How to recover Health, and to know certainly which of the Four Humours hath Dominion over the Sick Person.

TAke of Soder one pound, of the finest Tin half a pound, three ounces of Mercury, melt them; then take the Amalgama all together, and put it into an Alembick, and you will have about four ounces of Water, which you shall make use of as followeth.

Pour one or two drops of this Water into the Urine of a sick Person, and, in an instant, you will see the four Humours separated; [Page 2]and that whereof you see to be most sub­stance, 'tis that which prevails in the Body, and will often change, according as it offends or prejudices Health. The Amalgama is thus proved: Put it into your hand, and pour thereon two or three drops of Juice of Citron, and it will instantly become red.

A wonderful Cure for a Fistula.

Take a living Toad, put it into a Cruci­ble, covered that it may not get out, and re­duce it to Ashes with a fierce Fire, the Fire not touching the Toad. Apply this Powder to the Fistula, washing it first with White-wine, warm, or the Urine of a male Child. Probatum.

A remarkable Receipt made of a Man's Skull.

Take of the impalpable Powder of a Scull, and apply it to any Wound or Ulcer what­ever, and it will cure it. This was experienc'd by Monsieur President Bolanger, in an Ulcer that none could cure in ten years.

Against the Bloody Flux; and how to draw the Tincture of Coral.

Take a Pumice-stone, quench it three or four times in good Vinegar in an earthen Pot, till it look red; bray the Coral very fine, and make a bed of Pumice-stone in an earth­en [Page 3]pot, then a bed of Coral; do this thrice, so that the first and last be of Pumice-stone: lute the Pot well, and put it in a Glass or Pot­ters Fornace for two dayes; take it out, and pour Vinegar upon the Powders, so often till they have lost their redness; then evaporate the Vinegar in a Glass or Earthen-vessel well glaz'd, in which will remain the tincture or colour of Coral. So you may draw all sorts of Colours of Minerals and Metals reduc'd to powder. The Dose is one dram in an Egg.

The Syrup is made after this manner.

Take two ounces of this Tincture, and three ounces of Sugar-Candy, which put in a large varnish'd earthen Vessel, in Balneo Ma­riae, continually stirring your Matter with a wooden Spatula, till it be boyl'd to the con­sistence of a Syrup: for this hinders the pre­cipitating of the tincture of Coral.

Another way to draw the Tincture of Coral.

Take Virgin-wax and scrape it into a new Pot, wherein you have put little pieces of Co­ral, so that the Coral be therewith covered, melt and boyl them gently upon live coals, and the Wax will draw all the Tincture of Coral: the which you shall try by taking out a little piece of the Coral, which you must do commonly within a Quarter of an hour. [Page 4]Withdraw the Fire, and let the Wax cool; which you shall take and scrape into an Uri­nal, and pour thereon good thrice distill'd Vi­negar, or strong Spirit of Wine, and put it on hot Embers, that the Wax may give to the Vinegar the tincture which it took from the Coral; then take it from the Fire, and, be­ing cold, separate the Vinegar from the Wax, and evaporate it; being evaporated, you'll find your Tincture at the bottom, red like Ci­naber.

Against the Stone.

Take two pounds of Sallet Oyl, which you shall distill in an Alembick with Sand, and take three Spoonfuls every day of the Water or Phlegm that flows, in the morning, three hours after Dinner, and at night going to bed, for nine dayes. This Water dissolves the Stone in the Kidneys and Bladder. That which remains in the Alembic is for the Gout, and Contraction of the Nerves, from a cold cause.

An excellent Receipt for the Gravel.

Take two pounds of the Roots of male Nettles, and cleanse them, and boyl them in a Gallon of Water, to the diminishing of the third part; then add three pints of good White-wine, boyl them over a gentle Fire for an hour, then let them cool; being almost cold, take out the Roots and press them, then [Page 5]put the Juyce with the Decoction into a new earthen pot; when 'tis clear'd by seething, and that you would use it, take three Pills of fresh Butter, having swallow'd them, drink a glass of the Decoction fasting, as early as you can; and two hours after, a Porringer of clear Broth, for three dayes together, at each decrease of the Moon: Laxative Cly­sters are excellent; you must take them the night before you take the Decoction.

For the same.

Take Eglantine Berries, dry the Seeds in the Sun, or in an Oven, powder them; put a dram of them in a small glass of White­wine, to steep seven or eight hours; drink it half an hour before you go to bed, stirring it well, that nothing remain in the bottom; This produces great Effects; for it drives out all sorts of Gravel, and breaks the Stone, so that you will void it by small pieces. Proba­tum. But you must take it but for two dayes, together, and eight dayes after, and at the decrease of the Moon. You may make a Marmalade of the red Fruit, and cat thereof after meals, and it will hinder any thing from coagulating in the Body.

For the same.

Take Wild-Parsly seeds, infuse them in White-wine for twelve dayes, and drink a glass thereof three mornings fasting.

For the same.

Take the skins within the Gizards of Pul­lets, and wash them with White-wine, dry and powder them; the dose is a dram in as much White-wine as you please.

To cure all Ruptures; a Remedy much appro­ved of by the Cardinal de la Rochefoucault.

Take a pound of black Pitch, yellow Wax and Rosin twelve ounces, Mutton Suet eight ounces, Cats-tail and Dragons-blood four ounces, Gum dragant, Arabic, and Gauls, one ounce; Blood-stone two ounces, several­ly prepar'd and dryed with Vinegar, Pepper beaten two ounces, Wood-lice and Cumin-seed dried and powdered, two ounces; green Acorns, prepar'd with Vinegar and pow­dred, two ounces; they are mixed by melt­ing the Suet with a pint of thick red Wine; to which add the Galls bruised, and boyl them to a consumption of the Wine: that done, strain it, and put it on the fire, adding the Wax and Rosin, which you must melt there­in; [Page 7]melt the black Pitch in another Vessel, then pour the first mixtion into the melted Pitch, stirring it continually with a stick to incorporate them: then you must take away the Fire, and put it upon hot Embers, then pour in the Powders by little and little, stir­ring them very well, that the Plaister may be well mix'd: before you apply it, you must shave away the hair, if there be any, and fo­ment the place where the Malady is with strong Vinegar, wherein Allum hath been dissolv'd, and change the Plaister every two dayes, and renew the Fomentation every four and twenty hours: Moreover, let the Pati­ent keep his Bed for about a fortnight, more or less, and lye upon his back, with his head as low as he can, and drink no Wine unless it be allay'd with Water or small Beer, &c. and eat no salt meats, Pulse, nor Beef.

For the same, whether Man or Woman, though aged, experimented by one that was bursten thirty years.

Take an ounce and half of white Mastich, Troy weight, an ounce and half of common Turpentine, an ounce and half of Mastico­rum, which is a sticking Gum or Liquor, found in the head of great wild prickly Thi­stles, which have a head like Artichoaks; from which having taken the prickly leaves, you will find this glewish Humour stick to [Page 8]your fingers. Mix all together in a little earthen pot, new varnish'd; then take about twenty knots which are found in the sides of the Firr-Tree, which you shall scrape or rasp very small, put them into a Pot almost full of Water, and make it boil very leisurely, and the Fat and Scum that comes uppermost, you shall take dextrously with a Spoon, and put into the other Pot amongst your Drugs; untill you see that it is well mixed for an Unguent, which you shall spread upon Leather, and apply to the place.

For Ruptures. Probatum.

Take Cypress-Nuts, Acacia, Galls, Pome­granat-Flowers, of each six drachms, Gum-Draganth, Myrrh, Frankincense, Gum-Ara­bick, Sarcocol of each three drams; Sanguis Draconis, fine Bole, red-Lead, Aloes Succo­trine, of each two drams; make a fine Pow­der of them all, and a paste thereof with Vine­gar, whereof you shall make an Emplaster, and apply it to the Malady.

For the Wind in the Kidnies. Probatum.

Take of the Roots of wild Chichory, Par­sly, Sorrel, Sparagus, Scolopendria, Betony, Dogs-tooth, Liquorice, of each an handful; white Hony, a Citron cut into four parts; boil them all in a quart of White Wine, to the [Page 9]consumption of half, or the third part, strain it, and take 3 ounces in the Morning Fasting.

To stop the Ʋrine of those that piss in Bed.

Take of the inward Pill of Pomegranat-Flowers, Provence Roses, Mastich, of each half a dram, Seeds of Sumach one dram, Dragons Blood two drams; red Sanders half a dram; roots of Solomon's Seal half an ounce, a Mouse prepared and flead, throwing away the Head and Feet, wash'd in White-Wine and dry'd in an Oven, one ounce, powder all apart, then mix them with two ounces of Sugar of Roses, in Powder, whereof a dram is to be taken every morning steept in White-Wine, two hours before breakfast.

A sure and ready Sudorific.

Take a dram of Tortoise-shell calcin'd, in a Glass of Beer.

The Receipt of the Antidote call'd Orvietan.

Take the Roots of Carline, Gentian, Dyt­tanie, Anthora, Swallow-wort, of each two ounces and a half, great and little Centaury, round and long Birth-wort; Scordium, Bistort, Betony, Tormentil of each half a dram: Diptany of Crete, Angelica, Rue, Master-wort, Scorzomens, Valerian, leaves [Page 10]of garden and wild Bugloss, Viper Powder, of each one ounce; make a Powder of all; whereof take five ounces to a pound of cla­rified Hony, wherein was first dissolv'd Ve­nice Treacle and Mithridate, of each half an ounce, with a little good Wine.

The dose is one dram dissolved in Broth, or Wine, and if you find that gives not ease, repeat it two hours after, and six hours for the third time, and twelve hours for the fourth time.

To cause one to piss, and cure the Kings-Evil.

Burn and reduce Cantharides to a fine Pow­der, draw off the Salt thereof with Vine­gar; whereof give twelve, fifteen, or sixteen grains.

For the Cholick, and that it shall return no more.

Take the outward pill of a fine Orange and Clove-gilli-flowers, of each one ounce, boil them in a good Glass of Wine to the third part, give it to drink, and it shall cure for ever.

For the same.

Take three grains of Laurel, and powde [...] them finely, then put them into a Glass [...] White-Wine, and drink it. Probatum.

For the same.

Take of the entire fresh Dung of a black Horse, put it into a Napkin, and pour there­on a glass of White-Wine, and take it.

For the same.

Take half a Glass of Aqua Vitae, wherein put seven or eight drops of Spirit of Salt.

For the same.

Take the Skin that divides the Kernels of old Walnuts, powder them, and take a dram thereof in White-Wine.

An admirable Remedy for a bloody Flux.

Shut up a Dog for three days, so that he eat nothing but Bones; take his dung, and dry it, and powder it, then take River flint­stones, heat them red hot, then throw them into a Vessel full of Milk, in which mix a lit­tle of the Powder, and give thereof to the Patient twice a day.

For the same.

Take half a quartern of Rice Flower, then mix it with the Juyce of Elder berrys, and [Page 12]make thereof a Paste, whereof make little cakes, and bake them in an Oven, after the Bread is taken forth, which you shall beat and moisten again with the said Juyce, and boil it, then beat it afresh, doing thus seven times, then powder it to serve for use; the dose is one dram in Broth, or White-Wine.

For the same.

Take the Skin of an Hare, burn it in a Furnace in an Earthen Pot unglaz'd, with a cover; of this Powder take a dram in Broth, or White-Wine, if you have not a Fever: the same will serve for bleeding at Nose, drawn up the Nostrils.

For the same.

Take a dram of Langue de boeuf, dryed and powdred as aforesaid: The said Herb stays the Flux, being applyed fresh to the Soles of the Feet.

To make one piss, tho he have not made Water in a fort-night, and to cause one to void the Gra­vel and Stone.

Take wild Ivy with its root, wash it well and cleanse it, beat it well in a Mortar, and let it steep about two hours in three or four ounces of White-Wine; there must be about [Page 13]ten or twelve Plants of this Herb, strained through a Cloth, and given the Patient to drink. Probatum.

For a Tertian Ague.

Take three or four ounces of the Juyce of Vervain, in a little White-Wine, before the shivering, and walk: you must not eat a Sup­per when you take this Remedy.

For the same.

Take wild Smallage, Rue, male Thistles, of each a little, beat them well with a little Salt, then add the yolk of one Egg, beaten with a spoonful of Vinegar: apply it to the Wrist, after well rubbing the Wrist.

