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<P><HI>The fir&s;t part of the Key <HI>of Philo&s;ophie.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Wherein is contained mo&s;te ex|excellent &s;ecretes of Phi&s;icke and Philo&s;ophie, deuided into twoo Bookes.</P>
<P>In the fir&s;te is &s;hewed the true and perfect order to di&s;till, or drawe forthe the Oiles, of all manner of Gummes, Spices, Seedes, Rootes, and Herbes, with their perfect ta&s;te, &s;mell, &amp; vertues.</P>
<P>In the &s;econde is &s;hewed the true and perfect order to prepare, calcine, &s;ublime, and di&s;&s;olue all maner of Mineralles, and how ye &s;hall drawe forthe their Oiles and Saltes, whiche are mo&s;te wonderfull in their operations, for the health of mannes bodie. Fir&s;t written in the Germaine tongue by the mo&s;te learned <HI>Theophra&s;tus</HI> Para&s;el&s;us, and now pu|bli&s;hed in the Engli&s;he tongue by <HI>Ihon He&s;ter</HI> practitio|ner in the Arte of di&s;tillation. <HI>1580.</HI></P>
<P><HI>AT LONDON. Printed by Richard Day, to be &s;old at the long Shop at the We&s;t ends of Paules.</HI></P>
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<HEAD><HI>To the righte reuerende <HI>Father in GOD, and his &s;ingular</HI></HI> good Lord Ihon Wat&s;on, by the grace of God Bi&s;hop of Winche&s;ter, and Prelate of the right honourable order of the Garter. I. H. wi&s;heth healthe and peace, and long life in Ie&s;us Chri&s;t.</HEAD>
<P>_PRetie and pithie is the tale (my good lorde) that Plato tells in his Protagoras, and &s;omewhat appliable to my pr&s;ent purpo&s;e, and therefore not ab&s;urd for me to &s;ett doune, to the better preferment of my pretence. Emong other his excellent inuentions (as he is in all his thinges moste like hym&s;elf &s;till verie diuine) he &s;he|weth
<PB REF="4"> how Joue looking doune fro~ Heauen with a pitifull regarde, vpon the harde and vntowarde condition of men, &s;eeyng the &s;on|drie calamities, and infinite mi&s;e|ries that they were &s;ubiect vnto, while yet they liued &s;auage like beastes among&s;t beastes, euery man leadyng his life after the le|uell of his owne lu&s;t: tooke order &s;traight with his winged me&s;&s;en|ger Mercurie, to de&s;cende doune with expedition, with trauell to collecte and gather together the di&s;per&s;ed multitude, that &s;o vni|ted they might bothe bee &s;tronger to defende them &s;elues from the bruite beastes their common ene|mie:
<PB REF="4"> &amp; lincked as it were in a bo|die pollique, each pre&s;ented as wel with the daily viewe of his owne want, as the continuall &s;howe of like lacke in others, might with ioynt a&s;&s;ent and con&s;ent (as dri|uen by nece&s;&s;itie) endeuor to driue nece&s;&s;itie from them&s;elues. For the &s;pedier accompli&s;hyng whereof, he had in charge to establi&s;he a law, that if any amonge&s;t them weare founde vnfurni&s;hed with Iu&s;tice, and voide of &s;hame fastne&s;&s;e: the &s;ame &s;hould bee accompted as an vnprofitable Droane among la|bouryng Bees, and &s;hould &s;uffer puni&s;hement accordyngly. A wor|thie tale, and fit &s;o worthie a Phi|lo&s;opher.
<PB REF="5"> By the which he liuely de+liuered in generall tearmes, that whiche wee daiely finde in parti|culare proof: to weete, no common wealth, nor &s;ocietie to continewe long happie where the members &amp; partes therof either for loue of iu|&s;tice, or feare of &s;hame are not like affectioned eche other. Now least J &s;hould &s;eeme to allowe of this tale in &s;peeche, and to di&s;like it in practi&s;e, J haue pre&s;umed by this bare tran&s;lation, to te&s;tifie my for|wardne&s;&s;e in furtheryng her that fosters me. And yet is not my tra~|&s;latio~ &s;o bare (my good lorde) but that it carrieth in it more plain|ne&s;&s;e to the readers, then perhapps
<PB REF="5"> thei &s;hall finde in the first writer: For be&s;ide that J haue culled out their choi&s;e thynges, J haue from the &s;ame choi&s;e proined, and cut of their &s;uperfluities, I haue &s;upplied their defectes, J haue laied open their ob&s;curitie, and I haue &s;hado|wed their defaultes, neither yet arrogating to my &s;elf, nor deroga|tyng from them, but as Dies diem docet, &s;o Experimentu~ experiendo confirmatur. VVhat my trauaile herein &s;hall profite, J knowe not: but &s;ure J am my trouble in the triall of them hath been great, my expe~ces large, my proofs painfull, and nothing at all herein plea&s;ant &s;aue onely a little knowledge that
<PB REF="6"> I haue gott, aboue the capacitie of the common &s;ort, a thing &s;ure that I value farre aboue the price that it coste me. VVhich knowledge in deede &s;uch is my gro&s;ne&s;&s;e, or &s;uch the &s;ubtilne&s;&s;e of the matter it &s;elf that I ca~ ea&s;ilyer by demo~&s;tration &s;hew it, then by declaration teach it: and therefore dare I not vnder credite warrant per&s;picuitie to all me~, but to tho&s;e that are Filij ar|tis. I promi&s;e more then I founde, and yet founde J more then thei hauing would willingly lo&s;e: to the re&s;idue I maie &s;aie, that as hennes &s;it, but hatche not chickens in one daie: &s;o men read, but learne not artes in one daie. To you my good
<PB REF="6"> Lord, who&s;e countenance herein I craue for protection, who&s;e iudge|ment and skill I appeale to for fa|uor, I mu&s;t needes confe&s;&s;e thei are not written (although loth to haue them ma&s;terle&s;&s;e like their ma&s;ter, J am ouer bolde, to &s;hroude them vnder your winges) to you J &s;aie thei are not written, except ouer|laden with the deepe &amp; graue mi|&s;teries of higher and more heauen|ly Philo&s;ophie, it maie plea&s;e you for delight, now and then to looke doune into the plentifull and plea|&s;ant &s;torehou&s;e of Nature, a mat|ter no doubt<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter"> that all your whole life time <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 span">ue been &s;ingularly delighted <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 span">as mo&s;t plainly do
<PB REF="7"> declare the &s;ingularitie, that you haue happely attained vnto in all and euery the partes of her, no le&s;&s;e to your great co~tent at home, then to your like co~mendation abroad: which becau&s;e I can neither prai&s;e to your de&s;arte, nor in prai&s;yng plea&s;e your de&s;ire, I leaue to &s;peake farther of: only de&s;iring your good lord&s;hip with your wonted cleme~|cie, to accept of this &s;mall te&s;timo|nie of my great good will, a&s;&s;uring your &s;elf, that emong&s;t the greate number of your well willers, there is no one more dueti|full then your pore</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jhon Hester.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>_EXperie~ce the daugh|ter of Tyme, the mo|ther of Wi&s;edom, the rewarde of trauell, and the onely iewell of a fewe the wi&s;er, is commonly good Reader &s;ette out at &s;o high a price, &amp; valewed at &s;o deare a pe|neyworth, that &s;he hath euer moe cheap|ners then Chapmen, moe lookers on her, then likers of her: and yet is &s;he bought of &s;ome, though one dram of her co&s;t them a whole pound of repentance. To di&s;cende into the particulars, were but to tye thee to aweari&s;ome tale, and to leade thee a|long through a tedious Laborinth, &s;tuft full of examples of former age: a matter alreadie &s;o open to the viewe of the whole world, that for me to &s;tirre farther ther|in, were but to &s;ette a light Candle in the bright &s;unn. Onely for proof, it may plea&s;e thee good Reader to admitte the instance in my &s;elf. When I began fir&s;t to &s;hake ha~ds with the varietie of delightes, that vn|&s;tayed
<PB REF="8"> youth, are commonly caried awaie with: &amp; looking back (as it were ouer my &s;houlder) &s;aw the va&s;t Sea of &s;ugered mi|&s;eries that I had waded through: I then began to thinke it high tyme to &s;et doune a &s;urer compa&s;&s;e to direct the remnant of the cour&s;e that I haue yet to runne. And although at that tyme I caried in my pur&s;e &s;ufficient wealth to &s;upport my cal|lyng, in my bodie &s;ufficie~t health to main|taine my life: and the&s;e both &s;o rea&s;onable as might haue &s;ati&s;fied a rea&s;onable man, (were not <HI>Natura hominu~ nouitatis aui|da</HI>) yet found I neither &s;uch content in the one, nor the other, as might longer co~tent me to continue in that &s;tate. But drawne on a while by this in&s;tinct or infection (I know not whither to call it) I was driuen at la&s;t by a greedy kinde of Ielo&s;ie, to enuie the &s;tore that I &s;aw in others, in re&s;pect of mine owne penurie: and therwithall I fell into con&s;ideration how I might become one of the &s;mall nomber of tho&s;e, who~ the
<PB REF="8"> greate&s;t number wondred at. To enter the &s;traight path that many the learned had happely to their greate commenda|tion perfectly troden, I &s;aw it almo&s;te vn|po&s;&s;ible: vnle&s;&s;e peraduenture I &s;hould get me where the Mu&s;es dwell, to Oxforde and Cambridge: and there puttyng my &s;elf a prentize &s;euen yeares, to the &s;euen libe|rall &s;ciences, might afterwarde become as long iourney man I can not tell to whome: &amp; in the end (as too many the learned do) get I can not tel what. This cour&s;e yeelded &s;o cour&s;e a liking, as I &s;oner pa&s;&s;ed ouer it, then into it: and castyng about again with my &s;elf, I was combred with a hundreth other odde crochettes, all as farre beyond the compa&s;&s;e of my reache, as they were &s;horte of the condition of my liking: till at length in the mid&s;t of this mu&s;e, I mette in my mynde with two &s;uche Minions, as in my conceipt were the onely Paragons of the re&s;t: the one gallant and gorgeous gar|ni&s;hed with golde and &s;iluer, bedect with
<PB REF="9"> iewelles, &s;ole Ladie and gouerne&s;&s;e of all the riche Mynes and Mineralles that are in the bowelles of the yearth: the other &s;weete and odoriferous, adorned with flo|wers &amp; hearbes, beautified with delicate Spices, &s;ole Ladie and regent of all the plea&s;ant thinges that growe vpon the face of the yearth. The&s;e I vowed to &s;erue and to honour, euen to the lo&s;&s;e of life and lim: neither haue I greatly broken promi&s;e with the~, though they haue not kept touch with me. Goodly and many golden Moun|taines they promi&s;ed me, mary hitherto haue &s;cantly performed any leaden Mole|hilles. But how&s;oeuer the bargaine &s;tande betweene them and me, I am neither di&s;|po&s;ed to accu&s;e them, nor to excu&s;e my &s;elf. We agreed vpon wages, and I weare their liueries: their cogni&s;ance &s;uch as it is, I beare wheare I am not a&s;hamed to &s;howe it: diuers and &s;ondrie their affaires haue thei employed me in, in the whiche I haue faithfully, painfully, and chargeably
<PB REF="9"> applied my &s;elf, &amp; haue attained by their in&s;tructions (to myne owne destruction almo&s;te) many their hidden &s;ecretes as well in Metalles, and Mineralles, as in Hearbes and Spices: parte wherof I haue diligently collected together, and for non paiment of my boordwages at their hands am forced to &s;et them with the re&s;idewe of my skill to &s;ale, with offer to thee (good Reader) of preferment to the be&s;t thinges I haue: yet at a far ea&s;ier price then they co&s;t me, beyng no le&s;&s;e my <HI>Su~ma Summa|rum</HI> ca&s;t vp, and the foote of my accompt &s;et doune, then the wa&s;tyng out of my for|mer health, and the wearyng of the little wealth I had. So that what experiences &s;oeuer I haue digged out of harde &s;tones, blowne out from hot fire, raked out from foule a&s;hes, with greate co&s;t and greater trauaile, that ha&s;t thou heare in my booke to &s;ee, and in my &s;hop to v&s;e with greate ea&s;e at thy commaundement.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ihon Hester.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD><HI>A TRVE AND perfect Order to make <HI>Oyles out of al maner of Gummes,</HI></HI> Spices, Seedes, Rootes, and Hearbes. Whereunto is added &s;ome of their vertues gathered out of &s;ondrie Auctors.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>To make Oyle of Masticke.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke the pure&s;t <HI>Ma|&s;tick</HI> that maie be got whiche is not mixed with <HI>Sa~drake</HI> or &s;uch like, &amp; beate it to pou|der, then put it into a gla&s;&s;e with a long necke, and put therein as much pure <HI>Aqua vitae</HI> as will couer it three fingers high, and the~ &s;top it clo&s;e that it take no ayre, then &s;et it in warme Hor&s;edoung, or in a &s;ofte <HI>Bal|neo,</HI> vntill it be di&s;&s;olued: then powre it into a gla&s;&s;e, and put therein a&s;muche Wine as you &s;hall thinke good, and di&s;till it with a heade, and receiuer in &s;ande, with a &s;mall fire, and you &s;hall receiue both oyle and wa|ter
<PB REF="11"> together, the whiche you &s;hall &s;eparate one from another. Then increa&s;e your fire, and there will come foorthe another oyle whiche &s;melleth &s;omewhat of the fire, and is be&s;te to bee v&s;ed outwardly. Ye maie re|ctifie it againe with a &s;mall fire, and &s;o it will come &s;weete.</P>
<P>The vertues of this oyle. It is excellent again&s;t all colde di&s;ea&s;es of the Mawe: It comforteth the Liuer and the Lites, and all other inwarde partes of the bodie. Beyng drounken it helpeth cho&s;e that vomit or &s;pit blood. It con&s;umeth and breaketh all in|warde &s;ores. This oyle being anoynted on the bellie it &s;toppeth the Flixe, it &s;toppeth wome~s tearmes, it is al&s;o good for the mo|ther that is fallen doune, if you anoynte it therewith, and the vnderparte of the bellie. It is good for young children who&s;e ar&s;e gutte commeth foorthe, if you annoynte it therewith, and put it vp againe. It is al&s;o good for tho&s;e that are bur&s;t if you anoynte them therwith, and let them weare a tru&s;&s;e fitte for that purpo&s;e. It helpeth fre&s;he woundes very quicky if you annointe them therewith, and laie thereon a clothe weate
<PB REF="11"> in the &s;ame. It fa&s;teneth the teethe if you annoynte the gummes therewith. It com|forceth a weake &s;tomacke and cau&s;eth good di&s;ge&s;tion if you annoynte it therewith.</P>
<P>This Oyle hath all the vertues of <HI>Ma|&s;ticke,</HI> but it is an hundreth tymes of more force.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; To make Oyle of Mirra.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke pure <HI>Mirra</HI> that is new and fatte, &s;ixe ounces and putte it into a gla&s;&s;e with a lo~g necke, and put thereon twelue ounces of pure rectified <HI>Aqua vitae,</HI> then lute the gla&s;&s;e fa&s;t, and &s;et it in Hor&s;e|dung vntill it bee di&s;&s;olued. Then powre it into an Vrinall with a head and a receiuer, and di&s;till awaie the <HI>Aqua vitae</HI> in <HI>Balneo,</HI> with a &s;ofte fire, and the Oyle will remaine in the bottome, the whiche &s;traine through a fine clothe, and keepe it in a gla&s;&s;e. His vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>This Oyle by his naturall vertue pre|&s;erueth all thynges from putrifaction that
<PB REF="12"> is annoynted therewith: Likewi&s;e the face and handes beyng annoynted therewith, it pre&s;erueth them in youthfull &s;tate, a long tyme. It helpeth all &s;tinkyng &s;ores and woundes quickly: It helpeth paines of the eares, if it be put therein. It pre&s;erueth the &s;ight of the eyes, if you putte one or twoo droppes therein. It helpeth al paines of the Moother if it be annoynted therewith. It &s;taieth the heare from fallyng. If any bee troubled with a Feuer, lette hym annoynte his whole bodie therewith, and laie hym doune to &s;weate. This Oyle drieth and con&s;umeth all accidentes after birthe. Be|yng dronke it maketh a &s;weete breath, and helpeth the cough, it is good again&s;t &s;horte winde: it helpeth the Stitche in the &s;ide if you drinke thereof one dram. It &s;toppeth the fluxe of the bellie. It maketh a cleane voyce: The armepittes beyng annoynted therewith, it taketh awaie the &s;tinche from tho&s;e partes. If ye mixe it with Wine and wa&s;he the mouth therewith, it will comfort the gummes and fa&s;ten the teethe. It is al|&s;o good for woundes in the heade.</P>
<P>If thou wilte v&s;e this Oyle to pre&s;erue
<PB REF="12"> any parte, you &s;hall v&s;e it in this order, fir&s;t make a bathe with &s;ome &s;weete hearbes, and then holde that parte the which you wil pre&s;erue ouer the fume, that the powres maie open, then drie it with a liunen clothe, and then annoynte it with this Oyle and chafe it in: that being doen, if there remaine any yellowne&s;&s;e of the Oyle, ye maie wa&s;he it awaie with white Wine. This Oyle would bee occupied when you are in the Stue or Hothou&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; To make Oyle of Storax liquida.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the pure&s;t <HI>Storax</HI> that you can gette, and put it into a gla&s;&s;e with a long necke, &amp; &s;et it in hor&s;edunge for a moneth, then take it forthe and di&s;till it in an Vrinall that hath a wide mouthe, in &s;ande, with a gentle fire, and you &s;hall haue bothe oyle and water, the whiche you &s;hall &s;eparate, and keepe to thy v&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Rifius</HI> writeth in his greate booke of di|&s;tillations, that this oyle hath the &s;ame ver|tues that the Oyle of <HI>Mirra</HI> hath: but that it is a little more hotter and pear&s;yng.</P>
