thing is that he be made to vomite in giuing him drinke oile oliue and lie made of the Ashes of the shrubbes of vines or of the braÌ„ches of a wilde peare tree with salt and vinaigre tempred with water Hennes Egges also be good beyng drunke with Vinaigre tempered with water And these remedies be good for any man that hath drunke Plaster or eaten any thinge that choketh or him to whome some manne hath giuen menstruall blood to drinke as wicked wemen some time doe To be assured and safe from all Sorcerie and Enchantement TAke Squilla and tie it vpon the principall gate or doore of your house and you shall assure all the inhabitantes in it from all sorcerie and enchantmentes Also this Squilla assureth and kepeth al plantes and trees that are about the house where it is planted or set from all noisomnesse and infection of the ayer Against lightning and tempest IN the place where there is tied the skinne of a beast called in latine Hyena or of a Cocodrille or of a Hyppopotame or of a sea Calfe or seale the lightening tempest and thonder will neuer fall there nor likewise vpon a haye tree nor figge tree To keepe that fruites shall not fall before they be ripe IF you tie wilde Figges vpon the trees in your Garden from the whiche your fruite falleth it shall not onely not fall doune but also these figges will keepe them safe To keepe that wesels and other like beastes shall not eate nor destroy Poultrie RUbbe your Pultrie with the iuice of Rue or herbe grace and the Wesels shall do them no hurt also if they eate the Lunges or lightes of a Foxe the Foxes will not eate them To make Flaxe as softe as Silke TAke what quantite of Flaxe you will that is good and faire kembe it as ready to be sponne Then take freshe and recent Calues dunge as muche as will suffise to paste ouer the saide flaxe and lette it be well washed after it hath remained fiue or sixe houres so soked and couered with the dunge and it will be as softe as silke maie be sponne as fine as a man will To heale the paine of the Head TAke Maioram and presse out the iuice of it and let the pacient take of it into his Nose To heale lippes that be clefte and full of chinkes by meanes of colde or winde TAke gomme Arabike and Dragant asmuch of the one as of the other and make pouder of it and incorporate it with Oile of Violettes and anoint your lippes therwith To heale handes that be full of Chappes by colde or winde TAke mastike frankences newe waxe and oile of roses make of all this an vnguent or ointmeÌ„t and anoint the chappes or chinkes of your handes and they will immediatly be hole To grinde Golde and Siluer TAke the cutting or paringe of beaten Golde the value of halfe a croune than take some gomme Arabick asmuche as two beanes and stiepe it in so little water that it skant becouered ouer and leaue it so a night than braie it a little vpon a marble stone and put to it the Golde by litlle and little and incorporate it well with the gomme Then braie it slightly the space of two houres in gathering it vp vnder the stone that grindeth it for in spreading it abrode much of it is lost and with a pensill weate the Golde rounde about for seare lesse it should drie for you should lose it bicause of the gomme that maketh it to drie vp Then you shall take half an vnce of salt peter whiche you shall put in a little câ—fer or casket of yron and put to it so muche water that it maie be scant couered and boile it on the fire skimming it well then straine it with a double linen cloth and thicke and let it coole and it will congele and be white Then braie it with the Golde the space of an houre and a halfe and than it is grounde This don take it vp with a fine pensill and putte it in a cuppe or goblet of glasse and resolue all into water Than must you haue ready three or foure cuppes of Glasse for to empty the water in from hand to hand then put the water vpon the Golde and with the ende of your finger washe it well with the Gomme and salt peter and you shall empty the water from hand to hand into the cuppes of glasse Also you muste haue ready some shelles cleane and drie for to put it in and the Golde beyng well washed in the cuppe or goblet let there be a little water in it and sturre the Golde with a pinne and you shall empty by little and little in the dishe all that quantite whiche you thinke you will cut of and make thereof suche measure that you maie haue your money againe And you must knowe that there is alwaies half in half gotten vpon it And in emptiyng it mixe it well togither to the ende that the course maie goe to the bottom and mingle it not with the fine for you should do hurte vnto your worke and your selfe wronge but keepe it for you maie grinde it ones againe and whan it is in the dishe you shall holde it ouer a flambing cole not letting it rest still but remouing it faire and softly and it will waxe drie seeme fayrer to the eye And thaÌ„ kepe it from all filth dust To make faire Verdegrise after the newe facion TAke strong Vinaigre and viij vnces of the siling or skales of Copper well made cleane from all dust foure vnces of Baye salt two vnces of it and than facion what bede stones you will make the hole of them little and lette them drie well in the sunne and if you bake them in an ouen they wil dure longer and will be stronger Than giue them a light colour with hole armenick the white of an egge laie siluer foile very fine vpon them but weate it first with water and then polish theÌ„ with a dogges tooth and make them glister and shine Then take the shearinges or paringes of parchement that be white and not colored or painted and washe them with luke warme water and boile them in a newe potte vntill they be well sodden and somewhat ingrossed waxen to a substance or body then straine them finely and whan you will occupie them about your worke lette them be luke warme Than take your Perle and put it vpon the ende of a needle or some other fine or smal yron to the intent the hole be not stopt and so plonge it into the said parchemeÌ„t glue take it out quickly againe and turne it round that the glue maie not rest in one place of it but that it maie be of like thicknesse rounde about the Perle and if it appeare not thicke inough vnto you dippe it in againe and it will shewe better that is to faie the whitnesse will shine vnder the glue will make a certaine
also the Figges Snailes and the egges and mingle all these waters togither and put a parte half of the same water and kepe the other halfe and put it into a vessell of glasse and mingle into it all the other thinges and let them bee firste made into pouder and put to also the waxe then set it in the sunne and leaue it there vntill all become like vnto waxe then take it out with a white linen clothe and take fiftene Egges and stille theim in the same water and powre all this coÌ„posicion into the saied water distilled with a pound of rawe Honie and set it again in the Sunne and let it remaine there vntill the water bee dried vp and it will bee parfite good And afterward when you will occupie it take asmoche of it as a Wheate corne and anointe your face with the water that you did sette aparte that is to saie that of the flowers and it will proue a merueilous thing To take out the wrinkles of the face TAke a little of the wood of a white Vine or els a little of Brionie and stampe it with a drie Fig that is faâ—te that is to saie pastie and anointe your face with it and then go walke till you sweate for if you should not sweate the Vine would take of the skin and the Brionie make you blacke To make beare slacke in comming forthe or growing in yong men as well on their beard as in other partes TAke a rasour that is made of copper mixt with Auripigmentum otherwise called Arsnic or Orpine in the melting of it so that it bee incorporated togither and shaue the bearde or heare withall and it shall neuer growe again or if you heate the said rasour of copper in the fire and quenche it in the blod of a Salamander or els in the milke of Sowthistles If also you rubbe the place where you will not that heare shall growe with the bloode of a fishe called a Tony it will done the like Also if you take Beanes and seeth theim in water and washe the place euery daie with that water the heare will not growe or at the least long or thei came forthe To make heare growe in euery place of the body where you will TAke greate greene Lisardes or sea Frogges and cutte of their heddes and their tailes and drie the reste in an Ouen and make pouder of it Then take the yelke of an Egge and make Oile thereof and mengle all togither diligently that is to saie the pouder and the oile and anoint the place with it where you will heare shall growe and thei will come for the shortly To make heares blacke TAke a Combe of Leade and kembe your hedde with it alwaies and the heares will be blacke Take also Crowes egges and make oile of theÌ„ and laie a combe of horne in it and let it remain there till it hath dronke vp all the oile then take it out and kembe your hedde with it and by continuall vsing of it your heare will be blacke To make a water that will make the face redde and glisteryng TAke a pound of Aqua vite of three seethinges an vnce of Brasill that is good ten Cloues orientall and ten graines of Nasturtium otherwise called Cardaâ—â— in English Cresses or toune Kerse and fiue graines of Cubiâ—es and stampe all togither verie small then put it into a vessell of glasse with the Aqua vite and stoppe it sure and boile it a little and then distill it in Balneo Marie or with a verie small fire and it shall be in his perfection To die or colour heere TAke half an vnce of Aqua fortis sixe penie weight of good â—â—luâ—r and sixe vnces of Rose water and washe your hedde with it Take also Litarge and of the ashes of Nettles and mingle them togither and rubbe your heere with it To take awaie the euill sauour of the breath TAke Cheruile Mirre and Cyperus called of the Apoticaries IuÌ„â—us odoratus as moche of one as of the other and make theim into pouder then take Rosen and of all this pilles and drinke theim in your wine To get awaie the heares from the iye browes TAke the galle of a he Gote or of a she Gote but the he Gote is better and dooeth it soner and rub your iye browes and the heare will 〈◊〉 ly fall awaie To die or to colour all kinde of metall or stone into the colour of golde without golde TAke salte Armoniac white Vitrioll stone salt and Verdegris and make all into a verie fine pouder and â—aâ—e of this pouder vpon the metal or stone that you die or colour vntill it hee couered ouer with it then put your stone or metall into the fire and leaue it there a good hoâ—â—â— then take it out and quenche it in vrine or pisse newly made For to make Iron or Steele softe YE shal take the iuyce of Hemlocke and put the yroÌ„ or steele beynge redde hoate into it three or foure tymes and let it remayne in it vntyll it be thorowe colde Take also oile and put into it seuen times some molten Leade and then quenche the yron in it at the ende of foure or fiue times To harden Yron or Steele TAKE the iuice of MelanthiuÌ„ otherwise called Nigella romana or the herbe called Mouse eare and quench your Iron hote therin three or foure times To make Figges ripe quickly LET the Fygges come to theyr parfyte greatnes than pryke theym with a pinne and rubbe thyem wyth a lytle Oyle oliue then bynde theym about wyth Greene Olyue leaues so that they maye be couered round about with them and so let them ripe in what place you will To make Hennes laie Egges all the winter TAKE the toppes of Netles when they beginne to haue seede and drye theym and gyue the Hennes a litle of it with Bren and Hempe seede and they shal laie euery day an Egge To make a Glue or paste that holdeth as fast as a naile TAKE Pixe Greca and Rosen the pouder of burned Brycke whyche is called Ceruse and mengle al togither and heate it when you wil occupie it and whan it is cold it will hold as fast as a naile To take avvaye all maner of spottes TAKe a Tenche and seeth him muche vntill he be dissolued into water almost and wash the spotted clothe therewyth oftentymes Than take Bren and boile it likewise in the same water wash the cloth againe therwith To cause that a womans Brestes waxe not great of swellinge TAKE a Fishe that is called Squatina in Englishe a Soale and cleaue hym in the myddle and laye hym vppon the womans Breastes and they shall not encrease bygger And yf they be greate and bygge they shall aswage and waxe lesse To purge Honnie with out fier TAKE the rawe Honie and put in a veessel of stone well leaded wythin and large and couer it well with a Paper and let it so stande and euery thirde or fourth daye
