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A01658	The newe iewell of health wherein is contayned the most excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, deuided into fower bookes. In the which are the best approued remedies for the diseases as well inwarde as outwarde, of all the partes of mans bodie: treating very amplye of all dystillations of waters, of oyles, balmes, quintessences, with the extraction of artificiall saltes, the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold. Gathered out of the best and most approued authors, by that excellent doctor Gesnerus. Also the pictures, and maner to make the vessels, furnaces, and other instrumentes therevnto belonging. Faithfully corrected and published in Englishe, by George Baker, chirurgian.; Thesaurus Euonymi Philiatri. English	Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565.; Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.; Baker, George, 1540-1600.	1576 (1576)	STC 11798; ESTC S103060	364,108	484

knobbes of fleshe Another water take of Salt nyter thrée ounces of Romayne vitryoll one pounde of Vermylion fowre ounces all these grynded togyther distyll artlye by a Lymbecke and the water come kéepe for the gylding of Marse that is to say yron Another water take of Salt nyter of Romayne vitryoll of Salt Ammoniacum of Viridis aeris of Orpimente of newe vnslaked Lyme of Alome of salt Alkali all these after the dilygent labouring a●d my●ing togyther distyll artlye in which stiepe Marse or let the same lye infused in it for a tyine and it wyll corrode and eate in marueylouslye A water dyssoluing the Sonne or Golde take of Salt peter of Vitryoll of Gypsum of Alumiu● iameni of each twelue ounces of Vermylion two o●nces of the water of Salt thrée ounces these after the ●eating distyll in a Lymbecke and the first water come wyll be swéet● ▪ the seconde and l●●t that co●●eth i● redde ▪ and good To seperate golde from any mettall take of oyle of Tartare two partes of Brymston● one parte after the distylling annoin● the metall or yron which made redde hote quenche them in cold water and the Gold wyll after fall of in the ●ourme of Sande to the bottome of the vessell A strong water seperating the Sunne that is to saye Golde from the Moone that is to say syluer take of salt one part of vitryoll one part of Salt nyter halfe a part of Viridis Graeci the fowrth part of one part the whole stiepe with the strongest vineger to the fourme of paste and dryed then sublyme the water Another working b●tter which seperateth the M●●ne that 〈◊〉 syluer vnto one part and the Sunne that is Gold vnto another after the maner of a masse or lumpe take of Tyles one dramme wayght of common salt burnt halfe a dram of Aeris vsti of Viridis aeris of each halfe a dram all these brought to powder and myxed togither put after the matter which you wyll seperate into this pouder being then in a glased earthen panne which c●uer with another panne when the masse is dyssolued the one then wyll be seperated from the other A water and oyle of salt Ammoniaci take of sixe or ten harde Egges sodden which opened in the heads and the yolkes taken forth fyll those emptie places of the Egges with the salt Ammoniaci in fine powder after let th●se be set into a vessell fylled with sande that is moystned or wette with water and the next morrowe you shall finde a water within the shell which powre forth the next morrowe after empty againe the water in lyke maner and so often doe vntyll the whole be resolved But if you mind to draw and haue an oyle of the same then seperate the water by a Lymbecke and the oyle wyll remayne which keepe in a glasse The speciall vse of it is and serveth vnto the fyxing and vnto many other Alchymicall workes Marcell A water mollyfying or softning all mettalies Glasse Stéele and Yron and the Amber stone take of salt Ammoniaci of the Salt nyter with Tartare of each a like quantity which boyle in same lycour with a small ●y●e and the same softneth any mettall powred into it Salt nyter and Tartare equallye or of a lyke quantitye taken doe soften metalles after the opynion of some pr●aysioners A strong water take of Salt nyter of