kind partners of their kind enjoyments That their diet intended to prepare them for such a purpose be hot and dry and to take such things as may make for a kindly digestion and to be considerably in moderate Exercise that so the body may be kept in a good Temperature if healtd and then the heat being predominant Nature will be capable of bringing about her Ends and Purposes Much Wine is a great Enemy to Nature in this matter because by its heat and inflaming it chills and disorders the orderly moving and natural heat of the body which is that alone which works to farther the Ends of Generation Excess likewise impairs the health and Plato commends the Carthaginians for prohibiting it to married people by a Law for a limited time when they were to prepare for conjugal duty However moderately taken it refreshes and helps Nature Nature and Art considered in Wisdom and Vnderstanding Now as to the Observations made by divers upon children that they may be brought forth so as to be of wise and understanding capacities are as various as their Opinions Some pretending to Astrology hold that it is because the Infant is born under the influence of such Stars as have power to give Wisdom which follows not for we may upon Enquiry find divers born perhaps in one and the same minute and yet growing up they exceedingly many times differ in their Understandings as likewise in their Fortunes Manners and Conditions which they likewise annex to the former cause Hoppocrates Plato and Galen hold That an Infant receives the conditions of his Soul at the time of its forming and not of his birth for then continue they the Stars do superficially alter the child giving him heat coldness moisture and drought but not his substance wherein the life is contained as do the Elements of Earth Air Fire and Water who not only yield to the body composed what is consistent with their Qualities but the substance that may maintain and preserve them during all the course of Life by which menas that which most importeth in the producing the Infant is to procure the Elements whereoâ— it is compounded may partake the Qualities which are requisite for the Wiâ— and Largeness of Understanding for these â—ccording to the weight and measure by which they enter into the composition must alwaies so endure in the mixture and not the Alterations of the Heavens or Heavenly bodies Galen further given his opinion as to what the elements are in what manner they enter to produce and perfect the â—ormation of a body in the womb he tells us that they are no other than what compound all other natural things That the Earthly and watery parts are from the substance of the meat and drink the mother takes in to support Nature when concocted in the stomach and ordered by Natures kind preparation into a proper and suitable matter and that the Air and Fire are likewise mingled by her order and enter into the body by the Pulse Pores and Respiration and of these Elements mingled and digested by our natural heat are made what is fiâ— and necessary for the Infants Generation and therefore to meats drinks and airs the Parents ought to have regard the siner and most delicate the better because the thinnest and most â—arified blood is by that means produced and that is chiefly instrumental in producing the composition for the brain wherein we hold the chief seat of Understanding to be placed being temperate and compounded of a substance subâ—il and curious The Learned are of opinion that the Wit will participate of its fiâ—eness and become like unto it That is such a brain will produce an apt and sprightly Wit because there it has all manner of freedom to operate wâ—hout Obstruction no foggy fumes damp clouds or gross Vapours being there to stifle or oppreis it but a pure thin and rarâ—â—ied air still moving and â—â—lling the vacancy And further iâ— is allowed by them that a reasonable soul though Immortal and Incorrupâ—â—â—l◠〈◊〉 corresponds â—ith the diâ—posâ—â—on of the Brain which not being such as is requisite the soul cannot influence iâ— as it is desirous to do as being a defective Organ that hinders the excellency of its proper operation and tendency to a perfect harmony iâ— some measure suitable to the divine mind who gave it as a guide to the natural body till reâ—â—ring leaves it to be laid up in the Repository of the Grave waiting a second Union in the Resurrection When children are brought forth and Nature has done her part in furnishing them and furnished them with such materials as may capaciraâ—e them for large understanding there is something more required not only to train them up in what is most material from their Infancy but to confirm it to them by Rules and Precepts that they retain and improve it â—or the matter whereof mankind is compounded proveth so alterable that we find it has frequent variations in one sense or other and is so subject to corruption that in the state of mans life he â—asseth under many degrees that dâ—ffer one from the other Temperance and Society are the great continuers of the Understanding when Riot or Luxury very much impair it sending those gâ—oâ—s Fumes to the brain that dull and discompose it Nature we find by Experience is â—â—â—sfied with a little and grosâ—â—eeding is an Enemy to her It may indeed make the body sâ—ell and mountainous with flesh and uncomâ—liness but then by ill digestion those noxious humours superabound that afflict and disorder the whole Frâ—me with distempers and diseases that turn even Life and that Tranquility we might otherwise enjoy and poâ—â—â—ss into uneasiness and â—estlâ—ss perturbations Anxieâ—ies and cares cannot easily be debarr'd because they flow from accidents and casualties but by moderation the other nay be avoided yet a firmness of mind which a good temperature of body creates may mainly contribute to a sedate calmness in all Emergencies Health is the richest Jewel in Nature yet rarely â—rized or esteemed but when we are wanting of it we know not how rightly to value or esteem it till we are made sensible by a miserable Experience how precious it is Let us coâ—sider then seriously wâ—â—â—st we are possessed of it what great advantages it affords us and if our considerations are duly weighed we cannot but conclude we ought to study all manner of ways to preserve it and secure it to our selves as the greatest temporal blessing when it brings with it and continues to us so many advantages A crasie sickly body cannot be the Receptacle at least the container of a solid and sound Judgment many impertinencies and peevish sollies will be breaking in which ought to be shunn'd and avoided Why should we not then consider what best â—uiâ—s our conditions and earnestly to be câ—utious in preventing our mishaps Parents then that regard their Posterity ought so to bring them up that their Early Nurttiture may be a pattern to
