ounce Olibanum two ounces Aloes Hepatique Mastick Cloves Galangal Cinnamon Saffron Nutmegs Cubebs one ounce Gum of Ivy five ounces beat what can be beaten into very fine powder and still them in an Alembick with a gentle fire The first water will be clear and white when it begins to change colour take away the first water and receive the second The second water will be of the colour of Saffron and thick when the colour changeth again take away the second water and receive the third The third water will be like Honey then distil the feces dry The first water cureth Fistula's and noise in the ears a drop or two being put into them * Mark the quality of the disease and give the hottest water in the coldest disease or at least qualifie them one with another The second cureth infirmities in the eyes they being washed with it The third water cureth ulcers and scabs in any part of the body and swellings of the eyes it presently easeth pains of the teeth it resisteth cold poisons as Toads Spiders Serpents Scorpions c. Neither can any sting hurt one a drop of this Oyl being warmed and applied to the place it cureth all ulcers lie they never so deep in the flesh nerves or bones and that without any tent in nine days be they never so foul fistulated or cankered it cures wounds with a stone or fall or shot a linen rag being wet in it and laid upon it it strengtheneth the nerves and sinnews helps swellings of the Legs Joynts or any place coming of a cold cause or corrupt blood It is so hot in operation that nothing can be found hotter and of such a piercing quality that warm a drop thereof and lay it on your hand it will presently soak in and you shall not feel it If you would try the vertue of it take a Capon or any other Fowl the feathers being plucked off and the guts being taken out then heat him so hot as you can well hold him in your hand then anoint him with this Oyl and lay him in the Sun two hours to dry then anoint him again and dry him as before then lay him where you will he will never putrifie Chap. 4. A Precious Water TAke of Aqua vitae many times distilled over a gallon Sperma caeti Ambergrease Rheubarb two drams Musk one dram put the Aqua vitae in a glass then tie up all the aforesaid species in a linnen cloath and hang the Nodulus in the water by a string it being close stopped lest the spirit evaporate with Wax and Parchment putting a little Cinamon into the Nodulus so shall you have an excellent water of the colour of Gold This is indeed a precious water and I am of opinion that if an Astrological time were observed for the beginning of the business it would be ten times better It expelleth Poyson a drop of it being taken in any convenient substance resisteth both pestilence and putrefaction if any be infected with the pestilence or any other Feaver coming of putrefaction or inflamation of blood or humors as most Feavers if not all do six or seven drops given in any cordial cures them Chap. 5. An Apprehension worth experience TAke of the Juyce of Chelondine which was gathered when the Sun was in Leo which is called his own house let him be free from Malevolent Beams and if he apply to the aspect of Benevolents 't is the better let the Moon be strong applying to the Sun and encreasing in light let the Angles of the Heavens be clear from the bodies of Saturn Mars or the Dragons tail from this Juyce draw the Elements apart and rectifie them all severally the triplicity the Patient was born under and his Disease being known and discretion in the administration accordingly used why may not it alone cure all Diseases though not in all people Chap. 6. A Balsam TAke of Turpentine one pound Oyl of Bayes four ounces Galbanum three ounces Gum-arabick four ounces Frankinsence Mirrhe Gum of Ivy Wood of Aloes of each three ounces Galanglal Cloves Comfrey-roots Nutmegs Cinamon Ginger Zedoary Diptany of Creet one ounce Musk Amber-greece one dram the things being in powder which may be beaten put them into a Retort and put to them Aqua vitae six pints then wet a rag in Aqua vitae and set fire to them let it burn stopping it close and after nine dayes still it in sand first with a gentle fire At the first will come out a clear water with Oyl amongst it let the fire be gentle till you see it begin to look black When it changeth colour then change your receiver and separate the Oyl from the first water then increase the fire and perfect the distillation Keep the last water also apart which being suffered to stand and settle will have a liquor which may be separated from that which is called the Balsam it self The first is called water of Balsam The Oyl is called Oyl of Balsam The last water mother of Balsam And the residence in the bottom of the last water is the Balsam it self and is the most precious of all The first water cleanseth the eyes causeth a clear sight the face being washed with it makes it fair it preserveth Youth breaks the Stone in the Reins brings forth Urine stopped by carnosity or fleshiness it marvellously cureth all sort of wounds being washed with it and a Lint dipped in it and put into them it also helpeth Hecktique Feavers and Coughs The Mother of Balsam helps Scabs Itches Tetters Ring-worms and Leprosie The Oyl of Balsam helps many Diseases as Wounds in the Head though the Skull be broken a drachm of it at a time being drunk in water helps Pleurisies wonderfull speedily The Balsam it self is the wonder of the world two drachms of it being taken easeth any pain it helps Coughs Hoarseness infirmities either hot or cold being used in unction it pierceth to the utmost extream parts curing thereby old Aches and bruises it cures Quartane Agues all the body being anointed with it once a day Chap. 7. A Balsam for the Stone TAke of Turpentine a pound old Oyl six ounces Oyl of Bayes four ounces Cinamon Spikenard of each two ounces Bricks well burnt eight ounces still them altogether in an Alembick It provokes Urine breaks the Stone kills Worms helps noise in the Ears the Palsie Gouts of all sorts all pains in the Joynts either by drinking of it or anointing with it but you must use but very little of it at a time inwardly mixed with apt things for the disease you take it for Chap. 8. A Balsam for the Palsie TAke of Galbanum a pound Gum of Ivy three ounces bruise them and still them in Balneo mix the liquor with Oyl of Bayes one ounce Turpentine a pound still them again then separate the Oyl from the water and keep the Oyl for your use For the dead Palsie Convulsion Apoplexy Shaking-palsie or any disease of the
afterwards circulate it in a pellican forty dayes and reserve it for your use others distil it oftner and it is the better Chap. 21. To make an Aqua vitae Composita for men of a cold Complexion or Region HAving already discoursed at large of Aqua vitae Simplex we now proceed to give you the way of preparing several compound waters and first of such as ought to be administred unto men of a cold complexion or unto such as labour under any disease proceeding from a cold cause which is this Take Zuiziberis albi Cinamomi Cubeb Recent Gariâ—ph Nucis Muscati Macis electi Cardamomi Zedoari Galangae Piperis longi of each equal parts bruise them grosly and to one part of these Species adde six parts of simple Aqua vitae put them in a long Cucurbite placing thereon a blinde Alimbeck and let it stand to digest fourteen dayes afterwards distil in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire then put the feces again upon the distilled matter and let it digest eight dayes more It may also be distilled without an Alimbeck but that way is not so good And when it hath been distilled three times the first water is called Aqua benedicta the second Aqua vitae composita and the third Aqua balsami Some also adde to the composition hereof Fol. salviae Rutae Castorei recentis Corticis Citri Baccarum lauri Florum Lavendulae Florum Rorismarini ana two drams these are all to be distilled with the aforesaid species alwayes adding to one part of species six parts of simple Aqua vitae This water is good for all diseases of the head proceeding from phlegmatick humors to be taken in the morning the quantity of two drams in one ounce of the best Wine Some use to dip a crust of bread in this water and others to anoint the head with this water adding to half an ounce hereof Betony water one ounce But beware that you do not give this water in any disease or grief of the head proceeding from a hot cause unless some cold Medicine be mixed therewith which may temperate the heat of this water This water doth strengthen the memory being drunk fasting the quantity of half an ounce mixed with Rosemary water and the hinder part of the head being anointed or washed therewith and let dry of it self it is good also against madness if you cut off the hair of the head and apply to the head clothes wet in this water mixed with water of Marjoram and Rosemary you shall perceive a wonderful operation It is also good for the Palsie being mixed with Sage-water and the members often bathed therewith and it being drunk upon an empty stomach with water of Lavander-flowers It is good to take away all spots of the face and all infirmities of the eyes It hath a marvellous operation to take away all pains in the Teeth A Comb being dipped herein and the head combed therewith it adorns the hair and preserves them from becoming hairy it cures all scabs in the head recovers lost hearing Bombast being dipped therein and applied to the Ear. Wounds being washed therewith it heals them wonderfully and suffers no putrified flesh in a Wound Being taken fasting it is powerful against all Poyson against all Cankers Fistula's and the Dropsie and the Stone in the Bladder it helps Conception in a Woman being taken fasting if the obstruction thereof proceed from a cold cause Being drunk with Galangal and Gentiana and Bombaste wet therein and applied to the Matrix provokes the Tearms If this Water be put upon Fish Flesh or any other Meats they will not corrupt nor putrifie neither will flies blow thereon If the body be fomented therewith it is good against the Jaundies and all trembling of the Members and against all filthiness of the mouth and nose A Cloath being dipt herein and applied to the Stomach wonderfully helps digestion A Cloath wet therein and applied to the Stomach helps Convulsion fits Let those who labor under the Iliack passion drink often thereof it is good also against the Falling-sickness and the Hemerhodes It is much praised by Albertus Magnus for its wonderful operations in the Palsie Chap. 22. An excellent Compound Water used by the Emperour Frederick the Third TAke Aq. Vita simp rectificat four pound vini opt four pound Cinamomi three ounces Garioph nucis moscatae ana one ounce Zuizib albi one ounce and half Macis half an ounce Zedoariae half an ounce Galangae 2. drams Cubeb Hys an half an ounce Radicis benedictae 1. ounce Salviae florum Lavendulae an half an ounce Melissae iris Balsamithae an one ounce Rosarum albarum one ounce and half Bruise all these and put them in a great Cucurbite which will hold fifteen or sixteen pound adding Zachari albi three ounces Passular ficuum pinguium an six ounces Camphorae half an ounce Aquar Rosarum Endiviae florum Sambuci an two pound put them altogether into the Cucurbite luting it well and set it in the â—un twenty dayes viz. ten dayes before Midsummer day and ten dayes after Then strain out the water and distil it by an Alembick and keep it in a dry place it is a soveraign Cordial for a cold stomach and wonderfully preserves the whose body in health The Dose is the quantity of half a spoonful but let it not be given to a Woman when she hath her Menstrue Chap. 23. An excellent Compound Water against all Vlcers and Poyson c. TAke Salviae twelve ounces Nucis Muscat Gariop Zuizib albi Gran. Paradisi Cinamomi an four drams Ol. Laurini one ounce Castorei recentis one dram Spinae Indicae Rorismarini an half a dram florum Rorismar one dram Folior Rutae one ounce Fol. Majoranae one dram Corticis Citri two drams Let all these be new if you can get them but if you have them not new then take the old dried flowers and pulverize them and put to them the best white Wine you can get then set them in a digestive to putrifie a moneth This digestion may be made in Balneo Mariae in the first degree of heat afterwards distil it by an Alimbeck in Balneo Mariae then adde the water again to the Feces and distil it in Balneo again twice over afterwards distil it in ashes and reserve the water carefully in a glass close stopt The Vertues of this Water ANy Meat wet in this Water retains an excellent sapour and odour It is good against pestilentious airs and expels the venom thereof out of the body it cures all infirmities of the Eyes and defects of the Sight It marvellously cures Wounds they being washed therewith it dryeth up all hidropical humors It is good against all diseases of the Lungs Spleen and Milt of the intestines and of the head it takes away all spots out of the face filth of the Mouth and Nose mitigates the pain of the Teeth procures good digestion purifies the blood and consumes corrupt blood and
