after, the arme was as full of fleſhe as the other: and with the helpe of god, was as whole and ſound, as though it had neuer been hurte. This ſaide oyntment or oyle is a precious thing, and good for al colde infirmities, & for the gout: and ſpeciallye for all contractions or ſhrinkinges together of ſynowes or membres, and woundes, albeit, the man were wounded in the middes of the bodie, in putting into it this oyle, ſhal a miraculous thing beſeene: and it is alſo good for the ſinowes. As I came from Ieruſalem in the yere 1518. in a ſhippe, of the whiche the maiſter was called Peter de Chioggia, we were ſet vpon by fiue foyſtes of Pirates, on this ſide Corphu, and one of the Mariners ſo attainted with the ſtroke of a gonne that he had his arme bruſed and broken, and with the ſame blowe another hurt in the breſt. The Phiſition would haue cut of the arme. But among other things that I caried about with me, I found a bore of the ſaid oyntment, wherwith I anoynted his arme, and in the ſpace of ſixe or ſeuen days, he was healed miraculouſly. I haue made many experiences, aſwel vpon myſelf, as vpō others: and hauing giuen of it vnto diuers men to ayde them ſelues withall, they haue tolde me that they haue foūd in it a meruelous vertue & operation. If you make this oyle in the time when the herbe of S. Ihons wort is found, ye ſhal putte in the herbe, the bloſſome, and the ſeede: but if it be in the time when it can not be foūd, after ye haue made the firſt decoctiō of the dog, as we haue ſaid, ye ſhal boyle the oyle & the greaſe once againe, putting to it the oyle of S. Ihons wort, whereof we haue ſpoken afore, or as ye may get it: that is to ſai, halfe aſmuch as al the oyle and greaſe is. And if ye can not find biſmalua or wild mallowes, ye may put in ſtede of it, y• oyntment called Dialtea, which is found cōmonly at the Apoticaries. And when ye wil boyle the dog in the kettle, it ſhalbe good to put to it, thre torteſes that liue on the lande and not on the water, and ſo ſhall the ſaid oyntment be very excellent for the goute. A certein man of mine acquaintaunce, of the age of thirtie yeres, vexed with the gout, whome I made take of this oyle, and anoynt himſelf a litle in the place of the griefe, and about it, putting to it two partes of oyle roſat, one part of oyle violet, & two partes of the ſaid oyle of the dogge, told me that he had found a merueylous eaſe and helpe by it. And the ſaid griefe returning againe foure times at ſondrie times, yet anoyntinge himſelfe therewith thre times (as is aforeſayde) the paine came vnto hym no moore in the ſpace of three yeares that wee were in Rome together, whiche was the yere 1514. And thys man was called Diego, a Portugall, and dwelte at the mount Iordan. Sith that tyme, being gone to Veniſe, and from thence into Leuaunt, I haue heard nothynge of hym.

To make an oyntment, the moſt excellent in the worlde, whoſe vertues are infinite, as we will declare afterwarde. VVhiche, Princes ought to commaunde to be made and kept in their cōmon wealthes: and that it ſhould be made in the preſence of Phiſitions, as Triacle is made: or at the leaſt euerie man ought to haue it in his houſe, and ſpeciallie bycauſe a man may make a great quantite of it: and the lenger it is kept the better it waxeth.

TAke firſt oyle Roſet, the oyls of Violettes, the Oyle of Neuuphar, oyle of Spick, oyle of the herbe called Coſtum commonlie called Cocus or herba marie, the oyle of Bay, oile of Nutmegges, the oyle of the bloſſomes of Iaſemin, of eche of them a pounde. The oyle of Nutmegges, and of Sinamom, is made in ſeething, Nutmegges, or Sinamon wel ſtamped, in oyle Oliue. And in the like maner, ye may make the oyle or decoction of Xilobalſamum, of Carpobalſamum, of lignum Aloe, of Mirrhe, of Frankenſence, of the gūme of Iuie, of Maſticke, and of Cloues, and it ſhall ſuffiſe onely, to put in the oyle of theſe ſaid ſpices, half as much as eche of the other mounteth vnto, that is to ſay, half a pound. Likewiſe muſt ye make oyle of Campher, but ye muſte not ſeeth it, but onely warme the oyle Oliue, in a litle pan and poure it ſo vpon the Campher a good way of from the fire: than muſt you ſoubdaynlie couer it: for the Campher is ſo fine and delicate, that it would incontinent breath out and vaniſh away: and therefore dothe the Campher cleaue vnto the lidde, and ſides of the pan bicauſe it cannot get out. You muſt put onlie halfe an vnce of Campher, for euerie two or three pounde of the whole quantite of the other oyles together: than adde to it, a pounde of the oyle of Turpentine, made by diſtillation, and three vnces of the oyle of Storar liquida: after this, put all theſe oyles ſo mingled together, into a great cawdron or kettell tinned within, which muſte be high and narrow, to the ende that all the thynges, that ye will put in, maie afterwarde be well couered, with the ſaied oyles: And the ſayde cawdron, ought to haue a couer that maie cloſe him well and iuſtly: than ſet it vpon a ſmall fire, and put in three of theſe blacke Vipers, iij. Todes .x. of theſe litle beaſtes, called in latine Tarantulae or Stelliones, which be like vnto Liſardes, hauinge ſpottes on their backes like Starres, and .l. Scorpions. And if ye can get anie other venimous beaſtes, put them in quicke, if not at the firſt time, at the leaſt at euerie time whan ye can haue them: and after you haue well couered and cloſed the cawdron, giue it but a light fire, the ſpace of .v. or .vi. daies. It ſhall be good to ſet the ſaied cawdron, in maner of a Fornayſe, as it were to make Salt peter, or as Sope cawdrons be ſet: than after, by the ſpace of a day, make the fire a litle greater, vntill all the venimous beaſtes be broken into pieces, and almoſt conſumed in the ſayd oyle, wherinto it ſhould be good, to haue put firſt, a pot of good white Wine. Than hauing taken the cawdron from the fire and taken all the ſayde beaſtes, preſſe them or wringe them hard in ſome canueſſe or linnen cloth, weat[•] with white Wine. Than take the oyle of Saincte Ihons wort, compounde, as we haue before declared, halfe as muche as all the oyle of the ſayde beaſtes, and the thyrd part of the oyle of the redde dogge, mingle all well together, and put to it the bloſſomes of Selandine, the bloſſomes of Sainct Ihons worte, ſuche a quantite as you will, puttinge alſo to it, a handefull of white ſalte, the iuice of Taxus barbatus, and of white Dictamū, at your diſcretion: the iuice of Criſpina rubra, if ye can gette it. This Criſpina rubra, is a herbe like vnto a Thiſtle, and is taken of Ioannis Agricola, to be the brier called Reſpis: but it hath leaues l[•]ſſer, and tenderer than a Thiſtle, and is eaten almoſt in euerie place, in Italie, in Salades. And there it is called in ſome places, Cardonello, and in Veniſe, Sigone. The red Criſpin is in al poinctes like vnto the white and greene, and differeth in nothynge, but in colour: it is a verie precious herbe. I ſaw once a man, that clefte a yonge Kiddes head, almoſt a ſunder: and after layde to it, onely the iuice of the ſayde redde Criſpin: and ioyned the head together, and bounde it with a bande: and in two daies the Kidde was healed, as ſounde as he was before. Alſo it is verie good, in the time of a Plage or peſtilence, as wee will afterwarde declare. Than, if you can get of the iuice of the ſaied Criſpina, or Cardonello, ye ſhall put a pound of it, with the ſaid oyles, and as much of the iuice of Carduus benedictus, a pounde of the flouers or bloſſomes, of the ſaid Carduus benedictus, an vnce of Lignū Aloe in pouder, and an vnce of Saffran. Set all theſe thinges well mixed together, in the Sunne, all the whole Sommer time, in diuers veſſels of glaſſe, or of earth leaded within, wel couered with paper or linen clothe. And keepe it as a precious thyng: whoſe vertues to expreſſe, it is impoſſible. The ſaied oyle is excellent good, principallie for all maner of contractions, and ſhrinkinges of the members, of a mans bodie, and of woundes, as well olde as freſſhe, againſt Fiſtules, Cankers, and the diſeaſe called in latin Struma, whiche is a ſwelling in the throte, of gathered matter and bloud, whiche wee call in Engliſh, the Kinges euil, or the Quinſes, whan the place of the ſore is rubbed with it, or when Towe weate in the ſayde oyle is laied vnto it, and beginnyng in the firſt quarter of the wane, or decreaſynge of the Moone, (with the grace of God) the ſayd accidentes, ſhalbe healed before the new Moone. Alſo the ſaied oyle, is good againſt all maner of venim or poyſon, beyng annointed about the hart, if the Poyſon be taken at the mouth: and if a man be bitten with anie venimous beaſt, or hurte with anie intoxicated weapon, ye muſt wryng well the bloud out of the wounde. and than rubbe the place, and round aboute it with the ſaied oyle. It is alſo good for anie mēber that is ſtiffe, and nomine, and almoſt for all diſeaſes that can chaunce vnto mans bodie, wherunto anie outward application is made of it.

¶A verie true and proued remedie, agaynſt a Quartayne ague.

[〈1 page missing〉] iij. or .iiij. graynes of Frankenſence, of the male kynde otherwiſe called Olibanum: than couer agayne the ſaied hole, with the litle peece that you toke of firſt, & roſte it ſo vpon the embers, ſo that it burne not, but that it may waxe tender. Than take it from the fire, and breake it into .iiii. partes, with all the Frankenſence in it: and ſo giue it the pacient to eate, it will by and by, make the Apoſtume to breake, & heale him cleane. The foreſaied Smith, had al readie ſhutte his teeth, ſo that men were fayne to open them with a ſpoone or knife: and ſo they put of it into his mouthe, as well as they coulde, and ſtraight way he tourned with his breaſt, vpon the beddes ſide, and ſpitte out a great parte of the matter, that was come forth of the Apoſtume broken: and therupon ſlept more than .ix. houres, and whan he waked, he called for meate, & found him ſelf thorowlie whole, which was a thyng worthie to giue God thankes for.

Another ſecret, or remedie, agaynſt the ſaied diſeaſe of the Pleureſye.

TAke the flower, that ſticketh on the bourdes and walles of a Mille, and make therof paſte with water: and ſo make litle cakes, of the bigneſſe of a grote, or ſomewhat more, and hauing baked or fried them, in an yron ladie, or in a friyng pan, with the oyle of Scorpions, lay one of them ſo vpon the place, where the patient feeleth his greef, and that as hote as he maie endure, rubbynge, and annoyntyng it with the ſaied oyle of Scorpions: and whan one of the cakes is almoſt colde. Lay to another very hote, & heate the firſt againe in the ſaied oyle, and ſo conſequentlie take awaie one, and put to another .x or .xv. times, and ſhortlie after the Apoſtume ſhal breake, and in ſpitting the matter oute, the patient (with Gods ayde) ſhall be healed.

Another good ſecret agaynſt the ſame diſeaſe.

OPen a white lofe new baket, in the middle, and ſpread it well with good Triacle, on bothe the halfes, on the crommie ſide, and heate it at the fyre: than laie one of the halfes, vpon the place of the diſeaſe, and the other half on the tother ſide of his body directly: and ſo binde them, that they ſturre not, leauynge them ſo a daie and a night, or vntill the Apoſtume breake: which I haue ſometime ſeen doen, in .ij. houres or leſſe. And than take awaie the breade, and immediatlie the patient will begyn to ſpit, and voide the putrifaction of the Apoſtume, and after he hath ſlept a litle, ye ſhal giue him ſome meate, and with the helpe of God, he ſhall be ſhortlie healed.

Another remedie againſt the ſame diſeaſe.

TAke a toothe of a wilde Bore: and if the payne holde him in the right ſyde, ye muſte take the tooth of the right iawe: if otherwiſe, ye muſt take the lefte tooth: yet not withſtandynge. it hath been founde by experience, to be all one of whiche iawe ſo euer it were. Scrape the ſaied tooth with a knife, vpon a cleane table, or vpon a paper: than take of the ſame ſcrapynges, as muche as you maie laye vpon two grotes, and giue the pacient drinke of it, with a litle Barley water, or in the brothe of litle redde graines like vnto Ciche peaſon, or with white Wyne with a litle water. This hath alwaies bene founde verie good and true.

To make a water, good for the breaſt or ſtomake, of the which men vſe to giue them drinke, that be tourmented or greeued with the ſtitche in the ſide, or pleuritike Apoſtumes the whiche water is of a verie good ſauour, and mondifieth meruclous well the breaſt or ſtomacke.

[〈1 page missing〉] the ſpace of two Miſerere: and then waſſhe the legge well (that is to ſaye the wounde and rounde aboute the wounde) with the ſaid wine luke warme. Then take theſe pouders folowing, that is to ſaye, Ariſtolochia, both of long and rounde, Maſticke, Myrre, Dragons bloud, called in Engliſhe Pellytorie of Spaine, Aloe epaticum, Nyll, called in Latyne Tutia, the barke or ryne of gourdes burned, of eche of theſe an vnce, Nummia, or as ſome call it, Humia, and Boale armoniacke, of eche of them a quarter of an vnce well ſtamped, and ſtrayned, laye all vpon the ſaid griefe: than take the herbes boyled in wine, as is aforeſaide, and binde them vppon the wounde with a bande, in chaungyng it twiſe a day, or at the leaſt once, and you ſhall ſee the legge healed in fewe daies.

¶To heale ſwollen knees or legges, redde, and full of humours: a ſecrete merueylous good, eaſie to bee made, and of lytle charge, and often times proued.

TAke the ſkinne of a dogge, yf you may get it: or if not, take a white lambes ſkynne, or elles the ſkinne of a kidde, and cut a piece of it as broade as the palme of youre hande, or moore, and another piece of the length of your hande, or ſomewhat moore: then melte in a pan on the fier theſe thinges folowing: roſen of a Pine tree two pounde, Galbanum .v. vnces, Maſticke an vnce, Muſke, Amber, Tyuet, of eche of them ſixe graynes, or as muche as you wyll, & breake the Maſticke betwene two papers: then put the roſen and the Galbanum to melte in a panne with a ſmall fier, and when it is well melted, ye ſhall putte the maſticke to it, and ſturre them well with a lytle ſtycke, to the entent that nothing burne. After this lay it abrode whote as it is, vppon the ſaide ſkinne halfe a fynger thicke. Then take twelue or fiftene of theſe litle beaſtes called Monkes peaſon or ſowes (whereof is founde a greate quantitie vnder ſtones in moyſte places) and theym in a morter, with a litle Barrowes greaſe[•] make thereof an vnction or oyntment to laye vpon the ſaide plaiſter of the ſkinne, heatyng the ſayd ſkynne at the fier, and laye it vnder the knee, or vnder the calfe of the legge, harde bounde, and leaue it ſo two or three dayes: but if the legge be hearie, ye muſt ſhaue the hear awaye with a raſour, for the plaiſter woulde els cleaue to it, when you take it of agayn, if you find that it hath made litle bladders, perce them, and wipe them cleane. This doen, waſhe them with the wine, wherin the decoction of the Agrimoyne, the Oliue leaues, the Roſes, and plantaine was made: and ſo wype and drie theym againe. Make cleane alſo the ſaide plaiſter, remouynge and ſturryng a litle the oyntment: and after hauynge heated it againe by the fyre, lay it againe vpon the leg. Dooe thus euery thirde or fourth day, and you ſhall ſee that the plaiſter ſhall haue drawen vnto it ſelfe in a ſmall time a great aquoſitie of the legge, and ſhall haue taken away the redneſſe, inflamation, and ſwellinge. And if there bee a wounde, you ſhall heale it, as we haue aboue ſayde.

A verye ſure and perfect remedie agaynſt a Sciatica, often tymes proued and experimented in diuers partes of the worlde.

FYrſte make this confection that foloweth. Take thre pounde of rawe honny, and put it in a panne with two glaſſes full of water, and make it ſeeth or boyle together, vntyll you ſee the ſkūme or froth mounte vp, the whiche you muſte take away. Then take the rootes of the herbe called in Latine Acorus and in Engliſh Galingale, or of the herbe called yelowe Gladen, make them cleane, cut them in ſmal pieces, and ſtampe them well. Take of theſe herbes one pounde for the ſayde thre poundes of honnye, and put them by lytle and lytle into the ſayde panne, alwaies ſturryng them a litle, letting them ſo boyle, by the ſpace of a good houre.

Then put to it alſo an vnce of fine Synamom wel beaten into pouder, take it ſo from the fier, and keepe it in the ſame panne, or in ſome other veſſell. Giue vnto the patient of this conſerue at night when he goeth to bed, about foure or fyue ſponefulles, and in the mornynge early as muche or more. Giue him alſo thereof before his meales and after: the oftner he eateth of it the better he ſhal be. If it be in winter, heate it for him a lytle: and while he thus vſeth it, let him alwaies ſit vpon his buttockes, that is to ſay: vpon the bone or huckle wher the Sciatica is, with the plaiſter declared in the chapter before, that is to ſay, of yt Roſen, Galbanū, Maſticke, the litle beaſtes called Monkes peaſon or ſowes, with the reſt there mencioned. Then, at the ende of ten dayes take it of, and laye it other ten dayes vppon his thigh. And from thence take it agayne, making it cleane, mixing and ſturring it a newe, and laye it vnder the calfe of the legge tenne dayes more: and at euerye tyme you ſhall ſee that it wyll haue engendred litle puffes or bladers, and drawen to it ſelf al the aquoſitie and watriſhnes, in ſuche ſorte, that it wyll take awaye the griefe and heale it. This is a verye rare ſecrete agaynſt ſuche a diſeaſe, whiche verye fewe Phiſitions colde hitherto fynde certayne remedie for. If in caſe the diſeaſe bee olde or hath runne longe, giue the pacient ſometyme this gliſter folowyng. Take Mallowes, Mercurie, Fenell, greene or drie, Wormewode, Rue, wilde Cucumbers broken, as muche of the one as of the other: than, put to it two handfulles of branne, ſeeth all in common water, vntill the thirde parte bee deminiſhed: and ſo let it coole againe. After this, take a diſhe and a halfe full of this decoction, three ſponefulles of ſkimmed Honnye, oyle of Camemille, and oyle of Rue, of eche of them an vnce and a halfe: mingle all well together, and make a Gliſter of it, whiche you ſhall miniſter vnto the Pacient in the mornynge: and ſo make him lye vpon that ſide where the Sciatica is. Two dayes after ye ſhall giue him another Gliſter, after three dayes another: and than foure dayes after yet another, continuyng ſo a moneth together. If the griefe be ſo indured and hardened that it wyll not behealed by the aforeſaid remedies, you maye giue him Pilles the thyrde daye after, the fourth daye, the fyfte daye, and ſo vnto ſyxe or ſeuen tymes. But the Pylles wyll profit the Pacient nothing at all vnleſſe he abſtayne from eatinge ſalte or ſharpe meates, and from all ſortes of pulſe corne, as Peaſe, Beanes, Tares, and Fitches, and ſuche other: lykewiſe from drinking water, or white wyne. Manye haue been healed onely with the ſaide plaiſter, not leauinge to dooe their buſineſſe abrode notwithſtanding: other haue alſo vſed the conſerue. But in ſo manye yeres I haue had but two vpon whom (for to take awaye the diſeaſe being olde and farre goen) I was conſtrained to vſe the ſayde Pilles and Gliſters, whereby they were healed. I had alſo one, whiche vſed but only the plaiſter and the conſerue, of whom the huckle bone was out of ioynt, and hardened, and with the ſaied remedie he was perfitly healed in the ſpace of three ſkore and tenne daies, and the ſaied bone retourned againe into his former place and ſtate: but he tolde me that whileſt he vſed the ſaid plaiſter and conſerue, a Nonne counſeyled him to take from daye to daye, foure times, the bigneſſe of a Nutte of Turpentine waſhed in Borrage water, and that he ſhould not tell me of [•]t, whereby he founde him ſelfe healed in ſhort time.

A water for to heale in fiue dayes at the moſte, all maner of great ſkabbes, as well inwarde as outwarde: and is a water cleare and white, and is of an odoriferous ſauour, ſuch as a man may preſent to a Queene.

TAke Plantaine water two glaſſefulles, Roſe water a glaſſefull, of the water of the floures of Cytrons or Orenges halfe a glaſſe full, or leſſe: put all thys together in a cleane panne or violle of glaſſe: and put to it an vnce of Sublyme, that is to ſay: quicke ſiluer, ſuch as commonly is founde at the Apoticaries: it muſte bee well beaten to pouder. Then let it boyle [〈1 page missing〉] his bodie, as longe as he maie, and he ſhal finde it verie excellent.

Another remedie againſt the ſame diſeaſe.

TAke half a glaſſe, or leſſe, of the iuice of Barberies, whan they be verie redde, and ripe, and put into it as muche red Corall, well beaten in pouder, as will lie vpon two grotes, and giue the patient drinke therof.

Another perfect remedie againſt the ſame diſeaſe, and to make a man piſſe that hath bene .iiij. or .iiij. daies without makinge water, and that in the ſpace of half an hower, and will breake the ſtone within .x. or .xij. daies.

TAke fine pouder of Virga aurea, and put a ſponefull of it, into a new laied Egge, ſoft roſte, and giue the patient drinke therof, in the morninge at hys breakefaſt, and lette him not eate at the leaſt in foure houres after, and than ſhall he make water in leſſe thā halfe an hower. If ye vſe this continuallie, the ſpace of x. or .xii. daies, as is a foreſaid, you ſhall make him piſſe out the ſtone without anie paine or greefe.

Another remedie agaynſt the Stone and payne of the raynes.

TAke the ſeedes of blew Violettes, or march Violettes, the ſeedes of common Burres, with theyr litle poddes and all, or ripe Burres a pounde, put them to drie in an Ouen (for otherwiſe it wil be a hard thyng to ſtampe them) ſtamping them afterward with their ſeedes. This doone, take a quicke Hare, & ſtrangle him with a corde, to thentent there be none of the bloud loſt: put him ſo whole, or in peeces into ſome veſſel, feete, guttes, head and all: than put him to burne in an Ouen, ſo that all, as wel the bones, and the ſkinne, as the fleſh bee brought to pouder, this dooen, ye ſhall ſtampe it well, and mingle the pouder with the two other pouders aforeſaied: drie Oken leaues, well beaten to pouder .iiij. vnces, drie Saxifrage or Sampire, halfe a pounde, Bay berries .v. vnces. Let all theſe thynges be well beaten in pouder, ſifted, and mixte together.

Giue of this pouder vnto the pacient, as much as wyll lie vpon a grote, makynge him to drinke it, in the mornyng, to his breakefaſt, in white wine, and let him doo this often times. It is the moſt exquiſite thyng in the worlde, as well for the grauell, as for the ſtone: but for the grauell, you muſt take leſſe, and not ſo ofte as for the Stone.

The laſt, and the moſte excellent remedie of all, agaynſt the ſtone, be it in the reignes, or in the bladder, of what qualite or quantite, ſo euer it be.

IN the moneth of Maie, when Oxen go to graſſe, or be at paſture, ye ſhall take of their dunge, not to freſh, nor to drie: than diſtille it faire and ſoftlie (to thende it ſmell not of the ſmoke) into ſome veſſell of glaſſe, or earth leaded within, of the whiche dunge will come a water, without ſauour or euill ſtenche, whiche will be verie good, to take of all maner of ſpottes, or blemiſhes in the face, if you waſhe it, with it, morninge and eueninge. You ſhall keepe the ſaied water, in a Violle wel ſtopped: than take .iij. or .iiij. Radiſhes, ſuch as menne eate in ſalettes, cut them ſmall, & put them in a Violle, and fill vp the violle with wine greeke, or good Malmſey, or other good white wine, lettyng it ſtand ſo in the Sunne, and in the ayre, a daie and a night. Than take one parte of that wine, two partes of the ſaied water, of the Oxe dunge, halfe a parte of the water of Stawberies. iij. or .iiij. droppes of the iuice of Limons, or Citrons: and let there be of all theſe waters, ſo proportioned together, halfe a glaſſe full, or ſome what more, into the which, you ſhall putte a peece of Suger, or a litle Honnie roſet: for the one and the other, ſerue as wel to the ſauour, as to the profite of the ſubſtaunce. After this, you ſhal put to it ſome of the pouder mentioned in the Chapiter before, as much, as will lie vpon a grote, and than giue the patient drinke of it, and ſhortlie after you ſhall ſe a wonderfull effect[•] for manie, vnto whome I haue giuen of it, haue not tarried half an hower, but they haue piſſed, in the whiche piſſe, they haue founde ſo manie litle ſtones, that all together, came to the bigneſſe of a Walnutte, and of others, vnto the quantite of a haſel Nutte: in vſinge often the ſaied remedie, they haue finally bene perfectly healed. I cauſed once a gentilman of Millan, to take of it by the ſpace of .xii. daies, whome the Phiſitions eſtemed as dead, & would haue cut him, but in the ſpace of the ſaied .xij. daies, I made come out of him ſo many ſtones, that all together came to the quantite of an Egge, I made him make his water thorow a linnen cloth, laied ouer an Vrinall, to the intente, to take vp the ſtones together: and the thirde mornynge, he woulde take the glaſſe, a litle more than halfe full, and ſhortlie after, beyng about to make water, he began to crie out, for the great paine he felte in his yarde: after this payne was paſte, lookyng in the linnen cloth, he founde a ſtone as longe and as bigge, as a Bene, ſomwhat pointed at one of the ſides, which paraduenture, in paſſyng thorow his yard, cauſed him to haue all that payne. Now, although that manie, as well of olde time, as now of late daies, haue written diuers and ſondrie remedies, againſt the ſaied diſeaſe, yet was there neuer founde a ſurer, truer, or preſenter remedie, than this. The ſaied water and the pouder, may be kept longe, but you muſt at euerie time renew the wine of the ſaied Radiſh, and the iuice of the Limon or Citron, for in the ſpace of two daies (the wine chieflie) giueth ſuch a ſent, that a man maie ſkant endure it.

For him that ſpittet[•] bloud, by hauing ſome veyne of his breaſt broken.

TAke Myſe dunge, beaten in pouder, as muche, as will lie vpon a grote, and put it into half a glaſſe full, of the iuice of Plantain, with a litle Suger, and ſo giue the patient drinke therof, in the mornynge before his breakefaſt, and at night before he go to bed. Continuyng this ſame, you ſhall make him whole and ſounde.

Agaynſt the greefe in the Lunges, and ſpittinge of bloud, a thyng experimented.

TAke an herbe called Farfara, or Tuſsilago, of the Apoticaries Vngula caballina, Coltes foote in Engliſh, the Frenche men call it, pate de lion. Incorporate it wel, with the larde of a Hogge, chopped, and a new laied Egge: boyle all together in a panne: and giue the patient of it to eate, doyng this .ix. mornynges, and you ſhall ſe a meruelous thynge. This is alſo very good, to make a man fatte.

Agaynſt the paine of t[•]e flankes, of the reynes, and all other greefes.

TAke three quarters of an vnce of Stora[•] liquid[•], Capons greaſe, or Hennes greaſe, the greaſe of a Gooſe, the greaſe of a Ducke, of eche of theim .v. dragmes, of oyle reſet .iiii. dragmes, of redde War .ii. dragmes and a halfe, of Butter half a dragme: melt the greaſes, the oyle, and the Butter altogether, power them together, and mingle them. Than hauyng put to it the Stora[•], ſpredde it vpon a linnen cloth, and ſo laie it hote vpon the place of the greefe, and you ſhal incontinent ſe him whole.

¶Agaynſt the ſtinkinge of the breath.

TAke Roſemarie leaues, with the bloſſomes, if you can get them, and ſeeth them in white wine, with a litle Myrrhe, Sinamom, and Bengewin: and takyng of the ſaied wine often times in your mouth, you ſhall finde a maruelous effect.

¶Agaynſt the bytyng of a madde dogge, and the rage or madneſſe that foloweth the man after he is bitten.

TAke the bloſſomes or flowers of wilde Thiſltes, dried in the ſhadow, and beaten into pouder, giue him drinke of the ſame pouder, in white Wine, halfe a Walnut ſhell full, and in thriſe takynge it, be ſhall be healed: A thynge founde true by experience.

To take a waie the dead fleſh, that commeth or groweth in the noſe.

TAke the iuice of Leekes, that haue not bene twiſe planted, and adde to it a litle greene wax, and make an oyntement therof, puttyng to it a litle of the fine pouder of the leeſe of wine, and put often times of this oyntment in the noſe of the pacient, and you ſhall ſe a meruelous thyng.

For one, which (with falling from ſome high place) feareth to haue ſome thinge broken in his body.

TAke halfe a glaſſefull of oyle Oliue: and put into it, pouder of the ſeede of Creſſes, the quantitie of halfe a Walnut ſhelfull, than giue it the patient to drinke, at once, or at twiſe. It ſhalbe good to let hym bloud, immediatlie after he is fallen, or as ſoone as is poſſible, and as ſoone as he is let bloud, giue him thys drinke. And he that cannot drinke the oyle, let him take the pouder with wine. If you cannot get the ſeedes of Creſſes, giue him of the pouder of Mene, of the which there is alwaies inough found at y• Apoticaries: if he be bruſed or hurt outwardlie, annoynt the ſore place with oyle Roſet, and than lay vpon it, the leaues of Myrnis, and of dried Roſes, and ſo ſhall you heale him parfitlie.

A verie good and eaſie remedie, againſt the diſeaſe, called the Kinges euill.

TAke the herbe called Farfara, Fole foote in Engliſh, well ſtamped with his rootes, and beynge myngled with the flower of the ſeede of Line or Fla[•]e, and the greaſe of a Barrow: make therof a plaiſter, and laie it vpon the ſore, changyng it twiſe a daie, and all the ſores of the diſeaſe, ſhall bee reſolued into ſweate. After thei be healed, waſhe often the place with white wine, by the ſpace of .x. or .xv. daies.

Another remedie againſt the ſame diſeaſe.

TAke the ſtones of a horſe, and put them in a Fier pan, among the embers and coles, leauyng them there, vntill they may be beaten into pouder, than giue the patiente drinke of the ſaied pouder, in white wyne, the quantite of two pennie weight, continuyng this the ſpace of .xxi. daies: by this meanes you ſhall make him caſt out at his mouth, all the ordure and filth of the euill, and ſhall heale him thorowly.

To know whether a woman, ſhall euer conceiue or not.

TAke of the ruen of a Hare, and hauing frayed and conſumed it,^[5] in hote water, giue it the woman to drinke, in the mornyng at her breakfaſt, than let her ſtande in a hote bathe: and if there come a greefe or payne in her bellie, ſhe maie conceiue: if not, ſhe ſhall neuer conceyue.

A verie rare remedie for to take the kernels out of a mannes throte, in fiftie daies at the f[•]rtheſt.

TAke the rootes of Walwort, well waſhed, and boyled in white wine, and take alſo, theſe thinges folowyng: Sponge burned half a pound, & two hundred cornes of Peper. Al theſe thynges beyng well beaten into pouder, boyle them, in the ſaied wine, with the Walwort rootes: and hauinge ſodden them wel, poure out the wine, and kepe it in a viol wel ſtopped in ſome moyſt place, than giue the patient of this wine to drinke, three times a day, at euerie time a glaſſeful, that is to ſay, mornyng, noone, and night.

And while he vſeth this, he muſt eate no other breade but Barley breade, and drinke his wyne without water. He muſt alſo abſtayne from eatyng any maner herbes, Fyſh, Garlick, Beetes, or other ſuch like. Thys maner of regiment, ought a man to begyn, at the full moone, continuyng vntill the ende of the ſame, and after vntill the quarter encreaſynge, of the nexte Moone: that is to ſaie .xlv. daies, and without doubt the patient ſhal be healed.

Another remedie, eaſier to be made.

TAke drie Camomill redact into pouder, & mengled with Honnie, then take in the mornyng, a ſponefull of it, into your mouth, and as muche at night, lettyng it go downe of it ſelfe: vſe this continually, vntill you be healed, vſe good gouernemēt as is afore ſayde.

A thinge proued, and experimented, to be verie tra[•] againſt the ſame diſeaſe.

TAke Polipodium (whiche is an herbe, like vnto Ferne) growyng vpon the ſtumpe or ſtocke of a Cheſtnut tree, if you can get of it: if not, take of the other, and beate it into pouder, giue the patient drinke thereof, with wine or Honnie, twyſe a daie, at eche time, as muche as will lie vpon a grote: continue this, by the ſpace of .xxi. daies beginnynge at the quarter decreaſyng of the Moone, and keepynge alwaies good diet, as is aboue ſaid, he ſhall be whole.

To make the ſkinne ſtretch and returne agayne into his place, after the kernell is healed.

TAke the knoppes that remaine on the Roſe ſtalke, after the Roſes be fallen of (whiche be like beadeſtones, facioned like an Egge) with the ſeede that is in them, Alom of the [•]ocke, the flower or bloſome of a Pome granade, of eche of theſe a like quantitie. Seeth them in white Vinaigre, vntill half be conſumed, put to it alſo half as much as al the reſt, of Ros ſyriacus or Rhus. Which the Apoticaries call Sumach, or Sunach, ſtamped, & boyle all agayne, vntill all the Vinaigre be almoſte wholy conſumed. And of that which remayneth, annoynt the place rounde aboute: and by that meanes, ye ſhall cauſe the ſkinne to ſtretche, and come to his place, as it was before.

A verie exquiſite remedie agaynſt the diſeaſe called in Latyne Augina, and in Greeke Synanche, whiche is an inflamation of the Muſcle of the inner Gargill, the French men call it Squinancie, in Engliſh Quinſey.

TAke the water of Scabioſe, a pounde, of Aqua vite, an vnce, mengle them together, and laye it vpon the ſoore, or griefe, and you ſhall finde the Pacient whole in three houres.

Another agaynſt the ſame diſeaſe.

TAke Swallowes, bake them in an ouen, beate thē to pouder, and laye them vpon the griefe thorowe the mouth if it be poſſible: if not you ſhall entermingle it with Honnye roſet, and a litle Flower or Meale, of Amylum, & then put it in his mouth, letting it goe downe of it ſelfe, and you ſhall ſee a merueylous thinge.

Another agaynſt the ſame ſickeneſſe.

TAke oyle of Romaine vitriolle, and put two or three droppes of it, in white wine, with the which you ſhall gargle or waſhe your mouth and throte often tymes.

A verye good remedye agaynſt the kinges euyll.

TAke Ceruſe or white Leade well ſtamped foure vnces, oyle Olyue, eyght vnces, let this boyle together fiue or ſixe houres, ſtyrring it continually: and when it is waxen or become verye blacke, it is ſodden ynough: then ſpreade it vpon a lynnen cloth, and laye it vnto the place of the ſoore: yf the ſoores be broken, they will be healed incontinent: if not, they wyll reſolue and leuſe, and ſhortly heale thorowly.

To heale the ſame diſeaſe by a ſubſtance taken at the mouthe.

DReſſe a Henne as it were to eate, ſo that ſhe bee boyled in a great potte or caudron, with a greate deale of water without Salt, letting it boyle vntyll all the bones bee ſeperated from the fleſhe: then take the ſaied bones and drie them in an ouen, or at the fier, ſo that they bee not burned or waxe blacke, after this beate them well to pouder, and take of the ſeede of Seſamum, beaten well likewiſe into pouder, & mengle it with the pouder of the Hennes bones, as muche of the one as of the other. And ſo take a ſponefull of the two pouders, and mingle it with Honnye, cauſing the Pacient to eate of it at night when he goeth to bedde, and in the morning when he riſeth. This ought to be doen from the beginning of the quarter decreaſinge of the Moone vnto the ende: It is a verye excellent ſecrete. It alſo happened to me of ſome men, in whome the ſayed diſeaſe was ſo olde and ſo farre gone that this ſaied remedie coulde not helpe them, whome I cauſed to take with the ſaied pouder ſpecified as foloweth, whiche ought to bee made after this maner. Take a certayne litle Serpent called a Slowe worm[•]: boyle him in oyl[•] Olyue, vntill he bee broken and conſumed, then rubbe the euyll with the ſayed oyle, and lay pieces of towe vpon it, leauing it ſo three or foure daies: and after that, make a newe anoynting, and laye tow to it againe as before. By this ſaied remedie I healed them perfitlye, thankes bee vnto God.

A heauenlye water which hath many goodly and [••]table Vertues, as we ſhall ſhewe you after.

TAke Cloues, Nutmegges, Ginger, Zeduaria, long Pepper, rounde Pepper, the ſeede of Ienuper, Orenge pilles, the bloſſomes or floures of Sage, Baſyll, Roſemary, Maioram, roūd Mint, Bay berries, Pēnyryall, Gentian, Calamintha, the floures of Elder, the flowres of white and redde Roſes, Spicknarde, lignum Aloes, wilde Cubebes, Cardamomum, or graines, whiche the Apoticaries call Granum paradiſi, fine Cynamom, Calamum Aromaticum, Sticados, Chamedrios, called in Engliſhe Germander, Camepitheos, Melligetta, Maſticke, Enſence, of the male kinde, Aloe epaticum, Anyſe ſeede, the ſeede of Maioram, or Maioram gentle, drie figges, drie Raiſins, Dates, ſwete Almondes, kernelles of a Pyneaple, of eche of theſe an vnce, white Honnie, ſixe vnces. Then take Suger waiyng aſmuch as all the ſaied compoſition, and mengle well all together, putting alſo to it Aqua vite waiyng as muche as all the ſaied ſubſtaunce, but the ſaied Aqua vite muſte bee diſtilled fiue times thorow a Limbecke, receyuinge alwaies the beſt: and mingle all the ſaied thinges together in the ſaied water: then put all into a violle well ſtopped, leauing it ſo the ſpace of two dayes. Then afterwarde you ſhal ſette it vpon the forneſſe wt his Limbecke and recipient, diſtillinge it with a ſmale fier, wherof wil come a cleare and precious water, continue ſo the fier, vntill the water begin to chaūge his colour, and come forth white: then chaunge the recipient, and receyue the ſaied white water a part, for it is not good, but for to blaunche and make white the face, and there is neither ſpotte nor lyntell, or anye kinde of redde burgeons in the face of a man, the whiche, beinge waſhed with this water by the ſpace of fiftene daies wil not go out, and weare away, leauinge the face and the ſkynne white, ſhininge and well ſauouringe. This is a verie rare kinde of waſhinge, and meete for great ladies and princeſſes. You ſhall mi[•]e the firſt water whiche is cleare, with Aqua vite of like quantitie, the whiche is called Mel balſami. Nowe hauinge putte and left all theſe thinges in a violle well ſtopped, the ſpace of two dayes, ſet it to diſtill with a ſmal fier, then receyue and put the firſt water by it ſelfe, whiche will diſtill verye cleare, and odoriferous. When you ſee that the water beginneth to come forthe like raine water, chaunge your recipient, and receyue that ſame likewiſe by it ſelfe, vntill you ſee the thirde water come out, whiche will bee of ſanguyne colour, the whiche you ſhall powre into a violle, and ſtoppe it well with waxe: keepe it diligentlye as a precious thinge: for it hath many notable and excellent vertues, of the whiche the beſt bee theſe that folowe. The firſt is, that if you laye a lytle of it vpon a freſhe wounde, there neede no other medicine to cure it. The ſeconde is, it is good for al old woundes, againſt the Canker, the wormes, and againſt Nolime tangere, and all other diſeaſes growinge, ye muſt weate the ſoore places with it euerie ſeconde or thirde daye once, and by thys meanes, in the ſpace of fyftene or twentie daies, he or thei ſhalbe healed. The thirde is, that if anye manne haue a Carbuncle, or Saynct Antonies diſeaſe, called commonlye in Italye and in Fraunce, S. Antonies fier, or other peſtilenciall ſyckeneſſe, and waſhe the place with the ſaied water, will it kil it within an houre. The fourth is, it is good againſt the paine of the eyes, ſo that the eye bee not out, or loſt: if you putte a litle droppe of it into the eye in the morninge, and as muche at nighte, it will heale the paine in fiftene daies. And althoughe it bee ſomewhat prickyng, yet the griefe of it paſſeth ſoone away, ſo that it can not in any wiſe hurte the eyes. The fifte is, that if any man haue the ſtone in the raines of his backe, and in the bladder, & drinke three droppes or a dragme of it with a litle white wine, he ſhalbe delyuered therof in few daies. The ſixte is, that it healeth the Emeraudes or Pyles, if they bee waſhed with it euerye daye once. The ſeuenth is, that it healeth all maner of diſeaſe or pain of the Matrice & the colick, when a ſponeful is dronke of it with the broth of a henne, or of cabbeges. The eyght is, that when a man batheth the ſhronken and endured ſynowes of the bodie, they ſtretche, and heale in fewe daies. The nynth is, that it healeth runnyng and watrie eyes, when a droppe is put into them in the morning. The tenth is, that it is verie good to heale all maner of ſkabbe, ſkurfe, and other like thinges, waſhing them with it often times. The eleuenth is, that if a man put a droppe of it into his eare at night or in the morninge, it taketh awaie all the griefe and wormes that engender in the eare. The twelfth is, that it healeth all venemous bitinge, when ye waſhe the venemous place with it, and is farre better for ſuch an accident then the triacle is. The thirtenth is, that it killeth all wormes in mannes bodie, if a man rubbe his noſeſtrelles, or drinke a verie litle of it. And finallie, it is alſo verie good for venemous hurtes or woundes, and for all woundes incurable. It healeth the kinges euill, and the diſeaſe called the fallinge ſickeneſſe, and all other infirmities in the exteriour partes of the bodie, and with this water maye a man waſhe hym ſelfe, or elles drinke it. It is alſo good for euerye colde ſickeneſſe, and reſtoratiue for olde folkes, or thoſe that are conſumed and debilitate with hunger, ſickeneſſe, or ſorow of mind. It conſerueth the radicall moyſture, and naturall heate, it mainteyneth health, and keepeth a man in longe life, who ſo euer vſeth it as it oughte to bee vſed.

Pilles of a Meruelous operation and vertu, agaynſt the Sciatica, which we promiſed to ſpeake of in the chapiter of the Sciatica.

TAke [•]illes Alephangines, of Hermodactil maioris and minoris, of eche of them a ſcrupule which is the thyrde part of a dragme .ij. graynes of ſalt Gemma, diſſolue and ſtyrre them with the iuyce of roſes, and make of all this ſubſtaunce fyue pylles, and at the begynninge, when the Sciatica is feruent and greate, you ſhall take of the ſayde fyue pylles euery fower dayes: and when it begynneth to declyne and aſſwage, you ſhall take them onely the fyfte day, than, the ſyxt, the ſeuenth, and the eyght daye, vntyll all be done: and take them alwayes in the mornyng at the breake of the day, abſteynynge at the leaſt ſix or ſeuen howres from meat. Nowe, although that the ſayde pylles be not for a man to kepe his chambre, and that they prouoke not to the ſtoole, yet ye muſte not drynke anye whyte wyne, nor water, nor eate anye ſalte thynges, nor anye kynde of pulſe corne, as beanes and peaſon, with ſuch other like nor oynyons, garlyke, or ſuche lyke, yf the diſeaſe be inueterate, olde, or farre gonne.

☞A notable ſecrete to heale a madde man, be it that the madnes came vnto hym by a whyrlynge, or giddyneſſe of the heade or brayne, or otherwyſe.

FYrſte of all make hym fower Glyſters, in fower morninges, one after another. Let the fyrſte glyſter be ſymple: that is to ſaye, made with water wherin ye haue boyled or ſodden wheat bran, commun oyle, and ſalt. Let the ſeconde be of water ſodden with malowes, mercurye, pellitory of the wal, and violet leaues, with oyle and ſalte. Let the thyrde be of water boyled with oyle, ſalte, ſodden wyne, and honny. And let the fourth glyſter be of the lyke decoction that the thyrde was, adding to it end[•]ue, buglaſſe, and the toppes of the braunches of Walwort. And after that this decoction is ſtrayned, ye ſhal put to it an vnce of Caſsia fiſtula, and halfe a quarter of an vnce of Metridate. Nowe, hauynge giuen him theſe fower glyſters fowre ſondry mornynges, you ſhal geue hym this medecyne. Polipodium of an Oke well ſtamped, a handefull or twayne, and wrynge oute the iuyce of it, and put it in a glaſſe the quantite of two fingers high, puttinge to it two vnces of hony roſet, and a quarter of an vnce of Electuary roſet, and as muche of dyafenycon. All theſe thinges beynge wel incorporated together, geue them vnto the pacient to drynk at night when he goeth to bedde .ij. or .iij. houres after the ſonne ſette, and geue it hym luke warme: if in caſe he wil not take it, bynde hym, and holde hym parforce, make hym open his mouth, put ſome ſtycke between his teth, and than powre the medecine into his throte, as men do vnto horſes. And when he hath taken all, if it be in Wynter, you ſhall make hym ſytte ſo vpon his bedde half an howre, well couered rounde about, to thintent he take no colde after it: yf it be in Sommer, ye may let hym go aboute the houſe where he wyll, but ſe that he go not out. When the medecine hath done his operation, take this oynctment folowynge: that is to ſaye, a pound and a halfe of the iuyce of the rootes of Walwort, wherunto you ſhall adde as muche butter: boyle this together a good whyle, vntyll all the iuyce be almoſt conſumed, than put to it oyle of Camomill, oyle roſet, oyle of ſaynt Iohns wort, of eche of them an vnce. Incorporate well all theſe thynges on the fyre, and make therof an oynctment, wherwyth you ſhall annoynt the pacient frome the necke vnto the fete, armes and legges and all: but the oynctment muſt be hote, and he muſt be ſo well annoycted and rubbed that the oinctment may penetrate and perce thorowe. Contynue, doynge this the ſpace of a moneth, annoyntynge hym euery euenyng and mornynge, or at the leaſt once a daye. The thyrde or fourth day after you haue begon to annoynte hym, burne him with a hote yron vpon the ſeame or ioynynge together of the head, and at the firſt lay vpon the marke a linnen cloth with barrowes greaſe, leauynge it ſo the ſpace of viij. or .x. dayes: and after wrappe a greate Cyche peaſe in yuy leaues, and put vpon the ſayde yuy leaues a pece of the ſole of a ſhoe made fyne and thynne, byndynge it vnder his throte with ſome bande, or beneth his heade, ſo that it may bide on, and chaunge it alwayes at night and in the mornynge. If in caſe he paſſe fowre monethes and receyue not health, or returne to his wytte, ye muſte begyn agayne to geue hym the ſame glyſters he had before, and the ſame medecynes, annoyntyng hym as before: and withoute doubte (by the grace of God) he ſhalbe hole. He muſt eate at the begynninge chyckens, mutton, and roſt veale: after, you maye gyue hym roſte and ſodde with pottage of Amylum, beetes, and mallowes, and alſo newe layde egges, puttynge ſpices in his meate, cauſynge hym ſometyme to eate, (eyther in his pottage or otherwyſe) betayne, ſage, maioram, & mint, not ſufferinge hym in any wyſe to take ſalte, ſharp, nor aygre thynges, pulſe corne, Garlike, Onyons, nor ſuch lyke, ye may geue hym white wyne with water: let him alſo cary euer about hym ſome good odours, and heare melodye or muſicke: ſpeake oftentymes ſoberlye and wyſelye vnto hym, admoniſhinge hym to be wyſe and ſage, rebuke hym of his folye when he doth or ſpeaketh any fonde thynges. And in ſuche cace the auctoritie of ſome fayer woman auayleth much to tell hym all theſe thynges, for good admonitions are of great vertue, and ſtrength, for to ſtablyſhe and ſettle a brayne troubled or dyſquieted with any ſyckneſſe or paſſion.

☞Pylles of maſter Mychael a Scot, the whiche heal the greife or payne of the heade, be it inueterate or recent, purge the brayne, claryfye the ſyghte, cauſe a man to haue a good memorye, good colour in face, and be alſo very good for many infyrmities.

TAke of Aloe waſhed .iij. ſcrupules, the rootes of wylde gourdes, of al ſortes of Mirabolanes, of the confection made with Scammony, called Diagridion, Maſti[•], Bay berries, and Roſes, of eche of them halfe a dragme, of Saffron a ſcruple, Myrrhe half a ſcruple: ſtampe all well together, and make thereof Pylles with the iuyce of Colewortes, and take three or foure of theim whan you goo to bedde, euery thyrde or fourth daye once.

☞Agaynſt the payne of wemens breaſtes, a very excellent remedye.

TAke the yelkes of two newe layde egges, the weyght of two pence of newe Waxe, a lytle oyle roſet, a lytle Nyll, called in latyn Tuti[•], prepared and trymmed in Roſe water, ſet all this on the fyre to melte in a cleane pan, and whan it is colde agayn, ſpred it vpon a lynnen cloth, and laye it to the ſore breaſtes, but you muſte haue fyrſte waſhed the ſayde ſore places with whyte wyne, wherein hath ben ſodden leaues of Roſes, Plantayne leaues, and the leaues of an Olyue tree, both greene and drye, and after hauynge wyped and dryed it agayne, laye the playſter to it, dreſſed and prepared as I haue ſayde, and incontinent the ſore ſhal he healed.