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<HEAD>To make Oyle of Storax Calamite.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle maie bee made diuer&s;e waies, of the whiche I will &s;hewe you the be&s;te. Take the pure&s;te <HI>Storax</HI> that you can finde, and beate it into pouder, then put it into a long necked gla&s;&s;e, &amp; put thereon pure rectified <HI>Aqua vitae,</HI> and lute the gla&s;&s;e, then &s;ette it in warme dounge, or in a &s;ofte <HI>Balneo</HI> a monethe. Then di&s;till it in Sande with a &s;mall fire, and thou &s;halte haue bothe oyle and water, the whiche you &s;hall &s;eparate. You &s;hall vnder&s;tande, that towardes the ende of the di&s;tillation, there will a&s;cende a certaine matter like <HI>Manna,</HI> the whiche is plea&s;aunt.</P>
<P>The vertues of this Oyle. Three or fo|wer droppes beeyng drunke, it comforteth the brea&s;te and lunges, and all inward par|tes: it helpeth the paines of the Mother if it be drunke, and al&s;o annoynte tho&s;e partes therewith. It &s;toppeth the rewme that fal|leth to the brea&s;te and necke: This beeyng drunke, it maketh a manne merrie, and of
<PB REF="13"> light courage, but beware you take not to muche. If you put twoo or three droppes into the eares, it taketh awaie the &s;yngyng in them.</P>
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<HEAD>To make Oyle of Beniamin.</HEAD>
<P>THis is made as you made the oile of <HI>Storax Calamite,</HI> and is onely v&s;ed in perfumyng: Some di&s;till this <HI>Beniamine</HI> with Ro&s;e water but I thinke it will not be &s;o perfect in &s;mel nor &s;o ea&s;ily doen.</P>
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<HEAD>To make Oyle of Galbanum.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke the pure&s;t <HI>Galbanum</HI> that thou can&s;t gette, and put it into a gla&s;&s;e, clo&s;e luted: then &s;ett it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> vntill it bee di&s;&s;olued, then di&s;till it with a &s;ofte fire, and then will come forth a faire yellow oyle, the~ increa&s;e the fire, and then will come forthe a red &s;tinkyng oyle, the whiche ye &s;hall &s;epa|rate.</P>
<P>This oyle being dronke, is good again&s;t an olde cough, and for &s;uche as are &s;horte winded, and can not ea&s;ily drawe their
<PB REF="14"> breathe, but are alwaies pantyng and brea|thyng. It is al&s;o verie good for &s;uche as are broken, and bru&s;ed within, and again&s;t crampes, and &s;hrinkyng of &s;inowes. This oyle beeyng dronke in wine with Oyle of <HI>Mirra,</HI> is good again&s;te all venome dron|ken, or &s;hotte into the bodie with venemous dartes, or arrowes. Beeyng taken in the &s;ame order, it prouoketh womens termes, and deliuereth the dead childe. It hath the &s;ame vertue, if a perfume thereof be recei|ued in the &s;ecrete partes. This perfume dooeth al&s;o helpe women that are greeued with the ri&s;yng, or &s;tranglyng of the Mo|ther, and them that haue the fallyng &s;icke|ne&s;&s;e, and beeyng laied to the nauell, it cau|&s;eth the <HI>Matrix</HI> or mother, that is remo|ued from his naturall place, to &s;ettle again. This Oyle dooeth mollifie and &s;often, and draweth forth thorns, &s;plinteres, or &s;hiuers, and cold humours, beeyng mixed with any conuenient vnguent. It is good to annoint the &s;ide again&s;t the &s;toppyng and hardne&s;&s;e of the Milte. The perfume or &s;ent of this Oyle, driueth awaie Serpentes from the place where it is burned: and no venemous
<PB REF="14"> bea&s;tes haue power to hurte &s;uche, as bee annointed with the oyle of <HI>Galbanum,</HI> and if ye mixe this oyle with the roote of <HI>An|gelica,</HI> or the &s;eede or roote of <HI>Spondilium,</HI> and touch any Serpent or venemous bea&s;t therewith, it cau&s;eth them to dye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Sagapenum.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke this Gumme and di&s;&s;olue it in &s;trong wine, in <HI>Balneo Mariae,</HI> and then di&s;till it in Sande with a gentle fire.</P>
<P>This Oile is good for the &s;titche in the &s;ide: It taketh awaie the cough that hath continued long: It helpeth the &s;wellyng of the brea&s;t, whereby the breathe is &s;topped. It is very good again&s;t the cra~pe: It war|meth the ioyntes, and helpeth the paines of the hippes, and all &s;uche like di&s;ea&s;es com|myng of cold. It is good for women that haue greate paine in their childbedde, if you annoint the no&s;ethrelles therewith: For it driueth for the bothe the quicke and the dead fruite quickly: beeyng drunke with wine it helpeth again&s;t poy&s;on, and is al&s;o good a|gain&s;t
<PB REF="15"> the bityng of an Adder: beyng putte into thee eye it taketh awaie &s;pottes: You &s;hal note, that women with child mu&s;t take greate heede of this Oyle.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Opoponax.</HEAD>
<P>_THis is made as is afore&s;aied, and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>If you drinke three or fower droppes with Wine, it helpeth the Cough and all impedimentes of the Milte. It hel|peth al&s;o all impedimentes of the Blather, and clen&s;eth it of all &s;cabbes and &s;ores: It helpeth the Stitche in the &s;ide. It cau&s;eth &s;peedie deliuerie in women with childe. It helpeth again&s;t winde in the Matrixe, and di&s;&s;olueth the hardne&s;&s;e of tho&s;e partes, and cau&s;eth the paine to cea&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Euphorbium.</HEAD>
<P>THis is made as is &s;aied afore, and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>Ye &s;hall note that this Oyle is not to bee occupied inwardly, by rea&s;on of
<PB REF="15"> his greate heate: excepte it bee mixed with &s;ome other thyng, as if it bee mixed with Honnie it purgeth the bellie marueilo&s;ly. It helpeth tho&s;e that are troubled with ob|liuiou&s;ne&s;&s;e, if ye annoynte the partes ther|with: It draweth forthe Thornes and &s;uch like out of the fle&s;he: it helpeth the bityng of an Adder: It is al&s;o good for &s;tifne&s;&s;e of the ioyntes commyng of colde, if ye annoynte the partes therewith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Ambre or Succinum.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke <HI>Ambre</HI> and beate it to pouder, &amp; put it into a gla&s;&s;e with a heade and a receiuer, and di&s;till it in Sande with a gentle fire, and there will come forth both Oyle and water, the which ye &s;hall &s;eparate one from another.</P>
<P>This Oyle beyng perfectly di&s;tilled, is good again&s;t paines of the heade, and re&s;o|lution of &s;innewes, and again&s;t &s;wimmyng in the heade, and fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e. If ye drinke thereof thr&eacute;e or fower droppes in the
<PB REF="16"> mornyng with <HI>Pionie</HI> water, it pre&s;erueth a manne from all poy&s;ones and pe&s;tiferous ayres, if ye annoynte the no&s;treilles there|with, or put it into &s;ome medicine fitte for that purpo&s;e. It is excellente again&s;t di|&s;ea&s;es of the Blather and Raines, and dri|ueth forth the Stone, and prouoketh vrine, if ye drinke it with Malme&s;ie, or Parcelie water, or &s;uche like. It helpeth the Collike and chokyng of the Matrixe, if you anoynte the partes therewith. It driueth forthe the fruite, and cau&s;eth a woman to b&eacute;e faire de|liuered, if &s;he drinke thr&eacute;e or fower droppes, it is good again&s;t all fluxes of the heade.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Amoniacum.</HEAD>
<P>TAke this Gumme and put it into a gla&s;&s;e, clo&s;e luted: and &s;ette it in warme dunge, or in <HI>Balneo Ma|riae,</HI> vntill it bee di&s;&s;olued, then di&s;|till it in Sande with a head and a receiuer, and thou &s;halte haue bothe oyle and water, the whiche ye &s;hall &s;eparate one from an o|ther: ye &s;hall vnder&s;tande that there will come foorthe more water then oyle, as I
<PB REF="16"> haue proued many tymes.</P>
<P>This Oyle helpeth the cough comming of moy&s;ture: it purgeth the brea&s;te, and hel|peth Vlcers in that place, three or fower droppes being taken in an Egge: it helpeth paines in the &s;ide, if ye annoynte it there|with. It di&s;&s;olueth all hardne&s;&s;e and &s;wel|lynges, and taketh awaie the paines of the goute. If ye mixe this oyle with as muche Oyle of <HI>Galbanum,</HI> and a very little Oyle of Wormwood, and annoynte the Milte, it taketh awaie all the paines: beeyng mixed with Oyle of Wormwood, and annoynted in the Nauill it killeth wormes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Sarcocolla.</HEAD>
<P>THis is an excellent <HI>Bal&s;ame</HI> again&s;t all woundes, and filleth them with fle&s;he: it purgeth all olde &s;ores, with out paine and &s;marte, it breaketh hard Im|po&s;tumes, it helpeth all runnyng eyes, if you v&s;e it in a Collirie it helpeth wheales in the eye liddes: Beyng drunke with wine it helpeth the rewine that falleth to the teeth, and for that cau&s;e it is v&s;ed of tho&s;e that are
<PB REF="17"> troubled with aboundaunce of flegmatike humors: You &s;hall note that this Oyle is &s;pecially v&s;ed in fre&s;he woundes and olde &s;ores. This oyle is made as you made the oyle of <HI>Serapynum.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Castoreum.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the fatte&s;t that thou can&s;t gette and &s;tampe it well, then put it into a gla&s;&s;e, and &s;et it to putrifie in <HI>Bal|neo Mariae</HI> fiue or &s;ixe daies, then di&s;till it with a &s;ofte fire, and thou &s;halte haue an ex|cellent Olye.</P>
<P>This is good again&s;t all colde Crampes and Pal&s;ies, beyng mixed with Rewe and Vineger: and putte into the no&s;ethrilles it comforteth the braine, and taketh awaie paines of the head. Beyng anoynted on the necke and al&s;o drunke with Wine, it hel|peth muche tho&s;e that are troubles with the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e: It helpeth convul&s;ions and paines of the &s;inewes, if you annoynte them therwith: beyng drunke with Pepper and Hidromell, it prouoketh womens ter|mes and al&s;o the fruite, it warmeth colde
<PB REF="17"> places, it is al&s;o excellent again&s;t Appople|xia, it helpeth tho&s;e that are deaffe, it moueth venery. It helpeth the Collike, and the &s;uf|focation of the Matrixe, and &s;trengtheneth the naturall partes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Frankencen&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>TAke <HI>Frankencen&s;e</HI> as muche as you will, &amp; put it into a retorte of gla&s;&s;e, well luted: And put therevnto for e|uery pou~de of &s;tuffe, fower ounces of cleane &s;ande, and then di&s;till it with a gentle fire, vntill all the &s;ub&s;taunce be come forthe, and thou &s;halte haue bothe water and Oyle, the whiche ye mu&s;t &s;eparate.</P>
<P>The water is good again&s;t winde in the &s;tomacke if it bee drunke: it is al&s;o good for choppes in the handes and feete, if ye wa&s;he them therewith, and annoynte them with the oyle again&s;t the fire, and &s;traight waies put on a paire of gloues, and &s;o doing thr&eacute;e tymes, thei &s;halbe hole.</P>
<P>This Oyle helpeth &s;imple woundes in three or fower daies, if ye annoynte them therewith, and laie thereon a clothe weate
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<PB REF="22"> in the &s;ame, it pre&s;erueth all fle&s;he from pu|trifiyng and alteration, and taketh awaie the paine: It helpeth all aches and bru&s;es if ye anoynte them therewith, Ye &s;hal note that you mu&s;t v&s;e no tente where you occu|pie this oyle, but wa&s;he the wounde cleane and ioyne it or &s;titche it clo&s;e together, and them laie thereon a clothe weate in the&s;ame, for if ye fall a tentyng, ye make worke for the Surgeon.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Turpentine.</HEAD>
<P>TAke pure and cleane <HI>Turpentine</HI> as muche as you will, and put it into a gla&s;&s;e, &s;o that three parts be emptie, and putte therein a certaine quantitie of &s;ande, as muche as you &s;hall thinke good, then di&s;till it in &s;ande with a &s;ofte fire, and there will come forthe fewer licours: The one is a cleare water, the other a cleare oyle, the th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1+ letters">de a yellowe oyle, the fowerth a dedde and &s;tinkyng, the whiche a number of Poticaries doe &s;ell in &s;teade of <HI>Baulme:</HI> Ye &s;hall note that the fir&s;te Oyle is hot, the &s;econd hotter, the thirde hotte&s;t of all, and
<PB REF="22"> not &s;o good to occupie inwardly, as the fir&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Falopius</HI> in his booke of &s;ecretes wri|teth, that this oyle wil helpe fre&s;h woundes in fower and twentie houres, if ye anoynte them therewith, and laie thereon a cloathe weate in the &s;ame. It is good againts con|traction of &s;innewes commyng of colde: it prouoketh Vrine, if ye drinke one dram of the fir&s;te Oyle in white Wine: it breaketh winde in the bodie, and di&s;&s;olueth the Plu|ri&s;ie and Pe&s;tilent Feuer: it prouoketh an appetite if ye annoynte the &s;tomacke ther|with. It helpeth again&s;t colde de&s;ea&s;es of the Mawe, and helpeth a &s;tinckyng breath, and the cough.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Waxe.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke new yellowe Waxe a&s;much as you &s;hall think good, and melt it on the fire, then powre it into &s;weete Wine, and wring it betweene your handes, then melte it againe, and powre it into Wine againe, and this you &s;hall doe fiue or &s;ixe tymes at the lea&s;te, and euery tyme you mu&s;t haue fre&s;he Wine, then at
<PB REF="23"> the la&s;te you &s;hall putte it into a retorie of gla&s;&s;e, well luted with his receiuer, and di|&s;till it in Sande, and there will come forthe a faire yellowe Oyle, the whiche will con|gele like pappe when it is colde. Ye &s;hall vnder&s;tande that for euery pounde of waxe, ye &s;hall putte thereto fower ounces of the pouder of brickes into the gla&s;&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Raymonde Lullie</HI> greatly commendeth this oyle, approuyng it rather to be a cele|&s;tiall or deuine medicine, then humaine; for becau&s;e this in woundes woorketh mo&s;te miraculu&s;ly, which for his maruelou&s;e com|moditie, is not &s;o wel to be v&s;ed of the com|mon Chirurgion: Becau&s;e this preciou&s;e oyle healeth a wounde be the &s;ame neuer &s;o bigge or wide, beeyng afore wide &s;titched vp, in the &s;pace of aleuen daies or twelue at the mo&s;t: But tho&s;e are &s;mall this oyle healeth in three or fower daies, by annoyn|tyng onely the wounde therewith, and lai|yng thereon a cloth weate in the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Al&s;o for inwarde di&s;ea&s;es this oyle wor|keth miracles: For if you giue one dram at a tyme to drinke with white wine, it &s;taieth the &s;headyng of the heare, either on the heat
<PB REF="23"> or bearde, by annoyntyng the place there|with: Moreouer it is excellent in prouoking of vrine which is &s;topped: it helpeth &s;titches and paines in the loynes, if you drinke the fore&s;aied quantitie with white Wine: It helpeth the colde goute or Sciatica, and all other greefes commyng of colde. Ye &s;hall vnder&s;tande, that if you rectifie this oyle it will congele no more, but then it will be to hotte to take inwardlie, for it pearceth mer|uelou&s;ly, and is good to bee mixed with o|ther medicines to cau&s;e them to pearce the better.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Quinte&s;&s;ence of Honey.</HEAD>
<P>_YOu &s;hall vnder&s;tande that Ho|ney is licoure rather diuine then humane, becau&s;e it falleth from heauen vpon the hearbes, and is &s;uche a &s;w&eacute;ete thing, that the like can not bee founde vppon the yearth. And this <HI>Raimonde Lullie</HI> calleth the flower of flo|wers, becau&s;e Bees gather it vpon the flo|wers in the fielde. And truely it is a mo&s;te &s;traunge thyng if wee would con&s;ider well
<PB REF="24"> the qualitie of honey and waxe: and there|fore the wi&s;e <HI>Baruch Arabico</HI> in the <HI>Aca|demie</HI> of <HI>Auicene</HI> did wright this &s;entence, <HI>Mel de~tro, &amp; olio di fuori,</HI> &s;ati&s;fiyng vs by this, that honey and oyle were the fir&s;t two licours in the worlde. And truely it is &s;o if we con&s;ider well, as it niaie well be proued by holie Scripture.</P>