For the same.

Take half a Glass of Aqua Vitae, wherein beat one yolk of a new lay'd Egg, with the third part of a Nutmeg grated: take it just before the fit: use this Remedy thrice, if you are not cured the first or second time.

Note 'tis good to purge before with this Medicine following: Rubarb, Scammony, Turbith, Hermodactils, Ginger, Senna, Anni­seeds, Sugar, of each one dram; powder all apart and scarce them, then mingle them and scarce them: the dose for a Child of ten [Page 14]years is half a dram; one of ripe years one dram, in Broth, taking some Broth an hour after. Note, you need not keep your Bed nor Chamber.

For the same.

Take two ounces of the Syrup of Carduus Benedictus in a Glass of Water, when the shi­vering takes you.

An assured Remedy for a Quartan Ague.

Take Wall-Gilliflowers, Leaves and Flow­ers, beat them well with a little Salt; and when the fit comes apply it to the suture of the Head, between two linnen Cloths, and there let it rest twenty four hours.

For the same.

Take a Pennyworth of Camphir, sow it in a piece of Scarlet, with right crimson Silk; and make a Cord of the same Silk, and hang it about the Neck, so that it reach to the Sto­mach; and as the Camphire wasts, so will the Fever; the Camphir being wasted, take more till you be cured.

For the same.

Take oyl of Scorpions, Mithridate of Montpelier, of each two ounces, mingle these [Page 15]in a Mortar till they be well incorporated, and put them into a glaz'd earthen Pot. Rub the Back-bone therewith, the Tem­ples, and the Groins, and the Joynts, the spaces between the Knees, the Soles of the Feet, the Palms of the Hands; and alwayes when you use this Ointment, you must wash the Parts you intend to anoint with Rose-water; The Remedy is admirable.

An Astringent to stop the Blood in a Wound, or at Nose.

Take the tenderest tops of Nettles, crush them between your Fingers or in a Mortar, and apply them to the Wound, and the Blood will stop, which is very certain.

For the same.

Take half a Spoonful of the smallest Earth-Worms, of the inner bark of Elder, a good Handful, a good spoonful of red Wine, as much Sallet-Oyl; a good handful of Mouse-ear, a piece of fine Sugar, as much new Wax, three grains of Salt, boil them all till half be wasted, strain it, and apply it to the Part.

For all Intermitting Fevers.

Take an handful of St. John's-Wort, in­fuse [Page 16]it in White-Wine, strain it twenty four hours after, and take it before the Fit.

For the same.

Take the Skin that sticks to the Eggs-shell, fold it about the little Finger of the left hand; and there let it remain for twenty four hours and 'twill Cure them.

To Purge gently, and chiefly those troubled with a Dropsy.

Take Spurge-seed well beaten, steep it twenty four hours in Aqua Vitae, dry it in the Sun; steep it again twenty four hours, and dry it again; then steep it the third time as long in Sallet-Oyl, dry it and keep it. To use it, you must dry it upon a Plate, to take a­way the husk, put the white being beaten to infuse in White-Wine all Night, and drink a Glass thereof fasting.

For the Dropsie.

Take the Juice of the inner rind of the Elder, give thereof two ounces to the Patient to drink in a Glass of Cows Milk an hour before Meals; this will make you void much Flegm, and Purges gently.

For the Watry Dropsie.

Take every morning a Glass of two pints of White-Wine, and a fourth of Saller-Oyl; wherein put a drachm of Salt of Worm­wood; do thus for eight dayes; in which time you shall Purge with Rubarb, Turbith and Jalap, powdered and mingled together; the dose is one dram in White-Wine. After Purging you shall take the aforesaid Oyl, for eight dayes more, and so be cured. Note, you must rub your Belly every Night before the Fire with Sallet-Oyl, till there comes a little Sweat on the forehead.

For the same.

Take what quantity you will of Crabs-Eyes, wash them with White-Wine, dry, and powder them, whereof give a drachm fasting in the morning in half a Glass of Lil­ly-Water.

To Cure a Bruise quickly.

Take Burgundy Pitch, dissolved in Aqua Vitae, and spread a Plaister thereof upon Lea­ther, and apply it to the Malady, and 'twill Cure it.

For Apoplectics.

Take seven or eight drops of the Essence of Rosemary in a Glass of good Wine. Note, the Patient must be standing, and rub his Stomach to make the Remedy penetrate the better; if it succeeds not the first time, it will not fail the second.

For the Bowels fallen down.

Take Ladies mantle in Water, or in Powder, in Broth, or White-Wine, it pulls back and stays up the Bowels; it is likewise proper for Women that cannot conceive with Child.

To Cure the Gonorrhea, and Carnosity. Probatum.

Take the Juice of the Herb and Root of our Ladies Thistle an ounce, in as much more White-wine, for eight mornings or more, and you will be cured.

Otherwise.

Take two or three ounces of Mercury well purified, which put into a glaz'd Pot, which you must fill with Fountain Water, adding two spoonfuls of crude Tartar, powdered; and a handful of Salsaparilla, let them boil for half an hour; set them to cool, and use it for your ordinary Drink; this will cure you even of a Bubo, or Winchester Goose.

An excellent Ptisan for the French Pox.

Take six drachms of Salsaparilla, as much Antimony in Powder, fold the Antimony in white Linnen, tye it to the middle of a Stick to hang in a Pot, not touching the bottom; Powder the Salsaparilla, that is, beat it well, or cut it in small pieces; but 'tis better in Powder; put in also in powder forty Wal­nuts, with the skins that divides the Kernel, the oldest are the best; six drachms of China Wood, and a little Brazil Wood rasp'd, to give a Colour to the Ptisan; you having put them all in the Pot with two quarts of Wa­ter, and the Antimony hanging in the middle, let it boil open, two or three boilings; then put in also your powders of Walnuts and China, and boil them over a gentle Fire, to the wasting of the third part.

You must make this Drink three or four times over, and strain it well every time, for a perfect Cure.

You must first purge the Patient, with an ordinary Purgation, the day after you have let him Blood, the third day make him drink a full Glass of the Ptisan, at five a clock in the morning, eating nothing for three hours after; at eight a clock let him Eat; and three hours after let him take a Glass of Ptisan, at twelve a clock let him Eat; at five a clock another Glass of Ptisan; at [Page 20]nine a clock let him Sup; at midnight, ano­ther full Glass of Ptisan; and so continue this Course for twelve days; he must abstain from Womens company, from drinking pure Wine; and eating salt or spiced Meats; all other honest exercise is permitted.

For ten days he must take Clysters morn­ing and evening, if he be bound in his Bo­dy; and eat Prunes at his Meals.

Among his Wine he shall put half of this Water following.

Put in two quarts of Fountain Water up­on the dregs that settles at the bottom of the Pot, without the Antimony, boil it to the Consumption of the third part; this Water hath no bad Taste.

Pills of Lytharge, for the Venereal Disease.

Take Trochisches of Alhandal, Crocus Metallorum, Sal Gemma, of each one drachm; Aloes Succotrine two drachms; Electuary of Roses six drachms, make them into Pills: the Dose is twelve Grains, which must be taken in the morning fasting, taking a few Anniseed Comfits after it. They are to be taken for fifteen or twenty days together, and if you will, you may take at the begin­ning a Decoction made of the bark of Gua­jacum, Salsaparilla six drachms, China three drachms, Sassaphras and Wood of Cubebs, [Page 21]of each two ounces: infusing them twenty four hours in ten pints of Fountain or River Water.

An Emplaster for the Lungs and Stomach, which will keep good two years.

Take two drams of Aloes, Rue a little bruised, three or four handfuls, common Wa­ter seven or eight Porringers full, boyl all in a glased earthen Pot, to the consumption that the Liquour may wet a linnen Cloth; then strain it through a linnen cloth, and dip lin­nen in the straining, that it may be throughly wet, then fold the Cloth four-fold, and let it dry in the shade

A Pulmonic Person that was abandoned, was cured in three Months by carrying this Cere-cloth four double upon his Stomack, fastned behind; this Remedy fails not, and one will find ease in a short time, the Stomach that could not digest is soon restored, by ap­plying this. If you sweat, and that the Cere­cloth be moist with sweating, you must take it off and dry it, and lay it on again.

For the same distemper of the Lungs, they must use as long as they please, Lozanges made with the Flower of Brimstone.

For the Wind, and also for the Lungs.

Take eleven Crab-fish alive, the which beat in a Mortar, till they be all to pap, then [Page 22]strain them through a very white linnen Cloth; pouring upon them two quarts of White-Wine, to make them strain the better; put this straining in a Pot to infuse twenty four hours, then take every morning fasting two ounces, till you find some ease.

An excellent Remedy for the Lungs; and against a Cough and shortness of Breath.

Take the longest Raisins of the Sun, Juju­bes, St. Antonies Prunes, without Kernels or Stones, of each two ounces, three fat Figs, three Dates, put them all in an earthen Pot with a cover, with two quarts of Water; boyl them all to the Consumption of half; then put into the said Pot, the four Capillaries and Flowers of Colts-foot, of each one handful, let them all boyl to a pint; strain it, and add thereto Sugar-candy, Diaphenicon, and common Su­gar, of each four ounces; make a Syrup, boyl'd a little: the dose is a spoonful at Night, and as much in the Morning; and being troubled with the Cough, steep every day a Liquirice stick therein, and you will find success at last.

A wonderful Opiate to refresh the Liver, and pu­rify the Blood.

Take the roots of Cichory two drams, roots of Polypodie, damask Raisins, Liquirice and [Page 23]Dogs-teeth, of each one dram; of the four Capillaries, Borrage, Scariola, Endives, Be­tony, Agrimony, Hops, Pimpernel, Scabi­ous, of each one handful; of the four great cold Seeds, Fennel, Endive of each two ounces, make a decoction, then take six ounces of Senna, boyl it in the Decoction; then take two ounces of white Agaric, two drams of Cinnamon, and a Pugil of the Cordial Flow­ers, which put to infuse therein, and boyl them with a pound of Sugar, then add Cassia cleansed four ounces, Conserve of Borage two ounces, Conserve of Bugloss and Violets, of each one ounce, of all which make an Opiate: the dose is a dram and a half, two hours be­fore Meals, or twice a Month.

To temper the heat of the Liver.

Take a quantity of Liverwort, which grows in watry Places, beat it in a Mortar, and draw out the Juice with a Press, which you shall Clarifie over the Fire with the whites of Eggs, and scum it well; then let it cool, and pour it out by inclination, leaving the dregs at the bottom: in every pound of this Wa­ter dissolve six ounces of sine Sugar: and then 'tis made: take an ounce thereof in a Glass of Water, or alone if you will.

A Remedy for all sorts of fluxes of Blood, up­wards or downwards: or for Veins broken in the Body: for Men or Women that have an extraordinary flux.

Take a dram of Bistort-Root finely pow­dred, put it into two ounces of White-wine: and if the Patient hath a Pever, you put it into Broth: and without fail the Flux will cease: even if the Patients shall void their Excrements at the Mouth: and if the Flux of Blood shall be so violent, especially in a Woman, give her of this power in a Cly­ster, made of the Broth of a Capon, with two yolks of Eggs: and if one be but a little disor­der'd, let them them take the Dose abovesaid, and lay this following Plaister to the Stomach nigh the Heart.

Take a Quince, rost it with hot embers, which you shall beat into a Paste in a silver Porringer, and strew thereon powder of Ci­namon and Cloves, and apply it.

For a Rupture, tryed upon a Man of seventy Years of Age.

Take Water-Cresses, beat them a little, and boil them in a quart of White-wine, in a new Pot, till it be wasted to the half, or two thirds: and take three ounces thereof morn­ing and evening, for nine days, keeping it rowled.

For the Pain in the Head, Falling-sickness, Ver­tigo, and Megrim.

Take two drops of Oyl of Sulphur, thrice in a Week in a Glass of Water, wherein Vervain, Betony, Oak of Jerusalem, Leaves and Flowers of each two Handfuls, have been infus'd twenty four Hours, in two Quarts of River-water, upon hot Embers.

For the same.

Take the Juice of Pimpernel, and drop it into the Ear, and it will appease the Pain.

Otherwise.