Salt Armoniacke of eache a lyke quantytie ● mak● of these a water for the Sunne that is Golde And if you wyll seperate Golde and Syluer in the water take of Salt nyter one pounde of burnt Alome two pounde● these distyll by a Lymbeck into the water put so thinne plates heaten as a leafe ▪ standing or set on the fyre whi●h then wyll boyle and when the saui● seac●th boyling take it fr●m the fyre and the water c●oled shake well togyther and it wyll be troubled powre then the water lyghtlie or subtyllye forth into another Glasse and you shall see blacke Golde to settle or rest in the bottome then take a lyttle Spryng or C●nduite water powring that vppon the Sun●● or Gold● and washe it dyligentlye and the water after ●●wre as vnto the first water the Sunne or Golde then put into a Cru●ible which through dryed on the coales adde after to it of Salt nyter a lyttle quantitye melting the Sunne with it and then cast it into fourme And when you wyll haue the Moone take the water powred forth and distyll the ●ame by a Lynmbecke and the Moone shall abyde in the glasse which then powre or put forth as is aboue taught of the Golde the Moone then washed with the first water maye be powred vpon the Feces that if more of the Moone in blacke powder happen that the same also be then dyssolued and powre it after forth agayne on which powre Spryng or Conduyte water washing it as aboue taught The Mo●n● in the rude dryed put into a Crucible filled ▪ with halfe so much of Nyter as the same is and making a small hole aboue or on the toppe of it blow the fyre and you shall haue the Moone purifyed A water of the Philosophers borrowed out of a written leafe of Paper in the Frenche tongue take of ●i●maine vitryoll one ●ounde at Salt nyter halfe a pound of Uermillio● three ounces ●●ese fyuelie beaten to powder and myxed together ●●●tyll in a Lymbecke which after must be set in a new earthen potte The same fyll so bighe with syfted ashes as they maye well receyue and ryse somewhat aboue the substance contayned in the Glasse bodye standing in the earthen potte Which so ordered make then in the beginning a cleare and softe fyre and after the first water is ●ome kéepe that a part which is knowne to be then full come when as the necke of the Lymbecke aboue shall appeare yelowe and following or mayntayning the fyre get the seconde water in another Receauer so that each ought to be kept a part The vertues of this water are many with this water are cups helmets Armour sword● kniues such like things gylded yea wry●●ing l●fters paynting leaues or ●ther ornamentes in ordering it after this maner as that first or before the mater or thing to be gylded be stricken ouer with vernishe and the same after dryed at the fyre on which well dryed write what you wyl with a styffe pricke of a harde wood sharpened for the purpose after wette ●ll ●hat pl●●● ▪ 〈◊〉 or written with the sayde water which let to rest a lyttle space then holding or setting these to a soft fyre an● after a whyles to a stronger fyre being then well heated or sufficient hote let them be rubbed ouer with a roughe Lynnen cloath and wyped or clensed from the vernishe And if you wyll whyten or make whyte latten metall let it boyle in this water and i● wyll after appe●re syluer ●yke If you wyll c●●e the wa●ts the 〈◊〉 the pymples or 〈…〉 deformable in any person or take away the super●●uous ●●esh

it seaseth the paine of woundes it drieth vp cleanseth and comforteth and doth the same which may be wrought by any and is especiallie profitable to woundes of the synewes The vse of this oyle is that it ought to be applyed hote on the grieued places Another mastryall cōposition of the oyle of Hypericon right profitable for woundes borrowed out of the Italian secretes of the abouesayd Aucthor take of cōmon oyle Oliue that is sweete pleasant of tast as much as you thinke needeful into which put so much of the Hypericon the flowers seedes as that oyle wyl well receyue this let so stande in a glasse vntyll the oyle appeareth redde into which after put these of Turpentine one ounce for euery pounde of the oyle of Nutmegs of Saffron of Beniamine of ech one drā for euery poūd of the oyle of