<P>The order to make this <HI>Quinte&s;&s;ence</HI> is thus. Take twoo pounde of perfect pure Honey, and put it into a greate gla&s;&s;e, that fower partes of fiue maie remaine emptie: Lute it well with a head and receiuer, and giue it fire vntill there appeare certaine white fumes, whiche you &s;hall turne into water with weatyng of clothes in cold wa|ter, and laiyng them on the receiuer, and head: and thei will turne into water of a red colour like blood. When it is all di&s;tilled, keepe the gla&s;&s;e clo&s;e &s;hut, and let it &s;tande till it bee cleare, and in the colour of a Ru|bine. Then di&s;till it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> at lea&s;te &s;ixe or &s;eauen tymes, and &s;o it will lo&s;e his red colour, and remaine in the color of golde hauyng a greate &s;mell, and &s;o plea|&s;aunt that the like can not bee founde in the
<PB REF="24"> worlde.</P>
<P>This <HI>Quinte&s;&s;ence</HI> di&s;&s;olueth golde, and maketh it potable, and like wi&s;e any &s;orce of Iewel that is putte therein. It is of &s;uche vertue that if any bee a diyng, and drinke two or three drammes thereof, pre&s;ently he will recouer, as the <HI>Quinte&s;&s;ence</HI> of Wine will doe. If you wa&s;he any wounde there|with, or other &s;ore, it will heale quickly. It is al&s;o good again&s;t the Cough, Cattarre, and paines of the Milte, and many other di|&s;ea&s;es whiche I will not &s;peake of: for but fewe, and thei were hardly, wyll beleeue the greate vertue and operation thereof.</P>
<P>I gaue this &s;ixe and fortie daies vnto one that had the Pal&s;ie, and he was holpen. It helpeth al&s;o the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e, and pre&s;erueth the bodie from putrefaction, &s;o that by the&s;e you maie perceiue that it is a cele&s;tiall medicine. If therefore any ver|tuou&s;e man would take a little paine, in the experience hereof, he &s;hall doe wonder|full thinges, as many tymes I haue doen, &s;o that the people deemed that I wrought by Inchauntment, when as in deede I did it by vertue of this licour, mini&s;tryng the
<PB REF="25"> &s;ame &s;o priuiely that thei could not &s;ee it, which fell out to my greate honour, and be|nefite of the &s;icke, as you &s;hall reade in my <HI>The&s;auro della vita humana:</HI> And there|fore I would wi&s;h them that profe&s;&s;e Phi|&s;icke, and Chirurgerie to v&s;e &s;uche experi|ence, whereby commeth honor and gaine to the Phi&s;ition, and profite to the patient.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Lignum vitae or Guaicum.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke the fre&s;he&s;t Wood that thou can&s;t get, and make it in pouder, then putte it into a ve&s;&s;ell of gla&s;&s;e well luted, and &s;et it in hor&s;e dounge, or in <HI>Balneo</HI> to di&s;ge&s;t, then take it forthe and di|&s;till it with a gentle fire, as thou woulde&s;t di&s;till, Nutmegges, and thou &s;halte haue both Oyle and water, the whiche thou &s;halt &s;eparate by them &s;elues: then take the feres and put it into a newe earthen pot, and &s;et it in a furne&s;&s;e of reuerberatione, vntill it be burnt into a&s;hes, then take that a&s;hes and make thereof a lye with Fumetarie water, and when thou &s;e&s;te that the a&s;hes will
<PB REF="25"> make the water no more &s;harpe, ca&s;t them awaie, and let the water &s;ettle cleare, then vapoure awaie the water with a &s;ofte fire, and in the bottome will remaine a &s;alte, the whiche you &s;hall di&s;&s;olue and congele vntill it be cleare, and faire, as <HI>Sal atron</HI> or <HI>En|tallie,</HI> then keepe it to thy v&s;e: the water is to drinke with Wine.</P>
<P>The Oyle is to annoynte the &s;ores or a|ches, and the &s;alte is to pourge, and the or|der to v&s;e it is thus: Either in the Poxe, the Goute, or the Pal&s;ie.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t you &s;hall pourge the pacient well with this. Take of the &s;alte half a &s;cruple, Theriaca Alexandria two drammes, mixe them and giue them thereof half a &s;cruple at a tyme: You &s;hall giue this three or fo|wer tymes, according to the infection of the di&s;ea&s;e, for in this &s;alte is vertue to pourge all humours that cau&s;eth the Goute, the Pal&s;ie, and the Poxe, and &s;uch like, and the like hath not been founde, neither vomi|tyng or purgyng. Then when the pacient is well purged, if the pacient haue any &s;o|res or holes, you &s;hall mundifie them with this &s;alte, and when thei are mundified, you
<PB REF="26"> &s;hall dre&s;&s;e them twi&s;e a daie with the oyle, vntill thei be hole, but if the pacient haue no holes, you &s;hall annoynt tho&s;e places where he fealeth ache or greefe: Al&s;o euery mor|nyng early in his bed, and at night an houre after &s;upper, you &s;hall giue hym a good &s;poonefull of the water with remmi&s;he wine to drinke, and let hym &s;weate thereon well, al&s;o he &s;hall v&s;e this with his meate if he will. Ye &s;hall vnder&s;tand that the cure lieth not in meate nor drinke, but in the medi|cine, and therefore keepe hym not to hun|grie: but let hym haue good meate and well &s;ea&s;oned with &s;alt, and let him drinke wine, and &s;o v&s;ing this order, thou &s;halte bee able to helpe the Goute, Poxe, or Pal&s;ie.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Butter.</HEAD>
<P>TAke newe fre&s;he Butter as muche as you will, and put it into a retorte of gla&s;&s;e, well luted: and there will come forthe three licours, the whiche thou mu&s;t &s;eparate.</P>
<P>This Oyle doeth pearce marueilou&s;ly, and taketh awaie the paines of the Goute,
<PB REF="26"> if you annoynte them therewith: if you an|noynte the handes and face therewith, it will pre&s;erue them faire: it is al&s;o good for tho&s;e that are troubled with a Cattarre, if you giue them thereof an ounce fa&s;tyng, for pre&s;ently it ariueth to the &s;tomacke and mollifieth the Cattarre, in &s;uche order as you &s;hall &s;pitte it forthe at the mouthe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Egges.</HEAD>
<P>TAke Egges and &s;eathe them harde, then take forthe the yelkes and &s;ta~pe them in a morter, then put them in a friyng panne, and &s;ette ouer the fire, and continually &s;tirre it vntill you &s;ee it tourne to oyle, then take it forthe, and put it into a canuas bagge and pre&s;&s;e it forth. This oyle helpeth moundes with greate &s;peede: It maketh y^e haire of the haed or bearde black: it taketh awaie the paines of the Emerods, it is excellent again&s;t burnyng with fire or &s;caldyng with mater: you &s;hall vnder&s;tand this oyle maie be made very perfect by the arte of di&s;tillation without impre&s;&s;ion, as I haue proued diuers tymes.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="recipes">
<PB REF="27">
<HEAD>&para; <HI>Here beginneth the Order</HI> to make Oyles of all maner of Spices and Seede.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Synamon.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke Synamone as muche as you will, and &s;tampe it gro&s;lie: then put it into a glas with pure <HI>Aqua vitae,</HI> and &s;o let it &s;tand fiue or &s;ixe daies, then di|&s;till it with a &s;mall fire, and there will come forthe bothe oyle and water, the which you &s;hall &s;eparate one from another, for the oyle will &s;incke to the bottome: &s;ome v&s;e to di|&s;till this with Wine, and &s;ome with Ro&s;e water.</P>
<P>You &s;hal vnder&s;tande that this oyle is of a maruelous nature, for it pearceth through fle&s;he and bones, and is very hot and drie, and is good again&s;t all colde and moi&s;te di|&s;ea&s;es, and in &s;peciall for the hart and head, in &s;o muche that if a man did lie &s;peacheles, and could &s;cant drawe his winde, it would pre&s;ently recouer hym againe, &s;o that his
<PB REF="27"> tyme bee not yet come: mo&s;te miracolous to &s;ee: and to bee &s;horte, this oyle is of &s;uch operation and vertue, that if a man drinke neuer &s;o little, he &s;hall feele the workyng in his fingers and toes with greate maruell, and therfore to be &s;hort, it pearceth through the whole bodie, &amp; helpeth all di&s;ea&s;es that are come through colde and flegmatique matter. This oyle is hot and &s;harpe: It di|ge&s;teth and maketh thyne, &amp; driueth doune womens tearmes: It helpeth women that haue greate paines and &s;marte in their tra|uell, and bringeth forthe their fruite, if you giue the paciente a little of this oyle, with oyle of <HI>Mirra</HI> in Wine to drinke, and an|noynte the partes therwith. The face and handes beyng annoynted with this oyle, it driueth awaie the me&s;eles and &s;pottes. It warmeth the brea&s;te, and helpeth the colde Cough: it con&s;umeth all colde &s;tuxes that proceede from the braine and head, and cau|&s;eth quiet &s;leepe.</P>
<P>This Oyle maie bee occupied in &s;teade of the naturall Baulme for many di&s;ea&s;es: ye &s;hall note that the water of Sinamone is al&s;o good again&s;t the afore&s;aied di&s;ea&s;es,
<PB REF="28"> but yet nothyng of &s;o muche force as the Oyle, for one droppe of Oyle will do more, then fower &s;poonfulles of the water, there|fore thei would be v&s;ed together.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Cloues.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made in this order. Take the be&s;te Cloues that thou can&s;t get, and beate them gro&s;ly, then put them into pure Wine in+to a gla&s;&s;e, with a long necke clo&s;e luted, then &s;et it in warme hor&s;e dounge the &s;pace of a moneth, then di&s;till it in Sande with a &s;ofte fire, and thou &s;halte haue a faire Oyle, whiche will &s;inke to the bottome, the which you &s;hall &s;eparate: and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>It &s;trengtheneth the braine, heade, and harte, and reuiueth the &s;pirites, it &s;erueth again&s;t all colde di&s;ea&s;es, it con&s;umeth all euill fleme: Beyng out wardly applied, it hath greate vertue in healyng, and maie be occupied in &s;teede of Baulme for woundes. One or two droppes taken in the mornyng with Wine helpeth a &s;tinkyng breathe: It
<PB REF="28"> maketh the harte merrie, and clean&s;eth the filthine&s;&s;e thereof, and openeth the Liuer that is &s;topped: beyng putte into the eye it cleareth the &s;ight. It comforteth a cold &s;to|macke, and cau&s;eth good dige&s;tion, it pur|geth Mellancollie: this oyle maie be made in <HI>Manus Christi</HI> with &s;ugar, and thei will haue the afore&s;aied vertue and &s;trength.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Nutmegges.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Oyle is made as the Oyle of Cloues, and will &s;wimme vppon the Wine: But if you di&s;till this againe in <HI>Balneo,</HI> it will be mo&s;te pure and &s;uttle, and maie be kept an hundreth yeres in his perfect &s;trength and vertue.</P>
<P>This Oyle beeyng dronke with Wine driueth doune womens tearmes, and al&s;o the quicke and the dead fruite: And there|fore women with childe &s;hall not occupie this oyle, vntill &s;uche tyme as thei be in tra|uell with childe, and then it cau&s;eth them to be faire deliuered without paine and daun|ger. Beyng dronke with wine it taketh a|waie all paines of the heade commyng of
<PB REF="29"> It comforteth the Mawe, and ope|neth the Liuer, Milte and Kidnes, and &s;uch like, it is excellent again&s;t beatyng of the harte, and faintne&s;&s;e and &s;oundyng, if ye drinke thereof and annoynte the region of the harte therewith: It maketh good blood, and expelleth flegmatike and mellancollie humours, and maketh a man merrie: Be|yng v&s;ed at night it taketh awaie al fancies and dreames: If any had a wounde, or had broken a ribbe within hym with a fall, lette hym drinke this oyle with any &s;light wou~d drinke, and it will helpe hym although he were almo&s;te deade: It is good in all filthie &s;ores the whiche are counted vncurable: it is al&s;o preciou&s;e for all colde di&s;ea&s;es of the ioyntes and &s;innewes: It maketh a &s;weete breathe: if the &s;plene doe &s;well, ye &s;hall an|noynte therewith the lefte &s;ide: it helpeth all effectes in the blather if it be dronke.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Ma&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Oyle is made as is a fore&s;aid, and is hotte in operation, it hath greate vertue again&s;t the Collike
<PB REF="29"> which co~meth of cold cau&s;es or of a rewme, de&s;endyng from the heade: It comforteth the harte, the &s;tomack, and the wombe, it is good in the &s;trangurie, and al cold de&s;ea&s;es: if ye drinke thereof three or fower droppes fa&s;tyng with a &s;poonfull of wine or broath, or eate twoo or three <HI>Manus Christi</HI> made therewith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Pepper.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is di&s;tilled as is &s;aied afore, and is very cleare and light, and his ver|tues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>This Oyle hath more vertue then the Pepper hath in pearcyng, and &s;pecially in the Collike, and other weake places filled with fleme, if you take thereof three or fo|wer droppes with one &s;cruple of the ioyce of a Quince, two houres afore the fitte, af|ter the bodie is well pourged, and let blood, it &s;taieth al&s;o the &s;hakyng at the fir&s;t tyme, or els at the &s;econde, it taketh awaie the fit.</P>
<P>Ye shall vnder&s;tand that this oyle is onely the ayrie parte, &s;eparated from the o|ther Elementes. I &s;awe once this Oyle
<PB REF="30"> made of a Germaine, the whiche had the perfect ta&s;te, &s;auor, and &s;mell, and was &s;o hot on the tongue as oyle of <HI>Vitriall.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Saffron.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the be&s;t Saffron that thou can&s;t get, and put it into a gla&s;&s;e, and put thereon pure rectified <HI>Aqua vitae,</HI> then lute the gla&s;&s;e fa&s;t, and &s;et in warme hor&s;e dunge a moneth: then di&s;till it in <HI>Bal|neo Mariae</HI> with a &s;ofte fire, vntill all the <HI>Aqua vitae</HI> be come forthe: then take forth the Saffron and pre&s;&s;e it in a pre&s;&s;e, made for that purpo&s;e, within a &s;trong canuas bagge, and thou &s;halte haue bothe oyle and water, the whiche thou &s;halte di&s;ge&s;te fiue or &s;ixe daies, and then &s;eparate them by art.</P>
<P>If this Oyle bee dronke with Wine it maketh a man merrie, and to haue a faire couler: if ye annoynte the temples of a man that is ouer come with drinke it will helpe hym. This oyle being annoynted on <HI>Sainct Anthonies</HI> fire it quencheth it, and pre&s;er|ueth the place: this oyle beyng mixed with womens milke &s;toppeth the running of the
<PB REF="30"> eyes: Beyng annoynted on the harte it ma|keth it merrie. The head beyng annoynted with this oyle it prouoketh &s;l&eacute;epe, by rea&s;on whereof the auncient Doctors heretofore did v&s;e it to &s;uche as were mad, annoynting the temples therewith: it clen&s;eth old &s;ores.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Anni&s;eede.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke as muche Anni&s;eede as thou wilte, and beate it gro&s;ly, then infu&s;e it in &s;trong Wine fower or fiue daies, and di&s;till it in a Gourde with a head and receiuer, in &s;ande, and there will come forthe both oyle and water: the whiche thou &s;halte &s;eparate.</P>
<P>This Oyle beyng dronke with Wine in the mornyng fa&s;tyng, maketh a man to haue a &s;weete breathe, if ye put a little into the no&s;ethrilles when you goe to bedde, and annoynte the temples therewith. It taketh awaie all paines co~myng of colde, and cau|&s;eth the pacient to &s;l&eacute;epe quietly: It is good again&s;t winde in the guttes and &s;tomacke, and cau&s;eth the paine to cea&s;e, if ye drinke three or fower droppes and annoynte the
<PB REF="31"> &s;tomacke therewith: it breaketh al&s;o fleme and cau&s;eth it to come forthe at the mouth: It prouoketh venerous actes: and driueth forthe poy&s;on by &s;weate: It is mo&s;te excel|lent for tho&s;e that are &s;hort winded, and can not fetch their breath but with great paine: It comforteth the brea&s;te and Lunges: It breaketh the &s;tone in the raines and blader: it is good again&s;t the bloudie flixe and pil|les. If any che&s;t be annoynted therewith, it will not &s;uffer Mothes to breede therin.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Fennell Seede.</HEAD>
<P>THis is made as is afore&s;aied, and his vertues are the&s;e. It is mo&s;te excellent again&s;t all paines of the eyes, in &s;o muche that if a manne viere almo&s;te blinde it would recouer his &s;ight againe, if he drinke thereof once a day, and drop one droppe into the eye mornyng and euenyng: It maketh a &s;weete breath and comforteth the head of colde humours. It comforteth the Mawe, and openeth the Liuer and Milte that is &s;topped: It helpeth the Drop&s;ie and yellow Iaundies of what
<PB REF="31"> cau&s;e &s;oeuer it be: In hott di&s;ea&s;es ye mu&s;t occupie it with colde waters, and in colde di&s;ea&s;es with wine: <HI>Ex Philippos Herma|nos.</HI></P>
<P>This oyle as writeth <HI>Evonimus,</HI> brea|keth the &s;tone in the raines, and prouoketh men&s;true and vrine: it comforteth the &s;to|macke and breaketh winde, this Oyle maie be made in <HI>Manus Christi,</HI> with &s;ugar and is very plea&s;ant, and hath the &s;elf &s;ame ver|tue.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Commin Seede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied, and is good again&s;t woundes that pearce the Splene: It is al&s;o mo&s;te excellent to &s;catter and breake all the win|dine&s;&s;e of the &s;tomacke, the bellie, the bo|welles and Matrixe: al&s;o it is &s;ingular a|gain&s;t gryping tormentes, and knawinges or frettinges of the bellie, not onely to be v|&s;ed inwardly, but to be put into Gli&s;ters, or to be laied to outwardly with barly meale.</P>