Take a dram of white Hellebore, and as much black, with an handful of Salt, which you shall put in a brass Pot that will hold six Quarts of Water, which you shall boyl the space of a quarter of an Hour; then take it off the Fire, and let it infuse forty hours in a Window; then boyl it till it be reduc'd to three Quarts; which you shall put into a Bot­tle close stop'd, for your use, drawing it up your Nose. Probatum.

For the same, and to cause Sleep.

Take common Roses, with the White of an Egg, beaten, and well mingled together, [Page 26]make a Forehead-cloth. Moreover, to cause Sleep, make a Forehead-cloth of Poppy. Pro­batum.

To make one wake or sleep.

You must cut dexterously the Head of a Toad, alive, and at once, and let it dry, in observing that one Eye be shut, and the other open; that which is found open makes one wake, and that shut causes Sleep, by carrying it about one.

To dissolve all sorts of Catarrhs and Tumours.

Take a white Onion, and roast it in hot Embers; being enough, cut it in four quar­ters, without taking any thing away, and ap­ply it to the Ear, putting in a little Venice Treacle before, then a hot Napkin upon it; and when the Onion is cold, lay on another presently, with Treacle, as at first: do this four times, and you will see all the Matter come out at the Ear: do the same to a Bu­bo, if you would have it come to Suppuration.

To make one sneeze.

Take a little white Ellebore, or Euphorbium in Powder, and blow it up the Nose with a little Tunnel.

A Bath for the Feet and Legs to cause Sleep.

Take eight or ten Lettuces, or more, or six Handfuls of Vine-leaves, and five or six Heads of Poppyes, boil them in a Kettle with a sufficient quantity of Water; then poure all out into another Vessel, and therewith wash the Feet and Legs for the space of a quarter of an Hour; then wrap them in a Linnen-cloth.

For Deafness. Probatum.

Take Humane Blood, or Harts Blood, di­still it in an Alembic, cast away the Phlegm, and change the Recipient when you see Li­quor white; put two or three Drops of the said white Liquor into the deaf Ear, and stop it with Cotton, and lye on the other side.

To preserve the Eyes from Weeping, and keep them fair and clean.

Distill a great quantity of Leaves of Mal­lows, in white, or red Wine; and with the Water thereof wash the Eyes, Night and Morning. Pope Paul the Fifth used it in his Old Age.

For a Pain in the Eyes.

Take Rose-water in a Glass, boyl hard an [Page 28]Egg warm from the Hen, and take away the Shell, cut it in the middle, and take away the Yolk, and fill it with Sugar-Candy, and re-joyn both Parts, which you must tye with Crimson Silk; which done, dissolve a little Salt of Saturn in the Rose-water, and put the Egg therein for twenty four Hours; then wash the Eyes with the same Water: There is no­thing better to take away an Inflammation.

An Emplaister to be apply'd to an Artery; which the King made use of.

Take half an Ounce of Mastick, Bolearmo­niack two drams, Saffron fifteen Grains, Opium a Scruple; the whole being reduc'd to a Consistence in an hot Mortar, make an Emplaister thereof with a little Turpentine, adding, towards the end, a little Vinegar.

For the Pain of the Eyes.

Apply a Snakes Skin, and burn the said Skin, and receive the Smoke into your Eyes.

For the same.

Take ripe Sloes, and beat them in a Mar­ble Mortar, then distill them, and put a drop of this Water into the Eye.

For the same. A Secret of Marshal de Thorstex­son in Swedeland.

Take Rose-water and Plantan-water, of each two ounces; Fountain and Fennel-water, of each one ounce; Aloes Succotrine powdred half an ounce; put them into a Marble Mor­tar with the White of an Egg, and incorpo­rate them till the Aloes be dissolv'd: when you use it, warm a little in a silver Spoon, and put a drop in the Eye, Night and Morn­ing.

For the same.

Take a little white Vitriol in powder, one part, Oris of Florence powdred, another part, Sugar. Candy another part, mingle them to­gether, and put them in a Glass of Fountain Water, more or less; warm it, and stir it coutinually, and put a drop warm in the Eye, going to Bed at Night.

For the same.

Take a new-laid Egg, roast or boyl it hard, take out the Yolk; which done, crum­ble it in a Glass, then cover it with Fountain-water, and infuse it all night; in the morn­ing strain it, and add of Putty the bigness of a Filberd, which you shall dissolve therein; put one drop of this into the Eye.

Another for the same.

Take Plantan Leaves that have not been eaten by the Worms, cleanse them well from Dirt, and warm them a little; then apply the out-side long-ways to the Eye, two to each, and let them lye on all Night: if the Eye be curable, the Leaves will dry, if not, other­wise.

For Deafness and Noise in the Ears.

Take a white Onion, cut it long-ways to take out the middle Stalks, then joyn it toge­ther, and tye it with a String, and fill the Vacancy with Oyl of Cammomil, and roast the Onion in hot Cinders; being roasted, press it between two Trenchers, and put some of the Juice thereof into the Ear with Cotton.

A Water of great Virtue to comfort the Teeth, preserve the Gums from Putrefaction, and cure the warry Eyes.

Take half a pound of white Vitriol, Bole Armoniack six ounces, Camphir an ounce and half, make them into a Powder, where­of take an ounce and half, and put it into wa­ter ready to boyl, and let it boyl a little; and strain it through a Linnen-cloth; then take it from the Fire. This Water cures all sorts of Ulcers alone, cures all Defluxions, and [Page 31]mundifies, comforts the parts, makes the Hands fair, and cures all sorts of Itch.

To appease the Tooth-ach.

Take as much Water as Vinegar, and boil it with Cloves, Salt, Pepper, and a little Aqua Vitae; and make thereof a Gargarism.

For the same.

Take of the inward Bark of Ash, and the inward Bark of Rosemary, of each half a quarter, burn them in a hot chaffin-dish, and of the Powder thereof make a Paste with Aqua Vitae, and apply the bigness of a Pease to the Artery.

For the same.

Take of the Juyce of Celandine condens'd, cut it in two, and apply it to the Tooth.

For the same. Probatum.

Take the quantity of a Bean of Camphir, dissolve it in as little as may be of Aqua Vitae, in a small Glass Vial, upon hot Cinders; then touch the Tooth with a little tent of Cotton, or Linnen; and if it be hollow, leave the Cotton or Linnen moistned in the Tooth.

An admirable secret to make a Tooth fall out of the Mouth without Pain.

Take a green Lizard, alive, put it into a new Earthen Pot unglas'd; stop it, and lute it well, and put it into a Furnace, and when you know 'tis dead, take the Pot out; when 'tis cold, make an hole in the Cover, the bigness of a Pease, into which pour an ounce of Aqua For­tis, and half an ounce of Aqua Vitae, mixed together, then stop the hole with fat Earth, and put the Pot to the fire again, till the Wa­ters be all consumed, and the Lizard reduced to Powder, then beat it in a woodden Mortar, and keep it in a dry Place, to use as followeth.

Rub the Gum of the pained Tooth, and in a moment after, it will make the Gum to part from the Tooth, and it from the Jaw-Bone; and so you may take it away without pain.

For the Jaundies.

Take fine Steel, make it red hot in a Far­riers Forge, when 'tis very red, take a quartan of common Sulphur, and put to the Steel, ha­ving a woodden Vessel underneath, in which is three quarts of White-wine, and when the Sulphur touches the red Steel, it will melt drop by drop, which you shall let fall into the Wine; this done, strain the Wine through a Linnen Cloth, and drink thereof for four [Page 33]mornings, fasting two hours after; the dose is a Glass at a time.

You may also take the melted Steel in the woodden Vessel, and powder it; which is ex­cellent for the same Disease; and for the stop­ping of the Months in Women; given in the Decoction of Betony, or Lungwort.

For the Falling Sickness.

Take 20 grains of a Ravens Brain dryed and powdred, in a Glass of White-Wine, in the decrease of the Moon.

Another infallible Receipt for the same.

Take a mans Scull, if for a Man; and a Womans if for a Woman; it must be an en­tire one, make it into an impalpable Powder, to which add the Root of Peonie powdred one ounce; with nine grains of its seed; and a dram of Misseltoe of the Oak, all in Powder, in a pint of White-Wine, of the best red Spanish Wine; or the best red Wine that you can get; drink it all in nine Mornings, the nine last dayes of the Moon; and if the Di­sease returns at the increase, give it for nine days in the new of the Moon, and continue this for three Moons.

For the Spleen.

Take a Piece of Steel, powder it, and wash it twelve times, changing your Water every time; then infuse the Powder in a pint of White-Wine, in the Sun, a whole day, and all Night over hot Cinders; then take out the Wine and Powder of Steel, and put to it half an ounce of Senna, and a little Scolopen­dria; you shall take every morning four ounces in a Glass, walking about the Chamber, and fasting two hours after; unless some Broth wherein a good many Herbs have been boil'd; to which you may add Ceterach. Probatum.

For a Pain in the Side.

Take black Pitch, Capons Grease, new Wax, and Rosin of each one Dram; Oyl of Camomil one ounce; Sulphur, Orris, of each about an half ounce, Turpentine one ounce; make an Emplaister of them all, and apply it to the Part grieved.

For the Pleurisie.

Take an handful of Perwincle, steep it an hour or two in White-Wine; strain it, and give it the Patient to drink.

For the beating of the Heart.

Take distilled water of Balm; it cures the beating of the Heart, and hinders vomiting.

For those that are poyson'd by some Metal or Mineral.

Take two or three drops of Oyl of Tartar, in Broth or Wine, and swallow it down; and it will precipitate all the Poyson.

To cure a swell'd and inflamed Knee.

Make a Cataplasm of Milk, white-bread Crums, Hony, Butter, Marsh-Mallows, all well beaten and mixt together, and apply it to the Pain.

Against the Plague.

Take one or two of the biggest Toads you can get; put them into an unvarnish'd earthen Pot; lute it well, and put it into a Furnace, till the Toads be burnt and reduc'd to Ashes; of which give a dram in a Glass of Wine; this is good before and after the Plague.

For the same.

Take Carduus Benedictus in Powder one Dram in a Glass of Wine; it helps before and after the Plague.

The Juyce of Carduus Benedictus made into a Syrup is excellent for the same.

To take away the Marks of the Plague.

Take Carduus Benedictus, and apply it to the Cicatrizes, and it will take away the Marks.

For swelled Cods.

Take Salt of Carduus Benedictus, and mingle it with sweet Wine, and lay Linnen Cloth wet therein to the Parts.

For the same.

Take Marigold Flowers, beat them, and press out the Juyce, and foment the part af­flicted therewith warm; and lay the Dreggs thereon dipt therein. Probatum,

A Preservative against the Plague.

Take three or four great Toads, seven or eight Spiders, and as many Scorpions, put [Page 37]them into a Pot well stopt, and let them lye some time; then add Virgin Wax; make a good Fire, till all become a Liquour; then mingle all with a Spatula, and make an Oyntment, and put it into a Silver Box well stopt, the which carry about you, being well assured, that while you carry it about you, you will never be infected with the Plague.

Against the Plague, approved.

Take Rue, Wormwood, Juniper Berries well beaten, Garlick cleansed from its Pills, Angelica cleansed from its Bark and Wood, Cloves, Nutmegs, of each one ounce, beat them grosly in a Mortar; then mingle them together in a quart of the best Vinegar, and boyl them in a new Pot to the Consumption of the third part, then strain them and let them cool; being cold, put it into a Glass Bottle, and use it as followeth. Dip a Linnen Cloth therein, and smell thereto from time to time. Or else, take half a Spoonful fasting every morning, being amongst the infected; and rub your Joynts, and Parts of the Body which the Plague ordinarily seizes on: and if you be infected drink a Glass thereof.

A Remedy wherewith Madam the Marquess of Chenoise cured divers Phrensical People.

You must begin with bleeding three days before you use this following Receipt.

Take a glased earthen Pot that holds six quarts, wherein put three handfuls of Tree-Ivy, with three pints of White-wine; stop the Pot with Paste, for fear the Air enter; then set it over hot Cinders, with a gentle fire for twenty four hours together without ceasing, keeping it always after the same fa­shion: then take it off, and pour out the Wine that remains therein; and take the Ivy and beat it in a Marble Mortar, an hour without ceasing, then add six ounces of Sallet Oyl, and mingle them well in the Mortar, reducing them to the form of an Unguent, which di­vide into three equal parts, of which take one part and strain it through a linnen Cloth, and with the Juyce that comes forth rub the sick Persons Head, (first cutting off the Hair,) then the Temples; and the Dregs that remain put between two linnen Cloths, and bind them on, which let lye eight hours without removing; then proceed thus five times, keeping eight hours of interval, no more nor less without failing.