☞To ripe a felon, Cattes heere, botch, byle, or other apoſtumes or ſwellinges, whiche haue nede of quicke and ſodayne ripinge.

TAke crommes of breade, Rayſins dryed in an Ouen, or otherwyſe, and than well ſtamped, Butter, Hogges ſuet, Leuen, cowe mylke, and a lytle Saffron. Make of all this an oyntmente and laye it vpon the ſore, puttynge fyrſt a lytle Saffron in poulder vpon the very place where you wyll haue it breake, and vpon that the playſter, leauinge it ſo vntyll nyght, and chaunge it mornynge and euenyng, ſo ſhall you make it ſoone rype and breake, then dreſſe it with oyle roſet, and yelkes of egges one whole daye, after that purge awaye the ordure and fylth with ſome drawynge oyntment. Fynally you ſhall laye to it the oyntment of Aloe and Tutia, or ſome conſolidatiue or healyng oyntmentes.

☞To reſolue a felon, Cattes beare, byle or botche, at the beginninge.

TAke the rootes of wilde or marſhe Mallowes called of the Apoticaries Biſmalua or Maluauiſcus, mūdified and made cleane, and cut in ſmale pieces, well ſtamped in a morter of ſtone. Than take ſome great potte or caudron that holdeth ſixe or ſeuen great violles filled with water, & boile in it theſe things folowinge: Lickerous, Iſope, greene or drie Sage, Roſemary, Carduus benedictus, figges, drie Raiſins, Amylum of Barley, or Barley flower, of eche of theſe thynges at youre diſcretion, and as muche of the one as of the other: and adde to it more, a handfull of Succorie, wyth hys rootes, lette all thys ſeeth in the ſayde caudron or kettle, the ſpace of an houre, or a houre and a halfe, and then lette it coole againe ſo that you maye well endure your hande in it. Than take oute all the ſaid ſubſtaunces, and putte them in a cleane canueſſe, and wring out all the ſubſtaunce into the ſaied water in the kettell: put in it alſo two or three pounde of the ſaid rootes of Maluauiſcus ſtamped, as before, then ſet it to boyle and ſeeth againe three howres or more: take it from the fier, and doe as you did at the firſt time: but if it had ſo muche ſodden that all the rootes were broken and conſumed, it ſhoulde not neede to haue ſtrayned or wronge theim thorowe a canueſſe. This doen, take the decoction of it, and ſet in a potte vpon the fier, with as muche Honnie, or litle leſſe, leauing it to boile ſo faire and ſoftlye, taking away the ſkomme that ſhall come of the Honnye. After it hath thus boyled a good ſpace, adde to it an vnce, or as muche as you wyll of Sinamon, and a quarter of an vnce or more of Bengewine ſtamped, & a litle Muſke: then take it immediatly from the fier, and couer it, to the entent it take no vent: ſpecially, if you haue putte in the muſke, whiche would elles vaniſhe awaye with the ſmoke, wherefore you maye putte in the Muſke when the water is luke warme after it is taken of: So ſhall you haue an excellent conſerue to vſe and occupie all the winter, as well at night, as in the morning, and at all times when you liſt, but you muſte at euerye time you take warme it againe, and take thereof .ij. or .iij. ſponefulles at a time. And if you wil haue it thicker, put to it pouder of ſuger, or Penides: & if you wil haue it clearer, ye muſt put to it a litle more of the firſte decoction, whiche we haue ſpoken of. This ſecret is of ſuche excellencie, that if a man vſe of it in the winter, as afore is ſaied, it is not poſſible for him to bee vexed or turmented with the cogh, rumes, murres, catarres, or anye other like diſeaſe.

A goodlye and pleaſaunt ſecrete to beale the cogh, in rubbynge the ſoles of the feete: and is a thing verye eaſye, and certayne.

TAke two or three Garlike heades, well mundified and made cleane, ſtampe them well, than put to them hogges ſuet, and ſtampe them well a newe: and at nighte when you gooe to bedde, warme well the ſoles of youre feete, and annoynt them well with the ſaied confection, and then warme them again as hote as you maye endure, rubbing them well a pretie ſpace: and being a bedde lette your feete bee bounde with ſome warme linnen clothe, and rubbe alſo the ſmall of your legges with the ſaied oyntment, by thys meane you ſhall bee healed in three nightes were the cogh neuer ſo vehement. If you wyll at youre meales vſe of the ſaied decoction in youre wine, or otherwiſe, you ſhall finde your ſelfe wel at eaſe in your ſtomacke, and head, and ſhall the better driue away your cogh, and all other euill diſpoſitions of the bodie.

A verye goodly and eaſye remedie to heale in a daie or twaine, all maner of inueterate and olde woundes, wherein is growen dead and ſuperfluous fleſhe, and woundes that can not bee cured by anye other medycynes.

TAke three vnces of Turpentine (firſte waſhed in commune water, and then in Roſe or Plantaine water) and the yolke of an egge, an vnce a glaſſe full of the ſaied wine: but you muſt haue taken firſte a Walnutte, a Figge, and twoo or three litle braunches of Rue. If you dooe this in the morninge, you ſhall bee aſſured for that daye.

An oyntment to make an apoſtume breake, and the ſoore of the plage to fall of.

TAke a quarte and a halfe of common oyle, and ſette it on the fyre in ſome veſſell, then putte to it foure vnces of Ceruſe or white leade well ſtamped, litarge of ſiluer verie fine and thinne, three vnces, common Waxe, four vnces, and leaue it ſo long vpon the fyre, vntill you maye ſpreade it with youre finger vpon a marble ſtone. This doen, take it from the fier, and powre a litle vinagre vpon it, but you muſte holde it farre of, to the intent it leape not in youre face: than make of this oyntment a plaiſter, as greate as all the ſoore, and make a hole in the middes of it as bigge as a peny: after this, make a litle plaiſter of ſome oyntment that mortifieth, of the bignes of y• ſaid hole: than make another plaiſter of the ſame bignes, the which you ſhal laie vpon the ſoore, ſo that the plaiſter with the mortifiyng oyntment bee betwene bothe, and leaue it vpon the ſoore the ſpace of .xxiiij. houres, than chaunge onely the middle plaiſter, that is to ſaie: he that mortifieth, and put another in his place, the which you ſhal alſo let lie foure and twenty houres: and before that the plaiſter bee laied rounde aboute and ſtretched, annoynt the place verie thicke with freſhe Hogges ſuet, or Hennes greaſe, to mollifie it, and ſo you ſhall make it harde in the middle, and rounde aboute you ſhall make a circle of tender fleſhe, in ſuche ſorte that the ſoore wyll breake oute and come forth. And the eyght and fourty houres once paſſed, after you haue taken of the plaiſter, lay vpon it another plaiſter made with freſhe Hogges greaſe, and immediatlye will fal of from it a dead fleſhe in maner of a rounde pommell, and there will remayne a hole, the whiche you muſt heale with ſome oyntmente or elles with Diaculum magnum: & when the fleſhe beginneth to growe, laye to it burned Alom, by the ſpace of foure and twenty houres, and then the ſaied oyntment vpon it.

❀ Another remedy agaynſt the plage.

TAke the toppe of Rue, a garlyke heade, or halfe a quarter of a Walnutte, and a corne of ſalte: eate this euery morninge, continuing ſo a moneth together, and be merry and iocunde. This receipt is alſo good agaynſt wormes.

❀ Another very good remedy againſt the plage.

TAke Aqua vite, the water of wyld perceley, called in Greke Melliſſophyllon, Melyphyllon, and Melinon, and in latin Apiaſtrum, and Plantayne water, of eche of them a pounde, and whan you will vſe of it, whiche you ought to do daylye, you ſhall take as muche of thone as of thother, ſo that all together mount to the quantitie of two fingers hygh in a glaſſe, & than drinke it, ſo ſhall you be preſerued and ſaulfe from the plague. This water is alſo good for fiſtules, and woundes, and is well tryed and experimented.

Another perfecte recept agaynſt the plague.

TAke a violle, or ſome other glaſſe, and fyll it vnto the thyrde part full with fyne tryacle, and one thyrdendeale, or thyrde parte with Aqua vite, and the other thyrde part with the vryne of a yonge man childe that is a vyrgyne, and helthfull: myxe all well together, and giue the pacient drinke therof three morninges, that is to ſaye, euery morning a glaſſefull. This hath ben proued in Venyſe, the yeare 1504.

¶Another agaynſt the plague.

AS ſone as the perſon fealeth him ſelfe infected, let hym take the beſt Triacle he canne finde, and after hauinge ſwallowed downe a parte of it, let him take of the ſame the bygneſſe of a Cheſtnut, and lay it vpon the ſore that beginneth to riſe, rubbinge it well rounde about with the ſaid Triakle. Incontinent after this you muſte take a Pygeon, and cut him in the middes quick, fethers and all, lay him to the ſore warme as he is, and let him lie on it, vntill that parte of the Pigeon be waxen and become grene, and the Triacle redde: then take it of, and you ſhall ſee that out of the Pigeon will come a greene water, whiche is all the venim that was in it. Ye muſt afterward cure the place with this plaiſter folowinge. Take two partes of freſhe Barrowe greaſe, and one parte of wormewood well ſtamped, and laye it vpon the ſore.

☞A thing oftentimes proued and experimented againſt the plague.

TAke Maſtic two vnces, Euphorbium an vnce, Spicknarde .v. vnces, beate this into poulder, and geue it the patient to drinke. If he be vnder .x. yeares of age, geue him a ſcrupule of it. If he be of yeares frome x. to .xx. halfe a dragme: but if he be aboue .xx. yeares olde, ye ſhall geue him a dragme, than take the herbe called in Greke Pentaphilon, in latine Quinquefolium, and in Engliſhe Cinkfoile, and wrappe it like a round apple in a piece of linnen cloth, layenge it ſo vnder whote imbers by the ſpace of fowre Miſerere, and after hauing taken it out againe, cut it in three pieces in the myddle, and laye it vpon the ſore or griefe, which you ſhal cauſe to ceaſe immediately.

❀ A preſeruatiue agaynſte the plague, oftentymes proued.

IN a daungerous time, take .iij. little braunches of Rue, a Walnutte and a figge: eate all this, and you ſhall be ſafe.

Another.

TAke the dunge or excremente of a yonge boye betwene ten and .xij. yeares of age, and drie it, and after beat it into poulder: This done, put of it at the moſt two ſponefulles in a glaſſe of white wine, and geue it the pacient to drinke at the leaſte ſixe houres after the greife taketh him, and the ſooner the better. This hath ben founde true in many men.

❀ Another.

TAke the iuyce of a white Onyon, Hony, Vynaigre, the iuyce of Rue, and of Saint Iohns wort, of eche of them a like quantitie, mixe all together, and geue the patient to drinke thereof two thirdendeales of a glaſſefull, but let him haue it whote, and before the ſixt houre after the paine ſhall haue taken him: This done make him ſweate as much as he may in his bedde. This hath ben founde of great perfection, and experimented vpon diuers men.

❀ In a ſuſpecte tyme of a plage.

TAke Pulliole or Peniroyall, in latin Pulegium, with Sugre roſet, and make an electuary, the which you ſhall vſe and eate, in a ſuſpect time of a plague, at your breakefaſt, the quantitie or bygnes of a Cheſtnut, this haue men proued, and founde good.

☞Another well tried and proued agaynſte the peſtilence.

TAke Walnuttes when they be grene, tender, and good to make [〈◊〉] or preſerues, put theim in Vynaigre [〈◊〉] of .viij. dayes, than take them oute againe [〈…〉] theim in pieces, puttynge theim ſo into a [〈…〉] Vinaigre, and ſtille the water of [〈…〉] you ſhall geue the patient drinke euer [〈…〉] a glaſſefull, and whan he hath dronke it, let him ſweate well in his bedde.

❀ A very perfyte ſecrete againſt the plague.

TAke an vnce of Aloe Epaticū, halfe an vnce of Myrrhe halfe an vnce of Saffron: beate into poulder and ſifte the Aloe and the Myrrhe together, than beate the Saffron in poulder, ſtiepe, and ſoke it, or waſhe it with white wyne very ſtronge, ſo that it be like a ſauce, than put the other poulders to it, and mixe well altogether, yf nede be you maye put more wine to it, ſo much that of all may be made as it were a lumpe, and ſo pilles. And if you wil make it very ſtronge, for euery vnce put to it halfe an vnce of Diagridrum, and halfe an vnce of Camphyre. Maiſter Fraunceſſe Albert toke three eight partes of the ſayde Pilles, without Diagridium, ſokynge and ſteepinge them in good wine, and gaue them to the patient as ſone as he coulde: and ſo made him ſweate muche in his bedde, for by ſweatinge the venom dydde reſolue.

❀Another very good ſecrete.

TAke the flowers or bloſſomes of Walnuttes, and drye them in the ſhadowe, and whan the Nuttes be in ſeaſon to confict, you ſhall cut part of them into ſmall pieces, the whiche you ſhall put in ſtronge Vynaigre by the ſpace of three dayes: than take th[•]im oute, and mengle them with the ſayde flowers, diſtilling them thorowe a Limbecke of glaſſe, or of earth leaded within: kepe this water diligentlye, and whan anye man feeleth him ſelfe taken or infected with the plage, geue him of it as ſone as is poſſible two vnces and a halfe, or thre vnces, and you ſhall dryue awaye the diſeaſe by the courſe of the belly, or by vomitynge, or elles wyl make the ſore or botch to come forth, the whiche you ſhal make rype and breake, as we haue afore declared.

☞To make a carbuncle, and al other botches, apoſtumes and plague ſoores to breake, a preſent remedye and very eaſy to make.

TAke Baye Salte well beaten into poulder and ſifted, incorporate it with the yelke of [•]an Egge, and laye it vpon the carbuncle or ſore, and be aſſured that (with the grace of God) it wil drawe to it ſelf all the venim and poyſon of the plague or ſoore, ſo that in ſhorte time he ſhall be cured: A remedye oftentymes proued.

❀ A very good remedy agaynſt the markes of the plage, commonly called Goddes markes.

TAke freſhe and greene Rhaponticum, which is the herbe and rote called the more and great Centorie: it is named of Pliny (as Ruellius writeth) Rhacoma, the rotes of the herbe called Sanguinaria Dactilon, of ſome Dens canis, of Dioſcorides Coronopus, that is to ſaye, crowes fote. Some take it to be Dandelion. The rootes of Turmentylle, white Dictanium, of eche of theſe an vnce, ſtampe all well, and put it in a pot or vyole, with well, riuer, or cunduyte water, at your diſcretion, rather to muche then to litle, vntyll it paſſe halfe a handfull aboue the other thinges in the potte or more, then let it boyle with a lytle cleare and flaminge fire without ſmoke, vntil it be diminiſhed of the third part, than ſtraine it out ſoftly, and it will be of the colour of wine, kepe it in ſome veſſell of glaſſe, and whan neceſſitie requyreth, you may geue the patient a glaſſefull of it in the morninge, and as muche at night, two houres before ſupper, and it, muſt be very hote: than couer him well in his bedde, and make hym ſweate. Whan the markes come forth, he ſhall become like a lazar or leper and ſhall be ſhortly cured.

❀Agaynſt the mortalitie of the peſtilence, a verye perfyt remedie.

TAke Gentian, Seduaria, rootes of Turmentille, of eche of them two vnces, redde Sandale, whit and recent Dictanium hartes horne burned, white pearles, Bole armenick, rounde Ariſtolochia, of eche of theim an vnce, Campher halfe an vnce, white Sugre two vnces, of all theſe thinges well beaten to poulder, you ſhal take at euery time a dragme, with thre vnces of endiue water, or ſorell water, myre the water and the poulder with the bigneſſe of a Walnutte of fine Triacle. You muſt miniſtre this medicine before the ſickneſſe hathe continued with the perſon twelue houres, for it is than ſurer. If in caſe after the twelue houres it worke not ſo well as you woulde haue it, yet muſte you haue a good hope. And if the patient be yet in the age of infancy, you ſhall geue him halfe a dragme of it, with an vnce and a halfe of one of the ſayd waters, and with a like quantitie of Triacle. The ſayde drinke is not ſoluble or laxatiue, nor cauſeth no greif to him, but onelye killeth the poyſon. If any man had dronken or eaten anye poiſon, this is a verye good medecine for him: it is alſo good agaynſt a hote feuer or ague. Note alſo that (if it be poſſible) the patient muſte be let bloude before he take the ſayde medecine: if not, let it be done afterwarde, that is to ſay, on the ſame ſyde that he fealeth the greif.

☞To make litle rounde apples or balles agaynſt the plage.

TAke Laudanum halfe an vnce, Storax calamita an vnce, Olambre diamuſci, of eche of theym halfe a dragme, Campher two graynes, Cloues fiftene graines, Nutmegges, Mace, of eche of them halfe an eyghte parte, damaſkine Roſe a ſcrupule, Synamom halfe a dragme, Spicknarde fiftene graynes, Muſke, C[•]uet, of eche of them eyghte graynes, fine Uiolettes halfe a dragme, lignum Aloes foure graines, Calami aromaetici the bigneſſe of a Beane, fine Amber foure graines, Myrre the bigneſſe of a Beane. Stampe firſte the Laudenum with a hote peſtell, than ſtampe well the Storax calaminta, and all the other thinges eche one by it ſelfe: and than mixe all together, and ſtampe it ſtill with a hote peſtell, addinge to it at euerye time Storax liquida, and Roſe water, vntill all the ſaied thinges bee well incorporated: and than make youre rounde apples or balles.

An oyntment to kill the plage.

TAke Sope makers water, and boyle it vntill it waxe or become as it were an oyntment, than take of the woode of Willowe, or Beeche, and burne it: after, quenche the coles in vinagre, and drie them in the ſhadowe, in ſuche ſorte that a man maye ſtampe and ſift them. Take alſo quicke lime at youre diſcretion, and mingle it with the ſaied Sope water: then take the ſame pouder vntill you haue ynough, and halfe an vnce of freſhe and ſweete Hogges greaſe or ſeyme: mixe all together, after this dooen, take of lytle greene wormes ſhininge with a gloſſe like golde, bred in the toppe of Aſſhes or Oliues, called in Latyne Cantharidae or Cantharides halfe a dragme, beate theym into pouder and mixe theym together, with the reſt, making an oyntment ſomewhat harde: leaue it ſo in ſome veſſell well cloſed and ſtopped, and if there ariſe anye oyle vpon it, take it of fayre and ſoftlye.

A verie perfite oyle againſt the plage and all poyſon.

TAke oyle of the eldeſt you can finde, and boyle it the ſpace of an houre, & for euery poūd of the ſaid oyle, put in .l. ſcorpiōs, or as many as you can get, put all this in a pot vncouered, the which pot you ſhall ſet in a kettle or caudron of boylinge water, vntill the thirde part of the oyle or ſomewhat leſſe bee conſumed. Than take oute the Scorpions, and powre the oyle thorowe a canueſſe into another potte, or violle well ſtopped, whiche you ſhall ſette in the Sunne the ſpace of two or three monethes: if it bee not in Sommer, ſet it vpon hete aſſhes, by the ſpace of three or foure dayes. [〈1 page missing〉] ſit vppon the botche or ſoore, or the place of the plage, and holde her ſo a good while. Then you ſhall ſee that the ſaied Henne will haue drawen all (or at the leaſt ſome) the poyſon and infection, and that ſhortlye after ſhe will die. It ſhall be good to dooe this with twoo or three or moe Hennes, immediatlye one after another, the whiche will drawe all the venom oute of the ſoore. This doen, annoynt the place with good Triacle, and let not in the meane time to vſe other remedies by the mouth, whereof we haue ſpoken here before, that is to ſaye, the Yuy or Baye berryes, or ſome other remedie, that you finde muſt redie. If the ſoore bee ſo harde that it will not breake, you maye vſe the foreſaied remedies to make it breake, to the intent that all the venom may comme out, and voyde from the heart.

☞An aduertiſement and warnynge of greate importauuce, to preſerue a mannes ſelfe in tyme of peſtylence.

BEcauſe the euyll humours that be in mannes bodye, do eaſelye receiue the corruption & infection of the ayer, it is good to kepe the ſtomacke, and the head cleane purged, not to ouerlade it with eatinge and drinkinge, but to abſteine frō groſſe meates, to purge him ſelfe as ofte as is poſſible, with ſome gentill and familier purgation, as Caſsia, pilles, as the pilles of Maſticke, of Aloe, or of other ſuche like thinges, and aboue all, to vſe often of the leeſe of wyne, called Tartre, whiche you muſt beate well in poulder, and ſtiepe it with hote water, & than ſtraine it or dreane it fayer and ſoftely out: Afterwarde drie it thorowly, as men do white ſalt, than kepe the ſame poulder, and put thre vnces of it with a pounde of ſugre roſet, and in the morninge take a good ſponefull thereof vntill there be an vnce or more, and do this from day to daye, for it will kepe your body cleane, and purged: and he that can not do it with Sugre roſet, let him take the leeſe ſtamped, and ſtiepe or waſſhe it in the broth of fleſhe or of colewortes, ſturringe it vntill al be leuſed and vndone that may be leuſed, then let it ſtand a while, and after powre ſoftely the broth into a diſhe, caſt awaye the ſubſtances that go to the bottome, and drinke the broath: do this euery daye at the houres of your meales, or at the leaſt euerie ſeconde daye, or whan you ſhall thinke good. It ſhalbe good alſo to eate in youre pottage, thinges that purge the bloude, as Buglaſſe, Borrage, Succorie, Let tyſe, and ſuche lyke: and aboue all not to kepe your ſtomack ouer charged, nor to emptie: and in the morninge betime, to take ſome of the foreſaied preſeruatiues, as the poulder that was experimented in England (as we haue recited) or ſuche other like. Than .ii .or. iii. houres before dyner to take ſome of the ſayde other preſeruatiues, as the Rue with a figge, and with the Walnutte, whiche is a thinge very good, or ſome of the ſayd confections, or a piece of the pille of a Cytron conficte, or a ſponefull of the iuyce of Citrons dreſſed as we wyll declare hereafter, and to vſe of it at meales in maner of a ſaulce, and after meales to vſe of the ſeede of Citrons confict in Sugre, as they make the Coriander, and Almondes, whiche is a thinge verye good agaynſt all maner of venim and poyſen. And lykewiſe at your meales to eate the white and the inne ſide of a Cytron with a litle ſugre if you wyll, and to eate it with fleſh, or bread (as men eate lemons) in the morninge, at none, and at night when you go to bedde. It ſhuld be alſo very good to bath and waſhe youre handes, youre temples, youre poulſes, and poure noſe with Vinaygre roſet, or with other, wherevnto you muſte put a lytle Campher, roſe water, Lignum Aloes, Xilobalſamum, if you can gette it, if not, a lytle Sinamom in ſteede of it. It is good alwaies to kepe ſuche maner of Vinaigre beſide you in ſome viole, for to vſe of it whan time ſhall require: for it is a very good preſeruatiue: and if you can not haue the Vinaygre compounde, as is ſayde, vſe Vynaygre of common wyne. Alſo it ſhall be good to cary about you ſome parfume, or good odour, either in your gloues, ſhurte, handkercher, cappe, bearde, or to hange it aboute your necke, or otherwiſe. Your houſe oughte to be kepte as cleane and as nete as is poſſible, not ſauoringe of pyſſe nor other ordure, ye ought to kepe it ſhut, waſhinge often the gutters and priuies. Ye muſte alſo kepe as fewe foule and ſtincking clothes in your houſe as is poſſible. Riche men ought oftentimes to parfume theyr houſes with ſome notable parfume, wherof we will put in the booke folowing a good nombre. Poore men may make prouiſion of leaues, and of the woode of a Baye tree, of Roſe mary, Ienepar, Cypres, and to vſe it as often as they may, burninge it in the myddes of theyr chamber, or houſe, and principally at night and in the morninge. Likewiſe of Orenge and lemmon pilles, or other ſwete ſmellinge thinges. Storax calamita, and Labdanum, be good chepe and are very good for this purpoſe. As concerninge the diſpoſition of courage and minde, ye muſt conſider that ſorowe, ſadneſſe, or melancolie, corrupte the bloude and other humours, weaken the hearte, and depraue & hurte nature, therefore ought a man to auoide them as much as is poſſible. Alſo if a man be to merrye oriocunde, it dilateth, and enlargeth the pores and paſſages of the ſeede of man, and the harte, ſo that he is the more enclined to receiue the euyll ayer, and venim, whiche are thinges▪ that penetrate and pearce ſore. Alſo a man muſt beware of drinkinge to muche wine, for it maketh merry and chereth a man out of meaſure. Now becauſe that in time of a peſtilence euery man is afraid, ſo that he thinketh that a man can not ketch the diſeaſe, in being to merry (onles it be ſo that he be dronke, as is ſayd) but contrarye in beinge to ſadde or ſorowfull: for ſorow & ſadneſſe come of them ſelues, not ſought after: Therfore it is good to vſe temperance, and moderatiō, walkinge and recreating him ſelfe honeſtly, not vſing to muche carnall companie or copulation. And aboue all, a man muſte haue alwayes a ſure hope and confidence in God, euer to hee readye and diſpoſed to dye, when it ſhall pleaſe him to call vs, not eſtemynge ſo muche this mundaine life, or fearinge ſo muche death, whiche is none other thinge than an iſſue or departinge oute of this life full of calamities, and an entring into an eternal life repleniſhed with all ioye, ſolace, and pleaſure.

☞To dreſſe and order the Iuyce of Cytrons, for to vſe of it as is afore ſayde.

TAke the Iuyce of Citrons as muche as you wyl, and put it in a panne leaded within in, than adde to it twoo vnces of ſkimmed Honnye for euerye pounde of the ſaied Iuyce, a lytle Sugre after your diſcretion, a litle Synamom in poulder. Let thys boyle a verie litle while together, and than keepe it and take of it before youre meale, and at youre meales, in ſteede of ſauce, whiche is a verye good remedie, as well for to preſerue a man agaynſt the infection of the ayre, as to driue it awaye after he isfected with it. It is alſo a very good medicine for to take as ſoone as a man doubteth to haue receyued ſome poyſon into his bodie.

¶The ende of the fyrſte booke.

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take Muſke, Amber, and Ciuet as muche as ye will, in a veſſell ſuche as parfumours vſe, and put to it. iii. or iiii. droppes of fayre water: after this, tempre it with a lyttle roſe water, vntyll it be lyke tender and ſofte paſt: than ſet the veſſell for to parfume and ſmoke vppon the fyre, lyke as men parfume chambers: and ſe that all the fume and ſmoke he receyued thorowe the ſayd nuttes. This done, you ſhal take out of it the oyle which wil be very excellent, as well to vſe alone by it ſelfe, as to parfume gloues, and all other thynges.

☞To make an odoriferous and ſweete water, verye good.

TAke twelue pounde of Damaſke roſe water, Lauander water, Cloues, Synamom, of eche of them a dragme, Mace, great Cardamomum, Muſke, Amber, of eche of them halfe a ſcruple, drie Pylles of Citrons, Sandalum citrinum, Ireos, of eche of them halfe a dragme, Bengewin, Storax calamita, of eche a ſcrupule, and of all this make a compoſition, the which you ſhall put in a veſſell of glaſſe well ſtopped, leauinge it ſo by the ſpace of fiftene daies. Afterwarde let it bee diſtilled in Bal[•]eo Marie, the maner whereof is deſcribed in the firſt booke, and the water that ſhall iſſue oute of it, put in a violle well ſtopt in the Sunne the ſpace of fiftene dayes, and than ſhall you haue a water of greate excellencie.

☞The ſeconde odoriferous water.

TAke the leaues of Damaſke roſes, the freſhe leaues of Gylle flowres of eche of them a pounde, the flowres of Roſemarye, the flowres of Lauander, the flowres of Iaſemyn, Maioram, Sauourye, Serpyne, or Serpille, called wilde Time, or running Time, which groweth on olde walles, ouer welles and pondes: and in ſome places it ſmelleth like time, and in ſome places lyke to Sauourye, it is called in Latyne Serpyllus or Serpillum, in Frenche du Serpolet, of theſe three vnces, of drie Citron pilles an vnce. After this Synamom, Bengewine, Storax calamita, of eche of thē two dragmes, Nutmegges, Macaleb, of eche of theym a dragme: but you muſte ſtampe well the herbes, and bray the ſpyces wel, then put all together in a earthen potte leaded: and after it hath ſtande in the Sunne, by the ſpace of twoo daies diſtille it in Balneo Marle. And to the water that iſſueth out, putte a ſcrupule of fine Muſke, lettinge it ſtande afterwarde in a violle of glaſſe well ſtopped by the ſpace of twentye or thyrtye dayes. Then ſhall you haue a notable water.

The thyrde ſweete water.

TAke ſixe pounde of Damaſke roſe water, a glaſſe full of Malmſey, three pounde of Damaſke roſe leaues freſhe and newe, Lauander flowres, the flowres of greene Spike, of eche of them foure vnces, the flowres of Cherfoyle or Cheruille, flowres of Iaſemine, the flowres or bloſſomes of Olyue trees, of eche of them a pounde and a halfe, the drie flowres or bloſſomes of Orenge trees three vnces, of the drye pilles of Cytrons foure dragmes, cloues a dragme and a halfe, Synamom, Storax calamita, Bengewyne, of eche of them two ſcrupules, Nutmegges a ſcrupule. Let al the ſaied ſpices fyrſt bee well beaten into poulder, and then put all together into a violle well ſtopte by the ſpace of ten daies, than after lette all bee dyſtylled in Balneo marie. And to the water that commeth oute, adde Muſke, and Amber, of eche of them a ſcrupule and a halfe. You muſt kepe it in the Sunne and in ſome neate place.

☞The fourth ſweete water.

TAke Cloues well beaten in poulder twoo dragmes, the poulder of Sandalum citrinum, and Macaleb, of eche of theym a ſcrupule, ten pounde of Damaſke roſe water, & the water of the herbe that the Italians call Soltanella fower pounde, Lauander water a ponnde. Let all this bee lefte together by the ſpace of foure dayes, and then put it in a Limbecke, and diſtell it, vnto this water that commeth of it, lette theſe ſpyces folowing bee put well beaten to poulder, that is to ſaye, Cloues, Synamom, Bengewine, Storax calamita, of eche of them halfe a dragme: and then again diſtill it in Balneo Marie. Finallye you ſhall put to it Muſke, and Amber, in all, halfe a ſcrupule, and let the water bee kept in a violle, or other veſſell of glaſſe well ſtopte.

☞The fyfte ſweete water.

TAke fower pounde of Damaſke roſe water, Lauender water, Spike water, of eche of them thre vnces, the water of bloſſomes of Lymons, or Orenges, the water of the bloſſomes Myrtell of a tree, bloſſomes of Iaſemin, of Maioram, of eche of theym halfe a pounde, Bengewyne, Storax calamita of eche a dragme, Muſke halfe a ſcrupule. Mengle well all together, and keepe it in violles well ſtopte ſyxe dayes.

Then diſtille it in Balneo Marie, and keepe the water in a veſſell of glaſſe, by the ſpace of fiftene dayes in the Sunne, and afterwarde reſerue it for to ſerue youre tourne, when you wyll occupie it.

☞The ſyxte odoriferous water.

TAke freſhe flowres of Roſemarye twoo pounde, Amber a ſcrupule, three pounde of the flowres of Orenges, Lemons and Citrons, all confuſely together, whiche the Frenche men call can de naphe, leaue all together in ſome veſſell well ſtoppte tenne dayes. Then the water being diſtilled in Balneo Marie, lette it bee kepte in a violle of glaſſe verie cloſe and ſtopped.

☞The ſeuenth ſweete water.

TAke of the foreſaied water of Naphe, foure poūd, Damaſke roſe water, twoo pounde, with halfe a ſcrupule of Amber. All theſe thinges being wel mixed together, and putte in a violle of glaſſe well ſtopte, leaue theym in the Sunne by the ſpace of a moneth, and then keepe theym to occupie at youre pleaſure.

☞The eyght odoriferous water.

TAke fowre pounde of Damaſke roſe water, wyth ſixe vnces of Lauender water, the flowres of Iaſemyn three pounde, with half a ſcrupule of fyne Muſke. Keepe wel all this together in a veſſell wel ſtopt, by the ſpace of tenne dayes: and after diſtill it in Balneo Marie, vntil al bee come out. Then kepe it in a violle of glaſſe, for youre vſe when you ſhall occupie it, and you ſhall finde it a merueylous water.

☞The nynth ſweete water.

TAke the Pilles of Orenges, and of greene Citrons of eche of them halfe an vnce, Cloues a ſcrupule, the flowres of Spike newelye gathered ſixe vnces. All theſe thinges muſte bee mixte together as afore is ſaid, with ſixe pounde of Damaſke roſe water: and after they haue ſtande certaine daies in ſome couered veſſell, you muſte ſtyll theym in Balneo Marie. And the water that ſhall come of it will bee very excellent.

☞The tenth odoriferous water.

TAke twoo pounde of the leaues of Damaſke roſes, Macaleb halfe a dragme, halfe a ſcrupule of good Amber: and hauing firſt beaten that whiche is needefull, ſette all vpon hote ymbers twoo or three daies: but before you diſtille it, you muſte let it ſteepe ten dayes, in ten pounde of the water of Damaſke roſes, and ſo than diſtill it in Balneo Marie. The water of it muſte afterwarde bee kept in the Sunne the ſpace of fiftene daies.

☞Oyle of Orenges verie excellent.

TAke a pounde of ſwete Almondes well pilled, the flowers of Limons or Orenges, aſmuche as you will, the which you ſhall deuide into three equall partes: After this you ſhall laye the thirde parte of the ſame flowers abroade vpon a very white linnen clothe in a ſieue, ſtrowinge alſo abroade vpon thoſe flowers halfe of the ſayde Almondes, the whiche you ſhall couer with another thirde parte of the ſayde flowers: And than the reſt of the ſayde Almondes, the which you ſhall couer finally with the reſte of your flowres, ſo that the Almondes may euermore be in ye myddle of the flowres in the ſaid ſieue, & ſo leaue them together by the ſpace of ſixe dayes, renewinge and chaunginge euery daye the flowres, and than the Almondes. This done, you ſhall beate the Almondes in a morter, and preſſe them in a fayre white lynnen cloth, in a preſſour, vntyl there iſſue out a very cleare oyle, whervnto you ſhall adde a lyttle Ciuet, Muſke, and Bengewine. Afterwarde leaue it in the ſonne eight dayes, in ſome veſſell well ſtopped.

Oyle of Iaſemine, and of violettes.

TAke ſweete Almondes well pilled and brayed, the flowers of Iaſemyn as much as you wil, and layeng them ranke vpon ranke, you ſhal leaue them in ſome moyſte place ten dayes together or more, than take them awaye, and preſſe out the oyle in a preſſoure: the vertue of the which oyle ſerueth for diuers thinges. In the like maner maye you haue oyle of Violetes, and other flowres.

Oyle of Nutmegges very parfyt.

TAke Nutmegges, of the beſt you can finde, and accordinge to the quantitie of the oyle that you wyll haue: and hauinge cut them in ſmall pieces, you ſhall put to them as much Malmſey as will couer them ouer in ſome veſſell of glaſſe or other, leauinge theim ſo the ſpace of three dayes. Than take them out and ſet them to drye in ſome cleane place, by the ſpace of two dayes. Finally heate them at the fyre, ſprinklinge them with roſe water: Than preſſe theim as is before mentioned, in a preſſour, and you ſhal haue out of them an excellente oyle good for manye thinges, whiche muſt be kept in ſome cleane veſſell well ſtopte.

Oyle of Bengewyne very excellent.

TAke ſixe vnces of Bengewyne, wel beaten into poulder, the which you ſhal let diſſolue a whole day in oyle of Tartre, and Roſe water, of eche a pounde: and than with a cloſe pipe ye ſhall diſtill it thorowe a Limbecke, and ſo keepe it as a thynge mooſt excellent.

Oyle of Storax very excellent.

IN like maner is made oyle of Storax. Take Storax liquida, what quantitie you wyl, and put it in Roſe water two or thre dayes, thē dyſtill it as the Bengewin was in the maner aboueſayde. Fyrſte there iſſueth oute water, and then a very excellent and precious oyle.

Oyle of Myrrhe, good for them that haue their fleſſhe full of humours, and carraine leane, for to make it tractable, quicke, naturall, and ſtronge.

TAke Egges harde roſted, and cut theim in the middes, take awaye the yelke, and fyll them vp with Myrrhe beaten into poulder, and put thē in ſome moiſte place, where the ſayde Myrrhe may diſſolue into oyle, by little and little. This oyle maketh not onely the face or other partes of the body ſofte and tractable, but alſo taketh awaye all Cycatrices and ſkarres.

The maner to make that oyles ſhall neuer waxe mouldy, nor putrifie.

TAke for euery pounde of oyle two graynes of ſalte, one graine of the filing of copper or braſſe, as much roche Alom as ſalte, and boyle all the ſayd thinges a letle together in Balneo marie: than ſtraine it out, and let it ſtande eyght dayes in the Sonne. And than kepe ſuch oyle as longe as you will, and feare not, for it will neuer diminiſhe, putrifye, nor corrupt.

❀ Poulder of Iris.

TAke Iris electe, what quantitie you will, and after you haue wel beaten it into poulder, ſtiepe it, and temper it alſo well with Roſe water, and laye it than abrode vpon a ſieue couered. This done, take Storax calamita, and Bengewyn, of eche of theim halfe an vnce, beate them well into poulder, and make therof an infuſion into a glaſſe of Roſe water, & hauynge poured it vnder the ſaid ſieue wel couered rounde about, ye ſhal afterward ſeeth it vpon the embers. And ſo the Iris waxinge cleane and dry, receiueth the parfume of the other ſubſtaunces. This poulder will be excellent to geue an odoure vnto clothes or garmentes, & all other thinges.

Poulder of Violettes.

TAke Iris, knoppes of Roſes, of eche a pound, pilles of Cytrons drye .iiii. vnces, Gylleflowers, Sandalum citrinum, drye Lauender, Coliander, of eche of them two vnces, Nutmigges an vnce, Maioram dryed, Storax calamita, of eche of them an vnce and a halfe, Bengewyn electe ſixe vnces. Beate to poulder and ſift finelye all the ſayde thinges, and the poulder ſhal be made: the whiche you ſhall kepe in a viole of glaſſe, well ſtopt that it take no vent.

A whyte poulder to put in litle bagges.

TAke Saudalum Citrinum a quarter of an vnce, poulder of the beſt Bengewin that may be gotten, Iris, of eche of them an vnce, and boile them in Roſe water inough: than take burned Alom and well ſifted twelue vnces, let it lye in the ſayde water and make pilles, or litle balles flatte at both endes, of the biggeneſſe of peaſon or biggar, the whiche you ſhall drye in the ſhadowe: and afterwarde beate theim in to poulder, and ſyft them again, and than it is made. But if you will haue it muſked, take Ambre and Muſk, eche of them. xxiiii. graines, Ci[•]et .xviij. graines, & mixing al this together, fil we it lyttle bagges of linen cloth Taffeta, or other ſylk, the which you maye laye among clothes, or other garmentes, a thinge verye excellente.

Poulder of Cypres.

TAke a litle herbe that groweth and is found vpon the ſtocke or ſtumpe of Walnuttes or Okes, whiche is lyke little heare, and muſte be gathered in Ianuarye and Februarye, when the wether is drye, drye it, and than waſhe it with fayre riuer or well water, and drie it ones agayne in the ſhadowe, and hauing waſhed it ſo three or foure times, you ſhall put it in roſe water by the ſpace of an houre: After beat it into poulder verye ſmall and ſyfte it, but the ſieue whereon you muſt ſtrowe the ſayde poulder muſt be alwayes ſyrynkled a litle with roſe water, coueringe it well, to thintent it take no maner of vent: And after this you muſt parfume it with theſe thinges folowing, that is to ſay: with Bengewyn, Storax calamita, of ech of them two vnces, of the ſwete parfume called Thymiama, a dramme, Lauander half a dragme, Lignū Aloe, a quarter of an vnce. Beat eche thing by it ſelf groſſely, & than mingle them together, and deuide them into four partes, wherof one part muſt be ſet vpō the furnis in a veſſel within ye ſieue leuing it ther til it be al conſumed, & do ſo wt all the .iiii. parts, vntyl al the pouder of ye ſayd parfume be burned. But you muſte take heede that the panne dyſh, or other veſſell, wherein the ſaide poulders ſhall be put for to be brent, be ſet vnder the ſieue, wher your poulder is, and that the ſieue be well couered, that nothinge vent out, ſo that the poulder in the ſieue may receiue all the ſayde parfume. Than after take an vnce of the ſayd poulder, and intermire with it by lytle and litle, ſixe graynes of Cyuet, and. xxvi. graines of fine Muſke, wel beaten together in poulder. This poulder muſt be kept in a viole or other veſſell of glaſſe very cloſe, to thentent it take no vent, and muſte alſo be ſet in a drie place. This is the moſt excellent poulder that a man can make. It is very true that out of Cipres and the eaſt partes men bringe to Veniſe certaine rounde balles of a yelowe coloure, whiche they call Butri, of an Ile nigh vnto Candy, called Butra, and ſay that it is Oxe dunge taken vp in Maye, and diuers times ſprinkled and watred with roſe water than dried, and finallye made in to rounde balles, the whiche the parfumers do braye, and without any more parfuminge them in a ſieue, they adde vnto it Bengewyne, Muſke, and Ciuette, more or leſſe, accordynge as they wyll make it good.

☞Vvhite muſked Sope.

TAke Sope ſcraped or grated, as much as you will the whiche (when ye haue well ſtieped and tempe red in roſe water) leaue it eight dais in the ſunne: Than you ſhall adde to it an vnce of the water or milk of Macaleb, twelue graines of Muſke, and ſixe graines of Ciuet, and reducinge all the whole into the fourme and maner of harde paſt, you ſhall make therof very excellent balles.

Another kinde of odoriferous white Sope.

TAke Veniſe Sope of the eldeſt you can finde, the whiche you ſhall cutte or ſcrape with a knife, and ſette it three dayes in the Sonne: And after hauinge well brayed it, you ſhal diſſolue it in a veſſell leaded within, with a pounde of good roſe water, lettinge it boyle with a ſmall fire, than you ſhall put to it of the roote of Iris, called Ireos, beaten into poulder .iiij. vnces, Amylum ſixe vnces, whyte Sandale two vnces, Storax liquida an vnce, Oyle of Spike an vnce, and ſturringe it alwayes with a ſticke, ye ſhall afterwarde let it coole againe. And finally make balles of it, euen as you wil.

☞To make Damaſkine ſope muſked.

TAke a pounde of the beſt Sope you can gette, and after hauing grated or ſkraped it verie ſmal, take fine Synamom, Nutmegges, Storax calamita, of eche of them an vnce, lignum Aloes two dragmes, Bengewine perfite and thorowlye made two vnces, the poulder of Viollettes an vnce. Hauing beaten well to poulder all theſe foreſaied thinges, you ſhal adde vnto them a dragme of the poulder of Cypres, a lytle Muſke, and Ciuet: then ſteepe and temper it in Roſe water, and after leaue it fourtie daies in the Sunne, in mouing and ſturring it often times. Than make balles of it, or lytle rounde loues, the whiche you muſte keepe in boxes of woode with cotton, wolle or bombaſe.

☞To get out the milke of Macaleb.

BYcauſe the vſe of the mylke of Macaleb hath been putte in manye compoſitions, as we haue ſaied, we will teache you the maner howe to get it out, which ſhall be this. Take the Macaleb, whiche are litle ſoote and odoriferous graynes ſo called, the whiche you ſhall ſtampe in a morter, with Roſe water, or ſome other ſweete water, vntill they bee lyke a ſauce, and hauing put them in a poke of linnen clothe, you ſhall preſſe the milke out of theim in a preſſoure, or betwene two lytle bourdes. Then braye agayne, with the ſayed water, that whiche ſhall remaine in the poke, and preſſe it a newe, vntill there iſſue no moore milke. But here I muſte aduertiſe you, that this milke continueth not aboue two or three dayes: therefore you muſt immediatlye put it in effect and occupie it.

☞Poulder of Ciuet verye exquiſite.

TAke Sngre candye what quantitie you liſt, and put it in a braſen morter: and after you haue wel beaten it, adde to it as muche Ciuet as you wyll: and make thereof poulder, the whiche you muſte keepe alwayes cloſe.

☞A priucipall poulder.

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TAke Damaſkene Roſes, Cipre Alexandrin, Sandalum citrinum, of eche of theym an vnce, Iris halfe an vnce, lignum Aloes, Calamus aromaticus, Galanga Bengewine, of eche of theym a grayne and a quarter, you ſhall make of all thys a verie fyne poulder, and incorporate it well, keepynge in a violle well ſtopped.

☞A white odoriferous poulder.

TAke Iris electe three vnces, white Sandall twoo vnces, Damaſke roſes, Lignum Aloes, Bengewyn, Cypre alexandrine, of eche of theym twoo vnces, Muſke foure graynes, Ciuet three graynes: beate theym a parte, and ſifte theym: then incorporate them together in the ſame braſen morter, that you dyd beate them in, and keepe the poulder of them in a violle well ſtopped.

☞A redde poulder.

TAke Damaſke roſes twoo vnces, Sandalium citrinum an vnce, lignum Aloes, Cypre alexandryn, of eche of them a grayne and halfe a quarter, Iris halfe a grayne or more, Cloues a ſcrupule, fine Muſke three graynes, Ciuet two graines, Amber twoo graines. Bray theim and mixe them together, and ſo keepe them.

☞A blacke poulder.

TAke Cipri Alexandrini, lignum Aloes, of eche of theym halfe an vnce, Sandali citrini, Damaſke roſes, labdaniterreni, of eche of theim a quarter, Cloues a grayne, and a lytle more, Muſke thre graines, Cyuet twoo graynes, beate theym in poulder and kepe theym.

☞Poulder of Cypre verye exquiſite.

TAke a pounde of the moſſe of an Oke, and waſhe it well in faier water, vntill the water remayne cleare: then laye it abrode vpon a table in the Sunne vntill it bee dried: after, ſprinkle or water it, with roſe water: and hauinge it lefte it ſo couered in a diſhe or platter, you ſhall laye it a brode agayne in a verie hote Sunne, when it is drie ynough to beate, beate it in poulder, and ſifte it finelye almoſte all: You ſhall ſprinkele or water this poulder, with Muſke roſe water, and laye it abroade vppon a greate ſarce, tourned downewarde, good and thicke, and ſome what courſe, vnder the whiche ſarce, you ſhall make a perfume as foloweth, couexinge it with a clothe, whiche bee thus: Bengewine two graynes and a quarter, Labdani half a graine and more, Storax calamita twoo carrettes, lignum Aloes halfe a grayne and more, fine Muſke half a grain. Beate all theſe thinges groſſelye, and after mixe them together, then put by lytle and lytle the poulder vnder the ſarce in ſome potte ſharde, with a litle fier in it, and caſte it in as you woulde dooe Frankenceſe, ſtaiyng at euerie time, vntill the firſt parte, firſt caſt in, bee conſumed. Nowe, all the ſaied perfume beinge dooen, if you will make the ſaied poulder verie fine and exquiſite, vnto euerye vnce adde theſe thinges folowinge, Bengewine a carret, Muſke foure graines, Ciuet twoo graines, beate theſe by theym ſelues verie ſmall and fyne, and mingle them with the ſaied vnce of poulder, ſo that all maye bee well incorporated together: than keepe it well, for it is notable and ſinguler.

☞Another waye to make it verie perfecte.

TAke the recente and freſſhe dunge of an Oxe, and drie it in the Sunne, or in an ouen, then beate it, and ſifte it, ſprinkle it well after with Roſe water, and leauing it ſo in a veſſel, the ſpace of a daye, drie it agayne in the Sunne. And when it is drie, bathe it againe with Roſe water, and drie it againe, and dooe ſo three or foure times. The laſt time you ſhall water it or bathe it ſomewhat more then the other times, becauſe it maye cleaue to the bottome of the veſſell, whiche muſte bee well leaded within, and verie cleane, after this you ſhall remoue and ſturre it well, and perfume it with ſome perfume, that the other foreſayed poulder was perfumed with. Then hauinge perfumed it diuers times, you ſhall lette it drie in the ſaied veſſell, takinge heede alſo that it take no vent. And after it is wel dried ſtampe it, and ſift it a newe agayne, and then keepe it in ſome violle: and if you wyll make it verie fine, take an vnce of the ſaied poulder, three graines of fyne Muſke, foure graines and a halfe of Bengewine, twoo graines of Cyuet, braye and incorporate all well together, and keepe it.

☞A ſweete and odoriferous poulder, verie excellent to laye in cheſtes and cofers.