<P>This Oyle beyng dronke with Wine, is good for tho&s;e that are hurt with any ve|nomous
<PB REF="32"> Bea&s;tes: this oyle either eaten in <HI>Manus Christi,</HI> or dronke is very profita|ble for &s;uche as haue the cough and haue ta|ken colde, and for tho&s;e who&s;e brea&s;tes are charged or &s;topped. This Oyle beeyng to muche v&s;ed, decaieth the naturall comple|xtion &amp; liuely colour, cau&s;ing one to looke waime and pale.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Caraway Seede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made in the afore&s;aied order, and is very good and conue|nient for the &s;tomacke, and for the mouthe: it helpeth di&s;ge&s;tion, and prouo|keth vrine: It &s;wageth and di&s;&s;olueth all kinde of mindine&s;&s;e and bla&s;tynges of the inwarde partes. And to conclude it is aun|&s;werable to the oyle of Annis &s;eede, in ver|tue and operation.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Dill Seede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made in the afore&s;aied order: This Oyle beyng eaten in <HI>Manus christi,</HI> or dronk with wine,
<PB REF="32"> cau&s;eth women to haue greate plentie of milke. It driueth awaie vento&s;ite or windi|ne&s;&s;e, and &s;wageth the bla&s;tinges and gri|pyng torment of the bellie. It &s;taieth vomi|tyng and la&s;kes, and prouoketh vrine: It is very profitable again&s;t the &s;uffocation or &s;tranglyng of the Matrixe, if ye cau&s;e the woman to &s;itt ouer the fume of it in a clo&s;e &s;toole, for that purpo&s;e this oyle beyng eate in <HI>Manus christi</HI> &s;taieth the yexe or hiquet.</P>
<P>This Oyle doth heale hollowe &amp; moy&s;t vlcers, and e&s;pecially in the &s;hare or priuie partes, this oyle doeth dige&s;t and re&s;olue and &s;wage paine, and ripeneth all rawe and vnripe humours. This oyle may not be too muche v&s;ed inwardly, for it dimini&s;heth the &s;ight and the &s;eede of generation.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Percelie Seede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made in the afore&s;aied order, and his vertues is to open ob|&s;tructions of the Liuer and Kindnes: it prouoketh men&s;true, if it be dronke with conuenient licours: it cau&s;eth a good appe|tite and di&s;ge&s;tion, and comforteth the &s;to|macke:
<PB REF="33"> It driueth forthe the &s;tone and gra|uell and prouoketh vrine, and is a remedie again&s;t all poy&s;ones: it driueth awaie all bla&s;tinges and windine&s;&s;e: it is al&s;o good again&s;t the cough if it be mixed with medi|cines made for that purpo&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Rewe or Herbegrace.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made of the &s;eede of Rewe beyng putrified in Wine.</P>
<P><HI>Cardanus</HI> writeth that this oyle beyng perfectly made, is of greate vertue again&s;t poy&s;one beyng dronke with Wine, for it cau&s;eth the pacient to auoide it by vomitte, at the fir&s;t tyme that he taketh it: and at the &s;econde tyme it expelleth the other euill hu|mours that are infected therewith: and at the thirde tyme it cureth the pacient &amp; ma|keth hym hole: and this is doen in three or fower daies: it helpeth al&s;o all di&s;ea&s;es of the eyes, of what cau&s;e &s;oeuer it be, &s;o that the apple of the eye bee not peri&s;hed. The v&s;e of this oyle to the eye is to annoynte it therewith twi&s;e a daie, or wa&s;he the eye
<PB REF="33"> with the water of Rewe, and droppe one or two droppes into the eye.</P>
<P>This Oyle beyng dronke, &s;uffereth no poy&s;on to remaine in manne that daie: if a man drinke thereof fa&s;tyng whiche is &s;ore wounded, and that the other cure be had ac|cordingly he &s;hall ea&s;ily e&s;cape. This oyle beyng dronke taketh awaie the Goute and Drop&s;ie &s;prong of a colde cau&s;e: it re&s;toreth al numbed members taken with the Pal&s;ie if you annoynte them therewith.</P>
<P><HI>Cardanus</HI> al&s;o affirmeth in his &s;econde booke <HI>De &s;ubtilitate,</HI> that there are cer|taine poy&s;ones the whiche &s;laie with their onely touchyng, again&s;t which poy&s;on &s;aith he, the be&s;te remedie is not to tarrie in any place vntill thy hande waxe hotte, but often bathe the partes with warme water, and annoynte them with Oyle of Rewe per|fectly di&s;tilled.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Iuie.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied, and is good again&s;t the&s;e di&s;ea&s;es followyng.</P>
<PB REF="34">
<P>Again&s;t gripinges or winde in the guts: again&s;t <HI>Gonorheam</HI> and paines in the neck commyng of a Cattare: this oyle maie bee compared to Baulme, thr&eacute;e or fower drops being dronk. It doth preuent the re&s;olution of &s;inewes, the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e, and other de&s;ea&s;es of the braine: It pre&s;erueth the bo|die from all poy&s;one and pe&s;tilent ayres, it comforteth a colde &s;tomacke. It &s;taieth vo|mityng: it pourgeth the raines: it breaketh the &s;tone, it prouoketh vrine: it helpeth the Collicke and paines of the guttes: It hel|peth paines in the &s;tomacke and Lunges: it is good again&s;t the Drop&s;ie and water be|twene the &s;kinne and the fle&s;he: It killeth wormes: to be &s;horte it helpeth all &s;icke me~|bers: by the vertue of his pear&s;ing beeyng anoynted outwardly, it &s;taieth con&s;umpti|ons: it helpeth &s;cabbes and olde euill vlcers: it helpeth paines if the hippes, the Goute and Collicke: it helpeth the chappes in the handes and feete.</P>
<P><HI>Philippus harmanus</HI> writeth that if this oyle be rectified againe, it wilbe a hundreth tymes more purer and more pear&s;ing, for I haue &s;eene tho&s;e that could not make wa|ter
<PB REF="34"> in three or fower daies: and after thei haue dronke fower or fiue droppes of this oyle, and annoynted therewith the region of the blader, pre&s;ently thei haue made wa|ter without any tarriyng.</P>
<P>This oyle is &s;o excellent again&s;t the pe|&s;tilence, that if any drinke thereof oftenty|mes, he &s;hall not bee infected: although he were in the hou&s;e where the Pe&s;tilence is. But if any haue the plague alreadie, let him drinke thr&eacute;e or fower droppes in Wine and laie hym doune to &s;weate, and the next daie he &s;halbe well againe:</P>
<P>This Oyle is &s;o excellent again&s;t poy|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">n, that if a man v&s;e it there will no poy|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1+ letters">n remaine within hym: it &s;trengtheneth the Mawe and all in ward partes, and prin|cipally it warmeth the harte: it &s;toppeth the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1+ letters">odie flixe: it is al&s;o good again&s;t all de&s;ea|&s;es of the kidnes and blader: if ye drinke it with Wine it &s;toppeth womens tearmes: this oyle beyng annoynted from the nauell of a woman to the priuie partes and raines of the backe, it &s;trengtheneth the Matrixe or Mother, and drieth vp the moi&s;ture ther|in, and prepareth it to conception.</P>
<PB REF="35">
<P>This &s;aied oyle of Iuneper being made vp with Sugar in <HI>Manus christi,</HI> hath the fore&s;aied vertues.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Ro&s;emarie Flowres.</HEAD>
<P>TAke Ro&s;emarie Flowers and &s;tampe them, then putte it into a gla&s;&s;e with &s;trong wine and &s;top it clo&s;e, then &s;ette it in the Sunne fiue or &s;ixe daies, and then di&s;till it with a &s;ofte fire, and thou &s;halte haue bothe water and oyle, the whiche you &s;hall &s;eparate and keepe clo&s;e in a gla&s;&s;e, and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>It helpeth again&s;t al paines in the head, although thei haue continued &s;euen yeres: it co~forteth the memorie, and al&s;o pre&s;erueth the eyes, if you drinke thereof now and then a droppe or two, and putte another into the eyes. It helpeth tho&s;e that are deaffe, if it be put into the eares, and al&s;o dronke with good Wine: It openeth all &s;toppinges of the Liuer and Milte, and helpeth again&s;t the Drop&s;ie and yellowe Iaundize: it brea|keth winde and helpeth the Collicke, and
<PB REF="35"> ri&s;yng of the Mother: it is al&s;o excellent for tho&s;e that haue dronke poy&s;on, or that are infected with the Pe&s;tilence, if you drinke therof a little and laie you doune to &s;weate: It comforteth the harte and clean&s;eth the blood, and maketh a man merrie, and cau|&s;eth a good couler, and this oyle is mo&s;te excellent for tho&s;e that are full of itche and &s;cabbes. And to bee &s;horte, it helpeth all de|&s;ea&s;es of the bodie, that come of colde and moi&s;te homours, although thei were neuer &s;o euill: it helpeth the Canker and Fi&s;te|lowes, and &s;uche like.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Wilde Tyme.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied.</P>
<P>This Oyle beeyng eaten in Ta|bletes of &s;ugar, or dronke in Wine, bringeth to women their fluxe naturall, and driueth out the &s;tone and grauell, and prouoketh vomit: the &s;ame taken in like maner &s;toppeth the la&s;ke, and cureth gripynges or knawinges, &amp; is excellent again&s;t cramps, and the contraction of &s;inewes.</P>
<P>This Oyle beeyng taken in meates or
<PB REF="36"> brothes, is a &s;oueraine medicine again&s;t all poy&s;ones, and again&s;t the bitynges and &s;tingynges of venemous bea&s;tes and Ser|pentes. This beyng applied vnto the for|heade and temples with oyle of Ro&s;es and Vineger, &s;wageth headache, and is very good again&s;t rauyng and fren&s;ie: the fum of this oyle driueth awaie venemous bea|&s;tes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Tyme.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied, and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>Three or fower droppes beeyng dronke with honied water, helpeth a pain|full Cough and &s;hortne&s;&s;e of breath: it pro|uoketh vrine, &amp; expelleth the &s;econdine and dead fruite from the Matrixe: it prouoketh men&s;true, and di&s;&s;olueth clotted and conge|led blood in the bodie: being taken with oxi|mell and a little &s;alte, it purgeth tough and clammie fleme, and &s;harpe cholerike hu|mours, and all corruption of the blood: be|yng taken in the &s;aied maner, it is good a|gain&s;t the <HI>Sciatica,</HI> the paine in the &s;ide and
<PB REF="36"> the brea&s;t: it is al&s;o good again&s;t bla&s;tinges and windine&s;&s;e in the &s;ide and bellie, and of the &s;tones and genitores: it is good for tho&s;e that are fearfull, melancollie and troubled in &s;pirite and mynde.</P>
<P>This Oyle beeyng often v&s;ed, helpeth bleired eyes and paines of the &s;ame: beyng dronke in Wine, it is mo&s;te profitable for tho&s;e that are troubled with the Goute, but if it chaunce that their paines bee on them, ye &s;hall giue them fiue or &s;ixe droppes with a dram of oximell: if ye v&s;e this oftentymes with honey, it will clen&s;e the brea&s;te, and ri|pen fleme, and cau&s;eth it to bee &s;pitte forthe with ea&s;e: the &s;mell of this Oyle is mo&s;te comfortable for tho&s;e that haue the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of &s;weete Margerom.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aid, and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>Beyng dronke in white wine, it is mo&s;te hol&s;ome for tho&s;e that beginne to fall into a Drop&s;ie, and for &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">s cannot pi&s;&s;e but drop after drop, and that
<PB REF="37"> with greate difficultie. It is al&s;o good for tho&s;e that are troubled with griping paines and wringynges of the bellie: beyng taken in the &s;aied order: it prouoketh womens tearmes.</P>
<P>If ye co~ueie this oyle with oyle of bitter Almondes vp into the no&s;ethrelles, it will pourge the head of moy&s;t humours, &amp; cau&s;e them to nee&s;e. It is mo&s;t excellent for tho&s;e that haue lo&s;t their &s;melling, and again&s;t all paines of the heade beeyng v&s;ed as is afore|&s;aied: it is good again&s;t poy&s;on, and the &s;tingyng of Scorpions.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Sage.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made in the afore&s;aied order: And helpeth congeled blood within the bodie, and cureth inwarde woundes and bru&s;es, either by a &s;tripe or fall if it be dronke with Wine: it prouoketh vrine and breaketh the &s;tone: it comforteth the harte, and taketh awaie the head ache. It is al&s;o good for women with childe, to v&s;e it now and then, for it clo&s;eth the Ma|trixe and comforteth the fruite.</P>
<PB REF="37">
<P>This Oyle beyng often dronke cau&s;eth women to be fruitfull: If ye drinke it with Wine it helpeth the Cough, and openeth the &s;toppinges of the Liuer, and &s;wageth the paine in the &s;ide: if it bee dronke with Worme wood wine, it &s;toppeth the bloodie flixe: It is al&s;o good again&s;t the bityng of venemous bea&s;tes, for it clen&s;eth and hel|peth them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Peniriall.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied, and his vertues are the&s;e.</P>
<P>Being dronke in the Wine, it mo|ueth monthly tearmes, bringeth forthe the &s;ecundine, the dead fruite and the vnnatural birthe: it prouoketh vrine, and breaketh the &s;tone, e&s;pecially in the Ridnies, beyng v&s;ed with purified honey: it clen&s;eth the lunges and brea&s;te from all gro&s;e &amp; thicke humors. This oyle beyng mixt with honey and Al|loes, purgeth the melancholike humor and preuaileth muche again&s;t cramps, and the contraction of &s;inewes.</P>
<P>This Oyle beeyng dronke with water
<PB REF="38"> and vineger, &s;taieth the inordinate de&s;ire to vomit, and the gnawyng paines of the &s;to|macke, beeyng dronke with Wine, it hel|peth the bityng of venemous bea&s;tes: it is al&s;o good again&s;t the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e: the temples and no&s;ethrelles beyng annoynted with this oyle, it taketh awie the &s;wim|myng paines and giddine&s;&s;e of the head. It is mo&s;te excellent for tho&s;e that haue colde and moy&s;t braines: it taketh awaie the pai|nes of the Goute. The fume or &s;moke of this oyle beyng taken at the &s;ecrete partes with a fonell, is good again&s;te vento&s;ite, windine&s;&s;e, and bla&s;tinges, and al&s;o again&s;t the hardne&s;&s;e and &s;toppyng of the Mother.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Mynte.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>This Oyle beeyng either eate or dronke, is mo&s;te profitable for the &s;tomack, for it warmeth and &s;trengthe|neth the &s;ame, and drieth vp all moy&s;te and &s;uperfluous humors gathered in the &s;ame, and taketh awaie all paines therof, and cau|&s;eth good di&s;ge&s;tio~: it &s;taieth al&s;o vomityng
<PB REF="38"> in tho&s;e that haue a weake &s;tomacke, being dronke with vineger, it &s;taieth tho&s;e that vomit blood, and killeth the round wormes.</P>
<P>This Oyle beyng dronke fower or fiue tymes with &s;ome conuenient licour, hel|peth the gripyng paine and knawing in the bellie, with the Collicke, and &s;toppeth the inordinate cour&s;es of the men&s;truall i&s;&s;ue, beyng dronke with wine, it ea&s;eth women which are to muche greeued with hard and perilous trauell in childe bearyng: beeyng dropped into the eares it taketh awaie the paine: the &s;mell of this oyle cau&s;eth a man to be merrie.</P>
<P>This Oyle is &s;ingular good again&s;t the grauell and &s;tone in the Ridnies, &amp; again&s;t the &s;trangurie, whiche is when one can not pi&s;&s;e but drop after drop, if ye v&s;e to drinke it in Wine.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of I&s;ope.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied of Camomill. If ye v&s;e to eate this oyle either mixed with honey, or made into <HI>Ma|nui Christi</HI> with Sugar, it will helpe tho&s;e
<PB REF="39"> that haue ob&s;tructions or &s;toppinges of the brea&s;te, with &s;hortne&s;&s;e of breathe, it is al&s;o good again&s;t an olde dificulte &amp; hard cough: ye mu&s;t v&s;e this mornyng and euenyng for a certaine &s;pace.</P>
<P>This Oyle beyng dronke with &s;irrupe of vineger, purgeth dounwarde tough and clammie flegme, &amp; killeth and driueth forth wormes: it hath the like vertue if ye eate the &s;ame with figges.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Radi&s;he Seede.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the &s;eede of Radi&s;he and &s;tampe it &s;mall, the~ take for euery pound of &s;eede, two ounces of good Wine, then &s;tampe it againe vntill it be mixed, then put it into a ve&s;&s;ell of Iron or Copper, and &s;ette it ouer the fire, and &s;tirre it continually, vntill it be &s;o hot as you maie &s;uffer your hand therein, then put it into a canuas bagge, and pre&s;&s;e it forthe, and thou &s;halt haue bothe oyle and water, the whiche you &s;hall &s;eparate one from another.</P>