For a Noli Me tangere.

Take of Crabs Eyes calcin'd, an ounce a day in White-wine, or Broth in the Morn­ing fasting; and put some of the same Pow­der upon the Plaisters.

To cure all sorts of Ʋlcers and Gangrenes.

Take an handful or two of quick Lime, quench it in common Water; take a dram of Sublimate, which dissolve also in common Water; pour on by inclination, the Lime Water upon the sublimate Water, which will become red, wash the part with this Wa­ter, and it will make the Escar fall off.

An admirable Plaister for Wounds, Ʋlcers, Can­cers, Kings-Evil, Bubo's, Corns in the Feet, and Tumors that come in such like Places. Approved.

Take the best Sallet Oyl a pound, put it in an earthen Vessel upon the Fire, and when 'tis hot add yellow wax cut in pieces, three ounces, stir it with a wooden Spatula; when 'tis melted put in six ounces of Ceruse finely powdred, always stirring it very well, and the mixture will become white, the which in boyling will lose its colour, and become dark; and before it be so, add Litharge of Gold [Page 40]very finely powder'd and sears'd one ounce; and when 'tis well incorporated add half an ounce of Terra Sigillata, and incorporate them very diligently: then add half an ounce of white Baum, continually stirring them that they do not stick to the Bottom: and to know when all is well boil'd, put a drop in a Spoonful of Water: if it be black 'tis a sign 'tis enough; then take it from the Fire, and add two drams of Oyl of Rosemary, and in­corporate it with the rest; then let it rest about half a quarter of an Hour; and when you shall hold it to the Light, if it begins to separate, put it into a great Bason of cold Water, and incorporate it with your hands to mingle it well: then make it into Rowls, that it may keep the better.

For all sorts of old Ʋlcers.

Take a dry Walnut-leaf powder'd, put it on the Ulcer, and lay a Walnut leaf there­on, the which leaf alone will cure the Ulcer.

For the Hemorrhoides.

Take a Tobacco-leaf, steep it a Day and Night in Water, and apply it to the Hemor­rhoides, and it will cure them.

For the same.

Take a Sorrel-leaf, put it in a Paper, and [Page 41]roast it under the hot Cinders; then beat it with Unguent and Oyl of Roses, equal Parts, made to the Consistence of a Pultis, and ap­ply it Evening and Morning, and you will see Wonders.

Otherwise.

Rub them with the Neopolitan Ointment.

For Corns in the feet.

Take an ounce of Diachylon, Mucilage one dram, Verdigrease one dram; mix them well together, and apply them to the Corn, being par'd before.

For the same.

Take the Root and Herb call'd Housleek, which is round and as big as a Filberd, more or less, take away the Earth that sticks about it, and crush it with your Fingers, and apply it to the Corn; renewing it every three hours, or four or five times a day; in twenty four Hours it will cure them so that they shall ne­ver return again.

To kill great and small Warts.

Take the Juyce of Celandine, that comes from the Plant by cutting; rub the Wart, and drop some upon it.

[Page 42]The same is done with Milk of a Fig-tree.

For a Burn.

Quench quick Lime, and then filtre the Water, and put the burnt Part thereon, or moisten it with a Linnen-cloath.

Or else.

Dissolve Camphir in Aqua Vitae, and do as before.

For the same.

Take fresh Horse-dung, and fry it with fresh Grease; then press out the Juice, through a Cloth, with which you shall anoint the Part afflicted, laying a Paper thereon.

For the same.

Take little pieces of Cloth, or blue Serge, and dip them in Lamp Oyl, then light and burn them; and all the Oyl that falls in burning, take it in a Pewter Plate, and anoint the Part therewith, and lay a Paper thereon.

For all sorts of Pain in the Joynts; even for the Gout.

Take a Spoonful of the Water of Housleek, or Plantan, distill'd, two Spoonfuls of Oyl of [Page 43]Worms, three Spoonfuls of Cream, two oun­ces of old Pork Grease, mingle them together with a Spatula, and then rub the part afflicted therewith. Probatum.

A most excellent Balsam.

Take three Handfuls of Wormwood, of Mugwort, Rue, Rosemary, Sage, the Flow­ers and Leaves of each two Handfuls, Lawrel-berries, according to the quantity you will make; but you must have more Rue and Wormwood than other Herbs: boyl them in a Kettle in a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Nuts; and when the Herbs are enough, the which you will know when they look black, then take them out of the Kettle, and pour out the clear Oyl gently: then press the Herbs in a Cloth with a Press, to draw out all their Virtue; which add to the clear Oyl: put thereto, to the Proportion of the Quanti­ty, Pitch-Rosin beaten one Pound, Bees-wax half a Pound, Venice Turpentine two drams, Oyl of Spike two ounces, stirring it continu­ally with a woodden Spatula. When all is well melted, strain it, and throw away the Dregs: put this Balm into a glaz'd Pot, stop'd well with Parchment and varnish'd Leather thereon; and to do well, it must be put into a Horse-dunghil for six Weeks, and use it as followeth: and if you will have it liquid, put not in so much Wax-Rosin.

Its Virtues.

• 1. It cures all fresh Wounds in twenty four Hours, apply'd warm, having first wash'd them with warm Wine.
• 2. It cures all Pains of the Head, apply'd warm to the Temples, and a warm Cloth laid thereon.
• 3. It cures Deafness when 'tis not inveterate, put into the Ear with Cotton, going to Bed, laying a warm Linnen Cloth to the Ear; which you must observe every time you use the Balsam.
• 4. It cures the Pain i'th' Stomach, and stays Vomiting, helps Digestion, rubbing the Sto­mach therewith, and laying a warm Linnen Cloth thereto.
• 5. It cures the Griping of the Guts, all sorts of Colicks, the Suffocation of the Matrix, apply'd to the Stomach, Reins, and Belly.
• 6. It eases the Palsie, and all cold Pains, apply'd warm with common Bolsters: but you must cover the Patient well to make him sweat.
• 7. Apply'd moderately warm, it cures the twisting of the Nerves.
• 8. 'Tis a Sovereign Remedy for the dif­ficulty of Urine, apply'd warm to the Reins; along the Vertebres with warm Linnen, and drink white Wine.
• [Page 45]9. It is excellent for the Sciatica, applied to the Part.
• 10. It cures venemous Bitings of mad Dogs, Serpents, or other Beasts: but before you ap­ply the Balsam, you must make the Wound bleed, and wash it with Wine and Lint, and then apply it.

For the Gout and Pox.

Take prepar'd Scammony, Liquorice in Powder, Turmeric, Guajacum, Mechoacan, Jalap, Turbith, of each two drams; Cream of Tartar, Hermodactils, Senna of Levant, Gutta-gamba, China, black Hellebore, Ru­barb, Salsaparilla, of each four drams, fine Sugar one ounce, powder all apart, and min­gle them together: The Dose is one dram in White Wine or Broth, for four Mornings, abstaining from four days to four days.

For the hot or cold Gout, or other Pains.

Take Orange-flower Water, or Limons, Rosemary Water, Water of Flowers of Spike, Venice Turpentine, put altogether and make them boyl for half a quarter of an hour, continually beating them with a wooden Spa­tula; and when you take them from the Fire, add two good Spoonfuls of Aqua vitae refin'd, as much Oyl of Wax, beating it continually while 'tis vvarm; then spread it [Page 46]upon a white Kids Skin, and apply it to the putrid Part, and let it lye on three dayes, and if it takes not away the Pain renew the Plaister.

For the Sciatica.

Take Glew, and make an Emplaister there­of spread upon Kids Leather, and apply it to the Part grieved; leaving it on till the Pain be gone; or till the Plaister become black, and comes off of its ovvn accord; and you see lit­tle drops of Water upon the Part.

For the Gout in the feet.

Take of the oldest Soot, one handful, Ca­non very finely powdred, two ounces and an half; two white Onions, both weighing half a pound, beat them well together, and put them in a Glass Bottle, with two great Glasses of the best Vinegar, from the full to the new Moon, expose the Bottle to the Air, and rub that Part with this Composition.

An Emplaister for a Rupture.

Take a pound of Emplastrum ad Herviam, cut in small pieces and melt it over a gentle fire; then add half an ounce of Diamond Stone in Powder, Bean Meal an ounce; filings of Steel one ounce; Snails without Shells an ounce; a little Pellitory of the Wall, or Fe­verfew, [Page 47]Oyl of Mastich four ounces, boyl them all together till the Plaister become black and shining.

The black Plaister of Catalonia.

Take six ounces of Sallet Oyl, Litharge of Gold three ounces, red Lead, burnt Lead, of each two ounces, Gum Elemy, black Soap of each two ounces, Rosin, black Pitch, yellow Wax of each three ounces. The Oyl, Litharge, red Lead, and burnt Lead, must be put together, then the Pitch and Wax when the other are melted, the Gum Elemy and Rosin when you have taken it from the fire, and begins to be cold.

An Oyl for all Pleurisies, Bruises, Palsie of the Nerves, and pain of the Stomach.

Take a pound of Sallet Oyl, three quarts of White-wine, and half a pound of Salt; let them boyl together for some time, then add a a pound of Turpentine, which dissolve in Wine and Oyl, and afterwards Wax, if you will make a Balsam.

Arceus his Balsam.

Take Sallet Oyl, Venice Turpentine, Gum Elemy, Oyl of St. John's-wort, of each three ounces, Oyl of Roses two ounces, Ro­sin [Page 48]half an ounce, boyl them all till 'tis enough; 'tis most excellent for Gun-shot and all other Wounds.

A red Oyntment.

Take Sallet Oyl, Litharge wash'd, white Hony, of each four ounces, new Wax two ounces, red Lead half an ounce; melt the Wax in the Oyl, then add the Honey and Powders, finely beaten: being well incorpo­rated, take them from the fire, and your Oyntment is made; 'tis good for the Scurf of Womens Breasts, for Ulcers, to incarne and dry them both at once.

For a Scal'd Head.

Take the Buttons of vvild Cucumbers; for vvant of them, the Leaves one handful, Oyl of Nuts half a pound, tvvelve musty Pilchards, beat them together, and put them into a glaz'd Pot, vvith a pint of the blackest Wine you can get; boyl them to the vvasting of the Wines; then shave the Head, and vvash it vvith Ox Piss, and anoint it vvith this Ointment for four days, vvhich vvill be about the time of the Cure, and the longest that may be; Probatum.

For a Paraphymosis.

Take what quantity of Snails you please, beat them in a Marble Mortar with their Shells, and towards the end add a little Pork Grease; beat and mingle all together, and apply it to the Part, and repeat it Night and Morning, till it be cur'd.

A most sovereign Remedy for Persons that lose their Blood, from what Part soever, either Man or Woman.

Take fresh Asses Dung, beat it in a Mor­tar, and press out all the Substance, in a course Linnen Cloth; take a Spoonful there­of, with twice as much Syrup of Plantan.

For the Ptysick.

Take half an ounce of Crab-fish alive, beat them well in a Marble Mortar, and distill the Water that comes from them; give half a Glass every Morning, fasting, for eight or ten Days.

To Bind.

Take Cypress-Nuts, bruise, and boil them in Red Wine, and give it to the Patient.

A gentle Purge.

Take a dram of Jalap, with a little Pow­der of Liquirice, infuse them all night in White Wine.

A Ptysan that Purges gently.

Take half a Pint of Verjuice, infuse there­in half an ounce of Senna, in a new Pot, over hot Coals; when the Verjuice is hot, put the quantity of a Nut of fresh Butter, and as much Salt as is enough for one Egg: boil it a little, and take it from the Fire, and let it infuse all night: i'th' Morning strain it through a clean Linnen Cloth, and take a Dose thereof every Morning in fat or lean Broth.

Foelix's Ptysane.