TAke the buddes of Roſes as many as you wyll, and drie them in the ſhadow: than ſet theim abroade whan the ſonne is moſt hoteſt in a clene veſſell, puttinge to theim ſuche a quantitie of Roſe water as will beare them vp, and ſturrynge them well, leaue them in the Sunne (couered with a linnen cloth) vntyll it be hote. And whan they be drye, & haue dronke vp all the roſe water, take for euerye pounde of Roſes, ten graines of Muſke, and a quarter of fine violettes beaten ſmal into poulder, in puttinge to them by litle and litle of the ſayde poulder, and mixinge well all together, vntill they beginne to be incorporated: but before you put in the ſaide poulder, dreane and powre out the water of the ſayd veſſel, that there remayne not a droppe in the bottome. This done, laye the ſayd roſes abroade in a baſen of copper, or of braſſe, whiche is better, and let the ſayde baſin be plaine and euen, not inboſſed, and ſet them in the Sunne when it ſhyneth moſt hoteſt, coueringe them ouer, ſo that neuertheleſſe they may drie, than make a poulder of them, and kepe it. And if you wil geue a ſwete odour or ſauour vnto your garmentes, take the ſaid Roſes ſo dried before you beat them in poulder, and put thē in ſome lytle linen bagge very fine, the whiche you may laye in youre coffers, or where your apparell lyeth.

An odoriferous and ſwete poulder.

TAke the buddes of redde Roſes, and braie them in a morter, as thoughe you woulde haue the iuyce out of them, than ſet them in a hote Sunne, ſprin klinge them with Roſe water, and ſo water them and drie them againe oftentimes, and than make of them a poulder, the whiche you ſhal parfume with the poulder of Cypre, as the other aforeſayd, and kepe it in a vyole.

Oyle of Bengewyne.

TAke Bengewine as much as you will, and lay it vnder a dungehill in a violle or glaſſe well ſtopped (ſo that it take no vente) by the ſpace of fiftene or twentye dayes: Than ſtrayne it, and kepe it in a viole, for it is a ſinguler and deintie oyle.

A very good and odoriferous poulder, to carrye aboute a man, or to lay in coffers.

TAke fourtene vnces of roſes newly dried, fine cloues, twoo dragmes, the ſeede of Spyke a dragme, Storax, halfe an vnce, fine Synamom halfe a dragme. Braye them, and kepe them in a violle well ſtopped, you maye alſo put to them (if you wil) two graynes of fyne Muſk, Ligni Aloes halfe a dragme.

Balles agaynſt the peſtilence or plage, whiche alſo geue an adour vnto all thinges

TAke Storax, one part, Ladani one parte, cloues halfe a parte, Campher at your diſcretion, but leſſe then of anye of the other ſubſtaunces, of Spikenarde a good quantite, and of Nutmegges alſo, of all this make paſte with Roſe water, in the whiche you ſhal tēper Gomme dragant, and Gomme Arabike, ſturringe and bruſyng them well. Of this paſt you ſhall make balles to holde in your handes, and to ſmell to.

A princely licour.

TAke Muſke, Ambergriſe, Ciuette, of eche of theim foure graynes, braye all together, and incorporate it with a lytle oyle of ſwete Almondes, and make therof a licoure, whiche you ſhall kepe in a beſſell of yuorye well ſtopped, and vſe of it as you vſe Ciuet.

Liquide and ſofte Sope of Naples.

TAke ſtronge lie, with two partes of the aſſhes of the wood of the tree called in latine Cerrus, which is a kind of tre like to a poplar, hauing a ſtreight longe ſtem bearinge a kinde of maſte, roughe withoute like a Cheſtin, and one parte of quicke time, and make it ſo ſtronge that it may beare a newe laide egge ſwimminge betwene two waters. Take eighte potfulles of this lie very hote, a potfull of deeres greaſe or ſuet well ſtrained cleane: mingle them and ſet theim on the fyre, but ſee that they ſeeth not. Put all in a greate veſſell leaded within hauinge a large bottome, leauinge it in Sommer in the Sunne, and ſtyrringe it foure or fyue times a daye with a ſticke, and note that you muſte ſet it in the day time in the ſunne, and the night time in the ayre abroade, ſo that it raine not, continuinge thus the ſpace of eight daies. Let it ware as firme and as harde as you will, ſo that it remain neuertheleſſe in the forme of paſt, and the older it is, the better it wil be. Than afterwarde take of this maſſe or paſt, as much as you wil and put it in a veſſell leaded, ſtyrringe it well with a ſticke, and adde to the ſame as muche fine Muſkte Roſe water as you will: kepe it eyghte dayes in the Sonne, ſtyrringe it from time to time, as is aforeſaide: and if it waxe to harde, put Roſe water to it, in ſuch quantitie, that it be neither to harde nor to ſoft, and fill as manye litle boxes with all, as you will.

To make the ſayde Sope muſked.

TAke fine Muſke as muche as you liſte, beate it well in a braſen morter, putting to it Roſe water ſomewhat warme, and hauinge mixed them well together, put them in the veſſell where youre Sope is, mengling them well together, and let them ſtande a while, and than fill litle boxes with it at your pleaſure.

A very excellent paſte and ſwete, made with Muſke, whiche eaten cauſeth a ſwete breath.

TAke Gomme dragant ſtieped and tempered in Roſe water, vntill it be ſoft & white, make therof as it were paſte, & take of it the bygneſſe of a Haſel nut, bray it in a braſen morter, puttinge to it a little poulder of good Sugre, and halfe a graine of fine Muſke, ſtieped and tempered in Roſe water, mixe all well together.

And if you wil haue it better, put to it more Muſke and Sugre, and than as muche Mace beaten in poulder as will lye vpon a pennye, and mixe it agayne well together, than put to it a little of the meale or flower of Amylum beaten into poulder: but it were better to putte in redde Sandal, wel broken in ſonder, indifferently, and to put it in by litle and lytle, ſo muche that a man maye make of it conuenient paſte, the whiche you ſhall cutte after your fantaſye, and drye it in the ſhadowe. And yf you will haue it of diuers coloures, adde to it ſuche coloures well grounde as you pleaſe. Prouided that they be colours, wherein there is no poyſon or daunger: you may alſo gylte or couer with ſyluer the ſayde pieces, as men do confitures, and they wyll be verye good and of the beſt makinge.

Another very excellent.

TAke Gomme Arabike .v. vnces, fine Sugre .iiij. vnces. Amylum .iij. vnces, and for eche vnce of theſe foreſayde thinges .x. graines of fine Muſk whiche will mounte in the whole to a hundred and twenty graynes, and than it wyll be perfit.

Dentifrices or rubbers for the teeth of great perfection, for to make them cleane.

TAke poulder of redde Corall .iiii. vnces, of the ſhardes of Galleye pottes two vnces, of cuttle bone an vnce, of a Pumeyſe ſtone an vnce, cloues, Synamom, and Maſticke of eche of them a dragme, Perles ſtamped halfe an vnce, Dragons bloud an vnce, fine Muſke .iii. graynes, ſtampe wel the whole and ſyft it thorow a ſarce, than mengle it well together and incorporate it with Gomme dragant tempered and ſtieped in Roſe water, make all into dowe or paſte, and make therof thinges to rubbe your teeth with, to make them white, wherwith you ſhall not onely make theim very fayre, but alſo preſerue them from putrifaction.

Oyle of Bengewin odoriferous.

PVt a pounde of Bengewin well beaten in poulder, into ſome ſhorte and wyde veſſell, ſo that you may put in your hand, than put to it two pounde of Roſe water, and mixe all well together, and ſo couer it with a Limbecke or ſtillitory of glaſſe, well bounde with a linnen cloth, and al the ioynctes and ſides well ſtopt. Giue it at the firſte a little fyre, vntill all the water be drawen out (and this is the water that we ſpake of before,) and afterwarde encreaſe your fyre by litle and litle, and thē you ſhal ſe the oyle come out, and incontinent ſet vnder another cleane recipiente to receiue the oyle, and make vnder it a great fyre, to the intent that all the oyle may come out, the whiche being all diſtilled, there wyl come furth a certayne Gomme, like vnto Manna, the whiche wyll be verye good to keepe. And whan you will make ſwete or odoriferous water, take a violle full of cleane well water, and put into it a lytle of the ſayd Gomme, and it wyll make it ſmell ſwete, but you muſte ſtyrre it well. If you will haue it better, take Roſe water, and not well water.

Oyle of Storax calamita.

TAke ſtorax calamita as muche as you will, with ſuch a quantitie of Roſe water as pleaſeth you, and put it in a large potte, not cloſinge the ioyntes or ſydes, but let the Limbecke be a litle at one ſide, to the intente it maye take ayre, and alter not the fire, but kepe it accordinge as you ſhall ſe ſhalbe nedeful. And whan the oyle commeth, chaunge the recipient, and than make a greater fyre, and receiue the oyle, and kepe it, for it is a ſinguler and deynty thinge.

To make oyle of Labdanum.

TAke fine Labdanum, and mundifie it wel, and do with it as you did with the Bengewine: But if you will haue it otherwiſe, you maye take as muche as you will of it, and hauinge broken it in ſmall pieces, putte it weete into a veſſell of braſſe, puttinge to it a pounde of Roſe water, and halfe a pounde of the oyle of ſwete Almondes, couer well the veſſell with his couer, and ſtoppe it with linnen cloutes plaiſtered ouer with claye or other matter, ſettynge it ſo to drye: than afterwarde ſet it vpon a lyttle fyre that it may boyle fayer and ſoftely two or thre houres. This done, you ſhall take it from the fyre, and let it cole before you vncouer it, than take it quickely out, and put it in a vyole. And (to the ende to preſerue it the better) put to it a lytle roche Alom burned, or elles a lytle Ambergryſe. And when you wyll put it in the vyole, you muſte put it in as cleare as is poſſible.

Oyle of Nutmegges.

TAke what quantitie of Nutmegges you wyll, the whiche well broken into pieces in a morter, you ſhall putte it in a large or wyde veſſell, powrynge vpon them a little Aqua vite, ſo that the Nutmegges maye be thoroughlye wette. Let them ſtande ſo two or thre dayes, in ſtyrringe them ſometyme, and turninge them vpſyde downe, and ſee that the ſayde veſſell be well ſtopped, then adde to it as muche Roſe water as will be aboue the Nutmegges, two or three fingers highe, and couer them with the Limbecke, cloſinge it well. Diſtill them at the firſte with a ſmall fyre, vntyll all the water be come out: than chaunge the recipient, and augment the fyre, ſo muche, till you cauſe the oyle to diſtille out, and whan you ſee that all is almoſt come furth, make your fire very great, and kepe the ſaid oyle in a violle.

Another maner.

TAke a pounde of Nutmegges, the whiche beynge well broken in pieces, you muſt put in a new veſſell of earth well leaded within, than powre vpō them Malmeſey, or ſome other wine, vntill they be all couered, and that the wine be aboue the Nuttes twoo fingers high: After this you ſhall put to it at the leaſte two pounde of freſhe butter, and mingle all together, ſtoppinge or coueringe well the veſſell, and leaue it in the heate of the Sunne in ſome panne, or in ſome other hote place, by the ſpace of four or fiue dayes, than boile it vpon the hote coles with a ſmall fyre, vntyll the wine be conſumed, than powre it thorowe a newe courſe linnen cloth before it be coole. This done, ſet the oyle certaine dayes in the Sunne, in a violle of glaſſe, vntyll the thicke ſubſtaunce be deſcended to the bottome: Finally powre it ſo agayne thorough a newe courſe lynnen clothe, and putte it in another vyolle, and ſoe kepe it.

A very exquiſyte ſope, made of diuers thinges.

TAke Aluminis catini thre vnces, quicke lyme one part ſtronge lye that will beare an egge ſwimminge betwene two waters, thre pottels, a pot of commun oyle: mengle all well together, puttinge to it the white of an Egge well beaten, and a dyſſhefull of the meale or floure of Amylum, and an vnce of Romayne Vitrioll, or redde leade well beaten into poulder, and mixe it continuallye for the ſpace of three houres, then lette it ſtande, by the ſpace of a daye, and it will bee righte and perfite. Finallye, take it oute, and cutte it in pieces: after ſette it to drie twoo daies, in the wynde, but not in the ſunne. Occupie alwaies of this ſope, when you will waſhe youre head, for it is verie holſome, and maketh faier heare.

☞Sope with Cyuet.

TAke of the ſaied Sope as muche as you wyll, and ſet it a while in the Sunne in Roſe water, putting to it the poulder of Cyuette, and mixinge it well. And if you adde to it alſo Muſke, it will bee the better, ſo that the Muſke haue been before ſteeped and tempered in roſe water.

☞Sope with diuers ſweete and excellent oyles.

TAke of the foreſaied Sope, whiche hath ſtande a while in the Sunne in Roſe water, and put to it a lytle of the oyle of Bengewine, or of ſome other odoriferous oyle, and mixe it well: but you muſte putte in of the oyles reaſonablie, neither to muche nor to lyttle, but with diſcretion, accordinge to the quantitie of the Sope.

☞Sope roſat.

TAke freſhe and recent roſes wel ſtamped, and incorporated them with the ſaid Sope, as before, the whiche you maye alſo dode at youre pleaſure of all other ſortes of flowres.

☞VVhite Sope of a good ſauour and odour.

HAuing cutte, after the maner of Damaſco, in ſmall pieces the oldeſt Sope that is poſſible to bee founde, you ſhall laye it abrode vpon a table, in a place where it maye drie, than hauinge lefte it there, the ſpace of eyght and or .x. dayes, you muſt after warde ſtampe it lightlye or ſlenderlye, and make therof poulder: and the ſame being ſifted, you ſhal adde to it foure vnces of Ireos, vppon tenne pounde of the ſayed poulder, white Sandall three vnces, two vnces of Macaleb, an vnce of the meale or flowre of Amylum and all well beaten into poulder, you ſhall mixe it with tenne pounde of the poulder of the aforeſaide Sope: then all beinge ioyned together, you ſhall putte it in a morter, with an vnce of Storax liquida and a walnut ſhelfull of the oyle of Spike, and hauinge well ſtamped it altogether, it ſhall bee made. Then afterwarde make balles or ſquare [•]akes of it, as you wyll, with the meale or flowre of Amylum: then drie in the ſhadowe, and keepe them, for it is a thinge verie excellent.

☞Perfect ſope.

TAke ſyxe graynes of Muſke tempered and ſteeped in good Roſe water, foure graines of Ciuet, reduced and beaten into poulder, and mingle them with the ſaied Sope, but the tempered or ſteeped Muſke, muſte bee hote, and by this meanes you ſhall haue a verie perfect Sope.

VVhole and maſſy blacke ſope.

TAke tenne pounde of the ſaied poulder of Sope well ſifted, cloues foure vnces, of good Mace twoo vnces, damaſke Macaleb, Cyperus whiche the Apoticaries call Iuncus odoratus, Sandali Citrini, Storax liquida, of eche of theym an vnce, ſweete oyle as muche as ſhall ſuffiſe: and hauing ſtamped that whiche oughte to bee ſtamped, make of it as is aboue ſaied. But if you will haue it more ſinguler, putte to it Muſke tempered in Roſe water, as afore, with a lytle Ciuet, after incorporate well all together, and make thereof balles or ſquare cakes, or hartes, or ſuche other formes, as you luſte to muke youre ſelfe: then dry them in the ſhadowe: and ſo ſhall you finde them of a ſinguler good odour and ſauour.

☞Damaſke parfume.

TAke fyne Muſke foure gaynes, Cyuet two graynes, Ambergris, fine Sugre, of eche of them foure graynes, Bengewine a grayne, of fatte Storax calamita three graines, lignum Aloes twoo graines: beate them well into poulder, and putte all together in a litle parfuminge panne, powre into it as muche Roſe water, or the water of the flowres of Orenges, Citrons, and Lemons, all together, as will bee twoo fingers highe aboue the other drooges, in makinge vnder it a ſmall fier that it maye not boyle, and when the water is conſumed, you ſhall powre in other: and hauing continued thus doinge a certaine number of daies, you ſhall haue an excellent Sope.

☞Another parfume of Damaſke.

TAke Storax calamita, foure vnces, Bengewyne foure vnces, Labdanum lignum Aloes Synamon, of eche of theym an vnce, Sperma Ceti, a dragme, Muſke foure ſcrupules, cloues, a dragme, Roſe water eyght vnces, ſtampe them, and putte them in the parfuming panne.

☞An excellent pomander.

TAke .xvi. or .xx. Pepins, or other ſwete & melow apples, y• which beinge pared and cut in quarters, you ſhall adde to euerye quarter fowre or ſixe Cloues, then put them in ſome veſſell of earthe well leaded within, with as muche Roſe water, as wyll couer them ouer. Then couer them with a trenchour, or ſome other cleane thinge lettinge them ſo ſtande one whole daye. And after powre them all in ſome newe veſſell well leaded, putting to it foure pounde of freſhe hogges ſuet, well taken from the fleſhe and ſkynne cut verie ſmall, and well chopped with a knife: make vrder it a ſmall fier that it burne not, than in ſtraining it out, you ſhall make it droppe into ſome veſſell of freſhe and cleare water, and ſo purifie the greaſe thre or foure daies, keping it in the ſame veſſell, and chaunginge often times a daye the ſaied water: for the oftener you chaunge it, the better you ſhall purge the greaſe.

Than take out the ſaied ſeyme, the apples and the roſe water together, and take the fatte oute of the veſſell, dreaninge it well, and adding to it Spikenarde, with twoo vnces of Cloues, an vnce of Synamom, a quarter of ſandalum citrinum, an vnce of Bengewyne, and as muche of ſtorax calamita. Braye all theſe kindes together, and put it in a fine linnen clothe, in maner of litle purſes: but let the cloth bee ſome what large, and binde it wel that the ſayd kinds ſcatter not abrode among the greaſe. Then make it boyle with a litle fier, far of from the flame or leyt, or ſet before it ſome tyle or bricke letting it boyle ſo faire and ſoftlye, foure or ſixe houres, vntill all the roſe water bee vaniſhed awaye, whiche may be proued in this maner. Put a lytle ſticke downe to the bottom of the veſſell, and plucke it oute agayne quickelye, and put it in the fier: and if it burne without anye noyſe, it is a token that there is no moore water: but tarte vntyll it bee all well conſumed, ſturringe it ſometime, to the entent it burne not to, or ſmell of the burning. Beware alſo of the ſmoke, for if it take once y• ſauour of it, you can neuer get it out, & when all is wel ſodden, take eyghte vnces of white Waxe, and put it in the ſaied veſſell, mixinge all together, and let it ſo melt with the ſaied ſubſtaunces, the whiche you muſt nowe and then ſturre. This dooen take it from the fier, letting it ſtande and reſt a quarter of an houre, that is to ſaie: vntill the groſſe ſubſtaunce bee deſcended to the bottome: then powre it faier and ſoftlye thorowe twoo newe courſe linnen clothes, into a veſſell well leaded within, wherein muſte bee twoo diſhefull of Roſe water: but take heere of preſſinge it, ſo that the lees come not oute into the ſame veſſell (but into another) for it woulde be ſomewhat red. Let it ſo coole vntill the next morninge, and whan it is ſolide, harde, and maſſy, denide it into foure partes, and put it into a round veſſell leaded, ſtyrringe it well with a peſtle, addinge to it by lytle and litle good and fyne Muſkte roſe water, and ſo ſtyrre it vntyll it be well incorporated. Nowe, if in caſe you ſe that it doth not well incorporate together, ſet it a lytle vpon the fyre, and whan it is hote, powre, roſe water vpon it, ſturringe it well about, vntill it waxe verye fine and thinne, but take good hede to the fyre. And ſo kepe it in newe and cleane veſſels.

Another Pomaunder.

TAke Pippins or other like melowe Apples, and laye them vpon a tyle for to bake in an Ouen, thē take out the core and the kernels, and make them cleane within, brayenge and breakinge the reſte, and ſtraine it thorough a fyne canueſſe or ſtraynour. This done, take as much fat or greaſe of a kidde as you haue Apples, and ſtraine it likewiſe, boylinge it all together in a newe veſſell well leaded, vntill the roſe water be conſumed: than adde to it Muſke, Cloues, Nutmegges and ſuch like ſubſtaunces of a reaſonable quantitie, according to your diſcretion: prouided alwayes that they be well brayed and broken in pieces, as is aboue ſaied, and boyle them in the like maner aforeſaied, then ſtrain them and kepe them.

Another Pomaunder.

TAke freſh barowes greaſe & put it in a new veſſel, with roſe water vnderneth, & whiles it melteth in the ſame, you ſhal take out that which is melted, to thend it ſmell not of the fyre, than put it in cold water the ſpace of .x. daies, raiſing, and lifting it vp euery day .ix. or .x. times, & ſtyrring it at eche time chaunginge alwayes the water. Than take of the ſaied Apples, & purifie them cleane of their kernels, cuttinge them in quarters not pared: this doen, laye them three daies to ſtiepe in Muſkt roſe water: take alſo fiftene Cloues ſtieped a daye in colde water often tymes renewed, and putting them after in a fine linnen cloth, boilinge them in roſe water with a ſmall fire, the ſpace of an houre: than hauinge well ſcommed away all the ordure and filthe, put in thre vnces of white Waxe, and make it ſeeth a little, and after ſtraine it into a newe veſſell well leaded, leauing it ſo all a night. This done, you ſhal take out al the white Pomaunder, and becauſe there wil remaine a litle ordure in the bottom, you ſhal put it in morter with roſe water, & ſtyrre it: the more you do ſeuer it a ſonder in ſtyrringe it, and put roſe water to it, the more ſhall you fine it: but you muſt ſe that the morter be cleane. Than take the tallowe or greace of a younge barrowe, and ſtiepe it in colde water, leauinge it ſo the ſpace of foure daies, but you muſte often chaunge the water, and purifie the ſaied greace well of all the little ſkinnes that is in it, veynes, and griſtels.

Take likewiſe twenty of the foreſaied Apples, and for eche Apple put in thre or foure Cloues, and hauing deuided the Apples in four quarters cores and all, ſtampe them a lytle. Than take the ſayd tallowe or greace and put it in fine roſe water, vntyll the ſayde water be conſumed, and after you haue boiled it fayre and ſoftly, put in the ſaied Apples ſtamped, and make them boile, adding to it a litle fine Synamom, Spiknard, Nutmegs, and other ſpices, ſuch as you thinke good. And whan it hath boiled inough, ſtraine it thorow a linen cloth, into ſome cleane veſſell. It ſhuld be wel done to put to it a litle calues tallow wel purified in the maner aforeſaied. And whan it is ſodden and ſtrained, mixe all togethers and put it in a cleane veſſel, it is a very exquiſite thing.

Excellent Ipocras.

TAke an vnce of Synamom, of Ginger .ii. dragms Melligetta thre dragmes, Cloues two deniers, Nutmegges, Galanga, of eche of them a denier, ſtampe all, and put it in a ielley bagge or ſtrainer, than take a pint of the beſt redde or white wine you can get, or a pint of good Malmeſey or other ſtronge wine, mixe well all togethers, than take a pounde of Sugre fined, and hauinge ſtamped it, put it into the other wyne, and ſo poure it vpon the ſtrainoure, wherin you dyd put the ſayd wine with the ſpices, than hauinge taken it oute, you muſte poure it on agayne, ſo often vntyll it become as cleare as it was before, ſtyrringe it ſometime in the ſtrayner or bagge: and here note that this is to make but a flagon full. Wherefore, if you will haue more, you muſte take a greater quantitie of the ſayd thinges. And for to make it verye excellente, you maye bynde a lyttle Muſke in a fine linnen clothe at the ende of the ſtrayner, ſo that all the ſubſtaunce maye paſſe ouer and vpon it, the which by that meane wil receiue the odour and ſent of the ſayde Muſke.

☞To make litle cuſſhins of parfumed Roſes.

TAke buddes of redde Roſes, their heades and toppes cut awaye, drie theim in the ſhadowe vpon a table, or a linnen cloth: water & ſprinkle the ſaid buddes with Roſe water, and let theim drie, doing this fiue or ſixe times, turning them alwais to thende they waxe not vinewed or mouldy: than take the poulder of Cipre, Muſke and Amber made into poulder, accordinge as you would make them excellent, for the more you put in of it, the better they ſhall be: put to it alſo Lignum Aloes, well beaten in poulder. Let the ſaid poulder be put with the buddes wete wt roſe water Muſkt, mixing wel the buddes together with the poulder, to thend that al may be well incorporated, & ſo ſhall you leaue them ſo al a night, couering them wt ſome linnen cloth or Taffeta, that the Muſke may not breath or riſe out. The whiche thinge done, take finallye lyttle bagges of Taffeta, of what bigneſſe you wil, and according to the quantitie of the buddes that you would put amonge all the poulder. Than cloſe vp the bagges, and for to ſtoppe vp the ſeames, you muſt haue your mixtion of Muſke, Amber, and Ciuette, made as it were to ceare with, wherewith you ſhall rubbe all a longe the ſeames, to ſtoppe the holes made with the needle in ſowynge: You maye alſo ſowe ſome ribande (of golde, or ſylke, or of what you will) ouer the ſaied ſeames. Theſe be the beſt that a man can make: and (as I haue ſayed) the more Muſk, Amber, Ciuet, and Aloe you put in, the better they will be. If you will make theim with leſſe coſte, take ſuche buddes as are ſpoken of before, prepared and ordered in the ſame ſort, and in ſteede of Muſke and Amber, put in the poulder of Cloues, Synamom, Irios, and a litle Mace, obſeruinge ſuche a maner of parfuminge the buddes, as before.

Matches or litle lightes of a very good odour.

TAke of Campher an vnce, of white encens twoo vnces, beate them into poulder, and make thereof litle rounde Apples, or balles with a litle waxe, than put them in a veſſell with roſe water, and lyghte them with a candell, and they wyll geue a fayre lyghte, and a very good ſauour.

A compoſition of Muſke, Ciuet, and Ambergriſe.

TAke a dragme and a half of good Amber, and bray it vppon a Porphyre ſtone with oyle of Iaſemin, fyrſt alone, and than a litle with Muſke, as much as ſhall ſuffiſe. This doen, adde to it Damaſke roſes, and Bengewin, of ethe of them an vnce, Irios a dragme and a halfe: All theſe thinges beaten in poulder, and ſtrayned or ſyfted, you ſhall braye with a dragme of Ciuette, vntil they be brought into the fourme and maner of an oynctment. This done, kepe it in a Horne, or veſſell of glaſſe well cloſed.

☞A parfume for a Chaumber very excellent.

TAke Storax Calamita, Bengewine, Ligni Aloes, of eche of them an vnce, coales of Willow well beaten into poulder .v. vnces. Theſe thinges mixed with Aquauite, as much as will ſuffiſe to make paſte, make therof litle cakes, or other formes what you wil, and ſo kepe them. And whan you will vſe or occupie of it, put it into the fire, for in conſumyng, litle and litle, it will make a ſinguler good odour in the place where you burne it.

Sope of Naples.

TAke Deares greaſe, or the Tallow of a Cowe, or yonge Calfe, or of a Kidde a pounde, put it in a veſſell of earth well leaded: and after you haue well ſtrayned it, put vpon it, with diſcretion to much nor to litle, of Sope makers lie, the firſt, beſt, and ſtrongeſt of three ſortes that they vſe, called the maiſter lie, and kepe the ſaied greaſe in the heate of the Sunne, mi[•]ynge it well there, and like wiſe in the night abrode in the ayer: but take hede that there come no water to it. Whan you ſe that it is ſomewhat drie, put to it againe as muche as ſhall neede of the ſeconde and thirde lie, mixed together which Sope makers vſe: Rubbe a litle vpon your hand beyng cleane, and if it make a frothe, it is a token it is made.

Parfume for a Lampe.

TAke Ligni Aloes a quarter, Begewine an vnce, Storax calamita half an vnce, Muſke a ſcruple, Ambergreeſe halfe a ſcruple, Roſe water inoughe. You ſhall putte all theſe thynges well beaten to poulder into the Lampe.

A ſhorte parfume.

TAke a glaſſefull of Roſe water, Clones well beaten in poulder, a penny weight: than take the fire panne, and make it redde hote in the fire, and put theron of the ſaied Roſe water with theſayd poulder of Cloues, making it ſo confume, by litle and litle, but the roſe water muſt bee muſkt, and ſo you ſhal make a parfume of excellent good odour.

☞An odoriferous parfume for chambers.

TAke Thymiama a pounde, Storax liquida twoo vnces, Storax calamita three vnces, Labdanum an vnce, coales of Willowe and Tracagantum aſmuche as you wyll: but ſtiepe or temper the poulder of the coales, and the Tracagantum with roſe water, and let it lie ſo three daies a ſtiepe in the ſame water, and then make therof paſte.

☞A verie good parfume for to trimme gloues wyth litle coſt, and yet will continue longe.

FIrſt let the gloues bec greate, and of good thicke leather, to the which you ſhall gyue a little Ciuet all alonge the ſeames: Than waſhe them in roſe water, twiſe or thryſe, preſſing theym harde: this doen, take twoo partes of roſe water, one parte of the water of the bloſſoms of Mirtell tree, mingle them together: addinge to it two partes of the water of the flowres of Orenges, Lemons, & Citrons, called of the Frēchmen, can de nafe, and waſhe them ſo long therwith, that they ſauour no moore of the leather: then laye theym in a platter, and leaue them there couered with the ſaied water, & pouldered ouer with the poulder of Cypres, by the ſpace of a day or twaine. This dooen, take them out, and preſſe them a litle, and ſo drie them in the ſhadowe. When they bee half drie, geue them a litle Ciuet in this wiſe: put aſmuche Ciuet as you ſhall thinke good in a diſhe, with a litle oyle of Iaſemyne, that is not olde, the whiche you ſhall make to diſſolue before the fier: than annoynt therewith the gloues within ſide, and rub them wel betwene your handes chafing them at the fier, vntil you thinke that the ciuet be perced and gone thorow them, and leaue them ſo a while. Then after rub them wel with a clothe, to the ende the Ciuet maye perce the better, and the gloues waxe ſoft: then draw and ſtretch them out abrode, leauing them ſo the ſpace of a dai, and when you ſhall thinke they be humyde and moyſte, enlarge them, and blowe them, and puffe them vp: leaue them ſo vntil thei bee halfe dried. Than take good parfume to burne, & holde them ouer the ſmoke of the ſaied parfume, to the eude that it maye perce and go into the inner partes of the gloues. and parfume them within ſide. This ſhall you dooe thriſe a daye, the ſpace of .xx. daies, weating them at eche time with a litle parfumed water, & wrappinge them with ſome white linen cloth: than take Muſke, and Amber as much as you wyl, and put it in a tinne platter, with oyle of Iaſemine, or Bengewine, or ſome other oyle: let them well diſſolue at the fier, with a litle perfumed water, than annoynte them with a penſell on the out ſide, and not within: annoynt alſo the ſeames with Ciuet, and lay them certein daies among dried roſes. Finally, lay them for the ſpace of .iij. or .iiij. daies betwene two matreſſes: than wil they bee excellent, as if it were to preſent an emperour withall.

☞A verye exquiſite Ciuet to parfume gloues, and to annoynt a mans handes with.

TAke three pounde of white wine, the tallowe or greaſe of a Gote, ſhepe, or Kidde, a pound: boyle all together with a ſmall fier vpon the embres or coales, in a couered panne, than take them from the fier, and when it is coole againe, putte them in a platter with cleare water, and waſhe them well fiue or ſixe tymes: and put them againe in cleare water all a night. This dooen, take a pounde of roſe water: twoo pound of white wine: & with this boile the greaſe vpon the coales with a ſmal fier, vntil one half be conſumed: than take ſwete Nauewes, & roſt them vnder the aſhes, but burne them not. And for eche pound of greaſe, take halfe a pound of the inner white of the ſaied Nauewes, and boyle it in roſe water, the ſpace of halfe an houre, than ſtrayne it, and put it into a morter with oyle of Iaſemin, or of Citrons or ſuch like, or els with a litle Cāpher: After this you ſhall take a diſhe or the bottome or foote of a glaſſe, wet within with Roſewater, wherin you ſhall make the forme and facion of the Ciuette, addyng to it firſt of all three vnces of Ceruſe, well beaten in poulder for euery pounde of tallow or greaſe, and it will be an excellent and princely thing.

Oyle of Roſes and floures, very parfit.

TAke the ſeede of Millons well mundified and ſtāped, and laye them by rankes or by beddes, with the flowres of Roſes, by the ſpace of .viii. daies, then take a litle linnen bagge wette in Roſe water, or in the water of other flowres, in the whiche bagge you ſhall put the ſeede: and hauyng well bounde it, put it in a preſſour, and preſſe oute the oyle, whiche will be very precious, and the which you muſt kepe alwaies cloſe.

Oyle of Cloues very noble.

TAke Almondes mondified and made cleane with a knife, and broken in pieces, ſtiepe or temper theym in Roſe water, than dreſſe them in this maner. Take Cloues ſtamped, and temper or lay theim in Roſe water, & couer the veſſell diligently, leauyng them ſo vntil the water haue taken the vertue of the Cloues: put alſo the Almondes in the ſaid water, and leaue them ther vntil they be ſwollen wt the water. And after you haue taken them out and dried them in the Sunne, lay them in the water againe to ſwell, and afterwarde let theim drie well as before, continuyng thus .v. or .vi. times: Then put them in a preſſe, and preſſe out the oyle, whiche you ſhall kepe in a cleane veſſell well ſtopped, In this maner may you make oyle of Muſke, of Amber, of Bengewin, of Storax calimita, of Aloe, of Synamom, of Mace, and of Nutmegges. You may make them alſo in diuers ſortes, and put to them Aqua vite.

☞To make an excellent parfume to parfume Chambers, garmentes, Coue[•]lettes, Sheetes, and al other thinges, belonginge to any Prince.

TAke pilles of Citrons dried in the ſhadowe, and if you can not get of Cytrons, take of Lemons, or Orēges, or if you can get none of theſe, take the leaues of Roſes eyther greene or dryed, accordinge to the ſeaſon of the yeare: and whatſoeuer is of al theſe thinges aboueſaid, you muſt occupy it whole or by ſmall pieces, and not in poulder. And whan you will make the parfume, take of the ſayd pieces as much or as many as you wyll, and annoyncte them well with Ciuette on euery ſide: after laye them vpon ſome coles in the middes of the Chamber, or ſome corner, as you lyfte, this will geue a verye pleaſaunte and precious odoure thoroughoute all the Chamber. If you will yet make it better, you may put with the Ciuette, Muſke, and Ambergriſe, as muche as you will: and if you deſire to make it with leſſe coſte, and yet neuertheleſſe very good, take Roſe water of the flowres of Orenges, or ſuche other odoriferous and ſwete water, with Oyle of Iaſemin, or of Cloues, or ſuche lyke at your pleaſure, with the whiche you ſhall temper and ſtiepe Storax calamita, and a little Lignum Aloes, yf you haue anye, if not, you ſhall do well inough without it: adde to it as much Ciuette as you will, and make a licoure therof as thick as ſau[•]ce, wherewith you ſhall annoynte the Citron or Orenge pilles: than laye theim ſo vpon the coles, and it will be an excellente thinge, and continue twiſe as longe as it woulde do, if you burned the odours without the pilles, and beſides that it maketh the parfume to dure longer, they make alſo the compoſition farre better and perfecter. If with the ſayde parfume you would parfume lynnen clothes, Sheetes, or other like thinges, make it in this maner. Put the lynen, and thinges that you wyll haue parfumed, in a cofer, that hath no chinckes, cliftes, chappes, creſtes, holes, or is broken, wherby the ſmoke may haue iſſue out. You muſt range and laye your linnen and other thinges on eche ſyde of the cofer, leauinge a place in the myddle to ſette a lyttle panne, or other veſſell with fyre in it, and the ſaid pilles to parfume theym, you maye alſo laye clothes vpon the ly[•]de of the cofer. This done, you muſt ſet in the middle the lyttle veſſell with coales, and a[•]ſo the pilles: and hauinge ſhutte the cofer, you muſte let all the parfume burne out, not openinge the cofer of longe tyme after. And hauinge thus tar[•]ed, open the cofer, and tourne youre linnen and other thinges, to the ende to parfume them on the other ſide that is not parfumed, and put in newe parfume, doinge as before, you ſhall finde this of a greate excellencie, ſo that the cofer it ſelfe ſhall be ſo well parfumed with it, that all that you putte afterwarde in it, ſhall ſauoure of it. And if you will, you maye alſo parfume in the ſayde cofer other lytle coffers for handkerchers, and other thinges, as lyttle cuſſhy[•]s, and bagges of Roſes, whiche are parfumed alſo with oute ſyde, beynge kepte in the cofers, for they geue alwayes an odoure and ſauoure to thinges that you put in them.

☞Rounde apples or balles to take ou[•] ſpottes of oyle [〈◊〉] greaſe.

TAke purgine Sope, or ſoft Sope, and incorporate it with the aſſhes of vines finelie ſifted, as much of the one as of the other, than put amonge the ſaied▪ poulder Roche Alome burned, and the drye leeſe of [•]yne well beaten into poulder, incorporate well all together, and make therof lyttle round Apples or balles: whiche you maye vſe to take oute ſpottes of any garmente.

☞To make a paſte for ſweete [•]eades or Beadeſtones.

TAke a pounde and a halfe of blacke earth well beaten into poulder, foure vnces of Gomme dragant, and laye it a ſtiepe, or temper it in a morter, with as muche Roſe water as wil couer the earth with the ſaied Gomme dragant, and ſtampe it well by the ſpace of halfe an houre, with theſe ſweete thinges folowinge. That is to ſaye: Storax calamita, an vnce, poulder of Cloues halfe an vnce, Labdanum, halfe an vnce, Synamom halfe an vnce, Sandalum Citrinum, halfe an vnce: beate all into poulder verye finelye, and mixe all together with the foreſaied paſte, than take it oute of the morter, and braye it wel betwene your handes, by the ſpace of halfe an houre. And than you maye make thereof Beades or Beadeſtones.

☞The ende of the ſeconde booke.

THE Secretes of the reuerende Maſter Alexis of Piemount.

THE THIRD BOKE.

A goodlie ſecrete for to condite or confyte Orenges, Citrons, and all other fruytes in ſyrop, whiche is a notable thinge.

TAke Cytrons, or other fruites, and cut them in pieces as you wil, taking out of them the iuyce or ſubſtaunce that is within them: than boyle them in freſhe water aboute halfe an houre, vntil they be tender, and as ſoft as you wuld haue them. And whan you haue taken thē out, caſt them in cold water, leuing them ſo vntil night. After this you ſhall ſet them againe to the fire in other freſh water, and do but onely heat it in that water with a ſmall fyre, for it muſt not ſeeth, nor be to hote: but let it onely ſimper a litle, you ſhal continue thus .viij. daies together, heatinge them euerye day in hote water, and puttinge them agayne at nighte in colde water. Some heat the water but once a day, to thend not to make the citrons to tender, but chaunge the freſh water at night to take out al the bitternes of the pilles, the whiche beinge taken away, you muſt take ſugre, or clarified hony and prepared (as we wil declare afterward) wherin you muſt put the citrons, hauing firſt well dried them from the water. In winter you muſt kepe them from y• froſt, leauing them two or thre houres in a place mete for the purpoſe: and in Somer you ſhal leaue them there all a night, and a day, and a night in honye. Than boyle the hony or ſugre againe by it ſelf, without the Orenges or Citrons, by the ſpace of halfe an houre or ſomewhat leſſe, with a ſmall fyre, and beinge cooled, ſet it agayne to the fire with ye Citrons, continuing ſo .ij. morninges to the ende to bring the honny to hys perfection, according as neede ſhall requier. If you will putte honnye in the water, and not Sugre, you may clarifie it twiſe, and ſtraine it thorowe a ſtramer, according to the arte and maner, that hereafter I will teche you, to the ende you may haue perfitelye the vſe and facion of makinge all ſuche thinges. Nowe, hauinge thus warmed and clarified it, you ſhall ſtrayne it, and ſet it againe on the fier, with the Citrons onely, makinge it to boyle with a ſmal fier, the ſpace of a quarter of an houre: than take it from the fier, and let it ſtande and reſt, at euery time you dooe it, a daye and a night. The next morning you ſhal boyle it againe together, the ſpace of half an houre, and dooe ſo twoo morninges, to the ende that the Honnie or Sugre maye well and perfitlye bee incorporated with the Cytrons. All the arte and conninge conſiſteth in boylinge this cyroppe together with the Cytrons, and alſo the cyrope by it ſelfe. Wherefore he that hath no ſkyll in the boyling of it, will quickelye lette it take the ſmoke, ſo that it ſhall ſauour of the fier: but he that can trimme it wel, it is an exquiſite and pleaſaunt thing. In this maner maye al other fruites bee dreſſed: as ripe Peaches with the in ſide and ſkinne, Lemons, Orenges, Appeles, greene Walnuttes, Lettuſe, well made cleane, and voyded of their greate leanes, and other thinges like, all the whiche you muſte boyle, as is aforeſayed: but ſome more ſome leſſe, after as nede ſhal bee, and according to the nature of the fruite. So ſhall you make alwaies a good perfite, and durable thinge.

☞The maner howe to purifie and prepare honnye and ſugre for to confite Cytrons and all other fruites.

TAke euery time tenne pounde of Hony, the white of twelue newe layed egges, and take awaye the froth of them, beating them well together with a ſticke, and ſixe glaſſes of faier and freſhe water: then put them into the Honnye, and boyle them in a potte with a moderate fier, the ſpace of a quarter of an houre, or ſomwhat leſſe, than take theim faire and ſofetlye frome the fier, ſcumming them well, and paſſe them ſo hote thorowe a ſtrainer: for it ſhall be the fairer, and the clearer, for any thing that you wyll occupie or vſe it aboute. Hauinge thus ordered it, take for ſixe pounde of Cytrons, twelue pounde of Honnie. The Sugre is alſo ordered and dreſſed in like ſorte as the Honny is: but if you will con[•]ite Citrons with Sugre, you muſte note this difference, that for ſyxe pounde of Cytrons, you ſhall putte but .ix. of Sugre, for to confite theym, ſo that they maye bee kepte all the yeare. This is, becauſe the honny maketh a greate deale moore ſkumme and froth, then the ſugre dooeth, and therefore you muſte putte the thyrde parte moore of Honnie. In keeping this proportion, you can not faile to dooe it well.

☞To confite Peches after the Spanyſhe facion.

TAke greate and fayre Peches, whiche you ſhall pill and make cleane, and cutte theym in pieces, and ſo laye theym abrode vppon a table faire and cleane in the Sunne by the ſpace of two dayes, tourning theym euer at nighte, and in the morninge, and put theim hote into a Iuleppe of Sugre, well ſodden and prepared as is aforeſaied. And after you haue taken them out, ſette them agayne in the Sunne, tourninge them often vntill they bee well dried. This dooen put theym agayne into the Iulep, and then in the Sunne, vntill they haue gotten a faire barke or cruſte, as you wyll haue theym, and this ſhall you dooe three or foure times: then being thus prepared, you maye keepe theym in boxes for winter, for it is a ſoueraygne thinge.

☞To make Conſerue or Confiture of Quinces, called in Latyne Cotoneatum, Cydoniatum or Cydonites, as they dooe in Valence, whiche alſo the Geneuoyes dooe vſe.

TAke Quinces, and purifie them, and when you haue taken oute the kernelles, ſeeth theym in faire & freſh water, ſo much, vntil they open and break, then ſtraine them through a cleane ſtrainer, that there remayn nothinge in the ſaied ſtrainer, but onelye the hardneſſe of them, that is to ſaie: the ſkinne the kore and ſuche lyke. For eyght pounde of the ſaied ſtrained ſubſtaunce, you muſte putte three pounde of faier and fine Sugre: and taking a veſſell of tinne faire and large in the bottome, you ſhall myngle the Quinces with the Sugre: and then ſette theym to boyle with a litle fyre, ſturrynge theym with a broade ſklyſe of woode, vntill all be well ſodden, whiche if you wyll knowe, loke when all ſhall leuſe it ſelfe, and cleaue no more to the ſaied veſſell, for then it is ſodden to his perfection, and ſhall bee time to take it of. And if you put to it anye Muſke, ſtampe it with a litle Sugre, as much as you wyll, & caſt it into the ſaied veſſel, ſturring it alwaies with your ſklyſe of woode. If you wyll adde ſpices to it, put in Synamom, Cloues, Nutmegges, and Ginger, as muche as you wyll, boylinge the Muſke with a little Vinagre. Thys dooen, with the broade ſklyſe laye of this confection of Quinces vpon a table, where fyrſte you muſte haue ſifted and ſtrowed Sugre, and ſo make rounde, broade or long pieces, as you wil wt the circle of a bore, of what greatneſſe you lyſte: then ſet theym in the Sunne vntil they bee thorowe drie. And whan they haue ſtande a while, tourne theym vp ſide downe: making them alwaies a bedde of lifted Sugre bothe vnder and aboue. Then tourne theym ſtill in the ſaied Sugre, and drye theym in the Sunne, ſo longe vntill they haue gotten a faire white cruſt of Sugre. Better comfites of Quynces, ſweeter, or hartier than this, a man can not make. In like maner maye you dreſſe and trymme Peches, Peares, and other kyndes of fruites: A thing of greate ſingularitie.

☞To make a paſte of ſugre, whereof a man maye make all maner of fruites, and other fyne thynges, with theyr forme, as platters, diſhes, glaſſes, cuppes, and ſuch like thinges, wherwith you may furniſh a table: and when you haue doen, eate them vp. A pleaſant thing for them that ſit at the table.

TAke gomme dragant, as muche as you will, and ſtiepe it in Roſe water, vntill it be molified. And for foure vnces of Sugre, take of it the bignes of a Beane, the iuyce of Lemons a walnut ſhell full, and a litle of the white of an egge: but you muſt firſte take the gomme, and beate it ſo much with a peſtel in a morter of white marble, or of braſſe vntill it become like water, then putte to it the iuyce with the white of the egge, incorporating wel al together. This dooen, take iiii. vnces of fine white ſugre, well beaten to poulder, and caſt it into the morter by litle and litle, vntil all bee turned into the forme of paſte. Than take it oute of the laied morter, and bray it vpon the poulder of ſugre, as it were meale or flowre, vntill all bee like ſoft paſte, to the ende you may turne it and facion it which way you wil. Whan you haue brought your paſte to this forme, ſpreade it abrode with Sinamom, vpon greate or ſmall leaues, as you ſhal thinke it good: and ſo ſhal you forme and make what things you wil, as is aforeſaied. With ſuche fine knackes as maye ſerue a table, taking heede that there ſtand no hote thing nigh vnto it. At the ende of the banket they may eate al, and breake the platters, diſhes, glaſſes, cuppes, and all thinges: for this paſte is verie delicate and ſaueurous. If you will make a thing of moore fineſſe than this, make a tarte of Almondes ſtamped with ſugre, and roſe water, of like ſorte that march paines be made of. This ſhall you laye betwene twoo paſtes of ſuche veſſelles or fruites, or ſome other thing as you thinke good.

☞To make a confection of Melons or Pompones.

TAke what quantitie of Melons you wil, and take them before they be ful ripe, but let them be good, & make as many cuttes in thē as they bee marked with quarters on euery ſide, & hauing mondified them, taken oute their kernelles, and pilled of the vtter rine, ſtiepe them in good vinaigre, leauinge theim ſo by the ſpace of ten dayes: and whan you haue taken them out, take other Vinagre, and ſtiepe them a newe againe, other ten dayes, remouinge and ſtyrringe theim euerye daye: than whan time ſhall be, take them oute, and put them in a courſe linnen cloth, driyng and wiping them well. Finally ſet them in the ayer the ſpace of a day and a night, than boile them in hony, and by the ſpace of ten daies geue them euery daie a little bubbling or boilinge, leauing them alwaies in the hony: and let them boile at eche time onelye but one wawme. Then take the ſaide pieces, & put them in what kind of veſſell you will, and take theſe ſpices folowinge, the poulder of Cloues, of ginger, of Nutmegs, & of Sinamom, whereof you ſhall make ſpices, this done, make one bedde or ranke of the pieces of melons, & another of the ſpices: than take fine white hony, and poure it vpon them in the ſaide veſſell.

☞To make Melons and Pompones ſweete and verye delicate.

TAke fine ſugre, and diſſolue it in water, than take the ſeedes of a Melon, and cleaue them a litle on the ſyde, that ſticketh to the melon, and put them in the ſugred water, addinge to them a lyttle Roſe water, leaue the ſayde ſeedes ſo by the ſpace of thre or foure houres, and then take them out, and you ſhall ſee that as ſoone as the ſayde ſeede is drye, it will cloſe vp agayne. Plant it, and there will come of it ſuche Melons as the lyke hath not bene ſeene. And if you will geue them the ſauoure of Muſke, put in the ſayde water a lyttle Muſke, and fine Synamom. And this may you do alſo with the ſeedes of Pompones and Coucombers.