you maie get and stāpe them well then put them in a little canues bagge strong and presse them vnder a presse as harde as you can and take it vp togither diligētly although it seeme iuell fauored and put it in a strong vessell of glasse but set it not in the sunne for it will be cleere of it self and waxe faire and bright and wil haue a very sharpe odour of Spike And by like meane maie you make oile of Lauander and serue your turne with it in many thinges bicause it is very hote sharpe and conforteth the stomake and if a man put some of it in well water it wil smell al of it whan a man washeth his handes with it And of this water menne vse fo◠sweete Balles and many other thinges To make odoriferous oile of Storax TAke a bottell of double glasse and put into it a pounde of oile of sweete Almondes and foure vnces of Storax grossely broken and cleane and put it into it stopping it well Then sette it vpon the hote embers vntill the Storax be molten then take it from the fire beyng so hote as it is put into it halfe an vnce of Mastick made into pouder and whan it is colde straine it diligently pressing and wringing well the bottom And if you will make it more odoriferous you shal adde to it some Bengewine and two vnces of cloues and it will be perfite To make an odoriferous oile of Bengewine TAke a pounde of good Bengewine and beate it small and put it in a limbecke well glewed and closed with past or els into some violl of glasse so that you maie put in your hande and let it bee shalowe and not very depe bicause the oile maie mounte vp with ease And put therevpon twoo pounde of rose water and incorporate it well togither this doen set on the couer of the Limbecke and trimme it so well that it maie not breath out Then giue it a slowe fire in soche wise that ye maie gette out some water and augmente your fire little and little vntill the oile begin to come forthe and by and by chaunge the recipient or receptorie pouring out the 〈◊〉 water into som violle and then giue it a good and quicke fire vntill you thinke you haue drawē out three vnces and a half of oile and kepe it in some violle of glasse well stopte and leaue it in the Sunne the space of viij daies and it will be parfite and good And thus maie you make oile of Storax and if you putte to it fower vnces of Storax it will be the better To make good oile of Ladanum Take a pounde of good Ladanum and cut it as small as you can and put it in a pot of Copper and put into it sixe vnces of Rose water fower vnces of Oile of sweete Almondes this doen seeth it faire and softly the space of twoo howers and straine it so often vntil the oile waxe clere and it wil be perfite and good oile of Ladanum And first of al in taking awaie the yearth if you knewe that it were not cleane take the said Ladanum and cut it small and put it in Rose water vpon the fire for to melte it then take it of againe and let it stand and rest the space of halfe an hower and gather togither that is vpermoste with a spone and putte it again into Rose water vntill it be thorowe colde and than make and compounde it as before ¶ To make oile of Orenge flowers and other swete flowers TAke freshe and cleane flowers of Orenges one pounde and put them in a great violl of glasse at the fire and put to them a pound and a half of swete Almonde oile and a little burned Alome three graines of Ambergrise sixe graines of Muske sixe scruples of Camfere and braie them after the accustomed maner First of all the Muske then the Amber with fine Suger as moche as a Beane tempered with a little Rose water and braie the Camfire alone with Sugar and put it in laste but lette there not bee to moche of it bicause that the sauour of it is to sharpe and put in but a little at ones for you maie alwaie adde to but you can not diminish it whē it is ones in And let not the violl be to full to the entent you maie mixe and tourne vp and doune the composicions for to incorporate them and leaue theim in the Sunne eightene or twentie daies vntil a moneth bee paste and it will bee parfite and that the flowers maie seeth the more in the oile then strain theim and wring them well and put theim again into the violle in the Sunne the space of twoo or three daies vntill it purifie This dooing you shall haue a merueilous oile and of a very good odour and if the flowers seme vnto you but a fewe you maie put other vpon theim and thei will augmente the odour by this meane you maie take of all sortes of swete flowers and haue oile of diuers sortes vsing the meanes aforesaied To make a parfume sodainly in a chamber where a sicke man lieth TAke a little yearthen potte and putte into it a Nutmegge twoo scruples of the sticke of Cloues twoo scruples of the sticke of Sinamome fower scruples of Storax calamitae Rose water or water of Spike or some other sweete water and seeth it Then put it in a pot sharde with a fewe hote asshes and coales vnder it and set it in the chamber and the smoke thereof shall giue a very sweete amiable and hartie sauour To make long and rounde parfumes to burn◠in a chamber TAke sixe vnces of Timiama twoo vnces of Ladanum three vnces of Storax solidae fiue vnces of Frankencens an vnce of Bengewine a pounde of swete coales eight vnces of Dragant And of al this make a very small poulder but you shal put the coales and the Dragant to stepe in Rose water or some other swete water and leaue theim so the space of three daies Then stampe theim in a morter and put into them all the poulders and stampe theim so that thei maie be well incorporated togither Then put in the coles stamping alwaies and incorporating it and put so moche in of it that the paste waxe somewhat harde And then make your parfumes long and round as you will and drie them well in the shadow And if you will not bestowe so moche cost vpon them take the lees and bottome that remaineth of some sweete odoriferous waters and make thereof a poulder and thei shall be good putting to them a little Timiama the whiche will multiplie your woorke and make a good odoure and if you put to it a little Camfire thei will make a noise in burning as it were cracking To make a fine and swete pouder of Cipres TAke foure vnces of Cardamomum or toun Kerse two vnces of Storax solida two vnces of Frankensence thre vnces of drie red Roses an vnce of Sandalum citrinum three vnces of
ended incorporate all togither â—it will be a very good ointment wherwith you shall anoint the firste morning the head of the pacient and leaue it so anointed vntill the nexte morning thâ—n wash his hedde with lie that is not to strong but somwhat temperate then anoint it againe let iâ— alone so vntill the third morning do thus nine morninges in washing and anointing it and it will be as neete as a perle Also bitter almondes blanched and staÌ„ped and laid as it were a plaister vpon the head of the patient it will easely heale the scurfe changyng and renewyng the plaister certaine daies To kill lise and nittes in the head TAke the pouder or scraping of Hadâ—â—s horne and make the pacient to drinke of it and there will no lise nor nittes breede in his head but â—â— you 〈◊〉 the saide pouder vpon his head all the lise and nittes will die For one that can take nothing at the mouth or els to make him goe to the stoole and to sweate well FIrst the pacient must be well rubbed with hote linen clothes from the head to the foote and must be very warme kept in his bedde theÌ„ giue him this ointment following Take asmuche pepper as will lie vpon a grote and put it into halfe a glasse full of vinaigre and oile asmuche of the one as of the other and let it be very warme and anoint all his body ouer with it let him be well couerid in his bedde and than shall he sweate and go well to the stoole To heale those that haue the disease of the Splene TAke Lignum aloe and make therof a pouder and put it in some maner of brothe or wine asmuch as wil lie vpon a grote and lette him take of it three morninges togither Also the seede of an Ashe tree doth the like and the roote of Palma christi if it be eaten nine morninges fasting For the paine of the side or colike BOile a haÌ„dfull of Rosemary with water wherwith you shall temper the wine of the pacient and let him drinke none other water Also for the like Take a dogge and keepe him xv daies in a chambre and giue him onely lambes or motton bones to gnawe then take of his excremendes and drie it in the sunne and make therof a pouder and giue the patient to drinke of it euery morning halfe an vnce in white wine hote and doyng this three morninges he shall be deliuerid of the paine as it hath bene oftentimes tried Also for the like effect take the dung of a blacke asse as hote as you maie finde it whan it commeth from him and seeth it in white wine that is not sweete wringing well the dunge into the wine Of this make warme glisters for the pacient for it is the best and the aptest remedy that can be found for such a disease as many notable menne worthy of credite haue affirmed Likewise for the same disease it shall profite muche if he eate euery daie or foure times in the weeke foure peche kernels eche daie Thus doing he shall neuer feele paine of the colike This secrete was had first of a Iewe. There is yet another remedy easier then al the rest and that is you must take foure Garlike heades and boile them in a little pot with a pint of good white wine and lette it seeth well Then take a glasse full of this wine asmuche as you maie endure to drinke and so goe to bedde couering your selfe well and you shall feele incontinent great ease If you take also an vnce of the rote of Imperatoria made in pouder with white wine hote fasting the paine will incontinent go awaie For him that can not pisse TAke the stones and kernels of Peches and meddlers asmuche of the one as of the other and make them into pouder very fine and sift it in a sarce this done take fine Sugar the weight of all this and mengle all togither and the pacient drinke of it in good white Wine and incontinent he shall make water For one that is broke by reason of any trauaile either riding poste or by any other accident or chaunce TAke salt Armoniak and Rosen of eche of them two vnces and stiepe it in Vinaigre the space of xxiiij houres and dissolue it by the fire so that it burne not Then mixe with it halfe an vnce of pouder of Cipres and halfe an vnce of Gall and make thereof as it were a Ciraene True it is that these gommes ought not to be thorowly molten And if it be in winter so that the Ciraene be to hard put into it a droppe of mastic and then spreede it abrode vpon the rupture or the place a broke and chaunge it ones in foure daies and you shall see a meruelous operation To take away the paine and to heale the Goate TAke a little whelp of a brake that hath a while begon to see and the fattest that you can finde and skalde him like a Pigge and take out the guttes and garbage at one of his sides This done take Nettles stamped with two vnces of Brimstone foure yelkes of egges four vnces of turpentine and incorporate all togither and put it into the whelpes belly sowyng vp surely the hole for feare lest the composition should runne out then rost him with a temperate fire and receiue the grease that coÌ„meth of him and anoint the place of the Goute with it for it will bring great ease and cease all maner of conuulsions of the sinewes or muskles and paine of crampe that maie be felt in a manne with this remedie many haue not onely eased the paine of the Gout but haue also healed it put it cleane awaie Also for the like effect Take a newe pot and fill it half full with oile the other half with good white wine put some Nettles into it the which you shall seeth and laie them as hote vpon the place as the pacient can endure in twise or thrise vsing this the goute shalbe cleane driueÌ„ away Against the hote Goute FOr asmuche as there is two maner of goutes the one hote and the other cold you shal make this medicine following for the cold one take the iuice of great reisins sugar rosat of eche of theÌ„ an vnce with sugar made with Buglose fiue vnces of Diapruni solutiâ—i an vnce of Reubarbari electi and mingle al these thinges togither with a Iulep of Violettes make therof a composition of the whiche you shall take halfe an vnce euery morning an houre before daie and in short space you shalbe healed A meruelous and very good water for diuers infirmities and diseases TAke an vnce of Frankensens of the male kinde called in latin Olibanum asmuch of Sarcocolla sixe vnces of Aloe epaticum good and cleere hoÌ„ny the iuice of Plantain white Rosen of eche of these three vnces stampe them al wel togither mingle them This don put them into a great vessel of
you maie make of theim what you will And whan you wil harden them againe laie theÌ„ in strong white Vinaigre To take out the markes that are comonly made in the faces of Sclaues for to knowe them and also suche as many men carrie vpon their bodies for diuers causes FOr to make suche caracters or markes thei first drawe the forme or figure of them vpoÌ„ the flesh then with a sharpe rasour thei lance the fleshe vpon the saide marke muche like vnto cupping that Surgeons do vse whan the blood is come out they take of the pouder of the smoke that Printers do vse or els of coales beateÌ„ very fine so rubbe the cut well with it and then are thei wel surely marked Nowe for to take out these markes you muste cut open the flesh again in steede of the foresaid pouder or coales you shal put into the place some Blanc rasil well puluerised or els some floure of wheate well bluâ—ted or sifted and let it so drie by this meanes all the markes well go awaie be the blewe or black and the place al nete and as faire as euer it was For one that is stong with a Scorpion IF you can get the Scorpion that did stinge you in cutting of his feete and his taile and letting him die vpon the place where he prickt you he will drawe all the venim vnto him Any other ScorpioÌ„ wil do the same being brused betwene two stones and putting to it a little Sage and salt Also for the like let three or foure droppes of a greene figge fal in or vpon the wounde and the venim will not abide For one that is stong with waspes or Bees STampe Mallowes and laie theim vpon the place where he is stong or els take flies stamped with a little durt VVhan a man is tutched or poisoned of a spider TAke the Ashes of the woode of a figge tree with salt stamped and laie it vpoÌ„ the place Also take Mallowes and seeth it and with the decoction of them weate the place or els with sea water For one that hath eaten toodes or the spetile that commeth from them whiche is a deadly thing MAke the patieÌ„t vomite in giuing him to drink some oile oliue with vinaigre tempered with water This done giue him to drinke often times after his vomiting the best claret wine that can be gotten and two drammes of the rootes of reedes causing him to runne excessiuely for to take away the heauines or vnlustines that the venim causeth him to haue To heale cleft or kibed heeles TAke Dragant and Galbanâ—â— asmuch of the one as of the other and make therof a pouder then take newe Waxe oile of Violettes and a little Goates suet or Oxe tallowe and melt it on the fire then put in the saide pouders and make of all this an ointment wherewith you shall anoint your heeles and the will be hole incontinent To heale the cankre that happeneth vpon the yard of a man or in the nature of women TAke an vnce of rocke alome and halfe an vnce of verdegrise with smithes water and put it in some vessell of glasse and seeth it two houres then straine the said water and kepe it in some kinde of vessell for to occupie at your neede To heale a foundred Horse TAke an Onion and stampe him then stiepe him a good while in strong Vinaigre then take the said Onion thus stampt and imbibed with the Vinaigre and make the Horse swallowe it doâ—â—â— this done cast the Vinaigre wherin the said Onion laied into the nosetrels of the