Take Liquirice, Polipody, red Roses, of each one ounce; Senna half an ounce, a Pugil of Annise, a dram of Chrystal Mineral, a Re­net Apple, and a Citron cut in pieces; infuse all in a quart or three pints of cold Water, and take a Glass thereof Morning and Night.

A Medicine that Purges gently.

Take an Handful of March Violets, and an Handful of the Herb Mercury, boil them [Page 51]in a little Earthen Pot, with Mutton or Veal Broth, then strain it, and take it at Pleasure: if you desire to add a few Mallows, and an Handful of Sorrel, 'twill not be amiss.

Excellent Purging Lozenges.

Take of the three Sanders, red Roses, Nut­megs, Cinnamon, Turbith, Scammony, of each half a dram; of Senna two Scruples, Me­lon and Gourge Seeds of each five Scruples; powder them all with four ounces of Sugar: make them into Lozenges according to Art.

A Syrup for those that are subject to Swooning Fits, and cannot recover.

Take as much Rose-water as of the Queen of Hungary's Water, and Sugar-Candy, which melt over a gentle Fire, and you will have a Syrup; which, mingled with Cinnamon-wa­ter, works Wonders with those that are sub­ject to Swooning-Fits.

Madam the Countess of Daillon's Water, by Monsieur de Forgeray, M.

Take three Handfuls of Cow-dung, Sca­bious, Lungwort, Veronica Flowers, of each an Handful, Plantan, Queen of the Medows, Shepherds Purse, Pimpernel, Bugloss, Fennel, of each an Handful; two River-Crabs brui­sed, [Page 52]distill all in an Alembic, in Balneo Ma­riae: the Dose four ounces every Morning.

Otherwise.

Take 4 l. of Cow-dung, Flowers of Per­wincle, Scabious, of each two little Handfuls, four Pugils of red Poppy Flowers, Flowers of Coltsfoot, as much of the Tops of St. Johns-wort: distill all as before, and take the same dose.

To preserve Health.

Easter Dwarf, Elder Leaves in the Season, without any Dew, and set them to dry in the Sun; and take them in about four a Clock i'th' Afternoon, to serve you in Winter. Make a Bed of these Leaves, and let the Par­ty lye thereon, whom cover over with other Leaves, then with a Sheet and Covering, which will make him sweat; and by this means one may keep himself in perfect Health.

Magistery of Pearls.

Take Oriental Pearls, put them grosly powdred into a Matrice, and pour distill'd Vinegar thereon, or Citron Juyce, which is better, as not having so much Sharpness: let it be three fingers breadth above the Powder; then stop the Vessel with good Wax, and put it to digest, upon hot Cinders, stirring it two [Page 53]or three times a day, till you see the Pearls in the bottom of the Vessel, converted into a Lemony Juyce: pour off the Juyce of Ci­tron gently by Inclination, and evaporate the rest over a gentle Fire, till the Pearls re­main in the bottom of a white Powder, which wash five or six times with distill'd Rain wa­ter, till they have lost all their Sharpness; and then the Powder being wholly dry'd, 'tis the true Magistery of Pearls.

Note, You must pour on a few drops of Oyl of Tartar, which will make the Magiste­ry precipitate to the bottom of the Vessel.

The Spagiries attribute to it these wonder­ful Virtues following, nigh to those of Aurum Potabile: They say, 'Tis good to preserve the Body in Health, to drive away all ill Dispositions, and particularly the Frenzy, the Vertigo, the Apoplexy, the Falling Sickness, and other Diseases of the Brain. They say also, 'tis a powerful Cordial, and has very great Effects upon them that are subject to Swoonings, Palpitation of the Heart, and those that are seiz'd with a pestilent Fever: Briefly, they accommodate it for the Cure of all the principal Parts. The Dose is twelve Grains, or one Scruple, in Juleps or other convenient Liquors.

An Aurum Potabile; and an inestimable Trea­sure, which cures Leprosies, Falling-Sickness, the Pox, the Palsie, and all incurable Ma­ladies.

Take seven old double Ducats, cement them with half a dram of Sal Gem well pre­par'd, in an earthen Pot, well boil'd over a gentle Fire; then wash them and dry them, and make them very red in the Fire, keeping them in an earthen Vessel very clean and new; being very red, quench them in Sallet Oil: doing all this seven times, then they will be calcin'd, and may be made into Pow­der of a Saffron Dye, if you rub it between your Fingers.

Take a Pound of Sugar-Candy finely pow­dred, and therewith make one Lay upon ano­ther in a Retort of sealed Earth; the which bury in a Pot full of Sand, and cover the said Pot with another Pot to keep in the Heat, and give it a gentle Charcoal-fire above and below; let it be such a Heat as that when they bake the Bread in the Oven, without being excessive, twenty four Hours: then take it from the fire, and bray all in a Marble-Mor­tar, and put it into a Vessel, that the Matrice hold about twice as much as the Alembick, and at the sides, a Neck for the Matter; which put into the said Vessel with a Pint of pure Aqua vitae, and let them be sealed well [Page 55]twenty four Hours together over a good Fire that the Aqua vitae may always boil; and when you see a Whiteness at bottom, which is the Calx of the Gold, 'tis done: pour out the said Water by Inclination, which will be of a Violet Tincture, approaching to red or yellow, the which will cure the Leprous, gi­ving them one grain a day, and all other forsaken Maladies, and all incurable Diseases.

Another manner of making Aurum Potabile.

Take three Pints of Leaves of Gold, three of Glass of Antimony, three Pints of Sugar-Candy; the whole well powdred, mingle them together, and put them into a Glass Alembick; the which being cover'd with its Head and Recipient, distill them with a gen­tle Fire at first, and at last a strong one: the whole will turn into a Liquor, which will be done in five or six hours. The Dose is four or five Drops in some specifick Water, and purges very gently.

A most excellent Preparation of Antimony, and its Vertue.

Take mineral Antimony, at least fifteen or twenty pounds, bruise it grosly; that done, take three Pots of Earth of an Alembic; or of another sort, that will endure the fire well; pierce it at bottom with little holes, and there [Page 56]put a great Iron Pan full of holes, wherein you shall put your Antimony; then put it upon another Pot, and cover it with a third, that the Mouth of the one may just go into the other; lute the Joynts well; the Lute being dry and without clefts; bury the first in the Earth; and make round about that which shall contain the Antimony, a four­square Fornance of Brick, within the di­stance of four fingers; which you shall fill with burning Char-coals; encompassing all the said Pot with the Pot above; and there continue a great Fire, for a long hour; let it be dying a whole Night, that it be all wholly cold; then unlute it, and you will find all your Antimony in your Pot below; which make into an impalpable Powder, which you shall put in an earthen Plate, like a pastry Cooks, which is very large at the bottom; the which place upon a Furnace, wherein you shall make a gentle Fire, stirring the Powder continual­ly with a Spatula, till it smoak not, and be of a greenish Color, taking heed that it melt not through too much Fire, then melt it in a new earthen Vessel with a great Fire in an open Furnace; when you have put it in Wa­ter, plunge in it a Rod of Iron; and taking it presently out, see at the Light if it be trans­parent and of a Citron Colour; then pour it out into a clean Copper Bason; being cold, make it into an impalpable Powder, and put it into a glass Cucurbite, and pour thereon Vi­negar [Page 57]thrice distilled; cover the Cucurbite with a glass Box luted, with a starched Cloth being very dry; put half the Cucurbite into Horse Dung for three daies; then taking it out of the Dung unlute it; and having rested a good hour, pour out clear that coloured Vi­negar by inclination, into an earthen Vessel without disturbing it; stop the Vessel well, then pour other Vinegar upon your Powders; digest them as before in the Dung for three Daies; then pouring them gently into the said Vessel, continue this extraction and pro­cess, as long as the Vinegar will colour it; this done, take the Dreggs, at the bottom of that Cucurbit, and wash them well with clear Water; and being well rubbed with a dry Cloth, pour on the Vinegar coloured; then having put on its top, distill it dry in the Cinders; and there will remain a yellowish Powder in the bottom, upon which you shall pour the quantity of two ounces of good spirit of Wine; then having stirred it well, and covered the Cucurbit with its Box, that is, one of those glass Vessels, where they put the preserved Cherries, lute it well with star­ched Bands, and the lute very dry, put it in Horse Dung half covered, for three daies; then, having taken it out of the Dung, unlute the Cloths, letting it stand an hour; pour out your Tincture into a clean Vessel, with­out any Dregs, then stop the Vessel well, and put into the Cucurbit other Spirit of Wine, [Page 58]high, two Fingers bredth; repeating this ope­ration, as long as the Spirit of Wine will co­lour it self; then put all the Spirit of Wine so coloured into a clear Cucurbit, and covering it with its top luted, with a Recipient, distill entirely all the said Spirit of Wine, and keep the Powders which you find in the bottom of the Alembic, upon which you shall pour Rain­water distilled thrice, in Sand, with a very gentle Fire; and pour it on your Powders, and distill it as before; after which your Powders will not be any wayes vomitive; the Virtues and Doses of which are as follow:

Four grains taken in White-wine, drives away the Leprosy, Pox, purifying the cor­rupt Blood, Purges the Malancholic, resists Worms, cures the Asthmatics, Purges with­out Stool or Vomiting; but by Sweat, U­rine and Spittle, removes the cause of Diseases, and restores what is corrupted.

To incite Venery.

Easter Satyrion at the end of the Month of May, and take the two Kernels that are with­in its root, that oth' lest side is the better: and put five or six whole Kernels, or in pieces in­to a Bottle of Spanish Wine, and stop it very close, and put it very deep in Horse-Dung, the space of two or three Months; then take thereof at your Discretion, fasting in a Morn­ing, and at Night going to Bed.

For the same.

Take a Quart of Spanish Wine, wherein put half a dram of Salt of Sage, and stop it well, then bury it in Sand for a fortnight or three weeks, and take thereof, as before.

To bereave one of their Wits, and make them come again.

Eat of the Root of Faba Inversa in Powder, and to make them come again, take the Juice of an Onion, and put it into the Ears.

For the same, and amaze a Person.

Infuse the Berry called Strammonium in White-wine, for twenty four hours, and make him drink it; and immediately he or she that drank shall fall down to the Ground as if they were dead; to make them come again, put Linnen dipt in strong Vinegar to their Nose.

This Drink works the same effect upon an Horse; and in lieu of Vinegar, put some Water into his Ears.

Against the Wind in the Belly.

Apply a living Tench to the Patients Navel, the Head being upwards towards the Stomach; [Page 60]and tye it fast on with a Napkin; and there leave it twenty four hours, till it be dead; then bury it in the Dung, and you will see the Wind will vanish.

Dormitive Pills, to be put in a Chaffin-dish be­tween the Thighs, and they will make one sweat abundantly.

Take an ounce of white Wax, half an ounce of Tobacco, make a mass thereof; and make pills thereof according to Art.

Oyl of Butter for a Cold Gout, and other Pains.

Melt your Butter upon hot Cinders, and when it boils scum it very well; then add the same weight of Spirit of Wine rectified; and put it over the Fire till it be evaporated, and the Oyl remain at the bottom.

To cleanse and incarnate the Teeth, and Gums.

Take Dragons Blood, and Cinamon three ounces, burnt Allum two ounces; make all of them into a fine Powder, and rub the Teeth therewith every other Day.

To preserve the Gums, and the Teeth that are loose.

Take Earth-Worms calcin'd, and rub the Teeth therewith; or else a Calves Liver dry­ed [Page 61]in an Oven and powdred, adding the same quantity of Honey, and boil it to the Consistence of an Opiate.

For the Marks of the Small Pox.

Wash the Face with Water of White-wine-Vinegar distill'd, at night going to Bed; and the next morning with a Decoction made of Mallows and Bran: do thus eight days together.

To cause that Antimony shall only purge downwards.

Take Crocus Metallorum, and make it into a very fine Powder, the which mingle with Aqua Vitae, the which must be three fingers breadth above the Crocus Metallorum; but it matters not what quantity, for the Aqua Vitae draws what vertue it can, and leaves the rest; then strain the Aqua vitae, and add thereto the same weight of good Sugar-Candy, and set Fire to the Aqua vitae till it will burn no lon­ger; so there will remain a Syrup, whereof you may give two or three Spoonfuls, even to Women with Child, for it works gently.

To keep one from growing fat.