To confyte orenge pilles, whiche may be done at all times of the yeare, and chiefly in Maye, becauſe than the ſayd pilles be greater and thicker.

TAke thicke Orenge pilles cut in foure or .vi. pieces, and ſti ep them in water the ſpace of ten or .xii dayes. You maie knowe whan they be ſtieped ynough, if you hold them vp in the ſunne and ſe thorow them, for than they be ſtieped inough: and if you cannot ſee thorowe them, let them yet ſtiepe vntill you maye: than afterward lay them to drie vpon a table, and than betwene two drie linen clothes. Moreouer put them in a kettle, or veſſell leaded, adding to it as muche hony as wil halfe couer the ſaied pilles, more or leſſe as you ſhal thinke good. Boile them a little, ſtyrring them always and than take them from the fire, leaſte the honye ſeeth to muche, for if it ſhoulde boile but a litle more then it ought to boile, it woulde be thicke and maſſife. Let it than ſtande & reſt foure dayes in the ſaid hony, ſtirringe and mengling well euery daye the ſaide Orenges and hony together. For, becauſe there is not hony inoughe to couer ouer al the orenge pilles, you muſt ſtyrre them wel & oftentimes, to thende they may al equally receiue of the honnye. This ſhall you do three times, geuinge them one bublinge or boilinge at eche time, and ſo let them reſt and ſtand .iii. daies as we haue ſaied. Finally you ſhall ſtraine or dreane them from the ſayde honye, and boile theim in as muche other honnye as you ſhall thinke will ſuffice, and after you haue let theim boyle the ſpace of a Credo, take them from the fire, and beſtow them in veſſels, putting to them of the beſte ſpices you can finde, as Ginger, Cloues, and Sinamom: mixe all well together, and you ſhall haue made an excellente thinge. And note, that the hony that ſhall remayne, wil be ſtill good for to dreſſe and trimme other Orenges, or other thinges withall.

To confyte walnuttes.

FIrſte take Walnuttes whan they be litle & greene, with the pille or huſke and al, and make in them .iiii litle holes, or mo, than ſtiep them in water .xi. dayes, or more or leſſe: make them cleane and boile theim in hony, as the foreſayde Orenges, but make them ſeeth foure times as muche. And note that the honye is alwayes good, but you muſt oftentimes put in freſhe, becauſe it conſumeth. Finally you ſhall dreſſe them with ſpices, as the Orenges, but putte not manye cloues to them for they will make them to bytter.

To confyte Gourdes.

TAke the necke of the Gourde and cut it in longe pieces, as you thinke good, and powre vpon thē boiling water, and do ſo .xi. morninges, but you muſt haue pilled them finely; and taken awaye the inner part that ſerueth for nothinge. This doone, ſeeth them in a kettle vntill they be neither to much nor to litle boyled, but euen hole and maſſiue not broken: than drie them vpon a table in the ſhadowe the ſpace of two dayes, and after wipe them cleane piece by piece, with a linen cloth, & do with them as with the Orēges.

To confite cheries.

TAke cherries and leaue them a day in the ſunne than take out the ſtones, and ſette theim in the ſunne agayne thre dayes: after this ſeeth theim as we haue ſayde of the Orenges: but you muſt leaue them in hony .xv. dayes, and by the fyre .iii. dayes, ſo that they may onely be kepte warme, to thende they ſauoure not of burninge, or of the fire. And after you haue well mixed and incorporated all, you ſhall putte them in hony with ſpices. Al theſe confitures may dure many yeares, ſo that you refreſhe them with other hony boyled a litle, whan they be diminiſhed.

❀To make litle morſels as they vſe in Naples, an exquiſite thinge, for they be very ſauorous, do comforte the ſtomacke, and make a ſwete breath.

TAke thre pound of fine ſugre, ye flower of meale .vi. pound, of Sinamom thre vnces, Nutmegs, ginger, pepper, of eche of them balfe an vnce, but let the quantitie of the pepper be greater than of the reſidue, rawe white honny, not clarified, three vnces. Firſte make a round cycle with the ſaide flowre, in the middle wherof, you ſhal put the Sugre, and vpō it a pound of Muſkt Roſe water, bray and breake well all theſe things with your handes, ſo longe, vntill you feele no more Sugre. This done, you ſhall put in the ſaide ſpices, and than the hony, mixinge well all together with your hande. After this mengle it againe amonge the flowre, & kepe ſome of it to flower the tile or other thinges that you muſt bake it vpon. And whan all is well broughte and made into paſt, you ſhall cut the litle morſels in ſunder with youre handes, making eche of them three vnces weight, or there aboute, than turne and make them in to the fourme of a fyſhe, dreſſinge them with youre inſtrument meete for the ſame purpoſe. Than heate your ouen and laye them vpon litle tiles of copper or earth, makinge firſt vpon the tiles a good thicke bed of floure, you muſt bake them the mouth of the ouē open, keping euermore a fire at one of the ſides of the mouth of the ouen, ye muſt alſo touche them often times, to ſe if they be baked ynoughe, and whither they hange ſure, and holde together betwene youre fingers: You maye alſo bake them in the fire in ouens of copper couered, ſuche as tartes be made in, then when you haue taken theim out you muſt gilt them.

☞The ende of the thirde booke.

THE Secretes of the reuerende Maſter Alexis of Piemount.

THE FOVRTH BOKE.

☞An odoriferous and precious water, wherwith a man may weate or bath anye linnen clothe, to wype or rubbe his face, which wil make the fleſh white and wel coloured: and the more a man rubbeth his face with it the fairer it is, and alſo continueth .vi. monethes: [〈◊〉] thing experimented and proued yea, and it for a quene.

TAke a pounde of roche Alome, waſſhed and burned, Malmeſey twoo glaſſes full, paſte of Borax .vi. vnces, white Gomme dragant a pounde, Gomme arabicke thre vnces, ſtiep al in the Malmſey, by the ſpace of twoo naturall dayes, myngle it with twoo pottes of Goates milke, and ſtoppe it well that it take no vente: than take nine vnces of Sublimatū, and ſet it to burne or calcine in an vnyelded potte, well cloſed vp in a furnayſe, and twoo pounde of Ceruſe of Alexandria, prepared in this maner. Lappe it vp with the white of an egge, in ſome lynnen clothe, and boyle it in ſweete lye, vntill the thirde part be deminiſhed: than mixe all theſe thinges well together. This dooen, take twoo pounde of rawe white Honny, thre pound of Terebentyne of Alexandria, three glaſſes of ſtilled vinagre, Ginger ſtamped .vi. vnces: boyle all with the ſaied vinagre, vntyil there be but two glaſſesfull left. Than take .iii. vnces of fine Mirre elect, & put it vpon the ſaid thinges: after this take twoo vnces of litarge or white leade of ſiluer wel beaten into poulder, and boile it in .iii. glaſſes full of good vergeous or whyte wyne, vntyll the thyrde part be diminiſhed: than with a litle cane, rede, or ſtick, mixe or ſturre well all the ſaied thinges together, in ſome veſſell, the ſpace of .vi. houres. Finallye, put into the ſame about fiftie ſnailes out of their ſhelles & made cleane, an vnce of Campher, a good fatte henne flawen and brokē into ſmall pieces, without waſhing her, two Orenges withoute their pilles, kernelles, or the lytle ſkinne within the pille .xii. Lemons ordered likewiſe, or elles the iuyce of them, which will conſume the ſaied ſnayles, and all wyll waxe like paſte. This dooen, take the white of .xxv. egges new laied, hard roſte, with the whiche you muſt incorporate ſixe vnces of Synamom, and a certaine quantitie of ſugre candy, and put all together in a violle into the bathe or baine, and ſtill it. The firſt water that ſhall come of it, will be white, the ſeconde yet whiter, which you ſhall receyue a parte by it ſelfe, and the thirde verie white. Then myngle the firſt with the laſte, and diſtill it againe, and kepe it, for it is good: yet not ſo good as the ſecond, which is verye excellent aboue all thinges in the world, and that muſt ſerue for the viſage or face. If you will dreſſe or trimme handkerchers with it, as is aboue ſaied, take what handkerchers you will, ſo that they bee not very fine, & lay them in a platter, and powre vpon theym as muche water as wyll couer them, leauing them ſo the ſpace of ſixe houres, than hauing taken them oute, and hanged them vp, in ſuch ſort, that the water may droppe out of them into the ſame platter, ye ſhal let them ſo drie, then bathe or waſhe them again, as before, other vi. houres, driyng them agayne, and ſo .vii. times. Than ſhal you haue an excellent thing.

☞To make a water that wyll make a whyte and pale perſone well coloured.

TAke white Pigeons, and fatten them with Pyneapple kernelles, the ſpace of .xv. daies, and than kil them: and hauing caſt away the head, the feete, and the guttes, with all the garbage, diſtill them in a limbecke with halfe a loffe of Succarine Alom, thre hundred leaues of fine ſiluer plate, fiue hundred of golde foyle, and the cromme of .iiii. white loues ſtieped or weated in almonde milke, a pounde of the marye of a calfe or oxe, and freſhe barrowes greaſe. Make all this to diſtil with a litle fier, & you ſhal haue therof a verie perfite water.

☞A verie good water to make the face appeare of the age of .xxv. yeares.

TAke a couple of calues feete, and ſeeth theym in xviii. pounde of riuer water, vntil halfe be conſumed, then put to it a pounde of ryſe, and lette it ſeeth with crommes of fine manchet breade ſtieped in milke, two pound of freſhe butter, and white of .x. new laied egges, with their ſhelles & all: ſet thoſe al thinges to diſtill, and into the water that ſhall come of it, put a litle Campher, and ſuccarine Alom, and you ſhall haue an excellent and noble thing of it.

☞A water to beautifie the face, and all other partes of the bodye.

TAke of white Borar twoo vnces, roch Alome an vnce, Campher twoo dragmes, Alome called in Latyne Alumen ſciſsilae or plumae, whiche naturallye groweth like a ſtone, and not withſtandinge maye be deuided, there bee longe ſtrakes ſeene in it, and the Alome called Alumen catinae, becauſe it is boyled in a caudron, and is made more pure by an herbe (like to herbe yuye) burned into aſhes and lye made therewith, of ech of theſe an vnce: beate eche of theſe to poulder by them ſelues: and than incorporate all well together, and put it in ſome greate veſſel full of condite water, the which you ſhal couer and cloſe vp ſure with a lynen cloth, and ſet it to the fier, the ſpace of two houres, than take it awaye, and when it is colde agayne, putte it in another veſſell, and take the white of two egges new layed the ſame day, and beate it well with a litle vergeous: and ſo put it in the veſſell with water, and leaue all ſo together the ſpace of .xx. dayes in the Sunne, and you ſhall haue a perfite thing of it.

☞A water to make the ſkinne white, and to take away the ſunne burning.

TAke halfe a potfull of raine water, and fill it vp with vergeous, than ſeeth it vntill it bee halfe conſumed: and in the meane time that it yet boyleth, fill it with the iuyce of Lemons. When it hath ſodden, take it from the fier, and putte to it the white of .iiii. egges newe layed, and well beaten, but the foreſaied ſubſtaunces muſte be colde before you put in the ſaied white of the egges: and than is it made.

☞Another water to beautifie the face, and to make it appeare of the age of fiftene yeres.

TAke quicke Brimſtone an vnce, white enſence of the beſt .ii. vnces, of Myrre twoo vnces, of fyne Ambergriſe .vi. dragmes, beate eche of theſe drooges by them ſelues, and then mingle them altogether with a pounde of roſe water. This doen, put them to diſtill, and kepe it in a veſſel cloſe ſtopped. And when you go to bedde, waſhe your face therewith, and leaue it ſo not wiping it: and in the morning waſhe it againe with well water luke warme, and by thys meane ſhall you mayntayne, and keepe the ſkynne verie delycate, fyne, and ſmoth.

☞An eaſye water for Ladyes and gentil women.

TAke the whyte of eyghte newe layed egges, and beate them vntill they bee conuerted into a cleare water, then ſtrayne them, and take Alumen catinae or Desſquamatum, Boras, Campher, Alumen zucharinum which is made with Alome relented, Roſe water and whites of egges into the facion of a Sugre lofe, of eche of them an vnce, of Vinagre eyght vnces, water of beane bloſſoms twoo vnces. Let all theſe ſaied thinges be finelye ſtamped and beaten in a morter, and than put all together in a great violle of glaſſe, the whiche beynge well couered, you ſhall leaue in the ſunne the ſpace of fiftene dayes, ſtyrringe the ſayde water twiſe or thriſe a daye, and ſo let it ſtande and reſt. This done, put it in another violle, and waſhe your ſelfe with it whan you wil, leauinge it ſo a certaine ſpace vpon your face: and than rubbe it with a piece of ſcarlet. The lady or gentlewoman that will vſe often times to waſhe her face with this water, yea, were ſhe of yeares thre ſcore, ſhe ſhall appeare to be of the age of, xv. yeare.

☞To make a goodly luſtre or beautiflynge of the face, good for ladies and dames.

TAke a greate Lemmon, and make a hole in the toppe of him thorough the which hole you ſhall take out of the ſubſtaunce within the bigneſſe of a Walnutte: and fyll it agayne with Sugre Candye, with foure or fiue goldfoyle leaues, and couer it agayne with the piece that you toke of, ſowinge it with a needle, ſo that it may remaine faſt on. Than ſet the ſayde lemon to roſte vpon the coales, righte vp, and after as it ſhall beginne to roſte or boyle, tourne it often, vntill it hath ſweat a good ſpace, than take it of. And whan you will vſe of it, putte one of your fingers into the hole that was ſowed vp, and rubbe youre face with it, with ſome fine linnen clothe, and it will proue an exquiſite thinge.

To take out ſpottes, lentilles, or pimpels of the face.

TAke the meale or flowre of a kind of pulſe corne called Lupinum, which groweth in Italy and Fraunce, but here vnneth knowen, the freſhe and recente gall of a goate, the iuyce of a lemon, Alome ſucharine, incorporate well all together in maner of an oynctmente: and rubbe at night the place with it where the ſpottes or burgeons be, and you ſhalbe incontinent cured of them This is well experimented and proued.

☞A very good way how to geue a luſtre or ſhew to all diſtilled water.

TAke litle greene pine Apples well mondified, cut them in litle rounde and flatte pieces: whiche you ſhall ſtiepe three dayes in cowe milke, chaunging the milke once a day (but it were better in goates milk) at the ende of thre dayes diſtille them with theſe poulders folowing. Poulder of glaſſe foure vnces, pieces of redde corall two vnces, Suger Candy four vnces, roch Alome .i. vnce, quicke ſiluer mortified with ſpittle, an vnce and a halfe .xij. new laide egges broken with their ſhelles and all, Turpentine waſhed in ix. waters, four vnces, Snailes ſuch as carry no ſhelles on their backes and if you can not get ſuch, take thoſe that cary ſhelles. All theſe thinges well ſtamped eche one by him ſelfe, mingle them together, and than make in the Limbeck a rowe or bedde of them, than a bedde of the poulders, and one of Turpentine, and ſo another of the ſnayles, and thus one vpon another, vntill the Limbecke be ful, than caſt vpon it a glaſſefull of good white wine, and make vnto it a temperat fyre. Thus ſhall you haue ſuch a water as you wuld deſyre, the which you ſhal kepe in a flagon of glaſſe: for it is very good to make white and to beautifie the fleſh, and to take away the wrinckles of the face: A thinge proued.

To make a water of whyte Melons, that maketh a fair ſkinne.

TAke white Melons well made cleane of theyr pilles, and cut them in pieces a fyngar thick, leauing all the middes alone, than take theſe thinges folowinge: Succharyne Alome four vnces, quicke ſyluer broken or mortified, an vnce, Roch Alom burned an vnce, Turpentine waſhed a pound .xij. new layde Egges ſtamped with ſhelles and all, white Snailes cut in pieces as many as you will, Suger. iiii. vnces, with a glaſſefull of goates milke, and one of white wine: than fyll the Limbecke with the ſaied thinges, layeng rancke vpon ranck, as we haue ſaid of the other water before. Giue it than a litle fire, and kepe the water in a viole, whiche will be excellente to waſhe youre fa[•]e with. After this maner is made ye water of Auguria of the bloſſomes of beanes, of mallowes, and of the bloſſomes of Tanſey, or wild vine, & other ſuch like things.

To make a very good water of Gourdes, as well garden Gourdes as wilde.

TAke Gourdes, and plucke of their vtter pille or barke, cut them into little round wheeles, than put to them ſixe vnces of ſuccarine Alome, an vnce of Alom ſciffilae or plumae, the value of a peny of Myrrhe, halfe a pounde of Turpentine waſſhed, foure newe laide egges ſtamped and well beaten together, ſixe Lemons cut in trenches, Snailes as many as you will, a glaſſe of white wine. Beate into poulder that whiche ought to be beaten, and mixe well all together, makinge the firſt ranke of Suger, the ſeconde of poulder, and the thirde of Snayles: than put the wine, the Lemons, and the egges vpon all the reſte, and ſo diſtill it with a ſmall fire: and the water that commeth of it muſt be kept .viii. or .xv. dayes in the ſunne in a viol. A man may make the lyke alſo of Gourdes that growe nigh vnto the ſea.

☞An oyntment for the face whiche beinge kepte on, or vſed continually the ſpace of eighte dayes, altereth the ſkinne and reneweth it finely.

TAke four newe laide egges, and lay them eyghte dayes together in ſtronge Vinaigre, ſo that they become tender and ſoft, that you may take of the ſhelles. After this take oute the yelkes finelye that you breake them not, and put them in an earthen diſhe leaded. This done, take the value of a peny of white Turpentine well waſſhed, the value of a halfe peny of ſugre Candy, and twiſe as muche of the paſte of Borar, Campher, Verdegriſe, Roche Alome, of eche of them ſixe deniers. All theſe thinges well beaten to poulder, take .ii. quarters of quick ſiluer mortified wt ſpettle, or the iuyce of lemons, oyle of wine leeſe called Tartarum .iiii. vnces, a white onyon, which you ſhall boyle in white wine, & ſtraine thorowe a ſtrainer, and mingle al this with the yelkes of the egges, incorporatinge, and beatinge all well together, with the iuyce of two lemmons. And at night whan you goe to bed, laye the ſayde compoſition vpon your face, necke, and breaſte, lettinge it ſo drye of it ſelfe. Nowe, you muſt ſtyrre it well at euery time you will occupie it, and you maye not take it to ſone from your face, for than you ſhall marre the ſkinne: but you muſt let it lie on the ſpace of eight dayes. And although you would thinke the ſayed compoſition burned or flawed of the ſkinne of your face, you may not for all that take it of, but let it worke his operation, and at thende of eight dayes take it of in this maner folowing. Take wheate bran, mallowes, leaues of Marche violettes, Beane poddes, crommes of breade, and a good quantitie of rawe honny, and boyle al theſe thinges together, vntill it be all ſofte, than powre it in to ſome potte, and let it coole vntill ſuche tyme as you maye endure the ſmoke therof, holdinge youre face ouer the potte. Alſo couer well your heade, your breaſte, and other places, where you haue laide the ſaide paſt, and holde your face ſo ouer the ſmoke of the pot vntil the ſweate drop down by al your face. And whā you perceiue your ſelf to ſwet take a litle of the ſaid water, & put crommes of bread in to it, and whan you haue well ſwete, take of the breade crommes, & rubbe with them al about wher the compoſition is laide: for there the ſkin wil be very tender, and therfore muſt you rubbe hard, vntil your face be cleane of the ſaid paſt, or compoſition, than immediatly waſhe your face with cleane water, and wipe it drie again. After this, you muſt take ſome diſtilled water, wherein is no ſtronge ſubſtaunce, and bath your face with all fiue or ſix times. If in caſe there remaine behind anye of the ſaied paſt in any place of your body, rubbe it well with the ſaid crommes of bread, or ſome linen cloth, wete or dieped in ſuch diſtilled water, and you ſhall incontinent ſee that that ſkinne which was rough, thicke, and rude, ſhalbe chaunged and altered into a fine, faire, and delycate ſkynne. But beware that in eyght daies after you go not abroade in the open aire, or to nygh the fyre, leſt the new fyne, tender, and delycate ſkynne, ſhoulde be burned, or take anye hurte. This is a goodly ſecrete.

☞For him that hath naturally a redde face.

TAke foure vnces of the kernelles of peches, twoo vnces of gourdes ſeedes, and make therof an oyle, wherwith you ſhall anoynt his face morning and euening, and this will kil and deſtroy the redneſſe. A thing founde trew by experience.

☞To make aqua argentata or ſiluered water, which maketh a white ruddie and gliſtring face and is made like a water and not like an oyntment, that the dames of Italy for the moſt part do vſe, althoughe that fewe men make it as it ought to bee made.

TAke .iiii. vnces of Sublimatum, and break it in ſonder in a morter, ſtyrringe it alwaies with one hande. When it is broken ynough, take .iiii. deniers of quicke ſiluer, and put it in ſtronge white vinagre the ſpace of viii. daies, than put it in another veſſell with other vinagre, and boyle it a litle. This doen, take the quicke ſyluer out of the vinagre, and lay it in a diſhe, taking the crome of a lofe, which you ſhall cromme with the ſayed quicke ſiluer, ſtyrring wel altogether, vntill the quicke ſiluer be faire and cleare, than blow in it, and the bread will flie away: than ſhall you put this quicke ſiluer, ſo purged, with the ſublimat, in mixing and ſtyrrynge it wel with one hand, & ſo it wil become white as ſnowe: than take hote boylinge water, and powre it into the ſaied morter, which muſt alſo be hote, and ſtyrre it well and mixe all together, and ſo let it ſtand and reſt. After this take diligently the water away, which wil be very good for ſcabbes, or ſkurfe: & powre to it other ſethinge water, & waſ[•]he it well, as before, foure or fiue tymes. This dooen, take .xii. or .rv. Perles, and a Carlyn or twoo of golde broken in ſonder, or elles a lytle Campher, a lytle Boras, a lytle Talchum, if you haue any. All theſe thinges ſhall you breake and bruſe in ſunder, with one hande in a morter, and ſo leaue it fourtye daies in the Sunne, ſturring it euery daye with youre hande the ſpace of halfe an houre. After the ſaied fourtie daies take foure newe layed egges, the whiche beinge a lytle heated by the fier: you ſhall brake: and hauyng taken the whites of them, you ſhall put them into the ſaied morter, mingling well all together, and ſo ſhall you dooe this water folowing. Take litle ripe Lemons, and take of the outwarde yelowe pille, than cut them in ſmall pieces, wyth .xii. newe layed egges, beatynge the yelke, the white, and the ſhelles together, than adding to it twoo vnces of Turpentyne, you ſhal put al into a Limbecke, making to it a litle fier, wherof you ſhall haue about a glaſful of water, with the which water you ſhal temper your ſiluered water in the morter: than kepe it in a violle cloſe ſtopped, in a cole place: And ſo it will bee an excellent thinge, and it were to geue a queene. And when you wyll occupie of it, lette your face fyrſt bee cleane, and than laie to the ſaied water, as muche as you ſhall by youre diſcretion, thynke ſufficient, lettinge it drie of it ſelfe.

☞To make an oy[•]tment for the face.

TAke three vnces of the fatte caule of a fatte lambe, the whiche you ſhall put into freſhe water, chaunging it euery day fiftie times, ſeuen or eyghte daies together, then cut it very ſmall, put it in an earthen panne leaded, full of whyte cleare Vinagre, with a dragme of Campher ſtamped. Boyle this together by the ſpace of twoo or thre Pater noſter, and after ſtrayne the greaſe with the foreſaied thinges, thorowe a whyte linnen clothe, than lette the greaſe coole, vntill it bee harde againe: and if there bee anye ordure or fylthe at the bottome, you muſte take it away. After this take twoo vnces of the oyle of Tartare, and put it in ſome veſſell vpon the coales, vntill it come together: and hauing ſet it in a moyſte place by the ſpace of a daye and a night, put to it an vnce of Borar well waſſhed, than ſtampe and mixe all well together, adding to it an vnce, and a halfe of Ceruſe waſſhed, and hauing put all in a new carthen panne leaded, ſet it on a ſmall fier, ſtyrryng it alwaies well together, vntyl all the ſaied thinges be wel incorporated together: and after that you haue layed it vpon your face, laye on alſo a redde coloure made wyth the grayne whereof Scarlate is died, called in Latyne Coccum, and wyth Braſſel, for it ſhalbe better than with Braſyll alone.

☞To make a redde colour for the face.

TAke redde Sandall fynely ſtamped, and ſtrong vinagre twyſe diſtylled, than put into it as much Sandall as you wyll, and let it boyle faire and ſoftly, & put to it alſo a lytle roche Alom ſtamped, and you ſhal haue a very perfite redde. If you wyll make it odoriferous and ſauour well, put a lytle Muſke to it, or els Ciuet, or ſome other odoriferous thing what you lyſt.

☞To make the face fayre.

TAke Beanes and a kynde of a litle grayne called in Latyne Faſeoli, and Cyche peaſon, and make a poulder thereof, which you ſhall ſtiepe and temper in luke warme water, with the white of an egge, and the milk of an aſſe: and than lay it out to drye. And after ſtiepe it in a lyttle water, wherewith you ſhall waſſhe youre face, and it wyll become fayer, cleare, and nete.

☞To make the face faire another waye.

TAke the freſſhe bloſſomes of Beanes, and diſtyll them thorowe a Limbecke, and ſo waſſhe youre face with the water that ſhall come of them.

☞To make the face fayre.

TAke the flowres of Roſemary, and boyle them in white wine, than waſhe youre face with it, and vſe of it for to drinke and ſo ſhall you make youre face verie faire, and alſo your breath ſweete.

☞To take out ſpottes or redde pimples out of a mans face and to make the ſkinne very faire.

TAke a litle roche Alome, and breake it a ſonder into ſmall pieces, than take the white of an egge newely layed euen at that inſtant, the whiche you ſhall ſet to the fyre in a lytle panne leaded, with the roche Alome, and leaue it ſo vntyl you ſee that it beginneth to boyle, mingle it alwaies with a lytle ſticke. And when it is waxen hard, annoynet well al yourface with it three or foure daies, and it wil make your face fairer. A thinge founde trew by experience.

☞To make a water that maketh the face white.

TAke Lytarge, Syluer ſublymed the value of a grote, and put it into ſome veſſel wt ſtrong white vinagre, than boyle it vntyll it bee deminiſhed the heyght of two fyngers: lette it ſtande and reſt, than ſtraine it and kepe it. Alſo milke and the iuyce of Orenges mixed with the oyle of wyne lees is verie good.

☞Another maner to make the face fayre.

TAke the gall of a Hare, of a Cocke or Henne, and of Eeles, temper them with Honnye, and putte them ſo into a veſſell of braſſe well ſtopped, for to annoynt your face with whan you lyſte, but take heede it touche not your eyes: for it would inflame them and make them looke redde, and ſo hurt you.

☞To take of ſpottes lyntelles or redde pymples out of the face.

TAke greene Liſardes quicke, and boile them in oyle vntyll the thyrde parte bee conſumed. Strayne this, and put to it white ware, and than make thereof an oyntment, wherwith you ſhall often times annoint your face.

To take of a ringe worme or tetter that renneth all ouer a mannes face, called in Frenche Le feu volant.

TAke the rootes of La[•]athum acutum, called Sorel as wel wylde, as of the garden, waſh them wel and mondifie them, and cutte them in ſmall pieces, the whiche you ſhall ſtiepe in ſtrong whyte vynagre, and leaue them in it two dayes & two nights. Afterwarde rubbe the place of the ſore with it three or foure times a day, and at night with the ſayd pieces of the ſorell retes, letting them ſtiepe alwaies after in the ſayde Vynagre, and you ſhall be cured.

To dryue a way life.

TAke encens, and the larde of a barrowe Hogge, properly called barrowes greaſe, Boyle them together in an earthen panne or potte leaded, and with this ointment rubbe or annoynte the place where the life be.

To make a water that taketh of all ſtayninge, dying, and ſpottes from the handes of artificers that gette them by workinge, and maketh them very white and fayre: It is alſo good for them that be ſunne burned.

TAke the iuyce of a Lemon, with a litle baye ſalte, and waſhe your handes with it▪ and let them drye of them ſelues: waſhe them agayne, and you ſhall finde all the ſpottes and ſtayninges gone. It is alſo very good againſt the ſcurfe or ſcabbes.

To make a water that maketh the fleſhe and ſkinne of a man or woman very fayer, and will be kept like a precious baulme.

TAke a yonge crow euen out of the neſt, if you maye get one ſo: if not, take him as yonge as you maye: to whome (by the ſpace of .xl. dayes) ye ſhall geue none other meate, but the yelkes of harde egges. Than kyll him, and flawe him, breakinge the fleſhe into ſmal pieces: than take leaues of a myrtle tree, and lay one ranck of them, and another of the little pieces of the crowe, in ſome great violl of glaſſe, powdered and ſtrowed ouer with the poulder of Talchum, ſtamped with the oyle of ſwete Almondes, and put in as muche of it as your diſcretion ſhal iudge, for a great quantitie will do no hurt to it. And if there remayne yet anye pieces of the ſayde crowe, make therof another ranck, adding therto ſome myrtle leaues, and than of the Talchum, and the ſayde glaſſe muſt be large, wyde, and lowe. Finally you ſhall poure vpon it thre or foure vnces of the oyle of Myrrhe, dreſſed with egges, as is declared in this booke. Than ſet the ſaied violl or glaſſe vnder the Limbeck, ſtopping well the ſides and ioyntes, that it take no vent, and likewiſe the recipient: and geue it at the beginning a ſmall fyre for the ſpace of foure or fiue houres, ſo that al theſe thinges may be diſſolued, and as it were, breake, and corrupt amonge them ſelues: than make the fyre greater and greater, and at the ende very great for the ſpace of an hour, letting it after cole. And if the fire haue ben great ynough, the water will be yelowe, and ſomwhat redde, the whiche water you ſhall put into another lyke glaſſe, great, according to the quātitie of the ſaid water putting to it half a pound of roſemary bloſſoms, halfe a glaſſefull of Aqua vite, ſetting al to diſtill agayne wt the limbeck, and recipient as before: you muſt put in the recipiēt, or at the beke of the limbeck, ſome fine litle cloth, wherin muſt be white Bengewin ſtamped betwene ij. papers as wel as you can. Whan this water ſhalbe diſtilled, it will be very cleare & fayre, which you ſhal kepe in a viol, wel ſtopped with waxe, and cered cloth, to the ende it take no vent, and you may neither kepe it in the ſunne, nor in any hote place. This will be a noble and precious water, whiche hath not the like in the worlde for to make the ſkin fayre, and to preſerue it. The maner how to vſe it is this. Fyrſte, you muſt waſhe youre face well with cleare water diſtilled, and than rub well both face, breaſt, and other places of youre body where you liſt, with a piece of ſcarlet weted in the ſayd water, and lie downe vpon your bedde, holding a litle while, the piece of wet ſcarlet vpon your face, and thus maye you do euery .viii. or euery .xv. daies once, or elles euery moneth, or euery two moneths. In the mean time you may vſe ſome other water, as the water of Beane bloſſomes, of gourdes, of melons, of onyons, of white flourdelice, of the rote of the herbe called in latin Dracontium, or more comonly Serpentaria, in engliſhe dragons, and of other like: but you muſt take hede that you put in it no ſublime, nor Ceruſe in any wiſe. Thus ſhal you haue a water of a merueilous vertu, to make your ſkinne and fleſhe fayre and naturall, and to conſerue and keepe it longe yonge, gaye, freſhe, and nete.

☞A verye goodlie water to waſhe the face, necke, and the breaſt, whereof a man maye make a greate quantitie, for the more there is of it, the better it is: It maketh the ſkinne and fleſhe of the face fayer, not burtinge or deſtroyinge the teeth, and ſhall ſeme that the face is nothinge at all holpen with any coloure, but that it is euen ſo by nature.

TAke two fatte Pigcons, two pounde of Veale, ſeedes of Spurge, pilled thre vnces of Pine apple kernelles, ſweete Almondes, bytter Almondes, the rootes of white and yelowe floure delice, Beanes broken in pieces and mo[•]dified, the gall of an Oxe, the roote of Dragons, the roote of a litle yonge Aſhe, or romon Diptum, a litle lemon the yelow pill taken away, & cut in pieces, the cromme of a white lofe wet in milke gomme dragant ſtieped in wine, gomme Armoniac ſlieped in Vinaigre, and let there be of all theſe thinges a reaſonable quantitie. Than put therevnto flowres or bloſſoms of Liguſtrum, which is a tre hauing leaues like an oliue tre, but they be broder and ſofter, & more grene of colour, whiche doth beare white flowers and ſwete, wherof is made an oyle called Oleum ciprinum. And this free doth growe in watrie places, as Willowes and ſalowes do, and beareth a blacke fruite like vnto an elder free, and diſtill all theſe with a ſmall fyre, hauing bound or tied a litle linen cloth with Muſk, and white Benge wyne, at the becke of the Limbecke: than kepe the water in a glaſſe well ſtopped, for it will be very excellente to make a white and naturall ſkinne or fleſhe, without hurtinge the teeth or any other thinge.

☞To make a very excellente redde colour for the face, whiche is naturall, and continueth longe vpon the face, makinge it alwayes gayer and fairer.

TAke the whites of .xxv. harde Egges, and put a glaſſefull of the mylke of greene figges among them, if you can get none of it, take lytle figges that be not rype, and cutte them in ſmal pieces, whiche you ſhall mingle with the ſayd egges: and than diſtill them, and the water that ſhall come thereof, maketh of it ſelfe the fleſſhe white: but if you will make it redde, take for euery glaſſefull of the ſaied water, two vnces of Alome Sciſſilae or plumae, beaten in poulder, half an vnce of the grayne called in latine Coccum, wherwith ſcarlet is died, and two vnces of the graynes that men vſe to die Cr[•]mſon [•]ilke with. Let all this he putte in a viole well ſtopped, that it take no vent, then ſet the vyole in a kettle of bote water (not boylinge hote) by the ſpace of eyghte dayes. This done, ſtraine oute well the ſubſtaunce of the ſayde coloures, and take the water ſo coloured and died: and putte to it as muche more of the ſame Alome, and graynes as before, and ſet it agayne altogether in hote water, by the ſpace of eyght dayes: than ſtrayne oute the water, and adde to it the thyrde time ſome Alom, and graines, with a litle gomme Arabick, that is to ſay, for euery glaſſefull of water, half an vnce of gomme, ſetting it againe in hote water eyghte dayes, as before: and after you haue taken it oute, ſtrayne it, and you ſhall haue the faireſt redde, that is poſſible to wiſhe for. Than weate ſome lytle piece of Scarlate or Crymſon ſylke in it, and rubbe youre face therewith ſo longe vntill the fleſhe beginne to waxe ſomewhat chafed, and the redde well perced thorowe. You maye alſo adde to it what odoure or ſauoure you will. And if you will not ſet the violle in hote water, as is aforeſaied, ſet it before a lytle fyre, not ſufferynge it to ſeeth, and that for the ſpace of a daye or moore: than ſtrayne it, and you ſhall ſee all thinges come to paſſe, as I haue ſaied.

☞Another kinde of redde verye good for the face, eaſier to make, and with leſse coſte.

TAke twoo vnces of fiſſhe glewe verie cleare, and ſtiepe it in white wine, the ſpace of fyue or ſyxe dayes, vntill it bee very ſofte: than take Braſſell that is good and of a good colour, well ſcraped or cut in ſmall pieces, than ſtiepe it in well water, ſo that the water bee aboue it moore than a hande breadeth, and a halfe, this dooen, boyle it together with a ſmall fyre, aſſaiyng euermore the colour vpon a paper, vntyll it be to your fantaſie. And before you take it from the fyre, put to it, for euery glaſſefull of the ſaied colour, an vnce of rawe roche Alome beaten in poulder, and Gomme arabicke, as muche as three or foure beanes. Than take it frome the fyre, and keepe it in a v[•]olle cloſe ſtopped: & ſo ſhall you haue an erquiſite thing. Women of baſe degree, are wont to ſeeth onely the Braſyll in wyne or water, putting to it a litle roche Alome, and Gomme, letting it hoyle vntill the colour be to their mynde.

Other take redde Sandall or Saunders, the whiche they put in wine, or at the leaſt in Aqua vite, and not boyle it at all, but keepe it ſo the ſpace of a night. Than in tourninge the water, they put moore Sandall to it, and a lytle moore Alome, accordynge as they lyke the coloure.

☞An excellent white aboue all other,

TAke brayed Talchum, and burned tinne beaten in to poulder with a wodden peſtell, than waſhe them and mingle them together, and put them in ſome maner of platter, or other great and large veſſell, couered with ſuche another, and ſo ſet it in a glaſſemakers fornayſe, the ſpace of three or foure dayes. And hauing taken it out, it will bee as white as ſnowe. Than braye it finely with the water of yonge fygges, or with the milke of greene fygges, or with diſtilled vynagre, or ſome other ſuche ſharpe and clammy thyng.

☞To make heare as yelow as golde.

TAke the ryne or the ſcrapynges of Rubarbe, & ſtiepe it in white wyne, or in cleare lye: and after you haue waſhed your head with it, you ſhall weate your heares with a ſponge or ſome other cloth, and lette them drye by the fyre, or in the Sunne: After this weate them and drye them agayne: for the oftener you dooe it, the fairer they wyll bee, without hurting your head anye thyng at all.

☞To make lye to waſhe the head, whiche (beſyde that it comforth the braine, and the memorie) maketh the heare long, faire, and yelow, like golde.

TAke lye that is not to ſtrong, but as women commōly make it to waſſh their heades: and make as muche of it in a kettle, as wyll ſerue you ten waſhinges, putting to it this folowing. The pilles of ten Orenges, or of ſweete Lemons, if you haue anye, yf not take ſowre ones, the pilles of Cytrons, as manye as you can gette, bee they greene or drie it is all one, the bloſſoms of Camomell, Baye leaues, a handfull of the herbe called Maiden heare, halfe a handfull of Agrimoyne, twoo or three handefulles of Barley ſtrawe, chopped in pieces, halfe a diſhefull of a kynde of pulſe corne, called in Latyne Lupinus and in Frenche Lupius, hauing one ſtalke, the leafe in fyue deuiſions, the cod creaueſyd aboute, hauynge in it fyue or ſyre graynes, harde, broade, and redde, they bee commonlye in Fraunce and in Italye, but here in Englande vnneth knowen, and therefore they haue no Engliſhe name: they muſt bee dried, a diſhefull of Fennygreeke, halfe a pounde of wine lies, or twoo or three diſſhfulles of Brome bloſſomes, whereof it is good alwayes to haue ſome drie in your houſe to make ſuche thinges withal. Put all this that I haue named in a great veſſell with the ſaied lie, leauing it alwayes ſo, to take thereof and occupie when you will. And the lenger the ſaied lye ſhall be compounde with the foreſaied thinges, the better it will bee. The ſaied compoſition will bee good for fyue or ſyxe monethes or moore: and you maye renewe it at your pleaſure. But when you wyll put it in vſe, take it handſomely and cleanely vp, without touching in any wiſe the ſaied drooges put in it: and in heatinge it agayne you maye put in it a lytle Myrre and a lytle Synamom: and thus ſhall you make it verye good, as well for the health of the head, and eyeſyghte, as for to beautifie and make the heare faire.

☞Lye to make heare blacke.

TAke Gomme lye, and boyle it with a handfull of the leaues of Beete, three or foure handfuls of Sage leaues, eyther greene or drie, and as muche Myrre as you wyll, with Baye leaues, and a fewe leaues or outwarde pille of a Walnut. But when you wyll vſe of thoſe lyes that make yelowe or blacke, rubbe not youre face, or youre necke with it, leaſt they become blacke, or yelowe, although they dye not the ſkinne ſo ſoone as they dooe the heare. And after hauing thus waſhed youre heare, you muſte waſhe your face with common lye, or cleare water, or elles with white wine.

☞An oyle for to annoynt the heare, which maketh it yelowe lyke golde, long and glyſtryng lyke burnyſhed golde.

TAke a glaſſefull of the oyle of Seſamum, whiche is a white graine growynge in India, whereof oyle is made, whiche is called oleum Seſaminum, if you can get of it, if not, take oyle Olyue not greene, but verye yelowe, and cleare, where vnto you ſhall put three vnces of drie brome bloſſomes, well mundified, from the verdure and greeneſſe that is in them, and from the white that you ſhal find wythin: than ſtampe them ſo groſely, adding thervnto an vnce of the yelowe that is in the middle of white flowre delices, and a quarter of an vnce of Curcuma, and the ſixte part of an vnce of Saffron, wt a litle Synamom, Bengewine, Muſke, and Ciuet, if you wyll. All theſe thinges will giue a good ſauour, helpe the colour and comfort the head: you muſt put all together into one veſſell or violle, wherein muſte bee oyle, which you ſhall kepe in the Sunne all the Sommer, and ſo take of it at euery time, a litle for your face, and the older it waxeth, the better it will bee. Alſo you maye at the ende, putte the oyle agayne vpon the ſaied drooges, into the veſſell, for they will continue ſtill good together manye yeres: or elles you maye chaunge thoſe ſubſtaunces, accordynge as you ſee neede. It ſhall bee alſo very good to anoynt with this oyle the kombe that women kembe them ſelues with, in the Sunne: or elles laye ſome linnen cloth hote vpon their head, and let it ſo lye, without putting any other thing to it. This is a thing very rare and excellent for a queene: for to dooe thus there can not bee founde a better.

☞A very goodly way or maner howe to make yelowe aberne heare, without ſtandinge long or nothing at all in the Sunne, a rare and a verie excellent ſecrete.

TAke halfe a pounde of Antimonium, halfe a pounde of wine leeſe, nine vnces of ſalt Peter, al theſe thinges beinge finely brayed and incorporated, take an earthen pot or panne, and put it in the middle of a fire, that the fire maye be both aboue it and vnderneth it, vntyll it be redde hote: than caſte in the ſayde poulders, by little and lyttle with a ſpone, tarryinge a little ſpace betwene euery ſponefull caſtinge in, vntill the fyrſt be all burned, and continue ſo caſtinge in one ſponefull after another, vntill all be in. But this muſte be doone in a chymney, or in an open place, becauſe there wyll ryſe ſuche aboundaunce of ſmoke that it is not poſſible for you to endure it, than hauynge letten it coole, breake the ſayde panne, and in the bottome you ſhall fynde as it were a maner of a thicke cake or browne lofe. Than breake the ſayde matter and ſubſtaunce in dyuers pieces vpon the grounde, or in ſome cleane place, and you ſhall fynde in the middle, certayne little graynes like vnto fine ſiluer: but they be brittle and eaſy to be broken. And this is it that the ſearchers oute of the ſecretes of nature do call the kinge or chiefe of Antimonium, whiche in operation belongynge to metall ſerueth for many thinges, as we will after declare. But this will not ſerue any thyng at all for to make heare white notwithſtandinge you muſte kepe it by it ſelfe. Than take the reſte, and the blacke ſubſtaunce and yellowe, and all that you finde in the bottome, and on the ſides of the ſayde panne. All the which thinges (becauſe they wyll incontinent waxe moyſt) you ſhall ſtampe groſſely and quicklye, addinge to it for euery pounde, an vnce of Vitrioli, rubified or made redde, as we wyll ſhewe you hereafter. This doone, putte all theſe thynges together in lye, not to ſtronge, and lette it ſtiepe vntyll it becomme as it were a ſaulce, putting to it, two vnces of the oyle of yelkes of Egges, yf you haue anye, if not, take Oyle Olyue. Nowe, you muſte keepe this licoure thicke as it is, in ſome veſſell, vntyll it be harde, and you ſhall fynde it alwaies good. Whan you wyll put it in effect, take common lie, and put into it two or thre vnces of rawe Roche Alome ſtamped, and waſhe youre heade with it as you are wont to dooe. And after you haue waſhed it, without dryinge it anye otherwiſe than of it ſelfe, annointe all youre heare with the ſaied lycoure heated, and beinge thus annoyncted, wrappe them in a hote linnen clothe, reſting your ſelfe a while. This doen, you ſhall take of the ſayed annoinctynge, waſſhynge youre heade with hote lye, vſinge and dreſſinge the Sope as you ſhall thinke good. And finallie waſſhe youre heade and heare againe with a little warme white wine, and wrappe them with a hote linnen clothe, or drie theim in the Sunne, or by the fire, as you will, and laſte of all you ſhall annointe youre ſelfe with oure ſaied oile, or with the Oyle of Iaſemin, or ſome other odoriferous and ſwete Oyle, which may conſerue the heares that they break not, and may geue them a luſtre to make them gliſter and ſhine, vſing this maner of annoynctinge euerie .xv. dayes, or euerye moneth, as you liſte youre ſelfe. By this meane you ſhall haue faier heare and gliſteringe like golde. But remember to vſe in al thinges a diſcretion, and diligence, at the fyrſte whan you vſe any receipte, as for an example in this confection, you muſte take heede that the lie be not to ſtronge, leaſte with the ſaied oynctment (whiche I tell you is very ſtronge) it eate and conſume your heare. Alſo you muſte well conſider the quantitie, and howe longe it muſte lye on youre heade, before you waſſhe it awaie, as is declared: and ſoo, accordinge to the experience that you ſhall haue in the effecte, you ſhall vſe and gouerne youre ſelfe in all thinges, for there is no rule ſo certaine, but leaueth alwaies ſome place for the diſcretion, diligence, and Iudgemente of the perſonne that will followe it, and putte it in vre or effecte.

An oyntment to make the heares fall from anye place of the body.

TAke the whites of three newe laied egges well beaten, eight vnces of quick lime, an vnce of orpiment, and the whole beinge beaten in poulder, let it be put among the whites of the egges and adde to it after a litle lie, ſo much that it may make it a licour thicke like ſaulce. Than with a penſill or ſome other thinge, annoint the place frome the whiche you will haue the heares fall, and leaue the oinctmente ſo vpon it the ſpace of a quarter of an houre, or a little more, than waſhe the place with warme water, and all the heare will fall of, or if not, you muſte annoincte it againe, and hauinge ſtaied a while, waſhe it as before, and the heares will fall of without doubt. Finallie you muſte annoint the ſaied place with oyle Roſet, or with the oyle of Violettes, and the ſkinne will remayne very faier, and without hurt.

☞An oyle or licoure to make the heare fall of, and may be kepte as longe as a manne wyll: It is alſo good for all occaſions.

TAke an vnce of Soda (whiche is aſſhes made of graſſe, whereof glaſſemakers doo vſe to make their Criſtall) ten vnces of quicke lime eyghte vnces of Orpimente, and make thereof a fine poulder, whiche you ſhall putte in a panne, with as muche ſweete and cleere lie as will be aboue the poulder a handefull: than boyle it together a good houre, and after hauinge lette it ſtande by the ſpace of xxiiii. houres, you muſte ſtraine it, and take three vnces of it, and put therto an vnce of oyle Oliue, and let it boile together vntill the water be conſumed and vaniſhed awaie, which you ſhal knowe, caſtinge a droppe or two into the fire, with a little ſticke, and if it make no noiſe, it is a ſigne there is no more water lefte. If you will make it odoriſerous & ſwete, put to it Muſke, or Ciuet, & ſo kepe it: and whan you wil make the heares to fal of, waſh firſt the place wel with hote water, thā annoinct it wt the ſaid oyle, and leaue it ſo a certaine ſpace and than waſſhe it againe with hote water, and all the heare will fall away. Finallye annointe the place with oyle Roſet, or violet oyle.

An aduertiſement or leſſon for them that will make the heare fall of.

FIrſte, you muſte note that the heare will not fall awaye, but whan the mone decreaſeth, that is to ſay, in the quarter of the wane, and it is far better to make them fall of with the oinctmente, or with oyle, than to plucke them out with a payre of pincers, as ſome gentle wemen do vſe in Fraunce, becauſe it doth violence vnto the fleſh, moueth the bloud, and enlargeth the pores, and alſo maketh the heare to growe againe greater.

Therefore in all ſortes it is good to annoint by and by the place with ſome coolinge or refreſhing oyle, as oyle roſet, or of Violettes. Likewiſe, you muſte vnderſtande that oftentimes the oynctment beinge mixed with Orpiment, burneth the ſkinne, and that commeth by the naughty or to ſtronge compoſition of it, or whan a man letteth it drye to longe vpon the place, or without fyrſte waſſhinge the place with hote water, or whan a man annoincteth not the place by and by after the heares be fallen, as we haue ſayde before.

To cauſe that the heare ſhall growe no more or to make them come out thynne and fyne lyke the fyrſt ſoft heare or moſynes of the face.