wonderfully comforts and strengthens the memory This water also preserves youth makes a mix them together and make therewith a pastâ— of the Bole let it dry and powder it again anâ— make paste thereof again with the same waters repeating this over three times and thuâ— you have the Bole-Armonick prepared Chap. 25. A precious water used by the Count Palatine TAke Salviae recentis one ounce and halâ— Nucis moscatae Macis of each one ouncâ— Zinzib albi one ounce and half Gran. Parâ—disi six drams Cinamomi one ounce and an halâ— Zedoariae Galangae an half an ounce Camphorâ— two drams Rorismarini sem Feniculi of eacâ— one ounce and an half Lavendulae Marjoraâ— Rute of each one ounce Florum Camomilae oâ— ounce Matricariae two drams Rosarum ruâ—m 1. Betonicae one ounce Abrotani four dramâ— Castorei recentis one dram Spicae Indicae twâ— drams Macro-piperis one ounce Olei Laurâ— two drams Aqua vitae one pound and an halâ— Menthae Menchastri of each two drams Powder what is to be powdred cut thaâ— which is to be cut and bruise those thingâ— which are to be bruised and put them all in Cucurbite with a long neck then pour there upon eight pounds of the best Wine close uâ— the vessel and bury it in the Earth thirty dayeâ— then take it up and put it in another Cucurbitâ— placing thereon a Limbeck and distil it in Baâ—neo Mariae three times over alwayes puttinâ— the distilled water again upon the feces A◠〈…〉 you come to distil it the fourth time adde a good quantity of Sage-leaves fresh gathered And when it is so distilled reserve it for your use the older it is the better it is you may use it when you please it hath innumerable vertues against all distempers and infirmities of the body Chap. 26. A precious Compound Water of Life which may be used instead of a natural Balsom TAke Trupentine purified and washed in the best white Wine twelve ounces Honey also clarified with white Wine three pound mix them altogether then adde of Aqua vitae well rectified four pound put them in a Cucurbite afterwards take the Herbs hereafter named cut them small and adde them to the rest in the Cucurbite let them stand so eight dayes the vessel being well luted that it evaporate not afterwards distil it in ashes with great dilligence The Herbs are these Take Buglossae Boraginis Melissae Salviae Lavendulae an m. 1. Hissopi Florum Camomilae Card. Benedicti of each half a handful Rorismarini two handfuls Artemisiae half a handful When these things are distilled then adde these things following well powdred and set them to digest in horse-dung eight dayes or in Balneo three dayes The things which are to be added are these Take Ligni Aloes Xylobalsami Santalorum trium Calami Aromatici Stichados Arabici seminis Citri sileris montani Cimini of each one dram Macis Nucis muscatae Cinamomi electi Garioph Galangae Cubeb Zinzib albi Macro-piperis Croci orientalis Gran. Paradisi Cardamomi minoris an three drams Coriandri praeparati gran Juniperi Bacc. Lauri an half an ounce Bistortae six drams sem Feniculi Liqueritiae Visci quercini sem Anisi an one ounce Amigdal mundalarum passularum recent an one pound Take the glass or distillatory in which the matter is and set it in ashes well luting of it and make thereunto a gentle fire the space of four hours And when you see a clear water pass forth into the receiver take away that receiver and put thereto another luting it well as before and increase the fire until there distil forth a Cytrine Oyl into the receiver which reserve by it self Thirdly when you perceive a black Oyl begin to appear take away that receiver and adde another in which receive the black oyl till it be all distilled which Oyl keep by it self The first water ought to be thus prepared by putting into it Musk and Amber of each one dram leaves of Gold one scruple To comfort all the members of the body Take of Malmsey Wine one ounce adde thereto a spoonful of the first water mix them together till it turn white like Milk drink it fasting and fast two hours after it it wonderfully comforts and fortifies the whole body For pain in the head take one spoonful of the said water in water of Betony it comforts and strengthens the Lungs being taken in Winter-time with mulbery-Mulbery-water or sage water but in Summer-time take of endive-Endive-water one ounce and of this water one spoonful For infirmities of the Breast and a cold Cough proceeding from a Catarre take of hyssop-Hyssop-water Borrage or fennel-Fennel-water mix them with the aforesaid water For the heart Take Bugloss or Borrage water half an ounce as much of the aforesaid water and as much Balme-water mix them and drink them fasting For the Stomach Give of this water in Mint or wormwood-Wormwood-water For the Spleen Use the aforesaid water in water of Bugloss or Tamarisk For the Vertigo and Palsie Give the said water with piony-Piony-water or water of the Herb and Root of Saint Johns-wort For the Stone in the Bladder Take Rhadish water one ounce and too spoonfulls of this water For the Strangury Take water of Cresces Parsley or Saxifrage one ounce and one spoonful of this water For overflowing of the tearms Take water of Plantane and drink it morning and evening with one spoonful of this water To provoke the tearms Take Mugwort-water or Mugwort-seed with one spoonful of this water drink it about that time when the tearms are expected For Women who have received hurt by unskilful Midwives or such as cannot conceive by reason of the coldness of the matrix let them take one spoonful of this water in the morning fasting with water of Valerian Betony or Wilde Roses For the eyes Take water of Fennel and Eyebright of each half an ounce and of this water one dram drink it as aforesaid For Spots or Freckles of the face Take water of Bean-Flowers or pimpernel-Pimpernel-water one ounce and of this first water half an ounce mix them together and wash the face therewith morning and evening and drink of this water in Endive-water twice or thrice a week The second water which is Citrine and the third which is like black Oyl is excellent good against Fistula's Cancers and other Wounds and Sores and may be used instead of a Balsom Chap. 27. An Aqua vitae Composita Against the Vertigo of the Head and the Palsie TAke Salviae nine ounces Florum Lavendulae four ounces Hissopi Menthae an m. 2. Garioph Nucis Muscatae Cinamomi Zinzib albi Granorum Paradisi Zedoariae Galangae an half an ounce Calami Aromataci one ounce Cran. Juniperi one ounce Granorun Peoniae half an ounce Vini albi eight pound Digest them in horse-dung eight dayes or four dayes in Balneo Mariae afterwards distil them in an Alembick and reserve it for use in a glass close stopt it hath a wonderfull operation against
the Palsie and Vertigo of the Head Chap. 28. A Precious Water for the Head Brain and Memory c. THis following Water was found out by a learned German it is an excellent and noble Water of Life having many egregious operations to comfort and preserve the whole body from Diseases especially the Head Brain and all the inward parts of the Head to expel and dissolve all infirmities proceeding from coldness and moisture to exhilerate the Instruments of the Soul and quicken the five Senses for it marvellously comforts the four pincipal Members with the Reins and Intestines It procures also the best digestion in the Stomach gives great comfort to the outward Members by its onely odour by taking one part of this Water and two parts of the Water of of Sage Lavander and Rosemary mixed together and wet a spunge therein and foment the Members therewith morning and evening and let it dry in of it self Or if you drink three or four drops thereof in a glass of Wine a little before dinner or supper it comforts the Stomach It is good also to comfort the Head take of this Water one dram with half an ounce of betony-Betony-Water and drink it morning and evening or dip a Crust of Bread in that Water and eat it every morning fasting For the Brain and Memory take of this Water one dram Waters of Rosemary and Marjoram of each half an ounce and use it in like manner as he last For the Breast take of this Water one dram Water of Hysop and Maiden-hair each two drams use it in like manner For the Heart take of this Water one dram of Borage and Bugloss Water each two drams take it as the former For the Stomach take of this Water one dram of Mint and wormwood-Wormwood-water each two drams use it in manner aforesaid For the Lungs take of this Water one dram adde to it cycory-Cycory-Water one ounce and use it as the former For the Spleen take of this Water one dram Waters of Tamarisk and Scolopendrie of each one ounce use it in like manner To comfort all the Members of the Body use one part of this Water in four parts of Wine The way to make this Water is thus Take pul Diamargarit frigid Diarrhodon Abbatis species Diambrae Dianthos laetificans Galleni an two drams Cassiae fistulae noviter extract Zacchari candidi an half an ounce Syrup de Liqueritiâ one ounce Syrup Stechados half an ounce florum R rismarini one dram Moschi Alexandrini one scruple Upon these Species pour two pound of simple Aqua vitae well rectified by a treble distillation in Balneg Mariae distil them in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire so that you may tell six or seven between every drop the Musk ought to be tied in a piece of Silk and put into the vial with the distilled water and is not to be distilled with the rest Some putrifie with the aforesaid Species bugloss-Bugloss-water one pound balm-Balm-water half a pound rosemary-Rosemary-water two ounces and afterwards distil it in Balneo Mariae Chap. 29. To make a Celestial Precious Water called the Secret of Secrets WE come now to declare unto you the Secret of Secrets a most precious Water called Celestial by the Philosophers because of its heavenly operation the way to make it is thus Take Salviae cum floribus suis Rorismarini Darseni Zinzib albi Garioph Nucis Muscatae gran Paradisi Galangae Calami Aromatici Macro-pip Zedoar an half an ounce Macis Cardamoni Cubeb fol. Rutae fol. Majoranae flor Lavendulae Ros Rub. an two drams Theriac Andromachi Mithridat an a dram and a half Ol. Laurini cort Citri florum Buglossae Borraginis Rorismarini Angelicae Rapentici gran Juniperi Mentastri Menthae Matricariae an a dram and a half Castorei verbeciae cum flor suis Betonicae Ligni Aloes Spicae Indicae gran Peoniae seminis Feniculi Ceori an half a dram Ambrae Moschi an half a scruple Let all these things following be put to digest with Aqua vitae in Balneo Maria four dayes and as many nights viz. Sage Rosemary Rue Marjoram Lavander Roses Mithridate Treacle Oyl of Bayes Bugloss Borrage Angelica Rapontick Juniper-berries Mint Calamint Mother-wort Vervain Betony Castoreum And when they are putrified distil them in a Limbeck in ashes with a gentle fire so that you may number one two three between every drop when these are distilled take the other things viz. Cinamon Mace Nutmegs Grains of paradise Galangal Calamus Aromat Pepper Zedory Cubebs Cardamomi Lignum Aloes Citron Pills Spikenard Piony-roots and seeds Coriander prepared pulverize all these grosly and put them into the distilled water and let them digest together fourten dayes then distil them again by an Alimbeck in Balneo Mariae afterwards adde the Camphire Rhubarb Saffron Amber and Musk. If you would have the water yet better and more costly adde Pul. Diamargarit Nicholai Diapliris cum moscho Nicholai Diarrhodon Abbatis Diamoschi Mesnae Spec. Diambrae Letificans Galeni pul Dialigni Aloes an half a dram adde twenty leaves of Gold white Sugar half a pound let them stand three dayes in Balneo Mariae keeping the water of the Bath warm afterwards distil it by filter in glass Retorts let one glass stand somewhat higher then the other cut small forms of a filter and hang therein and by them the matter will be distilled let the glass be well luted that no Air may evapâ—rate and this is the most excellent way of distillation of all others There are some Physicians who to comfort the Stomach have invented a green water which they use with the Aqua viae above prescribed or with the Claret following The green water is made on this manner Take Aqua vitae four times distilled by an Alimbeck in Balneo Mariae four pound Balm dryed three ounces Balsamint two ounces infuse the Herbs in the Aqua vitae eight dayes and then use thereof Note that the Herbs are not to be dryed in the Sun for then the water will be obscure but in the shade and the water will be of a fair green colour and pleasant to the drinker The Claret is made in this manner Take of the best white Wine four pound fine hard Sugar four ounces Cinamon one ounce Coryander prepared three drams Cloves two drams Grains of Paradise and white Ginger of each one dram and a half black Pepper two scruples Zedory half a dram Make them all into powder and afterwards use it as you make Hypocras This some use to take with the Water before prescribed The Vertues of this Water are these IT is good for the memory taking every day half an ounce mixed with rosemary-Rosemary-water half an ounce water of Marjoram and Balm of each two drams For madness or grief in the brain proceeding from cold take of this water half an ounce betony-Betony-water two drams dip a Linnen cloth therein and apply it to the head For the Vertigo of the head take hereof half an ounce water of
Lavender and Sage an three drams and take every morning fasting Diapliris cum moscho Nicholai For deafness drop of this water every morning and evening into the ear and rest upon that ear that it may go out again For Worms in the ears take of this water half an ounce Juyce of Rue two drams or if you cannot get the Juyce take the distilled water thereof adding a little Aloes Epatick subtilly powdred And of this distil a little into the ear morning and evening lying upon the other side and after a little time turn and lie upon that side where the Wormes are and they will come forth and dye For the eyes take of the aforesaid water half an ounce fennel-Fennel-water and water of Valerian of each one dram drop thereof into the eyes For filth of the mouth or nose give every day half an ounce thereof with white Wine in which Mints and Roses have been boiled For the Epilepsie drink thereof every day half an ounce with peony-Peony-water one ounce or thus Take the Root and seeds of Peony Viscus Quercinus of each equal parts boil them in white Wine and give them to the Patient with the said water For the Palsie foment all the members with this water and drink thereof every morning one ounce For lost speech take of the said water half an ounce waters of Lavander Peony Sage of each two drams drink it and take of Mithridate one dram with Wine wherein Castoreum hath been boyled Against Melancholly take of the aforesaid water half an ounce with the waters of Bugloss and Balm each two drams waters of Harts-tongue and Borrage each one dram mix them together and drink it three hours before dinner Against the Dropsie take of the said water one part water of Elder-flowers two parts Fennel water three parts mix them together and take for a Dose half an ounce For the Stone take of this water one part saxifrage-Saxifrage-water wintercherry-Wintercherry-water Aqua Millii solis rhadish-Rhadish-water of each two parts Against Sterrility take of this water two drams of white Wine water of Rosemary and Mother-wort each two drams drink it morning and evening and twice or thrice in a week take Diamargarit sem Avicenna Many other excellent vertues hath this celestial water which I omit here for brevities sake leaving them to manifest themselves by experience FINIS The Table to the several Treatises of the whole Book The English Apothecary The transcendent