<P>This Oyle cau&s;eth good di&s;ge&s;tion, and prouoketh vrine, the whiche is &s;topped
<PB REF="39"> through winde and vento&s;itie: it di&s;&s;olueth winde in the &s;tomacke, and breaketh the grauell and &s;tone in the bladder.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Musterd&s;eede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made by impre&s;&s;ion as is &s;aied afore, and is excellent for tho&s;e that haue the &s;tone, and cau&s;eth them to auoyde grauell: it prouoketh womens &s;ickne&s;&s;es, if you annoynte the bodie and raines, and within the necke of the Matrixe, and al&s;o take it inwardly, it di&s;&s;olueth the paines of the &s;ide and Moother, if you eate it with a little Sinamon and white honey mixed to|gether.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Colworte &s;eede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is &s;aied afore, and of nature is hot and windie, and is v&s;ed much of lecherous per&s;ones, becau&s;e it ma|keth eleuation of the yarde, and cau&s;eth the~ to be lu&s;tie, beyng v&s;ed in meates it cau&s;eth good di&s;ge&s;tion: it pre&s;erueth armour from ru&s;tyng a long tyme: it is good again&s;t in|flamations
<PB REF="40"> in all partes of the bodie, and is al&s;o good again&s;t wormes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Lin&s;eede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made in the afore&s;aied or|der, and is good again&s;t the Plure&s;ie: if ye giue thereof fower ounces to drinke, for it di&s;&s;olueth the impo&s;tume pre&s;ently, and &s;o pre&s;erueth life. It is good again&s;t the Emerods in the fundament. This oyle of Line&s;eede beeyng di&s;tilled with Franken|cen&s;e and waxe, is mo&s;t excellent to di&s;&s;olue all contu&s;ions. With this oyle they make Verni&s;he.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Sainct Iohns woorte or Seede.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made of the &s;eedes by im|pre&s;&s;ion, and is excellent to helpe woun|des, becau&s;e it defendeth them from alcera|tion, and maturation, and will not &s;uffer homours to runne thither. It is al&s;o excel|lent again&s;t poy&s;on, and the pe&s;tilent feuer, all euill di&s;po&s;itions of the &s;tomacke: it
<PB REF="40"> is good again&s;t the fluxe of the bodie and Emerods, and for all maner of &s;cabbes. It helpeth the rupture newly doen, if you an|noynte it therewith, and weare a tru&s;&s;e fit for the purpo&s;e, and let hym keepe his bed, and walke as little as he can for a certaine tyme: it helpeth again&s;t all maner of &s;ores, as well olde as newe, and that it doeth by his proper qualitie, for it is neither hot nor colde, but temperate.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Quinces &s;eede.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the &s;eede of Quinces and &s;tampe them, then put them into a Friyng pan with a little Wine, and &s;tirre them well to|gether, vntill it be &s;o hot that you can &s;car&s;e abide your hande therein, then put it into a canuas bagge, and pre&s;&s;e it out in a pre&s;&s;e, and thou &s;halte haue both Oyle and water, the whiche thou &s;halt &s;eparate.</P>
<P>This Oyle is excellent again&s;t all pai|nes in the &s;tomacke, and helpeth di&s;ge&s;tion and di&s;&s;olueth winde: It prouoketh vene|rous actes. It is al&s;o good again&s;t the E|merods and Fi&s;telowes that come in the
<PB REF="41"> lower partes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Acornes.</HEAD>
<P>THis Oyle is made as is afore&s;aied, and is very re&s;trictiue and driuyng, and hel|peth tho&s;e that are troubled with the fluxe, if ye drinke thereof a little and annoynte the bellie therwith: you &s;hall note that this oyle is not to be occupied muche inwardly: this oyle is excellent to make Verni&s;he.</P>
<P>In this maner ye maie make oyles out of all maner of &s;eedes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Tartare by distillation.</HEAD>
<P>TAke white <HI>Tartare</HI> beaten in pouder, fower pounde, and put it into a &s;trong ve&s;&s;ell of &s;tone well luted, with a head and a receiuer, and giue it fir&s;t a &s;mall fire, and then increa&s;e it according to arte, and at the la&s;t giue it extreame fire vntill all the moy|&s;ture be come forthe, then put the licour in to a gla&s;&s;e, and di&s;till it in <HI>Balneo,</HI> and the oyle will remaine in the bottome: the which
<PB REF="41"> thou &s;halte di&s;till or rectifie in Sande, and then the oyle will haue the colour of golde.</P>
<P>It is mo&s;te excellent to cure vlcers cau|&s;ed of the poxe: for it taketh awaie their ma|lice in &s;uch order, that it can hurte no more: beyng dronke with Wine, it breaketh the &s;tone in the raines and blader, and prouo|keth vrine, it purgeth vlcers.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another waie to make Oyle of Tartare.</HEAD>
<P>TAke <HI>Tartare</HI> and &s;tampe it &s;mall, and then put it in a newe earthen pot vngla|&s;ed, and &s;et it in a Potters furne&s;&s;e, or fur|ne&s;e of reuerberation vntill it be white, then laie it vpon a &s;mooth &s;tone in a moy&s;t place, and it will turne into Oyle: the whiche is corro&s;iue: but one parte thereof mixed with ten partes of pure rectified <HI>Aqua vitae,</HI> healeth vlcers quickly, if ye touch them therwith: it maketh the face faire: if ye wa&s;h the haire therewith it maketh it yellowe: it taketh out blacke &s;pottes in linen cloth, and fixeth the medicines alchimical, with diuers other vertues, the whiche I will leaue vn|till
<PB REF="42"> another tyme.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of a Hartes horne.</HEAD>
<P>_YE &s;hall take a Hartes horne in the moneth of Augu&s;t, and file it to pouder, the~ boyle it in wa|ter vntill it bee &s;ufficient, then drawe awaie the water in <HI>Balneo,</HI> and take that whiche remaineth in the bottome, and put it in a gla&s;&s;e with little peeces of tyles, and di&s;till it, and thou &s;halt haue a faire oyle, the whiche &s;erueth for &s;ondrie purpo&s;es.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To distill Oyle of a Mans Excrements.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the dongue of a young &s;anguyne childe or man, as much as you will, and di&s;till it twi&s;e in a Limbeck of gla&s;&s;e. This helpeth the Canker, and mollifieth Fi&s;te|lowes: comforteth tho&s;e that are troubled with Allopecia.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of the Skull of a man.</HEAD>
<P>TAke the Skull of a man that was ne|uer buried, and beate it into pouder, then
<PB REF="42"> di&s;till awaie the fleme with a gentle fire, and putte it on againe, and di&s;till it againe, and thus you &s;hall doe three tymes vppon the fe&s;es, and at the la&s;te giue it &s;trong fire, vntill the oyle be come forthe: the whiche ye &s;hall &s;eparate by <HI>Balneo,</HI> and keepe it clo&s;e &s;hut in a gla&s;&s;e. The do&s;e is three graines, again&s;t the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e. Ye &s;hall vn|der&s;tande, that there is al&s;o a Salte to bee drawne forthe of the fe&s;es, the whiche is of greate vertue again&s;t the afore&s;aied de&s;ea|&s;es beyng dronke with Wine, as is afore|&s;aied.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="note">
<PB REF="43">
<P>If any man be di&s;po&s;ed to haue any of the afore|&s;aied Oyles readie made, he maie haue them at Poules wharf at the &s;igne of the Furna&s;es, by one Ihon He&s;ter practi&s;ioner in the arte of di&s;tillations.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="43">
<P><HI>THE KEY OF Philo&s;ophie.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The &s;econde parte.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Containyng the orderyng, &amp; pre|paryng</HI> of all Metalles, Mine|ralles, Alumes, Salts, and &s;uch like. For Medicines both inwardly, and outwardly, and for di|uers other v&s;es.</P>
<P>&para; <HI>At London Printed <HI>by Richard Daie.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Cum Priuilegio.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="to the reader">
<PB REF="44">
<P>_IN this pre&s;ent booke welbeloued Reader, I haue taken vpo~ me to &s;et forthe the trew and worthie cunning of the di&s;tillation of Mineralles, that is, of tho&s;e hi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">ges the which are founde in the Mines, as all maner of <HI>Saltes, Allomes, Vitrioll, Sulfur, Mercurie,</HI> and &s;uche like Mettalles as <HI>Saturnus, Iupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Venus.</HI> And how you &s;hall get the licour or moy&s;ture out of them. And all that whiche appertaineth to the health of man. The whiche I meane by the grace of God to &s;et forthe in this booke, with a nu~|ber of <HI>Alchymistes</HI> preparations of the &s;aied thinges, the whiche worketh won|derfully in mans bodie: &s;o that it &s;eemeth to diuers per&s;ones miraculous.</P>
<P>Therefore gentle Reader peru&s;e this booke with di&s;cretion, and then if thou &s;ee&s;t it &s;tande to thy mynde, &s;et thy hande to the Plough &amp; be diligent in the worke, &s;o that thou maie&s;t knowe the proofe, and feele the readie commoditie thereof, for
<PB REF="44"> ye &s;hall vnder&s;tand that there is no medi|cine in the world that can be founde of &s;o quicke operation as the Mineralles are, if thei be truly prepared and as I will &s;hew you hereafter: But if thei be not well pre|pared thei are very hurtfull, and not to be allowed. Therefore looke that ye prepare them as I &s;hall &s;hewe you, and then you &s;hall wonder at their workyng.</P>
<P>And although the worthie &s;cience of <HI>Alchymie</HI> is come in &s;uche di&s;daine through leude per&s;ones, that it &s;eemeth lyes and fables, and no true &s;cience: Yet that ought not to hinder or derrogate any thyng to our purpo&s;e, as long as our mat|ter is again&s;t the abu&s;e of it, as for example</P>
<P>The <HI>Alchymistes</HI> haue wrought in this worke, to the intent that they might haue of leade and copper, golde and &s;iluer, or the meane to make them of all other &s;im|ples or &s;leight Metalles. But whether god hath giuen them that gifte I knowe not: therefore I leaue it to the mai&s;ters of that arte. And albeit we haue &s;een many won|derfull thinges in that arte: yet will I not affirme that it is po&s;&s;ible to be doen, for it
<PB REF="45"> &s;eemeth vnrea&s;onable, that a man in &s;o &s;horte tyme &s;hould dooe that thing, the whiche nature doeth in many yeres. And that me~ &s;hould pre&s;ume to do that which God doeth onely him &s;elf, and not any of his creatures. We therfore will not affirme it to bee true or po&s;&s;ible, nor yet denie it vtterly, or condemne it as vntruth. But we will leaue the aun&s;were vnto tho&s;e that take it to be doen.</P>
<P>But here in this treati&s;e we wil &s;et forth that whiche we haue &s;eene and wrought, and proued, and are experte therein. And although it bee &s;prong out of the arte of <HI>Alchymie,</HI> yet it is not to that intente, for it &s;erueth not to tran&s;mute Mettalles, but it &s;erueth to helpe tho&s;e di&s;ea&s;ed bothe in|wardly and outwardly: who of the com|mon Chyrurgions are counted vncurable, and al&s;o giuen ouer of the Phi&s;itions. Tho&s;e pacients &s;halbe holpe~ through the hidden mi&s;teries and heauenly &s;ecretes of this &s;cience.</P>
<P>And for as muche as it is vnpo&s;&s;ible to prepare the&s;e thinges without the arte of <HI>Alchymie:</HI> therefore we mu&s;t prai&s;e this
<PB REF="45"> arte through our preparations aboue al o|ther &s;ciences, that maketh for the health of man, for thei pre&s;erue a man onely tou|ched &amp; afflicted with &s;light woundes and griefes on his bodie, and that with muche paine and muche adoe. But this arte gi|ueth vnto man his health againe in &s;horte tyme, and with &s;mall paine vnto the paci|ent, be he neuer &s;o de&s;paratly &s;icke, and to mans thinking pa&s;t cure: for I haue &s;eene miracles therein.</P>
<P>And in &s;o muche that it is all prepared with fire: the meane man calleth it <HI>Alchy|mia.</HI> How beit the inte~t of the <HI>Alchymiste</HI> is farre from our intent. But call it what you will, it maketh not muche matter of the name. For I am &s;ure there is nothyng in all Phi&s;icke that mini&s;treth either bet|ter or readier helpe to cure mans bodie, then this &s;cience of preparing Mettalles with fire rightly. I &s;aie rightly prepared, not as the vn&s;kilfull <HI>Apoticaries</HI> haue or|dred them: or as the vnlearned Phi&s;ition haue occupied them, for the <HI>Apothecarie</HI> is no other then a &s;eruaunt in the kitchin (as I maie tearme him) and no Mai&s;ter
<PB REF="46"> Cooke, &s;o long as he knoweth not the&s;e preparations, whiche I will &s;hewe you.</P>
<P>In like maner it is to be thought of the Phi&s;ition that hath no skill in the&s;e prepa|rations. For we haue &s;eene and proued di|uers tymes, that the fir&s;t vapour or &s;moke of any Hearbe or Spice is the be&s;te that is therein, and yet our learned Phi&s;itions commaunde it to be boyled vntill halfe be con&s;umed, &amp;c. Then note if the be&s;te flye awaie in the boyling, what &s;trength can the medicine haue. Therefore I &s;aie that the Phi&s;ition without this arte of prepara|tion is little or nothyng worthe, although they take the pacientes money. For he goeth to worke blindly with a blinde lea|der whiche is the Apoticarie. But the Phi|&s;ition that is experte in this &s;cience, and doeth prepare his medicines truely, he is to be prai&s;ed aboue all other. For a man ca~ not buye with any money that whiche is got by long carefull trauaile. Therefore is the arte of <HI>Alkimie</HI> worthie to be prai&s;ed, and the <HI>Alchymiste</HI> to be prai&s;ed al&s;o, al|though thei attaine not to their fir&s;t inten|tio~, yet thei haue opened the way, through
<PB REF="46"> the whiche this excellent cunnyng of pre|paration was knowne and founde, and through the which there are a number of wonderfull &s;ecretes opened, the whiche without this arte were all vnknowne, to the great hinderaunce of the &s;icke and di|&s;ea&s;ed per&s;ones. Therfore I will not &s;peake again&s;t it, but holde it in greate e&s;timation to our intention, that is to the helpe of the &s;icke and di&s;ea&s;ed per&s;on, and to prepare the Minneralles wherewith you may doe that whiche can not be done with any o|ther Hearbes, or &s;imples, or Spices. And hearewith will we fini&s;h this preface, and wright of the names of the &s;imples, the whiche are occupied in this arte.</P>
</DIV1>
</FRONT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="recipes">
<PB REF="47">
<HEAD><HI>The names of the Metalles,</HI> Simples, or Medicines of this Science.</HEAD>
<P>_HEre wil I welbeloued Reader, &s;hew thee for good will that thyng whiche many haue &s;ought with their mo|ney and labor, and yet could nere finde it: e|&s;pecially for that I will not haue this wor|thie &s;cience trodde vnder foote. Therefore we will write fir&s;t of the names of the &s;im|ples, and then of the names of the prepara|tions, and what they are.</P>
<P><HI>Sall Armoniack,</HI> that is a Salte &s;o cal|led, the whiche ye &s;hall finde at the Appoti|caries.</P>
<P><HI>Sall Gemme,</HI> is &s;tone &s;alte, founde in the Myne as cleare as the gla&s;&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Sall Commune,</HI> is common Salte that we eate.</P>
<P><HI>Vitriolum</HI> is greene <HI>Coperas.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Calcantum,</HI> is yellowe Coperas a Mat|ter like Oker.</P>
<P><HI>Alumen</HI> is Alum: but there are diuers
<PB REF="47"> kindes.</P>
<P><HI>Sulfur vine</HI> is the &s;tone whereout the o|ther <HI>Sulfur</HI> is melted, &amp; is greene of color.</P>
<P><HI>Antimonium</HI> is a certaine Mynerall &s;o called that ye &s;hall finde at the Appotica|ries.</P>
<P><HI>Carrabe</HI> that is yellowe <HI>Ambre</HI> or <HI>Su|cinum.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tartarum,</HI> that is Argill or Wine l&eacute;e&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Saturnus</HI> that is Leade.</P>
<P><HI>Iupiter</HI> that is Tinne.</P>
<P><HI>Mars</HI> that is Iron.</P>
<P><HI>Sol</HI> that is Golde.</P>
<P><HI>Luna</HI> that is Siluer.</P>
<P><HI>Venus</HI> that is Copper.</P>
<P><HI>Mercurie</HI> that is Quick&s;iluer.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The names of the preparations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_CAlcinatio</HI> that is to make a|ny of the&s;e Metalles as it were lyme, with greate fire &s;ometimes, and other &s;ome tyme with &s;mall fire.</P>
<P><HI>Solutio</HI> that is to di&s;&s;olue and make as it were liquide like vnto water, the harde or
<PB REF="48"> tough &s;ub&s;taunce of any thyng.</P>
<P><HI>Subblimatio</HI> that is a driuing vp, or a&s;eu|tion of the Mettall by force of heate into the toppe of the Limbecke, &s;o that it maie hang in the toppe of the ve&s;&s;ell harde and drie.</P>