horse and â—e shall forthwith be cured To kill the bottes in horses TAke a good handfull of Agrimonie and make the horse eate it earely in the mornyng and then let hym tarie fastyng and without meat vntill noone doe this fower or fiue daies and he shall be healed For a horse that cannot stale GIue hym to drinke hote water that is more then luke warmâ— and he shall stale For a horse that is cloied or prickte with an naile TAke out the naile and when his foote is well made cleane make a little hole euen vnto the quicke fleshe where the naile touched then fill it vp againe with Rosen and with a hotte yron melte some Pitche vpon it This doen laie some Cotten vpon it and shooe hym well and then feare not to ride hym after where you will To make a horse to haue a good hoofe TAke Oxe dung and temper it with Vinâ—gre and at night laie it hotte vpon his feete and wrappe them vp in some cloutes to the intentâ— that the heate maie kepe in whiles it maketh his operacion and by and by it will be a good hoofe FINIS The Table TO make wheie as clere as well water Folio 1. TO make verie good Aqua vite Idem To make armes or Tables of pictures alwaies bright shinyng Idem To make blacke ynke verie good Idem pag. 2. To make grene ynke Idem pag. 2. For Oxen that pisse blood Idem pag. 2. To make oile of Vitrioll Fol. 3. To make white tethe Idem For the same idem To take awaie spottes from the face idem pag. 2. For the same idem For the same idem For the same idem To take awaie little redde pimples from a mannes face Fol. 5. To make a water that teketh awaie the spottes of the face and maketh it faire and brighte and keepeth the handes and mouthe that thei chappe not or waxe full of chinkes Idem To make the face faire Idem A water to make the face faire Idem To make a water that maketh the face white and shinyng Idem pag. 2. A water to make the face redde idem To make a kinde of white to make the face faire called in Frenche Blanchet idem To make an other better whiche maketh the face white and glisteryng idem A water to make the face redde and glisteryng â–ª Fo. 7. To make an other maner of the same whiche the Frenche men call Blanchet idem To make an other Blanchet that maketh the face white and of a ruddie colour and hurteth not as the other aforesaied doeth idem To make an other Blanchet whiche is called roiall that is the best and the excellentest of al other idem To take out the wrinkles of the face idem pag. 2. To make heare flacke in commyng foorthe or growyng in a yong manne as well on their beard as in other partes Fol. 9. To make heare grows in euery place of y e body wher you will idem To make heares blacke idem To make a water that will make the face redde and glisteryng idem To die or colour heare idem pag. 2. To take awaie the euill sauour of the breath idem To get awaie the heares from the iye browes idem To die or colour all kinde of metall or stonâ— into the colour of golde without golde idem For to make yron or steele soft Fol. 11. To harden yron or steele idem To
ointmente and anointe your face therwith at night when ye go to bedde and in the morning whan you are vp anoint it with butter This is proued For the same TAke the white of an Egge and sturre it with some thing vntill it bee taurned to water then take an vnce of the same water and halfe an vnce of ceruse and two drammes of quicke siluer and a dramme of camfire and mengle it all together and so annoint your face with it For the same TAke iiij vnces of vitriol and thre vnces of Salt peter an vnce of the rubbish or skale of steele and distille all togither putting to it halfe an vnce of Camfire and washe your face with it euery daie For the same TAke halfe a pounde of the roote of Serpentinâ— called in latine Dracuntium or comonly Serpentaria whiche hath certaine great red graines ioyned togither in a lompe or els a stalke of a reede and half a pound of a Lily roote and asmuche of with Malowes and seeth theÌ„ all togither in raine water then beate them in a morter of Marbel and put to it fower vnces and a halfe of oile of Tartre and the marowe of a Deere and sixe drammes of Camfire and so mixe all togither and annoint your face therwith To take away little red Pimples from a mans face TAke fiuetene newe laied Egges and put them whole into stroÌ„g Vinaigre then take them out and breake them euen with the same Vinaigre in putting to it an vnce of Senuey then distille them with some vessell of Glasse and washe your face with the water at night when you go to bed and againe in the morning wash it with sodden water wherin must be Bren and Mallowes This is experimented To make a water that taketh awaye the spottes of the face and maketh it faier and bright and kepeth the handes and mouth that they chappe not or waxe full of chinkes TAke a white Pigeon and plucke of his fethers then pluck out the guttes and garbage of him and cut of his head and feete then take three good handfuls of Fraxinella and two pounde of Milke and three vnces of Creame and sixe vnces of oile of sweete Almondes and let it be newe and fresh and put all this togither and distille it in a vessell of Glasse and washe your face and handes euery daie with the same water and they wilbe alwaies white softe and with out any spottes or pimples as in the middes of Somer To make the face faire TAke Fraxinella and make water thereof in a Lembick and washe your face well with thesame euery daie A water to make the face faire TAke the white of an Egge and make water therof in a Lembick and washe your face with it asmuch and as often as you liâ—â— To make a water that maketh the face white and shinyng TAke the milke of an Asse and Egge shelles and make thereof distilled water and washe your face with it it will be white faire glistring A water to make the face redde TAke the legge of an Oxe or Calfe that is to say from the knee douneward and take of the skin and the hoofe froÌ„ it and then breake all the rest in pieces that is to saie the bones the senewes and the marowe and distill it and so washe your face with the water that cometh of it euery morning To make a kinde of white to make the face faire called in Frenche Blanchet TAke twoo vnces of Dragantum and dissolue it with the white of an Egge well beaten than put to it halfe an vnce of Borace with asmoche of Ceruse and asmoche Camfire and mingle all togither and make thereof little flatte balles and when you occupie of it tempere it in some Rose water and anoint your face with it at night when you go to bed and in the morning washe your face with water of the flowers of Beanes or els seeth Bren in well water and washe your face with all To make an other better whiche maketh the face white and glisteryng TAke twoo vnces of the skimme of siluer and a pound of white vineigre very strong and boile them togither vntill thei be diminished of twoo thirdendels Then take twoo drammes of Camfire twoo of alome twoo of Boras and as moche oile of Tartre and seeth them in Rose water Then take of these twoo licours that is to saie of the said vineigre and of the other as moche of one as of the other and mingle them togither and rubbe your face with it as moche as you will and besides that it maketh the face white and glistring it taketh awaie all maner of spottes and pimples from it A water to make the face redde and glisteryng TAke an vnce of fishe glue and an vnce of Rock alome and twoo vnces of Verzine and put theÌ„ into a quarte of water that is to saie xxviij vnces and let them remaine in infusion three daies and then seeth them and strain out the water and kepe it in a vessell of glasse as you will To make an other maner of the same whiche the Frenche men call Blanchet TAke twoo drammes of siluer sublimed and put it into a violle of water that holdeth a quarte and seeth it vntil it decreaseth of the tenth part Then put to it halfe an vnce of Ceruse and a dramme of Camfire and of Boras and the licour or iuice of a whole Limon and mingle all togither and let it seeth with a slowe fire the space of seuen howers But you must note that this bicause of the siluer sublimed maketh by long vsing it the teeth somewhat blacke and at the last to fall out it maketh also a stinking breath and hurteth the senewes and the brain To make an other Blanchet that maketh the face white and of a ruddie colour and hurteth not as the other aforesaied doeth TAke two vnces of Boras fower vnces of Ciche Peason brused that is to saie without the huskes and fower vnces of Phasiols and asmoche of Beanes and make theim all into pouder and the galle of a Bulle and the yelkes of fiftene egges and a quarte of white wine and put all togither to distille and washe your face with the water in the morning To make an other Blanchet whiche is called roiall that is the best and the excellentest of all other TAke a good handfull of the flowers of an Oliue tree and a handfull of the flowers of an Eldern tree a handfull of white roses a handfull of the flowers of Orenges and an other of Gelsemines and twelue newe laied Egges twelue grene Figges and freshe gathered and twelue Snailes one dramme of Camfire an other of Alumen desquamatum twoo drammes of Boras halfe a dramme of Alome fower penie weight of Alumen plumae otherwise called in Latin Tricbitiâ— eight penie weight of siluer sublimed an vnce of redde waxe a good handefull of white Lilies and distille all the flowers when thei bee grene in their season and
vncouer it and take oute the skim that is vpon it and by this meanes it purgeth better then with fier To stenche the menstrual blood of women TAKE a Toode and binde him with a lytle bande and bange it aboute the womans necke that hath that infyrmyte and in fewe dayes she shalbe cleered of it To keepe Roses freshe all the yeare TAKE the Roses whan they be halfe open and gather theym in the eueninge wyth a knife and in the nyght folowing set them in the aier abrod and in the morning put theym in a vessel of earth well leaded wythin and stoppe it well and couer it wyth drie sande For the same TAKE the buddes of Roses whan they beginne to open and take a reede that is yet growinge and cleane it a lytle that you maye put in the buddes and let them remaine so and whan you wil take them out cut the reede and put the buddes in luke warme water and they shalbe as faire as in Maye To take awaye or dissolue a boile or Kernell in the grine or the wresting of a senewe TAke a Tode and binde vpon the boile and it will dissolue it in short space To dresse and trim Oliues in one daie TAke the Oliues whan they be greene and cut them a little on the side than put them in water with Lime and Ashes but note that you muste haue twise asmuche Ashes as Lime as if you take halfe a pound of Lime you must haue a pound of Ashes and let them lie a stiepe in it the space of xxiij houres than take them out and washe them fiue or sixe times in luke warme water than put theÌ„ in some vessell of stone or Glasse as you wil with salte water and so kepe them as long as you list and they will be very good To preserue and keepe Peches or other Fruite TAke Peches or other Fruites that you will kepe in the faire and drie wether and open them in the middes take out the stone and laie them a daie to drie in the sunne than take sodden sugar well purged and rubbe theim ouer with it and the nexte daie set them in the Sunne againe and rubbe them with the said sugar as oft as thei drie vntill they haue gathered a crust vpoÌ„ them than kepe them at your pleasure and it will be an excellent and parfite thing To cause meruelous Dreames TAke the bloode of a Lampwink or black plouer and rubbe your temples with it and so goe to bedde and you shall see merueilous thinges in your sleepe or els if you eate at nighte a little of the herbe Solanâ— or Vesicaria or some Mandragora or elles of the herbe called in Greeke Hyoscyamos in Latine it hath these names Alâ—ercum Appollinaris and Symphoniaea in the Frenche Iusquiame and in the Englishe some call it Henban and you shall se in the nighte goodly thinges in your dreame To make a woman beare Children TAke Ceruse and Frankensens and waie as muche of the one as of the other and after you haue companied with her put the same into her matrice Also if you geue her drinke of Mares milke or to eate the lower parte of the belly of a Hare or the Genitories or stones of a hee Goate after her menstruall purgation is come vnto her it shall profite her muche vnto conception To heale and cure Horses of the Skabbe FIrst you must let him blood then take Brimstone Quicksiluer Hony liquide Pitch Salt the iuice of Hemlocke Vinaigre Alome Helesbore softe Sope Oile Sutt of a Chimney Hogges dong and Lime and mingle al togither and anoint the place with it where the Skabbe is and within fewe daies he shal be healed and cleane To heale the Kinges euill a disease called in latine Siruma TAke a great Tode a liue and whan the Moonâ— draweth towarde the comunction of the sunne cutte of all the legges from him and put him about the necke of the patieÌ„t and it wil do him muche good Take also the hoofe of an Asse and burne it and saie it vpon the sore for it is very good and profitable for suche a sicknes To make one that is poisoned to vomite the poison TAke two graines of Pazar whiche is a stone thaâ— commeth out of Portugal and is grene â— tawnie somewhat obscure glistering and light and â—â— breaking it it is within of the colour of ashes and giue it him to drinke with a little milke and incontinent he shall vomite by the poison if there be any To make a Candell that cannot be puâ— ouâ— TAke Virgine waxe and Brimstone well purged asmuch of the one as of the other and melt it togither and make therof a CaÌ„del the which will neuer be put out vntill it be burned and consumed to the ende To make a Candell of Yre to burne TAke a Candel of Ware made as is afore said and take some Brimstone and coles and stampe them very small and fifte them thorow a linen cloth then heate the candell and rubbe it ouer wel with the same pouder vntill it waxe vnto crust rounde about it as thicke as the backe of a knife and couer it with a paper then â—â— it at the ende of a guttour of your house and let it remaine there till the yee be rounde about it a finger thicke whiche will be within two or three daies than take it of and it will burne as though it were of waxe onely this is a thinge tried and experimented To make that fruite shall take what forme or facion you will TAke a piece of woode and cutte it after the forme and facion that you will your fruite shal haue but let it be as bigge as the fruite is whan it is ripe then take some plaster tempered with water and put it about the wood a finger thicke and lette it drie and it will incontinent waxe drie than take it of and whan the fruite is not yet comen to his full greatnes binde it faste about this same forme and leaue it so remaining vntill it be ripe and it will be after that forme and facion If you will also write vpon it dresse the letters after this maner and forme made of plaster and they shalbe legible To make that rootes shall haue what forme you will TAke greene rootes but let theÌ„ be great and thicke like radishe rootes or the roote of Bryonix and such like and trim them with a knife as you shall thinke the best facion Then set them in the ground againe vntill they haue gathered vpon them a skinne 〈◊〉 in this maner maie a man make conterfete Mandragora in trimming them with a knife into the shape of a man and than putting them againe into the grounde with the head dounward and with a little barley or mill vnder them whiche will cleaue and sticke faste to the hed of the roote and seeme like heare but you must note that to make these Mandragora you must take the rootes of Bryonia For to write letters