sufficiency of English Herbs being fundamental Reasons PRoving our Medicines to be most congruent with our bodies and the great prejudice we daily receive by the use of forreign Drugs as also by their sophistication to which Fuchsius Martino Rulandus c. agree page 35 The correcting of Scamony of its malignity page 19 Of Mechoaca and Opium and the prejudice we receive thereby unless well corrected page 21 Of Rhubarb and its properties page 24 The inconveniency of drinking Wine and that of Honey may be made a better and more wholesome drink page 31 Of Milk and its vertues page 41 The cure of Poysons by venomous beasts with Peniroyal Treyfoil c. page 42 The cure of the Prench-Pox not onely with Sarsaparilla but with the essence of Primroses and Cowslips page 43 The rare vertue of Cink-foyl Worms Wood-lice or Sowes Lichenes c. For the cure of Tertian-Agues Falling-sickness Tooth-ach c. page 44 To cure the bitings of venomous beasts by the decoction of Frogs page 44 53 To cure Cankers by the juyce of Nightshade page 49 To cure the Leprosie with Plantane and its vertues page 50 To cure the Falling-sickness with Misleto Peony-root a mans skull c. page 50 The cure of Poysons in particular page 51 52 The cure of the Pestilence page 52 The cure of hot diseases by contrariety page 54 The cure of cold diseases by contrariety ib. The cure of moist diseases page 55 The cure of dry diseases ib. Rules to be observed in cures page 55 56 Of purgations and their manner both by vomit and stool page 56 Preparatives for the Humors before evacuation c. page 60 The cure of Wounds and the broken Bones by Herbs c. page 61 Of Anodines Causticks Emmolients c. page 62 63 The occult properties of sundry Herbs being appropriated to the Head Heart Liver Spleen Stomach Lungs c. ib. That the Brain is comforted by Herbs as well as by Spices page 68 The sovereign vertues of Carduus Benedictus with its use or manner of taking it page 71 Of the sovereign vertues of Angelica with its temperature and use page 79 A discourse shewing what members of the body are governed by the twelve Signs page 82 Of the members of the body and how they are governed by the seven Planets page 184 A brief accompt of some simples appropriated to the Heart page 186 The Chyrurgeons guide or the errors of unskilful Chyrurgeons page 195 The first error of their curing the Lues venerea or French-Pox page 195 The second error when the disease cometh to suppuration page 198 The third error is concerning Wounds in the Breast page 201 4. Of their applications of Trepans Terribelles for fractures of the head page 203 5. Touching the punctures of Nerves page 204 6. Of the abuse by Runners or Cutters of the Stone and Ruptures page 205 Of the eight kinds of Hernies or Ruptures page 207 Of the Hernie Intestinale page 208 Of the Hernie Zirbale page 209 Of the relaxation of the Peretoneum called Herni Inquinale page 210 Of the kinds of Hernies which be by similitudes or improperly called page 211 Of Hernie Verequose page 212 Of the Herni Ventose ib. Of the Hernie Humorale page 213 Phlebotomy Displayed or perfect Rules for letting of Blood page 214 With Physical cautions for Blood-letting page 219 Vrinal conjectures or brief observations upon the sick Patients staie or water page 222 Of Vomits page 225 Of the Excrements page 226 The Treasury of health or Salves for every sore with their cures page 227 For the falling out of the Fundament page 229 For the Liver page 231 For the Dropsie page 231 For the Spleen page 333 For the Yellow-Jaundies page 235 For the Stone page 236 For the Strangury page 239 For the Vlcers in the Yard page 241 For the Diabetes page 242 For the Swelling of the Gods page 243 For the Pleurisie page 244 For to provoke the Tearms page 244 For to stop the Tearms page 247 For the Fits of the Mother page 248 For the Swelling of the Breasts page 249 For Child-birth page 251 For the Gout page 453 Foa the Fistula or Vlcer page 256 For the Leprosie page 258 For the Warts page 259 For Thorns Splinters c. page 260 The expert Lapidary or a Physical Treatise of the vertues of Stones page 265 Of Jacinth and its vertues 265. The Saphir 264 Emrald ibid. The Ruby 265 Granat 266. Sardine ibid. Diamond 266 Amethist 267. Bezoar ibid. Topaz 268. Snakes-Stone ibid. Toads-stone 269 Alectorius ibid.
it 67. A little piece of the Navil-string of a childâ— that is newly born being enclosed in a Ring and so born that it touch the skin is a sure and perfect remedy against the Chollick 68. The decoction of the leaves of Plantane is a most sure remedy for the diseases of the Bladder being drunk morning and evening 69. Wicker If any one be bewitched put some Quicksilver in a quill stop it close and lay it under the threshold of the door 70. Saint-Johns-wort born about one keeps one from being hurt either by Witches or Devils 71. Number the dayes from the twenty six day of June to the day when a party first began to fall sick and divide the number by three if one remain he will be long sick if two he will die if none he will quickly recover 72. Joh. Ardern The juyce of the roots of Daffadil mixed with a little Saffron and water gives speedy help to those that are suddenly swoln 73. Hemlock boiled and the Yard bathed with the decoction helps the Priapismus or continual standing of the Yard 74. Garlick beat to powder and the powder taken inwardly breaks the Stone 75. Beat Bay-salt into powder by it self and as much Cummin-seed by it self and as much common Fennel-seed by it self then mix them together with a little Red-rose Vinegar over a Chafing-dish of coles and apply it hot upon a cloth to the nape of the neck near the head the next night change it This is a most precious secret for it cures the most inveterate head-ache though of never so long continuance or never so violent besides it clears the eye-sight and draws away the superfluous humours of the head 76. Sage either sod and taken inwardly Petrus Hispanus or beaten and applied Plaister-wise to the Matrix draws forth both terms and after-burthen 77. Shave the crown of the head of one that is sick and lay upon the shaved place Rue stamped with oyl of Roses binding it on and if the party sneeze within six hours after he will live else not I suppose this may be true in diseases of the head and it may be cure them if curable and I verily believe it is a notable remedy for mad folks 78. A spoonful of the powder of Nettle-seed mingled with good wine and drunk at a time aswageth the pains of the Matrix the windiness of the same as also the fits of the Mother 79. If a Hog-louse or Wood-louse be pricked with a needle and any aking tooth presently touched with that needle the pain will instantly cease 80. Africanus The seeds of Docks tied to the left arm of a woman helps barronness 81. Goats-dung mingled with vinegar and bran and applied plaisterwise to swelled breasts gives speedy cure 82. Betony stamped and applied to any wound in the head draws out the broken bones if there be any and heals the wound 83. Mizaldus The seeds that are found in the knobs of the lesser burs being beaten into fine powder and given in white Wine purge stones and sand very effectually from the reins 84. If you seethe Mugwort in water and apply it hot plaster-wise to the Navil and Thighes of a woman in travel it bringeth away both birth and after-birth but then you must speedily take it away lest you draw down Matrix and all 85. There is a pretty secret to cure a scald or burn without a scar Take Sheeps Suet and Sheeps Dung and the inner rinde of Elder boil these to an Oyntment and that will do it 86. To draw a Tooth without pain fill an earthen Crucible full of Emmets Ants or Pismires call them by which name you will Eggs and all and when you have burned them keep the ashes with which if you touch a Tooth it will drop out 87. Anoint a freckled face either with the blood of a Bull or of a Hare it will put away the Freckles and make the Skin clear 88. Mugwort steeped in Rose-water and the handâ— washed with it helps the trembling of them 89. Take a great over-grown Toad and tie her up in a leathern bag pricked full of holes and put her bag and all in an Emmet-hill and the Emmets will eat away all her flesh and then you may finde the Stone which is of marvellous vertue If a man be poisoned it will draw all the poison to it presently if he be stung by a Bee Wasp Hornet or bitten by an Adder by touching it with this Stone both pain and swelling will presently cease 90. If you chance to buy this Stone and would know whether it be a true one or not hold it near to the head of a Toad and if it be a true one she will come to catch it from you 91. If you anoint warts with the juyce of Elder-berries it will take them away 92. The outward rinde of Raddish-roots the herb Mercury Ben. Vict. Favent Emp. of each an ounce Saffron three grains Cassia lignea in powder a drachm juyce of Savin two drachms beat them all together and wrap them in a fine linnen cloth and hold them to the Matrix of a woman in travel when the birth is near and the childe will come out with but little pain and not onely the birth but also the after-birth 93. Mizaldus The juice of Knotgrass drunk with the powder of seven Pepper corns a little before the fit comes cures the quartane Ague but they say it must be gathered on a Thursday and the juyce pressed out of it then also 94. A bathe wherein Emmets and their Eggs have been sod will quickly cure an old and almost incurable joynt disease 95. Oyl wherein Frogs have been sodden so long till all the flesh is sod off from their bones doth mightily help all benumbedness and lameness of the nerves and joynts 96. The juyce of Betony dropped warm into the ear puts away deafness 97. Take a handful of Arsemart wet in clean water and lay it gently in a wound or sore Paracelsus then take it away and bury it in some moist place and the wound will heal as the same herb rots 98. The water of Marigolds helps diseases in the eyes and takes away pains in the head 99. The smoak of Marigold-flowers received up a womans privitives by a funnel brings away easily the after-birth although the Midwife hath let go her hold 100. The head of a Kite before she hath feathers as Gallen writes burnt and a scruple of her ashes taken once a day cures the Gout Fragmenta Aurea The third Golden Century of Chymical and Physical Judicial Aphorismes and admirable Secrets 1. For the Jaundies FOr the Jaundies take Milk and White Wine of each equal quantities distil them in an Alimbeck temper it pretty equally I mean the water with the spirit and let the sick drink two ounces in the morning two hours before meat and going to bed 2. For the Black Jaundies For the black Jaundies take Enule Campane-roots
them well and beat them into powder and give a little of the powder inwardly with Muskadel this is a gallant remedy for Children that will not endure any ill-tasted Medicine 30. For a looseness and Diabetes The Pizzle of an Hare dried and beaten into powder and the powder drunk in Wine at night going to bed you may give a dram at a time to a man half a dram is enough for a childe you shall finde it an excellent remedy not onely for a Looseness but also for the Diabetes 31. For the Diabetes The best remedy for a Diabetes that I know is this Take the Bladder of a Goat which I suppose to be best because it is a Beast of Saturn If you cannot get a Goats Bladder get a Bullocks or Sheeps Bladder dry it very well and beat it into powder and take a dram of the powder first in the morning and last at night 32. Caution to the former Receipt In my opinion it were very fitting in the fore-going Medicine that the Sphinater Muscle of the Bladder were by all meanes carefully dried and administred as before 33. Flux The Maw of a young Hare dried and beaten into powder and made up into Troches with juyce of Plantane and a little Gum Tragacanth is an excellent remedy to keep by you for the Flux and it also strengthens the Stomach exceedingly 34. To stop a Flux Take Plantane-seed and beat it to powder and give a drachm of the powder in red Wine to a childe that is troubled with the Flux and it will stop it 35. For a Flux Take the dung of a Stone-horse that is kept in a Stable and fry it in Muskadel and apply it being so fried to the Navel and it will stop any Flux of the belly whatsoever 36. For one that cannot go to stool Take Salt and Sope and mix them well together and apply them plaisterwise to the belly of one that cannot go to stool and it will move him to stool in a short time 37. Bloody Flux Take the Jaw-bones of a Pike or Jack beat them to powder and take half a drachm of the powder in red Wine morning and evening this hath been known to have helped the Bloody Flux when nothing else could do it 38. For the Bloody Flux Take red Beans and boil them in red Wine till it be thick and let the Patient eat of this morning and evening and in a short time it will help the Bloody Flux be it never so violent 39. For the Flux Take an old Apple cut off the top and pick out the coar then put into the hole a ball of Virgins-wax put on the top again and roast it in the embers mash it all together and take it inwardly as a Medicine for the Flux 40. To break the Stone The Urine of a Boar taken and drunk inwardly is an admirable remedy to break the Stone 41. Another to break the Stone Take the blood of a Fox and anoint the Region of the Bladder near to that place where the Stone lies and it will break the Stone 42. Another to break the Stone Also it is an excellent remedy to break the Stone to drink the blood of a Fox either alone by it self or mixed with white Wine And to make the truth of this appear clearly Caution take a Pebble-stone and put it into the blood of a Fox and it will dissolve it yet in my opinion and my opinion is grounded upon reason if the Stone lie in the Reins it is best to drink the blood of a Fox but for the Stone in the Bladder it is best to inject it with a Siringe 43. To break the Stone Bees dried stings and all and beaten into powder and a drachm of the powder given in white Wine is an excellent remedy for to break the Stone 44. To break the greatest Stone that is Take the green Weed that cometh from the Sea amongst the Oyster washed clean then dry it and beat it into powder drink two drachms of this with Muskadel in the morning fasting an hour after it it will break the greatest Stone that is 45. For the Stone Take Oyl of Christal drawn by the art of the Alchymist