<P><HI>Distillatio,</HI> that is to take awaie the moy&s;ture by the heate of the fire.</P>
<P><HI>Digestio</HI> that is to &s;et the matter in hot water or in hor&s;e dongue.</P>
<P><HI>Fixatio</HI> that is to &s;ublime a matter, &s;o long that it will &s;ublime no more, but re|maine fixte in the bottome.</P>
<P>There are a number of other prepara|tions, but wee will leaue them becau&s;e we haue written &s;ufficient for our purpo&s;e al|readie.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To prepare Crocum martis and &s;uche like which are prepared through Calcination.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_CRocum martis,</HI> or <HI>Crocum ve|neris</HI> &s;halbe made in this maner.</P>
<P>Take the limmall of Iron, as muche as you will, and wa&s;he it with faire water &s;o long vntill that the wa|ter runne as cleare of as it was putte on:
<PB REF="48"> then putte it in a gla&s;&s;e, and putte thereon &s;trong vineger vntill it be couered, and let it &s;tande &s;o two or three daies clo&s;e &s;hut: then poure of the vineger and drie the limmall well, then putte it into a newe earthen pot with a couer, and lute it very well rounde a|boute with lyme and heare mixte together: then &s;et it in a furna&s;e of <HI>Calcination</HI> eight daies and eight nightes, &s;o that it may con|tinually &s;tande read hot, then take it forthe and grinde it on a &s;tone, and if it grinde ve|ry &s;moothe without any harde matter that ye can either &s;ee or feele, then it is calcined enough: but if ye feele any harde matter, put it into the furna&s;e againe twoo or three daies, and then grinde it againe, and this order ye &s;hall v&s;e vntill it bee fine as can be po&s;&s;ible.</P>
<P>This <HI>Crocum martis</HI> beeyng &s;o prepa|red, amonge&s;t all other medicines in the worlde, it is the mo&s;te excellent that can be found again&s;t the bloodie flixe, giuyng it in this order. Take con&s;erue of Ro&s;es one ounce, <HI>Crocu~ martis</HI> one &s;crupple mixe the~ together, and let the paciente eate it in the mornyng, and fa&s;t thereon two houres, and
<PB REF="49"> it will helpe him although he had had it ne|uer &s;o long, or neuer &s;o &s;ore. It is al&s;o giuen aboue all other medicines in the latter ende of a Drop&s;ie, and al&s;o again&s;t the fluxe of men&s;true, and again&s;t bleeding at the no&s;e, and all other fluxes. It helpeth tho&s;e that &s;pitte blood: it is excellent to &s;top the fluxe in woundes, and to helpe them &amp; drie them, if ye &s;trawe the pouder thereon, &amp;c. Ye &s;hall make <HI>Crocum veneris</HI> in the &s;elf &s;ame or|der afore&s;aied: but where ye tooke limmall, ye &s;hall take the &s;cales of Copper: and ye &s;hall note, that when they be bothe calcined enough, they will be as red as blood. Al&s;o ye &s;hall note, that this <HI>Crocum veneris</HI> is not to bee v&s;ed inwardly, but onely out|wardly.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Of the preparation of Alumes and Saltes.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke <HI>Sal Gem,</HI> or common &s;alte, and &s;et them in a calci|nyng furna&s;e with a &s;mall fire, vntill it bee red hot half an houre, and that it crake
<PB REF="49" MS="y"> no more, then let it waxe colde and beate it to pouder, then put it in cleane raine water and let it melte, and lette it &s;tande till it bee cleare, then powre it in a pot well nealed, and &s;et it on the fire, and let it boyle till it be drie, and ye &s;hall finde the &s;alt on the grou~d as white as &s;nowe, the which ye &s;hall neale once more in the fire, and then it is prepa|red.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>The preparation of Allum.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke Allum and calcine it in an open ve&s;&s;ell till al his moy&s;ture be gon, then make it red hotte, and after a while put it into an other pot with &s;trong vineger, and &s;et it on the fire and let it &s;eathe drie, then &s;ette it on the fire againe till it be red hot and as white as &s;nowe, then keepe it to thy v&s;e.</P>
<P>This is very excellent to drie vp olde &s;ores if it be mixte with honey, and taketh awaie dead fle&s;he without paine, &amp;c.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To calcine Vitrioll.</HEAD>
<PB REF="50">
<P>_TAke <HI>Vitrioll</HI> and beate it to pouder, and put it into a new earthen pot that is vnneiled, and &s;et it in a o|uen &s;omewhat warme till it bee drie, then couer the pot clo&s;e and lute it well, that no ayre maie come forthe: then &s;et it in a calcinyng fur|na&s;e the &s;pace of two houres, &s;o that it maie alwaies be as red as the coales, and then it will be as red as blood, then grinde it on a &s;tone, and keepe it to thy v&s;e.</P>
<P>There is no Coro&s;iue the whiche wor|keth like this <HI>Vitrioll</HI> calcinated, for if ye mixe it with any Vngue~t, &amp; lay it on a euill vlcer, it maketh an A&s;ker the whiche in all Coro&s;iues mu&s;t be lou&s;ed with fact or but|ter: but this Coro&s;iue needeth not, for ye mu&s;t &s;till laie more thereon, and leue the A&s;ker in the &s;ore, for the vertue of this <HI>Vi|trioll</HI> is &s;o greate, that it cau&s;eth the fle&s;he to growe vnder the A&s;ker, and when the fle&s;he is enough the A&s;ker will fall of, and then ye &s;hal neede nothing but to &s;kinne it, the whiche is not commonly &s;eene of other Coro&s;iues: therefore I prai&s;e this for the be&s;t of all Coro&s;iues.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB REF="50">
<HEAD>To calcine Quicksiluer.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke <HI>Aqua fortis</HI> &ounce;.ij. <HI>Mercurie</HI> &ounce;.j. and putte them in a gla&s;&s;e, and &s;et it on the fire in a &s;caruell with &s;ande or a&s;hes, till the <HI>Mercurie</HI> be di&s;&s;ol|ued, then put it into an earthen potte well gla&s;ed, and &s;et it on the fire to boyle till it be drie, and &s;tirre it alwaies with a &s;ticke that it maie drie the better, and when it is well dried, put it in another pot with a keuer that is very well gla&s;ed within, then lute it very well that no ayre maie come forth: But ye mu&s;t note that the pot mu&s;t be top full, then &s;et it in a calcining furna&s;e with a good fire fower daies and fower nightes, then grind it to &s;mall pouder on a &s;tone, and keepe it to thy v&s;e. For then thou ha&s;t <HI>Mercurie</HI> cal|cinated, of the which we haue &s;poken much in our pearle of Chirurgerie.</P>
<P>This is excellent in all olde &s;ores, al|though they be neuer &s;o euill, for it clen&s;eth without paine and healeth them, that is, it clen&s;eth as long as it is needefull, and than it healeth, whiche is mo&s;te &s;traunge to &s;ee: this eateth awaie al dead fle&s;h, &amp; pre&s;erueth
<PB REF="51"> that whiche is good and &s;ounde, and cau&s;eth the vlceration to heale in &s;horte &s;pace. Ye &s;hall note that whe~ we &s;peake of <HI>Mercurie</HI> calcinated or precipitate in any place, ye &s;hall take this.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To calcine Tartare.</HEAD>
<P>TAke good <HI>Tartare</HI> that is cleare and without filthe, and &s;tampe it to pouder, then put it in a &s;crauell that neuer was occupied, and &s;et it in the calcinyng furna&s;e, &s;o that it maie &s;tande but euen read hot, and there let it re|maine vntil it be as white as &s;now through out, then take it forth and kepe it in a gla&s;&s;e clo&s;e &s;hut, vntill you read more how that ye &s;hall make this Oyle.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To Calcine Tynne or Lead.</HEAD>
<P>TAke Tinne or Lead and melte it on the fire, and when it is molte &s;et it very hot, then take an Iron &s;kum|mer and &s;tirre it therewith &s;o long, till it come to a&s;hes, then take that a&s;hes &amp; wa&s;h
<PB REF="51"> it &s;o long that the water runneth cleare of as ye put it on, then drie it in a calcinyng furna&s;e till that it &s;moke no more, then put it into another new pot with a couer that is vngla&s;ed, and lute it very well, then &s;et it in the calcinyng furna&s;e againe one hole daie with a good fire, then take it forthe and ye &s;hal finde a Calxe in maner white, but &s;ome what inclinyng to yellowe. The Time ye &s;hal calcine in the &s;elf &s;ame manner as ye did the Leade, but when ye burne it to a&s;hes ye mu&s;t giue it greater fire, but in calcinyng it &s;hall not neede greater fire then it was for the Leade, and &s;o keepe your fire vntill it be as white as &s;now, and then it is prepa|red to make his oyle as we will &s;hewe you hereafter.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To Calcine Siluer.</HEAD>
<P>TAke Siluer and di&s;&s;olue it in <HI>A|qua fortis,</HI> then ca&s;te a peece of Copper into the gla&s;&s;e where the water is with the Siluer, and &s;traight waies poure theron a good quan|titie of raine water, and then the Siluer
<PB REF="52"> will fall to the bottome in a Calxe: then let it &s;tande &s;o one night or as long as ye will, and then powre awaie the cleare water, and drie the Calxe on the fire, then wa&s;he that with warme water &s;o long that it haue no bitter ta&s;te of the <HI>Aqua fortis,</HI> and when ye haue &s;o done, ye &s;hall take co~|mon &s;alte prepared as I haue &s;hewed you before, and laie it in a Cru&s;ible the thicknes of a &s;traw, and then laie thereon your Calx of Siluer, and couer it with the &s;ame &s;alte againe, then lute your cru&s;ible with a couer that no ayre maie come forthe, then &s;et it in a calcinyng furna&s;e with a rea&s;onable fire &s;ixe houres long, then take it forthe and put thereon faire water, and let it &s;eethe two or three Pater no&s;ters, and then the &s;alte will &s;eethe awaie, and the Calxe will remaine &s;weete, the whiche ye maie proue vpon the tongue: but if it be not &s;weete, wa&s;he it a|gaine till it be &s;weete, and then keepe it in a gla&s;&s;e, for it is prepared to make his Oyle.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To calcine Golde.</HEAD>
<PB REF="52">
<P>_TAke golde and <HI>Mercurie,</HI> and make thereof amalgamie as the Golde-&s;mithes doe v&s;e to gilde their &s;iluer Plate: the whiche is made thus.</P>
<P>Take twelue partes of <HI>Mercurie,</HI> and one parte of Golde, the whiche ye &s;hall beate into very thinne plates, and then cut it in as &s;mall peeces as ye can, then take a Cru|&s;ible and put therein the <HI>Mercurie,</HI> and &s;et it on the fire till it beginne to &s;moke, then put thereto the Golde and take it from the fire, and &s;tirre it together &s;o long til that ye maie &s;ee no more Golde, then &s;et it on the fire againe, and &s;tir it &s;o long that the <HI>Mer|curie</HI> be flowne all awaie, and then ye &s;hall finde your Golde in the cru&s;ible like &s;ande, then take that and put thereto as much pre|pared &s;alte, and grinde them together on a &s;tone as &s;mall as is po&s;&s;ible, then put it in a gla&s;&s;e, and wa&s;he it with warme water &s;o long till that ye &s;&eacute;e the Calxe faire and yel|lowe and &s;weete vpon the tongue, &s;o that it ta&s;te nothyng of &s;altne&s;&s;e, then it is prepa|red: and herewith will we make an ende of <HI>Calcination,</HI> and write of <HI>Sublimation..</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB REF="53">
<HEAD>To &s;ublime Quicksiluer.</HEAD>
<P>TAke <HI>Mercurie</HI> and wa&s;he it with vineger and &s;alte a pretie while, then put theron very hot water and wa&s;h it therewith, till that the water ronne as cleare of as ye put it on, then drie it with a clothe and grinde it with vineger and &s;alte againe, and wa&s;he it with warme water as ye did afore: this grindyng and wa&s;hyng ye &s;hall v&s;e till that the <HI>Mercurie</HI> bee no more blacke, and that it bee as cleare as a gla&s;&s;e, then take of that <HI>Mercurie</HI> one pound, <HI>Salt</HI> prepared two pound, <HI>Sall Armoniack</HI> &s;ub|blimed as I wil &s;hew hereafter one pound, grinde the&s;e &s;altes together with the <HI>Mer|curie,</HI> &s;o long till that the <HI>Mercurie</HI> can not be perceaued: then put all the &s;ub&s;taunce in a &s;ubbliaiyng ve&s;&s;ell with his couer, the whiche hath a hole in the toppe: as I will &s;hewe thee hereafter in the next booke, if God permit me life. Then &s;et it in a calci|nyng furna&s;e, and giue it fir&s;te a &s;mall fire til that the moy&s;ture be flowne out through the hole of the couer of the &s;ubblimatorie, the whiche ye &s;hall knowe by this meanes:
<PB REF="53"> ye &s;hall now and then holde a knife ouer the hole of the in&s;trument, and then if the knife he weate there is moy&s;ture in the ve&s;&s;ell, but when ye &s;ee that the knife is &s;till drie, &s;top the hole with a &s;topple of paper, and in|crea&s;e the fire a little bigger, and let it &s;tand &s;o fower houres long, then increa&s;e the fire yet bigger, and let it &s;tande fower houres: then make the fire &s;o hotte that the bottome maie be all red, and that co~tinue &s;ixe hours, but let not your fire &s;lake, then let it waxe colde and take that which is &s;ubblimed, and grinde it on a &s;tone with two pound of &s;alte prepared, and &s;ubblime it againe as ye did afore in al pointes, the~ let it waxe colde, and grinde it againe with Salte prepared, and &s;ublime it againe. This grindyng and &s;ub|limyng ye &s;hall v&s;e vntill the <HI>Mercurie</HI> be as cleare as Chri&s;tall, &amp; as white as &s;now and then it is prepared, then keepe it in a gla&s;&s;e till that I write more thereof.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;ublime Sulfur.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t before that ye will &s;ublime <HI>Sulfur,</HI> ye mu&s;t prepare hym thus.</P>
<P>Take <HI>Sulfur</HI> vife and grind
<PB REF="54"> it to fine pouder, then &s;earce it finely, then put it in a pan with &s;trong vineger, and &s;et it on the fire, and let it &s;eethe a whole daie and a night, but ye mu&s;t put therto alwaies more vineger as it con&s;umeth awaie, and &s;till ye mu&s;t &s;komme of the &s;ko~me or filthe as fa&s;t as it ri&s;eth, and when it hath &s;odden &s;o in vineger, ye &s;hall &s;eethe it two daies in the vrine of young children, and alwaies &s;komme of the frothe, and put therto more vrine alwaies as it con&s;umeth. This &s;ee|thing and &s;komming ye &s;hall continue vn|till there ri&s;e no more frothe, then put it in a gla&s;&s;e, and wa&s;he it with warme water till all the &s;tincke of the pi&s;&s;e be gonne, and that it remaine as white as any &s;now: the~ drie it well for it is well purged, then take of that purged <HI>Sulfur</HI> half a pou~d, <HI>Vitrioll</HI> calcined <ABBR>l</ABBR>i. grinde the&s;e very fine together &s;o that y^e <HI>Sulfur</HI> can not be &s;eene, then put them in a &s;ublimyng ve&s;&s;ell, and &s;et it in the furna&s;e, and giue it fir&s;t a &s;mall fire till all the moy|&s;ture be gonne, the whiche ye &s;hall knowe with a knife as I &s;hewed you afore: then &s;toppe the hole and increa&s;e the fire a little, and &s;o keepe it &s;ixe houres, then let it waxe
<PB REF="54"> colde and take that whiche is &s;ublimed, and grinde it with fre&s;he <HI>Vitrioll</HI> and &s;ublime it againe as ye did afore: this &s;ublimyng and grindyng with fre&s;he <HI>Vitrioll,</HI> ye &s;hall v&s;e till that the <HI>Sulfur</HI> be as white as &s;now, and &s;o cleare as a gla&s;&s;e, and then it is &s;ublimed enough: therefore keepe it in a gla&s;&s;e clo&s;e &s;hut with Waxe, till that wee write more thereof.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;ublime Sall Armoniack.</HEAD>
<P>TAke <HI>Sall Armoniack</HI> <ABBR>l</ABBR>i. and as much limall of Iron and grinde them together on a &s;tone, the~ put them in a &s;ublimyng ve&s;&s;ell, and &s;eeth it in the furnace fir&s;t with a &s;mall fire, and then increa&s;e it &s;o that the bottome of the pot maie be red hot, and &s;o let it &s;tande half a Sommers daie, then let it waxe cold and take that which is &s;ubblimed &amp; grinde it on a &s;tone, with as muche &s;alte prepared and &s;ublime it againe: This grindyng with new &s;alte and &s;ubblimyng, ye &s;hall v&s;e &s;o long till that it bee &s;ubblimed as white as &s;nowe and then it is prepared: then keepe it
<PB REF="55"> to &s;ublime thy <HI>Mercurie</HI> with.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To Sublime Copper, whiche is a greate &s;ecrete.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t ye mu&s;t calcine it with <HI>Sul|fur</HI> thus.</P>
<P>Take plates of Copper bea|ten as thinne as is po&s;&s;ible, and cut them in little peeces as bigge as a penye or there a|boute, then take a cru&s;ible and put therein Brim&s;tone beaten a finger thicke, then laie thereon a bed of the&s;e plates and couer the~ with <HI>Sulfur,</HI> and then laie another bed and couer it with <HI>Sulfur</HI> againe, and this doe till that the cru&s;ible be full, then &s;ette it in the calcinyng furnace half a daie long with a good fire, then let it waxe colde and grind it vpon a &s;tone, then put it into <HI>Aqua for|tis</HI> and let it do&s;&s;olue: then di&s;till awaie the water and make the pouder very drie, the whiche remaineth in the bottome of the gla&s;&s;e and grind it on a &s;tone: with &s;alt pre|pared, then put it in a &s;ublimyng ve&s;&s;ell, and &s;et it in a furna&s;e, and giue fir&s;t a &s;mall fire, and then giue it a very &s;trong fire fo|wer