Milk 〈…〉 of the Milk it is the only way 〈◊〉 make the Cow dry 〈◊〉 Profits arising from Milk 〈◊〉 chiefly three Cream 〈◊〉 and Cheese The Cream is 〈◊〉 Heart and Strength of the 〈◊〉 which must be skimmed 〈◊〉 cleanly for this Cleanliness such an Ornament to a 〈◊〉 Houswife that if she wants 〈◊〉 part thereof she loseth 〈◊〉 that and all other good 〈◊〉 whatsoever How to 〈◊〉 your ordinary Clouted Cream Take a quantity of Milk 〈◊〉 the Cow and put it into broad Earthen-pan and set over a slow fire letting it 〈◊〉 there from morning till 〈◊〉 suffering it not to boil by 〈◊〉 means then take it off 〈◊〉 fire and set it in some place all night to cool in the moâ—â—â—ing dish off your Cream for 〈◊〉 will be very thick 〈◊〉 make fresh Cheese of Cream Take a pottle of new Milk it comes from the Cow 〈◊〉 half a pound of blanched â—â—â—monds beaten very small 〈◊〉 make a thick Almond 〈◊〉 with a pint of Cream strained and a little before you go 〈◊〉 Dinner make it blood 〈◊〉 season it with a little 〈◊〉 Rose-water and fearsed 〈◊〉 and put to it a little Runâ—â— and when it is Scummed 〈◊〉 it up and whey it and put 〈◊〉 into a Mould and press it in 〈◊〉 your hand and when it is 〈◊〉 wheyed put it into a 〈◊〉 with Cream Cream Codlins After you have 〈◊〉 your Codlins and peel'd off the skins and scrap'd the pulps from the cores with a little Sugar and rose-Rose-water strain them and lay the pulp of your Codlins in a Dish with as much 〈◊〉 Cream as you please about them To make a Junket Take Eâ—s or Goats-Milk if you have neither of these then take Cows-Milk and put it over the fire to warm then put in a little Runner to it then pour it out into a Dish and let it cool then strew on Cinâ—amon and Sugar then take some Cream and lay upon it scraping Sugar thereon serve it up Here note by the way that you cannot keep Cream above three days in Summer and six days in Winter without prejudice The best time to Pot up Bâ—tter is in the Month of May for then the Air is most temperate and the Butter will take Salt best The third Profit which ariseth from the Dairy is Cheese of which there are two kinds Morning-Milk-Cheese Nettle Cheese But the Morning-Milk Cheese is for the most part the fattest and the best Cheese that is ordinarily made in the Kingdom Dairy-Maids See p. 434. Dalliance Whether this Kissing and Lap-dalliance be through the default of the Husband or the Wife it is a great Offence in either It pleaseth not me though spoken by an Emperor Give me leave by the Lust of others to exercise mine own though a witty yet a wicked Speech Wise is not only a name of Pleasure but of Honour though our Men cannot discern this but rather answer with Aristipâ—â—â— who being told that 〈◊〉 lov'd him not No more faith he doth Wine nor Fish and yet I cannot be without them A true Beast respecting more the sensual Pleasure and Appetite of the Body than the Harmony and Union of the Mind A Man ought not â—o to embrace his Wife without a flattering kind of Severity For this publick Billing sheweth the way to unexperienc'd Youth to commit Riot in private And Caâ—o accused 〈◊〉 before the Senate for that 〈◊〉 had kissed his Wife before his Neighbour's Daughter A short yet Wise Speech and of a hidden Use. Neither by this often and open Smacking is shame only diminished but by little and little chaâ—tâ—â—y abolished The very Elephant cry out against them 〈◊〉 as Pliny writeth make not the least Love one to another except they be covered with Boughs Diversion What kin is most suitable to and 〈◊〉 in Ladies 〈…〉 seasonable 〈◊〉 modeâ—rately used is proper and alâ—lowable to either Sex but 〈◊〉 must be so chosen and mâ—â— thodised that it may be 〈◊〉 and directed to your good and not any ways to harm you for whilst you are in youthful Years to be too eager in the pursuit of Pleasure will Entail it upon you when you go onward towards Eternity and should move by Gravity and have only serious thoughts about you and indeed all Diversions are not to be carry'd too far in the progress of our Lives for their main end is only to refresh and ease the Mind over burthen'd and oppress'd with too weighty Cares or Business and then the Idle and Supine have no occasion for them and yet they are not coveted and pursued by many so much as they even pursue them to that Excess that those Diversions that are pleasant to others become at length toilsom and uneasie to them because by an over-doing Eagerness they sweat and drudge at them more than some do at Harvest-work they have indeed few or no Cares at least they will not admit them and therefore cannot be sensible of the sweet Refreshment the unbending of their Thoughts brings who have been stretched upon the Rack of Multiplicity of Affairs which has disorder'd the Mind by hurrying and confusing it and to 〈◊〉 it is not more natural then it is necessary But to make a Holiday or one contiâ—â—ed Scene or Recreation is not only Ridiculous but as we have hinted rather destroyeth than promoteth Pleasure the Mind to be always in 〈◊〉 posture is more tir'd and uneasie than the Body to be â—â—â—serious breaks it and too diverting loosens it therefore properly affects Variety which gives a relish to Diversions and for that Reason the more prudent Ladies change as often as is modestly convenient whilst others go so long to see Plays that having at a large Expence of Time and Mony gotten a great many Fragments by Heart They phansie themselves the Actors and being bound Prentice to the House they are in danger of Correction if they desert the Drudgery Diversions that are well tim'd and chosen are not to be blam'd yet even Innocent Recreations when carry'd to Excess may grow Criminal in the Eyes of the Censorious World and occasion Scandal and Reproach Some Ladies for their Wit and Humour are so often bespoke to Merry Meeting that one would almost conclude they made a Trade on it as Midwives do by their Practice for where Ladies are insensibly drawn in and engag'd in a Circle of Idleness wherein they turn round all the Year They haâ—â— their Intelligencers abroad to bring news where they may meet with Company to trifle away their time which for want of Business would seem otherways tedious to them such we refer to their Devotions than in which no time is so well spent because we â—ay â—ut the few Moments of a short Life here to purchase a blessed â—territy hereafter which will ever steal away from us but â—ontinue us in an Everlasting â—ourishing Spring of Youth â—word â—holy Pleasures No Solâ—â—â—â— is more obedient to the â—ound of the Trumpet when 〈◊〉 Commands him to Horse â—han some Ladies