very stronge Vinaigre and make thereof some distilled water and washe your face with it one daie and the nexte daie folowinge take Bren Mallowes and water and boile all togither vntill it be diminished of the halfe and washe your face with it that same daie and the next daie washe it againe with the water of the distilled Vinaigre and the nexte daie with the other water made with the Bren and Mallowes and coÌ„tinue so vntil the markes or holes begon whiche will be very shortly Also if you take Egge shelles distill them and washe your face with the water at night whan you go to bed and in the morning with the other of Bren and Malowes as is aboue rehersed To make the handes white TAke an Oxe gall and take halfe a sponefull of it in the ingâ—ning with wel water and washe your handes with this little of the gall and they will become moist softe and very white Take also Sope and purge it wel than take of the roote of Iris and dry it in an ouen and make pouder of it the whiche you shall mixe with the Sope well purged and so washe your handes withal and they wil be softe and white Take also Sope well purged and take the Ashes of a 〈◊〉 and mixe them well togither vntill they be well incorporated the one with the other and washe your handes with it in the morning and thei wil be moist softe white as snowe which thing is experimented To make an odoriferous and sweete smelling grese that kepeth the lippes and handes from thinkes and chappes and kepeth them moist and softe TAke a pounde that is to saie twelue vnces of Calues grease or the Deere suet that is yong and the suet fresh Than take sixe vnces of Maioram and stampe them all well togither and make thereof little halles and sprinkle them with a little good White or Claret wine that hath a good odour Than put them in some vessell and couer them well that the good odour of the Maioram go not out and so set them in the shadow the space of fower and twenty houres somwhat more or lesse than put them in water and seeth theÌ„ leisurely and than draine it againe Take also nine vnces of Maioram and stampe it with the same grease and make litle balles of it which you shall sprinkle ouer with Wine and put it in another vessell cleane the which you shal also set it in the shadowe the space of xxiiij houres and than put water to it againe and seeth it and straine it And do so fower or fiue times adding to it alwaies nine vnces of Maioram and sprinklinge it with good Wine you maie also put to it a little muske or ciuette thus doyng you shall haue a very excellent thing to keepe the lippes and handes from chappes or chinckes and from all great colde For to make a sweete Suet called in Frenche and Italian Pommade in latin Pomatum TAke a pounde of Deeres suet or if you can not get of that the grease of a kidde three vnces of barrous greasâ— and â—â— vnces of the marowe of a bucke and purge it cleane of all filthe and take out the little skinnes veines and griâ—eâ—â— that are 〈◊〉 then washe it with good white Wine so often vntill the wine remaine cleere and the grease white than straine out al the Wine and let it ronne abrode vpon a table This don take eight Appian apples or as many Pepins and pare them well bothe with out and within and stampe them Than take halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of Nutmegges sixe graines of spike of india and foure pound of Rose water and mingle all togither with the grease and set it to seeth in a couered pot with a slowe fire and let it seeth vntill the Rose water be almost consumed Then straine it and put it into another vessell washed three or foure times with Rose water then adde to it foure vnces of white waxe well purified and purged and sixe vnces of sweete Almondes Then sette it on the fire againe â—â—ely vntil it be molten and then take it from the fire and straine it and put it into another vessell washed â—ith Rose water Finally after it is congeled and â—axen harde take asmuche muske as you will with 〈◊〉 Rose water and other odoriferous waters and mingle them togither with a pesâ—ell of woode and and keepe it in a vessell of Glasse and set it in the shadowe toward the Northe and if you put to it a little â—â—orax liquida it wil be as good for the skurfe or skabbe as to keepe the handes faire To make that flies shall not tourment or trouble Horses in Somer TAke the leaues of Gourdes and stampe them and so rubbe the Horses with it euery morning and at nighe whan it is hote or els take leese of wine and rubbe them with it and the flies shall not tourment â—â—r â—oxe them no more than in the middes of winter To keepe Figges greene all the yeare YOu muste gather them whan they are ripe in the faire wether and at none daies to the inteÌ„t that they maie be drie from all dewe and putte them in a faire vessell of stone or earth the mater or substance whereof must be very fine and that the figges touche not one another then couer them diligeÌ„tly that they haue no maner of ayer and put them so in wine and they will be greene as long as the wine is good whiche thing hath bene proued For to make that Pommegranates shal not open TAke three great flint stones whiche are in the botom of riuers vncouer the earth from the roote of the tree and laie the stones vpon the roote and couer it with the earth againe as it was before Also if you plant nighe vnto the tree Squilla the Pomgranates will not open For to keepe wine sweete all the yeare TAke a vessel wel pitched within and without and put the wine into it before it boile in the fat and stoppe the saide vessell well that it take no ayer and then laie it in a riuer as deepe as you can that the vessel maie be couered with water and let it remaine so a moneth without remouing it then take it out and set it where you wil. Thus doynge the Wine shall be sweete and good all the yeare and thicke like must For wine that will not keepe longe TAke two or three egges and if it be claret wine take onely the yelke of it if it be white wine take onely the white of an Egge and take thre vnces of flint stone of a riuer that runneth swift and make it into pouder and two vnces of Salt made into very small pouder and mingle all togither Then put the Wine into another clene vessell that hath no oâ—our or sauour this done cast into it all this composition and mengle it with the wine fiue or sixe times a daie during the space of three or fower daies But note
a hare and the man also as muche as is possible that is to saie leauing all other kinde of flesh theÌ„ take y e kinde of that Mercurie that hath curled or wrinkled leaues mugwort or mother wort valerian and make therof long or round morsels without past with grease spices cheese and egges and let her eate nothing els in the morning with breade three times a weeke continually and let her drinke good wine and parfume her selfe three daies togither with Frankensens Bay leaues Nutmegges Bengwine a little Muske and let the husbaÌ„d also take three morninges some of this poudre folowing Take the small skraping of Cipres a dramme a halfe of toune Cresses called in latine Nasturtium long Pepper Nutmegges fine wood of Aloe of eche of them half a peny weight and the kidney and stones of a hedgehogge dried and not burned and make therof a pouder the which you shall take at three times with Malmesey and remaine viij daies without the companie of her and after hauing companied with her let her sleape and carry vpon her lefte arme an Egle stone not of the comoÌ„ sorte but of those that be as hard as steele and lette her also keepe euery daie vpon the reines of her backe a newe laide egge beaten with fiue or sixe droppes of strong blacke Vinaigre and remoue it euery daie To make a woman laboring to bring forth her Child that can not be deliuered TAke of the said Egle stone called in latine Lapis Aquilinus and binde it vpon the lefte thigh of the woman then giue her to drinke three vnces of white Lilies and she shall be deliuered incontinent in adding to it a little Safran and sugar and make her to vomite and neese And if she be not deliuered for all this or if the childe be dead in her body long afore you must make this composition followyng which is a thing experimeÌ„ted Take three handefuls of greene Maioram and asmuche of greene ysope and stampe them togither and presse them vntill you gette out three vnces of iuice the whiche you shall straine and giue it her warme to drinke fasting and let her eate nothing in fiue houres after she shal be deliuered of her Childe without doubt and if she be not she shall die bicause she is to weake or els you must cut the Child out bicause it may lie ouerthwart and except these two cases she shal not faile but be deliuered For to make teeth that doe ake to fall out TAke the roote of Crowe foote called in latine Ranunculus gathered in Maie and drie it a little in an ouen and keepe it all the yeare Then take a litle of it beyng beaten or stamped also take a little pitche made with clammy Turpentine and put the said roote in the hole of the saide toth that aketh and if it haue no hole put it vpon the toppe of the said tooth and laie the saide pitch vpon it so that it be fast to it and let it remaine so three houres and in two or three times doyng it at the most the tooth wil fall in pieces within eight daies A remedy for the falling sicknes TAke wheate slower and kneath it with dewe gatherid in the morning on midiomer daie make therof a cake the whiche you shall bake and giue the patient to eate of it and he shalbe healed Against the Plage TAke three vnces of the licour of the innar rinâ— of an Ashe tree and sâ—ill it with three vnces of white wine giue the pacient drinke of it euery iij. houres within xxiiij houres he shalbe cured For the same TAke three vnces of Walnuttes that be not yet full ripe prepared and distilled at midsomer and let him that hath the plage drinke of it and he shall be hole but it shall be better to take the outward pilles of the Walnuttes in September whan thei be blacke so that thei be not rotten and distille them and giue the pacient a glasse full of it to drinke and let it be luke warme before he be lette blood and this shall help him muche For the putrefaction of the teeth TAke the rootes of an herbe called in latine Pes Alexandrinus and cut them very smal and distill them with the best wine you can get and holde a spone full of the water in your mouth and you shall finde ease and remedy in shorte space for this healeth sore and currupt teeth and maketh them cleane And besides that it helpeth much in purging and clensing awaie of al maner of filth of the mouth For the stinking of the breath and to make the teeth white TAke a pounde of skimmed Hony halfe a pound of Aqua vite three vnces of Lignum aloe two vnces of gomme Arabick Nuttemegges Galingale Cububes Cinamome Mastick Cloues Spic and Lauander newe anna three drammes two drammes of Amber beaten mixe all this togither and still water of it in a limbeck this water will take awaie the stinking of the breath whiten the teeth and maintaine helth long A water to make cleane teeth TAke salt Armoniac and salt Gemma three vnces of eche one an vnce and a halfe of Alumen Suchâ—â—â—num and distil it or temper it in two pounde of water the space of eight daies and with this licour distilled or so tempered you shal rubbe your teeth and they will be white Another water to whiten teeth TAke a pounde of salt well purged and beaten an vnce of Alumen Glaciale and distill it in a limbeck and mingle an vnce of the water with an vnce of Plantaine water and rubbe your teeth with the composition and with cotten and they will bee white and cleane To take awaie the smell of Garlike Leekes or Onyons AFter that you haue eaten Garlike Leekes or Onions take the rote of Beete and rost it vnder embers and eate it and you shall see the effect or els eate a piece of the roote of Zeduaria and you shall not smell at all and this is easier to be don than with the roote of Beete A principall remedie for the flixe or laxe TAke Panike beaten and stamped and giue the patieÌ„t drinke of it with claret wine and he shall be cured The saide Panike beyng also sodden with Goates milke and eateÌ„ twise a daie at morning and night before meales it worketh the like operatioÌ„ For to make that heares shall not growe TAke the skinnes or huskes of greene Beanes and make a plaister of them and laie vpon the places where you wil that heare shal not grow and if there be any they will fal of and grow no more A very profitable remedie for the hardenesse of wemens breast after they be brought a bed YOu must take wheate Bran and seeth it with the iuice of Rue and laie it vppon her breastes that be hardened after her liyng doun and thei will waxe softe and supple The like remedy is also very good against the biting of Venimous beastes For Apostumes Botches