A Man can ſcant fynd a remedy that the hear growe no more, becauſe that manye whan they will do it, they make certaine oyntementes very colde and drye, wherwith they anoincte the place a good while, not doinge any good at al, by reaſon of the power of nature, which hath alwayes his courſe, and caſteth oute her ſuperfluities, with the heare. Therfore they burne the ſkin and do but marre it, wherfore you muſt note that they muſt make them fall of in the laſte quarter of the wane of the Moone, and then incontinent annoyncte the place with oyle roſat, or of Violettes: this dooen, the heare groweth agayne weaker, ſofter, and finer: and ſlacketh at euery time moore and moore in comming forth.

But if you will that it neuer growe more, vſe theſe remedies folowinge, whiche are very good, and certaine by experience. Take the litle ſtones of Oliues burned, the outwarde coddes of beanes, dried, the ſeede of Henbaine, Litarge of golde and ſiluer, the ſhelles of fyſhes called in Latyne Tellmae, burned, and the iuyce of blacke Poppy, as much of the one as of the other, and halfe as much Orpiment as of one of thoſe thinges. All this beyng beaten to poulder, boyle it in as muche oyle Oliue roſat, as will couer them ſixe fingers heyght, ſtyrringe it continually by the ſpace of twoo or thre houres: than let it coole, and ſtraine the ſaied oyle, and ſo keepe it, putting to it the fourth part of the oyle of Selandyne. And when the heares bee fallen, take a little linnen cloth, wette in the ſaid oyle luke warme, and lay it vpon the ſaied place, leauinge it ſo bounde on all a nyght. In the morning take of the lynnen cloth, and annoynt the place with oyle roſate: and at night lay the lynnen cloth on againe wetted as before: and this do .vi. or .vii. nightes, but let it be in the wane of the Moone. And yf you perceyue that the heares grow againe, make them fall away agayne at the nexte wane of the Moone, doyng in al poyntes as before: you ſhall not oft doe it, but you ſhal make that the heares ſhall neuer grow more.

☞To make a kinde of cloth or plaiſter to take the heare from the face, necke, and handes, or from anye parte of the bodye.

TAke twoo vnces of Turpentyne, halfe an vnce of white waxe broken ſmall, or ſome what moore or leſſe, accordinge as neede ſhall require, Bengewyne, Storax calamita, at youre diſcretion. Fyrſte melte the waxe a lyttle, wyth a lyttle fier, and than the Bengewyne and Storax: after this, put in the Turpentyne, adding to it a lytle Ceruſe well brayed, and ſettinge it to the fyre, putte in to it a lyttle Maſticke, and make thereof a mixion neither to thicke nor to cleare or thinne. Than take a piece of linnen clothe of what bygneſſe you will, and lay it abrode vpon a table, ſpreading afterwarde the ſaied compoſition vpon it with a ſpone, or ſome other thinge, as it were in maner of a plaiſter, than let it coole, and keepe it ſo the one vppon the other open, without folding vp the lynnen clothe, for when the ſaied mixion is colde, it is harde. If you will putte it in profe and occupie, dooe as foloweth.

At night when you gooe to bedde, waſhe your face and necke with luke warme water, rubbinge it well with a linnen cloth, or with your hand: and when it is drie or when you haue wiped it, take a piece of the ſaied plaiſter, or cyred clothe, and heate it by the fyre, vntill the ſaied mixion bee liquide and ſofte, then immediatly binde it vpon youre face, or vppon the place, from whence you woulde haue the heare to falle, and preſſe it harde on, leauinge it ſo all night. In the morninge go to youre lokinge glaſſe, and pluckynge of one ende of the ſaied lynnen clothe, you ſhall plucke awaye with it all the heare of your face, and ſo ſhall you leaue a very faire ſkinne. And if in caſe there remain yet any of the ſaied mixion vpon the fleſhe, waſſhe it with hote water, and with wheate branne, rubbinge it ſo longe with ſome piece of lynnen cloth, tyl you make it fal of, than waſhe your face with Aqua vite, or white wine, or with ſome other diſtilled water, being not to ſtrong, but let it be of Melons, or gourdes, or of ſuch other like and vſe afterwarde waters meete for the face, as you lyſt, and thus ſhall you kepe and maintayne youre face as cleare as glaſſe.

☞A meruelous ſecrete, whiche the greate lordes of the Moores dooe vſe, whereby they make that theyr children haue no heare vnder their armes, or other place where they wyll. And this ſecrete founde I in Syria, the yeare 1521. by the meanes of a lorde of the countrey, whoſe doughter I healed.

AS ſoone as the child is borne, they make ready by and by a peece of fine golde, or a Ducar, or els a rynge, or ſome like thinge, and kepe it in the fyre vntill it be redde hote, not meltyng it, than they carry it with a payer of tonges & laye it vpon the place, where they will no heare ſhall grow, and immediatlie annoynte it with oyle Roſat, or the oyle of Violettes: than after .xxiiii. houres, they do the like agayn, and by this meanes there groweth neuer heare in that place. I haue often times made the heare fall from yong gentil womens browes and foreheades with this medecine and they haue founde it wonderfull: but the golde muſt be very fine, which ſuffexeth no token, marke or ſkarre to remaine wher the burning was, as other metals do. I haue kept this ſecret hidden a longe time, [•]although that diuers times, men would haue giuen me greate giftes, yet I would not publiſh it a broade, vntill now that I haue doone it, in this preſent booke.

☞To make a kinde of cloth, called cloth of Leuant wherwith women vſe to colour their faces.

TAke the ſhearynge of ſkarlate, and boyle it in water, where quicke Lyme hath bene boyled: and after you haue boyled it a good ſpace, you ſhall ſtraine it, and take a potful of it, and put into it two vnces of Braſill, cutte in litle peeces, addyng to it an vnce of Roche alume, and as muche of Verdigreeſe, and a quarter of an vnce of gumme Arabicke: and after you haue well boiled it, the ſpace of halfe an houre, take a peece of olde linnen clothe, of what bigneſſe you wil, and wete it in this decoction, or red colour, than couer the pan, and let the ſaied mixtion coole, by the ſpace of a day & after you haue taken it oute, drie it in the ſhadowe, and keepe it in ſome veſſell, among odoriferous and [•]oote thinges, for to helpe you.

☞The ſame another waye.

TAke a glaſſefull of Aqua vite, a quarter of an vnce of the graine that I ſpake of before called Coccum, halfe an vnce of Braſyll, halfe an vnce of gomme armoniacke, put all theſe thinges together, in the glaſſe where the Aqua vite is, than ſtoppe it claſe, for feare it take vent, and the ſayed glaſſe muſte bee full. After this ſette it vpon a ſmall fier, makinge it ſeeth faire and ſoftlye, or elles ſette it in the Sunne, by the ſpace of twoo or three daies. This doen, ſtrayne it, and put in it pieces of olde linnen cloutes, as we haue ſaied before. If you thinke, in ſtrayninge this water, that the coloure is not redde, to your minde, your maye put in moore of the ſaied grayne and braſell.

☞To dye a whyte bearde or heare of the heade into a faire blacke.

TAke good galles of Leuant, or ſuche lyke, and frie them in oyle, but let them not burne: than ſtampe them, and ſifte them once or twiſe. Take alſo Ferretum or Spaniſhe blacke, whiche the Frenchmen call Atrament d'Eſpaigne, the whiche likewiſe you ſhal ſtampe and beate well to poulder. Than take a panne full of lye, and put into it the pylles or rynes of Pomegranades, Walnut pilles, Pineapples, Myrre, Sage leaues, as muche as you wyll. Let all this boyle together, vntill it bee broughte vnto the thirde parte. You muſte haue in it alſo two partes of galle, and one of Ferretum, tempering and incorporating all well together, vntill the blacke colour content you, wherewith you may die your bearde, and heare, in this maner. Waſhe youre bearde with lye not to ſtronge, leaſt it hurte you: and whiles your head or beard is yet hote, annoynt it with the ſaied confection: but it muſt bee luke warme, to the entent it maye penetrate and perce the better, and ſo leaue it a certaine ſpace. Than waſſhe youre heade or bearde fyrſt with lie, and than with hote water, and you ſhall haue youre heade and bearde ſayre and blacke. This hurteth not, nor ſmarteth anye thinge at all, neyther bringeth anye inconuenience to the heade.

❀ A noble and excellent poulder to make cleane the teeth, to make them faſt and white, and to conſerue the gommes. A better thinge can not be founde, and it were to geue or preſent to a Quene or Princeſſe.

TAke Lacca of grain,^[6] if you can get [〈◊〉], if not, take of the graine it ſelfe that is very good .x. partes, ſeuen partes of barley cakes or breade, ſo burned that they be brought to coales, Lignum aloe [〈◊〉]. partes, fine pommeyſe ſtone ſcoured and made clene in embers, and ſtieped or tempered in white wine, or in Vinaigre eight partes, dragons bloud three partes, roche Alome burned foure partes, honnye burned in a panne vntyll it be fyrſte blacke, and than yelowe, three partes (and this may you do of the lees of honnye, that remayneth whan it is diſtilled, puttinge it in a panne, and ſettinge it in a glaſſemakers fourneſſe the ſpace of a day or two) coles of the wood of roſemary, three partes, fyne Synamom two partes, Bengewyne one part, Bole Armenick oriental, nine partes, white wine lees two partes, Aleblaſter one part ſmall pearles one part, the ſcrapynge of yuorye two partes, lyttle Quinces not rype, of the byggeneſſe of a Walnutte, or a little more, ſixe partes. Nowe the beſt be thoſe that be not come to perfection vpon the tree; the whiche you muſte burne in the fyre, euen vnto coales, Maſtir eighte partes. Let all theſe thinges be well ſtamped, and paſſed thorough a fine ſarce, addinge thereto a lyttle Muſke, and ſome Golde or Syluer foyle. This doone, you ſhall keepe the ſayde poulder in ſome boxe well ſtopped, and ſo ſhall you haue a precious thynge. And whan you will occupie of it, waſſhe your mouth well fyrſt, with cleane water, or wine, than rubbe your teeth with youre fingar, or ſome lynnen cloth, taking of the ſayed poulder vpon it, and after waſhe your mouth well. Thus ofte doing, you ſhall alwayes haue your teeth very white, faſte in your head, ſtronge and not hollowe.

To make a very excellente conſerue to ſcoure the teeth, to comforte the gummes, and to make a ſwete and good breath.

BEcauſe the vſe of the poulder to ſcoure teeth, ſeemeth leſſe commodious, than ſome licoure or conſerue, which agreeth better with the mouth, therefore we will write here a very excellent one, whiche hath not his like in the worlde, and muſt be made as foloweth. Take one part of ſyrop roſet, two partes of the ſyrop of Myrtell, or of the woode called Lentiſcus, out of the whiche commeth a gomme called Maſtir, put this together in a cleane panne, than put to it of the ſaied poulder for the teeth, whereof we haue ſpoken in the Chapter before, ſo that al may be brought into ſofte paſte or dowe, than ſet the little pan vpon & chafinge diſhe, wherein muſt be ſome hote aſhes, with a fewe embers, or elles at the leaſte ſet it farre from the fyre, and make it boile ſayre and ſoftly, ſtyrringe it alwayes, vntyll it be as thicke as honny or thicker: than take it frō the fyre, and put to ſome goldfoile and muſk, what quantitie you will. And ſo ſhal you haue a ſinguler thinge for to do this that I haue ſpoken of.

An aduertiſement or leſſon concerning the making of poulders, and conſerues for the teeth.

IF you wil make the ſaid thinges as excellent as is poſſible, you muſt take of the ſaid things as much as you may get: or if you cannot haue them al, take at the leaſt the moſt excellent, as graine, pearles, Corall, yellowe Amber, Lignum aloes, Boale Armenick, alſo the coales of Barley Cakes or loues whan they are burned, and all the other thinges be very good in it. And if you woulds geue it to ſome greate prince or lorde, which had rather haue it of a good colour, or would know the thinges in it, you may make it as is ſaied, of ſewe thinges, with goldfoile and Muſke. And he that wil make it with leſſe coſt, and a greater quantitie, may (with the thinges mētioned in the chapter with the poulder) adde poulder of brickes, poulder of marble, Creuiſe or lopſters ſhelles burned, and a little white ſalte, the lees that remaineth in the bottome when men make ſtronge water, called Aqua fortes, is alſo very good, eyther by it ſelfe, or mingled with ſome other thinge, and ſoo ſhall you haue a greate deale of ſubſtaunce with ſmall coſt. And if a man wil make a conſerue of litle charge, and without much labour, he muſt take rawe honnye, or honny roſet, and mingle it with the ſaid poulders, and ſo rubbe his teeth therwith, with his finger, or with a linnen clothe, and waſhe his mouth well after it. Doinge this euery eight dayes, he ſhall make his teeth very fayre and white. A thinge very good, and mete for euery man.

An excedinge white and good poulder to ſcoure the teeth, whiche is meeter for lordes and great men, then anye of the other before.

FYrſt here is to be noted a goodly and notable ſecrete of great vertue, for to ſcoure and make white teeth, whiche is the pommeiſe ſtone alone, ſo that it be of that fyne and whyte ſtone, whiche ſhoemakers doo vſe to whiten whyte leather Shoes, and well beaten in poulder: For in rubbinge youre teeth with the ſame poulder, if ſcoureth and maketh them cleane, and taketh away all the roughneſſe of theim, as men ſee by experience, that the pommeiſe ſtone is vſed to polyſſhe bones, marble, and other like thinges. I haue ſene of my frendes, men of great iudgement and knowledge, whiche gaue nothinge vnto greate men and Lordes, but the ſayd poulder, whan it is well beaten in poulder, a man can not tell what it is: alſo you may geue it a little ſauour, layinge it amonge bagges of Muſke and Amber, of whome it taketh an odour, and I haue ſeene men of eſtimation, that helde it for a thinge of greate importaunce, when they ſawe the vertue and operation of it. Nowe, if you will make a white poulder, more noble and more profitable for the teeth, and gommes, take ſmall pearles ſtamped a lytle, or elles whole, and putte them in a dyſhe, or in a wyde glaſſe: than take the iuyce of lemons or orenges, ſtrayned thorough a linen cloth, at the leaſte ſixe or ſeuen times, and poure it vppon the ſaied Pearles, vntill it couer them ouer three or foure fingers high, and you ſhal ſee that in ſhorte ſpace it wil beginne to boyle, and than couer it with ſome paper, or linnen cloth, leauinge it ſo three or foure dayes, and at the ende you ſhall finde the ſayed pearles diſſolued and molten in the iayde iuyce, and tourned into a paſte as white as ſnowe, marye there will be a little yellowe ſkinne vppon it, engendred of the ſayed ſuyce. This doen, take cleere well water, or the water of Lentiſcus diſtilled, and poure it vpon the ſayed paſte, three or four fingers heighte aboue. Than take a little forke, or the ſteale of a ſyluer ſpone, or ſome thinne ſticke, and ſtyre the paſte well aboute in the ſayed water, lettinge it ſo ſtande, and finallye caſte oute the water, and if you ſee yet anye of the yellowe, remayne vpon the ſaied paſte, waſhe it againe, as before, and couer it with a paper, lettinge it ſo drye of it ſelfe, in the ſunne. After this you ſhall take three partes of the ſaied paſte, or whyte poulder, foure partes of white Pommeiſe ſtone, as is aforeſayed, two partes of white Bengewine, one parte of Roche Alome well burned, one parte of white Corall, halfe a parte of white yuorye, halfe a parte of Aleblaſter verie white. Breake and bruſe all theſe well vpon a table of marble, or in a ſyluer cuppe, puttinge to it ſome ſiluer foile, and thus ſhall you haue a very whyte and excellente ſubſtaunce or matter to make your teeth as white as ſnowe. And if you will, you waye put it to keepe in a conſerue, with the ſyrope of Ceder, or honny Roſet, or otherwiſe as you will. Alſo, if you will make the ſaied poulder verye redde, dreſſe it onelye with the Lacca of graine, and a lyttle redde corall. Nowe, becauſe that in ſtampinge, it will waxe ſomewhat white, put to it a little Boale Armonicke, with a little of the iuyce of Dragons bloude, and alſo golde foile. You maye g[•]ue to all theſe ſaied poulders what odoure and ſauour you will, but vnto the white poulder you may put no Muſk nor Amber, nor any other ſuche drooges, for it woulde take awaye the whiteneſſe, but you maye putte it well ynoughe in a lyttle bagge amonge Muſke, or other odours.

☞A diſtilled water, excellente for to make the teethe white immediatelye, and to preſerue theym wonderfully.

TAke a pounde of the firſte water diſtilled of honny, the whiche is white: than put it in a violl, with an vnce of commune white ſalte, halfe a pounde of raw roche Alome, an vnce of Salte Peter, halfe a poūde of ye water of the leaues of Lentiſcus, two vnces of Maſtick, the heighte of twoo fingers of Vynaigre in a glaſſe, and as muche white wine: Diſtil all theſe thinges with a ſmall fire, that they ſmell not of the ſmoke, nor any burninge: continuinge youre diſtillation in ſuche ſorte, that you be at the leaſte foure and twenty houres in diſtillinge the whole, or elles you may make it diſtill in Balnee marie, whiche is the ſureſte of all. Nowe, you muſte continue youre diſtillation ſo long, vntill there bee a moyſt ſubſtaunce to come forth, and into the water that diſtilleth out, you ſhall put a litle poulder of fine Synamom, a litle Lignum Aloes, and Boale Armonicke, for to geue it a redde colour, whiche many men like well: alſo for to geue it a ſtrength and odour, you ſhal put in rawe honny makinge it diſſolue in the heate of the Sunne, for it is a thing good for the gummes, and geueth a good fauour to the water. Keepe this well as an excellent thing, and it were for a queene. And when you wyll occupie of it, waſhe well your mouth fyrſt, and wipe youre teeth with a little piece of white linnen clothe, and than pike them wyth a tooth piker made of the woode Lentiſcus, or ſome other thinge wette in the ſaied water, or with a lyttle clothe, rubbe them a lyttle, and incontinent you ſhall perceyue and feele it faſten and bynde youre gommes, and comforte your teeth making them faire and white. And he that loueth better the white then the redde, let him put no Synamom, Boale armonicke, nor Lignum Aloes into it, after it is diſtilled, but let hym put it in to deſtill with the other thinges, puttinge of eche of them as muche as there is of Maſticke, and it ſhal be euen as excellent and as white as otherwyſe.

☞Three aduertiſementes or leſſons of importaunce to kepe the teeth white and vncorrupt and alſo a ſwete breathe.

THe firſt is, he that vſeth not to waſſhe well hys mouth euer when he hath eaten his meales, ſhal I haue alwayes yelowe teeth & a ſtinking breath. The ſeconde is, he that ſlepeth with his mouth cloſe, hath likewiſe an euyll breath, and foule teeth. The thirde is, that for to maintayne and kepe the teeth faire and white, and a ſweete breath, when a man is layed is his hedde, and when he waketh in the mornyng, it is good to purge well the breaſte and throte, ſpitting out all that is gathered together that nyghte: which alſo is good for the ſtomacke and heade. And hauing your teeth and breath warme take a lynnen cloth or the corner of the ſhete, and rubbe youre teeth well within and withoute, to take awaye the fumoſitie of the meate, and the yelowneſſe of the teeth gathered together in the night: for it is that, that maketh youre teeth yelowe, and gommes redde, and corrupteth your breath. This is a verie neceſſarye thing to be knowen, and oughte well to be obſerued: It is alſo good to eate euery mornynge ſome graynes of Maſticke.

❀ A decoction to waſhe and ſcoure the mouth, to faſten loſe teeth, to conſolidate and make ſounde the gommes, and to make the fleſhe grow agayne if it were decayed or fallen awaye.

TAke halfe a glaſſefull of Vynaigre, and as muche water of Lentiſcus, of Roſemarye, Myrrhe, Maſtick, Boale Armenicke, the moiſture that diſtilleth out of Dragons bloude, Roche Alome burned, of eche of theim an vnce, [•]ine Synamom halfe an vnce, well, riuer, or fountaine water, three glaſſefulles: mingle all well together, and let it boyle with a ſmall fyre, addinge to it halfe a pounde of honny, takinge awaye the ſcumme of it, than put in a little Bengewine. And whan it hath boyled a quarter of an houre, take it from the fyre, and keepe it in a cleane vyole, and waſhe your teeth often times withall, as wel before, as after meat: and holdinge it a while in your mouth, it is verye good for the heade, and maketh a ſweete breath. A thinge of great excellencie.

The ende of the fourth booke.

THE Secretes of the reuerende Maſter Alexis of Piemount.

THE FIFTE BOOKE.

☞To make perfyt Aſure, ſuch as commeth from beyond the ſeas.

TAke fyrſte a pounde of Lapis Laſuli, ſpotted like Marble, and ſomewhat of the colloure of Aſure, with ſome veynes of Golde, or greene, of the whiche you ſhall make this profe folowynge. Take a little piece of it, and put it vpon hote coales, blowinge it with a payre of bellowes, the ſpace of an houre, than let it coole agayne and touche it with your hande, if it breake, and vndoe lyke earth, it is nothinge worth, but if it abyde fyrme and harde together, and keepe his colour of Aſure, it is good. Than take a pounde of the ſame, and breake it into ſmall pieces, whiche you ſhall melte in the fyre the ſpace of a good houre, blowinge it continuallye. This doen, take good Vyneygre diſtilled, in ſome kynde of veſſell, wherein you ſhall quenche the ſayed pieces, and let them drye: than take water made as foloweth. Take a panne leaded, and putte in it a quarte of cleere water, and a lytle rawe whyte honnye. Boyle it, and ſkymme it well, vntyll there be no more ſkumme, and ſo let it coole. Than take of Dragons bloude wel ſtamped, the quantitie of a Walnutte, and wette it lyttle and little with the ſayed water, and it beynge wel dipt, ſtrayne it thorowe a linnen cloth, into ſome veſſell leaded. And you muſte note, that the water may not be to rodde, nor to cleere, but betwene both, that is to ſaye, betwene cleere and redde, to the ende that the Aſure may take a Violette coloure. After this, braye well the ſayde Lapis laſuli, ſo molten and burned, with the ſayed water (as vermilleon is commonly brayed) by the ſpace of an hour or more: thā aſſemble it together in a glaſſe, or ſome other veſſell leaded, ample and large, drying it in the ſhadowe, and not in the Sunne: for it would loſe his colour. And whan it is drye, beate it well to poulder, and keepe it in ſome cleane lynen cloth wel [〈◊〉] than make this paſt folowinge. Take two vnces of the coſin or gomme of a white pine tree, two vnces of Pigraeca two vnces of Maſtick, two vnces of ye oyle of line, two vnces of Turpentine, two vnces of newe Ware: ſtampe well that muſt be ſtamped, and cutte the Ware into ſmall pieces, than put all in a newe panne, and boyle it till it come to his perfection, whiche maye be knowen, by caſtinge a droppe of it into cold water, and if in takinge it with your wette hande, it cleaue not to your hande, it is parfecte: and therfore you ſhal ſtraine it thorowe ſome cleane cloth, into a veſſell full of colde water, but this muſt you do while it is yet hote, for if it be cold, it will not ſtraine, and leaue it ſo longe in the water, vntyll it be harde, than take it and ſet it to drye. Nowe, whan you will incorporate it with the poulder, do thus: Cut the ſayde confection in ſmal pieces, which you ſhall put into ſome kettle tinned within, and ſet it ſo on the fyre, and whan it beginneth to bubble vp, put to it an vnce of the oyle of bytter Almondes, lettyng it ſo boyl the ſpace of two Miſerere, and in the meane time make ready your poulder of Lapis laſuli in a veſſel, with ſome little ſticke made for the purpoſe: than take the kettle, and poure it by little and lyttle, into the veſſell vpon the ſayed poulder, not ceaſſinge to ſturre it alwayes with the lyttle ſticke, vntill it be all well incorporated with the ſayd poulder of Lapis laſuli, This doen let it cole, than annoinct your handes with oyle Oliue, and take the ſayd ſubſtaunce, and toſſe it vp and downe with youre handes, to thende to incorporate it well together. And after you haue broughte it to the fourme and faſhion of breade or paſte, put it in a veſſell leaded, and keepe it ſo the ſpace of tenne dayes at the leaſte.

And whan you will take out of it the Aſure, make fyrſt cleare lie, with the aſſhes of vynes, of the whiche you ſhall ſet a kettle full to the fyre, ſeethinge it as hote as you may endure your hande in it: than after, putte the ſaied confection or paſte in a veſſell leaded, and adde to it as muche of the ſaied lie as you ſhall thinke good.

Than ſtyre the ſaied ſubſtaunce fayre and ſoftlye, vntyll you ſee the Aſure come out, and whan you ſee it iſſued out, poure the ſaied lie with the Aſure into a veſſell leaded, of the which veſſelles you muſt haue a good nomber, than put to it againe of the other hote lie, doinge as before, puttinge it afterward againe into another veſſell, and do thus vntill there be no more Aſure. And here you muſte note, that of a pounde of Lapis laſuli if it be fine, there is loſte but an vnce, and is had oute of it in the whole, eleuen vnces, that is to ſay: fiue vnces of good and fine, three vnces of a mean ſorte, and three vnces of courſer. The fine is worth at the leaſte twoo crownes and a halfe the vnce, the meane, a crowne an vnce, and the other halfe a crowne. Nowe, after you haue gotten out all the Aſure, loke well whiche is like the one the other, for to put eche of them by them ſelues into three partes, as we haue ſaied. Than waſhe it wel with fayre and cleere lye, pouringe it out of one veſſell into another, vntil it be come to a good colour, and purified from all ordure and fylth. And whan you thinke it is cleane inough, drie itin the ſhadowe, in a chaumber, and whan it is drie, take a glaſſefull of fine Aqua vite, and ſtiepe in it a little good braſill, & than trimme and dreſſe your Aſure with the ſame Aqua vite, and let it drie, continuinge ſo the ſpace of three dayes, vntil the Aſure be participant, and haue taken parte of ſuche lycoure, and than it ſhall be of an excellent fyne coloure. Keepe eche ſort by it ſelfe in bagges of leather well ſowed and bounde.

☞To make a fyne confection of graine, called Laeca of grayne.

TAke a pounde of the ſhearinge of ſcarlette, and put it in a newe panne full of lie that is not to ſtronge, and boyle it vntyll the lie take the coulour of it. This doen, take a bagge, large and wyde aboue, and narrowe poincted beneth, whereinto you ſhall powre the ſayed ſhearing of ſcarlette, and the lye, ſetting a veſſell vnderneth, than wringe and preſſe the bagge harde, that all the ſubſtaunce, and all the coloure may ſtraine and dreane out, after that waſhe the ſhearinge and the bagge, in the veſſel where the colour is. And if you thinke that the ſhearinge hath yet more colour in it, boyle it againe with other lie, ordring it as before. This done, you ſhall heate the ſayed couloured lye vpon the fire, but let it not boile, and you muſt haue ready vpon the fyre ſome cleane pan, with cleane water, into the whiche beinge hote, you ſhall put .v. vnces of Roche Alome, beaten to poulder. And as ſone as you ſee it diſſolue, take a bagge, like vnto the fyrſte, and whan the coloure is hote, take it from the fyre, and put into it Alome, and caſte all ſo together into the bagge, ſettynge vnder it ſome veſſell leaded, and loke yf vnderneth the coloure come out redde, than take hote water and poure it into the bagge, with all the reſte that was ſtrained out of it, into the ſaied veſſell vnder the bagge, and poure that ſo often, whiche ſhall ſtraine and renne out vnderneth, vntill the licour that ſhall iſſue oute, be no more redde, but cleere as lye: hauinge thus ſtrained all the water, the coloure will remaine in the bagge, which you ſhal vndoe and ſeuer a ſonder with a ſclyſe of wood, putting it downe to the bottome of the bagge, and bringe it al into a maſſe, or lumpe, or into little tablettes, or into what fourme you will, and than drie it vpon a newe cleane pauinge tyle, in the ſhadow, within your houſe, or elles abroade where no ſunne ſhineth. And ſo ſhall you haue an excellent thinge of it.

To dye bones into a greene colour.

TAke a panne full of cleare water, and put into it a good greate piece of quicke lyme, leauinge it ſo the ſpace of a daye. The next daye morninge mingle it well together with a ſticke, and ſo let it reſte, and at none ſtyrre it agayne, and likewiſe at night. The nexte morninge folowinge, you ſhall ſtraine it cleane oute and kepe it, in the meane time haue the bones that you will die in a readineſſe, and boile them well in other common water, wherein Roche Alome hath ben diſſolued, and whan it hath boyled a good ſpace, you ſhall take them out, and let them drie, than ſcrape them wel with a knife, and put them into the ſayde lime water, and addinge to it ſome Verdegriſe, you ſhall let them ſeeth well, and than take them out. And after you haue wyped and dried them, do with them what ye will, for thei will be very fayre: And in ſtede of the ſaied lyme water you may vſe piſſe, whiche wyll be of the like operation.

Another maner howe to die bones, or Iuorye, into the coloure of an Emeraude.

TAke Aqua fortis ſeparatiua, and put therin to fret and diſſolue, as muche copper or braſſe, as the water is hable with her force to diſſolue and leuſe: this doen, put in what peece of woorke you will, beynge fyrſte cutte in the fourme that you will haue it, as beftes for kniues, penkniues, ynckhornes, images, or anye other thinge to youre fantaſie, leaue them in it the ſpace of a night, and thei ſhall be of the colour of an Emerande. Nowe, if in ſteede of copper or braſſe, you didde put in Syluer, it woulde be the better.

☞To die bones redde, blewe, or of anye coloure you wyll.

FIrſte boyle your bones in Alome water, than take quicke lyme water, or piſſe, and in this water or pyſſe, you ſhall put Braſyll, Azur, or an herbe called Rub[•]a, which the Apoticaries call Rubramaior, and Rubra tinctorum, or Rubea tinctorum, wherewith they coloure wolle or ſkinnes, in Engliſhe Chickweede, or what other colour you wyll, and than ſeeth your bones or Iuozie therein, and they wyll take ſuche coloure as you put in.

❀A very goodlie ſecrete to dye or colour woode, of what colour a man will, which ſome Ioyners do vſe that make tables and other thinges of diuers colours, and do eſteme it amonge them ſelues to be of ſuche excellencie, that one brother will not teache it another.

TAke early in the morninge, newe and freſhe horſe donge, made that night, and take of the moyſteſte ye can gette, with the ſtrawe or lytter and al, and laye vpon ſome little ſtickes layde a croſſe one ouerthwart another, and ſet ſome veſſell vnderneth, for to receaue that ſhall droppe or fall from the ſayde donge. And yf you can not haue inough in one morninge, doe the like two or three times, or as ofte as you wyll: than whan you haue wel dreamed out the water of this dong you ſhall put into euery pot of the ſayed water, the bigneſſe of a beane of Roche Alome, and as much gomme Arabick. Than ſtiepe what colour you will in it, vſing dyuers veſſels, if you will haue diuers colours, and put in what pieces of wood you will, holdinge them at the fyre, or in the Sunne: and at eche tyme plucke out ſome pieces and laye them apart, leauinge the other in, for the lenger ye let them lie in the water, the more wyll the colour alter. And in this manner you ſhall haue a greate quantitie of diuers colours, the one cleerer, the other darker, and maye vſe it to youre commoditie, ſo what vſe you liſt, for they ſhall be coloured both within and withoute, ſo that they will neuer loſe theyr colour, neither by water or any other thinge.

☞To counterfeyte the blacke woode called Hebenus, or Hebenum, and to make it as fayre as the naturall Hebene, which groweth no where but in India.

ALl kynde of woode that is lyke vnto this Hebene, may be dyed black: but the hardeſt and the maſſiueſt (as boxe and other lyke) are meeteſt for it,^[7] and will be bryghter, and aboue all, the wood of a Mulbery tree, as well the white as the blacke, is the beſte to be couloured, albeit the blacke be muche more for the purpoſe. Take than the ſaied wood, and let it lye the ſpace of three dayes in Alome water, either in the Sunne, or a pretye waye of frome the fyre, vntill the water waxe ſomewhat warme: than take oyle Oliue, or Oyle of lyne ſeede, and put it in a little panne, wherein is the bygneſſe of a nutte, of Romaine Vitriole, and as much Brymſtone. This doen, ſeeth your woode in the ſayde Oile a certaine ſpace, and ſo ſhal you haue a thinge very darke of colour. And the lenger you let it boile, the blacker it will waxe, but to much boylinge burneth it, and maketh it bryttle, therfore both in thone and other you muſt be circumſpecte, and vſe diſcretion.

To die ſkynnes blewe, or of the colour of Aſure.

HAuinge fyrſt well waſhed the ſkinne, and than wronge him, take the berries of walwort, and elder berries, and ſeeth them in water, wherein Roche Alome was diſſolued, paſſe him once thorowe this water, & let him drie, than paſſe him again thorow the ſame water, and being wiped and dried againe, waſh him with cleere water, than ſcrape out that water with the back of a knife, & once again paſſe it ouer wt the ſame colour, and let it dry, ſo ſhal it be of a very blew or Aſur colour.

To die ſkinnes in chickweede, called in latin Rubra maiore, or Rubra tinctorum, into a redde colour.

HAuing anoincted, waſhed, wronge, & layd abroad the ſkin, as is aforeſaied, wete it with water that white wine lees and baye ſalt hath ben boiled in, and than wring him. Take than creuiſes or crabbe ſhelles (be they of the ſea or of the riuer) burned into aſhes, the whiche you ſhall temper with the ſaid water of the lees and ſalt, and rubbe well the ſkinne therwith, than waſhe him well with cleere water, and wringe hym. This done, take ruddle tempered in water of lees, and rubbe the ſkinne well ouer and ouer with it, and than with the foreſayde aſhes, waſſhinge, and wringinge it thre times. Finallye, after you haue waſſhed him, and wronge him, if you thinke it be not well ynoughe, you ſhall geue him one dienge with Braſyll. The paſte or maſſe of Rubra tinctorum, muſt be made with water that lees or tartre hath bene boiled in, and the ſayed water muſt be luke warme, whan you make the paſte of ruddle, than leaue it ſo the ſpace of a night. After this, put vpon the ſayd Rubra tinctorum, a lyttle Alome, dragges, or lees, or Alome catinum, ſtieped in water. You maye alſo adde to it the colour of the ſhearing of ſcarlet, whiche hath bene taken oute boylinge in lye, whiche is a goodly ſecrete.

To die ſkinnes Greene.^[8]

ANnoint the ſkinne, and waſh him well with cold water, and than in hote water, and ſo wipe & drie him. This doen, take of the graines wherwt men the ſappe (the decoction wherof ſhall be put in thende of this boke, with them of all other neceſſary thinges) and the ſayde graynes or berries muſte be verye rype, than put them in cleare water, couered a fingar heigth, put therein alſo Roche Alome, and geue theim onelye one wawlme on the fyre. This doen, ſtrayne them out into ſome veſſell, than take the ſkinne, and folde him in the middle, rubbinge him well on both ſydes, with the ſaid ſodden graines, or berries, whiche remaine in the pan, and after with rawe Alome poulder. This doen, take the aſhes of ſhepes donge burned, and wete it with the ſaied coloure that you ſtrained into the ſayde veſſell, and rubbe the ſkinne wel on euery ſide, than cleere him againe of the ſaied graines, and waſhe him with cleere water, and ſet him to drie withoute wipinge him. Fynally caſt on him two glaſſefulles of the ſayde coloure, and it will be a perfecte greene.

Another waye to dye ſkinnes greene.

LEtte the ſkinne be annoincted, well waſſhed, wronge, and ſtretched oute as before, than take of the ſame graines and berries ye toke before, which you ſhall ſtampe and ſeeth in Roche Alome water, and geue the ſkynne twoo wypes ouer with this coloure, and ſo let it dry. After this you ſhal geue him one dying or colouringe of yellowe, made with the graynes, or berries of Nerprum, ſodden in water and Alome, and a lyttle Saffron, and you ſhall haue an excellent greene.

❀To die the ſayde ſkinnes greene another waye.

TAke the ſkinne, being annoincted, waſſhed, and ſpredde abroade, dye and coloure him with the coloure made of ſap greene, and put to it a few aſſhes wette in water, and ſo rubbe the ſkinne all about. And whan you haue waſhed and wyped hym againe, geue him one wype ouer with and Indian coloure ſodden in Roche Alome. And whan it is drye, lay on it of the foreſayde yellow, and you ſhall haue a fayre and liuely greene.

☞Another waye to dye ſkinnes of Aſure coloure, and fayre.

TAke the ſkinnes of blacke grapes, and rubbe well your leather with all, vntill it waxe ſomewhat blewe, and alſoo rubbe it well with the poulder of Indicum, then waſhe it, drye, and polyſhe it. Than ſtiepe the Indicum in thicke redde wyne: and whan the ſkynne is waſhed, annoinct him with it, and you ſhall haue a fayre ſkinne aſured blewe.

¶Another maner to dye ſkinnes Greene.

TAke rype elder berries, and the berries of walwort, and of ſappe greene, and this well ſtamped, you ſhall put to it Roche Alome, as muche as you ſhall thinke good, but rather to muche than to little: than take the lye, and put into it the ſaied berries of ſappe greene, and ſeeth them one waulme.

This doen, put in the berries of the walwort, or elder, and make them ſeeth alſo one waulme, than take them from the fyre, and let them coole, and after rubbe the ſkinnes with theim. Finallye, ye ſhall caſt vpon them, the aſhes of ſheepes donge, rubbinge them well with it. After this, geue theim the couloured water that the ſaied graines or berries were ſodden in, than take of the water with a curryers knyfe, and let them drye. And yf you nede to geue theim more coloure, than you maye put in more Indicum boyled, and it wyll be the better.

☞To die neates leather into a greene colour, as well in galle as in leaues.

POlyſhe well the leather with a pommeyſe ſtone, annointe it well with oyle, and waſhe it: than take an vnce or two of galles ſtamped, and put it in hote water, leauing it ſo an hour, than ſtraine it thorow a linen cloth, and put the leather into the ſame water, rubbinge it well with your handes, and leaue it ſo the ſpace of an houre: and hauinge taken it out, wring it, and ſtretch it abroad, & tight it. Than take the graines or berries of Nerprum, gathered in Iuly, whan thei be yet greene: drie them, and ſtampe them well, adding therto for euery ſkinne, two vnces of Roche Alom beaten in poulder, and mingled with the poulder of y• ſaied berries or graines. Than powre vpon the ſayd poulder boylinge water, and let it coole, this doen, poure of the ſayd water with the ſaid graines vpon the ſkinne, rubbinge it well ouer with the palme of youre hande, than ſtiep the aſhes of goates donge, in the water of the ſaid graines, and with the ſame water rubbe likewiſe the ſkin well with youre hande, after this waſhe him, and ſcrape out the water with a tanners paring knife, than tight him out, and take other ripe gaines of ſap grene and ſet them to ſeeth, hole, in water with Roch Alom, and afterwarde let them coole. Than take of the ſayde ſodden berries or graines, and rub the ſkin with theim with your handes, and put of the aſhes vpon it, which you ſhall ſtiep in the ſame greene water, that the ſayed berries were ſodden in. Finallye, you ſhall waſſhe the ſkin, and take out the water with a ſcraping knife, thā you ſhall geue it a courſe ouer of the ſaied grene water with a bruſh or clout meet for ſuch a purpoſe: And than lay him to drie, and trim him, and you ſhall haue a fair grene. If you will haue the coloure darcker, or ſadder, whan you ſet the ſaid graines to ſeeth with the Alom, you ſhall put to it a little Indicum well brayed. And you muſt note, that the water muſt be hote whan you ſtiepe the aſhes in it, with the water of the graines of Nerprū.

¶To die ſkines greene with the flowres of Ireos.

TAke the freſſhe flowres of Raphanitis, ^[9] or Ireos, and ſtampe them well, than take the drie graines or berries of Nerprum, and with them ſtampe roche Alome, a reaſonable quantitie, whereof a greate deale can do no hurte: put to it a little raine water, and mingle all this with the foreſayd flowres ſtamped. Kepe this colour in ſome clene veſſel, and than take the ſkinnes, being annointed, and waſhed as is aforſaid, and put to them the graines of ſap grene with the ponlder, in the ſame maner that we haue ſpoken of the other: waſhe them, and ſcrape of the water with a knife, and ſo let them drye, and geue them one wipe ouer finely with the ſayed colour that you kept, let them drie again, then dreſſe them according to the ſcience, and you ſhal haue fair leather.

❀To die bones in a turkiſhe or redde colour.

ALl kinde of bones may well be died and coloured, but hartes horne is farre better then anye other. Take than what bone you will, & ſhape him into what forme you pleaſe, and pulliſh him, and then boyle him in Roche Alome water a good while, letting him afterward drie, than take good grene, and ſtiep it in goates piſſe, and put it in ſome copper or braſen veſſell, well couered, and hide it vnder a dongehil the ſpace of .xv. or xx. dayes, and then ſhall you finde it verye fayre. You may make the like alſo with the brine of a man in ſtede of the goates pyſſe. And for to make it redde, put in Cinabrium, or Braſyll, in ſteade of greene: but than you muſt put it in ſome veſſell of wood or glaſſe, and not of copper nor braſſe.

To die hogges bryſtels and other things, for to make rubbers and bruſſhes.

FIrſte waſh well the bryſtels, thē take water wherin Roche Alom hath ben boyled, and put the ſayd briſtels therin, and let them lye vntill they take a coloure ſomewhat yellow: than take Chickeweede well ſtamped, and put it in Vyneaygre. Afterwarde ſette a kettle with cleere water on the fyre, wherinto you ſhal caſte the ſaied Chickeweede, with the Vyneaygre and all, and whan it beginneth to boyle, caſt in the bryſtels, and let them ſeeth but a very lyttle whyle, than take of the kettle from the fyre, and let it coole, and ſo ſhall you haue your briſtels of an excellent good colour.

☞To dye the ſaied briſtels yellowe, greene, or blewe, or any other colour.

FIrſte you muſt waſſhe them, and let theym boyle in Alome water, as the other before: than take Liguſtrum, and ſaffron, if you will haue them yellowe. Indicum, or the iuyce of elder berries, or walwort, or els of the flowers of Ireos, if you will haue them blew. If you wil haue them greene, take paynters greene, and dreſſe them as is aboue ſaied, aſſayinge ſometime if the coloure pleaſe you. And by this meanes you maye dye theim what colour you liſte.

☞To make a purple, whiche is a coloure wherewith men vſe to make a coloure lyke golde, for to paynte and wryte with.

MElt a pounde of fine tinne, and melted as it is, take it from the fire, and put into it. viij or ten vnces of quicke Siluer, mingle well all together vntil it be like as it were dow: than take a pounde of Brimſtone, and a pounde of Armoniacke ſalte well brayed. Incorporate all this with the ſayde dowe of the Tinne and Quicke Syluer, and braye them well together in a morter, or other veſſell of wood, or ſtone, and not of Braſſe. Than put al this compoſition into ſome violl, which muſte be well luted or clayed about the mouth, or ſo emplaiſtred that the clayinge or lutinge be higher than the violle a finger height or twayne. Than afterwarde ſet it ſo vpon the fourneis, makinge to it a ſlowe fyre at the firſt, and after a little bygger, and ſo you ſhal maynteyne it, ſtyrringe at tymes with a little ſticke that whiche is in the glaſſe. And whan you ſee that it wil make a yellow colour, take it from the fyre, and let it coole, and ſo ſhall you haue a very fayre purple coloure lyke the colour of golde: Afterwarde braye it with lie, and waſhe it with piſſe, or lie, addinge to it a little Saffron, and ſtiepe it with gommed water, as you ſhall ſee hereafter moore playnely.

☞To make Lacca of Braſyll.

TAke twoo pailes full of ſtronge lie, and put in it a pounde of the ſhearing of ſine ſcarlette, and let it boyle vntill the ſaied ſhearinge be all together diſſolued and conſumed into water: than after poure it into ſome veſſell of wood or ſtone, and caſte into it by little and little, a pounde of Roch Alom, minglinge it well with a ſclyſer of wood, and poure alſo to it, by little and little, two payles full of colde water. And after put it in a ſtraininge bagge, and lette it dreane / and trickle out, then put that remayneth in the bagge into ſome veſſell of glaſſe. This doen, you ſhall ſet on the fyre a pounde of Verzine or Braſill cutte in pieces into a payle full of lye, and let it ſeeth vntill it be diminiſhed the thicknes of a finger, than ſtraine it in another bagge, and let the water that commeth oute be ſet againe on the fyre, with an vnce of gomme Arabick made in poulder, and let it ſeeth vntyll it be diminiſhed halfe a ſinger: then powre it vpon the ſayed compoſition, that you did put into the veſſel of glaſſe, minglinge well all together with a wodden ſclyſer, than put it in a bagge, and ſtrame it well. The dowe of Verzine wil remayne in the bagge, whereof you may make rounde apples or balles, and drye them in the ſhadowe, and it will be parfite.

☞To make white tables to wryte in with the poynt of a wyre, ſuche as come out of Germany.

TAke plaiſter called Gipſum, cribled and ſifted, and ſtiepe it, and temper it with hartes glue, or other, and geue your parchment leafe one touch with it, and whan it is dry, ſcrape it, that it may be euen and bryght, and couer it ouer againe with the ſayed plaiſter, called Gypſum, and ſcrape it as before: than take Ceruſe, well brayed and ſifted, and ſtiepe it with the Oyle of line ſeed ſodden: Annoint your tables with this mixtion, and let it drye in the ſhadowe, the ſpace of fiue or ſixe dayes. This doen, take a cloute, or linnen cloth wete in water, wherewith you ſhall flicke and make ſmoeth the ſaied tables, but the cloth muſte fyrſte be wronge hard, and the water preſſed oute, then leaue it ſo the ſpace of .xv. or .xx. dayes, vntill it be thorowe drye, than applie it to your vſe.

☞To make roſet, or ruddle.

TAke an vnce of Braſill broken ſmall, a quarter of an vnce of Ceruſe, and a quarter of an vnce of Roche Alome, mixe all theſe thinges well together, and ſtampe them well, than poure pyſſe vpon them, vntil they be al couered with it, leauinge it ſo the ſpace of. iii. dayes, and mixing it. iii. or. iiii. times a day. Afterward ſtraine it thorowe a linnen cloth, and put it in a pan not leaded, or in a morter of white ſtone and let it drie in a place where there commeth neyther Sunne nor day lyght: than ſcrape the ſaied roſet, and kepe it, and whan you will write withall, ſtiepe it in gommed water.

☞To gylt ouer parchement, leather or other ſuch work, which men vſe in ſteade of hanginges, or tapiſtry.

TAke thre pounde of the Oyle of lyne, Vernix, Pixgraeca, of eche a pound, halfe an vnce of Saffron poulder. Boyle all this in a panne leaded, ſo muche, and ſoo longe, that puttinge into it a hennes feather, and taking it by and by out agayne, it ſeeme as it were burned. Than take it from the fyre, and take a pound of Aloe epaticum, of the beſt, well made in poulder, and caſte it in by little and little, ſtyrringe it incontinent well together with a ſtronge ſticke: for otherwiſe it woulde ſwell and ryſe vp a lofte. And yf in caſe for al the ſtyrringe it riſe vp, take it of the fyre, and let it ſtande a while, and than ſet it en the fyre agayne, makinge it boyle a new, ſtyrring it alwayes diligently. And whan all is well incorporated together, take it frō the fyre, and let it reſt a while, than ſtraine it thorowe a linnen cloth, into ſome other veſſell wherein you will kepe it, and it is made. Nowe, if in ſteade of Saffron, ye did put to it of the yellowe ſeed which is in the flowres of Lillies, you ſhall make it muche better and fairer. Whan you will gylte the parchemente, you ſhall geue it a grounde or ſituation with the white of an Egge, or Gomme, wherevpon you ſhall laye ſiluer or tinne leaues, but it ſhall not be ſo fayre with the leaues of tinne, as with ſyluer. Than lay the ſayde Vernix hote vpon the parchement, or leather ſiluered, and you ſhall ſee immediately a coloure of golde very fayre. Lette it drye wel in the Sunne, and print it, than paynt it with what colour you wyll.

☞To dye Crimſon ſylke.

FIrſte cutte in ſ[•]nder, or ſcrape harde Sope ſmall, and melte it in common water, than take your ſylke in a lynnen bagge, or of fyne canueſſe and thynne, and put it into a kettle with the ſayde water & Sope. Let it boſle halfe an howre, ſlyrringe it that it cleaue not to the kettle, then take it out, and waſhe it in ſalt water, and after in freſh water. Take alſo for euery pounde of Silke, a pounde or more of Roche Alome alayde in colde water, and ſee there be water ynough, into the whiche you ſhall put the ſayde ſylke withoute any bagge, and without ſettinge it on the fyre, leauing it ſo the ſpace of eyghte houres: than take it oute and waſhe it in freſhe water, and after in ſalte water, then agayne in freſhe water, and let it not drye, but putte it wete as it is in a kettle with the Crimſen, well ſtamped and ſyſted, that is to ſaye, three vnces for euerye pounde of ſylke. If you will haue the ſylke of a higher colour, take foure vnces of it, and boyle it in as muche water as will couer the ſylke, and that the water be aboue it foure or fiue fyngers high, and for eche pounde of the ſayde Crimſen, you ſhall putte in three vnces of ſmall galles of Iſtria, well beaten into poulder: or in ſtede of them, you may put in halfe an vnce of Arſenick Criſtaline, for euery pounde, whiche wyl make the colour fayrer, but it is daungerous becauſe of the ſmoke, and all incenueniences that maye happen, where ſuche water maye fall. And whan it beginneth to boyle, put into it your Sylke, prepared and ordered as is aforeſayed, and let it boyle a quarter of an houre. Finallye take it of, and lette it drye in the ſhadowe, and you ſhal haue an excellent thinge.