Take Cherry-Kernels, and put them in Sugar confect, and use them night and mor­ning; you may use white Tartar, in lieu of Salt with your meat. Probatum.

The singular Vertues of the Herb called Fluellin.

This Herb is very common, and yet lit­tle known by its Name; it grows frequently among Corn, and plough'd Lands about Harvest time; the Country People use it when they cut themselves with Sythes, &c. The Water of its Leaves and Branches drawn when 'tis in its full Virtue by an Alembic or Balneo Mariae is of wonderful use to stay the spreading of a Cancer in the Breasts; and the spreading Polipus, though one would think they were incurable; and if you apply the same Herb to the forehead, it will infal­libly appease the pains of the Head; injected, it mundifies and consolidates Wounds; and quickly drys up Fistula's and Ulcers, which by other Remedies are made worse; instill'd into watry Eyes, it cures them and stays all Defluxions that may happen to them, and so cause Inflammations and Dimness; also ap­plyed with a Linnen Cloth upon Tetters, Itch, Pustules, Scabs, Pimples, Ring-worms, St. Anthonies Fire, &c. 'twill extinguish them in a little time, as also all Inflammations; drank for one day it stays all Rheums, Vo­mittings, Flux of the Belly, drys up Hidro­pick Waters, appeases pains of the Cholic; cures Tertian and Quartan Fevers; and I be­lieve may profitably be given in other Fevers.

A wonderful Receipt for the Cure of the King's Evil, and other Wounds.

Take a quart of White-wine, put it in a glaz'd earthen Pot, and boil it with two oun­ces of Sugar, and two ounces of round Birth­wort cut in thin Slices, and let it infuse upon hot Embers for four hours, till the half be wasted.

For the Kings Evil you must add two drams of Zedoary, and two drams of Rhapontic well beaten, and tyed in a Linnen Cloth.

When you use it you must foment it as hot as it can be suffered, and if it be deep you must seringe it, and dress it thrice a day; then take a Colewort Leaf, dry it a little, and apply it to the Wound, with a Linnen Bolster.

To make the Plaister called Manus Dei.

Take an ounce and a quarter of Galba­num, three ounces and three drams of Am­moniacum, and an ounce of Opoponax, bruise the gums in a Mortar, and infuse them in two quarts of good White-wine Vinegar, without Mixture, if it be possible, the space of eight and forty hours; stirring them every day twice or thrice with a Spatula; then put [Page 64]them over the Fire in a Posnet, and let it boil to the diminishing of half or thereabout; then strain through a Strainer or strong Cloth, pressing them so that there remain no Sub­stance: then put them again in the Fire, and make them boil as before, stirring them al­ways with an Iron, or wooden Spatula, till the Gums come to a Body of the Consistence of Honey, which you will know by letting fall a drop or two upon a Plate:

This done, take two Pounds and an half of Sallet Oyl, which you shall put into ano­ther Skillet apart, with a Pound and half of Litharge of Gold, and an ounce of Verdi­grease, both first powdred and sears'd, and let them boil over a very gentle Fire, stirring it continually with an Iron or wooden Spa­tula (for otherwise the Litharge will get to­gether) till all be well incorporated together; then encrease your Fire, and boil it till it be­come of a red-brown Colour, though it will be black before it will become reddish. This being done, put in a pound of new Wax cut in little Pieces, and melt it therein, stir­ring it continually with a Spatula; then put in your Gums, boil'd before, and warm'd a little that they may strain the better: but before this, take heed that your Oyl be not too hot; for if so, all will boil i'th' Fire.

[Page 65]This done, take what follows well pow­dred and sers'd, four ounces of Diamond of Levant, two ounces of long Birthwort, Ma­stick, Myrrh, and Bdellium, of each one ounce, and two ounces of the purest Frankin­cense; which you shall put into the Skillet, and incorporate them very diligently toge­ther, the Skillet being taken from the Fire; and take heed, that when you put in the said Powders your Oyl be not too hot, for all will fly out; and then you shall set all over the Cinders, or a very gentle Fire, that they may incorporate the better.

And when it is cold, make a Paste thereof with your Hands moistned with Vinegar, and make it into Rowls upon a Table besprinkled also with Vinegar; and when they are dry, wrap them in a Paper, and keep them for your Use.

The said Plaister will keep good fifty years; and 'tis not good to use it till it hath been made two or three Months.

You need not use any Tents, nor Lint, unless the Wound whereon you apply it close up, or that the Flesh encrease too much.

To be cur'd quickly, you must eat no Garlick or Onions; 'tis very good for old or new Wounds, it cleanses, and makes Flesh come without Corruption; it unites Nerves cut asunder, and strengthens the brui­sed ones; it cures any Windiness, even [Page 66]in the Head; it cures Wounds made by Gun­shot, allays the Inflammation, draws out Iron and Bullets out of Wounds, and Splints of Bones, if they be in the Body.

It cures the Bitings of venemous and mad Beasts, sensibly drawing out the Venom; it cures all sorts of Apostumes and Kernels, Can­cers, King's Evil, Fistula's, and even the Plague it self.

It is also very good to make rebellious Haemorrhoids flow: it is also very good to cure the Farces in Horses.

In short, 'tis daily approv'd of for curing a multitude of Diseases.

For the Megrim.

In the Month of May, and in a fair Morn­ing, early, before the Sun rise, take Mallow-leaves, and draw up the Dew thereof into your Nose: This absolutely cures the Me­grim, without Relapse.

To make a Woman lose her Milk within a Day or two.

TAke Rue, and put it between the two Arm-holes night and Day, and she will quickly lose her Milk. Probatum.

For an Infant dead in the Mothers Womb.

Give the Mother the Juyce of Hysop to drink in warm Water, and she will immedi­ately be deliver'd, though it were rotten. Pro­batum.

To deliver a Woman quickly, and make her void the After-birth, or dead Child; and for the Apoplecticks.

Take seven or eight drops of the Essence of Rosemary, in a Glass of good White-Wine.

Note, The Patient must stand upright, and you must rub their Stomachs, to make the Remedy penetrate the better: and if it suc­ceeds not the first time, 'twill not fail the se­cond.

For the same.

Take half a quarter of Eeles Livers, wash them in White Wine, and dry them upon a Tyle, and powder them, and give a dram thereof in white Wine to the Woman in La­bour.

For the same.

Take Mallows, and beat them in a marble Mortar, and apply them in form of a Cata­plasm, or Pultis, to the Reins of the Back.

Note, You must not let them remain there long.

For Pains after Child birth.

Take two new-laid Eggs, and swallow them with the quantity of a small Nut of Sugar; immediately after she's deliver'd, then drink a little Water and Wine.

For a Fever coming from Milk.

Take white and green Populeum, melt it upon hot Cinders, then rub the Breasts there­with, and lay waste-Paper upon the Teat, and lay a Cloth four double thereon, and let not the Air come to them.

For the same.

Take Potters-Earth, Beans the Husks taken off, Whites of Eggs, Eels boil'd in Vinegar, Oyl of Roses; all beaten and well mingled together, make a Pultis and apply it cold.

To procure the monthly Courses.

Take two Daisies, wash them in clean Wa­ter, and dry them, then boil them with the White of an Egg, in Water, in a glaz'd Pot, and strain them, then put them into a Pot a­gain with Wine, wherein put half a dram of Saffron, dry'd; let it boil three or four times: and of this take a full Glass Night and Morn­ing for three days together.

For the same.

Take black Chick Pease, boil them in Wa­ter, and strain them when they are boil'd, whereof take a full Glass every other mor­ning, for three mornings.

To make them have their Courses in order, that have them not.

Take a good Handful of Feverfew, boil it in Water, strain it through a course Cloth, and take thereof a good Glass-full three mor­nings, every other morning.

To know if a Woman be with Child.

Take her Urine and put it in a Copper-Pot, wherein put a piece of Iron filed bright, all Night: if she be with Child, you will see red Spots; if not, it will become black and rusty.

To provoke the Terms.

Take the Leaves, Bark, or Berries of Pri­vet, beat them, and infuse them twenty four Hours in White Wine, whereof take two or three ounces for three mornings together.

To make the Small Pox come forth.

Take a Piece of Pork, enterlarded with Fat and Lean; roast it upon a Spit: and as long as 'tis roasting, besprinkle it with Rose­water, till it taste no more of Grease: keep that which remains in the Dripping-Pan, which put in a Glass-Vessel for your use, and anoint the Face and other Parts therewith, and it will assuredly and perfectly make them come out. Probatum.

To prevent the Marks of the Small Pox.

Take a Calf's or Oxe's Lungs, put them upon burning Charcoals, and when they be­gin to drop, take a Sponge and suck up the [Page 71]Water, and press it out into an earthen Ves­sel, adding thereto the same weight of male Pork's Grease, and as much of the Juice of Wormwood; mingle them well, and incor­porate them upon a good Chafing-dish, then with a Sprig of Wormwood which you shall moisten therein, sprinkle it upon the Face.

Note, You must not use this Remedy till nine days be past.

For Worms in Little Children.

Melt fine Tinn several times, and every time quench it in Fountain Water, which give the Children for their common Drink.

To cure Infants of the Convulsion.

Take Hens-dung, Peacocks Dung, dry is yet better, part each piece in two, and you will find a little white inside, which you must take out dexterously with the Point of a Knife, and beat it with Loaf-Sugar, and make thereof a Powder, and give half a dram thereof as you see occasion, or a little more in Broth or White Wine.

To cure a sore Throat.

Take Roche Allum two ounces, dry'd Cu­tle-bone, sandy Spunge, of each one ounce, calcine them in an unglaz'd Earthen Pot, in [Page 72]an Oven when the Bread's taken out, night or morning; lay some of this Powder upon the Tongue at your Discretion, rubbing the Throat well, above and below, and in the morning drink good and strong Aqua Vitae; so continuing for twelve or fifteen days.

For the same.

Take a Sheeps small Guts, put them about your Neck till they be cold; then apply others hot, from the Sheep new kill'd, and so conti­nue this as long as you please.

For the same.

Take the Powder of a Vipers Head, and sow it in a Ribbon, and hang it about your Neck.

To stay Womens Fluxes.

Take white Vine-Leaves dry'd in the Shade: the Dose is half a dram or a little more in White Wine.

To stay the Blood in Women.

Take a dram of Pomegranate Rinds in Powder, in two ounces of Plantan-Water; then take a Skain of new Thred, moisten it in strong Vinegar, and apply it to the part.

An Opiate for the Green-sickness.

Take Crocus Martis, Harts-Horn prepa­red, of each one ounce, Aromaticum Rosa­tum, Sugar-candy, of each two ounces; liquid Conserve of Rosemary one ounce, of the Leaves of Chicory, Baum, and Ceterach a little of each; beat and mingle them well to­gether, and take thereof the quantity of a Filberd Night and Morning.

Imperial Violet Water.

Take a quart of Rose-water, half a quar­tern of March Violet-Flowers, put them into an open Glass-bottle, that will hold two quarts, the Violets being stripped, and the white cut away, and set them in the Sun, till the Leaves be white, then strain them, and put them in the Sun again, for about a fortnight, or three weeks, taking them in every Night: then add a pound of fine Sugar powdred, and let it dissolve; then an ounce of good Cinamon beaten, which leave therein for about twenty four hours, to draw out all its Virtue: then strain it and stop it; take a Spoonful thereof when one hath the Fits of the Mother, or a Catarrh, or in Child-birth, or Weakness, or the Colick.

The Receipt of the Queen of Hungaries Water.

IN the City of Buda, in the Kingdom of Hun­gary, is to be seen the present Receipt, of the most serene Princess, Donna Isabella, Queen of Hungary.

I Donna Isabella, Queen of Hungary, aged se­venty two years, infirm in my Members, and Gouty, have used this present Receipt a whole Year, which an Hermite, whom I never saw before, nor since, gave me; which had such effect upon me, that from that instant I was cured, and recovered my Strength, insomuch as appearing beautiful to every one, the King of Poland would have espoused me; whom I refused, for the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ, believing it was given me by an Angel.

Take Aqua Vitae distilled four times, thirty ounces, Rosemary-flowers twenty ounces, put all into a Vessel close stop'd, the space of fifty hours, then distill them in an Alembick in Balneo Mariae; and take thereof a dram in the morning once a week, in some other Li­quour, [Page 75]or else with your Victuals; and wash the Face every morning; and rub the infirm Members therewith.