let him that is troubled with the Stone take a dram of it at a time in a good draught either of White or Rhennish Wine and it will break the Stone For proof of this take a stone and lay it in the urine of him that hath drunk this Medicine and in twelve hours it will be dissolved 46. Green Wounds The same Oyl of Chrystal is an excellent cure for any green wound 47. Stone Take a Goat and keep him three dayes fasting but you must be sure not to give him meat nor water in the night then put him into a great tub full of holes at the bottom and feed him with nothing but Cammomile Parsley Gromwel Celandine Saxifrage Hawthorn-berries or flowers give him Salt to lick and nothing but white Wine to drink save his water that runs through the holes of the tub into which water put Holly-berries Ivy-berries Hawthorn-berries Juniper-berries Parsley-seed Fennel-seed Gromwel-seed Smallage-seed the roots of Radishes and Nettles Knee-holly and Sparragas leaves of Water-cresses infuse all these warm in the Urine in a limbeck close stopped then distil it off this Water is held to be the most effectual for the Stone that is for three ounces of it taken at a time breaks the Stone and brings it away without pain 48. Sciatica For the Sciatica take a gallon of urine I suppose it were best of the party that is diseased boil it and scum it well till it be clear then put to it a quart of black Snails suâ—â— as you shall finde in the Meddows without sheâ—â—â— boil them together till it be thick like a Poltiss 〈◊〉 then spread it upon a cloath and apply it to the grieved place 49. Piles Take a quart of Linseed-Oyl and put as many live Crawfish into it as it will hold boil them in it a quarter of an hour then strain them out and bruise them well shells and all boil them well again in the Oyl then strain them out and keep the Oyl for an admirable remedy for the Piles you may use it by moistening a little cotten in it and binding it closs to the place with a truss 50. For the Piles Take Scabious and boil it well in water and let the party sit over the steem of the water that is troubled with the Piles and it will help him 51. For the Piles The Herb Pilewort either applied to the place in an Oyntment or taken inwardly is an approved remedy for the Piles 52. Many other remedies are used by Authours as namely to boil Elder-tops in white Wine and wash the place witâ— the decoction 53. Also to drink the juyce of Dandelion and Dazies in a cup of Ale every morning 54. An excellent remedy for the Piles Another remedy the conceit of which pleases me very well is this Take
kinde of Excrement is common to all living Creatures as well Beasts as Men for which cause Nature as a wise Mother hath provided that every concoction hath its excrement or superfluity the Stomach sends out dung the Liver Urine the Veins Sweat so after the third and last concoction which is done in every part of the body that is nourished there is left some profitable blood reserved by Nature for Procreation which blood we call the Generative Seed the timely evacuation whereof avails much for the bodies health for by it the body is made light and disburthened of Phlegm and other superfluous humors which otherwise would wax rank as may be observed in ancient Maids and some chaste Schollers for besides their secret flames and imbridled affections which dispose their mindes to extravigant imaginations we see them also ill complexioned by reason of such vaporous fumes which ascend up towards their cloudy brains To pass over other inconveniences they are subject to as the Green-sickness the Night-mare the Spleen the palpitation and trembling of the heart and their polluted dreams the best advice I can give such persons is to marry in the fear of God and chiefly those are required who are Sanguine or lean for such persons abound with blood Physicians hold the Winter to be the best time for Carnal Copulation and in the Spring-time when Nature is desirous without the help of Arts and Drugs and at night when the stomach is full and the body somewhat warm that sleep immediately after it may lenifie the Lassitude caused through the action thereof In the Summer in May and July when the Spittle thickens on the ground it cannot be so wholesome nor in frosty wâ—ather Immoderate Venery weakeneth the strength hurts the brain extinguisheth radical moisture and hasteneth on old age and death the Spâ—rm or Seed of generation being one of the greatest comforters of life which being wilfully shed or lost hurteth more then if he should bleed forty times as much That Batchelors and Maids may drive away their unclean dreams at nights let them refrain from Wine and Venerious Imaginations not use to lie in soft Beds let them read the Bible and moral Philosophers use exercises let them eat Agnus Castus in English Park and they shall finde a strange effect to follow Of Bathing BAthing in cold Water so that the same be clear clear from Rain or a silver colour'd Brook in the summer time before meats doth wonderfully delight nature provoke the appetite and is very good against Rhumes the Dropsie and Gout and causes digestion you shall finde it wonderful expedient sometimes to bathe the head with hot Lee made of ashes after which you must cause one presently to pour three or four quarts of cold water then let the head be dried with cold Towels the suddain powring down of the water stirs up the natural heat of the body quickneth the memory keepeth from baldness In the summer washing of the hands often doth much avail the eye-sight In the Winter time when the Water is cold and Frozen this kinde of artificial Bath is very expedient and wholsome take two pounds of Turpentine four ounces of the Juyce of Wormwood and Wilde Mallows one ounce of fresh â—â—cor one dram of Saffron mingle them and seethe them a pretty while and being hot wet four Linnen cloathes therein and therewith bathe your self or else make a Bath after this manner take Fumitory Enula Compana Leaves Sage Fetherfue Rosemary and Wormwood of each a handful or two seethe them in a sufficient quantity of water till they be soft and put as much as a Walnut of Allom and a little Brimstone powder and therewith bathe the affected places of the body he that uses these bathes in convenient time may live healthfully for by them superfluous excrements are extracted in sweat But with this caution I commend Baths that no person that is distempered through Venery Gluttony Fasting Watching or violent Exercise do enter into them Diet for a Feaver and Ague I Do advertise every one that hath a Feaver or an Ague to eat no meat six hours before his fit doth take him and in no wise as long as the Ague doth endure to put off his shirt or dublet nor to rise out of the bed but when need shall require and in any wise not to go nor take the open Air for such provision may be had that at the uttermost at the third fit he may be delivered of the Feaver Let the Patient beware of casting his hands and arms at any time or to spraul with his Legs out of the bed it is good for the space of three fits to wear continually Gloves and not to wash the hands He is to eat little and those temperate meats to refrain from Wine Beer and Cider and all other things whatsoever that are not of a very light digestion Diet for the Chollick and the Stone THe Iliack and Chollick are ingendred of ventosity the which is intrused or inclosed in two Guts the one is called Ilia and the other is called Colon for these two infirmities one must beware of cold and it is not good to be long fasting and necessary to be laxative but in no wise to be constupate These things following are not good for those which have these aforesaid infirmities new bread stale bread new ale they must abstain also from drinking of Beer of Cider of Red Wine and Cinamon also refrain from all meats that Honey is in from eating of cold Herbs Beans Pease Pottage beware of fruits and of all things the which do ingender winde For the Stone abstain from eating of Red herring Martilmas-beef and Bacon salt fish salt meats Beware of going cold about the middle especially about the Reins of the back and make no restriction of wine and water nor seege that water would expel Diet for several kindes of the Gout They which are troubled with the Gout or any kinde of it I do advertise them not to sit too long forgetting to exonerate the bladder and the belly when need shall require and also to beware the Legs hang not without some stay nor that the Boots or Shoes be not over strait Whosoever hath the Gout must refrain from drinking of new Ale of Beer and Red Wine Also he must not eat new Bread Eggs fresh Salmon Eels Fresh Herring Pilcherds Oysters all shell fish he must avoid the eating of fresh Beef of Goose of Duck and of Pigeons he must beware of taking of cold in his Legs or riding or going wetshod Beware of Venerous acts after refection or after or upon a full stomach from all things that ingender evil humors and are inflative Diet for the Lepors HE that is infected with any of the four kindes of Leprosie must refrain from all manner of Wines and from new drinks and strong Ale let him beware of riot and surfeiting let him abstain from eating of Spices Dates from Tripes Puddings and all inwards of Beasts Fish
powder and let the sick of the bloody Flux take a drachm of it at a time in Milk thickned with flour 91. Against Heat in the Reins An approved remedy for the heat in the Reins which is a thing causeth hard labour and many times abortion to women is to take a fine linnen cloth and dip it in Housleek warm it and apply it to the Reins 92. To ease a woman of her After-pains Take Tar and Barrows-grease of each equal quantities boil them together and in boiling adde a little Pigeons-dung to it spread some of it upon a linen cloth and apply it to the back of a woman newly delivered that is troubled with After-pains and it will give her ease 93. For the same Give a Woman that is troubled with After-pains pains half a dram of Bay-berries beaten in powder and given her to drink in a little Muskadel 94. To cure the swelling of the Cods Stamp Rue and apply it to the Cods that be swelled and it will presently asswage it 95. Take the juyce of Valerian and wet a tent in it and put it into the Wound where any piece of Iron is broken in and stamp the said herb and lay at top of it and it will speedily not onely draw out the iron but also speedily cure the Wound 96. To cure the biting of a mad Dog So soon as a man feels himself bit with a mad Dog or any other venemous Beasts or at least so soon as he can possible get it let him take green Fig-leaves and press out the juyce of them three or four times into the wound if it be at such a time of the year when Fig-trees have no leaves take the rinde of the Fig-tree and bruise it and â—pply it to the Wound 97. For the same They say Mustard made with good Vinegar and applied to the wound works the same effect 98. For a Wound So soon as a man is wounded let him wash the blood clean out of the Wound either with white-Wine or with his own Piss and presently put the juyce of Thapsus Barbatus into it 99. A medicine to drive out the small Pox. Take of distilled Taragon water eight spoonfuls and put thereto six grains of Bezar or Unicorns horn or for want of those two put so much Saffron but the other is the better let it be warm double the portion as you see cause taking nothing an hour before nor an hour after it 100. To avoid Phlegm Take clarified Posset-drink and put thereto sweet Butter the yolk of an Egg and a little small Ginger Hysop red Mints and Sugar seâ— these seethe all together and drink thereof first and last as warm as you can suffer it The Garden Plat OR A very brief account of such Herbs c that excel and are some ofâ— them most useful in Physical and Chyrurgical Cures on emergent and sudden occasions HOundstongue stamped and bruised heals several wounds The Powder of Butter-bur alias Pestilent-wort the leaves in Summer and Roots in Winter expelleth the Plague by sweat drunk in Ale Beer or Wine Fumitory stamped and drink the juyce in Ale Beer or Wine purgeth Choller and doth cleanse the Blood Germander stamped and drunk doth purge womens flowers and helps the Green-sickness Celandine or Fig-wort or Tetter-wort or Pile-wort or Swallow-wort or Marsh-marigold these doth help Tetters Ring-worms Piles and Eye-sight Eye-bright the water helpeth the eyes washed therewith and the Powder eaten with â—hâ— yolk of an Egg and Mace restoreth 〈◊〉 sight The roots of Psillependula beaten and drunk cures the Stone Water-bittary alias Brown-wort stamped and laid to helps old and new sores Pellitory of the Wall steeped and drunk cures the Stone Egremony stamped and drunk helps Lunatick persons Saint-Johns-wort St. Peters-wort and Tutson-leaves stamped helps old sores Mercury the Herb stamped and drunk purgeth women and weak folks Shepherds-purse or Sinkfield stamped and drunk helps the Flux and so doth Plantane and Knotgrass Scabious stamped and drunken helpeth inward Imposthumes Divels-bit stamped and drunken helps the Ague Spown-wort alias Scurvey-grass stamped and drunken helps Dropsies and Scurvey Sanicle stamped and drunk inwardly helpeth Wounds and laid to outwardly Comfrey helpeth the Ruptures stamped and drunken and laid to outwardly it helps wounds and joyns them together Hyssop boiled bruised and drunken helps the Lungs Mints bruised and drunken comforteth the Heart so doth Sage White Horehound or Balm distilled or otherwise helps inward grief Rue expelleth the Plague Fennel Dill and Anniseed and Cummin breaks winde and helps the Stone Saxifrage stampt and drunken and seeds of Gromwel helps Winde and Stone above all others Betony helps the head and stomach Lovage restores the Lungs Pellitory of Spain expelleth the Plague Three Leaves of Arsarabacca stampt and drunken purgeth upward and downward English green Tobacco stampt and mixt with fresh Butter will heal a wound a sore or a scabbed or scald head Dragon-wort stampt and drunken expelleth the Plague or distilled and so doth Arone or Priests-Pintle Cuckow-pintle Centaury purgeth Choller by siege and so doth Rheubarb Elina Campany purgeth melancholly The seeds of Piony helps the falling evil Valerian or Setwal expelleth the Plague stampt and drunken English Galangal comforteth the heart Helleborus called neezing powder purgeth the head Aloe alias Sea-green purgeth Choller Laurel-leaves laid in Vinegar twenty four hours and dried the powder drunk purgeth Choller Phlegm and Melancholly The root of Elder or Danewort stamped and drunken helpeth Dropsies or swoln Legs or Limbs All Elder-leaves Plantane leaves Elm-leaves or all Oak or green leaves stamped and laid to will heal a green wound Ground-Ivy boiled in water and laid to a sore will heal it Wilde Bugloss alias Carpenter-work bruised and laid to healeth the green wound Maiden-hair boiled and drunken heals the Lungs and inward parts Oyl of white Poppy anointed upon the forehead will cause one to sleep The seed of Henbane mixed in a Wax-candle and the mouth holden over when it burneth will draw the Worms out of ones Teeth Sea-holm-roots candied with Sugar called Iringo-roots will restore nature And the powder of them will break Winde and Stone being drunken Yellow Dock-roots boiled and drunken purgeth by Urine and siege Water-cresses stamped or boiled and drunken is good for the Stone Dropsie and Scurvey Tamarisk the small or the rinde of the great Tamarisk boiled and drunken helps the Spleen Barberies in conserve or sirup doth stop the Flux and cool the body Licorice helps the Stone Stomach and Winde Oranges and Lemons helps a hot Stomach in the burning Ague Distilled Water of Oak-leaves stops the Flux Misletoe of the Oak stamped and drunk helps the falling evil Ash-tree â—â—â—ll suffer no Spider or venemous thing to coâ—â—nder the shadow the leaves steeped in Wine and drunk will make one lean An Elder-leaf laid unto a mans feet that is chaffed in going between the Toes or other places will heal it Costemary alias Balsum-mint stampt and bruised will heal a Wound as fast