To prepare and trymme Braſyll, for to make of it four diuers colours.

PVt Braſyll in as muche cleare water as ye will, and ſeeth it vntill it be diminiſhed of the thyrde parte, or at the leaſte vntyll the colour pleaſe you, that is to ſaye, that it be very redde, then deuide this colour into. iiii partes: and if of one of the partes you will make roſet, put nothing to it, for the colour will be ſuche of it ſelfe. If you will make the other part blewe, put to a lyttle Lime water, and you ſhall haue very fayre blew: mary the Braſyll muſte be luke warme. If you will make it Violet, put lye to it: but if tawny, you ſhall putte to it Alumen fecis.

☞To make roſet of Braſyll another waye.

TAke a potte of water, and put in it the byggeneſſe of a Walnutte of vnſleaked Lyme, leauinge it ſo the ſpace of a nighte, then take as muche Braſyll, bruſed and broken, as will fyll the veſſell, that you wyll boyle it in, halfe full: than poure into it the ſayed water with the Lyme wel ſtrained, and lette it ſo ſtiepe in the ſayed water, the ſpace of foure howres, makinge it afterwarde boyle vntyl it be come to halfe, than howe downe faire and ſoftly the veſſell that you boiled it in, and drawe oute the coloure into ſome other cleane veſſell, puttynge to it the quantite of a Cyche Peaſe of Roche Alome, well brayed, and putte it in whan it is verye hote: than ſhall you haue a goodly thinge to do withall what you will. If you wyll wryte with it, adde to it a little Comme water. If you wyll make it Blewe, putte to it three vnces of Lye, more or leſſe, into a veſſell, and you ſhall haue a very ſayre blewe.

☞To make beyonde ſea Aſure, without Lapis La[•]uli.

TAke an vnce of Siluer, calcined or burned with Aqua fortis, and an vnce and a halfe of ſalt Armoniack, mixe all well together with vynayger, and lette it clarifie a lyttle. If the Vynayger be more than the ſayd thinges, take away that is to much, and put the reſt in a veſſell well leaded, and well ſtopte, that the ſubſtaunce haue no vente oute, leauinge it ſo xxv. dayes, and at the ende you ſhall finde verye fayre Aſure.

☞To make a grene colour to write or paynt with.

TAke Verdegriſe, Litarge, Quicke Syluer, and braye all this together with the piſſe of a younge chylde: and than write or painte with it, and you ſhall ſee an excellent colour, as it were an Emeraulde.

☞To braye fyne golde, wherewith a man maye write, or paynt with a penſyll.

TAke golde leaues beaten, and foure droppes of hony: mixe it wel together, and put it in a glaſſe. And whan you wyll occupie it, ſtiepe and temper it in Gommed water, and it will be good.

☞The ſame another waye.

TAke as muche as you will of the leaues of golde or ſyluer beaten, and laye it abroade in a large cuppe or glaſſe, as euen as you can, and wette it with cleare water, than braye it with your fingar, wetinge ſometyme your fyngar, but ſpreade it not to muche abroade in brayinge it, and continue thus doynge vntill it be well broken, puttinge vnto it alwayes water. And whan you thinke it is broken and brayed ynoughe, fill the cuppe with cleane freſhe water, and ſtyrre it well, than let it repoſe halfe an houre: After this ſtrayne the water, and you ſhall finde the golde in the bottome of the cuppe, the whiche you maye drie at youre pleaſure. Whan you wyll putte it in [〈◊〉], ſtiepe and temper it with Gommed water: alſo you muſt kepe it well couered, that it take no fylth. This is the beſte waye that is, to make brayed or pow[••]ed Golde.

☞Another waye with Purpurine.

TAke Purpurine, which you ſhall fynde to be ſold, or that you haue made youre ſelfe in the manner aforeſayde, than put it in a dyſh, with pyſſe or lie, and dippe it well with your fingar little and lyttle: afterwarde fyll the dyſhe with pyſſe or lie, and let all ſetle downe into the bottome. This doen, ſtyrre it agayne, chaunging often the ſayd lie, vntill all be as you would haue it, and finelye beynge broken and pounned, and that the laſt pyſſe or lye be as cleare as whan you dydde put it in, and after you haue ſtrained it oute, you ſhall put to it a lyttle Saffron, and temper it with Gommed water. Than maye you wryte, paynt, or do any thinge elles with it.

¶To make a grounde to gylt vpon, with burniſhed golde.

TAke Gipſum, the quantitie of a Walnut, Boale Armenicke, the byggeneſſe of a Beane, Aloehepaticke, Sugre candy, of eche of theim the quantitie of a Beane, ſtampe them by them ſelues, and puttinge the one vpon the other, you ſhall put to it laſte of all a little Ciuette, or honny.

☞To laye or ſettle golde with a ſingle grounde.

TAke fine Gipſum, Aloe Epaticum, Boale Armenick of eche like quantitie, and temper it with the whites of new layd egges, which you haue ſtrained thorow a linen cloth, & if your ground be to ſtronge you maye temper it with water.

❀Another waye to laye on golde.

TAke Gommed water, and with the ſame onely put golde, and the ſayed grounde will be good vpon parchemente, or vppon ſkinnes, the lyke maye you make with the whites of newe layed Egges, and with the milke of figges alone.

To make colours of all kynde of metalles.

TAke Criſtall, or paragon ſtone, and braye it well with the white of an Egge, and than write with it, and whan it is drye, rubbe the writynge with golde, or any other metall, and you ſhall haue the ſame coloure that the metall is of.

To laye golde on a blacke bottome or grounde.

TAke the ſmoke of a Lampe, and powne or braye it well with the Oyle of line, or of Walnuttes. And whan you will laye the golde vpon the ſayd ground, ſe that it be neither to moiſt nor to drye.

☞To make letters of the colour of golde, without golde.

TAke an vnce of Orpimente, and an vnce of fyne Criſtall, and braye theim eche one by him ſelfe, than mingle theim together with the whites of Egges, and wryte with it.

❀To make ſyluer letters without ſyluer.

TAke an vnce of Tynne, two vnces of quicke ſyluer, and melte theim together, than braye theim with Gommed water, and write with it.

❀To make greene letters.

TAke the iuyce of Rue, Verdegriſe, and Saffron[•] braye them well all together, and wryte therewith with Gommed water.

To make white letters in a blacke feilde.

TAke the pure mylke of a fygge tree, in a glaſſe, and ſet it in the ſunne the ſpace of halfe an hour: than alaye it, or temper it with Gommed water, whan you will occupie it. And whan you haue written with it blacke the paper with incke, as muche as you wyll if the paper be greate: and whan it is drye, rubbe it well with a linnen cloth. Than the letters that you made with the mylke of the fygge tree, will go of all to gether, and the paper wyll remayne written white, becauſe it was kept and preſerued by the ſame mylk, from the yncke, where the letters were. The lyke maye you make with the yelke of an Egge, tempered in water, with the whiche you maye wryte alſo: And whan the writinge is drye, rubbe wel the paper ouer with incke, as before. And whan it is drye, rubbe the ſayde letter, made with the yelke of the Egge, with ſome lynnen cloth or knyfe, and they will goo of, and leaue a whyte ſpace, whereby you ſhall haue fayre white letters in a blacke paper.

To make a greene colour for to write and paynt withall.

TAke greene byſe, and ſtiepe it alone in Vynaigre, and paſſe it thorowe a linnen cloth, and braye it well vpon a Porphire ſtone, with cleare water, and put to it, in brayinge it, a little honny, and lette it d[•]e well, than braye it againe wel with Gommed water, and it will be perfecte.

☞To trimme and dreſſe Aſure.

AZure is brayed with hony, as greene, but ye nede not purge it otherwiſe: temper it with ye whites of Egges beaten, or with the water of glewe, and not of Gomme. The water of glewe, is made with parchement glew, cleare and mollified, and ſtrained as Gomme is.

☞To dreſſe or trimme Cinabrium, for to wryte or paynt with.

BRay well the Cinabrium vppon a Porphyre ſtone, with cleare condite water, than let it drie, and putte it in an ynckehorne, or glaſſe, but it is better in an inckhorne in winter. After this poure piſſe into it, minglinge it well together, and leauinge it ſo vntyll nyght, vntyll all the Cinabrium be gone to the bottome: than chaunge the pyſſe, and do as before, leauinge it ſo vntyll the nexte morninge, chaunginge ſo the vrine or pyſſe foure or fyue dayes, vntyl al be wel purged. Than take the white of an Egge well beaten, vntyll it be brought into cleare water, whiche you ſhal poure vpon the Cinabrium, ſo that it be more than a fingar aboue it: After mixe well al together with ſome ſticke of a Walnutte tree, or elles with ſome little bone, than lette the Cinabrium deſcende downe to the bottome, and do with this as before with the pyſſe, the ſpace of two or three dayes, and this will take awaye all the ſauoure of the piſſe. This doen, ye ſhal put another whyte of an Egge and mingle all well together, and than it will be perfyt: you muſt kepe it well ſtopped. At euerye time that you will occupie of it, ſtyrre it well: and whan the white of the Egge is ſo dreſſed, as is declared, it neuer corrupteth.

☞A grounde to laye golde vpon anye mettall or yron.

TAke Vernix liquida, a pounde, Turpentine, Oyle of lyne, of eche of theym an vnce: myre well all together, and it is made.

☞To gylte the edges of bookes.

TAke the quantitie of a Walnut of Boale Armenicke, the byggeneſſe of a Cyche peaſe of Sugre Candye: braye them drye the one with the other, and putte to it a little of the white of an Egge well beaten, than mingle well all together. This doen, take the booke that you will gylte, whiche muſte be wel bound, well glewed, euen cutte, and well poliſhed, ſet him faſt in the preſſe, and that as euen and as righte as you can poſſible. Then with a penſill geue him a wype ouer with the white of an Egge well beaten, and let it drye, than geue him alſo another with the ſayd compoſition. And whan it is well dryed, ſcrape it, and polliſh it wel. Laſt of all when you will laye on the Golde, wette the ſayde edges with a little cleare water, with a penſill, and than incontinent put on the golde leaues, cutte in that biggeneſſe they ought to be, and whan it is drye, pollyſhe it with a dogges tothe. This doen, you maye make what worke you will vpon it.

☞To kepe whites of egges as longe as a man will without corruptinge, and without putting Arſenick to it. A ſecrete not muche knowen.

TAke the whites of Egges, not breakinge them in any wiſe, and put to them as muche white Vynaygre as ſhall ſuffiſe, that is to ſaye, a reaſonable quantitie, leaue it ſo the ſpace of twoo dayes, than paſſe it thorow ſome linnen cloth, without breakinge or beatynge the white of the Egges, leauinge it ſo the ſpace of eight dayes, than ſtrayne it agayne, and put it in a violle well ſtopped, for to occupy whan you haue nede.

❀ The maner howe to make the grounde or foundation for Indicum.

TAke Gomme Armoniacke three partes, Gomme Arabick one parte, Serapinum, a fourth part, ſtiepe theſe in Vynaygre, vntyll they be very ſofte, than mixe them well, and ſtraine them thorow a linen cloth, and it wyll be verye good to occupye whan you haue neede.

Another perfyt grounde for the ſame thinge.

TAke Gomme Armoniack an vnce, Gomme Arabicke thre vnces, and ſtiepe it in Vyneaygre the ſpace of a daye and a nighte, than take the biggeneſſe of a Walnutte of good yellowe Honnye, and a Garlyke heade, well pilled and made cleane, and well ſtamped. Boyle all theſe thinges together in ſtronge Vynaigre, puttinge to it a little Aloe Epatic, and lette it boyle a good while, than ſtraine it thorow a linen cloth and wringe out well all the ſubſtaunce of it. And if you thinke it be liquide or ſoft, or to cleare, boile it agayne, vntill you thinke it is thicke inoughe, than kepe it in a glaſſe, or veſſell of earth leaded, or of bone. Whan you wil gilt any thinge, anoint it fyrſt with this compoſition, with a penſill, and rub it wel, ſo that the ingra[•]ing be not filled, & leaue it ſo as long as you wil: than, whā you will lay on the leaues of gold, blowe a little youre breath vpon the ſaied foundation or ground, and ſet on the ſaied leaues of gold, diſpoſing and orderinge theim as is requiſite, preſſing them wel downe with a penſil, or with a little wol or bombaſe, and than ſhal you haue a very excellente giltyng.

☞A goodlye waye howe to make Golde and Syluer in poulder, a thinge eaſye to be done, and there wyll come of it an excellent coloure. This is a verye rare ſecrete, whiche hath not bene vſed nor knowen vntyll this preſent.

TAke leaues of golde a crowne weighte, or as muche as you will, and ſet it to the fyre in ſome little cleane pan or pipkin, and in another veſſell you ſhall put foure times as muche in weighte of quicke ſiluer, a good waye of from the fyre, ſo that it may but onely warme a litle, for otherwiſe it mighte vaniſhe awaye. Let not the leaues of golde take ſo muche heate, that thei melt, but let them waxe almoſt redde. This doen, take them from the fyre, and the quicke ſyluer lykewiſe, whiche you ſhall poure hote vpon the leaues of golde, and incontinent mingle them well together with a litle ſtick, the ſpace of a Paternoſter, and poure it afterwarde into a dyſhe full of cleere water, and you ſhall haue a dowe of the ſaied golde and quicke ſyluer, but the coloure of the golde will be ſo darkened and obſcure, that a man ſhall perceaue and ſee nothinge at all. And this is the dowe that the Goldſmythes call Amalgama, and the learned men Malagma, whiche is a Greke word, and being corrupted of the Arabians, was chaunged into Amalgama. Alſo you may make this colde, in brayinge the leaues a good whyle with the quicke ſyluer vppon a Porphyre ſtone, vntyll all be mixed and ioyned together.

And braying it alſo with ſtronge Vinagre, or the iuyce of Lemons, it will ſoner be made, and wyl incorporate and come together the better, than muſte you waſſhe it wiſe or thriſe with cleare water. Nowe, how ſoeuer you haue made this dowe, or Amalgama, you muſt ſtrain it thoroughe a lynnen cloth, fyne and thicke, to the intente that a parte of the quicke ſyluer maye go thorow: or elles ſtraine it thorough a wylde goates ſkynne, or a lambes ſkinne, whiche is farre better, and preſſe it harde, to thintente there may come out as much quicke ſyluer as is poſſible. Than take that remayneth in the cloth or ſkynne, and put to it halfe as much fayre quick Brymſtone citrine. Fyrſte ſtampe well the Brymſtone and mingle it with the ſaied paſte or dowe: and beynge ſo myngled, ſette it on the fyre in a dyſſhe or yron lad[•]e, leauinge it ſo vntyll all the Brymſtone be burned, and all the reſt yellowe. Than let it cole, and put it in a diſh waſhynge it ſo often with cleare water, tyll you haue a fayre colour of Golde. Than kepe it in ſome glaſſe or earthen veſſell leaded, as you do the other punned and brayed Golde, and whan you will put it in experience, ſtiepe it in Roſe water, or other, wherin you ſhal haue mollified or diſſolued ſome cleare gomme Arabicke.

Than dreſſe and order it to write or paynte with, and you ſhall haue an excellent thinge. Whan you haue written or painted, beynge once drye, you maye burniſhe it with a dogges toeth, whiche you can not do to the other brayed or punned golde, that Scriueners and Painters nowe a dayes do vſe. This ſecrete hath bene practiſed of the olde and auncient writers, as we ſee in ſome of theyr bokes. But nowe you muſt vſe the practiſe to burniſh it, layinge a white paper vpon the gold, and rubbinge fyrſte vpon the ſaied paper with the dogges toeth. And if you thinke that it is not yet burniſhed ynoughe, you maye burniſhe it once agayne, with the toeth vpon the Golde without the paper betwixt.

☞To make a verye fayre Vernix, to verniſhe the ſaied golde, and all other workemanſhippe.

TAke Bengewine, and bray it the beſte you can betwixt two papers, than put it in ſome violle, and poure vpon it good Aqua vite, that it be aboue the Bengewyne three or foure fingars hygh, and leaue it ſo a day or twaine, than put to it, for halfe a violle of ſuche Aqua vite, fine, or ſixe blades of Saffron ſlenderly ſtamped, or elles whole. This doen, ſtraine it, and with a penſill Verniſhe therewith anye thynge gylted that you will, which wil become bright, and fayer, dryenge it ſelfe immediatelye, and will continue many yeares. Nowe, if you will dreſſe Syluer in ſuche a manner, do euen with the ſiluer leaues as you did with the Golde, if not, in ſteede of Brimſtone you ſhall take white commun ſalte, then dreſſe the Verniſh in the foreſaied manner, puttinge to it the Almonde or Bengewine, that is to ſaye, the white that is founde in the middes of Bengewine, and put in no Saffron at all. And the ſaied Verniſhe of Bengewine, and Aquavite, without any other thinge, is very good to verniſh all thinges, as well painted as not painted, and alſo to make tables and coffers of Walnutte tree, and Nebene to gliſter and ſhine, and of all other thinges: Lykewiſe workes of Copper gilted, and not gylted: for it maketh bright, preſerueth, aydeth the colour, and drieth incontinent, without takinge any duſt or fylth, but that you may make it clene with a linnen cloth, or with a foxes taile, whiche is better, as if it were not verniſhed at al.

To bray or break golde or ſyluer eaſely after the comes maner that the beſt workmaſters do vſe.

TAke what golde leaues you will, and incorporate them wel in a cuppe of glaſſe, with Iulep roſet, ſtir ringe it well with your middle finger, little and little. And when all is incorporated together, braye it well vpon a Porphyre ſtone, than poure by little and lyttle, clere water vpon the ſaid ſtone, mixing it alwais: After ſtrain the ſaid gold & Iulep, into a diſh, or cup of glaſſe, and waſhe well the ſtone that there remaine nothinge. Than ſtirre all with your finger in the ſaied diſhe, and let it ſo repoſe: after, poure the water out, and putte in other freſhe, cleere, and warme, and waſhe it ſo, vntyll all the Iulep be waſhed and clenſed oute, and that the water (putting it in your mouth) be in no wiſe ſweete, than let it drie. This d[•]en, you ſhall put it in a cuppe of cleane glaſſe, and rake out a fewe hote embers a good way from the fyre, that the glaſſe breake not, wherevpon you ſhall ſet the ſaied cuppe, vntyll the gold waxe very hote, and be retourned to his naturall colour. Finally temper it with go[•]med water, for to put it in experience.

To make a lycoure, that maketh a golden coloure without golde.

TAke the iuyce of Saffron flowres, whan thei are freſhe vpon the plante, and if you can get none, take Saffron dried, wel made in poulder, and put to it as muche yellowe and gliſteringe Orpiment, that is ſcaly, and not earthy: than, with the gall of a Hare, or of a Pike (whiche is better) braye them well together. This doen, put them in ſome violle vnder a donghyll certayne daies, then take it out and keepe it, and whan you will wryte with this licoure, you ſhall haue a fayre coloure of Golde.

❀ Another licour of the colour of Golde, for to wryte and to gylte yron, woode, glaſſe, bone, and other lyke thynges.

TAke an egge layed the ſame day that you begin to make this, the whiche egge you ſhall open at one ende, and take out all the white, than take two partes of quicke ſyluer, and one parte of ſalte armoniack, that is cleane, and well beaten: and of theſe two thinges, you ſhall put as much vpon the yelk of the egge that remaineth in the ſhell, as will fyll it vp againe: than mingle well all together with a lyttle ſticke. After, ſtoppe the ſayed egge with the piece that you tooke of, cloſinge it well with a piece of waxe, that nothing may enter into it, nor any thinge iſſue oute.

Than laye it vnder horſe donge, right vp, the open end vpwarde, this doen, take another halfe egge ſhell, and make as it were a couer or a cappe vpon the ſayed broken ende, coueringe it with dunge, and leaue it ſo the ſpace of twenty or fiue and twentye dayes, and ſo ſhall you haue a very fayre coloure of gold, for to write, and to do what you wyll withall. And if the ſayed ſubſtance be to harde or to thicke, you may breake it, or temper it with gommed water.

☞Another goodly licour, to make a golden coloure with little coſt, and is a thinge eaſye to be doen.

TAke the pilles of Citrons, or Orenges very yelow, and cleere thē well of the white that is within ſyde, than ſtampe them well in a morter of ſtone, or woode, well made cleane, and take good yellowe Brimſtone, cleare and bryght, and well beaten in poulder, whiche you ſhall mingle with the ſaied pilles ſtamped, ſtampinge well all together. This doen, you ſhall putte all this into a violle, and kepe it in a depe ſellar or caue, or in ſome moyſt place, by the ſpace of .viii. or .x. days. Finallye, you ſhall heate it agayne by the fyre, and then write or paint with it, and you ſhal finde it a very excellent coloure of Golde.

☞To make yncke, or a colour to wryte with, in a verye good perfection.

TAke good Galles, and breake theim in three or foure pieces, that is to ſay, ſtampe them ſlightly, and put them in a fryinge panne, or ſome other yron panne, with a litle Oyle, frieng them a litle, then take a pounde of them, and put it in ſome veſſel leaded, pouringe into it as muche white wine as wyll couer it ouer, more then a good hand breadth. After, take a pounde of Gomme Arabick, well ſtamped, and eyghte vnces of Vitriole well made in poulder: myxe all well together, and ſet it in the ſunne certaine dayes, ſtering it as often as you may: then boyle it a litle if you ſe that you haue neede, and after ſtraine it, and it will be perfecte. And vpon the lees that ſhall remayne in the bottome, you maye poure other wine, and boyle it a little, and ſtrain it. You may put wine vpon the ſame lees as often as you will: that is to ſay, vntil you ſe yt the wine whiche you put in, will ſtaine or be coloured no more. Then, mingle al the ſaied wine, wherunto you ſhal put other g[••••]s, gomme, and vitriole, as at the beginning thē keping it in the Sunne, you ſhal haue a better inck then the fyrſte, and do ſo euery day, for the oftener you do it, the better you ſhall haue it, and with leſſe coſte. And if you finde it to thicke, or that it be not flowinge ynough, put to it a lyttle cleare lie, whiche will make it liquide and thinne inoughe. If it be to clere, adde to it a little gomme Arabick. The galles muſt be ſmal, curled and maſſiue within, if they be good. The good vitriolle is always within of a colour like vnto the elemēt. The beſt gomme, is cleere and brittle, that in ſtamping it, it becommeth poulder eaſely, without cleaning together.

A good waye and maner howe to make incke for to carry about a man in a drie poulder, whiche (whan he wil write with) he muſt temper with a little wyne, water, or vynaiger or with ſome other licour, and than he may incontinent put it in experience. Vvyth the ſaid poulder all other incke maye be amended, be it neuer ſo euill.

TAke Peche or Abricot ſtones with their kurnels, ſwete Almondes, or bitter, [〈◊〉] that thei haue their ſhelles harde, and that the Almondes be within them. And if in caſe you can gette but the ſaied ſtones without theyr kurnels, it ſhall be good ynough, but yet not ſo good as with the kurnels. Take then all the ſaid thinges together, or thoſe that you can get, and burne them vpon the coales: and whan they be very redde and enſ[•]amed, take them out, and thus beinge redacte and made into verye blacke coales, kepe theim in a panne.

Take likewiſe Roſin of a Pine tree, and putte it in a panne, and make it flame and burne: than take another little ſcillette, or elles a lyttle bagge holden open, with little ſtickes layde a croſſe ouer it, or otherwiſe, as you ſhall thinke good, and hold the mouth of the bagge downewarde ouer the flambe, ſo that the ſmoke of the ſaied Roſin maye gather together, and ſticke rounde aboute the ſaied panne or bagge, and whan al the Roſin to burned, and all colde againe, cauſe all the ſayd ſmoke to fall vpon a paper, or table, or ſome other thinge, and kepe it, but if you will not take the paines to make this ſmoke, bye it of them that make printers incke. Of this blacke or ſmoke, you ſhall take one part, or what quantitie you will, of the coales of the ſaied ſtones another part, of Vitriole one parte, of fried galles, as is aforeſaied, two partes, of Gomme Arabicke foure partes.

Let all theſe thinges be well ſtamped, ſifted, and myngled together, and then kepe well this poulder in a linnen bagge, or of leather, for the older it is, the better it will be. Whan you will occupie it, for to make y[••]ke thereof, take a little of it, and temper it with wine, water, or Vynaigre, the whiche beyng put into it warme, the yncke ſhall be the better, neuertheleſſe, beinge put in colde, it maketh no great matter, and you ſhall haue immediately very good incke, whiche you maye carrye where you will without ſpillinge or ſheadinge. If you haue naughty inck, put to it a little of the ſayd poulder, and it will becomme immediately very good black, and haue a good gloſſe.

❀ To make a great deale of yncke quickly, and with litle coſte.

TAke of the blacke that Curriers or tanners doo black their ſkins with, for you may haue much for moneye: than take of a fyſhe called a Cuttle, whiche coſteth almooſt nothinge, and chieflye in places nighe to the ſea ſide, and in eating the ſaied fiſhe at diuerſe times, you maye keepe the galles together. Than myngle the ſaied galles with the Tanners colour, and withoute anye other thinge, you ſhall haue a perfit Incke. To make it yet better, you maye putte to it of the ſaied poulder made of the coales of Vitriole, of Galles, and of gomme, and the ſayd. Incke ſhalbe very good to print in copper, putting to it a little vernix, & a little oyle of line, ſo that it may be liquide and flitting of it ſelfe, for to pearce the better into all manner of engrauinges, and that it maye abide well vpon the paper, without renninge abroade.

❀To make Printers Incke.

PRinters Incke is made onelye with the ſmoke of Roſine, as is aboueſaid, and is tempered with moiſt Verniſh, you muſte ſeeth it a little, to make it liquide or thicke, as you ſhall neede. But in Winter moiſter then in Somer: and alwaies the thicker maketh the letter fayrer, blacker, clearer, and brighter. But in what maner ſo euer it be, it muſte be euer well mixed with the ſmoke. And to make it liquide, as is ſaied, you muſt put to it more oyle of line, or of Walnuttes to the bernyſhe. If you wyll make it thicker, put leſſe Oyle, and more ſmoke, lettinge it ſeeth more. If you wyll Printe redde, in ſteade of the ſaied ſmoke, mingle Vermillion well brayed, with the ſayed Verniſhe. If you will Printe greene, put in green Bice. If you wyll make it Blew (as men haue done ſomtime heretofore) take Azure of Almaine, or of that of glaſſe, whiche is nowe made at Veniſe, doing in all poyntes as we haue ſpoken of the blacke incke.

☞To make yncke ſo white, that although a man write with it vpon white paper, it may eaſelye and perfytlye be redde. A very goodly thinge.

TAke the ſhelles of newe layed egges, verye white, and wel waſhed, then bray them well vpon a cleane marble ſtone, with cleare water. Put them in a cleane dyſh, vntill the poulder deſcende to the bottome: after dreane oute the water lightlie, and lette the poulder drie of it ſelfe, or in the ſunne, and ſo ſhall you haue an excellente white, that neyther Ceruſe, nor any other white in the world may be compared vnto it, if you dreſſe, and kepe it cleane. And whan you will occupie it, take gomme Armoniac well waſhed, and mollified of that yellowe ſkynne that is about it: then ſtiepe It the ſpace of a night in diſtilled Vynagre, and in the morninge you ſhall finde it diſſolued, and the Vynagre ſhall become whiter than milke: the whiche you ſhall ſtrayne thorowe a cleane lynnen cloth, and with a little of this white licour you ſhal temper the ſaied poulder, and than wryte or paynt with it, and you ſhall haue a whyte, excellente aboue all other ſortes. A noble woman of Italye vſed no other thynge to blaunche her face: and kepte her ſelf very white with al, and yet it appeared not that ſhe vſed any ſuch thing. Alſo the ſayd poulder hurteth nothinge at all the face, nor the ſkinne, nor yet the teeth, as the ſublime, the Ceruſe, and other like thinges do, whiche gentylwemen ofte vſe, to theyr great detriment and hurte. But if you will vſe the ſaied white made of egge ſhelles vpon your face, you muſt braye and conſume it very fyne, and that it haue almoſte no palpable ſubſtaunce, and that it may be penetratiue and pearſinge, to thintent it maye continue. In the whiche thinge euery man may proue and aſſaye what his witte is able to do. But aboue all thinges, whan you will vſe it for the face, it is neceſſary that you put to it the thyrd part of calcined and burned Talchum, as we will ſhewe you in the booke folowinge.

☞To make a poulder to take of blottes of yncke, fallen vpon the paper, or elles the letters and wrytinge from the paper: whiche is a rare ſecrete, but yet profytable.

TAke Ceruſe well brayed, and make thereof a dowe with the milke of a figge tree, then let it drie: afterwarde braye it agayne, and drye it as before, and ſo ſeuen tymes: then keepe it ſo in poulder. And whan you wil vſe it to take out blottes, or letters out of paper, take a lyttle linnen cloth wette in water, preſſinge and wringinge the water oute, then ſpreade it abroade vpon the place where you woulde haue it, and leaue it therevpon vntill the paper and the incke be moyſte with all: than take awaye the wette cloth, and vpon the blotte or letters that you will haue taken awaye, put a little of the ſaid poulder of Ceruſe, leauinge it ſo the ſpace of a nighte. In the morninge, you ſhall take a linnen cloth cleane and drye, wherwith you ſhall rubbe of ſoftlye and finelye the ſaied poulder, and the paper wil remaine exceding white for to wryte vpon agayne, as well as before, and better. And if al be not well rubbed of at the fyrſt time, you may do it once againe, and you ſhall not fayle.

To make a kinde of verniſh, but much fayrer, and better than that whiche Scriuenars do vſe; and is of leſſe coſt, and ſtinketh not as other verniſh doeth.

THe Verniſhe whiche Scriueners commonlye vſe, is nothinge elles but the gomme of Ieniper made in poulder, and of the ſame is liquide verniſhe made, in boylinge the ſaied gomme in the Oyle of line, and of this poulder do Scriueners vſe to cauſe that the incke runne not abroade, and that the letter be the fairer and cleaner. Now for to make a poulder of like effecte, and verye fayre, with leſſe coſte, and without any euil ſauour, take Egge ſhelles what quantitie you wil, taking away the little ſkinne within ſide: and whan you haue groſſely ſtamped theim, put theim in a panns that will endure the fyre, coueringe it with ſome couer, then ſet it in ſome glaſiers or potters furneis, or in a bricke, tyle, or lyme makers kylle, leauing it there vntyll all the ſhelles be come into a verye white poulder, whiche is called Egge lyme: ſyfte it, and kepe it. And whan you will occupie it, caſte a little of it vpon the paper, or parchement, and ſpreade the poulder well vpon it, rubbing it wel with a Hares fote, or otherwiſe then takinge awaye that is to much, write vpon it, and you ſhall finde it of better effecte then the vernix. Whan the writinge is drye, if you will take awaye the ſaied poulder, yea the common verniſhe, for feare leaſte men ſhoulde white theyr handes, rubbe the paper or parchement with crommes of white breade, for it wyll drawe to it ſelfe, and take awaye all the verniſhe or poulder that is vpon it.

☞To make incke to rule paper for to write by, wher[•] of the writinge being drie, the liues maye ſo be▪ taken out, that it ſhall ſeeme ye haue written without lines.

TAke Paragon ſtone, ſtampe and bray it wel, then take the bygneſſe of a little nutte, of the fayreſte tartre or lees of white wine, calcined and burned, ſettinge it to ſtiepe and diſſolue in a dyſhful of clere water, and than ſtraine it oute. And with this water you ſhall temper the blacke poulder of the Paragon ſtone, vntill it become like incke, with the whiche you ſhall rule your paper, or parchement: and wryte vpon thoſe lines what you will with common inck. And whan the writinge is drye, for to take out the ſaied lynes, you ſhal take harde crommes of white breade, and rubbe youre paper ouer with them, and the lines that you haue ruled, wyll go out, as cleane as thoughe there had neuer bene line at all. This is a goodly ſecrete, and very rare.

*The ende of the fyfte booke.

THE Secretes of the reuerende Maſter Alexis of Piemount.

THE SIXTE BOOKE.

☞To ſublime Quicke Syluer, that is to ſaye, to make common ſublyme, that Goldſmithes, Alebemiſtes, and Gentil wemen do vſe, and that men vſe in many thinges concerninge Phiſycke.

TAke a pounde of Quicke Syluer, and put it in ſome veſſell of wood with a little Vynaygre, and Salte Peter, than braye it, and mortifie it well with a wodden peſtell. Than take halfe a pounde of commen ſalt, foure vnces of Salt Peter, and let all this be well brayed, and put vpon the Quicke Syluer in the ſame veſſell of woode, ſtyringe well all together, puttinge to it twoo pounde of Roche Alome burned. Incorporate well all this together, and put it in a violle, or ſome potte, luted and clayed a finger higher then the ſubſtaunce within is. Then put it, and diſpone it, in a panne or ſcillet, vpon ſiſted aſhes: than ſet the ſaied panne on the furnes, ſettinge the Limbecke vpon the violle or potte luted, and then the recipient, to receaue that diſtelleth out, as men do in all maner of diſtillations. Make to it at the fyrſte a ſlowe fyre, vntyll all the moyſture be drawen out, whiche you ſhall take out of the recipient, and kepe well, for it will be good for many thinges, and ſpecially for to mortifie other Quicke Syluer, to make other ſublime. This doen, make your fyer greater, and continue it ſo, vntyll you ſee Mercury or Quicke Syluer, to be ſublimed thorowly whyte, that is to ſaye, that it be ryſen aboue al the ſubſtance, and made as it were a white cake. And if you will make it higher, that is to ſay, vnto the necke and brimme of the violle or pot, then take a ſheete of paper, and wrappe it rounde about the violle or potte, that is to ſaye, aboute the body of it that is vncouered aboue the furneis: then encreaſe your fyre, and make it greater, and this white cake wyll riſe by little and little, and will cleaue to the brimme of the pot, remaininge there lyke a little be[••]e of white ſublime, then let it coole. Than take of the recipient, and lyfte vp the Limbecke, makinge the pot cleane without ſide, to the intent that whan you break it, there fal no filth among the ſaied ſublyme. This done, breake the violle or potte and in takinge of the ſublime, you muſt kepe it from the ſmoke, and in this ſorte you may make a loafe or cake of a hundred, or two hundred pounde, or as muche as you wyll, kepinge alwaies the proportion of the quantitie of the thinges, accordinge to the weighte here aboue written. The lees that remayneth in the bottome of the ſayd potte or violl, may be ſtamped and diſſolued in boilinge water, and than ſtraine it, and lette it ſeeth, and than drie thorowlye: there will remaine in the bottome a ſalte, whiche will be of the nature of the Salt Peter, of the common ſalte, and of the Alome that you did put in. And the ſayde ſalte will be very good to make other newe ſublime, with other Quick Siluer, and vinaiger: or elles in ſteade of Vynaigre you maye take the foreſaid water that diſtilleth in the ſublimation, and ſo ſhal you make it very perfitte. And you muſte note, that the ſaied ſublime, made with Roche Alome, is better for gentilwomen, that wil paint their faces with ſublime. But I counſaile theim, that in ſteade of ſublime, they vſe ſome of the waters that I haue ſpoken of in the bookes before. For Goldeſmithes, Alkemiſtes, and for manye thinges required in Phiſicke, it is better to put in rawe Vitriole, in ſteade of burned Alome: but this is very euil and hurtful for gentlewemen: for, the mooſte part of them that make ſublime, make it with Vitriole partly becauſe it is made with leſſe coſt, and partly becauſe it is profitabler for many thinges, thē made with Alome, whiche is almdoſt for nothinge but for gentlewemen. There be ſome naughty perſonnes that putte Arſenic Criſtallyne to diſtille with Quicke Syluer, a thinge practiſed of to many men. Wherefore it is good and profitable to admonyſhe euerye man that he take heede, for certainely, in reſpecte of a little gayne, they make them ſelues worthy to be burned quicke: for beſides that men ſe oftentimes, that by ſuche ſublyme wemen haue theyr faces ſwollen withall, like a bladder blowe[•], alſo it may happen that in Phiſicke they hurte or kyll men The ſayde ſublime made with Alome and Vitriole, may eaſely be ſublimed a newe, that is to ſay, for euery pounde of this ſublime, to putte to it halfe a pound of common white ſalte, or burned Alome, or vnsleaked lime, in ſettinge this to ſublime, as before: the whiche wyll ſublime it ſelfe much ſoner, and will waxe fayrer, the oftener you ſublime it. The Alchemiſtes, folowynge the preceptes of Geber, of Saynte Thomas, and other Philoſophers, go aboute and ſpende tyme to ſublime it diuers times for to make it firme, amonge whom there be that ſublime it a hundreth times, and other ſome two hundreth tymes, and yet at thende bring it to none effect: and that cometh, becauſe that alwayes they put in, in ſubliminge the ſaied lecs, that is to ſaye, the ſalte, alome, or vitriole, as we haue ſaied. And ſeing that the nature of the fyre is to fix and make firme thinges that ſone flit awaye, the oftener the ſaied ſublime cometh to the fyre, the more doth it faſten at euery time, but that part that is faſtened, is alwaies mingled with the ſaied lees, and ſo is loſt: Therfore they which made the ſaied ſublimation, not conſideringe the reaſons and cauſes why ſuche a thinge happeneth, founde that by little and little theyr ſublime was diminiſhed, and (peraduenture) thought it hadde flowen awaye, or els conſumed in the fyre, rather than to beleue that it remayned in the ſaied lees, from the whiche it can in no wyſe be ſeparated. Nowe mindinge philoſophicallye to procede in the faſteninge or fixinge the ſaied ſublyme, you muſt fyrſte ſublime it three or foure times, with common ſalte, burned Alome, lime, or Talchum, as is ſaied to the intent that in this wiſe it may be mondified, and clenſed from all earthy and vncleane ſubſtaunce, that it conteyneth, and frome the ſuperfluous moiſture, whereof it is full. It is mondified and made cleane of the earthy ſubſtaunce, becauſe the earth ſublimeth not, but remayneth in the bottome of the viole or pot, cleauinge with the grounes, whiche is the Salte, Alome, or Vttriole that is put in it, the whiche thinges we call here lees or dregges, becauſe they remaine in the bottome, as the lees of wine, or of Oyle doeth. Alſo it is pourged of the aquoſitie, or ſuperfluous moiſture, two maner of wayes. The fyrſte is, becauſe that with the ſame, or diſtilled water, wherwith it was watered, as we haue ſaied before, the moiſture or watrineſſe of the ſaied Quick ſiluer diſtilleth out in a vapour. The other is, becauſe of the ofte ſubliminge it, the nature of the fyre is annexed vnto it, whiche diminiſheth it, the whiche two thinges are the principall cauſe whye it faſteneth. And ſo are they the onelye partes that make the perfyt fixion or faſteninge, accordinge as they are ſufficiently ioyned with the thinges that you wyl faſten or fixe. And here we meane no other thinge, by the thynge fixed or faſtened, but that the fyre hath made ſuche a decoction, that it daniſheth not awaye, or is lightly caried awaye with the wynde, and that all the ſubſtaunce remayneth in the bottome, and conſumeth no more.

Therefore, after you haue ſublimed it three or foure tymes, and that it is well pourged of the carthye ſubſtaunce, and of the ſuperfluous moiſture, as is aforeſayed, you ſhall ſet it to ſublime a parte by it ſelfe, withoute any grownes or lees, and ſhall ſublime it ſo often, vntyll all remayne fixed to the bottome of the violle or potte, and that it flye not awaye nor diminiſhe for anye greate fyre that you make.

But if you wyll make it in leſſe ſpace, and eaſier, obſerue this rule, whiche is certayne and infallible.

Whan you haue ſublimed it three or foure times, or oftener, you ſhall adde to it the fourth part of fine ſiluer calcined and burned, as we wyll afterwarde declare: than after you haue mixed it well together, ſet it to ſublyme: and whan it is ſublimed, mingle that whiche is ryſen vp, with that that remaineth in the bottome, then ſublime it again, and ſo, ſo often that it ryſe vp no more but remayne in the bottome for al the vehemence of the fyre, and ſo ſhall it be perfit, very white, cleane, fuſible, and penetratiue or pearſinge. And he that would make a good quantitie of it, and is not hable to putte to it as muche fyne ſiluer, as the fourth part of it, he may make it in this maner folowinge. After he hath ſublimed it three or foure times, with the grownes or lees, as is aforeſaied, let him kepe it by it ſelfe, and take a little of it that is to ſaye, as muche as for to ioyne or put with the fourth part of fyne ſyluer, that he ſhould put to it, as in example. If he haue but half an vnce of Syluer, let him take an vnce of the ſayde ſublime, and whan he hath mixed it together, let him ſublime it as often as before, vntyll all remayne fixed in the bottome, and he ſhall haue two vnces, or little leſſe of ſublime fixed: for the fyre in dryenge it, and making the decoction, cateth and conſumeth ſome parte of it, beſyde that conſumeth in ſtampinge, and in the vyole or potte. Than let him take theſe two vnces fixed, or as muche as is of it, with three times as muche of ſublime not fixed, that was kepte, and then let him mingle all together, and ſublime it as oft as before, vntil al be fixed. And if he wil make more of it, let him take agayne three partes of the other ſublyme: and ſo ſhall he make it as often and as muche as he wyll, whiche is muche better then to make it all at once, for by this meanes is volatile fixum, and fixum volatile oftener made, whiche is that, that the philoſophers eſteme mooſt, and is alſo more fuſible, more pearſynge, and of greater vertue. In this operation conſiſteth all all the ſecrete, and the greateſt maiſtry of the Philoſophers, and cheiflye of Geber, who maketh the mooſte part of his worke in this manner of ſubliminge and firinge often times, and onely keepeth the thinge ſecrete that muſt be ſublimed, the which thinge becauſe he wil hide it from theim that be not worthye to knowe it (as hym ſelfe affirmeth) he calleth it Quick Syluer, but he meaneth another thinge, althoughe in effecte the ſame thinge declareth that it is but quick ſyluer, but brought from his nature vnto a perfecter degre, as for example. Dowe, is meale, not in his fyrſt eſſence and being, but is redact and made of the baker, into a more eſtimable nature, and nerer to perfection. No man ought to hope to attayne to this high knowledge, by his owne wytte, but onely by the grace and gifte of God, who (as all the Philoſophers ſaye) Cui vult largitur, & ſubtrabit.

☞To make Cinabrium, and thereof to make loaues of a hundreth or two hundreth poundes, as great as a man liſt as thoſe are that come oute of Almayne, whiche ſecrete hath not before this tyme bene knowen of anye in Italy.

ALl thoſe that delight in ſecretes, and principally in thinges belonginge to metalles, knowe howe to dreſſe Cinabrium, but in a ſmall quantitie, as a pound or two at a time, and not paſt. In Germanye, and ſome partes of Fraunce, there be that make it in great lompes, or maſſes, and ſend it ſo into Italye, and ouer all the worlde, and yet kepe it meruelous ſecret to them ſelues, without publiſhinge it vnto manye men. Therefore we will alſo communicate this ſecrete (although it conſiſt in a ſmall thinge) to the glory of God, and the profite of the common welth, reachinge here in a breife manner, to make it in as great a quantitie as a man will. Take of Quicke Syluer nine partes, Brimſtone citrine two partes, yet many men put thre partes of Brimſtone, for the nine partes of quick ſiluer, other foure, and ſome as muche of the one as of the other. But whan it is for to paynte with, there cannot be to much Brimſtone, for there commeth the liuelier colour of it, and for other thinges it is better that for one poūd of Quicke Siluer, there be but three or foure vnces of Brimſtone. Putte then the Brimſtone in ſome large panne, meltinge it with a ſlowe or ſmall fyre: & whan it is molten, take the Quicke Syluer in a linnen cloth, in your lefte hande, and wringe it little and little into the ſaied Brimſtone (whiche muſt fyrſte be taken from the fyre) and mingle it with a ſticke, to thende the quick ſyluer maye incorporate it ſelfe well with the Brymſtone, not ceaſinge to ſtyrre it, and to looſe it alwayes from the panne, vntyll all be well cooled, and you ſhall haue a blacke mixture, whiche ſhall be neither lyke the Brimſtone, nor quick ſyluer. Stampe this mixtion, and bray it well, and ſifte it, and of this poulder you maye make what quantitie you will, puttinge it in a greate panne. Nowe yf you wyll dreſſe the Cinabrium, you ſhall take a violle of glaſſe as great as you will, yet ſee notwithſtandinge that ye fyll the ſaied violle but a quarter full with the ſubſtaunce that you ſhall putte in it. And after hauynge well luted and clayed the violle, with a claye or paſte made with white claye, and the ſhearinge of cloth (whiche men call Lutum ſapientiae, as we will ſhewe you hereafter howe to make it perfectly) and whan it is well dried, putte in as muche of the ſaid poulder, as wyll fill a quarter of the ſayed violle, or leſſe, and without cloſynge vppe the mouth of the ſaied veſſell of glaſſe, ye ſhall ſet it vppon a greate furneis, if you haue muche ſubſtaunce, than make vnder it a flighte and ſlowe fyre, the ſpace of two or three houres, and afterwarde ſomewhat greater. But for to make a greate quantitie of it, you muſte euer and anone, putte in of the ſaied poulder, leauynge ſo ſtyll the ſaied veſſell of glaſſe vppon the fyre to ſublyme: then take a ſticke made meete for the purpoſe, that maye reache to the bottome of the ſaied veſſell, and be more then a handefull withoute, and haue alſo vppon the ſticke a rounde lumpe of the ſayed Lutum ſapientiae, to the intente that the ſayed ſticke ſo being put into the viol, it maye cloſe the mouth of it, and that whan the ſticke riſeth vp, the piece of Lutum ſapientiae, maye alſo riſe withall, and open the mouth of the ſaied violle. You muſte haue alſo made readye, and ſettled, a fonnell (ſuche as they fyll hogges heades of wyne withall) whiche muſte haue alwayes the necke of it within the mouthe of the vyolle, and that the ſticke maye go thorough the myddle of the funnell, that by that meanes, it maye ſtoppe the ſtrayte of the funnell, with the mouthe of the violle.

All theſe thinges thus ſet in order, you muſte keepe the ſaied poulder nyghe vnto the fyre, to the intente that it maye be hoate: for if you ſhoulde putte it in colde, vppon the hoate that is in the Violle, you ſhould make colde, and lette the ſublimation of the Cinabrium.

Nowe, whan the fyrſte poulder hath bene on the fyre, the ſpace of fyue houres, and that it is thoroughlye, or partelye ſublimed, lyfte vppe the ſticke a little, that is in the potte, and ſo open the mouth of it, in lyftinge vp the rounde piece of claye that ſtopped it, and putte in three or foure ſponefulles of the ſaied poulder that you kepte warme, then lette downe the ſticke, with the rounde buttonne of claye, that it maye cloſe the vyolle, as before.

And you muſte vnderſtande, that the ſayed ſticke is not put into the violle for anye other cauſe, but to kepe that the ſayed poulder whiche is in the bottomme, beginninge to ſublyme, ſhoulde not cleaue rounde about the mouth of the violle, for than it woulde ſtoppe it ſo, that you coulde putte none other poulder into it, nor make the loaues ſoo greate, as is ſayed: and herein conſyſteth the whole Secrete to make the loues great. For if you woulde putte in all the ſubſtaunce at once, that is to ſaye, a hundrethe, or twoo hundreth pounde of ſubſtaunce, you ſhoulde make the maſſe, or lumpe ſo great, that it woulde neuer be broughte to perfection, and muſte make ſo greate a fyre to it, that rather it woulde melte both the veſſell, and alſo marre the furneis, than the matter or ſubſtaunce woulde ſublyme.