<PB REF="55"> and twentie houres: and then lette it waxe colde, and in the ve&s;&s;ell ye &s;hall finde a greene pouder light and &s;ubtill, but nothing like the Copper the whiche ye had to &s;ub|blime. Then k&eacute;epe that in a gla&s;&s;e clo&s;e &s;hut with waxe, for there is no better medicine in the worlde then this for the Canker, the Wolfe, Fi&s;telowes, and all &s;uch like &s;ores, for this doth helpe them quickly: and when ye will occupie it in &s;uche &s;ores, ye mu&s;te &s;trawe it thereon, and laie vpon it a wound plai&s;ter: of the which I haue writte~ a num|ber in my pearle of Chirurgerie, and it &s;hal heale them how &s;ore &s;o euer they be.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;ublime Lead and Tinne.</HEAD>
<P>THe&s;e two are &s;ublimed with le&s;&s;e labor then the Copper: neuerthele&s;&s;e when ye will &s;ublime them, goe to worke as thou did&s;t with Copper, &s;auyng that ye maie not calcine them with <HI>Sulfur,</HI> but as I haue &s;hewed you afore. And when it is &s;o calcined ye &s;hal di&s;&s;olue them in this &s;trong water following: and when it is di&s;|&s;olued di&s;till the water awaie til it remaine
<PB REF="56"> drie: then di&s;&s;olue it againe, and di&s;till the water awaie againe, &s;o that it remaine &s;cant drie: then take that, and put thereto twi&s;e &s;o muche &s;alte prepared and &s;ublime them to|gether with a &s;trong fire, and ye &s;hall finde a white pounder &s;ubblimed in the toppe, the which &s;erueth to the &s;ame v&s;e that the Cop|per &s;erueth for: that is in all foule Vlcerati|ons and filthie &s;ores, &amp;c.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>How to make the &s;aied Aqua fortis to di&s;&s;olue Lead and Tinne.</HEAD>
<P>TAke &s;alt Peter, <HI>Vitrioll Roman</HI> and <HI>Sall Armoniack,</HI> of eache one pou~d beate them well together and putte them in a gla&s;&s;e, the whiche is very well lu|ted: then &s;et on the head with a greate recei|uer, and lute the ioyntes well that no ayre maie come forthe, then giue it a very &s;mall fire twelue houres long, and then increa&s;e it accordyng to Arte: but take good heede that ye be not to ra&s;he with your fire at the fir&s;t, lea&s;t that all the gla&s;&s;es flye in peeces: then keepe it to thy v&s;e, and when ye will di&s;&s;olue your Lead, ye mu&s;t take for euery
<PB REF="56"> pounde of Lead, two pounde of water, and di&s;&s;olue it cold, for otherwi&s;e it would blow the gla&s;&s;e in peeces.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Sulfur, the whiche is a greate &s;ecrete.</HEAD>
<P>_THis oyle is made in this ma|ner. Fir&s;t ye &s;hall haue a bell of yearth, or a heade of gla&s;&s;e like the common Stilles of Tinne, the whiche ye &s;hall hang vp by a &s;tring: then take a plate of I|ron of a finger thicke, and twoo fingers broade, and make it redde hotte in the fire, then laye it vnder the bell or head, and ca&s;te thereon Brim&s;tone, and let it burne, &s;o that the fume maie goe within the bell, and this ye &s;hall co~tinue po&s;&s;ible a whole daie, afore that one droppe will fall. But when ye &s;ee it drop, then continue till ye haue oyle enough and then ha&s;te thou a greate Trea&s;ure, the whiche keepe in a gla&s;&s;e, for it will helpe the Poxe and all outwarde &s;ores and Vlcerati|ons, and al&s;o all &s;tinkyng and filthie &s;ores, the whiche will not bee holpe. It is al&s;o ex|cellent
<PB REF="57"> again&s;te the Ro&s;e, and again&s;te the Pe&s;tilence, the whiche ye mu&s;te v&s;e in this maner. Take water of Sorell, of Ro&s;es, of <HI>Cardus Benedictus of eche</HI> &ounce;.i. Oile of Sul+fer &scruple;.i. mixe them together, and giue it the pacient as &s;one as he feeleth hym &s;elf &s;icke, and laye hym doune to &s;weate one howre, and let hym not &s;tirre that he maie &s;weate the better, then drie hym well warme clothes, and let hym re&s;t twoo howres, and then if ye haue li&s;te to eate, let hym haue a a cullus made of a Henne in this order. Ye &s;hall boile the Henne or Chicken &s;o long, that the fle&s;he fall fro~ the bones, then &s;to~pe the bones and all, and &s;traine it with the &s;aid broth, then put thereto a good deale of Su|ger, and a little Wine, and lette the pacient eate it with verie little bread: and then twoo howers after, ye &s;hall giue hym the afore|&s;aied receipte with oile, and let hym &s;weate thereon twoo howers, as is &s;aied afore, and this ye &s;hall doe the next daie once, and by the grace of God the Pe&s;tilence &s;hall not hurte hym. But when ye will occupie it to the Poxe, or any other filthie &s;ores, ye &s;hall giue it with water of Hoppes, of Cicorie,
<PB REF="57"> of Germander, of eche &ounce;.i. water of Fume|torie &ounce;.ij. Oile of Sulfer &scruple;.i. the&s;e ye &s;hall mixe together, and let the pacient drinke it at &s;euen a clocke in the Mornyng, and lette hym &s;weate thereon twoo howers: then drie hym with warme clothes, and then at night ye &s;hall giue hym that portion in ma|ner as ye did before, and lette hym &s;weate thereon other twoo howers: and this order ye &s;hall v&s;e till that thei be whole, the which will bee in verie &s;hort tyme, &s;o that it &s;hall &s;eme miraculous, for his &s;ores will pre&s;e~tly be healed, although thei were neuer &s;o euill.</P>
<P>Again&s;te the Ro&s;e ye &s;hall take the wa|ter of Sorell of, Pur&s;elene, and put thereto &scruple;.i. of oile of Brim&s;tone, and let the pacient drinke it, and lye doune to &s;weate thereon, and in one daie he &s;halbe holpe, although he haue had it a long tyme.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of &V;itrioll.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t ye mu&s;t haue an eathe~ pot, the which holdeth about a gallon, and mu&s;t be aboute a foote, or fourtene ynches hie, then ye mu&s;t haue a head
<PB REF="58"> of gla&s;&s;e, the which commeth iu&s;te ouer the pot, then take <HI>Vitrioll</HI> and put it in the pot, and then &s;ette on the head with a greate re|ceiuer, and lute the ioyntes well, them giue it &s;mall fire, as I haue &s;hewed you afore in the makyng of &s;trong water, and when ye &s;ee that it will drop no more, then encrea&s;e the fire a little, and &s;o keepe it till it drop no more, then take awaie the receiuer, and powre out the water and &s;et it too againe, and lute it fa&s;t, then encrea&s;e thy fire by lit|tle and little, till that the fumes come forth: then keepe it bigger and bigger, &s;o that the pot maie &s;tande as hotte as the coales, and &s;o keepe it till that the heade and receiuer waxe cleare againe, but in anywi&s;e &s;lacke not thy fire: For I haue &s;eene fire kepte a whole daie, after that the water was taken awaie, and neuer a drop fell into the recei|uer, but at the la&s;te it came apace, therfore leaue not till it bee doen. Then keepe this Oile verie clo&s;e in a gla&s;&s;e, that the &s;pirites fl&eacute;e not awaie, for when it hath lo&s;te his &s;pi|rites, it is good for nothyng, but to corrod and eate awaie dead fle&s;he. But when this Oile hath his &s;pirites, there is no better
<PB REF="58"> medecine in the worlde, again&s;t the fallyng &s;ickne&s;&s;e and Apoplexia beeyng v&s;ed thus. Take <HI>Aqua vitae</HI> perfectly rectified, with out fleme one pinte, Oile of <HI>Vitrioll</HI> one &s;poonefull, mixe them and let the paciente drinke thereof euery mornyng one &s;poone|full, and he &s;halbe holpen, although he haue had it ten yeres, and fell euery hower: and for Apoplexia ye &s;hall giue it in the &s;aied or|der. But if he can not drinke it &s;o, ye &s;hall giue it as ye thinke good, &s;o that he haue it in his bodie, and pre&s;ently he &s;hall mende, although he haue had it a long tyme, and were lame ouer al his body. It is al&s;o excel|lent good again&s;t al hot feuers in the Som|mer, for it helpeth them in one daie, as I haue proued diuers tymes my &s;elf, and ye &s;hall giue it in this order. Take Burrage water as muche as ye will, and put thereto &s;o much of this Oile, till it bee &s;owre like Veriui&s;e, and thereof let the pacient drinke a&s;muche as ye will, and then ye &s;hall &s;ee the pacient holpe, and his thir&s;t &s;hall &s;lake, and al&s;o his heate. This oile is al&s;o good again&s;t all foule and old &s;ores, and to take awaie their &s;tincke, if ye mixe it with water of E|gremonie,
<PB REF="59"> till it bee verie &s;ower, and then wa&s;he the &s;ore therewith. If ye mixe more Oile with the &s;aied water, till it bee as fo|wer as Vineger, it takes awaie wartes if ye wa&s;he them therewith, and cau&s;e them to fall out without pain. It helpeth all &s;cab|bes if ye wa&s;he them therewith, mixt with Egremonie water as is afore &s;aied. If ye mixe it with Borage water, Buglo&s;&s;e wa|ter, and Melli&s;e water, it helpeth the beting of the harte, that hath co~tinued a long time.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; To make water of Mercurie, the whiche <HI>Para&s;el&s;us</HI> writeth of his booke of Chirurgerie.</HEAD>
<P>TAke <HI>Mercurie</HI> that is &s;ublimed, as I haue &s;hewed you afore, and put it it a gla&s;&s;e, and &s;et it in Furnace, and giue &s;uche a temperate fire, that you maie hold your hand ouer it a <HI>Pater no&s;ter</HI> while and that degree of fire ye &s;hall keepe, the &s;pace of &s;ixe weekes, but looke that ye in|crea&s;e not the fire, nor yet per demini&s;he it: then take that <HI>Mercurie</HI> and grinde it fine, and putte it into a bagge, like vnto an Ipocras
<PB REF="59"> bagge, and hang it in a moi&s;te place, and &s;et a gla&s;&s;e vnder it, and the <HI>Mercurie</HI> will turne into water, the whiche kepe well: and when thou wilte occupie that water, thou &s;halt weate a linnen clothe therein, and laie it on &s;uche kinde of &s;ores, as will not bee holpe by no other kind of meanes: for it will take awaie their coro&s;iues, and cau&s;e them to heale, although thei were neuer &s;o il. And more ouer, becau&s;e that thou &s;halte knowe wherefore that it &s;erueth, ye &s;hall note that it is good again&s;te all Cankers, Fi&s;tilous, the Woulfe, and &s;uche like, for it helpeth them all, though thei were neuer &s;o euill, as <HI>Para&s;el&s;us</HI> writeth thereof in his greate Surgerie in the Chapiter of the Cancker and &s;uche like.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make water of Sal Armoniake.</HEAD>
<P>TAke <HI>Sal Armoniake</HI> that is &s;ubli|med &s;euen tymes, and grinde it to pouder, then put it into a gla&s;&s;e, that hath a hole in the bottome on the one &s;ide, and then &s;et that gla&s;&s;e in an other, and &s;et them in a moi&s;te Seller, and then the <HI>Sal
<PB REF="60"> Armoniacke</HI> will di&s;&s;olue into water, and runne into the nether gla&s;&s;e, the whiche ye &s;hall keepe clo&s;e: In the afore&s;aid maner ye maie make water of Allum, the whiche is excellent to drie vp all filthie wounds, &amp;c.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; The order to fixe all thynges that are fliyng.</HEAD>
<P>TO fixe any thing, is to be vnder&s;tood thus. Ye &s;hall &s;ublime it &s;o ofte, that it will &s;ublime no more, but will lye in the fire, &s;o that the fire can not con&s;ume it, and when ye will fixe any thing, as Sul|fer, Quick&s;iluer, or Ar&s;nicke, or &s;uche like, ye &s;hall dooe it in this order: Ye &s;hall take <HI>Mercurie</HI> &s;ublimed, or <HI>&s;ulfur</HI> &s;ublimed, or Ar&s;enicke, or &s;uch like, and put it into a &s;ub|myng gla&s;&s;e, whiche I will &s;hewe you di|uers paterns, in the next booke god willing and &s;et it in a furnace with a &s;mal fire, &amp; the~ increa&s;e it according to Arte, the &s;pace of a whole daie, and the~ at euening ye &s;hal turne tha gla&s;&s;e and lette it &s;ublime vp into the o|ther ende: and this order ye &s;hall v&s;e with &s;ublimyng, from one ende vnto an other, till that it will &s;ublime no more: the whiche
<PB REF="60"> ye &s;hall proue in this maner. Ye &s;hall take a little thereof and laye it on a redde hotte coale, and looke whether it &s;moke or no, for if it &s;moke it is not fixte, but if it &s;moke not it is fixte. But to knowe the verie trothe, ye &s;hall take thereof and grinde it to pouder, and then put it into a cru&s;ible, and giue it as greate a fire as though ye would melt Co|per, and then if ye &s;ee that there co~meth no &s;moke from it, it is fixt: but if that it &s;moke awaie, ye &s;hall put it into a newe &s;ublimyng gla&s;&s;e, and &s;ublime it againe, then keepe it to thy v&s;e, till I write more thereof: for when you haue your &s;pirites fixt, ye haue a greate Trea&s;ure, the whiche is not to bee bought with money, &amp; principally of Sul|fer fixte, for therewith ye maie doe what ye li&s;te, for there can no &s;ickne&s;&s;e come vnto mannes bodie, but it maie bee holpe there|with. Al&s;o <HI>Mercurie</HI> beyng fixte, is &s;uche an excelle~t medicine again&s;t the Poxe, that the like can not be found in the worlde. But ye &s;hall note, that it m&s;t not be occupied a|lone, but with other things, y^e which I will &s;hewe you in an other place. The Ar&s;nicke and the Sal Armoniacke maie not be occu|pied
<PB REF="61"> in any wi&s;e inwardly, but onely out|wardly, as ye &s;hall heare hereafter, and e&s;|pecially of the Salt of Ar&s;nicke.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oile of Antimonie.</HEAD>
<P>_IF thou wilt make this Oile, ye mu&s;te looke diligently to your fire, lea&s;t ye &s;poile all: then take a retoret of gla&s;&s;e, and lute it very well, and put therein three pounde of <HI>Antimonie,</HI> and three pounde of <HI>Sal gem</HI> calcined, beaten to|gether, then increa&s;e thy fire accordyng to Art, three daies and three nightes, and lute thy receiuer verie well, the whiche mu&s;t be of the quantitie of fiue or &s;ixe gallons, or more, the greater the better, and then thou &s;halte haue an Oile as redde as blood, the whiche is not to be &s;olde, or bought for mo|ney. For it helpeth the Canker, the Woulf <HI>Noli me tangere,</HI> and Fi&s;tulais, if ye an|noint them therewith: fir&s;t the deade fle&s;he will fall out without paine, and then it will heale, how &s;ore &s;o euer it bee, although it were fourtie yeres old.</P>
<PB REF="61">
<P><HI>In &s;umma.</HI> It is a mo&s;te excellent Oile again&s;t all &s;ores, and venemous Vlcers, for if ye annointe them three tymes therewith, it helpeth them, although thei were &s;o ve|nemous that thei did eate a hande broad in one night, as it is diuers tymes &s;&eacute;ene of the Woulf, and &s;uche like vlcerations, that ea|teth &s;o, that it &s;&eacute;emeth that a Dogge had bitten out a greate p&eacute;ece. The&s;e and all o|ther Vlcerations, the whiche will not bee holpe by any meanes, ye &s;hall helpe them with this Oile in &s;hort tyme, &s;o that it &s;hall &s;&eacute;eme merueilous to beholde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; How ye maie drawe forthe &s;alt out of all mettalles: and first out of Gold, the whiche is called &s;all Sapientium.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t if thou wilte make Salte of Golde, thou &s;halt take Gold filed into pouder, and di&s;&s;olue it in the afore written &s;trong wa|ter, and when it is di&s;&s;olued, ye &s;hall boile a|waie the water, till remaine drie, then thou &s;halt put theron faire water, and let it
<PB REF="62"> &s;&eacute;eth therewith three or fower houres long, and then powre it awie, and putte more thereon and lette it &s;eethe againe, and then powre it of againe: this powryng on and of ye &s;hall v&s;e till that the water haue no ta&s;te of the &s;trong water, but is &s;w&eacute;ete: and when it is &s;o, giue it greate fire that it maie drie well, then put it in a gla&s;&s;e and &s;et it in a cal|cinyng furnace, and there it &s;hall calcine a whole month long, &s;o that it remain alwaies red hot and at one degree of fire: the~ take it and grinde it on a &s;tone, till that it bee as fine as is po&s;&s;ible: then powre thereon good di&s;tilled vineger, and laie a couer ouer the gla&s;&s;e, and let it &s;eethe in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> a whole daie long, puttyng thereto alwaies fre&s;he vineger: then powre of that vineger into a gla&s;&s;e and put thereon more, &amp; boyle it a whole daie as ye did afore, and this ye &s;hall doe three tymes: then take that vine|ger that ye powred of, and di&s;till it by <HI>Bal|neo Mariae</HI> till it remaine drie, and in the bottome ye &s;hall finde a Salte as white as &s;now, the which ye &s;hall take and put there|on more vineger, and &s;ette it in the <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> that it maie boyle the &s;pace of two