claryfied Barrowes greace two ounces for euery pound of the oyle of yarrow of redde Roseleaues of Campherie of Cummine of ech one ounce and a halfe for euery pound of the oyle of the best wyne two ounces for euery pound let these infuse togyther for the space of a moneth after shyft all the substaunce into a glasse body with a couer which set into Balneo letting the substance there boile vnto the cōsumption of the wine drynesse of the hearbes after the taking forth strayne the whole through a lynnen cloath which preserue in a glasse close stopped This oyle is marueylous vsed on woundes if so it be applied hote with lint or a fine lynnē cloth vpon that woūd This oile also auaileth against poyson helpeth Petechiae swellings or knobs by anointing of it on the places that with expedicion And with this oyle hath the Author done many singular practises to his high cōmēdatiō An oyle of the Orrenge flowers take Melone seedes wel brokē so many as you wyl of these straw a part in that bottome of a broade or gallie glasse on which straw a bedde of the flowers of that Orrenges vpō that straw another course of the séedes which done let them so stand for a day after the throwing away of the flowers put in fresh flowers to the seedes in like order as aboue taught this doe for sūdry dayes togither in shyfting the flowers vntyl the seedes haue purchased the vertue sauour of the Orrendge flowers which sprincled wette somwhat with good Rosewater put vp into sware lynnen bagges these wryng harde in a presse pressing the oyle The oyle of the Iasemyne flowers maye in a lyke maner bée purchased by ordering the flowers as aboue vttered and if you thincke the yéelde not sufficient at a tyme then maye you increase the same in my opinion with the iourdaine Almondes cleane scraped and broken after discrecion An oyle of the Damaske Roses maye in a lyke maner be obtayned if so be you breake Almondes into small partes being cleane scraped before and not blaunched and ordered as aboue taught of the oyle of Orrendge flowers which after put into bags presse forth an oyle An oyle of Roses by sunning is prepared and made on this wyse as Rogerius in his fowrth treatyse and eyght Chapter instructeth Take the Flowers of gréene Roses and fyll the glasse with the flowers and oyle in such maner that to one pounde of Roseleaues be two poundes of oyle added which dilygently stopped set the glasse in the Sunne for fortie dayes sturring about the flowers once a daye After such a decoction strayne it through a Lynnen cloath into a Bason of fayre colde water and labour or styrre the oyle about with a Hasill sticke whyte scraped after shift the oyle into another Bason of cold water and sturring it and this doe tenne tymes togyther For through this often washing it purchaseth a coldnesse in working and a lesser drynesse By which it doth after more coole and moysten Also the substaunce put into a glasse set in the Sunne vntyll the moysture which entreth the powres may through the same be consumed In a colde countrey where through a weake heate of the ayre this can not be decocted let the glasse be set into a panne of water that it may there softlye boyle for two or three dayes vnto a thyrde part of the oyle awaye if that countrey hath not oyle Olyue then draw an oyle of freshe Nuttes scraped with which make your oyle of Roses or otherwise vse olde Nuttes scraped cleane and stieped for two dayes in colde water after let an oyle be pressed forth Whereof the Aucthour alleageth that the mylke drawne or made of freshe Nuttes may so safely be giuen to the sicke of the Ague at all tymes in a cold countrey as the Almonde mylke in a hote countrey This oyle also aboue taught hath sundrye properties for if a pacient vexed with the Ague be daylye or often annoynted about the forehead and temples and paulmes of the handes the soles of the féete and on the beating veynes of the wrestes this note onely represseth the payne of the head and other partes but altereth the heate and procureth sléepe yet this in no case may be done in the sick day where you hope of the vniuersall or particular action A singuler remedie cōmended that the yolkes of Egges be