drink in warme White Wine they wonderfully cleanse the Kidneys and bladder of Gravel and provoke Urine exceedingly 8 Take all the blood and the whole skin of a Hare put them into a new pot that hath a cover lute it up close and burn it in the fire to ashes the Hares skin and blood I mean and not the pot Give the Patient a small spoonful of these ashes in White Wine it mightily breaks and drives out the Stone 9 The Stone that hath been taken out of a man or the Gravel which men void being taken back again inwardly a drachm at a time doth wonderfully break and bring away the Stone and is indeed the most exquisite remedy that I know 10 A Tode-stone being beaten into powder and a little of the powder given to the Patient causeth the Stone incontinently to break and come away 11 Take Snails dry them to powder slime and shells and all you shall finde it a most exquisite remedy being taken inwardly to break the stone 12 Egg-shells dryed and beaten into powder is a good remedy and so is the Juyce of Mugwort if you drink the quantity of a quarter of a pint in the morning fasting 13 The Gum of Cherry-trees and also of all Plum-trees being dissolved in White Wine and drunk breaketh the Stone and cleanseth the Kidneys and Bladder of Gravel 14 Take of Goats Blood the Liver Lungs Reins Yard and Stones of the Goat make puddings thereof in the great Gut of the said Goat order them well and boyl them as you do Hogs puddings and let him that is troubled with the Stone eat them as meat not as Medicine their wonderful effects in breaking the Stone will be admirable in your eyes 15 Sometimes it is a difficult matter to know whether the Stone be in the Reins or in the Bladder in such a case thus do take a handful of Chickweed and boyl it well in water then strain it out and apply it to the neck of the Bladder if the grief increase the Stone is in the Bladder else not 16 Goats piss drunk breaketh and expelleth the Stone 17 Take two or three young Liverets drown them in Vinegar that they may dye there then put them into a new pot lute them up close and burn them in the fire to ashes these ashes taken inwardly is an excellent remedy for the Stone 18 If a man that is subject to the Stone would use himself to eat no other food but the flesh of Foxes and anoint the Region of his Bladder with the grease of the same beast it would in a short time cure him 19 A Hedge Sparrow the feathers pulled off and the guts pulled out and the body converted into Mummy or else salted and eaten raw is an excellent remedy for the Stone 20 It is an excellent good way to break the Stone often to anoint the Region of the Bladder with a strong Spirit of Camomile drawn in Allembick 21 Lignum Aphrituum cut in small pieces and infused in strong spirit of Wine the longer you infuse it the better make an excellent good drink for such as have the stone provided you drink it but moderately 22 But Lapis Nephriticus is far better being either born about one and beaten into powder and given inwardly whereby it appears that there is far more vertue in the Mineral kingdom then there is in the Vegitable the Stone is very scarce to be had in London if it be to be had at all because it is never used by the neglect of our Colledge of Physicians CHAP. 7. Of the Strangury IN the Strangury the Urine comes away by drops with much pain with a great desire to piss 2 Ox dung mixed with honey and applied warm to the neck of the Bladder is very good 3 The Decoction of English Galanga provoketh Urine much 4 The neck of the Bladder anointed with the grease of a Hedge-hog is exceeding good to open the stoppage of Urine 5 And here by the way give me leave to quote one experience of my own though it be something out of course not a year before the writing of this I had a Patient who had layen a long time sick of the Stone I gave him the water of a Hedge-hog distilled in an Alembick so much of it as I had which was about a pint of which he took a quarter of a pint every morning during the time he took it the violence of his pain ceased and he avoided such an incredible deal of Gravel which was wonderful to behold but that being gone no more to be had nor to be procured by reason of the season of the year his pains returned and not long after followed his dissolution being open'd there was two great stones found in his body in each Kidney one 6 Apply Galbanum being spread upon a Plaister upon the Belly under the Navel My Author saith it causeth the Patient to make Urine presently any that please may try it I can give no reason for it 7 Raddish-roots scraped clean and sliced thin and infused all night in White Wine and stopped close and a quarter of a pinte taken the next morning is a mighty great provoker of Urine but it hath no very pleasing taste 8 Herbs that are held Medicinal for this disease are Fennel Parsley Gromwel and Saxifrage both Seeds Leaves and Roots the Leaves and Bark of Hazel and the Leaves of Plantane 9 Warm Eggs applied to the neck of the Bladder wonderfully provoke Urine 10 The Roots of Filupendula being dryed and beaten to powder and taken inwardly are excellent good for the Strangury It is called Drop-wort whether it be because it cures them that piss by drops or because the roots hang like drops by small strings it matters not the one is their vertue the other shews that it is so 11. The best remedy in the world against the Strangury is this to save all the water the diseased party maketh and let the diseased party drink it down back again and that in very few dayes will cure him CHAP. 8. Of Vlcers in the Yard THe causes are clearly sharp and gnawing humors 2. Make a decoction of Sage in white Wine and inject it often into the Yard 3. If the Yard be swelled anoint it with warm Oyl of Roses 4. The juyce of Plantane injected into the Yard helpeth the Ulcers thereof 5. If you boil the Milk of a Goat or of an Ass with its equal quantity of juyce of Plantane till you have clarified it well and now and then drink a spoonful of it it helps not onely Ulcers in the Yard but also in the Kidneys and Bladder 6. If much sharp humors resort to the place â—s usually there doth in such cases take of those Cakes called Trochisi albi Rhazis with Opium â—ne dram plantane-Plantane-water four ounces beat the â—roches into powder and mix them with the â—lantane-water and inject it into the Yard with â— syringe a little at a time not all at once CHAP.
inwardly in this case 16. It is reported but whether it be true or no I know not that if there be any Pears in the room where a woman is in labour they wonderfully hinder delivery 17. Juniper-berries eaten or rather the distilled spirit of them drunk causeth delivery both of the childe and after-burthen 18. Dissolve a Swallows-nest in water strain it and let the woman labouring with child drink the water a good draught of it at a time it causeth the birth of the childe to be very easie CHAP. 17. Of the Gout TOwn cresses stamped and made in a Poltiss adding a little Sheeps-suet to it to keep it moist and applied to the place is a very good remedy 2. The place being anointed continually with Rape-seed-oyl will in time help the disease without any other remedy 3. The root of a Hollyhock or else of a Marsh-mallow being stamped and mixed with the grease of an old Dog and applied to the place will help the Gout in three dayes time 4. The seed of Plantane being beaten into powder and mixed with Hogs-grease and applied to the place is a great help against the Gout Take Mustard seed Figs and Honey a little Bread and a little Vinegar beat them all together and binde them to the grief Take the flesh of a fat Cat the grease of a Goose of a Badger and of a Fox Ivy-berries Sage Rue Virgins-wax Frankincense the Yolks of rosted Eggs and snails put all these in an earthen pot that hath a hole made in the bottom for the purpose lute the top of it close with paste that no Air may go out nor in and put the bottom of this pot into the mouth of another whole pot that is fit to receive it and lute them close together then dig a hole in the earth fit to receive the undermost pot and cover it up close with earth then make a fire about the uppermost and there will distill out of it a most excellent Oyntment to cure the Gout 7. Take six Bats or Flittermice boyl them in rain-rain-water with a few sprigs of Willow it makes an excellent Bath to cure the Gout 8. The Gouty place being anointed with Oyl of Henbane takes away the pain 9. Take Snails and bruise them and apply them to the place is a most admirable remedy 10. Kill a puppy dog that is not thirty dayes old and anoint the grieved place with its blood 11. Take a whelp of the age aforesaid and roste him and when he is half rosted cut him through the midst and apply him hot to the grieved place 12. Henbane heat hot between two Tile-sherds and applied to the place helps the disease 13. Make a plaister with Opium Saffron and the Yolks of Eggs and apply to the place 14. Make an Oyntment with Emmets and their Eggs and Hogs-grease adding a little Bay-salt to it and anoint the grieved place with it 15. The distilled Spirit of Misletoe the grieved place being bathed with it is as excellent a remedy for the Gout as most is 16. The ashes of burnt Time mingled with the White of an Egg and plaistered upon the place helpeth the Gout 17. A Bath made with Water wherein Emmets and their Eggs being first bruised have been boyled doth quickly help the oldest Gout that is 18. A most admirable remedy for the Gout but that is very difficult to be gotten in these parts is to anoint the place with the grease of a Lion 19. Gallen saith that the ashes of Coleworts being mixed with Hogs-grease will help the Gout in three dayes time if it be anointed with it 20. The dung of a Stork mixed with Hogs-grease helpeth the Gout though of long continuance 21. An Oyntment made of Rosa Solis and Hogs-grease is an excellent remedy 22. Hermodactils beaten into powder and made with an Oyntment in to Hogs-grease is very good 23. Pigeons-dung boyled in Wine till the Wine be consumed and used as a plaister helpeth the Gout 24. Take a pound of wax five pound of good Oyl a pound of good Wine boyl them together till the Wine be consumed afterwards mingle therewith two drachms of Euphorbium in powder make an Oyntment thereof the effects thereof hath been proved in Gouts of all sorts 25. A drachm of the Juyce of the rinde of a Popplar-tree being drunk every morning is an excellent remedy if you cannot get a drachm of the Juyce bruise the Bark and make a strong Decoction of it and of that you may drink a quarter of a pint CHAP. 18. For the Fistula and other hollow Vlcers MIngle the Milk of Spurge with Hogs-grease and boyl them together till they be well incorporated then put a little powder of Myrrh to them anoint the tent with this Oyntment and put it into the hole of the Fistula and it will cleanse it of all manner of filth 2. Take of Plantane Ribwort Primrose-Leaves and Dazies dry them and beat them into powder and let him that hath a Fistula take three drachms of this powder in a day inward in any convenient Liquor viz. one in the morning another at noon and the third at night it is a sovereign cure for all sorts of Fistula's and hollow Ulcers if they be cureable if not my Author saith the Patient will vomit up the Medicine again 3. The ashes made of a Dogs-head being burnt in a new pot helpeth any Fistula or Canker and cleanseth the hollow Uâ—cer of all his filthiness 4. If the Fistula have many holes or if there be but one and that one be so straight that it will not admit of a Tent as many times it happens by reason of hardness of the lips in such a case there is no better remedy then this take Goats-dung and boyl it well with Honey then strain it when it is hot and drop a little of it warm into the hole it taketh away the Swelling and draweth out the Filth and Corruption purgeth away the rotteness and healeth up the Fistula 5. If the Fistula be outwards put thereto the Juyce of Doves-foot and it will heal it if it be inward drink it inwardly and it will do the like 6. Let such as are troubled with Fistula's take a drachm of Myrobalans in powder every morning if the cause come of Melancholly let him take the powder of Indian Myrobalans but if it proceed of Choller use Citron Myrobaâ—ans 7. If it be a woman that have the Fistula drop into it the Juyce of a Cows turd but if it be a man that hath it let it be Juyce of a Bulls â—urd 8. The Juyce of Plantane put into the holâ—owness of the Fistula will help it 9. The Juyce of Ribwort and the Juyce of Pimpernel will do the like 10. If the Fistula be clean a Tent made of Lead being put into it will cure it you may pull 〈◊〉 out now and then if you please and put it in â—gain 11. Let such as are troubled with Ulcers or Fistula's use Avens in their ordinary drink 12.