Glances of those they Affect though willingly the party that owns them would restrain them Fair Ladies when the injurious violence of Wind or Weather has been so rude with your beauteous Faces or Hands by too rough Kisses to Fret or rent your Silken Skins and you are desirous to make those breaches into their former pollishedness you will find these your serviceable Cements Frame an Oynment of Stags and Goats Suet half an ounce each two drams of burnt Borace Virgins Wax half an ounce Oyl of Roses two drams make them up over a gentle fire in a glazed Earthen Vessel into an Oynment and anoint your Face and hands when you go to Bed covering the one with a thin Lawn or Linnen Cloath and the other with your Glove to keep off the Air or for want of the former take Capons Grease and Camphire mix them well and anoint the place with Oyl of Chamomoil and Marsh-Mallows both these are good but the first we recommended as the best Faces are the Magazins of Beauties and if they be surprized by catching Flames and blown up in Bliâ—ers your securest way will be to allay the fury of the Offensive and Deforming Element in this manner Take Lead two ounces let it be burnt and washed white Wax and Goats Suet of each one ounce and a half six drams of Turpentine prepared Lapis Calaminaris washt Ceruse two drams of each 〈◊〉 Mastick and Olibanum of each one dram Aloes Epat Camphire Nitre of each half a dram mix them over a gentle fire and spreading them as a Plaiâ—ter apply it to the place grieved Faces are many times in this case Scared by Blistering therefore while you can get the other Remedy utterly to take away the fire to keep it from Blistering by such burns or scalds take white and fresh Hendung three ounces Sage an handful fresh Butter six ounces Plantane Leaves two handfuls stamp them altogether then squeeze out the Juice being a little warmed to disolved the Butter and with it anoint the Face hands c. Fore-Heads are the Ivory Thrones where Beauty sits in State they therefore must be smooth and raised to a decent heighth for if nature has placed a Forehead too low it appears much beneath the grandure of her commanding Majesty that owns it and surrowed with wrinkles it will put her too much in mind of human Frailty to let her take a pleasing Recreation therein Fore-heads then Ladies that you would have high you must order according to our Directions Eradicate the suppersiuous Hairs that too much encroacly upon its bounds and to do it take as much Mastick as you think will cover it being spread then sleep it in warm Water till it becomes so soft that you dilate it on a piece of Silk bind it on with a sillet all Night and next Morning take it off very quick and it 〈◊〉 bring off the Hair with 〈…〉 that it may grow there no more take half an ounce of Hâ—nbane-seed wrap it in a Colvert leaf and roast it in hot Embers bruise it then in a Mortar and press out what moisture you can puâ— a little Orâ—iment in powder to it and make a Linement and apply it to the place Faces that are not Beautiful are of little esteem in the Eyes of Lovers and even diseâ—eeme I many times by those that own them who lay the fault on Natures 〈◊〉 or at least over-sight in 〈◊〉 them in a tougher 〈◊〉 than others therefore presuming to help Natures deâ—eâ—ts by Art we have furnished you with 〈◊〉 Remedies that will 〈◊〉 your Faces against the further injuries of Deformity that 〈◊〉 upon them 〈◊〉 inspight of all Malladies that Beauty is 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 and render them 〈◊〉 that we may have cause to fear that looking in your 〈◊〉 after so 〈◊〉 an Alteration 〈◊〉 like you mâ—y fall in Love with your own in 〈◊〉 and so linger away 〈◊〉 in those new 〈…〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 in this kind Take Oyl or Water of 〈◊〉 by applying it to the Face it will make a 〈◊〉 one as smooth and white as 〈◊〉 to prepare this because all that pretend to sell it are not provided with the right Take the most tender and Transparent Talque you can get slit it into thin slices put them into a Glass-Viol for ten or twelve days with the Juice of 〈◊〉 During the Frost in Winter make a Bag of the thickest Cloath you can get put the steep'd Talque into it with some hard 〈◊〉 being then closely tyed rub it together with the Flints till the Talque become powder put it then into a glaz'd Eartheâ— Pot with a narrow mouth stop the Vessel and see it be carefully bound about with strong Wire then put it into a Reverbatory twelve hours then by degrees take it from the Fire and being cool powder it â—â—ner with as much speed as may be to prevent the Airs having too much power over it put it then into a bag with a hook at the bottom to hang a Vessel upon to receive the Liquor hang the bag then with the Vessel so placed in a Well about a sathom above the Water till the Humidity begins to drop then take it out anâ— put it in a damp place where the wind has no force and suffer it to hang till all the moisture be drained away the Liquor so received is the water of Tâ—â—que and by the same means you may make the Oyl if you put what remains in the bag into a 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 giving live to it 〈…〉 all the Oyl forth and this is so Excellent a Beartiâ—â—r that Queens and Princesces may add Splendor to their Perfections by using it But since every one cannot be at the trouble of this we shall recite some others less chargeable and sooner made Four pound then take of Blanched â—â—â—monds Mastick Sandarâ—ch Salpher vive and Ceruse two ounces of each an ounce of 〈◊〉 Tragacanth three ounces of the whites of Eggs bruise and well mix them together â—hen leave them to Macerate â—ven or eight days stirring â—hem well once a day and when â—ou have beaten them till they â—egin to smoak then by presing them you will have an Oyl which by anointing wiâ—â— Extreamly beautifie the Face â—ou may for want of this Oyl 〈◊〉 Tartar mingled with a 〈◊〉 distilled Viâ—egar rubbing 〈◊〉 first in the Palms of your 〈◊〉 and then upon your 〈◊〉 Again you may take â—amphire a dram Allum Boâ—â— two drams Oyl of Tartar 〈◊〉 ounce all finely powdered â—â—t them into a quart of Roseâ—uer and as much of Roseary flower water boyl and â—rain out the Liquid part and â—eep it for your use and it 〈◊〉 prove an Excellent whitner 〈◊〉 the Neck Face Breasts or 〈◊〉 part of the Body If you could have a Curious Blushing â—olour rub your Face gently 〈◊〉 with a little Oyl of Amâ—â— with an Equal quantity of Oyl of Myrth Faces are very much beautified by this means viz. take bitter Almonds blanched one