But in puttinge it in thus by little and little, the ſticke beinge in the middle, all the ſubſtaunce ſublimeth, baketh, and waxeth redde, and by little and little, ſticketh to the higheſt parte of the veſſell, then, in puttinge to it agayne newe poulder, it deſcendeth to the bottom, and there findinge all thinges hote, with that that it is hote it ſelf, and in a ſmal quantitie it ſublimeth, baketh, and waxeth redde incontinent, incorporatinge it ſelfe with the fyrſte. So in puttinge in, by little and little newe hote poulder, and keping alwayes the fyre in one ſtate, you ſhal make as great a quantitie of it as you wil, and ſhal haue very great loaues of fayre Cinabrium, the whiche wyll haue onely a hole in the middle, whiche is the ſpace where the ſticke went thorow. Finally, you may put to it newe poulder in takinge awaye the ſticke all together, and cloſing the mouth, and than make a fire: for this laſt poulder wyll lykewiſe ſublyme, and wyll make a bottome to the lofe of Cinabrium, Moreouer, note and vnderſtande, that the great fyre, that is to ſay, long continued and kept, hurteth not, and now and then you muſt moue, and lifte vp and downe the ſayde ſticke, to the intent that the Cinabrium cleaue not to it, and ſtoppe ſo the mouth of the veſſell, that you can putte no more freſhe poulder to it, as is ſayed. This is the ſure, and perfecte waye and meane howe to make Cinabrium in as greate loaues as you will, whiche hytherto hath not bene knowen in Italye. You maye do the like in pottes of potters claye white, ſoo that they be well luted and clayed ouer, that they maye endure the fyre, and not breake.

☞To fyne and renewe Borax.

BORAX was called of the auncient writers Chriſocolla, and was both naturall and artificiall, as Plini, Dioſcorides, and other write, and men did vſe of it in Phiſicke, and alſo to ſowder Gold and Syluer, and other metalles, as men vſe yet nowe a dayes: for the nature of it is to melte, and to reſolue quickely anye ſouderynge. It is vſed in worke alſo for to make a bodye, that is to ſaye, to gather together the fylynge of Golde and ſiluer, and in all other thinges, wherein a man hath neede of a quicke and ſodayne foundinge or meltinge. Moreouer, gentlewemen helpe theim ſelues alſo muche with it to make theim fayre: for it maketh the ſkinne very white, fine, and cleane, without daunger of any poyſon, or of hurtinge the teeth, or fleſhe.

The auncient men of olde time had of it grene, whereof nowe a dayes is none founde, nor yet anye man maketh it. Marye, we haue that is very white, and alſoo ſomewhat blacke, whiche peraduenture a man may ſay is like theyr grene. The white is in little longe pieces, with certayne ſynewes or veines all a longe, ſo like vnto Roche Alome, that many are deceiued, or deceiue other with it: For whan a man ſetteth the ſaied Borar vpon the fyre, it boyleth, and ſwelleth vp in all poyntes like Alome, and ſo remayneth white, and full of hoales lyke a ſponge, and eaſy to be broken with your handes, euen as Roche Alome burned. But ſubtyle and craftye marchauntes knowe Borax from Alome thre maner of wayes. The fyrſte is, that Alome put in a mans mouth is eygre and ſharpe of taſte, and reſtraintife, but Borax hath no maner of taſte, but a dead and vnſauery guſte, as a meane betwene the ſauour of Oyle, and whaye of Mylke. Therefore they that wyl deceaue other, and falſifye the true Borax, take little pieces of rawe Rocfe Alome, and kepe them in Oyle of Almondes, in whay, or in mylke. Some other put to it alſo honny, or ſugre, for to moderate the eygerneſſe of the Alome, with the ſweteneſſe of it. Other there be, that melte all the ſaied thinges on the fyre, and than ſet theim to coole in ſome colde place, vntyl all be waxen into yee, or little ſtones, and puttinge to it Salte Peter, Sal alcali, Tartre, Alome de fece, and ſuche lyke thinges, and make little ſtones ſomewhat lyke vnto Borarx but fyrſte they differ in fourme and faſhion, for the true Borax is alwayes longe in fourme, and the ſtones where Alome is amonge, are neuer broughte into anye fourme, but into little ſquare ſtones. Furthermore, thei differre in the ſeconde ſorte, and that is this: That Alome beynge burned, maketh a greater lumpe, then when it is raw: but the true Borax is broughte and reduced into a verye ſmall quantitie, and this is an euidente ſigne to knowe it. The thyrde, whiche is of mooſt importaunce and the ſureſte, is, that the matter wherein the Alome is, will not ſouder in no manner of wiſe, and wyll not melte neither, ſo well as the Borax will. I ſaye, it will not melte ſo well, becauſe that where any Salt Peter, Tartre, and Sal alcali is, there the matter will melte, at the leaſte in ſome parte: for all the ſaied thinges helpe to the foundinge of metalles. The Salte Peter, whan there is a good quantitie of it, is knowen incontinente vppon the fyre, for it maketh the boylinge wateryſhe, and caſteth aboute, as it were lyttle ſparkes of fyre.

The other thinges made with the foreſayed mixions, dyuers tymes, in whaye, milke, or in water, and congeled into lyttle pebbles, make certayne ſtones, but they be alwayes ſalte, to brighte, and to violente to melte: for whan a manne wyll ſouder anye worke of Golde, or thinne Syluer with it, it cauſeth the worke to melte together, and where as there is Sugre, it leaueth the Golde and Syluer ſpotted. Men make other mixtures, whiche are verye good for to ſouder, or to melte, whiche neuertheleſſe are differente frome the Borax in fourme and ſauoure, of the whiche we wyll make mention hereafter.

Nowe, for to retourne to the true Borax of oure tyme, men bringe vs certayne barrels full, of a kind of greaſe, ful of certayne litle pebbles, which is called the dowe or paſte of Borare. Vnto this daye menne haue broughte it oute of Alexandria, where it was alſoo of olde tyme made: and therefore is it that the aunciente Arabian Anthones, whiche haue wrytten of thynges concernynge mettalles, called the Borax Nitrum Alexandrinum. And within theſe fewe yeares, they haue begonne to brynge it frome the Weſte partes, yet I can not tell whether it be made there, or elles paraduenture it be broughte latelye oute of the Indes. There was within theſe fewe yeares ſoo greate lacke of it in Italye, that it was ſolde at the leaſte, for a crowne an vnce, of that, that was made into ſtones. And nowe, within this twoo yeare, there is come ſuche hahoundaunce oute of the Weſte partes, that the pounde is worth but a crowne and a halfe, and leſſe.

The waye howe to make it (whiche is vſed in the ſaied Weſt partes) is thus. In Mines, where Golde and Syluer, or Copper is gotten, is found a kynde of water, whiche (as I my ſelfe haue ſeene and proued by experience) is of it ſelfe verye neete and excellente for to ſouder or to founde with. And alſo I knowe a place in Germanye, where there is a greate veyne of ſuche water, whiche notwithſtandinge, the payſauntes knowe not of. Nowe, they take this water, with the earth that is vnderneath it, or on the ſydes, and boyle it a certaine tyme, and than ſtrayne it, and ſo leauinge it, it congeleth into lyttle pebbles, euen like vnto Salte Peter.

And therefore yf a man ſhoulde keepe theim longe ſoo, thei would not continue, but would reſolue by litle and litle: Alſo for to make them better, and to preſerue thē, and noriſhe them in their owne nature and kynde, they take the groundes or dregges that is left of the ſaid water, & earth, putting to it barrows greaſe, or the greaſe of ſome other beaſt: than they goo to the mine, where they make a greate hole in the grounde, in the bottome wherof they lay a ranck of the ſaid greaſe, & vpon that a rancke of the ſayde little pebble ſtones, and than again another of greaſe, and ſo conſequently as much as they wyll, but ſo that the laſte rancke be of greaſe, or of the ſaied dowe or paſte, and ſo they leaue it open and vncouered, the ſpace of certayne moneths: yet many of them do all this within theyr houſes, in the earth, or in great veſſelles. Than, whan they wyll ſell it, or ſende it out of the countrey, they take the ſayed paſte or dowe, with the ſtones and all, with a fyre panne or ſome like thing, and fyll barelles and tonnes of it.^[10] This is the ſame that commeth vnto vs, whiche we call dowe or paſte of Borax. It is ſent alſo from the countreye where Borax is made, or little ſtones of the ſayed paſte, ſo renewed and fined as I will ſhewe you. About thyrty yeare ago they ſent muche more of this Borax, fyned and renewed, than they did of the paſte, becauſe that in Italye they coulde not dreſſe nor make it, nor bringe it into little ſtones, wherefore it was not put in vre, but of certayne wemen in diſtillations, for to paint them ſelues with. Since there hath ben one in Veniſe that began to dreſſe it, and after him a woman whom he had taught. Theſe two gat a greate ſomme of money, and the ſayd ſecrete was longe betwene them two onely, althoughe it was deſyred of euery man longe before. Finally, it is nowe come ſo farre forwarde, that many men in Venyſe can dreſſe it, but one maketh it farre better, then another, and peraduenture very fewe haue the perfection of dreſſynge it, with ſuche adnauniage that he looſe nothinge of the ſubſtaunce, and to make as muche of it as is poſſible perfectly, as I will ſhewe you hereafter folowing. Now, you muſte take fyrſt of the ſayd paſte, that is not mouldy, vinewed, or putrified, for than it is a ſign that it ſhoulde be olde, and of many yeares, and thereby the little ſtones ſhoulde be diminiſhed, loſte, or decayed. Yet neuertheleſſe this is of no great importaunce: for it is better to aſſay with your finger within the paſt, to ſe yf it be full of the ſayed pebbles, for the worlde beynge all together geuen to gayne, and full of deception and fraude, they that make it, put ſometime very fewe pebbles in the ſaied greaſe, for to haue more ſubſtaunce: and beſyde this, they that bye it to ſell agayne, take out alſo a good quantitie of the ſaied pebbles: wherefore it is neceſſary to be circumſpecte, to the intente that diligence maye ſurmounte, or at the leaſte diſcouer the gile and deceate. Fynallye, if you will fine and renewe the ſayed Borax from ſuche paſte or dowe, do thus. Take water luke warme, that is to ſaye, for twoo pounde of paſte, halfe a payle full, whiche you ſhall put into ſome earthen veſſell, puttinge the paſte into it, than with youre hande fraye and ſtyrre it in ſonder, as you wolde temper leauen for to kneade, after this, ſtrayne out the ſaied water well thoroughe a ſtraynoure, and take the little ſtones that remaine in the ſaied veſſell, that is to ſay, thoſe that be of the bigneſſe of a Walnut, or beane, and put them in a veſſell, ſprinklinge them with Oyle Olyue, as thoughe it were a ſalade, but the Oyle muſt be white: and if you haue none good, take common oyle and ſet it in the ſunne, purginge it well, and annointe the ſaied ſtones with it, minglinge them well together with your hande. Afterward put them in a litle bagge, and mixe them well together againe, as men do confitures, this doen, putte theim in little boxes, and keepe theim, and thus ſhall you haue the beſt Borax that can be poſſible. If you will renew and multiplie it, do thus. Take the ſame water that was ſtrayned out, and put it in a kettle vpon a ſmall fyre, keepinge the fyre alwayes in one eſtate, than ſcymme it with an yron ladle, and put alſo with the ſcumme, the ordure and filth that ſhal be in the bottome: but take good heede, that in ſeething it flie not awaye. Continue thus dooinge vntyll it be well ſodden, whiche is knowen thus: put a little vpon your nayle and if it renne not, it is ynough ſodden, or els you may proue it vpon a paper, as men do Syrops, and if it byde ſtill, it is ſodden, or wette a ſtringe in the ſayed water, and holde it betwixte youre fingers, than plucke it oute by the ende, and if you feele it roughe, it is ſodden. Then take the kettle from the fyre, and couer it with ſome couer fytte for it, that there fall no ordure or fylth in it: this doen, burie the kettle in wheate branne, and cloſe it well rounde aboute, coueringe it with clothes or other thinges, ſo that it be wel ſtopped. You maye bury it, or hyde it in a hote dungehyll, and leaue it there the ſpace of eight or ten dayes, and afterwarde vncouer it, and you ſhall finde cruſte vpon it, the whiche you ſhall take and put in on one ſyde, and you ſhall finde in the ſayed kettle, as it were little pieces of yce, whiche you ſhall take oute, and put in another veſſell, waſſhinge them with cole and freſhe water, than drye them vpon a table in the ſhadowe, and lette thoſe ſtones whiche at the firſte time remayned in the ſtraynoure, be mingled with the ſaied pieces of yce. Than take Alome de fece, that is white, foure pounde, in thre payles full of water, three vnces of Salte Peter, than boyle this with a ſmall fyre, and ſcymme it, as you dyd the other, in prouinge it vpon your nayle, or vpon paper, if it bee ſodden, as before. This doen, take it from the fyre, and let it reſt, and whan it is cleare, take a litle payle full and a halfe of it, and ſet it on the fyre in another cleane kettle. And whan you ſee that it will boyle, put in the ſayed cruſte, and that it be of tenne pounde, and make it ſeeth as the other did, eſſayinge vpon your nayle or paper, as you did before. Than put it in a little virkin, and lay two ſtickes a croſſe, with foure cordes, wherevnto you ſhall tie a little leade, to the intent they may ſtretche well, and without touchinge the bottome, by foure fingers, and that to the ende the Borax maye ſticke and cleaue to it, and than burie it as before. This muſt not be put int the bagge, but anoint the ſame that you finde ſtickinge vpon the cordes with a feather, and the other that remayneth ſtil in the veſſel, you ſhal ſprinkle as it were a ſalade. The clere that you ſhal take out of it, muſt be of the biggeneſſe of a haſell nut or beane: and the other will be leſſe, you ſhall put into the water that remaineth, whiche water you ſhall ſet on the fire, makinge it ſeeth, and doinge as before, and ſo continue vntill all the water be conuerted and tourned into Borax, ſo that nothinge be loſte. And remember (at the beginninge whan you diſſolue in luke warme water, as we haue ſayed before) to put to it the bigneſſe of a ciche peaſe of the ruen of a Hare, for that will make all the other partes of the Borax to cleaue and take together.

☞A good and eaſye waye to make Aqua fortis, better then any other.

TAke Roche Alome and Vitriole, or ſalte peter, or elles all three together, of eche of theim lyke quantitie, that is wel calcined and burned, and well brayed. And if you will haue it ſtronger, put as muche ſalte Peter a parte, as of Alome and Vitriole together: put all this in ſome potte or violle, well luted and clayed ouer, and in the recipient or receptorie two vnces of well water, for euerye pounde of the ſaid ſubſtaunces. Let the receiptorye be in freſhe water, and alwayes wette aboue with ſome wette linnen cloth, ſo that it be neuer drye. And by this meanes the exhalations or fumes wil better mingle them ſelues with their water, and will not ſticke or cleaue to the recipiente. This doen, take the potte or violle luted, and trimme it ſo that the mouth hange downewarde, ioyning it with the recipiente, without a Limbecke, luting and claiyng well the ioynctes and ſides with flowre, and the whites of Egges: and diſpoſe and order it in ſuche maner, that the fyre come not to the recipient. And at the beginning put a fewe hote coales vnder the bottome of the vyolle or potte, vntyll the matter looſe and diſſolue it ſelf, and paſſe his fyrſte furye. This doen, couer it with coales, and the fyre muſte be verye highe: and for to do beſte, there muſte be lyttle walles of bricke to holde vp the greate coales, in great quantitie vpon the ſayed potte. Whan you haue made this greate fyre, the ſpace of three or foure, or ſixe houres, all wyll be made.

Than let it coole, and take out the water, whiche is very good and perfit, and kepe it in a veſſell of glaſſe well ſtopped with waxe.

☞The true and perfyte practiſe to caſte medalles, and all other workemanſhyppe, as well in braſſe, as in gold, Syluer, Copper, Leade, Tynne, as of Cryſtall, Glaſſe, and Marble.

FIrſte of all, you muſte haue alwayes the earth or ſande ready, wherin you wyll faſhion and fourme your work: but becauſe there be dyuers ſortes, and euerye man dreſſeth it as he can gette it, and as he hathe ſkill in makinge it, we will put here ſome of the ſureſt and moſt parfiteſt, and of diuers kyndes, to thend that if a man can not get or make the one, he may euermore haue recourſe to the other. And vnderſtande, that all theſe that we will put here, may be ſet a worke eche of them by them ſelues, or mixed one with another, or all together, for they are good euery waye. The bounty and perfection of eche of theſe earthes for to caſt anye mettall in, conſiſteth in theſe thinges, that is to wytte: that firſt and chieflie it be fine and ſmal, and in no wiſe roughe, or full of grommels, to the intent that all thinges maye eaſely take print. Secondly, that they receiue the metall well, and that they neither cleaue, breake, chappe, or waxe into a cruſte. They muſt alſo be tempered with a water called Magiſtra, (of the whiche we wil ſpeake afterwarde) to the intente that beynge drie, thei maye be harder, and holde faſter together. Thyrdelye, that they maye continue, and ſerue at diuers foundinges and meltinges, to the intente that whan you wyll caſte many medalles, or other thinges all of one ſorte, ye neede not at euerye time make newe mouldes. Alſo you muſt vnderſtand, that for metalles that are ſoft, as Leade, and Tynne, all earth, ſo it be good, wyll ſuffiſe: Prouided alwayes, that it be fine and ſmall, and well tempered with the ſayed Magiſtra, as I wil declare here after.

☞The fyrſte earth to caſte in a moulde all maner of fuſible mater.

TAke Emerill, that men burniſhe ſwordes or armoure with, and braye it very ſmall, in flaming it, as wee will ſhewe you afterwarde, and temper it, or reduce it into dow or paſte, with the ſaied Magiſtra, as I wyll tell you hereafter, and ſo dreſſinge it, you ſhall make a very good earth, whiche will continue for manye foundinges and meltinges, ſo that it be well gouerned and tempered, and the more it is occupied, the better it wyll waxe: Prouided, that it be alwayes brayed a newe, and than watered and tempered with the Magiſtra.

¶The ſecond earth or ſande.

TAke pieces of thoſe veſſelles, or pottes of earth that are made in Valentia in Italie, or other that glaſſemakers vſe to keepe their molten glaſſe in the furneſſe, and if you maye onely get the bottoms, or the pieces from the middle to the lower: moſte parte of them, it ſhall be the better, in takinge awaye the glaſſe that is rounde about them, if not, take them as you maye. Than take Goldſmithes croſettes, or meltinge pottes, newe, and breake theim in pieces, and that the weight of the ſayed croſettes be as muche as the pieces of the ſaied veſſelles before. All theſe thinges beinge fyrſte beaten and ſtamped in a morter, let them be well brayed after vpon a Porphire ſtone, with water, as men braye colours, and hauinge made theim verye fine and ſmall, by ſeethinge them againe on the fire, as we will after declare, kepe them in little goates leather bagges, or in ſome clooſe boxes, to the ende that becauſe of theyr fineneſſe they flie not, and vaniſſhe awaye in the ayre.

☞The thirde earth, or ſande.

TAke the filinge of yron, ſande, or yron oore, or the ſparkes that flie from hoate yron whan it is beaten, or elles all together: but that it be pure without any earth or fylth: than putte it in an yron panne, or in ſome other veſſel that wyll endure the fyre, ſprinklinge it with ſtronge Vinaigre, and keping it on the fyre the ſpace of eighte houres, after this temper it agayne in Vinaygre, and then incenſe, and heate it in the fyre, brayinge and renewinge it diuers times, as the other. And keepe it in leather bagges, or in boxes well ſtopped.

☞The fourth earth or ſande.

TAke pieces of a pommeiſe ſtone made hote in the fyre, and quenched in Vynaygre foure times. Than take. ii. partes of the ſparkes of yron brayed and ſtamped, & one part of the pommeiſe ſtone Mingle al together, and putte it in the fire, and braye it often times, and ſo kepe it as the other.

❀The fyft earth, and the moſt parfyt.

TAke mutton bones, but if you take thoſe of the heade, they will be better, if not, take of what part ſo euer it be, and burne thē vpon the coales or in ſome furneis, vntil they waxe very white: than ſtampe them, and ſifte them. This doen, you ſhall put the poulder in ſome yron panne, or other thinge, amonge the coales, ſo that it may burne well, than put to it a good handfull of tallowe, ſtyringe it with ſome yron, in ſuche wiſe, that all the tallowe maye be burned with the ſaied poulder, leauynge it ſoo on the fyre yet halfe an howre. Than take it oute and braye it, and burne it agayne, ſprinklynge, and brayinge it often tymes as you dyd the other, vntill it be verye fine and ſmall, and than ſhall it be perfit, and will ſerue for many foundinges or meltinges.

❀The ſyxte earth.

TAke Cuttle bones, and burne them in the fyre, vntyll they be very white, and vſe thē in all thinges as you didde the mutton bones, and than keepe it as afore. Fynallye, there is alſo earth made of the aſhes of Vynes, of ſtrawe, of burned paper, of horſe dunge, dryed and burned, of bricke ſtamped, of Boale, or of redde earthe, or other lyke thinges that remayne in the fyre without meltinge, wherein men printe verye well all maner of metall, the whiche alſo neither breake, cleaue in ſonder, nor chappe, as is aforeſayed.

☞A goodlye waye and maner howe to make all theſe earthes verye fyne, and ſmall, and almooſte impalpable.

TAke whiche of theſe foreſaied earthes you will, or anye other, and after you haue well ſtamped it, and ſyfted it, drye it in a kettle by the fyre, or in a fryenge panne, or other veſſell, vntyll it be verye whoate: than take it frome the fyre, and ſtampe it well, as before, with water or Vynaigre, heate it agayne, and braye it ſtylle with water, or Vynaygre, and neuer drye: doyng ſo fiue or ſixe times. Fynallye you ſhall putte it in a veſſell of white earthe, well leaded, and powre into it as muche cleare water as wyll ſurmounte it foure fyngars high: than ſtyrre it with a lyttle cleane ſticke, and lette it reſte the ſpace of an Aue Maria. Afterwarde poure the ſayed water finely and wiſely into ſome other veſſell that is cleane: And vpon the ſayed earth that remayneth in the fyrſte veſſell, you ſhall powre other water, and ſtyre it as before: than powre the ſame with the other fyrſte powred out, and thus do ſo often, vntil that with the water, you haue poured out all the fineſt and ſmalleſte parte of the ſame earth. And if there remaine yet in the firſte veſſell anye parte of groſſe earth, braye it a new, and than put it with the other. This doen, you ſhall let all the ſame fyne and ſmall earth, whiche you poured into the other veſſell, go downe to the bottome: and than powre oute fayer and ſoftely the water, and let the poulder dry that remayneth in the bottome, the whiche afterwarde you ſhall braye well once agayne, and paſſe it thorow a fyne ſieue or ſarce of Silke, if you thinke good, and you ſhall haue a poulder, ſuche as there is not the like, whiche you muſte keepe, as the other before, in leather bagges, or in boxes of woode well ſtopped, paſtynge or glewing the ſides, to the intente that the poulder flie not awaye, for it is a ſubſtaunce almooſt as fyne and as ſubtyle as the ayre.

☞To make a water called Magiſtra, wherewith the ſayed earthes to make mouldes is tempered, and moyſted agayne at euery caſtinge and foundinge.

TO cauſe that the ſayed earth be faſte and firme, and that beinge faſhioned and drye, it maye holde together, and not fal agayne into poulder, you muſte make this water, whiche is called la Magiſtra, whiche is a worde, not knowen frome whence it is deducted, as the Philoſophers haue forged and geuen names to certayne waters, accordinge to the effecte that they ſerue for, as they haue doen of this water. And it ſeemeth that they meante by this, the ſame thinge that we vnderſtande by the meane or waye, or ſuche a thinge, that is a meane or way to kepe together or to diſſolue, or to do ſome like thinge: thus it is made. They take common ſalt, the whiche they wrappe in a linnen cloth wette in water, or other licour, and being ſo lapped vp, it is layde in the middle of the embers in a furneis, or in ſome other lyke place, to the intente that with a[•]payre of bellowes they maye geue it alwayes a greate fyre, or elles thei put it in ſome croſet, or other ſmall veſſell, iuted and clayed, blowing it wel the ſpace of an houre, than they let it coole. And he that will not blowe it alwayes, as is aforeſayde, let hym laye it in the middes of hote coales, and yet couer it well with fyre, and whan it is coole agayne, be muſt ſtampe it, and put it in a pot well leaded, and put to it as muche water as wyll couer it, foure or ſixe fingars high: than muſte he ſet it on the fyre, and ſtyrringe it, he ſhall make all the ſaied ſalte to diſſolue. This doen, it muſt coole agayne, and he ſtrained or paſſed thoroughe a felte twiſe: and this is done for to moiſt or baine the ſayed earthes, and to make them holde together, as we will declare afterwarde. Alſo you maye make this Magiſtra with the whites of Egges, beaten with a ſticke of a figge tree, vntil they be conuerted and tourned in a froth or ſcumme, then let them reſt the ſpace of a nighte, and in the morninge poure oute the water that is founde vnder the froth. With this water is the ſaied earth moyſted and hayned, and it appeareth that it is better then other: for it maketh it faſter and firmer, and cleaner, nor cleaueth ſo ſone vnto the thinges caſte in the mouldes: therefore ſome put a little of this water of whites of Egges, with the other Magiſtra made of ſalte. Other put to it a lyttle water of Gomme Arabick, addinge in all thinges iudgement, experience, and induſtry.

☞To make Lutum ſapientiae verye parfytie.

TAke of the beſte white potters earth that you can get, for in one place there is better than in another, that is to ſaye, of that whiche can beſt endure the fyre, as ſuche as they make pottes of in Padua, and likewiſe in Germany: for it is of ſuch perfection, that the pottes whiche be made of it, and wherin they dreſſe their meate, may alſo ſerue to found metalles in. Take then of the beſte, and ſpecially if it muſt ſerue for a thinge that hath neede to be longe vppon a great fyre, otherwiſe, take ſuche as you can get. There is founde of it, that is of a graye colour, as the common ſorte is, and alſo there is white, that men vſe in ſome place of Vicence, whiche is like loaues of Gipſum, or plaiſter, and is called of the Italians Florette de Chio. We here in Englande vppon the vſe thereof, maye geue it what name we wyll. Potters vſe of it in Veniſe, for to white the diſhes, and other thinges, before they verniſh or polliſh them. There is alſo founde of it that is redde, as in Apulia, where there is greate quantitie, and that they call Boale, and is the very ſame that ſome Apoticaries do ſell for Boale Armenick, and the Venitians vſe of it, for to paynt redde the forefrontes of their houſes, with lime, bricke, and Vermillion, coueringe it afterwarde with Oyle of line. This redde earth is the fatteſt, and the clammieſt of all the reſt, and therefore it cleaueth ſooneſt by the fyre, if it be not tempered with ſome other ſubſtaunce. And becauſe that all the ſayed earthes be to fatte, the one more than the other, therefore men put to them ſome leane ſubſtaunce. Nowe, if you take of that of aſhe colour, whiche is moſt commen, and the leſt fatty, you may compoſe and make it in this maner. Take of the ſaied earth foure partes, of cloth-makers floxe or ſhearing, one part, aſhes that haue ſerued in a buck, or other, half a part, drie horſe donge, or the donge of an Aſſe, one part. If you will make it parfiter, put to it a fewe ſtamped brickes, and ſparkes of yron: let all theſe thinges be well ſtamped, and ſifted, that is to ſaye: the earth, the aſhes, the horſe donge, the brickes, and the ſparkes of yron: than mingle all together, and make it into earth, and make a bedde thereof, vpon the whiche you ſhall caſte by little and little, the floxe, as equally as you can. This doen, powre to it water, ſtyringe it well fyrſte with a ſticke, and than with a pallet broade at the ende. And whan all is well incorporated together, as you woulde haue it, laye it vppon ſome great borde, and beat it wel, and that a good ſpace with ſome great ſtaffe, or other inſtrument ofyron, minglinge and ſtearinge it well, for the lenger you beate it, the better it is. By this meane you ſhall haue a verye good claye for to lute or clay, and ioyne violles, flagons of glaſſe to ſtill with, and bottels of gourdes for ſtilling and other great thinges, as furneſſes and ſuche like, as we will declare afterwarde. But he that will make it with more eaſe, let him put the earth only, the flox, and the horſe donge, with a fewe aſhes. Some put no horſe donge to it, and ſome no floxe, according to the purpoſe that they make it for. For to ſtop and cloſe vp the mouthes of ſtillinge glaſſes, or violles, to thintent they take no vent on the fyre, the ſayed clay wil be very good: neuertheleſſe men put to it two partes of quicke lime, and the whites of Egges, and then it wyl be ſurer to let nothinge vent out but the glaſſe it ſelf. All kinde of clay or earth would be kept moiſt, and redy dreſſed for him that will occupy it continually, but it muſte not be kepte to watery nor yet lefte to drye, for than it woulde ſerue for nothinge, ſeinge that after it is once hardened, a man can not dreſſe it anye more to do any good withal. And whan you put water to it, it is mollified by little and little aboue, and is as it were a ſauce, but within remayneth harde, and if you put to much water to it, you marre it vtterlye. Therefore, whan you ſee that it beginneth to waxe drye, feede it a newe little and little with water, ſtyringe it tyll it be well, and ſo ſhall you make it perfecte.

❀ Certayne thinges, whiche he that will take in hande any foundinge or caſtinge of metalles, muſt alwayes haue readye, and in ordre.

BEcauſe that inſtrumentes and meanes, be thoſe that make all thinges come oute of the workemans hande with a perfection, therfore, to the intente that whan the tyme is come to beginne a worke, you be not vnfurnyſhed, or ſuſtayne domage for lacke of thinges neceſſary: Fyrſt, let your coales be of ſtrong woode, yonge and drye, your croſettes or melting pottes without cleftes or chappes, and of graye coloure, which commonlie are better than the blacke, or white. you muſte haue a little burde to geue it vent ouer the mouth of the croſet, whiche is vncouered for certayne cauſes: a cane or reede to blowe awaye the ordure and fylth out of the croſet, a thinge eaſier than with a payre of bellowes: an yron with a hoke, for to take the coales out of the croſet or meltinge potte, and likewiſe a payre of tonges: a preſſe of woode to kepe faſte and ſure the fourmes or mouldes in pouringe in the mettal: two little tables or more of walnut tree woode, or boxe, or of ſome other harde and maſſiue woode, or elles of copper made very euen and equall on euery ſide, for to tourne the mouldes, and to keepe theim ſteddye: two pieces of wolle, or more, to the intente, that if in faſteninge the mouldes in the preſſe, they be not equall and euen with out ſyde, theſe pieces may fil vp the empty place: a compaſſe and a rule for to parte and deuide the caſting holes and pipe wherin the mettal muſt runne: an yron made like a ſcrapinge knife or raſoure, ſharpe at the end, and edged at the ſydes, ſuche as gilters do vſe to make euen the caſtinge holes, or pipes of mouldes, the which wyll ſerue to make the breathinge hooles and pipes that the vapoure goeth out at whan the worke is made, and hauinge no ſuche inſtrument, you may make them with a knife, as handſomely as you can. You muſt alſo haue readye a little oyle, and turpentine in a dyſhe, with a litle paper, or ſome piece of linnen cloth to wette in the ſayed oyle and turpentine, and to burne it, for to parfume the fourmes and mouldes whan they be well wiped, to the intente the metall maye runne the better. And becauſe that ſometime ſuch parfume filleth vp the holowneſſe and engrauing of the worke, you muſt haue a hares foote to wipe awaye the ſuperfluitie of it, and alſo for to ſwepe together the duſt, to thintent it fall not whan you will caſte anye thinge in the mouldes. And than muſt you haue a bruſhe, or rubber of latin wyer, and one of ſylke, ſuche as men make cleane combes with, for to rubbe and polliſhe the worke, before it is fourmed and faſhioned, to the intente to polliſhe it and dreſſe a newe, as neede ſhall be, whan the worke is caſte.

☞The maner or order that a man ought to kepe, wh[•]re [•]e wyll caſt or founde medalles, or any other thinge.

FIrſte, you ſhall laye the medalle or other worke that you wyll caſte, in a dyſhe with ſtronge Vynaigre, Salte, and burned ſtraw: than rubbe it well with your hande, vntill it be cleane: lykewiſe with a rubber, or bruſhe. This doen, waſhe it in freſhe water, and wipe it with a linnen cloth. After this, laye vpon a table of hard wood, or of copper well pollyſhed, half the moulde or fourme, that is to ſay, the female. And let the myddle parte, that is to ſaye, that whiche is ioyned to the other, be layed vpwarde vpon the table, in whiche thinges thus layed, you ſhall lay youre medalles, or the thinge you will fourme or faſhion, and let it be cleane, as we haue ſaied, orderinge it in ſuche ſorte, if there be but one, that it be iuſte and directlye agaynſte the conduyte or pype, and as lowe in the frame as it maye, to the intente that the pipe or cundite may be the longer, and that it may haue metall ynough. If there be more than one, you ſhal order and ſet them on the ſydes of the fourme or frame, and leaue place in the middle for to make the hole or pipe, to powre the metall in. And yf there be more then two, you muſte beware that one receaue not the mettall of another, but make to euery one his little pipe or condite, whiche maye aunſwere and come iuſtly to the pipe or hole in the middle. Then take one of the ſayed fine earthes, wel ſifted thorough a fine ſarce, and whan you haue wel brayed it, put it in a platter, or great diſhe, to the intente that in handelinge it, there go nothinge out, and you ſhall moiſte it little and little, with the water called Magiſtra, mixinge it well with your handes, and rubbinge it ſo longe betweene your handes, that wringinge it with your fiſte, it holde and cleaue together, but you muſt note, that I ſpeake of moiſtinge it, and not of thorowe wettinge it, for it may not wete your hande in preſſinge it, nor cleaue vnto your hande like paſt, but tha it onely holde together a little more or leſſe then drye flower or meale, and being ſo wronge in your hand, it may breake in pieces whan you touche it with your fingar. And hauinge thus brought it to a fourme, lay it handſomely vpon the medals in the fourme or mould, with thendes of your fingars, and than with your hand wringe it, and preſſe it harde downe, not ſparinge to preſſe it well, in puttinge vpon it the other little table, and preſſing it down with your handes, as hard as you can, yea with all your might.

Than with a cutting yron with a right and euen edge, and with a ruler made iuſte and euen by line the ſaied fourmes with the earth, cutting away handſomely, the earth that paſſeth ouer the ſaied mouldes, and ſo laye them vpon one of the pieces of wolle, and then the litle flat table, then you ſhal take with both your handes the two little tables, aboue and beneth, and holding theim faſt together, turne handſomly y• mouldes vpſide down, and taking of the table, you ſhal ſe vnder the medals, in lyftinge it vp, yf there be any earth entred in, if ther be, you muſte take it awaye with the hares fote. Then, ſetting the other part of the fourme or mould in his place, you ſhall fill it with the ſame earth, preſſinge it well, as before, and makinge it euen and equall with the yron. Afterwarde, with the poynt of the yron, you ſhall lifte vp a little, at one of the corners, halfe the moulde or fourme, and take it of fayer and ſoftly with your hand, and take out the medalles nimbly, touchinge them a litle round about, with the point of a ſmall penne or quil, if at the firſt they will not come oute, turninge downeward that part of the mould wherin they did ſticke whā you opened it. And if yet they will not come oute, ſtrike them a croſſe with the point of a knife, vntill, that turninge downewarde the mouldes, they come out. And if in caſe they be not wel printed, according to your mind, you may put theim agayne into theyr place, and preſſe theim againe: and hauinge ſet on both ſides the twoo pieces of wolle, and the tables, cloſe theim in the preſſe. Fynallye, with the ſaied ſhaue, or ſharp yron, make the ſayed pypes or conduites holowe, compaſſinge theim with your compaſſe, and rule, in ſuche ſorte, that they come iuſte and equally: than ſhall you trimme them ſo agaynſte the fyre for to drye, tourning theim ſometime, vntyll they be well dried. Then with a matche or wyke tempered or wette in Oyle, and Turpentyne, and beinge ſet on fire, ſmoke it, and if there remain any ſuperfluous thinge, wipe it away with the hares foot. Then ioyne them together agayne, and hauing layde to them the wolle, and tables, wringe them a little in the preſſe, and in the meane time hauing made ready and molten the metall (yf it be ſyluer, or white copper, it is knowen by the ſhininge of it, and clearneſſe in the melting pot: and if it be tinne, by caſtinge into it a ſtone, or ſome paper, and that it burne it) you ſhall caſt it, and the thinge ſhall go well, withoute anye other helpe or ayde, for to make it runne, ſauynge that after the tynne is molten, put in a little, that is to ſaye, a twentith part of ſublimatā in reſpecte of the whole quantitie, and one [••]ghte parte of Antimonium: for beſyde that theſe thinges make it runne well, they harden it and make it ſownde well.

Then the mouldes beynge colde, take out handſomelye the medalles: and whan you will caſte other, you muſte parfume and ſmoke the mouldes agayn: and then preſſe them, and ſo caſt your thinges as before, and do it as often as you thinke good. And if you ſee that the mouldes be not broken, and that you will kepe them for another tyme, you maye laye them in a drie place, and they wyll kepe well. Finallye, the ſayde earth taken oute of the mouldes, brayed and ſifted, will be alwayes better to ſerue your tourne. The medalles ſo caſte, are ſodden againe afterwarde, and waxe white, ſo that they be not of Tynne. Alſo you maye geue to all theſe medalles what colours you will, as we wil declare more at large hereafter.

☞To make a white, to blaunche and make white medalles, or other thinges newlye molten, and alſo for to renewe medalles of olde ſyluer.

TAke the medalles, or other thinges newly founded or molten, or elles the olde ones that you will renewe, and laye theim vppon the coales, tourninge theim often, vntill they waxe of a graye coloure, than rubbe them with a bruſh of copper wyer, puttinge them afterwarde in this white coloure folowinge. Take ſalte water of the ſea, or common water ſalted, with a handfull of baye ſalte, wherin you ſhal put the lees of white wine, and Roche Alome rawe.

Boyle all this in a panne leaded: and if the worke be of copper, made white by anye ſophiſtical ſubſtaunce, you ſhall put to it theſe thinges folowinge, that is to ſaye, Syluer heaten, or Siluerfoile, the weight of a Spaniſh Reall, Sal Armoniacke, waying three times as much, Salte Peter the weighte of flue Realles. All the ſayed thinges beynge put in ſome potte of earth, with a couer hauinge a[••]ole in the middes, ſet them in the middle of the fyre, coueringe it with aſhes and coales vp to the necke, and leaue it there ſo, vntill all the humoures be breathed out, then let all coole againe, and beate it into poulder very ſmall. This doen, take an vnce of this ſubſtance, or ſomewhat more or leſſe, and boile it in the ſaied white confection of the Salt water, onelye halfe a quarter of an howre, puttinge in the medalles, or other workes. Then poure out this water with the medalles into cleere and luke warme water, and after rubbe the medalles with the Tartre or lees, and other thinges that remayne in the potte: and hauinge waſſhed theim well with freſhe water, wype them drie.

¶To gylt yron with water.

TAke well, riuer, or conduite water, and for thre pounde of the ſame, take two of Roche Alome, an vnce of Romaine Vitriolle, the weight of a ponny of Verdegreſe, thre vnces of Sal gemma an vnce of Orpimente, and let all botle together: and whan you ſe it boyle, put in lees called Tartre, and bay ſalte, of eche of them halfe an vnce, and whan it hath ſodden a little while, take it from the fire, and paint the yron with all, than hauinge ſet it in the fyre to heate, burniſhe it, and it is doen.

❀ The lyke another waye

TAke Oyle of line foure vnces, Tartre or wyne lees two vnces, the yelkes of egges hard roſted and ſtamped, two vnces, Aleo cicotrinum, an vnce Saffron a quarter of a dragme. Boile all theſe thinges together in a new earthen potte a good ſpace, and if the oyle of line couer not all the ſaied ſubſtaunces put in more water vntil there be ſufficient, then anoint your yron with this mixtion, hauing fyrſt burniſhed it, and ſo ſhall you make it of the colour of golde.

☞To gylte yron with golde foile, and water, or elles with golde mixte with Quicke Syluer, as goldſmythes are wont to gilte ſiluer.

TAke Romayne vitriole an vnce, roche, Alome, two vnces, ſalte Armoniack an vnce: all theſe thinges beyng well beaten in poulder, and boiled in common water, take your yron wel burniſhed, and wette it with the ſayed water, rubbinge it well: than lay on your goldefoyle, and let it drye by the fyre. This doen, burniſhe it with ſtone Hematite, as men are wont to do, and it wyll be verye fayre. If you will gilt with golde mixt with quicke ſyluer, as goldeſmithes vſe to gilte ſyluer, you ſhall adde to the ſaied water, a dragme or Verdigreeſe, half an vnce of Sublimatum, and let it boyle al together, than put your yron to boyle in the ſaied water: but if it be ſo greate that it can not go in, rubbe it with the ſaied boylinge water, and heate it, that it maye receiue the Amalgama of the quicke ſyluer and the gold, the which Amalgama we haue taughte you to make in the fift boke, in the chapiter of minglinge or mixinge golde. And whan you haue heated the yron, gylt it with the ſame golde ſo mixed with the quicke ſyluer, and ſmoke or fume it at the fyre with a lampe, or with Brimſtone, as goldſmithes commonly do, or rather with waxe, wherof we wil hereafter ſhew you a very good maner and waye, and better then that is vſed in Germany, or in any place where it hath hitherto ben vſed.

¶To die or coloure into the colour of braſſe, or alſo to gylte Syluer, whiche ſheweth better, and continueth longer.

IT is a thinge moſt certaine, that gold ſet vpon white yron or ſyluer, ſheweth not ſo fayre as vpon braſſe: for as ſone as it beginneth to weare a litle, men may ſee the whiteneſſe of the yron or ſyluer, whiche is not ſo ſoone ſecne vpon anye redde coloure. Therefore many practiciens, whan they wyll gylte anye woode, or other thinge, laye the bottome or grounde (not of redde, as the moſt part do) but of yelow to the intente that the golde ſhall not ſo ſoone appeare worne, as vpon the redde, and more vpon the white.

The ſayed yellow can not be laide vpon yron or ſyluer: but leauing all this aſide, whan you will gilt ſyluer, or geue a colour of braſſe vnto yron, you ſhall do after this maner. Take verdet, or Verdegriſe, Vitriol of Almain, and ſalt Armoniacke, at your diſcretion, but let the Vitriole be of a greater quantitie than the other thinges: put all this well beaten in poulder into ſtronge Vinaiger, letting it boile halfe an houre. And when you haue taken it from the fyre, while the ſubſtaunces be yet boilinge, you ſhall put in your yron that you will coloure, coueringe well the pot with his couer, and with cloth vpon it that it vent not out, and ſo let it coole, and you ſhall haue your yron well coloured, of a braſen coloure, and thus maye you gilte it with quicke ſyluer, as yf it were braſſe. Eſteme this as a goodly ſecrete, and alſo profitable.

☞A water or colour to laye vnder Diamondes, as well true as counterfeite, that is to ſaye, made of white Saphyres, as we wyll declare afterwarde.

TAke the ſmoke of a candell, gathered together in the bottome of a baſen, and make it into a dowe with a little oyle of Maſticke: than putte the ſaied mixtion vnder the Diamonde in the ringe, where you wyll ſet it.

☞To counterfayte a Diamonde, with a white Saphyre.

THis ſecrete is knowen well ynough of the Iewellars, that vſe almooſt all one maner indifferent good: but we (after we haue deſcribed theyr faſhion) will ſhewe you a way far better. They take a Saphire of a good white coloure, and ſet it in the fire in a goldſmithes croſet amonge the fylinge of yron, or of golde, thinking becauſe it is of great value, that it is better for ſuch a purpoſe, but yet the fylinge of yron is a great deale better. They let this fylinge or rubbyſh of yron become almoſt redde, without meltinge it, and caſt theyr Saphire into it, leauing it therein a prety while. And after they haue taken it out, if the white colour like a Diamond do not like them, they caſt it in agayne, and ſo often, tyll they ſe it be to their fantaſie, than they ſet it in a ringe, and colour it as before. Nowe here foloweth another waye a great deale better. Take white ſmalte well beaten in poulder, and mingle it with the ſayed filinge of Golde, or yron, but ſo that there be as muche ſmalte as filinge, then take a little other ſmalte withoute fylynge, and make it into dowe, with your ſpettle, and in this dowe wrappe your Saphire, and let it dry well at the fyre.

This doen, tye it at the ende of a ſmall and fine wyer, and leaue the other ende ſo longe that you maye plucke it out whan you will. Afterwarde couer it with the ſaid filinges, and leaue it ſo on the fyre a certaine ſpace, vntyll the filinge be very hote, as is aforeſayd, but ſo that in no caſe it melt: than plucke out once youre Saphire, to ſe if the colour pleaſe you, if not put him in agayne vntill it be fayre to your minde.

☞To ingroſſe thinne Balleſſes to ſet in ringes.

IF you haue Balleſſes as thinne as paper, dreſſe them of what greatnes or largeneſſe you wyll, and take a piece of fine Criſtall coloured lyke a Balles: then take a great graine of Maſtick, the whiche you ſhall ſticke vpon the pointe of a knife, and heate it well agayne the fyre, and ſodaynlye it wil caſte out a little droppe like the teare of a mans eye, hauing a luſtre like a pearle, with the whiche droppe, glewe on the ſaied Balles vpon the Criſtall, and feare not that it will gather to a lumpe, or hinder the colour: Then polliſhe it, and geue it a luſtre, and ſo ſet it in golde, and it will be very fayer, and ſeeme to be veryly a Balles.

☞To make Rubies of twoo pieces, and Emeraudes, as they make them at Mylan.

TAke the drop or teare of Maſticke, wherof we haue ſpoken in the Chapiter before, and if you will make Emeraudes, you ſhall coloure it with Spaniſh grene tempered and mingled with Oyle, puttinge to it a little waxe, if neede be, and if it be to thicke, temper it with water: But if you will make Rubies, take Gomme Arabicke, Alom ſuccarine, rawe Roche Alome, as much of the one as of the other, and let it boyle all together in common water: than put into the ſayd water ſome Braſill cutte ſmall, and let it ſeeth, puttinge to it ſome Alome Catine ſo called, becauſe it is boyled in a caudron, of the whiche the more there is, the darcker it will be: then take the droppe of Maſticke aboueſaid, and colour it with the ſaied redde. This doen, take two pieces of Criſtal, dreſſed and trimmed with the whele, of what faſhion and greatnes you will, ſo that the piece whiche you will laye vppermoſte, be not ſo greate as the other vnderneth, that is to ſaye, the one dreſſed vpon the other, as the nayle vpon the finger, iuſt on euery ſide. After this lay that vnderneth, vpon a little fire pan, or ſome other inſtrumente of yron on the coales, that the ſaied Criſtall may be verye hote, and than touche it vpon with the ſaied redde droppe or teare, whiche you ſhall take vppon the ende of a ſticke: but it muſt be ſo hote that it may droppe downe the better: and whan you ſee that the ſayde piece of Criſtall is coloured ynoughe, you ſhall take the other leſſer piece, that muſte be ſet aboue, whiche lykewiſe muſt be hote, and ſet it vpon the ſaied droppe, and it wyll conglutinat[•] and glew together the two pieces of Criſtal, without cauſinge any thickneſſe or let vnto the luſtre of the Rubie, the whiche will be cleare and brighte on euerye ſyde. Afterward ſet it in your ringe, ſettinge to the Ruby the redde leafe, and the grene to the Emerauldes, as we will teach you hereafter how to make the ſaid leaues for all kinde of ſtones, as well fine, as artificiall.

❀ To make a paſte or dowe for precious ſtones, as Emerauldes, Rubies, Saphyrs, and ſuch like, which be but of one piece, well coloured within and without.

TAke potters lead burned, iii. vnces, and put it in as much water as will couer it a finger or two highe: then ſtirre it with your finger, letting it go down to the bottome. Afterward poure out the water, whiche wyll ſerue for to wette within ſide the earthen pot leaded, to thintent that the matter cleaue not to the ſydes of it, wherin you put all the ſubſtaunce. Than take other .iij vnces of Vermillion dried, and mingle it with the ſayd leade, then an vnce of Criſtall calcined and burned, or elles of a Calcidoine ſtone, with .xiiij. or .xvj. carattes at the mooſt, of Rubricke, or ſparkes of Copper. All theſe thinges well ſtamped, and mingled together, you ſhall put in a pot of earth leaded, well wette within with the ſaid water of the lead: then couer it, and ſet it in a glaſſe makers furneis, by the ſpace of thre or foure dayes, and you ſhall haue a very fayre paſte or dowe, the which you may cauſe to be dreſſed with the wheele, as you wil. At Veniſe men bye the ſtone for a grote or ſixe pence at the mooſt. And for to make yellow ſtones, you ſhal put to it the ruſt or rubbiſhe of yron. And to make Rubies, put to it Cynople or redde leade: and in thoſe that be of colours, you ſhall folowe the order that we wyl teach you hereafter.

❀ To make Emerauldes, and other ſtones or Iewelles.