if you rubbe your bedsteed with fishe glue sodden Also if you sette vnder the bedde a paile full of water the Pinneses will not trouble you at all For to Kill and destroie Flies TAke white Elebore and steepe it in milke or sodden wine than put to it some Auripigmentum otherwise called Arsenick or orpine sprinkle your house with it and you shall destroie all the flies Also the decoction of Eldern cast about the house worketh the like effect Another waie to Kill and destroie Flees WOrmwoode or wild Cowcomber rootes stieped in sea water destroieth flees so doth the water wherein Mâ—lanthium otherwise called Nigella Romana hath ben stieped casting it about your house Also if you boile or seeth the water with Rose cakes or with hempe seeds and casting it about your house it will do the like For one that hath eaten venimous tadstooles or Musheroms THere is no presenter remedy for him that hath eaten venimous Musheroms or Tadstooles than to make him vomite as sone as maie bee possible in giuing him drinke the rootes of the leaues of Rue well stampt and of Organy and Hony and after that the vse of Triacle which shal be very good and Mithridatum with stroÌ„g vinaigre or with Oximellum scylliticum or els with Aqua vite Also to eate raw Garlike helpeth muche in such a cace which the most parte of the peisantes of the countrey doe vsing it in steede of Triacle For to confite Musheroms or tadstooles so well that a man maie eate them without any danger SEyng that Musheroms or Tadstooles are so pleasant in taste that menne can not abstaine from them lette them learne at the lest waye the meane to assure theÌ„selues from the danger that maie ensue doyng as foloweth Firste of all seeth them with wild peares or with the leaues of the tree that beareth the said peares And if you can finde no wild peares you maie do it with garden peares so that they be naturally sower and sharpe and sucke as can not well be eaten but thei must be rosted and you maie take them either drie or greene and they will take awaie all the danger of the venime or poison A remedy against the stinging of waspes or Bees TAke Oxe dung sprinkled ouer with Vinaigre or els take Mallowe leaues so vsed with Vinaigre or in touching the stinging with an yron it is done also with the milke of Figges To make wemen haue a quicke and speedy deliuery of their Children and without paine or at the lâ—ste very little TAke leaues of Dittany and stampe theÌ„ or els make pouder of them and giue the womaÌ„ that laboreth drinke of it with a little water and she shalbe deliuered incontinent and without any great paine or greefe To take of wartes from the handes TAke as many Ciche peason as there be wartes and tutche eche of them with one of the Ciche peason so that euery pease tutch his wart then wrappe vp the saide peason in a little clout and casâ—e them behinde you and al the wartes will drie vp For the dissenterie or flixe of the Stomacke TAke greene beanes poddes and al and seede them with water and Vinaigre eate theim so poddes and all and that shall stoppe you To fasten the Gommes and lose teeth TAke a little Mirre and temper it with Wine and oile and washe your mouth with all you shall see a wonderfull experience The Mirre also killeth the wormes in a mans body and beyng chewed in the mouth maketh a sweete breath To take awaie the toth ache TAke Ysope and make thereof a decoction with Vinaigre and it being hote washe your mouth withall the paine of the teeth shall go awaie The Ysope also beyng stampt and incorporated with Honie and a little Nitrum killeth the wormes in a mans body Another remedy for to heale the tooth ache BOile frogges with water and vinaigre wash your mouth with the decoction and it will be very profitable for the paine of the teeth To make Heare growe TAke three quicke Frogges burne them aliue in a pot and mingle the ashes that you make of them with hony or with tarre whiche is farre better and rubbe the place with it where you se there groweth no heare and in shorte space it will growe abondantly To make Heare blacke TAke leches or blood suckers and let them rott the space of three skore daies in red wine or vinaigre in some vessell of leade and anoint the heares with it in the sunne and thei will become black To kill the wormes in the teeth and to take awaie the stinking of the teeth TAke a hundred frogges and drie them al night in an ouen so that they maie be made into a pouder and put to it asmuche salt beaten into pouder rubbe your teeth with it it will kill the wormes and take awaie the euill sauour of the teeth To heale pussiue and broken winded Horses TAke molin or longwort and make therof a pouder and giue it the horse to drinke with his water and it shal not onely take awaie the cough but also heale him if he be altogither pussife and broken winded Also Gencian will doe the like whiche thing is sufficiently proued and tried To preserue a man from vomiting on the sea YOu must drinke the iuice of Wormewood and you shalbe quite from such paine and vexation of vomiting A remedy against the biting or stinging of Serpentes TAke Ashe leaues and stampe them and laie them vpoÌ„ the place that is stonge or els get out the iuice of them and giue him drinke of it and you shall see a meruelous effect bicause that the Serpent is so great enemie vnto the Ashe tree that he would rather goe thorow the fire then to passe by an Ashe For them that spitte Bloode TAke fine Rie flower and make thereof a cake and whan it is bake giue it the pacient to eate as hote as he maye endure it and it shal do him great ease A remedy against the wormes in yong Children TAke drie Lupines and make flower of them and kneath it with Hony and laie it vpon the stomacke of the Childeland it will heale him A remedy for the flixe or Laxe TAke greene Acornes and stampe them a little with the skinne and all and with the endes of the yong and tender leaues and make thereof distilled water in a limbeck and giue the pacieÌ„t drink of it and it shalbe a very good remedy For the running of the vrine that is to saie for one that can not holde his water TAke the small endes of Oken leaues and seeth them in Claret wine and then stampe theim and make a plaister of them and laie it hote vpon the yarde of the pacient shortly he shalbe cured For those that can not keepe their meate but vomite it vp againe continually TAke the tender leaues of an ashe tree and seeth them in strong Vinaigre and then stampe theÌ„ and make
therof a plaister whiche you shal laie vpon the stomack of the pacient or vpon his belly and he shalbe greatly eased of his disease To make that Antes or Emettes shall not eate the figges vpon the tree TAke a kinde of Onyons called in latine Cepa Scylliticae stampe them with Barrowes grease or lard and anoint the foote of the plant a haÌ„dfull or two of height and the Antes will not goe vp into the tree and this must you do in Marche To make Hore heares blacke TAke mulberie leaues vine leaues the leaues of a redde figge tree and boile them with raine water and washe your head with it and the heares wilbe blacke For the tooth ache TAke the rootes and leaues of Chickwood and boile them in water with the whiche you shall washe your mouth and hold it in your mouth a certaine space and it will take awaie your paine To destroie Lise and other small beastes that do wast and marre the herbes in gardins LEt a woman that hath her flowers walke three or foure times in the allees and all the vermine will fall doune deade A remedie for Deafnesse IF a man be Deffe by some accident and not by nature take the iuice of Colewortes mixte with warme water and droppe it into his eares and he shal finde a meruelous ease and remedy Against the stinging of Scorpions TAke Penniriall either drie or greene and stampe it with good wine and make thereof a plaister which you shal laie vpon the wounde or stinging of the Scorpion and he shal be safe and healed A remedy that the Sunne shall not hurt you shining vpon your head whan you go any Iornaie IF you put a little branche of Penniriall in eche eare the Sunne shall neuer make your head ake whan it shineth vpon it A remedie for the Horsnesse of the voice IF by colde you be Horse take Penniriall and seeth it in water and take of it at night whan you go to bed a dishefull somewhat hote with a little sugar molten in it and doing this three or foure times you shalbe ridde of your Horesnesse and haue a clere voice A remedie for them that can not pisse TAke fiue or sixe leekes and frie theÌ„ in the oile of ScorpioÌ„s and then stampe them and make of them a plaister and laie it vpon their coddes as hote as they maie endure it Also the beard or heare of Leekes will doe the like if ther bee dried and made in pouder and giuen theÌ„ to drinke in white Wine and will make the grauell and small stones to come out To make a baite to ketch wilde Geese and wilde Duckes and all other sort of foule TAke the seede of Belenge and the rootes also and steepe theim in water the space of a daye and a night with the seedes than seeth the said thinges with the water that thei were steeped in so that the seede maie well drinke and soke vp the saide water than laie the said seede or graine in the places where wilde Duckes and wild Geese are wont to rest and they will eate this graine or seede thus prepared and therupon will sleepe as they were drunke and in the meane time you maie take them with your haÌ„des â–ª but there must be a great quaÌ„tite of this Belenge specially for wilde Geese This maie also serue to take al other maner of foule that go togither in sholes or coÌ„panies Men vse to seeth this graine with brimstone and laie it in the places where birdes and foule are wont to feede and al that eate of it wil fall doune and die but to kepe them that they die not you must giue them to drinke oile oliue and shortly after they will reuiue againe To make that Dogges shall neuer be madde and a remedie for them if they be madde beyng bitten of wilde Dogges or wolues IF you cut of the Dogges taile within thirty or fourty daies after he is whelpt he shall neuer be madde onles he be bitteÌ„ of some madde dogge or wolfe for if he be bitteÌ„ you must giue him to eate the space of thirty daie continually Hennes dunge with breade or other meate laiyng vpoÌ„ the place so bitten a plaister of the rootes of wild Roses and put a collaâ— of it about his necke and in the wound some Garlike or Onyons stampt and if you be nighe vnto the sea caste him into it euery daie twise or thrise so that he maie thorowly washe and continue so the space of twenty daies bicause the sea water hath a vertue against the madnesse of Dogges To make that flies shall not vexe or trouble Dogges TAke the greene outward shale of Walnuttes and stampe them and anoint the dogge with it where the flies vexe him and specially in the eares and the flies shall not tutche him A remedy to keepe Dogges from Flees RUbbe the Dogges ouer with oile oliue and they will die incontinent or els take the roote of Belenge and seeth it water with the which you shall washe the Dogges and if there be any flees they will die or if you take the iuice of the leaues of it and rubbe them with it twise or thrise The like effect will the water of Toruisque worke if you washe the Dogges well with it but true it is that thei muste be washed afterward with cleane water for if the dogge should tutche that water with his tonge it wold hurt him bicause it is very venimous To purge Dogges whan they be sicke IF dogges haue any wounde you must heale theÌ„ with molten pitche mixte with oile oliue and rubbe the wounde euery daie with it If thei be otherwise sicke you must purge them in giâ—ing them drink whey of goates milke This don seeth a shewes head skin and heare and all and put a little Giâ—ger in it and make them eate it hote with the broth and al togither To heale mangy Dogges IF you kill a calf take the blood of him hote and smâ—re it vpon the dogge where he hath the disease and whan that is drie plaster him ouer againe with calues blood warme as it is whan it commeth from the calfe this must be done diuers times And theÌ„ washe him well with lie made with the ashes of the shrubbes or twigges of Vines It shall be also good to caste him some time into the fattes or tubbes wher they die cheuerell and there washe him well for that clenseth meruelously some washe Dogges in the water that mirre hath bene stioped in It shalbe good also to take a little good plaster of Paris with asmuche of the seede of Alegreâ— and stampe them wet togither and mingle them with molten pitche and anoint the Dogge with that whiche is also good for menne To â—ake wartes from the handes TAke earth and kneth it with Dogges pisse and laie it vpon the Wartes and they will drie vp and consume awaie To make the Teeth white TAke Goates horne and burne it and make therof pouder and rubbe your teeth with