the Belly of a little Shell fish Margery from the Herb called Marjoram Mary in the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Miriam Exod. 15.33 Mat. 1.18 some make it the Sea of bitterness of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mar bitterness and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jam the Sea Maud i. Noble or Honourable Lady of the Maids Maudlin see Magdalin Medea i. Counsel Mehetabel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 36. ver 39. as if it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mehtcb-el i. how good is God Melicent i. sweet Honey Fr. Meraud perhaps by Contraction from the precious E meraud stone Milchah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 11.29 as it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Malchah i. a Queen Modesta i. Modest or Temperate Mickerel a Pandor or Procurer Mabel Mabilia q. amabilis l. lovely or Mabelie f. My fair one a Womans name Macarons Fr. little Frirer-like Buns or thick Lozenges compounded of Sugar Almonds rose-Rose-water and Musk pounded togâ—her and baked wich a gentle fire Also the Italian Macaroni lumps or gobbers of boiled paste served up in butter and strewed over with Spice and grated cheese a common dish in Italy Maturnia a Roman Goddess who over-awed young Brides and kept them from gadding abroad or giving their Bridegrooms the slip on the Wedding-night Marcella an illustrious Lady Daughter of Albion she was brought up under St. Jerome and faithfully instructed by him in the Fundamentals of the Christian Religion and being a Wife only of seven Months she afterward led a Contemplative Life in Widdowhood and never would be perswaded to Marry Marcelina a beautiful but lewd Lady she in the time of Pope Avecetus embraced the Doctrine of the Gnostick Heresie and drew many of the Orthodox to follow it that they might keep in favour with her Marcelin Sister to St. Ambrose she took the Veil of Virginity from Pope Liberius and lived a vertuous Life in a Monastery Margaret Valois Dutchess of Alanson c. She was first Married to the Duke of Alancon and afterward to Albert K. of Navarry and of her descended Henry the IVth of France Margaret Countess of Holland this Lady upbraiding a poor Woman that came to ask an Alms because she had two Twins in her Arms saying such a thing could not be unless she had lain with two several Men the Woman upon this prayed the Counsels might have as many Children as there were days in the Year at one Birth to convince her of her Error which accordingly sell out in 1276. there remaining to this day an Epitaph in the Abby of the Bernardines half a League from the Hague where she and her Children lye buried that expressly mentions it Margaret Dutchess of Parma Florence and Plaisance Governess of the Low-Countries she was a Lady of admirable Wit and Beauty she was Married first to Octavius Farnese Pope Paul the Thirds Nephew and afterward to Alexander Fernose Duke of Florence she had a Masculine Courage and delighted more in manly Actions than in those more proper to her Sex and managed the Government in her Charge with great Prudence Macareus the Son of Aeâ—clus who got his Sister Conace with Child whereupon her Father feâ—t her a Sword with which she killed her self Marcaria Daughter to Hercules who for the Safety of her Countrey devoted her self to Death by being Sacrificed to appease the anger of the Gods for the Preservation of whose Memory the Athenians in generous Gratitude because she had freely offered her Life to prevent their falling into the hands of their Enemies built her a stately Monument which they adorned with Garlands of Flowers to shew she died a Virgin Ma one that was intrusted by Jupiter with the Education of Bacchus Rea the Goddess was likewise called Ma and went under that Name among the Lydians who usually sacrificed to her a Bull at the Altar erected to the Honour of her Magdalen Sister to Lazâ—â—us and Martha to her to whom our Blessed Saviour shewed himself after his Resurrection before he appeared to the Disciples Magdalen Daughter to Francis the first of France and Married to James the fifth of Scotland she was a Lady of admirable Virtue and Beauty but she enjoyed not long her Marriage dying seven Months after she Landed in Scotland Mahaud Countess of Damartin and Balonia she was Married to Philip of France Son to Philip the August and in his Life-time to Alphonsus King of Portugal the Third of that name Mamea Julia Mother to Alexander Severus the Emperor she governed the Empire whilst her Son was Emperor having an entire Ascendant over him she held a Conference with Origen and did divers good Offices to the Christians but her Cruelty and Covetousness at last caused the Death of her self and her Son by an Insurrection of the Souldiery Mandane Daughter to Astiages she dreamed her own water overflowed the Face of the Earth and out of her Bosom came a Vine that overspread it after that she was Married to Cambyses the Persian King and brought forth the great Cyrus who won the Babyloian Kingdom and many other Countries Mariamne the Virtuous and beautiful Queen of Herod the great King of Juda she was of the Royal Blood of the Asmonaean Family and though in her Right he gained the Crown yet at the Instigation of his Sister and other Conspirators against her Life he caused her to be publickly beheaded after which he never enjoyed himself Morosia a beautiful Lady of Phoenitia Martia Wife to Cato Vticensis he after she had born him Children gave her to Hortensius that he might have an Heir to his Family by her but he dying she returned again to Cato and was a second time married to him about the time the Civil War broke out between Pompey and Caesar. Morosia a Roman Lady very beautiful which gained her such an Ascendant over the chief of the Roman Clergy that she made and unmade Popes at her Pleasure Martha Sister to Lazarus and Mary Magdalen said among other Christians to be put into a Boat and turned out to Sea but by Providence the Boat arrived at Marseilles in France where she lived and died a Saint Martina Wife to Heraclius the emperor she poisoned her Husbands Sons by a former Wife to make way for Heracleo who was her Son by Heraclius to the Throne but er'e two years were expired the Senate adjudged her to have her Tongue cut out and her Sons Nose to be cut off least the one by Eloquence and the other by Beauty should move the People to compassionate them and afterwards being banished to Cappadocia they died in Exile Mary the Blessed Virgin Mother of our Saviour according to the flesh Mary of Aragon Wife of Otho the third Emperor being a Woman of insatiable Lust and causing many Mischiefs in the Empire she at last was Sentenced and burnt alive Mary Q. of France Daughter to Francis d' Medicis great Duke of Tuscany Married to Henry the Fourth of France after the Divorce between him and