laboured with the oyle of Roses and layde playster wyse on the region of the Lyuer or vpon a fyrie impostume which being once or twyse applyed doth marueylouslie mitigate paine and doth dissolue the fumositie and sharpnesse of matter And the same cleanseth the place or swelling to fal remooueth the rednesse from the place This oyle also mixt with a lyke wayght of the iuyce of plaintayne for a glyster in the blooddy fluxe or perylous scouring with blood is greatly commended this doth spéedily bring woundes to a scarre and mytigateth the payne by repressing the matter These oyles afore placed although they be prepared and gotten without distyllation or but by pressing out or otherwyse made by the Sunne yet would I not omytte them in that these formes and wayes séeme easie comely and to skyll inuented and oyles being thus prepared may aptly be applyed to mens vse and vtilytie The oyle of Violettes is prepared made of Violettes in the lyke maner as the oyle of Roses out of Rogerius and serueth to lyke purposes as the oyle of Roses sauing that the one ofter the newe making is laxatiue and the other bynding If with a lyke wayght of the iuyce of Mercurie this oyle be applied in glyster wise in the sharpe daylie and renewing Agues and Tertians the same gently doth louse the bellie and easilye expelleth the superfluities by the excrements sent forth This out of Rogerius An oyle helping the spottes of the face which commonly we name Lyntelles take a sufficient quantitie of the flowers of Rosemarie which put into a glasse burye it in hote horse doong in a place frée or safe from rayne for thyrtie dayes or vnto the time the flowers be dyssolued after set the glasse in the

mane● of al the Alchymi●●e● which like many men of our tyme haue set forth and le●t in wryting theyr owne inuentions and 〈◊〉 and ha●e vttered nothing at all of the 〈◊〉 pra●●ises and very● tru●th For as the others were delighted to set forth other mens ●●●ties and 〈◊〉 so the ▪ Th●ophrastians also with these ●●●ye and practise to ma●e of ●oole● madde men And verye lyke it is that somewhat is ayded no● by dyuine helpe but that the mayster of them to haue wrought and done yet that those 〈◊〉 and remedyes ▪ which they publy●he to be ▪ vaine and false nothing dou●te For they vtter them with such an obscurity least theyr peruersenes in teaching might be perceyued But of those hytherto shall su●fise But this one thing to conclude I maye adioyne that the same person must néedes be verye impudent and shameles and an vtter enemie and defamer of your worthy name which laboured to perswade you to credyte this These hytherto be the wordes which a singular Phisition wrote vnto D. Gesnerus of the oyle of Golde The lyke wrote another learned vnto the same Gesnerus yet otherwyse he wrote after this sentence that what shall I wryte and vtter of the dy●●oluing of Golde or Gold potable seeing such practyses are the speculacions of ●ryuolous persons which if those helped or serued vnto the matter then loseth he both oyle and labour That Golde may be reduced into verye small partes and be so caused lyquide and that the nature of the Golde may be conuerted in a spyrit and oyle the Alchymistycall hope and not the ●eueth it selfe alloweth it to be performed and done Yet the Gold brought into verye small partes and reduced into the fyrst Elementes purest maye so be made potable but the same not vnder the fourme of water or oyle seeing it maye through the myrion cause other mettals to be the better and as it were to alter which I doe not denye yet graunt I not the same to be any thing at all as they affyrme of the Philosophers stone But of the water and Oyle of Golde which they so conninglye vtter and teache I am out of doubte and sure the same to be wholye vntrue And of the same mynde and iudgement séeme both the learned Auycen and Albertus Magnus to be yea and that syngular Brassanolus as that 〈…〉 and is as it were contrary 〈…〉 a substaunce that maye seeme to haue no groundes seemeth 〈…〉 the rather that by force of fyre without any other helpe maye in substaunce by any maner be altered And the lyke wordes ▪ vsed Brassanolus ▪ That of the purginges th●se not