dry and binde it ought to be of a slimy substance he must eat sparingly he may drink wine and water mixed together he must shun all exercise he must breath very gently for violent breathing is offensive he must not sleep in the day time his sleep at night must be moderate his belly must be kept loose by art or nature perturbations of his minde must be avoided especially anger The Postscript COurteous Student observing my indisposition of Health to encrease and still seize more powerfully on me I have so ordered through the trust I have imposed in some of my best Friends that these Papers preserserved for the publique good should out-live me in which as the old Saying is I have inclosed Homerâ— Iliads in a Nut-shel in these few Pages epitomized the Mystery of the Skill of Physick in this small Looking-glass representing to thy clear view above forty of the most dangerous and desperate Diseases that chiefly in this Life afflict ouâ— frail Bodies It cannot be expected that having confined my self to such narrow limits that I should have annexed there more particular Cures they having been so seriously and I hope through Gods Blessing successfully treated of in my foregoing Treatises I acknowledge in these my last Endeavors that I have in part made use of an excellent Manuscript amongst others some years since that came happily to my perusual whether it were 〈◊〉 Original a Coppy a Translation or the Authors Name I know not but whosoever he were I so approved of his admirable Reason that I thought it fit to joyn the best Experience of my own continued Practice to it Vis unita fortior It is â—â—t out of any arrogance or prerogative of my own fancy that I have stiled these three Diet Reaâ—on and Experience Doctors those that know 〈◊〉 rightly can determine that I was never so inmoured with that Title but onely to inform my â—istaken Countrey-men that it is not the Cowl â—â—at makes the Munk the shaking of the Vrinal â—e stroaking of the Beard hard Words the Plush â—loak a large House with a Monster in the first â—â—om to amaze the Patient but deep grounded Reaâ—â—â—n and tried Experience that commences a Physiâ—an with Diet Reason and Experience The three â—â—re-mentioned Authentick Doctors I have conâ—lted I commend their Advice to the well affectâ—â— and judicious for others I care not Nicholas Culpeper Chymical INSTITUTIONS DESCRIBING Natures Choicest Secrets in Experienced Chymical Practice shewing the several Degrees of Progression in the Physical Cabinet of that Art BY Nich. Culpeper Gent. late Student in Physick and Astrology LONDON Printed for Nath. Brook at the Sign of the Angel in Cornhill 1659. Chymical Institutions Describing Natures Choicest Secrets in Experienced Chymical Practice shewing the several degrees of Progression in the Physical Cabinet of that Art Chap. 1. Vinegar of Squills TAke of Squills the outward skins and hard root at the bottom being cast away one pound slice them with an Ivory or Bone Knife for Iron spoils them then put them into three quarts of strong Vinegar stop them close and in one moneth they will be ready for use and then if you please with Honey you may make them into a Syrup * According to the quality of the Patient strength of nature of the disease so let the Dose be 3 and therefore no certain Dose can generally be determined The Dose is one spoonful in the morning â—sting and walking an hour after it It preserveth the body in health even till exâ—eam old age as Samius recorded by Gallen â—oved whom he affirmed to live one hundred â—â—d seventeen Years in health using no other â—edicine but onely this It causeth good digestion long winde clear â—â—ce acute sight good hearing it expelleth winde and makes a good colour it suffers no offensive thing to remain in the body Winde Choller Phlegm Dung nor Urine but bringeth them forth brings out filth though it lies in the bones it hath been known to cure such as have been given over by all Doctors it cures hardness of the Liver and Spleen takes away Gouts and all swelling of the Limbs In a word I commend it for a wholesome Medicine for soundness of body conservation of health and vigor of minde The Colledge of Physicians of London laid all their heads together to hammer out the time when this Squill must be gathered or taken out of the earth and the result of all their consultations was this That it must be gathered at the rising of the Dog-star and so they very learnedly quoted it in that stately piece of Wit their Pharmacopeia but which of the two Dog-stars they mean whether Cyrius or Procyon or whaâ— rising whether Comiscal Acronychal or Heliacal I know not I nor I think themselves neither so that a childe in Astrology cannot chuse buâ— admire at their learned ignorance Chap. 2. Elixir Vitae TAke of Cloves Nutmegs Zedoary Giâ—ger Galangal Pepper white and blacâ— Juniper-berries Citron pills Orange pills Sagâ— Basil Rosemary Mints Marjoram Bay-berrieâ— Penniroyal Gentian Calamint Elder leave Roses white and red Spicknard Cubebs Aloe Hapatique the seeds of Mugwort and Marjoram of each two drams Figs Raisins Dates Almonds Pine-nuts of each six ounces white Honey a pound Musk one dram fine Sugar four pound bruise the things that may be bruised and infuse them all together in fifteen pints of Aqua vitae for ten dayes or thereabouts afterwards still it in a bathe till the feces be dry Take this water and stop it close in a glass let it stand in Horse-dung two Moneths then have you the first water good Then take out the feces and distil them in sand with a strong fire and there will come out a water red like blood and thick which will stink admirably place this in Horse-dung as the former this is the second water of the nature of fire The first water if a childe take a dram of it every third day in the morning it keeps its body sound from diseases it cureth wounds at three times washing with it or four at the most it helps all infirmities in the eyes a drop being put into them the face and breast being washed with it it preserveth Youth being taken inâ—ardly it provoketh Lust and makes barren women fruitful The latter water a spoonful will recover and revive a man that is half dead it helps pains in the Matrix and cures Pleurisies being used by â—nction it cures pains of the Chollick helpeth â—ardness of the Spleen pains in the teeth stinkâ—ng breath Feavers of all sorts being taken inwardly and powerfully prevails against humors of all sorts if any one be so sick that he cannot speak give him a drachm of this with a drachm of the former water and so soon as it is in his mouth he will speak This Dr. Floravantus saith he hath proved an hundred times yet if it lack not above half the number it is no matter Chap. 3. Aqua Mirabilis TAke of Turpentine one
when the vessels are thus Luted thâ— the animal and vegitable virtue cannot exhaâ—â— from the matter to be distilled then set a trâ—vet over the furnace with a vessel or Caldroâ—â— like Balneum Mariae which vessel fill halfâ— two parts thereof with water and underneat make a gentle fire increasing it by little and little and when the Cucurbite waxeth hot iâ—crease not the fire any more but alwayes imâ—tate nature as much as is possible to do Foâ— Nature as saith Gallenus and Lully cannot suffeâ— any violence without corruption of the primâ— vum or first matter Now according to Avicenna there arâ— four degrees of heat according to the four coâ—plexions the first whereof is warme as warâ— water so far calefied that it cannot hurt anâ— member immited into it The second degree 〈◊〉 so hot as it may be suffred by an humane member without lesion The third degree is so hot that if any member be immitted into it it is offended with its calidity and this degree is next to ebulition The fourth degree of heat is so vehement that it cannot be endured because it exceedeth in heat and this degree is ebulition or boyling Some also call the fire of a Bathe the first degree of fire and the heat of Ashes the second degree and burning fire the third degree but the fourth degree they deny And according to other Artists the fire of a Bathe is the first degree the fire of Ashes the second degree and Sand the third and sometimes proceed to a fourth but he who desires to be a perfect Master in the Art of Distillation ought to observe that in all Distillations whatsoever the fire never ought to be increased to the fourth degree because the fire will be more violent then the nature of the matter to be distilled can bear And by consequence Nature her self will be violated through the violence of too much heat and therefore of all Artists the fourth degree is to be rejected For Nature her self was so ordained by God that she cannot suffer any violence or vehement thing without the corruption of her self as by the judgement of many Philosophers may be proved Therefore I counsel all Lovers of this Art that they do not undertake to intermeddle with this excellent work given unto us by Divine Providence for the preservation of our humane lives unless they have the perfect knowledge of these four degrees of heat and know how to temperate them and the fire in alâ— things as they ought It is therefore to be understood that the degrees of heat are alwayes to be diminished afteâ— the first distillation because in the first distillation the matter is most gross so that it will noâ— easily yield to the distillation because of its impurity and crude substance which is not in thâ— subsequent distillations Therefore in the first distillation the fire is tâ— be exalted from the first degree to the last parâ— of the third degree so that the bathe be verâ— hot yet it ought not to boil In the second dâ—stillation we may work with a more gentle fire because by the first the grosseness of the matteâ— is somewhat attenuated so that there needs noâ— so great a fire and so alwayes by descending 〈◊〉 little in every degree you shall extenuate thâ— fire because as we have often said if you dâ—â— force or too much compel the matter whicâ— ought to be distilled Nature her self will bâ— corrupted Chap. 11. How a rude matter ought to be putrified and madâ— fit for Distillation WE must diligently weigh and accurately consider what substance the matter 〈◊〉 of that is to be digested whether it be hard oâ— soft gross or subtle how and by what Art iâ— may be putrified and digested that it may bâ— the better brought to yield to the distillation and that the pure may be sequestred from the impure and the gross may be the better separated from the subtle In the progress whereof observe these degrees of putrifaction Whatsoever it is out of which you would extract a Quintessence by distillation first of all let it be putrified and digested two moneths in Horse-dung and between the first and second distillation one moneth between the second and third three weeks between the third and fourth fifteen dayes between the fourth and fifth eight dayes between the fifth and sixth four dayes and between the sixth and seventh two dayes And further observe that the dung ought alwayes to be of the same equal heat for if the heat be deficient the circulation of the water is corrupted And by conseqence the matter it self which should be reduced into the Quintessence will be separated in the heat of Heaven as you may see in a Diameter Line which divideth the Quintessence which is the superiour part from the feces which is the inferiour part And here note that these degrees of digestion and putrifaction of the matter is so to be attributed as it is before declared concerning the degrees of heat Therefore there is required a longer time of putrifaction before distillation then afterwards and when the first distillation is made the matter contains not in it self so much grossness as before and is become more apt to receive the Quintessence then before it was And therefore after the first distillation the putrifaction is made in a shorter time then at the first because the matter is become more subtil And therefore it is worthily to be perpended that there ought to be made seven digestion or putrifactions as also seven distillations The manner also of digesting after the opinions of the Philosophers is delivered after this manner Every one that will endeavour to performe such a work let him cause to be made a pit oâ— hole of five foot deep and two foot wide or a little more Let the pit be made in some moist place as in a Celler which being done let the bottom bâ— covered with quick lime about the thickness oâ— half a foot Let there be another laying oâ— horse-dung which is not much putrified nor very new upon which place the vessel wherein yoâ— put the matter to be fermented and then fill thâ— pit with dung round about the vessel which being done let the dung be madefied with hot water according the magnitude and quantity of the pit untill you can feel the heat about the vessel or cucurbite and this is usually done in thâ— space of half an hour but if in that time it bâ— not done then proceed powring on more hoâ— water and do this three or four times in a weeâ— and when the Calx and Dung waxes old let iâ— be removed and new put in the room This is the method which is to be observed iâ— all things that you would distill and thereforâ— it is made digestion because gently and without any vehement motion of nature action or mutation a gross matter is made subtil and obedient to distillation Digestives are also ordained diversly according to the four degrees of heat so