TAke Sal alcali, and diſſolue it in water, diſtillinge it thorough a felt, and drye it, then diſſolue it agayne, and drie it ſo three times, afterward beat it into poulder: then take fine Criſtall; and cauſe an Apoticarye to ſtampe and ſift it for you, as they do Criſtall prepared. Then take two vnces and a halfe of the ſaied Criſtal, of Sal alcali, two vnces, Spaniſh grene an vnce, fyrſte tempered and ſtieped in Vinaygre, and than ſtrained. The ſayd thre poulders, you ſhal put in a veſſell, as in a newe earthen pot leaded, the whiche pot you ſhall lute and clay ouer, and couer it that it take no vent, then leaue it ſo clayed and luted the ſpace of three dayes, the longar the better, vntill all be thorowe drye. Afterwarde, you ſhall putte it in a potters furneis, the ſpace of .xxiiij. houres. Then take the ſayde compoſition, and dreſſe it as men do fyne ſtones, and you ſhall haue them excellent. And if you wyll haue Rubies, put Cinople to it, in ſteade of Spaniſhe greene. If you wyll haue Saphirs, put to it Lapis Laſuli, But if you wil haue Iacinthes, you muſte put in Corall in ſteade of greene Verderame, as is before ſayed.

❀ To calcine or burne Cryſtall and the calcidoyne ſtone, to put in the ſaied mixtions of precious ſtones.

TAke Tartre calcined and burned an vnce, and diſſolue it in a diſhe full of cleare water, then ſtrayne it out, and take the pieces of Criſtall, or Calcidoin ſtone, and heate them vpon the fyre in an yron ladle or fyre panne: than quenche them in the water that is in the dyſhe: take theim oute, and heate theim agayne, and quenche theim as before in the ſame water, doinge ſo ſyxe or ſeuen tymes, and they ſhall be verye well calcined and burned. Then beat them fynely into poulder and put it into the ſayd mixtion. Neuertheles remēber, that if you wil make Emerauldes, you muſt beat ye ſaid ſubſtaunces to poulder in a brafen morter: but if you will make Rubies: or other, you muſte ſtampe theim in an yron morter, and beware that they touche not the braſſe,

☞A water to harden the ſaied ſtones.

BEcauſe that all the ſaied artificiall ſtones are commonlye bryttle, for to harden them, do as foloweth. Take little pieces of Calamita, and calcine them as you didde the Criſtall: then beate them into poulder, and putte it in a moyſte place, vntill it be turned and diſſolued into water, with ye whiche you ſhal knede Vitriole Almaine, or Romayne, raw, without making it redde: then make thereof a ſofte paſte or dow, or elles a ſyroppe, whiche you ſhall ſtill in a glaſſe or Viol with a croked necke, or in an vrinal, and with the water that commeth of it, you ſhall knede barly flower, makinge a harde paſt, in the whiche you ſhall wrappe your maſſe of ſtones, made as is before ſaid, or the ſtones ſelf, whan they be dreſſed and faſhioned with the whele: then put them, ſo wrapped in the ſame paſte, into an ouen with a bache of breade, and take them out with the breade. And whan you haue taken of the paſte, you ſhall finde your ſtones harde, as if they were naturall. If you ſe it be neede, you may couer theim with the ſayd paſte, and bake them againe in the ouen, and than ſhall you haue them parfite and harde.

☞To calcine fyne ſyluer.

SEinge that we are entered into the matter of calcininge, we will ſhewe you the calcination of fine ſyluer, and than of Talcum, as we haue promiſed before. There be diuers wayes of calcininge ſyluer, wherof we wil put here three of the beſt. Take fine ſyluer beaten very fine and thinne, then cut it in pieces as bigge as a Spaniſhe ryall, or more or leſſe, for it maketh no great matter: then take a croſet, or an erthen potte, and lay in the bottome of it a rancke of common ſalte, not white, nor prepared or trimmed to eate, but euen as it cometh out of the ſalines or ſalt panne, and it muſt be ſtamped very ſmall. Vpon this ſalt you ſhall laye likewiſe a rancke of the ſayd pieces of ſyluer, and then another of ſalte, and another of ſiluer, and ſo conſequently as longe as your ſyluer laſteth, in ſuch ſorte, that the laſt rancke may be of ſalte, and that good and thicke: then couer all this with a paper, lutinge and clayinge well the croſet, or little earthen potte, and leauinge a little hole in the coueringe the biggeneſſe of a gooſe quill. And whan it is drie, couer it ouer, and rounde aboute, with coales and embers, and leaue it in ſuche a fyre, at the leaſt three or foure houres: then hauing taken it out, and all beyng coole, open the croſet, and take out the pieces of Syluer one after another, makinge theim cleane that the ſalte ſtick not vpon them. And if you perceiue that they be ſo brittle that you may break them with your finger, like a cruſt of bread, it is done & made: if not, put them again into the croſet or pot, ſetting them in the fyre as before. And to make it perfitly, you ought to do this thre tymes or more. This doen, make your ſiluer into poulder, and waſh it in a diſhfull of hote water, & let it ſincke to the bottom. After, ſtraine out the water ſo handſomly, that you loſe no part of ye ſaid poulder: or to auoid al daūgers paſſe it thorow a felt: this doen, put other hote water to it, & ſtraine it out as before, ſo often tyll you may know by the taſt of the water, that al the ſalt is purged away. Than ſhal your ſyluer be well calcined, & diminiſhed of the weight, dried, and become frō his nature into a maſſif part, and ſomwhat like vnto gold. Thus wil it ſerue you for diuers thinges, if you can dreſſe it wel. The like is done with Talcum, in ſteade of common ſalt: but than you nede not waſſhe it in hote water. Some calcyne it with ſalte, or Talcum twelue or .xv. times, and more, to the intent to haue it more maſſiue and ſounder, and more commodious to take colour. It maye be alſo doen in this manner, that is to ſaye, to melte the ſyluer in a Goldſmithes meltinge pot, and for euerye vnce of the ſame, to put in a pound or more of Brimſtone ſtamped, and that little and little. True it is, that ſo it wyll conſume more than by the ſalte, or Talcum, but it ſhall be farre better if the Brimſtone be fyrſt purged in ſtronge lye (that is to ſaye, made with ſtronge aſhes, and quicke lime, or ſuch lyke thinges.) Nowe let vs come to the other maners of calcininge ſyluer.

☞The ſecond maner of Calcininge ſyluer.

TAke Aqua fortis ſeperatiua, made with Salt peter and Alome, as we haue before declared, then take fine ſiluer, fyled or polliſhed, or beaten into leaues, or made in ſmall pieces, or graines, that is to ſaye, of the ſayd ſyluer one parte, and of aqua fortis, thre partes, and haue the ſaied water in a violl: then put in the ſaied ſyluer, and you ſhall ſe it will incontinent beginne to boyle, and that the bottome of the viol will be hote if the water be good. Let it ſo boyle, vntyll it boyle nor eate no more, holdinge ſtyl the violl in your hande, or ſettinge it in ſome place farre from the fyre. But if the water be not ſtronge, you muſt ſet it a lyttle to the fyre, holdinge ſtyll the violl in youre hande vpon the embers, or elles you may ſet it vpon a fewe aſſhes, or vpon ſome little furneis. And whan it hath lefte boylinge, and eaten all the ſyluer, you ſhall ſe the water waxe greene, ſo that there ſhall remaine no ſyluer in the bottome, if that the water were well calcined and burned: for than it would make as it were white lyme at the bottome, or if there were any golde in the ſyluer, it would make it deſcende to the bottome in little round pieces, like pearles, or like ſande. Nowe, after that the ſayd ſyluer is diſſolued, and eaten of the ſayd aqua fortis, you ſhall take another violl bigger, or an vrinal, or earthen pot half full or more of well or riuer water, wherinto you haue diſſolued, and haue in a readines a good handfull of common white ſalte: then let the ſaied water be ſtrayned two or three tymes. This doen, you ſhal poure the aqua fortis whiche diſſolued the ſyluer into the ſalte water, leauing it ſo the ſpace of .iiij. or ſix houres: then ſhal you finde at the bottome as it were a bedde of herbes or greene ruſhes, whiche ſhall be the ſyluer diſſolued, and the ſalt aqua fortis, and alſo a part of the common ſalt that you did put in. Afterwarde diſtill the ſaid water by a felt, and take the ſyluer that is ſo diſcended to the bottome, and put it in a croſet, coueringe it well, to thintent there fall no ordure nor fylth into it: than bury and couer it ouer and ouer in hote burninge embers, coueringe it wel alſo with fyre, that it may burne the ſpace of .iij. houres or more. Finally, let it coole wel agayne, and poure the ſiluer oute of the croſet, into a diſhefull of hote water, ſtirring it a little together with your fingar, and than let it reſt: and after poure out fayr and ſoftly the ſaid water, and put in other, doing as before, vntill the water waxe no more ſalt. This doen, let the ſyluer drye, whiche ſhall be very well calcined for to ſerue your turne in any thinge that you will.

☞The thirde maner of calcining ſyluer.

YOu ſhal mixe together into dowe or paſte called Amalgama, one part of ſiluer leaues, with thre or four partes of quick ſiluer, as we haue declared in the fift boke, in the chapter of the maner how to bray gold: then bray this Amalgama, or paſte, with comon ſalt, and ſet it to the fyre vntill the quick ſyluer be vaniſhed awaye, afterward waſh it with hote water, ſo much and ſo often, that the water be no more ſalt, then ſhall you haue your ſyluer calcined. After this, if you thinke good, you maye braye it againe with other ſalt, without other quick ſiluer: and then put it to the fire in a croſet, three or foure houres, and waſhe it againe, as is aforeſayde.

To calcine Talcum quickly out of hande.

BEcauſe that Talcum is a thing of ſo great importaunce, and ſo muche deſyred of all good wittes, menne haue founde diuers wayes to calcine it, the whiche teache vs that we muſt put to it twiſe as much ſalt peter as common ſalte, or rawe Tartre with the Talcum, and then put all this in a furneis certayne dayes, and then to ſeperate the ſalte or Tartre, with hote water. Other heate it vppon the coales, and quenche it in pyſſe, and do it often times. Other ther be that wrappe it in litle white pieces of wollen cloth, and put it in the midees of a great fyre, the ſpace of halfe an houre, or more, and than they finde it thorowly molten and all in a light piece, and full of hooles like a ſponge, not much differing from burned Alome. All the whiche wayes, to ſay the trueth, are nothing worth, nor do not perfectly calcine it, where they corrupt the nature of the Tartre, and make it become lyke vnto quicke lyme, or Alome, or elles of little ſtrength. Nowe, for to calcine it out of hand and perfectly, you ſhal take the Talcum rawe and made into little leaues, or ſtamped as wel as is poſſible, and than put it in a croſet, or in a fyre pan among the hote coles. And whan it is very hote, or rather redde hote, you ſhal put to it drop by drop, diſtilled Vineaigre wherein Tartre hath ben diſſolued, and put therevnto the thirde part of Aqua vite, pouring it by little and little vpon the hote lees or Tartre, that is to ſay, thre vnces of Vynaigre for euery pound of Talcum: then take it from the fire, and you ſhal find it fayr and wel calcined. Finally, you ſhal waſhe it with hote water, to thintent to ſeperate the lees or Tartre from it. It is calcined alſo, beinge made in leaues as thin as is poſſible, layinge them by ranckes or beddes, with little flat pieces of ſyluer, in a croſet luted and clayed, than put them in a furneis where glaſſe or bricke is made, by the ſpace of four or fiue dayes. The like is doen alſo with little pieces of Tynne.

☞An excellent and very eaſy waye to gilte yron, copper, and ſyluer, to make it ſeeme lyke maſſyue golde.

FIrſt if you wil gilt ſiluer, or iron, you muſt geue it the colour of copper, as we haue aforeſaid? than take beaten gold, which you ſhal mixe with quick ſyluer, and make Amalgama or paſte thereof, as is ſaid before, and ſhal put the ſaid Amalgama in a litle diſhe, vpon the whiche you ſhal poure the iuyce of a frute called Cucumis aſininus, ſuch a quantitie that it maye be aboue the ſayd ſubſtaunces a fingar high. Kepe this gold thus prepared and trimmed, and couer it, to thintent there fall no filth nor ordure into it, which you may vſe and occupy whan you wil. Afterward, the thinges that you wil gilt, muſt be very cleane, and well poliſhed, then with a penſell you ſhall geue them of the ſaid gold ſo prepared with quick ſyluer, and as it were diſſolued, rubbynge it well all aboute. If you wyll not do ſo, you maye gylte after the common maner of goldſmithes: yet notwithſtandinge with golde made into Amalgama, or mixed as is aforeſayed, chafinge the worke that you will gylte with Aqua fortis, as they do. Then make the quicke ſyluer vaniſhe away, as the goldſmithes of Italy comonly do, that is to ſay, with a lampe of line ſeed Oyle, and with Brimſtone, and make afterwarde a gylt vpon the worke, that is lyke Saffron. But I counſell you to vſe this maner in the chapiter folowinge, whiche is partly the ſame that the goldſmithes do vſe, in Fraunce and elles where, but it is muche amended, and this is it.

☞A parfyt maner and waye to gilte, and to make the quick ſyluer to vaniſh away from the thinge gylted.

PVt in a pan the rubbiſh or ſcumme of copper, and the filinge of yron, then poure vpon it ſtronge Vynaigre not diſtilled, as much as wil couer it two or three fingars high. Let it boyle ſo the ſpace of an houre, then poure out the ſaid Vineaigre, and put in other, letting it boile as before, and do thus foure or ſix times. Afterward make the ſayd Vynaigres put together, to euaporate or drye vp, or elles make it diſtill oute, for to haue one vynaigre of it, whiche will be good for manye thinges. This doen, you ſhal put vnto the ſayd poulder remaining at the bottome, the eight parte of Almayne Vitriole, and as muche of Ferrerum of Spaine, and the half of an eight parte of ſalte Armoniacke, with a little Brimſtone: then into a little molten waxe with a little Oyle of line, or Oyle Olyue, you ſhal put little and little the ſaied poulders well mingled together. Fynallye take that whiche you haue couered with the ſaied Amalgama of golde and quick ſyluer, and with a penſyll couer and lay it ouer well with the ſayed waxe ſo mixed, than put it, ſo cyred, in the middes of hote burninge coales, and let it burne and conſume all the waxe. This doen, you ſhall haue ſuche a gylt, that it ſhall be like maſſiue golde. And at the ende you may polliſh it with bruſſhes of copper wyre and colde water, or you may burniſhe it as you wyll.

The ende of the Secretes of Dom Alexis of Piemount.

¶Here foloweth the Table of all the ſecretes conteined in this preſent volume.

THe maner, and ſecrete to conſerue a mans youth, and to holde back olde age, to maintaine a man always in helth and ſtrength, as in the fayreſt floure of his yeres. Fo. 1
To make a precious licoure, & of ineſtimable vertue, the whiche taken at the mouth, ſtrengtheneth and augmenteth the naturall heate, and radicall moiſture, purifieth the bloud, and clenſeth the ſtomacke from all ſuperfluitie of humours: and by that meane conſerueth the health and youth, and prolongeth the life of him that vſeth it. Folio. 1.
A potion or drinke to be vſed in ſtede of Syrop, good for men of all ages and complections, that will be purged: the whiche taken what day you wyll dryueth away the euill humours, without mouinge or troublinge the good, or doinge any hurt. And is alſo very good for the great pockes, and al infirmities, as wel of the ſtomacke as of the heade, and is likewyſe profitable for them that be in health, to take twiſe in the yeare of an ordinary purgation, that is to ſaye, at the Springe, and in September. Fol. 5.
A very eaſy and good remedy for to heale all manner of pockes: whiche is made with little coſte, and requyreth not that a man kepe his bedde or his houſe, but may vſe it goinge in the ſtretes. And it is alſo verye good for all ſortes of greife in the ioynctes, in what parte of the body ſo euer it be. Fol. 6.
To reſolue and reduce golde into a potable licour, whiche conſerueth the youth and health of a man, aswel taken by it ſelfe, as mixed with the foreſayde licoure ſpoken of in the ſecond chapiter of this preſent boke, and wyll heale euery diſeaſe that is thought incurable, in the ſpace of ſeuen dayes at the furtheſt. Fol. 6
To heale an excreſcence or growyng vp of the fleſhe, within the yarde of a man, albeit it were rooted in of a long tyme. Folio. 8.
To heale all maner of inflammation, and euill diſpoſition of the liuer, and by this ſecrete been healed certaine perſones, whiche had their faces as it were Leprie, greate ſwollen legges, their handes inflamed, and rough within ſide. Idem.
To heale the Emeraudes or Piles, in a nighte, a rare ſecrete and very excellent. Folio. 9.
A ſinguler oinctmente, whiche healeth all burnynges with fire, not leauyng cicatrice or ſkarre where it was. Idem.
A parfite and proued remedie for theim that bee weake of ſtomacke, and can not keepe their meate without vomityng it vp again. Idem.
An excellente remedie wherewith a woman of thirtie and ſixe yeres was healed, that had ſo marred her ſtomacke, that in the ſpace of twoo yeres and an halfe, ſhe was neuer naturally purged dounewarde: and as ſone as ſhe had eaten any thing, ſhe vomited it vp againe, ſo that ſhe became yellowe, and as drie as a ſticke. Folio. 10.
Three remedies verie good againſt the wormes in little children. Idem.
The ſeconde remedie. Idem.
To thirde remedie. Idem.
To heale children of the Lunatike diſeaſe, whiche happeneth vnto theim, by reaſon of a worme with twoo heddes, that breadeth in their bodies, the whiche worme, comyng vnto the hart, cauſeth them to haue ſoche a paſſion, that often times it killeth the. Fo. 11.
A remedie for the fallyng ſicknes. Idem.
To make oile of Brimſtone, to heale all maner of Cankers, diſeaſes or ſores, whiche come of a putrified humoure, and renne continually, commonly called Fiſtules, and alſo to heale inueterate and olde woundes. Idem.
To take awaie the venime or poiſon from a wounde made by ſome poiſoned weapon or arrowe. Idem.
Againſt the bityng of all venemous beaſtes. Idem.
To drawe an arrowe heade, or any other Iron out of a wounde. Folio. 12.
Againſt a vehement cogh of young children. Idem.
For hym that hath a bunche or knobbe in his heade, or that hath his heade ſwollen with a fall. Idem.
A good remedie for one that is deaffe. Idem.
To heale a woman that hath the Matrice out of her naturall place. Folio. 13.
To make a womās Milke to come and encreaſe. Idem.
A verie good Secrete for the Gommes or Burgeons, that remaine of the greate Pockes, as well olde as newe. Idem.
An other remedy for the ſame burgeons of pockes. Idē.
A verie eaſie and parfite remedie for hym that hath any blowe with a Sworde, Staffe, or ſtone, or other like thyng, yea, though he were greuouſly wounded. Idē
A water to heale all maner of woundes in ſhorte ſpace: whiche is a thyng that euery manne ought alwaies to haue in his houſe, for the accidentes and chaunces that maie fall, ſeeyng it is eaſie to bee made, and with little coſte, and that it is of ſo merueilous an operation. Idem.
To make oile of Saincte Ihons worte, whiche is called in Veniſe, and diuerſe other places, redde oile, and is of ſoche vertue, that a manne can ſkante expreſſe it, as well to heale woundes, as other infinite diſeaſes, whereof we will ſhewe the moſte notable, and thoſe that we haue founde true by experience. Fol. 15.
To make oile of a redde Dogge, by the meane whereof (beſide other infinite vertues that it hath) I healed a Frier of Saincte Onofres, who had, by the ſpace of twelue yeres, a lame and drie arme, withered like a ſticke, ſo that nature gaue it no moare nouriſhemente. Folio. 17.
To make an oinctment the moſt excellent in the world, whoſe vertues are infinite, as we will declare afterwarde, whiche princes oughte to commaunde to be made and kepte in their common wealthes: and that it ſhoulde be made in the preſence of Phiſitions, as Triakle is made, or at the leaſt euery man oughte to haue it in his houſe, and ſpecially becauſe a man may make a great quantitie of it, and the lengar it is kept the better it waxeth. Fol. 19.
A very true and proued remedye agaynſte a quartayne ague. Fol. 20.
To heale wartes, a ſecrete very excellent and eaſy to be dooen, proued and experimented vppon dyuers perſonnes. Fo. 21
A very profitable and eaſye remedye to be made againſt plureſies, whiche in two dayes healed a Smith that was almoſt dead, and had not ſlept in .ii. nightes. Idē
Another ſecrete or remedy againſte the ſayd diſeaſe of the plureſie. Idem.
Another goodly ſecret againſt the ſame diſeaſe. Fol. 22.
Another againſt the ſame diſeaſe. Idem.
To make a water good for the breſt or ſtomacke, of the whiche men vſe to geue them drinke that be tormented or grieued with the ſtitche in the ſide, or pluretik apoſtumes: the whiche water is of a meruelous good ſauoure, and mondifieth very well the breaſte or ſtomacke. Idem.
Agaynſt all diſeaſes of the mouth, palate, throte, gummes, and Iawes. Fol. 23.
For all woundes or ſores of the legges, be they recente or olde, although the legges were coueerd ouer with them, and eaten vnto the bone. Idem.
To heale ſwollen knees or legges, redde, and full of humours: a ſecrete meruelous good, eaſye to be made, and of litle charge, and often times proued. Idem.
A very ſure and parfit remedie agaynſte a Sciatica, oftentimes proued and experimented in dyuers partes of the worlde. Fol. 24
A water for to heale in. v. dayes at the mooſt, all maner of greate ſcabbes, as well inwarde as outwarde, and is a water cleare and white, and of an odoriferous ſauoure, ſuche as a manne maye preſente to a Quene. Fol. 25.
Againſt the diſeaſe or gre[•]f of the flankes, and the colick paſſion, experimented and proued diuers times. Idē
Another remedy agaynſt the ſame. Fol. 26.
Another parfit remedye agaynſte the ſame diſeaſe, and to make a man piſſe that hath ben three or four days without making water, and that in the ſpace of half an houre, and will breake the ſtone in ten or twelue dayes. Idem.
Another remedye agaynſte the ſtone, and payne of the reynes. Idem
The laſte and mooſt excellent remedy of al, agaynſt the ſtone, be it in the reynes, or in the bladder, of what qualitie or quantitie ſo euer it be. Folio. 27.
For hym that ſpitteth bloude, by hauing ſome veyne of his breaſt broken. Idem.
Agaynſt the greif in the lunges, and ſpittinge of bloud a thinge experimented. Fol. 28.
Agaynſt the payne of the flankes, of the reynes, and all other greifes. Idem.
Againſt the ſtinkinge of the breath. Idem.
Agaynſt the bytinge of a madde dogge, and the rage or maddeneſſe that foloweth the manne after he is bitten. Idem.
To take awaye the dead fleſhe that cometh or groweth in the noſe. Idem.
For one which (with falling from ſome high place) feareth to haue ſomething broken in his body. Idem.
A very good and eaſy remedye againſt the diſeaſe called the kinges euyll. Idem.
Another remedy againſt the ſame diſeaſe. Fol. 29.
To knowe whether a woman ſhall euer conceiue or not. Idem.
A very rare remedye for to take the kernelles oute of a mannes throte in fifty dayes at the furtheſt. Idem.
An other remedie eaſier to be made. Folio. 29.
A thyng experimented and proued to bee very true, againſt the ſame diſeaſe. Idem.
To make the ſkin ſtretche, and retourne again into his place, after the kernell is healed. Idem.
A verie exquiſite remedie againſt the diſeaſe, called in Latine Augina, and in Greke Synanche, whiche is an inflammation of the Muſkle of the inner gargille, the Frenche menne call it Squinancie, in Engliſhe, Quinſey. Folio. 30.
An other againſt the ſame diſeaſe. Idem.
An other againſt the ſickneſſe. Idem.
A verie good remedie againſt the kynges euill. Idem.
To heale the ſame diſeaſe by a ſubſtaunce taken at the mouthe. Idem.
A heauenly water, whiche hath many goodly and notable vertues, as we will ſhewe you after. Folio. 31.
Pilles of a merueilous operation and vertue, againſte the Sciatica, whiche we promiſed to ſpeake of, in the Chapiter of the Sciatica. Folio. 32.
A notable ſecrete to heale a madde manne, be it that the madneſſe came vnto hym, by a whirlyng or giddineſſe in the heade or braine, or otherwiſe. Idem.
Pilles of Maſter Michaell a Scotte, the whiche heale the grief or paine of the heade, be it inueterate or recent, purge the braine, clarifie the ſight, cauſe a man to haue a good memorie, good colour in the face, and be alſo verie good for many infirmities. Folio. 33.
Againſt the paines of womens breaſtes, a verie excellent remedie. Folio. 44.
To ripe a Fellon, Cattes heere, Botche, Boile, or other apoſtumes or ſwellynges, whiche haue neede of quicke and ſodain ripyng. Idem.
To reſolue a Fellon, Cattes heere, Botle, or Botche at the firſt beginnyng. Idem.
To make Emplaſtrum Aureum, whiche is of a wonderfull vertue, for all ſortes of woundes. Idem.
An other excellent ſecrete, whiche was brought out of India, and is very good for diuers accidentes of mannes bodie. Folio. 44.
Againſt al maner of coghes, as well inueterate and old as recent and newe, a certain and ſure remedy. fo. 35.
An excellente conſerue againſte the choghe, and all anguiſhe of the breaſt, whiche alſo mondifieth and clenſeth the ſtomacke, cauſeth a good voice, and a faire coloure in the face. Idem.
A goodlie and pleaſaunte Secrete to heale the cogh, in rubbyng the ſolles of the feete: and is a thyng verie eaſie and certain. Folio. 36.
A verie goodly and eaſie remeadie to heale, in a daie or twaine, al maner of inueterat & old woundes wherin is growen deade and ſuperfluous fleſhe, & woundes that can not be cured, by any other medicines. Idem.
Againſt al maner of peſtilence or plague, be it neuer ſo vehemente, a moſte certain and proued thing. Idem.
A verie good parfume againſt the plague. Idem.
An other remedie very good againſt the plague. Idem.
For hym that is ſicke of the plague. Idem.
An ointment to make an apoſtume breake, and the ſore of the plague to fall of. Idem.
An other remedie againſt the plague. Folio. 38.
An other verie good remedie againſt the plague. Idem.
An other perfite receipt againſt the plague. Idem.
An other againſt the plague. Idem.
A thyng oftentymes proued and experimented againſt the plague. Idem.
A preſeruatiue againſt ye plague oftētimes proued. Idē
An other. Folio. 39.
An other. Idem.
In a ſuſpecte tyme of a plague. Idem.
An other wel tried & proued againſt the peſtilence. Idē.
A verie parfite ſecrete againſt the plague. Idem.
An other verie good ſecrete. Idem.
To make a carbuncle and all other botches, apoſtumes and plague ſores, to breake, a preſente remedie, and verie eaſie to make. Folio. 40.
A verie good remedie againſt the markes or ſpottes of the plague, commonly called Gods markes. Fo. 40.
Againſt the mortalitie of the Peſtilence, a verie perfite remedie. Idem.
To make little rounde Apples or balles againſte the plague. Idem.
An oinetment to kill the plague. Fol. 41.
A verie perfite oile againſt the plague & al poiſon. Idē.
A merueilous ſecrete for to preſerue a manne from the plague: and hath been proued in Englande of all the Phiſitions, in that greate and vehement plague, in the yere. 1348. whiche crepte throughout all the worlde, and there was neuer man that vſed this Secrete, but he was preſerued from the plague. Idem.
A verie ſure and parfite remedie to cure a manne of the Peſtilence, and ſome there hath been, that haue been cured in a nighte: the ſaied remedie is alſo good for Goddes markes, and Carbuncles, Boiles, Botches and ſoche like ſickneſſes, as ſaincte Anthonies fire, and ſoche other. Idem.
A verie goodlie and preſent remedie for to heale the peſtilence, and drawyng out the venime frō the botche, or ſore, or other like accident. Fol. 42.
An aduertiſement or warnyng of greate importaunce, to preſerue a man in tyme of peſtilence Idem.
To dreſſe and order the Iuice of Citrons, for the vſe of it, as is afore ſaied. Fol. 44.

Of the ſeconde booke.

TO make oile Imperialle, to perfume the heere or bearde of a manne, to rubbe his handes or glooues with, and to put alſo into the Lie or water, wherein Princes or greate mennes clothes are waſſhed, and this oile maie a man make with coſte inough, and alſo with little charge or expenſe. Fol. 44.
To make oile of Ben with ſmall charge, the whiche of it ſelf wil be odoriferous or ſoote in ſauour, and very excellente, whereof parfumours doe vſe aptly, for to parfume gloues, or other thyhges with all. Fol. 45.
To make an odoriferous & ſwete water very good. Idē.
The ſeconde odoriferous water. Idem.
The third ſwete water. Folio. 46.
The ſowerth ſwete water. Idem.
The fift ſwete water. Idem.
The ſixt ſwete water. Idem.
The ſeuenth ſwete water. Idem.
The eight ſwete water. Folio. 47.
The nineth ſwete water. Idem.
The tenth ſwete water. Idem.
Oile of Orenges verie excellent. Idem.
Oile of Iaſemine and of Violettes. Idem.
Oile of Nutinegges verie perfite. Idem.
Oile of Bengewin, verie excellent. Folio. 48.
Oile of Storar verie excellent. Idem.
Oile of Myrrhe, good for them that haue their fleſh full of humours, and carraine leane, for to make it tractable, quicke, naturall, and ſtrong. Idem.
The maner to make that oiles ſhall neuer waxe mouldie, nor putrifie. Idem.
Poulder of Iris. Idem.
Poulder of Violettes. Idem.
A white poulder to put in little bagges. Idem.
Poulder of Cypres. Folio. 49.
White Muſked Sope. Idem.
An other kinde of odoriferous white Sope. Idem.
To make Damaſkine Sope Muſked. Idem.
To get out the milke of Macaleb. Folio. 50.
Poulder of Ciuet verie exquiſite. Idem.
A principall poulder. Idem.
A white odoriferous poulder. Idem.
A redde poulder. Idem.
A blacke poulder. Idem.
Poulder of Cipre verie exquiſite. Idem.
An other waie to make it verie perfite. Folio. 51.
A ſwete and odoriferous poulder, verie excellent to laie in cheſtes and coſers. Fol. 51.
An odoriferous and ſwete poulder. Fol. 52.
Oyle of Bengewine. Idem.
A very good and odoriferous poulder, to cary aboute a man, or to laye in cofers. Idem
Balles agaynſte the peſtilence or plague, whiche alſo geue an odour vnto all thinges. Idem
A princely lycour. Idem.
Liquide and ſoft ſope of Naples. Idem.
To make the ſayd ſope muſkt. Idem.
A very excellent paſte and ſweete, made with muſke, whiche eaten cauſeth a ſwete breath. Folio. 53.
Another very excellent. Idem.
Dentifrices or rubbers for the teeth, of great perfection for to make them cleane. Idem
Oyle of Bengewine odoriferous. Idem.
Oyle of Storar Calamita. Idem.
To make oyle of Labdanum. Fol. 54.
Oyle of Nutmegges. Idem.
Another maner. Idem.
A very exquiſite ſope, made of diuers thinges. Idem
Sope with Ciuet. Fol. 55.
Sope with diuers and excellent oyles, Idem.
Sope roſat. Idem.
White ſope of a good ſauour and odour. Idem
Perfect ſope. Idem.
Whole and maſſiue blacke ſope. Idem.
Damaſke parfume. Folio. 56.
Another parfume of damaſke. Idem.
An excellent pommaunder. Idem.
Another pommaunder. Fol. 57.
Another pommaunder. Idem.
Excellent Ipocras. Idem.
To make little cuſſhins of parfumed roſes Fol. 58.
Matches or litle lightes of a very good odour. Idem
A compoſition of Muſke, Ciuet, and Ambergriſe. Idē.
A parfume for a chamber very excellent. Idem.
Sope of Naples. Fol. 59.
Perfume for a lampe Fol. 59.
A ſhorte perfume Idem.
An odoriferous perfume for chambers Idem.
A very good perfume for to trymme gloues wyth lytle coſt, and yet will continue longe. Idem.
A very exquyſite Cyuet to perfume gloues, and to annoynt a mans handes with. Fol. 60.
Oyle of roſes and floures, very parfyte. Idem.
Oyle of Cloues very noble. Idem.
To make an excellent parfume to perfume chambers garmentes, Couerlettes, Sheetes, and al other thinges, belongyng to any prince. Fol. 61.
Rounde apples or balles to take out ſpotes of oyle or greaſe. Idem.
To make a paſt or dowe for ſweete beades or beadſtones. Idem.

Of the thirde boke.

A goodly ſecrete for to condyte or confite Orenges, citrons, and all other fruytes in ſyrop, whiche is a notable thinge. Fol. 62.
The maner howe to purifye and prepare honnye, and ſuger, for to cōfyte Cytrons and al other fruites. 63.
To confite Peches after the ſpanyſhe facion. Idem.
To make conſerue or confyture of Quynces, called in latyne Cotoneatum, Cidoniatum or Cidonites, as they do in valence, whiche alſo the Geneuoys do vſe. Idem.
To make a paſt of ſuger, wherof a man maye make all maner of fruytes, and other fyne thinges, with their forme, as platters, dyſhes, glaſſes, cuppes, and ſuche like thinges, wherwith you maye furnyſhe a table: and when you haue done, eate them vp. A pleaſante thinge for them that ſitte at the table. Fol. 64.
To make a confection of Melons or ponpones. Idem.
To make Melones & [〈◊〉] ſwete & very delicate. 65.
To confyte orenge pilles, whiche maye be done at all tymes of the yeare and chiefly in May, bycauſe than the ſayde pilles be greater and thicker, Idem.
To confite Walnuttes. Folio. 65.
To confite Gourdes. Idem.
To confite Cherries. Folio. 66.
To make little morſelles, as thei vſe in Naples, an exquiſite thyng, for thei be verie ſauorous, doe conforte the ſtomacke, and make a ſwete breath. Idem.

Of the fowerth booke.

AN odoriferous and precious water, wherewith a manne maie weate or bath any linen cloth, to wipe or rubbe his face, whiche will make his fleſhe white and well coloured: & the more a manne rubbeth his face with it, the fairer it is, and alſo continueth ſixe monethes, a thyng experimented and proued, yea, and it wer for a quene. Foli. 67.
To make a water that will make a white and pale perſone, well coloured. Idem.
A verie good water, to make the face appere of the age of .xxv. yeres. Folio. 68.
A water to beautifie the face, and all other partes of the bodie. Idem.
A water to make the ſkinne white, and to take awaie the Sunne burnyng. Idem.
An other water to beautifie the face, and to make it appere of the age of .rv. yeres. Idem.
An eaſie water for ladies and gentlewomen. Idem.
To make a goodly luſtre, or beautifiyng of the face, good for ladies and dames. Foli. 69.
To take out ſpots, lentilles, or pimpels in the face, Idē
A verie good waie, how to giue a luſtre or ſhewe, to all diſtilled water. Idem.
To make a water of white Melōs, that maketh a faire ſkinne. Idem.
To make a verie good water of Gourdes, as well garden Gourdes, as wilde. Folio. 70.
An ointment for the face, whiche beyng kepte on, or vſed continually, the ſpace of eight daies, altereth the ſkinne, and reneweth it finely. Idem.
For hym that hath naturally a redde face. Folio. 71.
Ta make Aqua argentata, or ſiluer water, whiche maketh a white, ruddie, and gliſtryng face: and is made like a water, and not like an oyntment, that the Dames of Italie, for the moſte parte dooe vſe, although that fewe men make it, as it ought to be made. Idem
To make an ointment for the face. Idem.
To make a redde colour for the face. Folio. 72.
To make the face faire. Idem.
To make the face faire an other waie. Idem.
To make the face faire. Idem.
To make a water, that maketh the face white. Idem.
An other maner to make the face faire. Idem.
To take ſpottes, lintelles, or redde pimples, out of the face. Idem.
To take of a ring worme or tetter, that renneth al ouer a mannes, called in Frenche, Le fru volant. Folio. 73.
To driue awaie Liſe. Idem.
To make a water that taketh awaie al ſtainyng, diyng and ſpottes from the handes of artificers, that get thē by working, and maketh them very white and faire: it is alſo good for them that be ſunne burned. Idem.
To make a water, that make the fleſhe and ſkinne of a manne or woman verie faire, and will be kept like a precious baume. Idem.
A verie goodlie water to waſhe the face, necke, and the breaſt, whereof a manne maie make a greate quantite, for the more there is of it, the better it is: it maketh the ſkinne and the fleſhe of the face, faire, not hurtyng or deſtroiyng the teeth, and ſhall ſeme that the face is nothyng at al holpen with any colour, but that is euen ſo by nature. Folio. 74.
To make a verie excellente redde coloure for the face, whiche is naturall, and continueth long vppon the face, makyng it alwaies gaier and fairer. Idem.
An other kinde of redde verie good for the face, eaſier to make, and with leſſe coſte. Fol. 75.
An excellent white aboue al other. Idem.
To make heare as yellow as golde. Idem.
To make lye to waſhe the head, whiche (beſide that it comforteth the brayne, and the memory) maketh the heare longe, fayre, and yellow like golde. Idem
Lye to make heare blacke. Fol. 76.
An oyle for to annoynt the heare, whiche maketh it yelowe lyke golde, longe and gliſtering lyke burniſhed golde. Idem.
A very goodly way or maner howe to make yellowe aberne heare, without ſtanding longe, or nothinge at al in the ſonne, a rare and a very excellent ſecret. Idē
An oyntment to make the heares fall from any place of the body. Fol. 77.
An oyle or lycour to make the heare fall of, and maye be kept as longe as a man wyll: It is alſo good for all occaſions. Fol. 78.
An aduertiſement or leſſon for them that will make the heare fall of. Idem.
To cauſe that the heare ſhall grow no more, or to make them come out thinne and fine lyke the fyrſt ſoft hear or moſines of the face. Idem.
To make a kind of cloth or plaiſter to take the heare frō the face, neck, & handes, or frō any part of the body. 79
A merueilous ſecrete, whiche the greate lordes of the Moores do vſe, wherby they make that their children haue no hear vnder their armes, or other place wher they wyl. And this ſecrete found I in Siria, the year 1521 by the meanes of a lorde of the countrey, whoſe doughter I healed. Idem
To make a kind of cloth, called cloth of Leuant, wherwith women vſe to colour their faces. Fol. 80.
The ſame another way, Idem
To dye a white beard or heare of the heade into a fayre blacke. Idem
A noble and excellent poulder to make cleane the teeth to make them faſt and white, & to conſerue the gommes, a better thinge can not be found, and it were to preſent to a Quene or princeſſe. Fol. 81.
To make a very excellent conſerue to ſcoure the teeth, to comforte the gommes, and to make a ſwete and good breath. Idem
An aduertiſement or leſſon concerning the makynge of poulders, and conſerues for the teeth. Idem
An exceding white and good poulder to ſcoure the teeth whiche is meter for lordes and great men, than anye of the other before. Fol. 82.
A diſtilled water, excellent for to make the teeth white immediatly, and to preſerue them wonderfully. f. 83.
Thre aduertiſementes or leſſonnes of importaunce, to kepe the teeth white and vncorrupt and alſo a ſwete breath. Idem
A decoction to waſhe and ſcour the mouth, to faſten loſe teeth, to conſolidate and make ſounde the gommes, and to make the fleſſhe growe agayne if it were decayed or fallen a waye. Fol. 84.

Of the fyſte boke.

TO make parfit Aſure, ſuche as cometh from be yond the ſeas. Fol. 84.
To make a fine confection of grayne, called Lacca of grayne. Fo. 86
To dye bones into a grene colour. Idem.
Another maner howe to die bones, or Iu[•]rye, into the colour of an Emeraude. Idem.
To die bones redde, blew, or of any colour you wil. Idē
A very goodly ſecrete to die or colour wood, of what colour a man wil, which ſome ioyners dovſe that make tables, and other thinges of diuers coloures, and do eſteme it among them ſelues to be of ſuch excellency, that one brother will not teache it another. Fol. 87
To counterfeit the black wood called Hebenus, or Hebenum, & to make it as fayre as the natural Hebene, whiche groweth no where but in India. Idem.
To die ſcinnes blew, or of the colour of Aſure. Idem.
To dye ſkynnes in Chickweede, called in latyne Rubra maior or Rubra tinctorum, into a redde coloure. Fol. 88.
To dye Skinnes greene. Idem.
To dye the ſaied Skinnes an other waie. Idem.
An other waie to dye Skinnes of Aſure coloure and faire. Folio. 89.
An other maner to dye Skinnes greene. Idem.
To dye Neates leather into a grene colour, as well in gal as in leaues. Idem.
To dye Skinnes grene, with the flower of Ireos. fo. 90
To dye bones in a Turkiſhe or redde colour. Idem.
To dye Hogges briſtelles, and other thynges, for to make rubbars and bruſſhes. Idem.
To dye the ſaied briſtelles yellowe, grene or blewe, or any other colour. Idem.
To make Purple, whiche is a colour, wherewith men vſe to make a coloure like golde, for to painte and write with. Idem.
To make Lacca of Braſill. Foli. 91.
To make white tables to write in, with the poinct of a wire, ſoche as come out of Germanie. Idem.
To make Roſet or ruddle. Idem.
To gilte ouer Parchemente, Leather, or other ſoche woorke, whiche menne vſe in ſteade of hangynges, or Tapiſtrie. Folio. 92.
To dye Crimſon ſilke. Idem.
To prepare and trimme Braſill, for to make of it foure diuers colours. Idem.
To make Roſet of Braſill an other waie. Foli. 93.
To make beyondſea Aſure, without Lapis laſuli. Idem.
To make a grene coloure, to write or paint with. Idē.
To braie fine golde, wherewith a manne maie write, or painte with a penſill. Idem.
The ſame an other waie. Idem.
An other waie with purpurine. Folio. 94.
To make a grounde to gilte vppon, with burniſſhed Golde. Idem.
To laie or ſettle golde with a ſingle ground. Idem.
An other waie to laie on golde. Idem.
To make colours of all kinde of metalles. Idem
To laye golde on a blacke ground. Idem.
To make letters of the colour of gold without gold. Id.
To make ſyluer letters without ſiluer. Idem.
To make greene letters. Fol 95
To make white letters in a blacke field. Idem.
To make a greene colour for to write and paynt withall. Idem.
To trimme and dreſſe Aſure. Idem.
To dreſſe or trimme Cinabrium, for to write or paynte with. Idem.
A ground to lay golde vpon any metall or yron. Idem.
To gylt the edges of bookes. Fol. 96.
To kepe and preſerue whites of egges as long as a mā wyll without corrupting, and without putting Arſenick to it. A ſecrete not muche knowen. Idem.
The maner howe to make the grounde or foundation for Indicum. Idem
Another perfit ground for the ſame thinge. Idem
A goodly way howe to make gold and ſiluer into poulder, a thinge eaſy to be done, and there wyll come of it an excellent colour. This is a very rare ſecret, whiche hath not ben vſed nor knowē vntil this preſet. 96
To make a very fayre Vernix, to verniſh the ſaid gold, and all other workmanſhippe. Fol. 97.
To braye or break gold or ſiluer eaſely, after the comen maner that the beſt workmaſters do vſe. Fol. 98
To make a lyeour, that maketh a golden colour without gold. Idem.
Another lycour of the colour of golde, for to wryte, and to gilt iron, wode, glaſſe, bone, & other like things. 98
Another goodly licour, to make a golden colour with litle coſt, and is a thinge eaſy to be done. Fol. 99.
To make incke, or a coloure to write with, in a verye good perfection. Idem.
A good waye and maner howe to make ynck for to cary about a man in a drye poulder, whiche (whan he will wryte with) he muſt temper with a lyttle wyne, water, or Vinaigre, or with ſome other licour, and than he may incontinent putte it in experience. With the ſayd poulder all other yncke maye be amended, be it neuer ſo euill. Idem.
To make a great deale of ynck quickely, and with lyttle coſte. Fol. 100.
To make Printers inck. Idem
To make yncke ſo white, that althoughe a man write with it vpon white paper, it may eaſely and perfitlye be redde. A very goodly thinge. Idem.
To make a poulder to take of blottes of yncke, fallen vpon the paper, or ells the letters and writinge from the paper: whiche is a rare ſecrete, but yet profitable. 101.
To make a kynde of vernyſhe, but muche fayerer, and better than that whiche Scryueners do vſe, and is of leſſe coſt, & ſtinketh not as other vernyſh doeth. Idem.
To make yncke to rule paper for to wryte by, wherof the writynge beyng dry, the lynes maye be takē out, that it ſhall ſeme ye haue written without lines. 102.

The ſixte booke.

TO ſublime quyckſyluer, that is to ſaye, to make common ſublime, that Goldſmithes, Alchemiſtes, and gentelwemen do vſe, and that mē vſe in many thinges concerning phiſick. 102.
To make Cinabrium, and therof to make loaues of a hundreth or two hundreth poundes, as great as a man lyſt: as thoſe are that com out of Almaine, which ſecrete hath not before this time bene knowe of any in Italy Fo. 105
To fyne and renewe Borax. Fol. 107
A good and eaſy way to make aqua fortis better than any other. Fol. 110.
The true and parfyte practyſe to caſt medalles, and all other workmanſhyp, as well in braſſe, as in golde, ſiluer, coppar, leade, Tyn, as of Cryſtall, glaſſe, and marble. Fo. 110.
The fyrſt earth to caſt in a moulde all maner of fuſyble matter. Fol. 111.
The ſecond earth or ſande. Idem.
The thirde earthe or ſande. Idem.
The fourth earthe or ſande. Idem.
The fyfte earth or ſande the moſt parfyte. Idem.
The ſixt earth. Fol. 112.
A goodly waye and maner howe to make all theſe earthes very fine and ſmall, & almoſt impalpable. Idem.
To make a water called magiſtra, wherwith the ſaide earthes to make mouldes, is tempered, and moyſted agayne at euery caſtynge or foundyng. Idem.
To make Lutum ſapientiae very parfyte. Fol. 113
Certaine thinges, whiche he that wyll take in hande any foundyng or caſtynge of mettalls, muſte alwayes haue [〈◊〉], and in order. Fol. 114.
The [〈◊〉] or order that a man ought to kepe, whan he wyll caſte or founde medalles, or anye other thynges. Fo. 115.
To [〈◊〉] white, to blanche or make white medalls, or other thynges newlye molten, and alſo for to renewe medalls of olde ſyluer. Fol. 116.
To gylte yron with water. Fol. 117.
The lyke another waye Idem.
To gilte yron with golde foyle, and water, or ells with gold myrt with quick ſiluer, as gold ſmiths are wont to gylte ſyluer. Idem.
To dye or colour into the colour of braſſe, or alſo to gilt ſyluer, whiche ſhe wethe better, and continueth longer. Idem.
A water or colour to lay vnder Diamondes as wel true as counterfeyte, that is to ſaye, made of whyte Saphires, as we will declare afterward. Fol. 118.
To counterfeite a diamōd, with a white Saphire Idem
To ingroſe thinne Baleſſes to ſet in ringes. Idem
To make Rubyes of two peeces, and Emeraudes, as they make them at Milan Fol 119.
To make a paſt or dowe for precious ſtones, as Emeraudes, rubes, Saphirs, & ſuch like, which be but of one piece well coloured within and without. Idem.
To make Emerauldes, and other ſtones or Iuels. 120.
To calcine or burne Criſtall and the Calcidoyne ſtone, to put in the ſaied mixtions of precious ſtones. Idem
A water to harden the ſayd ſtones. Idem
To calcine fine ſiluer. Idem
The ſecond maner of calcining ſyluer. Fol. 121
The third maner of calcining ſiluer. Fol. 122
To calcine Talchum quickly and out of hand. Idem
An excellent and very eaſy way to gylt yron, coper, and ſyluer, to make it ſeme like maſſiue golde. Fol. 123.
A parfit maner and way to gylt, and to make the quick ſyluer to daniſh away from the thinge gylted. Idem

The ende of the Table.

Marginal notes

Xylobalſamum. The wood whereof natural balme commeth. ↩
Sorbū latin. Frēch. Corme There groweth none ī England, & therfore we haue no Englishe name for it, ſauīg ſom engliſh it, and cal it ſeruis beries ↩
A defēſife is made when a ſurgien wil lay any drawing or healing plaiſter vpon or to a wounde, he maketh ſome oyntmēt reſtrain [•]iue becauſe it ſhall not drawe or heale to faſt, and that is called a defenſife. ↩
achees called of the apoticaries biſmalua or maluiſcus and in Latyne hibiſcus or Athaea. ↩
Coagulum Leporis dela preſſure de lieure. ↩
Lacca de graine, is a certaine confection or mixtion, made of graine, and are little rounde red balles. Lacca is a Turkiſh worde, and not vſed amonge vs, but amonges the Italians, ↩
Sola India fert Hebenū ↩
Sap green is made with the berries of a Dogge berry tree ↩
Ireos, a kind of floure deluce called in latin R[•]phaniti[•] ↩
Alexis ſpeaketh of Italy, and not the tranſlatour of England. ↩

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