onely to be vaine and fryuolous ▪ which are reported of the potable Golde and Syluer ▪ but he also doubted not to affyrme them to be poysons And many lyke wordes and opinions maye be alleadged and agreeable vnto the same sentence which at this tyme for breuitye wer here 〈◊〉 ▪ But a further instruction and larger discourse 〈…〉 shall be vttered in the Booke intytuled of Stones precious stones ▪ and Myneralles which as infynite Papers in a manner wrytten ▪ our syngular Gesnerus hath left them as yet vndygested in due order But the dyssoluing of Gold that many affyrme which may be perfourmed done by the same Chymicall arte And first doe they per 〈…〉 by aucthority the Bookes of the famous antiquity but 〈…〉 they confyrme the same by the cleare or ready inspection and working of worthy persons in our tyme And after this order doth a certaine learned man that very studious in natural Philosophie write vnto the syngular Gesnerus There were with in●● sayth he two skylfull practysioners which to ordred the fynest Golde as in the infusing distylling putrifying dyssoluing and drying that they brought it into a most lyquide humour or lycoure and at the performing or dryuging this to passe they were occupyed and followed it 〈◊〉 weekes as from the nynth of Iune ▪ 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 ●ylligence applyed that the fyre ●ll that season went neuer wholye out so that they vsed contynuallye a soft and easy● fyre in which doing I see our Alchymisters especiallye to dygresse and erre they were alwayes with theyr worke and watched all the nights 〈◊〉 both fewe vessel●●● ●●d instrumentes Tha●●f any lycour of p●●●ble Golde ▪ be well prepared 〈…〉 th●t the same maye or ought to be prepared after this manner ▪ as of these men wi●h whome I being conuersaunt sawe prepared and mad● And that I maye beléeue the same h● prepareth and maketh fyrst ▪ that they reduce the Go●●e on such wyse 〈◊〉 of h●s 〈…〉 as it 〈…〉 pure r●yme clo●●e whyti●● ▪ and the same 〈…〉 fyre●● ▪ into the Receauer and this Golden lyc●●r ▪ which ● most mar●●ylen● dyeth causyng a Golden colour or Paper W●●ll ●●any other matter wet in it which ●●lour so woonderfu●●ye pear●●th or entereth that a 〈…〉 through sundrie ●ea●es of my writ●●● Tab●●● 〈…〉 that the 〈◊〉 ●●so●is ● 〈◊〉 of the per●yle 〈…〉 that 〈◊〉 of the dyssolued Go●●e is whyte These and others they cause th●● I may beléeue this maner of dyssoluing to bee most true ▪ Which these vse nor I haue hythert● s●●ne the ly●● at any ●ther A●chy●ister● handes That if this ●e a true 〈…〉 th●●●● the 〈◊〉 and waye easye of 〈…〉 after the 〈◊〉 la●oured to bring 〈◊〉 a powder but the same then dyssolued in a moyst place ▪ 〈◊〉 the fourme of ●● Oyles ▪ by the ●wne accorde in a Glass● also well ●●nced the practis●●● which mater was wrought 〈◊〉 syght So that these which in presence I sawe done● I as a 〈◊〉 to the t●●et● here wr●●● and haue s●●●ce ●●nfuted ma●●y 〈…〉 with 〈◊〉 ▪ ●nd others contrarye working ▪ For there be 〈◊〉 ●atters in kynde imp●●●●ble ▪ which by a cer●●yne waye and ●easo● are br●●●ght most easye to be wrought ▪ I ●eare that these ●ured certayne desperate disseases with it ▪ these ●●therto ●e Of the dy●●olved a●●●●table Golde and property 〈◊〉 of the same ▪ borrowed out of the seventh Chap●ter of Antonius Fumanellus ▪ in the booke of the composition of Medicines The xi●●● Chapter NOt I mynd● not by 〈…〉 ouer●asse that M●dycine which 〈…〉 of the Chimic●ll art extolling with great 〈◊〉 doe 〈◊〉 potable Golde that at the least howe the composy●●on of the same is maye be knowne Of which they ●●●yrme these propertyes to be that druncke it y●eldeth or procureth ioye of the heart and 〈◊〉 aseth the ●●rength of the same ▪ and putteth 〈◊〉 sicknesses ▪ It stayeth backe olde 〈…〉 naturall h●●●rs and pr●serueth all the partes of the body without 〈◊〉 ●● decay it cureth the Leprye clenseth the blood ●elyeth the shedding of heyre ▪ if it be gyuen with Endyue water or rather in the decoction of the same taken which sufficeth once to bane vttered that above declared This with Bytonie water ▪ helpeth headache the ●ynmesse of ●yght and ●yd●inesse or 〈…〉 of the head ▪ with the decoction of Buglosse and Baulme the