and Truck a Pearl Necklace for a Shoo-string At this rate for my part I would not be to live over again so wretched a life being come now to write fall man If I have an Estate how many cares snits and wrangles go along with it if I have none what murmuring and regret at my misfortunes by this time the sins of my youth are goâ—â—â— into my bones I grow soâ—â— and melancholy nothing pleases me I mutter at old Age and the Youth which 〈◊〉 can never recover in my vâ—â—â—â— I endeavour to fetch out of the Barbers Shops from â—â—ruques Razors and Patches to conceal or at least disguise all the marks and lucidenses of Nature in her decay nay when I shall have never an Eye to see with nor a Tooth in my Head Gouty Legs Windmills in my Crown my Nose running like a Tap and Gravel in my Reins by the bushel then must make Oath that all this is nothing but meer accident gotten by lying in the Field or the like and outface the truth in the very Teeth of so many undeniable Witnesses There is no Plague comparable to this hypocracy of the members to have an old Fop shake his heels when he is ready to fall to pieces and cry these Legs could make a shift yet to run with the best legs in the Company and then with a lusty thump on 's breast fetch ye up on Hem and cry Sound at Heart boy And a thousand other fooleries of the like nature but all this is nothing to the misery of an Old fellow in love especially if he be put to Gallant it against a company of young Gamâ—sters O the inward shame and â—â—â—tion to see himself scarce 〈◊〉 much as neglected How often must I be put to the 〈◊〉 too when every old Fool shall be calling me 〈◊〉 acquiantance and telling me of Sir 't is many a fair my since you and I knew 〈◊〉 another first I think was in the four and 30th the Queen that we were Schoolfellows how the world 's alter'd since And then will every old Maid be calling me Grandsir Again Is it not nauseous to see a Lady of eighty smug and spruce up as if she was in the flower of eighteen to trick and trim as if they were new come in when they are just going out of the World to harness out as if for a Wedding when they should be preparing for a Winding-sheet When the Coffin is making and the Grave a digging Worms ready for them but they ready for neither And hence I infer saith a learned Author That for Aged persons by any habit or dresses to represent themselves as young and youthful is sinfull Their Glass tells them they are Old but they believe it not time has snowed gray Hairs on their Heads and they acknowledge it not would they have others believe they are what they would seem Then they would have 'em believe a lye A lye may be told by visible as well as audible signs or are they ashamed of their hoary head Oyles Essences sweet waters Oyles in the Art of beautifying are of use as are the others mentioned for such as the Efficacy of them that they 'l rather Cherish than Extinguish the flames of Love they 'l put you Ladies in so sweet a pickle as will make the dainties that shall sharpen the Appetite of those that have no Stomack to Loves banquet and to be sincere with the Pope and all his Conclave ye with their holy waters and holy Oyles shall never do so many wonders as you may do with these materials Omit not to use what is directed but take Oyles of Musk one Dram of Cloves six grains of Lillys of the valley a Little Virgins wax Icorporate them and you will have an Oderiferous unguent with which the Nostrils being annointed it comforts the brain and revives the Spirits gives a fresh and rosey Colour to the face and hinders vapours Or take Cloves Nutmeg Cinamon and Lavender of each two drams Oyle of Cloves Angelica Spike and Lavender of each half a Scruple Musk and Amber of each three grains wax four drams make them into an oyly balsam and you will have a very pleasing scent Exceeding delightful and healthful curing pains in the head removing fits and vapours c. Oyl of the Most noble scent and Excelent for beautifying the face and hands is obtained thus Take of Benzoin the best twelve ounces ponder it very fine then take Liquid Styrax as much as will suffice to make into a past being well mixed put it into a glass Alimbeck with a glass head set in ashes or sand and to the nose of the Alimbeck Cement a Receiver with well tempered Clay and the whites of Eggs so close that the vapours may have no vent then kindle a fire under it leasurely and make it stronger by degrees at first there will come a yellow water of a small quantity and of no great value but after it will Arise a vapour as white as snow sticking to the Alimbeck the which perceived keep the fire at an Equality but when it rises no more make the fire stronger but not too violent and then you will perceive an oyle Ascend Exceeding sweet and according to the colour of your oyls you must observe to change your receivers your Last oyl will be the best but to make it yet a rarer perfume take an ounce and half of the white snow oyl of sweet Almonds newly drawn four ounces melt both over a gentle fire stirring it continually till the snowy part be dissolved and to give it a redish colour put in a small piece of the root of Alcanet and so you may have a perfume of no Excellent scent If you would yet have this oyle of a Richer Odour dissolve in it a scruple of Amber-Greece and you will find at the bottom of your Alimbeck a kind of a black oyl which will be of a very strong smell but being mixed with Liquid storax 〈◊〉 will make excellent scentâ—â— Pomanders if you keep it by it self the best way is to keep it open that air by degrees may draw away the over strongness of the scent Obedience of Virgins c. to Parents in matters of Marriages c. Obedience in young virgins is very comely and brings along with it a blesing that is Entailed on them and their posterity nor is it more their duty than their Interest to pay obedience where the Laws of God and nature require it youth is often headdy and would frequently Miscarry in the pursuit of many things were not care taken by their parents or some that oversee them to prevent the miserties they would unadvisedly plunge themselves into And therefore God who permits not the fowls of the Air to destitute their young till they attain to the perfection of their kind has put children under the Indulgence and protection of their parents till by the maturing their judgments they are qualified to be their own Conductors This