it and they will be white and will also fasten and confirme the Gommes To take awaie the paine of the eyes TAke the Langes or Lightes of a â—idde hote as they be taken out of his belly and laie them vpon the eies of the paâ—ient and it shall take his paine frâ—â— him For him that is stong with a Salamander TAke Rosen prepared and compounde with Honie in maner of an electuarie and let him drink it with the decoction of Nettle leaues But he that by fortune hath eaten of a Salamander must vomite in giuing him drinke diuers times oile and making him sharpe glisteres for to drawe the venim out and to comfort his harte after in giuinge him good triacle and mithridate and that his meate be fat fleshe of yong beastes For one that hath dronke Leches or bloodsuckers GIue him drinke of some brine and the iuice of Beetes with Vinaigre and you shall kill the beast that hurteth so that it choketh the pacient sticking fast at the mouth of his stomacke For one that is stonge with the beast called in latine Psalanx which is a kinde of Lisard called Stellio YOu muste singe and plaie vpon diuers instrumentes and make the pacient to daunce continually vntill he be healed For one that is bitten with a madde Dogge YOu muste vse all diligence to get immediatly the Liuar of the same madde dogge and let the pacient eate it hote rosted and aboue all thinges you must enlarge the wounde with a rasour and cut away al the torne and perished flesh and cause the blood to issue out abondantly because it bringeth the venime with it And to drawe out blood also with little cuppes wel flamed called Cucurbitulae to giue him garlike onyons and other like thinges to eate and to drinke Milke and good sweete wine A remedy for him that is stonge with some Venimous Beast TO get the Venim out of the fleshe the blood of him that is stong venemously in any maner of sorte the beste and the chiefest remedy that can be founde is to sucke out the Venim with a maÌ„s mouth but you must note that he that shall sucke it out maie not be fasting but must haue eaten some thing specially fatte and greasie thinges his belly full Then hauing washed his mouth with good wine let him take into his mouth some oile oliue and let him beginne to suck Then to enlarge the place that was stong with a rasour that the venim may come the better out and set these cuppes called Cucurbitulae vnder with muche stame for to drawe it out This done make him a plaister vpon it with Garlike and Onyons stampt small and washe the place with hote vinaigre The diet of the pacieÌ„t must be the blades or leaues of leekes garlike and Onions with Pepper and salte inough and muche bread good wine with organy and the seedes of Nettles Baie berries and Genuper berries the fleshe of Hedge hogges of the lande and citrous with their seede To preserue a man from Poison TAke drie Figges and eate them with Walnuttes or rawe CitroÌ„s the seedes of nauewes which is a kinde of rape drunke with wine or els the leaues of Calamint and Terra sigillata and ruddle or red chalke in taking of al these thinges a dramme at a time and like wise the leaues of Rue eaten with a walnut two drie figges and a corne of salte vsing daily these simples you shall be preserued from poison As concerninge compoundes the principall of all Antidotes or conterpoisons is mithridate and triacle for in taking euery daie the quantite of a Hasill nut of Triacle there shall neuer Poison hurte you To driue awaie all venimous beastes from your house TAke Iuniper the seede of Agnus castus the shelles of riuer creuices Hartes horne the grease or suet of a Bucke Kerse or toune Cresses Organy and Dittany and make of all these droges a dowe or past and whan you will vse it occupie it burne it for where as the smoke thereof goeth the beastes will voide awaie Against all poison eaten or drunke HAuing knowledge that any man is poisoned the chiefe remedie is to make him vomite the poison in giuing him oile oliue luke warme to drinke alone or mixte with water if you haue no Oile giue him Butter with hote water or with the decoction of line seede or the seede of nettles or of Scinigrecum and all these thinges purge the venim as well dounewarde as vpward after hauinge made him vomite diuers times you muste purge him with sharpe glisters douneward then giue him water mixte with Honie and also olde Wine ynough to drinke But if you can get good Triacle or Mitridate they are the principall against poysons with Terra sigillata Acorne shels and giue him of it in good wine Let his meate be the fatte fleshe of olde beastes and fatte brothes specially of Hennes and fatte fishe and lette him not sleepe in continuyng this meanes he shall be deliuerid by the helpe of God Against all Venim or Poison TAke a quantite of Flies and drie theim and make pouder of them and giue it him that is poisoned to drinke in wine and immediatly he shalbe cured A remedy whiche king Nicomedes vsed that no poison should hurt him TAke Iuniper Berries Terra sigillata or ruddle of eche of them two drammes and make it in to pouder very small the whiche you shall mixe with hony or oile oliue and so kepe it And whan you will occupie it take the biggenesse of a hasell nut of it at a time with water mixt with hony and you shalbe assured not to bee poisoned for in eatinge poisoned meate after it as sone as it is in your stomacke there will come vpon you a vomiting so that you shalbe constrained to cast vp the meate and the poison togither but if there be none in your meate the said preparatiue will not hurt you at all A secret or remedy not to be stonge of Scorpions CArry about you of the roote of Polimonia or Polimonium and you shall neuer be stong of Scorpions and if you be stong with them they shall do you no hurt A remedy not to be stong of wespes or Bees TAke Mallowes stampe them with oile oliue and where as you anointe your selfe with the vnction neuer flies Wespes nor Bees will tutche you To make what quantite of strong Vinaigre you will TAke Squilla which is a kinde of an Onyon and take the leaues of from it tie it vpon a threde and leaue it fiue or sixe daies in the aier Thaâ— plonge it into the vessell of wine that you will make Vinaigre of and there muste be so muche voide space in the vessell that the Squilla maie not tutche the wine beyng tied by the bong and let it hange so fiue or sixe daies and the Wine wil become stronge and sharpe and will turne into good Vinaigre For one that hath eaten venemous musheroms or Tadstooles THe cheefest
saide water for to washe your handes with you shall haue them softe and cleane from all spottes or frackles This is the parfite waie mealâ—e to make oile of Talchum whiche hath many properties of the whiche the Dutchesse of Sauoye did vse and occupie And who so euer vseth this licour it will take awaie Freckles Spottes Wartes skarres of woundes or cuttes and other markes and in short space you shall see a meruelous experieÌ„ce of it It maketh white teeth and taketh oute the wrinkles of the face And tâ— you drinke of it two or three droppes with Wine or pottage it will make you haue a sweete breath if it coâ—ne bicause of the stomack It comforteth the mother and causeth a good appetite and restoreth into his nature euery euill stomacke that is marred by some accident or occasion of â—â—ckenes And finally muche desired of the Alkemistes for in putting into the saide oile some Mercurie well purified it congeleth incontinent and will endure the hammer and this is very true To make that all mettall shall seeme like Siluer TAke of Aqua fortis separatiua and put into it the value of viij pence or siluer well beaten thinne with a hamer and so cut it in small pieces and set the violle vpon the coles for to heate it a little and it will incontinent melte in the water Then take it from the fire and put into it some Tartare or lees of white wine beaten into pouder smal and put so much into it that it maie suite and drinke by the said water and you shal make a dowe or past wher with you shal rubbe all maner of metall what you will and it shall seeme white as it were fine siluer For to take muche Fishe and to make a light in the night TAke a certaine quantite of these little wormes that shine and flie in the night and distil them in a Lembick of glasse with a slowe fire and put the water that commeth of them in a violl of glasse or some round apple of glasse that is cleere bright and put into it foure vnces of quick siluer purged that is to saie passed thorowe leather or kiddes skinnes and sloppe wel the glasse that no water come into it Then place it handsomely in the middle of the nett so that nothing breake and than cast your nette into the water and it will make a goodly and cleere light and shining and all the fishes that see this light will runne in a shole togither and will fall into the net for all fishe naturally taketh pleasure to runne towarde the light And carriyng also the said round apple of glasse in the night it will giue a great light It will do the like also in a chamber To make a mixte stone whiche beyng weated with spettle maketh fire TAke quicke lime salt peter fined diuers times â—utia alexandrina not prepared calamint asmuch of the one as of the other quicke brimstone and Camfire of eche of them two partes And let all these thinges be beaten or stamped small sifted thorow a sarce or seeue Then put the said pouders in a newe linen cloth and binde them hard This done take two greate goldsmithes crosettes or melting pottes put the said pouders in them set the one vpon the other mouth to mouth and binde them faste with wier and Lutum sapientiae so that it maie sake no maner of ayer drie them in the sunne and whan the saide pouder is dry it will be yelow This done set the croset in a furneise of bricke or lime whan it is cold againe take it out and you shall finde your substance of the colour of bricke and it shal be parfite and good And whan you vse of it for to make a fire or light a candell weate it with a droppe of water or with a little spettle incontinent put to it your matche it wil light and burne And whan you will quench it againe blowe it as you blowe out a candell and you shall blow it out To make a Vernish of Mastick to lay vpon paintinges made with oile TAke two vnces of harde Masticke and an vnce of the oile of a firre tree ThaÌ„ take a little new pot put the mastick into it beaten or stampt and so melte it with a little fire This done put into it the oile and let it boile a little and stirre it still togither and let it boile almoste nothing bicause the Vernishe would be to clammie and to knowe if it bee sodde inough put into it a Hennes fether if it burne by and by it is a signe that it is made keepe it wel froÌ„ dust And whan you will occupie it let it remaine in the sunne vntill it be hote and whan it is drie againe it will giue a very faire glosse or lustre To make that a white skinne shall haue blacke spottes of the colour of a leopard or panther and also to make grey heare blacke TAke Litarge of siluer one vnce ij vnces of quick lime and three basins ful of water and seeth al this in a newe little pot witâ— a small fire vntill it waxe warme Then take it from the fire mixyng it alwaies with a sticke and it will be made Then take a Pensill of Hogges bristels and marke your white skinne with spottes as you shall thinke good one spotte here and another there one nighe vnto an other and some what great according to your skinne Then drie them in the sunne whan the skin is drie beate it with a wande and you shall see the spottes dimme of the colour of Taunie And if it be not well colored to your minde you maie doe it ones againe touching the same places you did before the colour will be liuelier this doyng you shal come to your purpose And this colour keepeth alwaies and giueth a good odour Also laiyng the saide matter vpon the heares of a mans head or berde that is grey it will make them blacke To make good oile of Nutmegges TAke two or three pounde of Nutmegges and cut them small and stampe them well then put them in a pan and heate them mixyng them alwaies togither This done you shall put them into a canuesse or stroÌ„g linen cloth and put them in a presse and presse theim well and gette out all the licour of them whiche wilbe like Manâ—a And then skrape it from the Canues bagge asmuche as you can with a knife then put it in some vessell of glasse and stoppe it well but set it not in the sunne although it seeme euil fauored for it will waxe cleere and faire of it self with in ten or xv daies and is worth thrise as much as the Nutmegge it selfe And this oile hath great vertue for to chafe and heate and in annointing the stomacke warme it swageth the paine of the mother and Sciatikes To make parfite oile of Spike TAke the floures of spicke nete and parfite and in quantite asmuche as
Bengewine two vnces of Cloues a pounde and a half of cleane Egge shels eight graines of muske sixe scruples of CaÌ„fire and of al these drogges make pouder eche of them by it selfe and let the pouder of the Egge shelles be very fine than put the CaÌ„fire molten into the said pouder and the Muske braied small with a little fine Sugar and let all be wel incorporated togither in the morter and sifted small and so all made into fine pouder and keepe it in some vessell of glasse that it take no aier for it wold lose some of his odour You maie make also of it another sort no lesse good of another colour Take redde oxe dung in the moneth of Maie and drie it wel and make thereof very small pouder sifted and notâ— that of it selfe it will giue a very good sauour alone without any other thing with it for in that season of Maie all maner of flowres smell pleasantly And he that knews not what it were would iudge it to be a pouder made of a thousand herbes notwithstanding put into it some of the foresaid pouders suche as yoâ— shall thinke good and also put to it some Muske Ambergrise and Camfire after as you wil make it good To grinde Ambergrise for to put with other drogges to giue them a good odour and to make little markes and spottes vpon beades TAke asmuche Ambergrise as you will at the least a graine take a droppe of oile of sweete Almondes or of Gelsemines or of the or of the oile of Ben whiche the parfumers do comonly vse in all their parfumes and odours for of it selfe it hath no sauour at all but giueth an odour vnto all thinges where it coÌ„meth and neuer waxeth euill at any time and if peradueÌ„ture you had neither one nor the other take two Almondes and stampe them and take the iuyce of them and braie the Amber with it and if you will get out muche of it lette the said Amber stiope a night in the oile then braie it very small for the more you bray it the more it worketh his effect in mingling it with muske and other sweete drooges And if you will make sweete and odoriferous markes upon a paier of beades take fiue vnces of dragant and â—reye it in rose water the space of three daies with asmuche water as will be aboue it foure fingars then brâ—se it vpoÌ„ a morter and put to it two vnces of Ladanum two Nutmegges an vnce and a halfe of Storax solida and asmuche of fine Cinamome half an vnce of Spicknardâ— And let al these thinges be made in pouder very final and sifted thorowe a seeue or sarce and incorporated with the dragant And whan they be well incorporated you shal put to them some good muske of Leuant that is to say eight graines and sixe graines of Ambergrise three graines of Ciuet two scruples of CaÌ„fer braie al wel in the maner aforesaid with the said oile wel let it be incorporated with the said past or dowe And if it be not hard to your minde for to cast it into a facion and to make the whole in it let it remaine so a daie or two vntill you maie well handle it Than facion your beades for to make markes vpon them with it in making two