<PB REF="62"> howres, then lett it &s;ettle a whole daie, and then powre of that which is cleare, and then if there remaine any thyng in the bottome, it is not enough preparde: then ye &s;hall di&s;|olue it in Vineger againe, and di&s;till the Vineger againe as I haue &s;hewed you, and ye &s;hall finde a whiter &s;alte in the bottome of the gla&s;&s;e, the whiche ye &s;hall put in Vi|neger againe, and lett that boile in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> twoo howres, as I &s;hewed you a|fore, and then lette it &s;tande and &s;ettle, and then powre of the clearer part, and di&s;till it in <HI>Balneo Mariae,</HI> and the Salte will re|maine in the bottome as white as Snowe. But if there remaine any in the other gla&s;&s;e ye &s;hall not dooe as I haue &s;hewed you, till it be all di&s;&s;olued. Then di&s;&s;olue that Salt in Raine water three or fower tymes, and looke whether there remaine any Salte in the bottome vndi&s;&s;olued, &amp; if there remaine none, it is well prepared, or els not, and it is called <HI>Sal Philo&s;ophorum,</HI> or <HI>Sal Sapien|tiae,</HI> and when it is di&s;&s;olued into cleare wa|ter, ye &s;hall di&s;till awaie the water, that the Salte maie remaine verie drie in the bot|tome, the whiche ye &s;hall keepe in a gla&s;&s;e
<PB REF="63"> clo&s;e &s;hotte: for it is an excellente Medecine again&s;te all di&s;ea&s;es of the bodie, for it will leaue nothing in mans bodie that &s;hal hurt hym, but it driueth it out by &s;weate, and maketh the pacient &s;ounde and whole as e|uer he was in all his life. It helpeth all out|warde &s;ores, as the Canker, the Woulfe, Fi&s;tiloes, and &s;uche like. This beyng ta|ken inwardlie doeth helpe tho&s;e outwarde de&s;ea&s;es mo&s;te wonderfull. For it helpeth them in three or fower daies, and when ye will occupie it again&s;te &s;uche de&s;ea&s;es, ye &s;hall v&s;e it in this order: Ye &s;hall take a viol full of wine, and put therein twoo or three graines of that Salt, for it is &s;ufficient for any &s;icke per&s;one, for any kinde of de&s;ea&s;es, then &s;toppe that Violl, and &s;et it in warme water till the Salt bee di&s;&s;olued, then giue the &s;icke per&s;one thereof to drinke warme, and laye hym doune to &s;weate, for it will cau&s;e hym to &s;weate wonderfully, therefore keepe hym from the colde in any wi&s;e, for that &s;weate will bryng hym to healthe a|gaine, although he were a Leper, &s;o that it come not by Nature of his mother, for if it come by kinde, there is no helpe that I doe
<PB REF="63"> knowe, yet neuerthele&s;&s;e this medecine can not hurt, nor yet it can not helpe hym. But other &s;ickne&s;&s;es, although they were neuer &s;o euill or &s;ore, it will helpe the~. It helpeth the Pe&s;tilence miraculou&s;ly in one daie, and likewi&s;e the Poxe in &s;horte tyme, gi|uyng it as is afore&s;aied in wine, and laye thereon and &s;weate, and the~ drie awie the &s;weat with warme clothes, and when thou wilte helpe any outward &s;ore, thou &s;halte laye thereon a wounde pla&s;ter, and let hym drinke the &s;aied Salte with Wine mor|nyng and euenyng, as is &s;aied afore, and in &s;hort &s;pace thei &s;halbe holpen.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>The order to distill Vineger for to make the afore&s;aied Saltes.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke good &s;trong Reni&s;he Wine vineger, and di&s;till it in a Limbeck of gla&s;&s;e, and giue it fir&s;te a &s;mall fire till half be di&s;tilled, then take it awaie for it is nothyng worthe to our worke, then ta&s;te it on thy tongue whether it bee &s;harpe or no, if it be not &s;harpe it is not good: if not kepe that &s;mall &s;ire till that the liquor come
<PB REF="64"> forthe &s;owre: for ye &s;hall note that the wor&s;t of the vineger di&s;tilleth fir&s;t, then di&s;til that whiche is la&s;t with a rea&s;onable fire vntill it bee almo&s;te di&s;tilled, but ye maie not di|&s;till it all quite out, lea&s;t it &s;hould &s;tincke of the fire and waxe redde, for then it will not &s;erue our purpo&s;e. Moreouer ye &s;hall note that it maie not drop fa&s;ter, but that a man maie &s;aie a <HI>Pater no&s;ter</HI> betwene.</P>
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<HEAD>To drawe forth the &s;alte of Ar&s;nicke.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;alte of <HI>Ar&s;nicke</HI> is a mar|uelous &s;alt, but it is &s;harpe and coro&s;iue, and the order to make it is thus.</P>
<P>Take <HI>Ar&s;nicke</HI> &ounce;.j. the whiche is fixte and di&s;&s;olue it in <HI>Aqua fortis</HI> made of &s;ale Peter and Allum, and when it is di&s;&s;ol|ued putte thereon raine water, till that it &s;incke to the bottome, and when it is &s;unck to the bottome lette it &s;tande to &s;ettle, and then powre of that parte whiche is cleare, and put on more fre&s;h water and let it &s;eeth and then let it &s;ettle and powre of the wa|ter againe, and then powre one more: and
<PB REF="64"> this order ye &s;hall v&s;e till that the water come of as &s;weete as ye put it on, then cal|cine it &s;ixe daies &amp; &s;ixe nightes, then powre thereon di&s;tilled vineger and &s;eeth it in <HI>Bal|neo Mariae</HI> to di&s;&s;olue, and at night lette it &s;ettle and waxe cleare: then powre of that whiche is cleare and put or more, and let it &s;tand a daie to di&s;&s;olue as I &s;aied afore, and then let it waxe cleare and the~ powre of the cleare partes. This ye mu&s;t do three times as is &s;aied of Golde, and then drie it very well, and put thereon faire raine water till it be di&s;&s;olued, and when it is di&s;&s;olued ye &s;hall make no more fire vnder it but lette it waxe cold, and then powre the cleare partes of and di&s;till it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> till it bee drie: and then ye &s;hall finde your &s;alte in the grounde as white as &s;nowe: the whiche is mo&s;te excellent again&s;te the Canker, the Woulfe, and &s;uch like as commeth of wou~|des, &amp;c. ye &s;hall helpe them thus. Take of this falt &scruple;.i. and put thereto &ounce;.i. of <HI>Vnguen|tum fu&s;cum,</HI> and therewith dre&s;&s;e the &s;ores and thei will heale in &s;horte tyme, although they weare neuer &s;o olde: and therefore if thou wilt vnder&s;tande wherefore it &s;erueth:
<PB REF="65"> looke in my pearle of Chirurgerie, and al|&s;o in the Chirurgerie of <HI>Para&s;el&s;us.</HI></P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of the Metalles and fir&s;t of Lead and Tinne.</HEAD>
<P>_IF thou wilt make Oyle of the&s;e two Metalles, ye mu&s;t fir&s;t cal|cine them as I haue &s;hewed you and then di&s;&s;olue them in the a|fore&s;aied &s;trong water, and when they bee di&s;&s;olued let them &s;tande till it be as cleare as a gla&s;&s;e, then di&s;till awaie the water by a Limbecke till it remaine drie, and when it is drie, put thereon good di&s;tilled vineger and &s;ette it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> to di&s;&s;olue a whole daie and let it boyle, then let it waxe colde and &s;ettle, then powre of that parte which is cleare &amp; di&s;till it in another gla&s;&s;e, and when your matter is drie, put thereon other di&s;tilled vineger, and let it &s;eethe &s;o long til that it be di&s;&s;olued, then di&s;till away the vineger, and then put on more vineger: this di&s;&s;oluyng and di&s;tillyng ye &s;hall v&s;e &s;o long till that the matter remaine in the bot|tome like Oyle, then put it forthe while&s;t
<PB REF="65"> it is yet warme, for when it is colde it is &s;o tough that ye can not get it from the gla&s;&s;e: This oyle being &s;o made is mo&s;t excellent, for it healpeth woundes and &s;ores in very &s;horte tyme: and moreouer there is no oyle among&s;t all the &s;ecretes of Phi&s;icke or &s;ur|gerie that healeth a wounde &s;oner then this oyle doeth, for it helpeth them in fower and twentie houres, &s;o that there bee no bones broke or cut, &amp;c. There is another maner of makyng of this oyle the whiche is better, whiche we will not write of in this place.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Copper, and of Cro|cum martis, or Iron.</HEAD>
<P>THe&s;e Metalles ye mu&s;t fir&s;te cal|cine, and then di&s;&s;olue them in &s;trong water, then putte thereon raine water till that the Mettall &s;incke to the bottome, then put to &s;o muche raine water till that it haue no ta&s;te of the &s;trong water, then drie it wel and put ther|on di&s;tilled vineger, and &s;ette it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> to di&s;&s;olue, then di&s;till awaie the vi|neger till it remaine drie, and then put ther|on
<PB REF="66"> fre&s;he vineger, and di&s;till that awaie till that the matter remaine drie: and this order ye &s;hall v&s;e till that y^e matter remaine moi&s;t in the bottome like oyle. This oyle is of like vertue as the other, and therefore wee will write no more thereof in this place.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Oyle of Quicksiluer.</HEAD>
<P>_IF thou wilte make this Oyle, ye mu&s;t haue <HI>Mercurie</HI> fixte or els it will not &s;erue to our v&s;e: therefore take that which is fixte and put it in &s;trong water, and &s;et it in <HI>Balneo</HI> to di&s;&s;olue, and &s;et thereon a head, and when it is di&s;&s;olued let it &s;ettle, and then powre of that parte which is cleare and di&s;till it in <HI>Balneo Ma|riae,</HI> and your <HI>Mercurie</HI> will remaine in the bottome, then put thereon raine water, and wa&s;h it &s;o long that the water haue no ta&s;te of the &s;trong water, but remaine as &s;weete as ye put it on: then putte thereon di&s;tilled vineger, and &s;et it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> a hole daie till that it bee di&s;&s;olued, then di&s;till the vineger awaie, and put thereon fre&s;he, and &s;et it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> againe to di&s;&s;olue,
<PB REF="66"> and then di&s;till it awaie againe: and this or|der ye &s;hall v&s;e till that it remaine like an oyle in the bottome, then take it forthe and keepe it in a gla&s;&s;e clo&s;e &s;hut, lea&s;t it &s;hould lee&s;e his &s;trength. This oyle is of as great operation in fre&s;he woundes as the other afore&s;aied are: it is aboue all other again&s;t the poxe to be v&s;ed outwardly, for it helpeth all &s;ores that come of the poxe, if ye anoynt the &s;ores therewith and in the afore&s;aid ma|ner: Ye maie make Oyles of all Metalles but they are not to be taken inwardly, and therefore I will &s;hewe thee another order how you &s;hall make Oyles of all the Me|talles to v&s;e inwardly.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; To make Oyle of Gold, the whiche is distilled through the helme, and is to be v&s;ed both inward|ly and outwardly.</HEAD>
<P>_IF thou wilt make Oyle of Golde, ye &s;hall take his &s;alt of the whiche we haue made mention afore, and put it in to a gla&s;&s;e with a lo~g necke,
<PB REF="67"> and mixe the gla&s;&s;e fa&s;t with hermes &s;ell, that is with a paire of gloyng tonges, as I will &s;hewe you hereafter: then ye &s;hall &s;ette the &s;aied gla&s;&s;e in a calcinyng furnace, with a fire &s;o temperate as though it &s;tode in the Sunne: and there ye &s;hal let it &s;tande eight daies, and then increa&s;e the fire other eight daies, till that ye &s;ee it beginne to waxe yel|lowe, and then keepe thy fire in that heate till that thou &s;ee&s;t thy gla&s;&s;e all yellowe, and then increa&s;e thy fire a little till that ye &s;ee it waxe a brouner yellowe: and when ye &s;ee that, ye &s;hal kepe it in that heate eight daies, and then if ye &s;ee it chaunge no colour in|crea&s;e your fire a little more eight daies, and then ye &s;hall &s;ee it waxe red, and when it is indefferent red, ye &s;hall increa&s;e your fire againe eight daies, till that ye &s;ee it a broune red, then ye maie giue it a greater fire for it is fixte, and no fire can con&s;ume it: and when ye haue kepte it eight daies in &s;uche a greate heate, ye &s;hall lette it waxe colde, and if ye will make this oyle, ye &s;hall grinde it in fine pouder, and putte it into a &s;tone pot, and put thereon di&s;tilled vineger and &s;ette it in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> to di&s;&s;olue fo|wer
<PB REF="67"> daies long, then let it &s;ettle and powre of the cleare partes, and put thereon more vineger and &s;top the pot very clo&s;e, and &s;et it againe other fower daies in <HI>Balneo Mariae</HI> to di&s;&s;olue, and euery daie ye &s;hall &s;tirre it twoo or three tymes with a &s;ticke, then let it waxe colde and &s;ettle, and powre of the cleare partes, and then put thereon frea&s;he Vineger, and &s;ette it to di&s;&s;olue againe, and let it &s;tande and &s;ettle vntill the fifth daie in the mornyng, then let it waxe colde and &s;et|tle, and then powre of the cleare partes, and if there remaine any thyng in the pot|tes bottome, ca&s;te it out: for it is not profi|table for our woorke, then wa&s;he the potte verie cleane, and putt therein the &s;aied Vi|neger that ye boiled afore, and di&s;till it <HI>per <HI>Balneo Mariae,</HI></HI> vntill it be drie, and ye &s;hall finde the pouder fairer then it was afore, then put thereon frea&s;he Vineger, and &s;ette it to di&s;&s;olue in <HI>Balneo Mariae,</HI> as is &s;aied afore. And when it hath &s;toode fower daies, ye &s;hall powre it cleare of, and looke if there remain any feces or pouder in the bottome and if there bee any, you &s;hall powre it out, and make the potte cleane, and put therein
<PB REF="68"> the &s;aied Vineger whiche ye powred of, and di&s;till it awaie <HI>per <HI>Balneo Mariae,</HI></HI> vntill that it remaine drie: then put thereon fre&s;he Vineger, and di&s;&s;olue it as I haue &s;hewed you, and then powre of the Vineger and di&s;till it againe, and this ye &s;hall v&s;e, vntill that you finde no more Sande in the bot|tome. But that it is all di&s;&s;olued, and then it is prepared to make his Oile of, then di|&s;till that la&s;te Vineger awaie <HI>per <HI>Balneo Mariae,</HI></HI> vntill that it bee verie drie, then put it into a gla&s;&s;e with a head and a greate receiuer, the whiche ye mu&s;t lute together verie well, that no aire maie come forthe, then giue it &s;mall fire iiij. houers long, and then increa&s;e it a little &s;tronger, and &s;o keepe it other fower howers, and then ye &s;hall &s;ee certaine yellowe fumes ri&s;e vp in|to the head, then keepe thy fire in that de|gree, vntill that thou &s;ee&s;t the head waxe read, then increa&s;e your fire a little, vntill that the head be as read as blood, then kepe thy fire in that &s;tate, vntill thou &s;ee&s;t the couler beginne to &s;lake. Then make thy fire greater, vntill that the bottome of the Ve&s;&s;ell bee read, and then keepe it in that
<PB REF="68"> &s;taye one hower, and then the head will &s;eeme to bee full of Snowe. Then make the fire as greate at thou can&s;te, vntill the head waxe cleare againe as it was at the fir&s;te. Then let it waxe cold, and thou &s;halt finde an Oile in the receiuer, the whiche is not to bee bought for any money: For be|cau&s;e it helpeth all di&s;ea&s;es in mannes bo|die, bothe inwardly and outwardy: al|though thei bee neuer &s;o euill, as the Pe&s;ti|lence, the Poxe, the Woulfe, the Canker, Con&s;umptions, the Drop&s;ie, and the Le|per, if &s;o bee that it came not by Nature of the Father and Mother. And the order to take it is thus: Ye &s;hall take a potte of wine and put therein &scruple;. i. of this Oile, and giue the &s;icke thereof to drinke in the mornyng, and let hym lye in his bedde and &s;lepe, and then thou &s;halte &s;ee wonders. And if &s;o bee that the pacient bee full of euill humours, and that he &s;hall neede pourgyng, it will cau&s;e nature to ca&s;t for the either by &s;weate, or vrine, or by vomite, or dounewarde, as long as the paciente &s;hall haue neede, and then &s;traite waies amende and waxe &s;tron|ger: then if that he had eate a whole Capon
<PB REF="69"> and then if the pacient doe pourge no more by any of the &s;aied meanes afore&s;aid, ye &s;hal giue it hym but three daies. For if he doe purge more then one daie, it is a token that he is full of corruptio~, as of the Leprie, and the Poxe, for tho&s;e are &s;o full of corruption, &s;o that he can not bee holpe in one daie by Nature. Therefore ye &s;hall giue it more then three daies, that is thus to bee vnder|&s;toode, ye &s;hall giue it hym &s;o long that na|ture purgeth no more, and that ye maie &s;ee that the paciente waxeth verie &s;trong, for this Medecine woorketh with the helpe of Nature a long tyme after, and therefore this medecine is precious, and of too quick operatio~ to giue to any &s;icke per&s;on where no neede is. But as for the Woulf and the Canker, and &s;uche like outward &s;ores, ye &s;hall vnder&s;tand, that there is n&eacute;ede of no o|ther helpe then the afore&s;aied drinke, as is &s;aid afore: &amp; ye &s;hall laie vpon the &s;ore a cole leafe or li<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">te, and you &s;hall &s;ee great aboun|dance of foule and rotte~ blood and &s;uche like come forthe: The which is &s;cant to be bele|ued, and then tho&s;e holes or &s;ores will incar|nace, and heale of the &s;elues without fault.</P>
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