those false appearances that to undiscerning Opticks guild o're and make it seem lovely and charming Lascivious Pictures as well as Songs are to some an Incitement to others detestable and an Antidote against what they represent though according to the Old Proverb Nemo mortalium omnilus horis sapit No man is wise at all times The Temple of Venus in Rome was placed in the suâ—urâ—s that the Lacivious Proceâ—â—ing might be as little puâ—lâ—â—â—â—o the majority of the Peopâ—e â—s possiâ—le to avâ—id all occasioâ—s and objects thâ—t might furtâ—er a Temptation to Laciviousness So in Singing when it is for chaâ—te Delight and modest Recreation may wâ—â—â— Reason gain approbaâ—ion and applause Orpheus turn'd his melodious Voice this way and as it is fabled made inanimate and irrational Creatures admire him his harmony charm'd them into wonder and drew them after him but the Rude Bacchanalian women o'â—â— flâ—w'd with Wine and Lust could not endure it because it suited not their Drâ—nken and Lascivious Humour and threfore in their mad Ragâ— they tore him to pieces and threw hiâ— scatter'd Limâ—s into the River Hebrus at the Foot of Mount Hyblia of which a modern Poet brings in Caliopâ— one of the Nine Muâ—es â—ius complaining Was not my Orpheus death tho long ago Enough for me to bear for you to do Orpheus so much by all the Graces lov'd Whose charming Voice and matchless musick mov'd The savage beaâ—â—â— the stones and sensless trees Yet could not move the harder Destinies I saw his Limbs alass scatter'd abroad On Hebrus streams whilst down the silver flood His learned head was rowl'd and all along Heard the sad murmurs of his dying Tongue Such misfortunes have often happen'd to the Chaste and Vertous whilst â—he immodest and Vicious have not only escaped but gain'd applause Juvenal in his Sâ—â—yrâ— â—ives divers Examples and â—â—â—â—elf for telling the Truth in reproving the Wickedness of the age wherein he liv'd was forâ—d to fly his Countrey But to a closure of this matter singing seasonably and moderately used is a great accompliâ—hment and advantage to either Sex rendering the parties acceptable iâ— all civil company Some hold it is the harmony in heaven thou more rare and refined and we are not without Warrants for it in holy Writ especially in the Revelatiâ—ns c. where Songâ— of Praises are uttered Small Pox its scars or marks how to repair â— obliterate Past enâ—merating are the surprizing Casualâ—ies that appeâ—r as sâ— many enemies to deform â— faâ—r smooth and polished skin each wound they give beiâ—g a grave where Loves dumb Oratory lieâ— immure dor â—uâ—â—eâ— and Châ—rurgeoâ—s usually are the unskilsul Plaisterers that make an iâ—â— raised Cicat rice the swelling monument to depaâ—ted Bâ—aâ—â—y The Feâ—â—râ— fretting Small-pox if it chanâ—◠〈…〉 Foot within that 〈◊〉 of Perfections the 〈◊〉 leaves many times more â—â—â—figuring Impressions than a 〈◊〉 clouted shoos on a 〈◊〉 Floers now to smooth 〈◊〉 Ladies and Polish your 〈◊〉 after such unwelcome 〈◊〉 prize what we recommend to you as rarity 〈◊〉 you will soon find the 〈◊〉 and Dales of uneven Faces meet without a miracle dwelling to such a smoothness 〈◊〉 the God though fabled 〈◊〉 may carelesly sport himâ—â—â—â— without stumbling Small 〈◊〉 deformity is removed by â—â—ing Saffron half an ounce 〈◊〉 two ounces Turpenâ—â—â—â— three ounces Gum Araâ—â—â— one ounce Oâ—â— Olive Oyl â—â—o ounces make the Mastick â—â—d Arabick into gross powder and put them into the Oyl and â—â—â—pentine then distil them in â— Glass Alimbick and there 〈◊〉 come a curious healing Water from them or rather â— precious Unguent with which â—â—oint the Face going to bed 〈◊〉 in the morning wash it off with warm water wherein fine â—ower has been infused and 〈◊〉 is likewise exceeding good when after the consolidation of â— Wound any disfiguring scar remains Safe it is likewise 〈◊〉 advantageous for want of 〈◊〉 former or we give you â—â—ave to chuse which you â—lease to take Litharge of Gold â—â—o ounces Salt and Ceruse half â—n ounce of either Vinegar â—â—â—tain and Rose Water of â—â—ch three ounces half a dram of Camphire mingle and philter it and to let the Face or any part defective be anointed with it and after rub it out with Oyl of Roses or the Essence of Jessemine and in so frequently doing the skin will rise and fill up the hollow pits and places and an Excellent colour will be restored adding more beauty perhaps than before the disaster befel the party using it Spots in any part of the body to remove them Spots are as great blemishes to beauty in either sex as in pretious stones as much debasing the worth or value of either we have seen Faces from whose Features Beauty her self might have drawn Patterns had not Nature studied too much neatness play'd the Curtezan and spoiled that which was Lovely and Charming before by over Patching yet many Ladies never conclude themselves Venus's in beauty unless they have some Artificial Mole tho such clouded Stars more Eclipse than Increase their Native Lusture and especially where Nature is too Liberal her Spots they are always accounted Blemishes rather than Ornaments those then that have the Characters of Beauty defaced with such blots may have for a repair of such defects recourse to our following directions and thereby will find themselves quickly freed and their features so ravishing and transporting that were it the fashion of this Age to dedicate shines to beauty there are few of them but would have their Altars where the most generous heart should glory to sacrifice Spots are of diveâ—s colours and there is some preparation in general in order to facilitate their removal before we come to particulars and this may be effected by bathing them 3 mornings successively with Allum dissolved in oyl of Tartar washed off with Lye and Lupin meal or you may take one part of rose water and two of plantan water two ounces of Sulpher Vive Roch Allum in powder an ounce heat them over a gentle fire till a fifth part is consumed then taking off the vessel stir the Ingredients continually till the whole become cold strain it then through a fine cloth and with it anoint the place And thus being prepared take Sugar Candia two ounces with Frankincense the like quantity and these being dissolve in a pint and a half of Juyce of Limons simper theaâ— gently over a moderate fire and anoint the spots first being washed with barly water and it will remove them Sparkling Eyes are the starry Jewels of a heavenly face which with their Attractive influence and amorous emotions govern the restless fate of every Lover whence once these twinkling twins brighter than those that Grace the skys make break of day through their Incloâ—ing Lids their piercing beams of glory Amuze spectators and make them pay tributary devotion to those Christal Orbs from whence they flow The beauty of the eyes is much Impaired by spots bloodshot Inflamation c. Which Eclypse