and leave no humidity in the Vessel it is distilled enough When this matter is thus digested and rectified put it in a Pellican or a Vessel called the Vessel of Hermes luted and cemented with strong lute so that the strength of the matter cannot evaporate but by the frequent ascention and descention of the matter in the Vessel it is converted into a pure Quintessence and becomes from a corruptible matter in a manner incorruptible And when it hath many times been sublimed after that manner in the said distillatory then open the mouth of the Pellican and there will ascend out a most precious and fragrant Odour by which you may know whether there be any of the four Elements remaining in the matter which ought to be converted into the Quintessence For if it be brought to a perfect Quintessence there will arise out of the Circulatory a most fragrant and precious Odour even of a celestial fragrancy and sweetness And if this fume enter into any secret place of the house it will fill the whole house with an admirable and most incredible savour being of such heavenly sweetness and fragrancy and if it be set on the top of any tower Omnes Aves ad se attrahet quae circa sunt in Viciniis But if when it is opened it give not such a scent then close again the mouth of the Pellican and lute it well and set it again to distil as before until by that effect a perfect Quintessence appears or as Raimund Lully Lib. 1. Cap. 2. a vegetable Mercury which you may alwayes know by its odour And it hath not onely an excellent odour and taste but is also incorruptible as to other Medicines and doth not burn in the mouth as Aqua vitae neither hath it any humidity or earthly substance for all the terrestrial and elementary matter remains in the bottom And as the Heaven it self is composed of matter and form so also is the Quintessence Nevertheless it is not altogether free from corruption for if it were perfectly incorruptible it would make our bodies perpetual and eternal which the Creator hath not permitted to the Creatures since he hath measured out the term of our life as saith the Psalmographer therefore when any matter is converted into a Quintessence it is not become divine but natural nevertheless it is made by the divine help and assistance of God without whom nothing is made Chap. 15. An easie way to extract a Quintessence without Fire WHen in this excellent Work you would avoid expence and save that which is more precious the loss of time and would extract the Quintessence after this double way you may do it without fire or coals The first way is this Take Horse-dung and impose it in some large deep vessel or in a pit as before is directed made for this purpose and in the middle of the dung place the distillatory impleted with the matter that is to be distilled two thirds and let the third part remain empty without the dung because nature requires it that the matter may have its ascent and descent and may by consequence be converted into a most clear water And this is done without any labour or fire but you ought once in a weak at least to renew the dung It may be also done in the Sun in the Canicular or Dog dayes so that divine Providence hath provided that both rich and poor may have the operation of this Art Chap. 16. To extract the Quintessence of Celandine CHelidonia or Celandine according to Raymund Lully c. is called Quasi Coelidonum as a gift of Heaven but if we will derive its Etymology from the Greeks Pliny and Aristotle say that Chelidonia takes it name from the greek word Celidon which signifies a Swallow for with this herb the Swallows help their young ones to their sight in their nests And this herb flourishes at the coming of Swallows and dies at their departure This herb hath innumerable vertues and therefore I thought not fit to omit it in this work The juyce of it being pressed and strained out and gently boiled with Honey in a vessel upon hot embers is a singular remedy against all scales of the eyes But to make the Quintessence thereof take of Celandine in the Summer time when it is at its maturity and green the whole substance flower herb and root what quantity you please cut it small and beat it in a stone Mortar then put it in an earthen Cucurbite well glazed fill the Cucurbite quite full luting it well then set it in new Horse-dung to ferment and digest by the space of three weaks then put it on an Alembick and distil it in Balneo Mariae let thâ—â— to be somewhat moderate and the Phlegme will come off and the other Elements will remain in the bottom of the distillatory then take out the Feces and work them upon a Marble till you have made them as fine and subtle as possible then put them again into the vessel and pour upon them the Phlegme which you first distilled off from them and put them in a blinde Alembick let them be very well luted and set in Balneo Mariae seven or eight dayes to putrifie and digest Or if you think that way too chargeable ferment it in Horse-dung this being done let the matter stand and cool a while then distil it in ashes in an Alimbeck with a receiver and there will arise a pure water of the colour of Oyl which contains in it self two Elements to wit the Air and Water the other two viz. the Fire and Earth residing in the bottom And if you would separate the Phlegm from the Air put the Oyl in a new distillatory and distil it in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire and you shall see the Phlegme ascend and the Oyl will reside in the distillatory and thus you have these two Elements the Air and Water separarated one from another For the Oyl will not ascend in Balneo because the fire is not powerful enough And when you would seperate the other two Elements take the Feces out of which you have distilled the oyl and bruise them upon a marble as at first afterwards take four parts of Phlegm and one part of Feces and incorporate them together then set them in a furnace in Balneo 7. days and afterwards distil them in sand with a strong fire and there will arise a red water continue your distillation till it is converted into that water and you have in that water two Elements viz. Fire and Water and the Earth remains in the bottom of the Cucurbite as a black matter then put that red water in another Cucurbite and distil it in Balneo Mariae and the Phlegme will be separated from it and in the bottom of the Vessel will remain a red Oyl which is the Element of fire and thus you have 〈◊〉 four Elements severally extracted and sepaâ—ated one from another Then let the earth be calcined with
Aqua â—â—tis the space of ten dayes that it may be well â—â—citated afterwards grinde it again upon a â—arble and imbibe it with the same Phlegm â—â—d distil it in an Alimbeck till in the matter â—ou shall perceive white little stones like salt â—issolve this salt again with the water you have â—istilled and when it is dissolved distil it again â—epeating it so often untill the earth lose all its 〈◊〉 pure and terrene colour and become white 〈◊〉 Virgins wax and then it is truly rectified There is also another more subtil way to reâ—â—ce and bring every Element into his chief subâ—â—ance and Quintessence it being presupposed â—â—at every Element is first rectified then let it â—e taken and put in a Circulatory Vessel and 〈◊〉 in Horse-dung or in Balneo Mariae thirty â—â—yes and afterwards distil it again then its â—ody being as it were a gross matter will be â—â—nged into a spirit or most substil substance There are some who operate after a more â—â—sie manner by taking four parts of Earth and â—â—e part of one of the four Elements which you â—â—ll and digest them in forme aforesaid and cirâ—â—late them thirty dayes by a frequent ascension â—â—d descension of the matter which is done in â—â—e Circulatory in that space of time so as every â—â—e of the Elements is converted into a Quinâ—â—â—sence and when you perceive the Quintesâ—â—â—ce to swim above the other matter then it is circulated enough and thus you have thâ— way to extract the Quintessence of Chelidonia it follows now to declare the virtues thereof The Element therefore of Water or thâ— Phlegm conduces to expel all diseases of the body whether hot or cold for it temperates thâ— veins about the heart and expells all poisoâ— therefrom it cures all accidental diseases of thâ— Lungs purifies the blood and preserves the natural virtue of man from all corruption anâ— abateth the malignity of any infirmity The Element of fire is like Oyl and hath theâ— virtues it confirmes and preserves youth in iâ— strength and beauty because it suffers not anâ— blood to putrifie it expells all salt Phlegâ— and Melancholly and wonderfully takes awaâ— all Adust Choller The Element of fire the quantity of oâ— Grain thereof being taken and incorporatâ— with good Wine and applyed to the Neck 〈◊〉 one that is sick nay a dying hath this efficacy it recovers and restores again all the lost powâ— and strength of the body it penetrates unâ— the heart and calefies it and expells all poisoâ— and superfluous moisture from the heart if yoâ— give a man a grain of this Oyl that is an Agâ—ny of death it will immediately revive him 〈◊〉 a miraculous manner saith Lullyus There are also others who do likewise extract a Quint essence from Chelidonia after aâ—other manner by taking the Herb Rooâ— and Flower of Celandine and weigh it reseâ—ving the weight for its time then cut it smaâ—â— and infuse it in Fountain-water then boil it till it is reduced to its former weight this being done beat it in a stone Mortar and strain out the juyce take away the Feces and boil the rest unto the thickness of Honey and then the matter will be prepared to separate the four Elements one from another which to do put it in a â—ucurbite filling him half full and lute an Alimbeck upon it the best way you can and distil it in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire so that the water may be separated from the matter Then place the Distillatory in ashes and another water will be separated from it which is like oyl and when you see the oyl swim on the top the third time remove the receiver and apply another to receive that Oyl which is the fire And thus you have the three Elements separated viz. Water Air and Fire and the Earthly substance remains in the bottom of the vessel as it were a combust matter now reserve every one of these Elements in a vessel by its self and when you would rectifie any one of them to make it medicinal distil the water seven times in an Alembick and in every distillation wash the Cucurbite from its remaining Feces and admix them with the earthly Element and distil them in Balneo Mariae and let the vessel wherein that water is reserved be well luted After this manner you may also rectifie the Air by a seplenary reiteration in ashes alwayes mixing the Feces with the Earth so likewise may you temperate and rectifie the fiery Element and this is the third Oyl which must also be kept in a vessel close shut and so musâ— all the rest The work being thus done and perfected wâ— proceed to demonstrate and shew the nature and vertues thereof The vertue and quality of the watry substance is to expel all venomous heaâ— from the Breast and to mundifie the Blood to open all oppilations of the Lungs and Liver to evacuate Phlegm and superfluous humours The Oyl of the Air conserves youth strength and beauty suffers not the blood to putrifie noâ— Melancholly to rule nor Choller to burn noâ— Phlegm to abound in mans body but increases the blood and disperses it through all the members of the body it is very penetrating It is good also if any one be in danger of losing the sight of an Eye drop a drop oâ— two thereof into the Eye every day and in thirty dayes you shall see a wonderful effect But the quality of the fiery Oyl is of much more efficacy and vertue then the two other it wonderfully preserves old men and keeps back old age calefies the blood recreates the heart preserves a man from death and restores youth And if it be taken with Aqua Sîliginis it is said to be the Elixer of life The earthly matter being rectified three times by dissolutions coagulations and calcinations is a subtle salt of earth with which all Metals may be transmâ—â—ted into Stone and wherewith all Spirits are fixed having radical moisture The manner of taking this Medicine is this Take Ignis Chelidoniae gutta 3. Aqua Rosarum coclearia 3. sumantur stomacho jejuno If the infirmity be cold give it in Wine if the party exceed twenty four years of age give it in Aqua vitae but in burning Feavers in no wise administer to the Patient Chap. 17. To extract a Quintessence from Mans Blood Eggs Flesh or the like TO extract a Quintessence of humane blood take the blood of a man of a sanguine Complexion or Chollerick that is sound and healthy of Middle-age and one that drinks good Wine when he is newly phlebotomized and when the blood resides in the bottom of the vessel separate the water from the blood and labour it in a convenient vessel with its tenth part of common Salt and labour them well together and inclose it in a Pellican Afterwards set it in a bed of Horse-dung and Calx viva about five foot deep and two foot broad having one laying of the Calx and another of