little roses of siluer vpon the corners of the holes for so keepe them from the heate or sweating of the handes and so drie them in the shadowe and whan you hold the beades in your handes it will giue a meruelous odour and sweete smell and shalbe a pece of worke for Ladies gentill wemen and personages of greate estate for in keping them amoÌ„g their clothes they shall take the odour of it To make fine Muscardines white and Redde TAke what quantite you will of white Dragant and sliepe it in Rose water that it be well couered with it the space of two daies Then stampe it well in a morter and make it into a body or masse with flower of Amilum or barley that is fine and cleane and a little fine Sugar and as muche pouder of Mastick as will lie vpon a penny and a little Muske well broken a sonder and make hereof paste or dowe the whiche you shall remoue and stirre vp and doune betwixte your handes beyng faire and cleane vntill all be well incorporated togither And if you put to it a little Irios and white Sanders the white ones shall be the best if you put to it redde Sanders they wilbe redde or els some dragons blood This done cut them very small and drie them iâ— the shadow and make them so fine that they maie be like sande and than they shall be made so that you maie vse them as you will To make counterfete Camfire TAke foure vnces of white Vernishe two vnces of Mastick and asmuche of white Encens two dragmes of true Camfire and lette all be made into fine pouder then take the whites of foure egges and a little Aqua vite and so beate it well togither that it become in a fome then incorporate wel the said thinges togither facion your little balles or loues and sette them in the sunne during the signe of Leo the space of fiuetene or twentie daies as long as you shall thinke good and it will come into suche perfection as that whiche is conterfeted in Constantinoble To make the berde growe and to keepe that the heares fall not of TAke as many Bees as you shall thinke good whan menne do emptie the Hiues and burne them in a fire pan and make a very fine pouder of them and incorporate them togither TheÌ„ you shal make some oile of greene Lisardes that be drouned in comon oile colde and shall put it in a bottle of glasse before the fire and make it boile vntill the Lizardes brast than take it of and set it in the sunne the space of xv or xx daies and keepe it so with the beastes in it and it will be an oile as cleere as fine Gold and will keepe wel Incorporate the said pouder with this oile and anoint morning and euening the bare place wher you will that the beare shall not fall of and they will not fall awaie but growe aboundantly But first you must make some lie with the ashes of vines and boile in it these three herbes that is to saie Capillus veneris Agrimonie and Edera arborea of eche of them fiue handfuls and whan it is sodden straine it and keepe it from dust and washe your head with it twise of thrise a weke and whan it is drie anoint your self with this ointment by the meanes of this washing the heares will growe thicke and longe for it augmenteth the length of them and kepeth them from falling This hath bene experimented and proued of diuers menne that haue bene very pild and balde To get away the heare from what place you will TAke foure vnces of fresh quick lime an vnce of orpimeÌ„t in
the very true purging and purifiyng of it mary it diminisheth it of an vnce or a little more in the pounde Also another maner is that you muste cut the sope very small or els grate it and drie it in the sunne or in an ouen and make thereof pouder passing it thorowe a fine sarce This don weate it with Rose water or water of Spicke and lette it drie in the shadow or in the winde or els for to make it soner cutte your sope and stampe it and nothing els and put vnto it some pouder of Irios Storax and a little Camfire and beate it all togither and then make your Bals and so you maie incontinent after distribute them True it is that thei be not of any great value But for to incorporate the odours in the sope for Barbers balles you must take sixe vnces of the said sope and stampe it wel in a morter and put into it all these thinges folowing made into fine pouder for in this lieth the honour and perfection of your worke An vnce of Labdanum foure vnces of Macaleb an vnce of Anise three Nutmegges Maioram drie Roses Cipres pouder of eche of them halfe an vnce three vnces of cloues sixe vnces of Irios eight vnces of the flower of Amylum with asmuche of Storax liquida as will lie vpon a peny three graines of Muske or foure at the moste sixe scruples of Camfire with a little of the finest Sugre that you can get And lette all these thinges be well stamped and incorporated with in the Sope you shall make a past or dowe some what fast or ferme of the whiche you shal forme and make greate or small balles as you shall thinke best and let them drie in the shadowe and they will be parfite For to make also of another sorte take two pound of the foresaid sope and stampe it wel then put into it the iuice of Macaleb about two vnces and for to knowe it note that it is like a corne of whete and of the same colour but somewhat round a little greater And for to get out the iuice of it stiepe it in Rose water or other sweete water let it remaine in it vntill it swell Then stampe it and put it in a linen cloth and straine it hard and the white iuice that commeth out of it is the iuice of Macaleb and of the sauour of Macaleb and the rest that remaineth you shal drie and make of it pouder the which you maie also occupie bicause it hath the like vertue the sauour of violettes with that you shall take two vnces of Cloues three vnces of Irios an vnce and a halfe of Ladanum an vnce of Storax all this beyng made into very fine pouder let it be incorporated into the Sope you shal make a past or dowe ferme fast whereof you shall forme and facion your balles setting them to drie in the shadow To make also balles of white sope take fiue pound of the saide sope and put into it foure vnces of Irios two vnces of white Sandale three vnces of the floure of Amylum an vnce of Storax make al this into pouder and stampe well altogither stiepe it a little in Rose water or muskt water and you shal make of it a good past wherof you shal forme make your balles euē as you will Also for to make thē simple good take iiij pound of the said white sope ▪ with v. vnces of the pouder of Irios two vnces of cloues iij. vnces of the pouder of Macaleb incorporate them well togither in a morter with the water of Trefle or of spike and you shall make a forme and fast dowe whereof you maie make your balles and they will be very soone drie To counterfeite all maner of greene leaues which shall seeme naturall TAke greene leaues of what sort you will and skrape or bruse the biggest strekes that be like ribbes vpon the leafe the cōtrarie waie with a knife Then make this colour folowing Take comon oile or the oile of line or other licours that make smoke and burne them in a lampe and sette ouer them a pot for all the smoke will stick and cleaue round about it This done gather togither the same smoke and temper it in a dishe with a little oile or Vernishe and incorporate it well togither Then with the saide colour you shall blacke the leafe on the side where you haue brused and skraped the great ribbes with a linē clothe or cotton and turne the leafe vpon the Paper double and with your hande or with a piece of Clothe presse doune somewhat lightly the saide leafe vntill you be assured that it hath leaft the colour vpon the Paper Then take it of handsomely and you shall finde all the print and deuise of the saide leafe to bee as it were naturall yea euē vnto the least vaine or ribbe so that you shall thinke it faire and with all the naturall signes and markes and if you will make it greene according to his nature take Vinaigre very strong verdegrise gomme arabick bladder past called in Frēch paste de vessre and put all togither and seeth it and it will be greene as we haue before saide and with the said water you maie make al these leaues greene and it will bee faire to see for to make a painting frysed or rough about your chamber ye specially in winter time To make a Paper burde of beaten and stampt Paper for mouldes and hollow thinges TAke the shearinges of white paper and see that it be nete and cleane and specially with parchemēt and stiepe it in cleere water the space of sixe or eight daies Then putte theim againe into a pot that is not greasie with other cleere water seeth them the space of two houres This done take thē out of the pot with as little moysture as you cā possible so stampe thē i◠a morter as small as you can for they will make your worke so muche the finer Then putte them in a little bagge whiche you shall steepe in cleere water and if you should leaue them there a yeare they would continue stil in changing the water ones a weake This done haue ready mouldes of leade or earth for they be both good so that thei be cleane with in then you shal take this chopt paper and in wringing it a little and casting out the water you shall put it on the moulde and presse it doune diligētly hauing a sponge in your hande for to presse it the better aboue and to drinke or soke vp the water Then sette it in the Sunne or in a hote house and whan they be drie they will come of easely of them selues from the moulde And by this meanes you shall make your picture faire and nete and liuely as is your moulde And if the paper be beaten small inough they will be like plastre as white as paper and if you will paint theim or
bicause that the ointment doth â—ipe the roote and whan the head is all bare without heare and made cleane feare not for all the heare wil â—ome againe fairer than euer they were and he shall be cured and sound This hath bene oftentimes proued and hath wrought well almost in all menne for you must know that there are foure kindes of skurfes the one is more grosse and fleshy than the other and therfore marueile not if you finde so many diuers receiptes for there be many menne that heale the skurfe whiche know it not but if it be the skurfe looke vpon his naile if there be a blacke circle about the white at the roote of the naile and the greater the circle is the worse kinde of skurfe it is and therefore you shall vse the remedies aforesaid and lette him not eate any hogges fleshe nor eigre or sharpe thinges and with the helpe of God he shalbe healed Take also a great lisard or two and drowne theim in comon oile and than seeth them vntill they coÌ„sume and with this oile anoint his head oftentimes and the heare will come so faste and suche great quantite that he shall not tell what to do with theim There is also another remedy for to heale the simple skurfe Take of the grease of a male hogge as muche as you will and some stronge vinaigre for a third part and half an vnce of salt beaten and stampt and boile it with a small fire vntill all the vinaigre be consumed then take it from the fire and put into it all these pouders folowing verdegris alome of the rocke burned of eche of them two drammes brimstone and suet of eche one a dramme and pigeons dong and let al be well incorporated togither and anoint his head with it ones a daie and washe it twise or thrise a weeke and boile in the lie the roote of Lapathum or Rumex in english Sorrell and straine it and then washe him with it and whan it is drie again anoint him a fresh Of the foure kindes of skurfe the firste is called Porrigâ— farinosa flowery or white skurfe the other Furfurea or Furfurosa bicause it hath the colour of bran and skales like vnto bran the third Viscosa claÌ„my or cleauing like bird lime and the fourth Lupinosa bicause it is like the graine called lupinâ—s And in the forme and matter the one is drie the other moist the one vlcerous the other without vlcers here of it followeth that the one is more sharpe and smarting than the other for the causes of the skurfe are grosse humors corrupt clammy whiche somtime is brought with vs euen from our mothers wombe some by euill gouerning of our selues in our life the moist skurfe is with brode sores the drie w t crustes An excellent and a tried water for the skabbe TAke a violl full of wel water or Rose water or els of other sweete water as though you wold make it for some noble man put into it an vnce and a half of siluer sublimed that is beateÌ„ very smal half an vnce of salt This done sette it before the fire vpon a tile to the intent that the violl take no hurt in boiling and let it boile vntill all the length of the necke of the viol be decreased Then take it of whan it is cold put into it the whites of three newe laide egges well beaten that they haue no more viscosite or clammynesse in them and put also into it the iuice of foure Limons and of two soure Orenges let al be well incorporated togither in the said violl and sturre it well whan you haue thus done leaue it in the sunne two or three daies it will be made And in this maner is the said water made thus men vse it At night whan you go to bedde washe your selfe onely about the iontes with a sponge weate in the saide water and then wryng pressed harde washe your selfe â—ligthly ouer with the said sponge This said water wilbe as white as milke and odoriferous and where as you washe your selfe with it there it will make the skinne white do thus euery second night and where there is any skurfe or crust weate it with this water rosid about not touchyng the crust for that would greeue you You maie make another water simpler without daÌ„ger Take a glasse or violl as before and fill it with water put into it two vnces of rocke alome half an vnce of siluer sublimed and asmuch salte and all beyng beaten into pouder very small boile it as the other before was vntill it be decreased beneth the necke of the viol then straine it handsomely and occupie it as before the other was for by this meanes the skabbes will come out at the iointes and will incontinent drie vp leauing your fleshe and skin nete and faire as it hath ben oftentimes proued A remedie for any burning or skalding either by fire or by hote water or any other casuall chauÌ„ce what so euer it be TAke vnsleckt lime asmuch as you will slecke it in comon oile and take it out as drie as you can possible and incorporate it with oile of Roses and it will be as it were an ointment wherwith you shall anoint the place that is burned or skalded and it wil shortly ease the paine and greefe and heale within sixe or eight daies not leauing any marke or skarre vpon the skin Also for the same effect Take an vnce of litarge of gold and seeth it in white wine and a little Vinaigre than take it of and make thereof a very fine pouder Take also an vnce of butter and asmuche oile of Roses and washe it foure or fiue times in freshe water than take halfe an vnce of Blanc rasill burned and the yelke of a new laid Egge and a little fine sugar and incorporate all togither with a little Rose water and spread this ointment vpon a linen cloth and it will profite you very muche Another for the same Take some strong white Vinaigre and the white of a newe laide egge with the iuice of the rine or bark of an eldern tree and mingle al togither and wâ—â—e some peces of linen cloth in it and laie them vpon the burned place one after another and you shall be hole and whan you will heale vp the wound take a little of the second rine or barke of an eldern tree and get out the iuice of it and a little pouder of â—â—ankensens a little oile of roses and a little newe waxe and make therof as it were an ointment and spreade it vpon the peeces of linen cloth and laie them vpon the burned place and you shal see that thei wil consolidate and heale vp in short time For to make afterwarde an ointment to the intent that the consolidation and closing vp maie be faire take tenne vnces of oile of Roses two vnces of newe Waxe and set them on a slowe