in their Minds Requital a kind of sweet Revenge has taken place and having first lull'd their Consciences into a slumber to ballance the neglect they have not long wanted those that would entertain them with all the soft Endearing Obligements Courtship and Complacency they expected tho' in vain from their Husbands and all this by their not behaving themselves as they ought towards their Wives they have brought upon themselves How can we imagine that a Woman whose Creation was for Society and with the intent that Man might not be alone can endure with any Patience to be mew'd up till Midnight whilst the Husband perhaps is abounding with Mirth and Jollitry at a Tavern or it may be giving her right to another in wanton Dalliances should Men be so served by their Wives they would grow out of all patience and even were they 〈◊〉 would break them to get loose and go in search of their Wanderers Woman is a noble Creature and tho' here God gave Man a power yet it is with Condition that he use it mildly and gently as he ought and not in Tyranny or else he gives a contradiction in Man when he lays claim to a superior Virtue Having thus far proceeded consider then again how long you think that Love is like to last where the Husband tho' no Scrivener makes Indentures all the way and then rowls in adoors like a soused Hogshead with a steam of Smoak and Drink enough to stifle a Dutchman Imagine how acceptable such a Beast in a Mans skin can be to a delicate Neat Woman who must be compelied to lye pensively awake to hear him snore all Night and find him perhaps doing something worse therefore this is to be avoided if you expect to cherish Love in your Family for it is not only a grief to your Wife but a bad Example to your Servants who if they do not imitate you will at least despise you and so will your Children if it be not prevented by good Education Bad Examples to Young People are very dangerous strive then to keep your self serious and sober managing your Affairs prudently and if you have any weak part as few are without strive as much as you can to hide it from â—our Wife and every body else that it make you not cheap to them or mean in their Eyes Command nothing unreasonable or over difficult lest it be done unwillingly and grudgingly and then it can never be well done Besides it breeds Discouragement and Discontents Impose no foolish or ridiculous Task upon her for she will either take it as an Effect of your weakness or a purpos'd Affront for the Discretion of the Husband conduceth much to the marring or making the Wife for of how many hopeful Women doth daily Experience give us an account whom their Husbands folly and self-will'dness have miserably undone whilst they have cared rather to be serviceable to their own present Humours than to their future Content which might easily have been ordered by a prudent management to a lasting Continuance and we are apt to believe that Wives are more tractable by leading than driving and there are very few even of the best of them that can well relish being sharply told and reprov'd about those things they are otherwise willing to mend when once senâ—ible of their Error or mistake Lenitives in this case make the speedyest Cure when Corrosives not only delay it but make the Wound worse Husbands ought to be tender of their Wives Reputations in the Conduct and management of their Affairs especially among those over whom she exerciseth any thing of Command for it is too frequently found that a very small matter gives those occasion to despise her Authority who by your Conviction shall be judged worthy of blame And if you will needs be medling with her Houshold Government let it be rather by way of Advice and Assistance than Superiority for they must needs be accounted over-curious or rather mean spirited that cannot let a Woman alone with Pipkins Pyes and Puddings but must be peeping prying and finding fault with the Feminine Jurisdiction and Esteem is one of their Eminent Virtues that they are very frugal in Dripping and Kitchin-stuff And in giving them their liberty in these Affairs let it be freely and willingly not making them stay to watch your Humour or Work it out of you by their own Arts and Insinuations which will make them ascribe it to their Dexterity in wheedling and not to your Kindness when on the contrary it would lay a stronger Obligation of Love and entire Respect upon them If Providence so orders it that you Marry a Widow with Children use them for her sake and your own Reputation with what tender regard is required and in respect to Affection count them your own as being placed by Providence in the room of a Father and do by them in all things as you would have your Successor do by yours should you Decease and leave them in the like Condition Defraud them not by any means of what is left them but rather encrease it which will bring a Blessing on your Endeavours for such a Paternal Kindness and cause your Wives Love to be greater towards you taking what is done to them as to her self Head Neck and Breast Here we must mind you Ladies that you who intend to subdue Hearts and command with Soveraignty in the Mint-house of others Affections must be Careful to keep in tune the Harmony of those Parts that are most Charming Remembring that they were Intended for Beauties glorious Frontispieces to allure Spectators Eyes and with a Phaebean Lustre make them it 's obsequlous Heliotropes and being kept in such order by directions found in this Work you may learn to give them such a Commanding Beauty that all that view you shall yield obedience and none rebell but those who cannot see how your Eyes may be made Cupids Chrystal burning-glasses to kindle Devotion in your Captives Hearts and your comely Hair Venus's Grove in whose Twyning Meanders a pleasing Imprisonment shall breed a dislike of former freedom whilst your Features are advanced to such a pitch of dazling Glory as shall make Beauty it self out of Countenance and put Cupid hardly to it among so mauy Fair Ones to know his Mother Hands how to Beautifie them c. Hands that are fair and Beautiful are highly admired and esteemed they are Ladies the fleshy Altars where your Superstitious Inamorato's offer to you as Female Deities the first fruiâ—s of their Devotion in Zealous Kisses your care should be therefore to keep them in such a Soul-Enchanting Symmetry that might confirm your Idolizing Lovers in the Opinion they have conceived in Admiration of you Hands in the first place that are chapt as sometimes the most Curious will musts in the morning be rubbed over with your own Spittle then anoint them with Duck or Capons grease well washed in rose-Rose-water or take a little Powder of Mastick and Incorporate it