This Remedy renews the Vigor, causes a good Spirit, cleanses the marrow, fortifies the animal Spirits, renewing their Operati­ons; restores the Sight, and preserves it to old Age; it is excellent for the Stomach and Brest, rubbing them therewith: When you use this Remedy, you need not warm it.

For the Pimples in the Face.

Put Salt-petre into a Linnen-cloth, and tye it well, then having wet it in fair Water, wash them therewith.

For the Redness in the Face.

Take Monks-Rubarb, and Mutton, boil them together, and wash the Face with the Water thereof.

For the same.

Upon a pound of Veal put six new laid Eggs; beat them together, and add half a pint of White-Wine-Vinegar, and an hand­ful of wild Tansy, distill them in Balneo Mariae, and wash the Face therewith.

For the same.

Take Plantan-water, with the Essence of Sulphur, put them together, and apply them night and morning with a Linnen-Cloth.

To take the Spots out of the Face.

Take the Roots of sharp pointed Docks, and Melons, of each two pounds, ten Swal­lows Eggs, Salt of Nitre half an ounce, white Tartar two ounces, beat and mingle them all together, and distill them in a Glass Alem­bic, and wash with this Water, and you will see Wonders.

Cloths for Masques.

Take four ounces of white Wax, Goats Grease, Sperma Coeti, of each two ounces, Camphir one ounce, melt them all together, and dip your Cloths therein.

A most excellent Water for the Face.

Take a Loaf of Wheat flower, moistned with Goats-milk, put it into the Oven, and draw it our before it be baked enough, and take out the Crumbs, which you shall crum­ble as small as you can, and soak it in new Goats milk; to which add half a dozen o [...] [Page 77]the whites of Eggs, strained through a Sponge, this done, take an ounce of Powder of burnt Egg-shells, and put them all together, being well mingled, into a Glass Alembick, and di­still them with a gentle Fire; and you will have an excellent Water to take away the Spots and Redness of the Face; and will whiten and beautifie it wonderfully.

A Water to whiten the Face.

Take of the Root of the wild Vine, and of the Roots of Narcissus, put them both into an Alembic of Glass, with a pint of Cows milk, and the Crums of white-bread▪ [...]till them▪ and to use it, mingle it half with the Queen of Hungaries Water, and you will see it will whiten very well.

Water of Venice, very good for the Face.

Take two quarts of black Cows Milk in the month of May, put it into a Glass Bottle, with eight Citrons, and four Oranges pill'd and slic'd, an ounce of Sugar-Candy, and half an ounce of Borax; put them all in Bal­neo Mariae, or in Sand, to distill them in a fire always equal, which is the principal thing, and stop not the Bottle till the day after 'tis distilled.

For the same.

Take two Citrons without their Peels, and slice them, twelve new-lay'd Eggs, six Sheeps-feet cut in pieces, with their Bones, Sugar-Candy four ounces; a good slice of a Melon, as much of a Pompion; two drams of Borax; distill them all in a Glass Alembic, with a Leaden Cover.

To take away Spots in the Face.

Take Housleek, and Clary, and distill them in Balneo Mariae, and wash them with this Water.

How to prepare Oxe-Gall.

Take such a quantity of Oxe-gall, as you will, and put it into a glass Vial; and for one ounce of Gall, add a drachm of Roch Allum; half an ounce of Sal Gemma, or Salt of Glass; an ounce of Sugar-Candy, two drachms of Borax, and one drachm of Champhire; beat them apart, then mingle them together, and put them to the Oxe gall, and stir them the space of a quarter of an hour, or thereabouts; then let them settle; do thus two or three times a day for a Fortnight, till the Gall be­come as clear as Water; the which you shall filtre through a brown Paper, and keep it for [Page 79]your use. 'Tis us'd to preserve Persons from being Sun burnt, in putting it upon the Face, when you would go in the Country, washing them at night with common Water, and this will take off all the gross Tan.

A Water for a tan'd Face.

Take half a quarter of Wheat-Bran, sift it well till there remain no meal; infuse it in good Vinegar for at least three or four hours; then add the yolks of Eggs: dissolve or distill it in B. M. from this Distillation will come an admirable Water, which will set a wonder­ful Lustre upon the Face; you will do well to put it in the Sun for eight or ten days, the Bottle being well stop'd.

A Water to Beautifie the Face, and to take away the wrinkles.

Take River Water, and strain it through a white Linnen Cloth; put it into a new glaz'd earthen Pot, with an handful of Barley well wash'd and cleans'd from dust, and boyl it over a Charcoal fire till the Barley be broken; then take it from the fire and let it stand, and then strain it through a Linnen Cloth, in­to a glass Bottle, that it be a quarter empty, to which add three drops of white Balsam, or Balsam of Peru, the first is the best, to a quart of Water; and then shake the Bottle for [Page 80]10 or 12 hours without intermission, till the Balsom be intirely incorporated into the said Water, and the Water remain a little trou­bled, and a little whitish, and then it hath arriv'd to its perfection; It wonderfully embellishes the Face, and preserves it young and fresh: it takes away wrinkles also in time, in using it once a day.

Note, you must wash your Face with River, Rain, or Fountain-water, before you use this Water.

To take away the wrinkles from the Face.

Take a Fire-shovel, and heat it; and cast thereon the Powder of Myrrh; putting the Face over it, to receive the Fume, having a a course Cloth about the Head, the better to receive the Fume; do this thrice; then heat­ing the Fire-shovel again, take some White­wine in your mouth, and besprinkle the Sho­vel therewith, receiving the Fume that rises, doing thus likewise thrice, continuing it morning and evening, as long as you will, and you will see wonders.

A most excellent Pomatum for the Face.

Take what quantity you please of Sheeps-feet, and having peel'd them, take out the Bones, and break the long Bones to take out the Marrow; do this at full of the Moon, for [Page 81]there's then much more Marrow; to do this well, you must steep the Bones a day or two in Water, and set it in a Cellar, changing the Water three or four times a day; by which means you will break them more easi­ly; to two dozen of Sheeps-feet, you must add at least half a dozen of Calves feet; having taken out the Marrow, wash it in several Wa­ters, and in Rose Water till it be very white; then also wash the Bones well after you have taken out the Marrow; and boil them in fair water an hour or two; then strain them through a Linnen Cloth, and let the Water stand till the next night; then with a silver Spoon take off the oyl or grease that swims, or is fixt upon it; the which you shall put to the Marrow, and melt them over a Charcoal Fire, adding to the weight of about four ounces, a dram of Borax, and as much Roch Allum calcin'd; and boiling them a very little, add thereto two ounces of the Oyl of the four cold Seeds drawn without Fire; with a little white Wax, or Mutton Suet; but that of the Hide or Skin of a Kid is best of all; for some hold that the first reddens the Face, and the Wax cuts it; when this doth neither; then strain it through a Linnen Cloth, and keep it for your use.

An excellent Pomatum for the Lips.

Take Oyl of sweet Almonds, one ounce, put it upon the Fire, with about a drachm o [...] [Page 82]a little more of Mutton Suet newly kill'd, and of wild Bugloss scrap'd to give it a Colour; boil them some time together; and 'tis made for your use: you may if you will, in lieu of Oyl of sweet Almonds take that of Jasmin, or other Flowers, if you would give it a good Scent; the Oyl of sweet Almonds must be drawn without Fire.

To take away the redness of the Face.

Take the long Bones of Sheeps-feet, and burn them in the Fire, till they may be easily powdred: which you shall infuse in White-Wine for the space of twenty four hours; then strain it, and use it, to wash and cleanse the Face; for four Feet you must have a Glass of White-wine.

Handcherchiefs of Venice.

Take of French Chalk, half a quarter, calcine it in a Glass Furnace, or otherwise; then moisten it with good Aqua Vitae, or good Spirit of Wine; letting them incorporate well together for twenty four hours; then wet your Cloths therewith, and let them dry in the shade, out of the Dust, the Sun, or Fire, 'tis good to moisten them thrice, and then use them dry'd: This manner is most excellent, and never fails.

Lac Virginis.

Take Storax and Benjoin of each two oun­ces, Powder them and strain them with twelve ounces of Spirit of Wine three or four times; put them all in a Glass Bottle, that is two thirds empty, stop it with Parchments, pricking four or five holes in it; then put in Balneo Mariae, for a quarter of an hour only, that is, when you see the Water boil take the Vial off quickly, and wrap it in a Napkin, that the Bottle break not; then take an ounce of white Balsam, or that of Peru, into which put the treddle of an Egg, first mingled in your hand, with as little as may be of Aqua Vitae; then let all settle for forty Days, and then use it.

Another Lac Virginis, more ready and sure.

Take Housleek, beat it in a Marble Mor­tar, and take out the Juice with a Press; strain the Juice, warming first a very little; which helps to Clarifie it; and when you will you may use it; you must put it into a Glass, and put therein some drops of good Spirit of Wine, and instantly you will have a kind of curdled Milk of the said Juice, which is most excellent to unite the Skin, and take out wrinkles.

A most excellent Spanish White.

Take the Seeds of Oriental Pearl, white or pale Coral, of each two ounces, beat them a­part, then put them into a Matras, and add as much Aq. fort. as you shall think fit, Juice of Citron is better: then you must have ano­ther Matras, wherein you must put Tin-Ice 8 ounces; having first beaten it well, and pour therein the said Water, till all be dissolv'd; then mingle the Pearl and Coral together, and that which you have dissolv'd to the Tin-Ice, pour upon the said Pearl and Coral, to cause them to precipitate, and before you mingle them, you must add twice every day Foun­tain-water, till you perceive no Taste of the Aqua-fortis, and then you shall use it with Peach-Flowers, distilling each apart; and when you use them, take a little quantity of each, and so Compound them.

To whiten the Teeth.

Take Rose-Water, Syrup of Roses, white Honey, Plantan-Water, of each half an ounce, Spirit of Vitriol four ounces; mingle them together, and rub your Teeth with a Linnen-Cloth, and wash them with equal parts of Rose and Plantan-Water.

For the same.

Take Sage, Flowers of red-Roses, of each a small handful, Orris-root half an ounce, Guaiacum three drams, Rose-wood a dram; Cuttle-bone, two drams; Mastich three drams, Myrrh and Cinamon of each a dram; Pu­mice-stone prepared six drams; red Sanders finely powdred half an ounce; red Coral six drams, make them into a Powder.

For the same.

Take red Coral, Cuttle-bone, both re­duced to fine Powder, Pearls, Crabs-claws calcin'd, burnt Harts-horn, of each one dram; Salt of Worm-wood a Scruple; make them into a Powder.

For the same.

Take Rosemary-wood, and burn it to a Coal, which you shall put into Rose-Vine­gar, letting it infuse twenty four hours in a clear Shade, then dry it in the Sun, and powder it, and rub your Teeth therewith.

To hinder the Hair from falling

Take Parcely Seed, and make it into an impalpable Powder, and Powder the Head [Page 86]therewith, three Nights, every other Night; once a Year only, and there will never fall one Hair.

To make the Hair Grow.

Take the tops of Hemp, when it begins to appear above Ground, steep it twenty four hours in Water, wherewith you shall well moisten the Teeth of the Comb you make use of, only every encrease of the Moon: it is certain this Makes the Hair grow much.

To Colour the Hair.

Take Oyl of Tartar warm, as much as you think fit; anoint a Sponge or a Comb therewith, and comb the Head in the Sun, having first washed your Head; do thus thrice a day, and in seven daies at farthest they will become black; and if you would have them odoriferous, anoint them with Oyl of Benjoin.

A Water to Colour the Hair black.

Dissolve an ounce of fine Silver in thin Plates, in two ounces of Aqua Fortis, in a Matras, with a gentle Fire; the Silver being dissolved, add half a pint of Rose water, and make them boil a quarter of an hour; then add the Juyce of two Citrons; then boil them again another quarter of an hour; and [Page 87]when you use it, take a spoonful of this Wa­ter, which you shall keep in a Bottle, and add four spoonfuls of Rose-water, and as much of Juyce of Citrons, warm them, and wash the Head or Beard therewith, taking care that you touch not the Skin; but take a little Stick and tye a Linnen Cloth to its end, and therewith touch the Hair of the Head or Beard, and let it dry.