Dung as before we have directed concerning digestion and let it be fermented there one Moon or thereabouts according as the season is and when you see the matter to be resolved into water and the gross substance residing in the bottom of the Pellican to be separated quite from the water then take it out of the dung and put it in Balneo Mariae with an Alimbeck and distil it with a gentle fire as before is spoken of the Quintessence of Wine And when you have performed the first distillation mix it again with the Feces which remain in the Distillatory and let it putrifie again in the dung until you see the pure to be separated from the impure and the pure and subtle matter to swim above the Feces And if the season be fair and clear let it putrifie a longer time then if it were cloudy or rainy weather This being done distil it again the second time then mix it again with the Feces to digest and then distil it repeating this course four times over at least After the fourth distillation circulate it a long time in the same manner as you do the Quintessence of Wine till it come to the perfection and purity of a Quintessence of humane blood which hath a noble vertue to sustain humane nature in all infirmities and free the body from all Diseases Let this therefore suffice to have spoken concerning humane blood If you would also extract a Quintessence from Flesh or Eggs let the Flesh be finely and subtly minced and then bray it in a Mortar with a tenth part of common Salt In like manner let the Eggs be beat in a Mortar with alt till they be reduced into water afterwards put them in a Cucurbite and place thereupon a blinde Alimbeck and worâ— in all things in digestion fermentation and distillation as is directed touching humanâ— blood Chap. 18. To draw a Quintessence from Apples Pears and other fruits IF you would draw a Quintessence from Apples Prunes Cherries Chestnuts or such kinde of Fruits first cut them small with a knife then beat them in an earthen Mortar and incorporate them well with the tenth part of common Salt afterwards put them in a Cucurbite and place thereupon a blinde Alimbeck well luted and set it in Horse-dung to putrifie as before is spoken concerning humane blood and then the vertue and excellency of the Fruit cometh forth out of its essence which lies occult in the matter and when it is separated from its Feces and gross matter it is reduced to a certain immaterial and incorrupt matter deservedly by Philosophers called the Quintessence of Fruits and hath an hundred times greater vertue then it had before when it was an Elementary Body Chap. 19. To extract a Quintessence from Flowers Herbs and Roots IF you would separate a Quintessence from the four qualities of Flowers Herbs and Roots take them when they are at their full maturity with their whole substance in a clear and serene season the Moon increasing near the full for then the Herbs are more free from corruption and after you have cut them small beat them in a Marble Morter with the tenth part of salt and impose in a circulatory Let it ferment in Horse-dung a moneth renewing the dung once a week then at the monthes end take it out of the dung place upon it a blinde Alimbeck and distil it in Balneo Mariae augmenting the fire to the third degree then reserving the distilled water take the feces and pulverize them finely afterwards powre the distilled water upon the feces and again set on a blinde Alembick luting all well distil them as at first in Balneo Mariae abating the fire half a degree Afterwards pulverize the feces again and powre on them the distilled water let it digest again and distil it the third time and putrifie it alwayes abating the fire half a degree decrease also the putrifaction half a degree alwayes see that in the second digestion it putrifie one and twenty dayes in the third fourteen dayes and in the fourth eight so that it is to be fermented four times After the fourth distillation is performed put it in a Circulatory and bury it in Horse-dung or in Balneo making the fire in the first degree or it may also be set in the Sun in Summer and circulated there one moneth or a little more while the superfluous humidity of the four qualities is quite digested consumed and resolved in the Circulatory by frequent ascension and descension and thus you have a Quintessence wherein consists the greatest vertue of Herbs Flowers and Roots You may do it likewise after the same manner as Chelidonia and it will be the stronger Chap. 20. How to distill Vinegar and mans Vrine wherein all calcined Metals may be resolved WE have already declared that Sol may be dissolved in distilled Vinegar we come now to describe the manner of distilling the Vinegar for there is a great difference between the distillation of Aqua vitae and Vinegar for in Aqua vitae the better substance is first distilled but in Vinegar it is last take therefore the best Vinegar you can get put it in a Cucurbite and set thereon an Alimbeck and distill it in ashes or in sand or in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire until no more water will come forth taste the water often upon your Tongue if it be very sharp with a kinde of ucerdacity or biting then it is time to remove the receiver and put another in his place which is to be well luted and augment the fire a little and when you see little white lines as it were little Clouds in the Alimbeck continue distilling until the spirits do arise the Vapors whereof you shall see arise unto the top of the Cucurbite and pass out of the Alimbeck into the receiver but when you see as it were drops of blood in the Limbeck then apply another receiver and let it distil until all that sanguine matter be come into the receiver and this matter is very fetid smelling of Combustion and therefore is not fit to resolve Calcined Sol to make Aurum potabile but good to tinge mettals because the fetor of the Combustion will adhere to the substance of the Sun whereby the Aurum potabile will be corrupted But if you would distill mans Urine wherein leaves of Gold or Calcined Gold may be dissolved from which the Urine being so distilled may be extracted a colour to make the Aurum potabile so much spoken of which hath an excellenâ— virtue against the Gout the feet being twice or thrice in a day bathed therewith and let dry of themselves it is good also for such as are Ptysical and for many other diseases which for brevities sake I omit Take therefore the Urine of a man of a sanguine complexion or a sound Choller one that drinks good Wine and is not above thirty five years of age distil it four times by an Alimbeck in Balneo Mariae
Jasper 270 Nephriticus ibid Tiburones 271 Blood-stone ibid Haematites ibid. Sea-sand 272 Whetstone ibid Aetites ibid. Chelidonius 274 Lincyrius ibid. Amber ibid. Lapis Lazuli 275 Blatta Byzantia 275 Pearls ibid. Corral 276 Turkey-stone ibid. Doctor Diets Directory or the Physicians Vade Mecum being choice and safe Rules for health page 279 Of Diet page 280 The Diet to be used For sanguine persons page 281 For Phlegmatick persons ibid. For Chollerick persons page 282 For Melancholly persons ibid. Of exercises 283 Of sleep 284 Of Venery 285 Of bathing page 287 A Diet for a Feaver and an Ague page 288 A â—â—et to be used for the Chollick and Stone 〈◊〉 For all sorts of Gouts 289 For the Leprosie 〈◊〉 For the Falling-sickness 290 For the Head-ache 291 For a Consumption 292 For short breath 293 For the Palsie 294 For Madness ib. For the Dropsie 295 For Surfeits page 295 Of several sorts of drink 297 Of Wine 299 Of Ale 300 Of Beer ib. Of Sider 301 Of Meed 301 Of Metheglin ib. Of Whey ib. Of Posset-Ale 302 Of Coit 302 Of Honey 302 Of Bread page 303 Bread made of Misling and Rye page 303 Of Broaths in General page 305 Of Firmity ib. Of Pease and Bean-pottage page 306 Of Almond-milk and Rice-pottage ib. Alebrews Caudles 306 Honey-sops and other Broaths 306 Of Eggs. 306 Of Butter 307 Of Cheese 308 Of Milk 309 Of Asses-Milk ib Of Cream 310 Of Almond-Butter ib. Of Fish 311 Of Sea-Fish ib. Of Salt-Fish 312 Of Anchoves ib. Of Cod-Fish ib. Of Cockles 313 Of Conger ib. Crabs ib. Of Herrings ib. Of Lobsters 314 Maâ—carels ib. Maids ib. Mussels ib. Of Oysters 315 Plaise ib. Of Shads ib. Of Shrimps ib. Of Scate 316 Of Soales ibid. Of Sturgeon ib. Of the Thornback ib. Turbat 317 Of Whitings 217 Of Barbles ib. Crabs ib. Of Eels 318 Of Flounders Gudgeons Lampreys ib. Muslets 319 Of the Pearch ib. Of the Pike ib. Roaches 320 Of Salmond 320. Smelts ib. Of Trouts page 321 Of Wilde or Tame Fowl and small Birds 321 Of Tame Domestick Fowl 321 Of Small Birds ib. Of Beef 322 Of Mutton Of Lamb. ibid. Of Veal 323 Of Pork 223 Of Bacon ib. Of Brawn ib. Of Pigs 324 Of Kids ib. Of Wilde beasts 324 Of the Hare 325 Of Rabbets ib. Of the Head Brain Skin Fins Fat Marrow Tongues Stones of Flesh or Fowl page 325 Of Rosted Boyled or Fryed meats page 326 Of Roots Plants and Spices The roots of Borrage and Bugloss 327 Of Elizaunder and Enula-Campana 327 Of Parsley and Fennel ib. Of Turnips and Parsnips ib. Of Radishes and Carrots 328 Of the Roots of Rapes Onions Leeks Garlick ib. Cabbage 329 Of Asparagas 329 Of Musk-Mellons 329. Of Potata-roots ib. Radishes ibid. Of Skirret Roots 330 Of Borrage and Bugloss 331 Of Artechokes and Roket ib. Of Endive and Succory ib. of White Beets and Purslain ib. Time and Parsley ib. Of Lettice and Sorrel 332 Of Marigolds ib. Of Penny-royal and Hyssop 333 Of Rosemary and Roses ib. Of Fennel and Annis ib. Of Sage ib. Violets 334 Water-Cresses ib. Of Tansey Of Rue ib. Of Wormwood ib. Of Figs. 335 Of great Raisons ib. Small Râ—sons 336 Of Currans ib. Of Grapes Of Peaches Of Medlers Of Services 337 Straw-berries Cherries ib. Nuts great and small ib. Of Pease and Beans ib. Of Pearâ— and Apples ib. Of Pomegranates and Quinces 338 Of Dates and Mellons ib. Of Gourdâ— Cowcumbers c. ib. Of Apricocks Of Barberries ib. Of Citrons and Lemons 339. Of Mulberries and Raspis ib. Of Goose-berrie ib. Of Prunes and Damsins 340 Of Olives and Capers ib. Of Spices Ginger Of Peper Of Cloves Of Mace 341 Nutmegs Cinamon Liquoris ib. Of Salt Of Sugar 342 Doctor Reason and Doctor Experience consulted with or the mystery of the skill of Physick made easie 343 Of the Apoplexy ib. Of the Mother 346. Of Melancholly ib. Of Black Choller 347. Of the overflowing of the monethly Tearms 348 Of the suppression of the Tearms 349 Of the obstruction of the Liver 350 Of the Hicket 351 Of the Stone 352 Of the Hearing ib. Of Madness 353 Of the shortness of Breath 354 Of the Plague 355. Of Catarracta or Suffusion 357 Of the French-pox ib. Of the weakness of the Stomach 359 Of the Squinancy 360 Of involuntary pissing 361 Of the inflamation of the Eyes ib. Of the Night-Mare 363 Of Convulsions ib. Of Choller 265 Of Head-ache 366 Of the Cough 367 Of the Flux of the Belly and its cure 368 Chymical Institutions Describing Natures choycest Secrets in experienced Chymical Practices shewing the several degrees of progression in the Physical Cabinet of that Art page 405 Of Vinegar of Squills page 405 Of Elixer vitae page 406 Aqua Mirabilis page 408 A precious water page 409 An apprehension worth experience page 410 A wonderful Balsam page 411 A Balsam for the Stone page 412 A Balsam for the Palsie page 413 Of the Quintessence of every simple matter page 413 Of the Quintessence of Wine to be extracted by a distillatory page 417 How a Rude matter ought to be putrified and made fit for distillation page 420 How to know whether Wine digested in a Circulatory be fit for Distillation page 425 How to distil by way of Circulation page 426 How to extract the Quintessence without labour or cost page 427 An easie way to extract a Quintessence without fire page 430 To extract the Quintessence of Celandine page 430 To extract a Quintessence from Mans Blood Eggs Flesh or the like page 437 To draw a Quintessence from Apples Pears and other Fruits page 4â—9 To extract a Quintessence from Flowers Herbs and Roots page 439 How to distil Vinegar and Mans Vrine wherein all Calcined Metals may be resolved page 441 To make an Aqua vitae Composita for men of a cold complexion or Region page 442 An excellent Compound water used by the Emperour Frederick the Third page 445 An excellent Compound water against all Vlcers Poysons c. page 446 The vertues of the same water page 449 An excellent Compound water for the Plague page 448 A precious water used by the Count Palatine page 450 A precious compound water of Life which may be used instead of a natural Balsam page 451 Aqua vitae Composita against the Vertigo of the Head and the Palsie page 454 A precious water for the Head Brain and Memory page 455 To make a celestial precious water called the Secret of Secrets page 457 The vertues of the same water page 459 A Table of Diseases contained in this Book with their several Cures A APoplexy 346 Agues 73 75 78 80 98 100 177 179 181 188 Aposthumes 73 144 Aches 88 101 105 139 148 149 166 After-birth 120 122 123 170 171 Agues Quartane 75 91 111 122 B BRain comforteth 71 97 111 187 Bleeding stoppeth 72 90 92 96 101 102 142 143 162 168 169 180 383 Breathing helpeth 72 73 192 354 Breath stinking 72 Belly pained 74 75 81 Bruises 74 94 150 163
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Exercitatio Elleiptica Nova or a new Mathematical Contemplation on the Oval Figure called an Elleipsis together with the two first Books of Mydorgius his Conicks Analiz'd and made so plain that the Doctrine of the Conical Sections may be easily understood a Work much desired and never before publisht in the English Tongue by Jonas Moor Surveyor General of the great Level of the Fenns 24. The Joyes of Heaven the Saints support in Gods promises on Earth Christs Sermons on the Beatitudes An Exposition of the fifth Chapter of St. Matthew delivered in several Sermons by Mr. Jeremiah Borroughs the last Sermons he preacht a little before his Death at St. Giles Cripple-gate London 25. Naps upon Parnassus A sleepy Muse nipt and pincht though not awakened Such voluntary and Jovial Coppies of Verses as were lately received from some of the WITS of the Universities in a Frolick dedicated to Gondibert's Mistress by Captain Jones and others Whereunto is added for Demonstration of the Authors prosaick Excellencies his Epistle to one of the Universities with the Answer together with two Satyrical Characters of his own of a Temporizer and an Antiquary with Marginal Notes by a friend to the Reader 26. The compleat Midwife's Practice in high and weighty Concernments of Mankinde the second Edition corrected with a full Supply of such most useful and admirable Secrets which Mr. Nicholas Culpeper in his brief Treatise and other English Writers in the Art of Midwifry have hitherto wilfully passed by kept close to themselves or wholly omitted by T. Chamberlaine M. P. 27. A Manuel or Miscelany of Meditations Apotâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 Sentences Precepts Observations Characters and Essayes by R. R. 28. America Painted to the Life the History of the Conquest and first Original undertakings of the advancement of the Plantations in those Parts with an exquisite Map by F. Gorges Esquire 29. The School of Physick or the General Experimental Practice of the whole Art so reduced either into Aphorismes or choice and tried Receipts that the free-born Students of the three Kingdoms may in this Method finde perfect wayes for the operation of such Medicines so Astrologically and Physically prescribed as that they may themselves be competent judges of the cures of their Patients by Nicholas Culpeper To this exquisite Work the Narrative of the Authors life is prefixed together with his Nativity Calculated by himself Publisht with the acknowledgement and approbabation of his Late Wife Mistress Alice Culpeper 30. Blagrave's admirable Ephemeris for the Year 1659. 31. The Ascents of Mose in Parallels with his late Serene Highness Oliver Lord Protector now in the Press 32. J Cleaveland Revived Poems Orations Epistles and other of his Genuine Incomparaâ—â—◠〈◊〉 never before Publisht With some 〈…〉 â—uisite Remains of the most eminent 〈…〉 both the Universities that were his 〈◊〉 â—poraries FINIS