with Oyl of Roses and white Bees-wax mingly them over a gentle Fire 〈◊〉 anoint the hands with the Composition pretty warm Theâ— have the same success 〈◊〉 to the Arms that have undergone the like Injury by 〈◊〉 too rudely Imprinting his Northern Kisses on their tender 〈◊〉 Hands Warty are very unseenly with Ladies therefore to remove them make small plaâ—sters of Cantharides and lay on the Warts but let them touch no other parts and 〈◊〉 will make them dye away 〈◊〉 peel off or bathe them 〈◊〉 with the Milk that Issues from the Fig-tree For want of these you may use Oyl of Vitriol lightly touching them with it but beware it come to no other part and beware you lay on no great quantity lest in consuming the Warts the force not being spent it eats deeper and does an Injury to the Boâ—e Warts at their first coming are tender and may then be eaten away with black Sope mixed with burnt Salt Salt Nitre Milk of Spurty Juice of Celandine Juice of wild Cucumbers or Marygold leaves with other various ways But if these remove them as they certainly will if properly applyed we need Enumerate no more Hands how to make them fair and white with small Veins Hands Ladies are not only an Ornament but wonderfully useful and more exposed to 〈◊〉 than any part except the 〈◊〉 therefore that they may beautiful and tempting ought he your care So that their 〈◊〉 whiteness may dazzle Speâ—â—ors Eyes that they may go on 〈◊〉 in the fond Humour of 〈◊〉 you and then we 〈◊〉 secure that Men will be 〈◊〉 close Captives that you 〈◊〉 never fear being disdainâ—â— any Apostate Lover and 〈◊〉 best means to bring your 〈◊〉 to such a Lilly whiteâ—â— we have set down Hands 〈◊〉 whitened several ways viz. 〈◊〉 of sweet and bitter 〈◊〉 that remain after the 〈◊〉 is drawn off four Ounces 〈◊〉 meal two Ounces sine 〈◊〉 Barley ground and 〈◊〉 the like quantity meal of 〈◊〉 an Ounce and a half 〈◊〉 of Florentine Iris one 〈◊〉 red Roses dryed and 〈◊〉 each six drams Salt white Tartar and the whitest 〈◊〉 washed and prepared 〈◊〉 Ivory and fresh Sperma 〈◊〉 of each half an Ounce 〈◊〉 of Rhodinum one Scruple 〈◊〉 Cloves and Lavender of 〈◊〉 half a Scruple mix them well and fine together and 〈◊〉 a little of it rub and wâ—sh Hands and Arms and it â—nake them exceeding white â—mooth and of a Curious 〈◊〉 Having not these Ingreâ—â— you may take the 〈◊〉 viz. Venice Soap 〈◊〉 in the Juice of Lemmons and of white Virgins Hony â—â— Ounces prepared Sublimatum the Roots of Florentine Iris white Sugar-candy of each an Ounce whitest Sperma Caeti Salt of white Tartar Sugar Allum Venetian Borace of each half an Ounce true scented Balsom of Peru two drams Gallia Moschata one dram Oyl of Rhodinum Cloves and Cinamon one scruple mix them well and you will find the wonderful Effects of it even to the softening of their hands who have of Joans been made Madams by marrying their kind good Natur'd Masters Hands swollen or looking red or blew how to cure them Having already made an Encomium upon the Excellence Use and Beauty of Hands it would be looked upon as Tautology or dull Repetition to go over it again therefore when they are impaired of their Beauty by the means abovesaid all we have to do is to tell you Ladies you may reapparel them with their Native whiteness by the following Directions Hands that have suffered Injury by swelling c. must be often bathed in Wine wherein Nettles and Rosemary must be boiled with Time Rue and Penny-royal and the use of this decoction will not only asswage the swelling but keep them from so doing and as soon as they at any time begin to swell or rise into knobs apply a repercussive Plaister made of Barley-meal and the Juice of Lemmons or take Litharge Oyl of Rose and Vinegar work them well together into a Lineament to anoint your hands Having not these materials at hand Take Oyl of Dill and Oyl of sweet Almonds Gum Tragaganth made with Penny-royal Water 3 drams powder'd Starch 8 Drams and make them into an Oyntment or the yolks of five Eggs calcine them and mix them well with Barrows grease and going to Bed anoint the hands with it then draw on a pair of smooth Gloves and keep them on till you rise or take Turpentine mixed with half it's quantity of Salt mix them well over a gentle Fire and stir them together till they are pretty thick and then apply it Plaisterwise And so the cold swellings of the hands will be removed the blackness and blewness will disappear and the lovely smallness and whiteness will return That those that see it will admiring stand To see the Metamorphose of your hand And proud to kiss what they did once despise Are double Captives to your Hands and Eyes Hair of Scurf and Dandriff how to cleanse the Head of it Hair is much impaired in it's Beauty by the Excressencies of Nature Dandriff or Scurf is a mealy Dust that overclouds the Hair of the Head 〈◊〉 c. and proceed from corrected serous Humours which reason of their Acrimony 〈◊〉 rode the Cuticle from the 〈◊〉 jacent Skin and fret into 〈◊〉 pieces like Meal or Bran 〈◊〉 that are subject to them they would be eased of 〈◊〉 unseemly Nausences may 〈◊〉 these Methods Having coâ—â—â—dered well whether the 〈◊〉 hath been a long time 〈◊〉 to these or that they 〈◊〉 lately encroached if the 〈◊〉 mer then the Body above with ill Humours and 〈◊〉 be purged with some conâ—â—ent Medicine after that we the Head or other parts 〈◊〉 with Lye thus made 〈◊〉 Take the Ashes of the 〈◊〉 Beets and Coldworts make Lixivium with them 〈◊〉 boil Lupins and Beans a 〈◊〉 quantity then strain the coction and add a sixth 〈◊〉 Honey When the Head been well washed with 〈◊〉 dry it well and rub it 〈◊〉 with a Coarse warm 〈◊〉 then take this Unguent anoint it viz. bitter 〈◊〉 lightly heated in an Oven Stove and old Walnuts 〈◊〉 six Ounces two drams of Honey of Squills two 〈◊〉 of the dreggs of old Wine 〈◊〉 half an Ounce 〈◊〉 two drams make it into Unguent for your use with Wax Having not these gredients take Oyl Rue 〈◊〉 Ounce Sope an Ounce finely beaten half an Ounce work them together into a Mass and anoint the Head c. after washed with the following Compound decoction viz. 〈◊〉 Beets Fenugreek Briony-Roots Bean-meal each a good handful in a Gallon of Spring-water till it be consumed then take it off and when it is cool use it three of four days succesfrely and your Expectation will be satisfied Hair how to order and preserve 〈◊〉 Hair is a very necessary Ornament for Adorning the Hâ—ad being Comely and Beautiful So that Puelus thought the Hair of the Head to be so great and necessary a setting off that saith he the most comely Woman is nothing without it tho' she came