Sandrac as you shall that it is sodden This don pluck backe the pot by and by from the fire and let it stande where any flaÌ„be is bicause it draweth vnto it self the heate so the fire wold burne it all theÌ„ empty it out haÌ„dsomely before it be cold into a coople of little bagges pointed at the ende one within another like Ipocras bagges And the mater that is not molten will remaine in the bagges whiche wil be more then the halfe and that will no more bee any thing worth for that purpose and by this meanes you shall haue made your vernishe for to gilte with all whiche will keepe very well and long and the older it is the better operation it hath keepe it therefore well from all maner of duste and lette it not droppe or runne out And note that the Aloe is it that giueth the yellow colour to it and maketh it looke like Gold and the other thinges make it thicke And if you will make it exceding firme and fast whan the oile is soddeÌ„ beyng put in by measure you shall take out of it as much as you thinke good then go foreward in your worke and whan it is sodden there will not be of it aboue three or foure pound and that is the leste you can make at a time and yet neuertheles those that medle with the making of it make xl or lx pound at a time and kepe it for their necessitie And if you wil laie it vpon glasse or tinne either the matter must be hote or els the glas or tinne and it muste be laide abrode vpon it with a pensill and so shal you haue a faire pece of worke An experimented oile against poison TAke three pound of old oile oliue and deuide it into three sondry vessels and to one pound put three handfulles of Hypericon in englishe saint Iohns wort and leaue it in the sunne eight daies theÌ„ boile it in Balneo mariae the space of twelue houres which is made as we wil shewe you afterward This don you shall straine it hard in pouring vpon it some good wine as Maluoisie and after that put also to it three handfuls of the saide herbe and a pound of the said oile and so set it viij daies in the sunne as before in boiling it afterward twelue houres in Balnea mariae and wring and straine it harde again as before wherunto you shal put three handfuls of the seed of the said herbe and a pound of the saide oile This done do as before with straining it in the sunne and in Balneo mariae you shal also after this put into it these drogges following as gentian Crocodilium an herbe after Pliny like the thistle called Camaelion niger Ruellius supposeth it to be that whiche is called comonly Carlina or Cardina Zeduaria Aristolochiarotunda TormeÌ„till white Dittany Sandall of all sortes boile Armenik prepared of eche of them two vnces and putte all the saide thinges in a great glasse the space of ten daies in the sunne Hauing thus done you shal seeth theÌ„ thirtene houres in Balneo mariae straine them afterward very hard then shall you adde to it saffran Aloe Spicinardi Reubarbari electi of eche of them sixe drammes and set them in the sunne again the space of sixe daies boile them a new in Balneo mariae foure twenty houres make the same expression straining that you did before whereunto you shall put an vnce a half of good Mitridatum than it is made and beyng thus made kepe it for your necessite neede for it is a very soueraine thing against poison taken at the mouth hath a secret property against the plage for wormes Mâ—n vse it also in anointing al the poulses the hart that is to saie the left side then couer all his body and lette him alone with the hote linen clothes vntil he fal into a greate sweate And this hath bene proued diuers times Now Balneum mariae is thus made you must set a caudron full of water on the fire in the same water a great glasse suche as men still with all wherin to you must put all your thinges to boile And make your caudron of water so boile that the thinges in the glasse maie also boile and bicause that water in the caudron coÌ„sumeth you must fill it vp again alwaies and lo heere is Balneum mariae For the heate or burning of the vrine TAke the seede of purselane of wilde succory and garden succory of eche of them two drammes the floures of Nenuphar and of Violettes of eche of theim a dramme an vnce of the seede of white Pâ—rpadol two vnces of the seede of Sebestâ—â— half a dramme of Iusquiama alba a dramme of saffran fiue drammes of Lignum dulce ten draÌ„mes of the berrie of a pine apple tree and boile all this in sixe pound of water vntill it be decreased of the third part then straine it and take sixe vnces of this straining with an vnce of Iulep of violettes and drinke it luke warme euery morning at the breake of the daie and you shall see a meruelous effect within foure daies A water of a maruelous and excellent vertue to bring againe the sighte of the eies to him that hath lost it or is diminished by sickenes or any other accident or chaunce TAke three drammes Tutia made in pouder very smal and asmuche Aloe Epaticum in pouder two draÌ„mes of fine sugar sixe vnces of rose water sixe vnces of good white wine rather sweete than other wine but true it is y â— to swete is not coÌ„mendable Mixe al this togither put it in some cleane vessel of glasse beyng wel closed and stopt set it in the sunne a moneth togither continually mixyng stirring togither all the saide thinges at the leste ones a daie to the intent they maie incorporate well togither This don take of the same water put certaine droppes of it vpon your eies morning and euening in continuyng so a certaine space it will cause the sight to come again as clere and as pure as it was before And this was made and ordained by a consultation and counsell assembled of the wisest best phisitions of all Italie to bring the Emperour of Constantinoples sight again the yeare 1438. whan he was at the sinode and concile of Ferrare with pope Eugene the fourth and his sight came againe vnto him as faire as euer it was by the meane of this water To remedy or help bloodshotten eyes comming by any Reume fluxion or suche other like cause TAke the toppes or endes of Wormewood whiche is an herbe well inough knowen and stampe it mixyng it with the white of an egge and rose water make thereof as it were a plaister and spreading it vpon a linen cloth whiche you shall laie vpon the eye where the blood is or els vpon bothe And doe this at night whan you go to bedde and the nexte morning take
glasse meete to distil in well closed luted about and distill these thinges in a leÌ„beck as we haue before declared holding the recipient close vnderneth wel luted rouÌ„de about the mouth to thintent there may no breath go out giue it a slowe fire that the matter mount not vpward for it would marre if you made it not desceÌ„d incontinent in weating the mouth with riuer well or conduite water And this water that commeth out is a wonderfull water for all the infirmities weaknesse of the members for I haue seene the experience of it vpoÌ„ a yong maide that had brokeÌ„ her arme whether it were that it was not wel drest or by any other occasion I know not but with in four daies it began to putrifie and to rot in suche wise that the phisitions and surgeons would haue cut it of But by the couÌ„sell of maister Seraphin this water was laid to it which is made in foure or fiue houres after they had well washed and rubbed her arme and the bandes that she was bound with al in laiyng it vpoÌ„ the broken place and wounde she was cured within fewe daies after In distilling this water you must vnderstand that at the ende it chaÌ„geth colour and than you must chauÌ„ce the recipient bicause the laste would marre the first which is very good hauing ended your distillation you shall take vp the lies or the gomme whiche hath no lesse vertue theÌ„ the water And if you make pouder of it it will be good for putrified woundes For one that can not slepe nor take his rest either for paine in the head or other like cause TAke oile of violettes with the yelke of an egge womans milke as much of the one as of the other and hauing mengled all togither make thereof a plaister and laie it either vpon his forehed or vpon his eyes and the paine shall cease and desire of sleepe shall come vpon him To consolidate and close vp the chappes or chinkes of the mouth TAke Honny and the drie marrow of a Hogge and mingle it togither heating it a little at the fire in a little potte and so anoint your lippes with it A water to keepe the handes delicate and soft TAke small Limons drie Figges and the roote of Enula campana asmuche of the one as of the other and make them very fine and small then put to it a handfull of sodden wheate seeth it with a slowe fire in one parte of vinaigre and two partes of riuer or fountaine water and lette it seeth a little and then take it of and keepe it couered that no duste come into it Washe your face with this water oftentimes and you shall se a meruelous triall of it An excellent water and of small cost for to wash a mans face and to keepe it in one state alwaies TAke the floures of Orenges incarnation Roses the floures of thornes as muche of one as of the other except of the thornes whiche must be lesse in quantite And beyng all distilled togither keepe the water of them which is very precious To take out the wrinkles of the face TAke an olde Capon and plucke of his fethers and cut him a long the backe and dresse it as it were to eate Then fill him full of little yellow Limons cut very small and the fenell seede and put all this togither in a limbeck with a moderate fire And than washe your face with the water that commeth out of it and the wrinkles will go awaie To mantaine and keepe the face without wrinkles TAke a newe fire pan of iron and sette it on the fire and whan it is very hote sprinkle it with good white wine and so parfume your face ouer the smoke of it and than wipe it with fine white linen clothes this done set the pan vpoÌ„ the fire again and a little Mirrhe vpon it and so perfume your face again ouer it and in the meane time keepe your selfe couered so that the smoke may not go away from you This done binde vp your face in some linen clothes and so goe to bedde and sleepe And this you must doe ones in fiuetene daies To heale a swollen face and that is hurt or marred by reason of some strange skorching which onely chaunceth whan the subline is not good TAke the iuice of Barba Iouis in English Singreone and rubbe your face with it twise or thrise a daie you maie doe the like with the iuice of Purcelane but if your face were to muche marred or hurt take xl or l. yelkes of egges and put them in a friyng pan vpon a great fire and get some oile out of them wherwith you shall anoint your face To know whether the sublime be good or no or whether it be made with arsenick I Haue shewde you in the first chapiter of the sixt â—ooke in the first part of my secretes the maner of subliming quick siluer as it ought to be sublimed Now for asmuch as many menne haue not this maner to make sublime thei must buy it ready made and therfore I thought it good to shew you the meane and waie howe to know whether it bee good or no or whether it bee made with Arsenick for all the sublimes that are made with Arsenick destroie comonly the face and make it swell Take therfore of sublime the quantite of a beane and cast it vpon the hote coales and if it be good it will burne and will make a blewe flame but if it make any other colour it is not good To take letters out of Paper TAke Salnitrum and blewe Vitrioll a pound of eche one and distill them then take a sponge and weate the letters with the same water and they will easely go of Also for the like effect take pouder of white bones and two vnces of plastre stampe it very small and mingle theim bothe togither and temper it with the yelke of an egge and anoint the letters with it and let it so drie and then scrape them with a pen knife and the Paper wil remaine white To renewe olde and worne Letters TAke Galles and stampe them a little then laie theÌ„ a stiepe one daie in good white wine This done distil them and with the water that commeth of them you shall weate handsomely the letters with a little cotton they wilbe freshe newe again in such wise that you may easely read them To mollifie or to make softe Iuorie and bones to worke what thing on them or with them TAke strong vinaigre and Sage and boile the Iuorie and the bones in it and thei wil be soft Also for the like effect take blewe Vitrioll and salt prepared and all beyng made into a pouder verie fine distill it and keepe the water of it and than laie your Iuorie and bones in it and leaue theim so half a daie and they will be soft Then put them three daies in the iuice of Beetes and thei will be tender so that