A Past for the Hands.

Take a pound of blanch'd Almonds, and an ounce of yellow Sanders sers'd, two ounces of Calamus sers'd, an ounce of Orris; two Glasses full of Rose-water; a Rennet Apple cut in little pieces; the Crumbs of a white penny Loaf, well dryed and sers'd; make a Paste of all, with two ounces of Gum Dra­ganth dissolved in Rose-water, for your Hands or Face.

Another Past for the Hands.

Take Apples and pare them, and beat them in a Marble Mortar, slicing them first; moisten them with Rose-water, and White-wine: put White-bread Crumbs, and Al­monds well moistned, blanch'd and bray'd with Wine, then add a little white Soap: and keep it for your use.

Otherwise.

Take two pounds of sweet Almonds, blanch and beat them in a Marble Mortar, infuse them in two quarts of Goats or Cows Milk, for two or three hours, strain and press them in a course Linnen-Cloth: put this strained Liquour in a Basin, over a Charchoal Fire: adding thereto the Crumbs of a two penny white Loaf: with about two drams of Borax, and as much burnt roch Allum: and towards the end an ounce of Sperma Coeti, you must stir it constantly, that it stick not to the bot­tom of the Basin, the sign that 'tis enough, is, that it will not fall from the Spatula in taking it out: to boil it to purpose, it will take five or six hours at least, this Past is most excellent.

To make the Hair grow quickly.

Take the Juyce of Nettles, that grow in the Sun rising, wherein moisten the Teeth of your Comb every Morning: and comb the Hairs upward, and they will grow quickly. Probatum.

To make one have a good Voyce.

Take a dram of Elder Flowers powdred, and put into White-Wine, fasting in a Morn­ing.

For Pains in the Head.

This Pain is caused by Jupiter. Take the little Vervain in the hour of Mars, his Ene­my, bruise it, and mingle it with Vinegar, and apply it to the Fore-head.

For Frenzies, with sharp Fevers.

This Infirmity is caus'd by Mars. Take milk from the Dugs of any Animal what­ever, (except that of a Goat,) in the Hour of Luna, Mercury, Saturn, Sol, or Jupiter, his Enemies, boil it, and with the Scum that rises upon the milk bath all the Head, being first shav'd.

For the Falling Sickness.

This is caused by Mercury. Take a Wolf, in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his Ene­mies, kill it, and take the Lights, and boil them in red Wine and Spices, and give them the Patients to eat, and they shall be perfect­ly cured.

For Weakness and Dimness of Sight.

This Disease comes from Sol. Take Eye-bright in the Hour of Mars, Mercury, or Lu­na, his Enemies, powder it, and mingle it with the Yolk of an Egg, and Wine, and apply it.

For Tears and Rheum i'th' Eyes.

Sol causes this Disease. Take the slimy Substance of Snails, in the hour of Mars, Mercury, or Luna, his Enemies, and mingle therewith Myrrh, Aloes. and Mastich, and apply it to the Temples: Take also Sow­bread and Rosemary, beat them and press out the Juyce, adding the Juyce of Ivy, in the same Hour, applied to the Eyes, works won­derful effects.

For Warts in the Nostrils.

This Disease comes from Saturn: Take Dragon-wort in the Hour of Mars, or Venus, his Enemies, bruise it and press out the Juyce, and mingle it with the milky Juyce of wild Fennel, and the Gall of any Animal what­ever; powder Nettle Seeds, and Southern­wood, Hellebore and Cypress, put them of­ten up the Nostrils, and it will cure them in­fallibly.

For Bleeding at the Nose.

This comes from Saturn. Take Pomegra­nate-flowers, in the hour of Mars, and Venus, his Enemies, beat them and powder them, and mingle the Powder with a sufficient quantity of the White of an Egg, to the fa­shion of a solid Unguent, and apply it to the Nostrils.

For Pains and Prickings in the Nostrils.

These are caus'd by Mercury. Take Ivy-flowers, what quantity you please, in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his Enemies; boyl them in Oyl, then put it into the ear, and 'twill presently cure them: or pour in three drops of the Juyce of Ground-Ivy hot.

For Deafness, and Dizziness of the Ears.

This is caused of Mercury. Get an Hare, and kill it in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his Enemies; take out the Gall, and mingle therewith black Hellebore powdred, and put it into the Ear, and it will certainly cure you.

For Pustules in the Mouth, and Chaps in the Lips.

These come from Mercury. You must make this following Remedy in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his Enemies. Take Lytharge of Silver, Myrrh, Ginger, of each equal parts, powder them very fine, and with Virgins Wax, Honey, and common Oyl, make an Unguent, and with a little piece of fine Lin­nen apply it to the Cleffs.

For the Tooth-Ach:

This is caused by Mercury. Take two grains of the seed of Smallage, in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his Enemies, Opium, Henbane, of each four grains, mingle them with Wine, to the form of Pills, and apply them to the Tooth.

To make a Tooth fall without touching it.

This comes from Mercury. Take wild Olive Boughs, in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his enemies; boil them in Verjuice, till it come to the likeness of Honey, and apply it to the Tooth, and it will make it fall of it self.

To fasten the Teeth.

To cure the looseness of the Tooth, which is caused of Mercury; make this Composition in the Hour of the Sun, Moon, or Mars, his Enemies. Take Pomegranate rind, Orris, burnt Salt, of each a like quantity, Galls two parts, Myrrh one part, boil them all in a suf­ficient quantity of Wine, and wash the Mouth therewith.

To make the Teeth fall out of the Mouth with­out Danger.

This Malady is caus'd by Mercury; Pro­cure an Hare in the Hour of Sol, Luna, or Mars, his Enemies, and kill it, and take the Brain and boil it, and rub the Teeth there­with, this will work a wonderful effect.

Item, the Tooth taken out of the Mouth of the same Hare, and ty'd about Childrens Necks, will fasten them.

Against spitting of Blood.

This Infirmity is caused by Saturn. Take, in the Hour of Mars, or Venus, his Enemies, Pomegranate Flowers, Hypocystis, and Mul­len, beat them and press out the Juice, and give a spoonful thereof to drink with a little Sugar.

For the Weakness of the Stomach.

This Infirmity is caused by Sol. Take the Herb Balm, in the Hour of Mars, Mercury, or of one of his Enemies, and let the Patient eat what quantity thereof he pleaseth, fast­ing.

For Pain in the Stomach.

This comes from Sol. Take a Pullet, in the Hour of Mars, or Mercury, or one of his Enemies, kill it and take out the Bones, then take the Skin that is found in its Stomach, and dissolve it, give it to drink, and it will work admirable Effects.

For the Inflammation of the Liver.

This Disease is caused by Jupiter. Take Carduus, in the Hour of Mars, his Enemy, press out the Juice, and give half a Glass full [Page 100]thereof to drink, with Sugar, for some daies together, and it will work Wonders.

For the Dropsie.

This Disease is caused by Saturn: Take then a Quail, in the Hour of Mars, or Venus, his Enemies, kill it, and give the quantity of two Glasses full of its Blood, and it will in­fallibly cure.

The same doth the Juice of Ivy, mingled with Honey, and the weight of two drams drank thereof.

For the Yellow Jaundise.

This is caused by Mercury. Take the Flowers or Seed of Rosemary, in the Hour of Sol, Lu­na, or Mars, his Enemies, powder them, and mix therewith the Juice of Cinquefoil, what quantity you please.

For Obstruction of the Spleen.

This Disease is caused of Luna. Take Gum Ammoniacum, in the Hour of Mars or Mercu­ry, her Enemies; dissolve it in Vinegar, and give thereof the weight of two drams, to Per­sons of riper years to drink; it works admi­rable effects.

For the Stone in the Reins.

This Infirmity is caused by Saturn. Take Pellitory of the Wall, in the Hour of Mars or Venus, his Enemies, press out the Juice, and give what quantity thereof you please to drink in White-wine; it purges the Reins, and in­fallibly breaks the Stone.

For difficulty of Ʋrine.

This Disease comes from Luna; then take, in the hours of Mars or Mercury, her enemies, the Leaf and Seed of Trefoil, and Southern­wood-seed, boil them in Water, to which Decoction add a Spanish Fly powdred without its Head, Wings or Feet; and give a spoon­full to drink, and it will quickly cause one to void Urine.

For the Stone in the Bladder.

This comes from Luna. Take what quan­tity of Snakes you please, in the hour of Mars or Mercury, her enemies, and put them into a new earthen Pot, with a narrow Neck, put it into an Oven that is not too hot, and there let it remain for six hours space, then take it out, and powder them finely, and give a dram thereof.

For the Cholick.

This Disease comes from Luna. Take Pow­der of Bay-berries, and give two drams there­of to drink in Aromatick Wine.

For the Flux and bloody Flux.

These are caused by the Moon. Take Pome­granate Flowers and Hypocistis, in the hour of Mars or Mercury, her enemies, powder them, and give two drams thereof to drink in red Wine, or Cistern Water.

For difficulty in Child-birth.

This is caused by Venus. Take then, in the hour of Saturn her enemy, Basil, and powder it, and give it to drink in good Wine, and she will suddenly be deliver'd.

To provoke the monthly Courses, and the Secondine.

This Disease is caused by Luna. Take Fu­paterium in the hour of Mars or Mercury her enemies; powder it finely; and likewise the Seed of Mountain Smallage; and give two drams to drink in the Water of Maiden-hair, and it will quickly work the effect.

For the immoderate flux of the Courses, unto the Mouth of the Womb.

This Infirmity comes from Venus. Take the Root of Hysop in the hour of Saturn her enemy; with the middle rinds of Chest­nuts, and the rinds of Pomegranates; powder them very fine, and give often a dram there­of to drink.

For Ruptures.

These are caused by Sol. Take Cypress Nuts in the hour of Mars, Saturn, or Luna, powder them, and mingle them with the juyce of their lops, when they are green, ap­ply them in the form of an Emplaister; but you must first put up the Gut that is fallen.

For the Hemorrhoids.

This Disease is caus'd by Luna. Take the Juyce of Sow-bread, in the hour of Mars or Mercury, her Enemies; apply it to the Fun­dament after what manner you will, and it will perfectly cure the Malady.

For the Pain of the Gout.

This Infirmity comes from Saturn. Take a Hen of four years old, in the hour of Mars or Venus, his Enemies, kill her, and fill her [Page 104]with Vervain, and Worm-wood in six quarts of Water, and let it boil till it be wasted to the half; and with the Liquour that remains bath the grieved parts.

For a Tertian Ague.

This Fever is caused by Mars. Take Cen­taury in the hour of Luna, Mercury, Saturn, Sol or Jupiter, his enemies; powder it, and give two drams in Wine fasting.

For the Quartan Fever.

This Fever is caused by Saturn. Take Myrrh and Castor, in the hours of Mars or Venus, his enemies, of each one dram, powder them, and give it to drink in Wine fasting; 'twill work Wonders.

To take away the Spots of the small Pox, Meazles, and Purple-fever.

This is caused by Mars. Take, in the hour of Luna or Mercury, Saturn or Jupiter, his ene­mies, the Roots of Beans dryed, Flower of Chick-Pease, Rice Meal, and Garlick, pow­der them all very fine; and mingle them with Oyl of sweet Almonds, and Mutton fat melted, and anoint the Face therewith, and let it remain on all Night; and in the Morn­ing wash it with warm Water.

For the King's Evil.

This Infirmity is caused by Luna. Take the Boughs and Roots of Castors, in the hour of Mars or Mercury; beat them, and apply them in form of an Emplaster. Maiden-hair doth the same.

For Wounds in any part of the Body.

These are caused by Mars. Take Savine, in the hour of the Moon or Mercury, Saturn or Jupiter, his enemies, and powder it, and mix it with Honey, and apply it to the Wounds, and it will cure them.

For Scabs and Leprosie.

These Maladies are caused by Saturn. Take Ivy in the hour of Mars or Venus, his enemies, what quantity you will, and boil it in Water, and bath the Body therein hot; 'tis the last Remedy for this Disease.

For Corns or Agnails.

These come from Saturn. Take the Bark of Willow, and mingle its Powder with strong Vinegar; and in form of an Emplaster, apply it to the Corns, and it will work great effects.

For Cancers.

This Disease is caused by Mars. Take the Boughs of white Galingale, the Root of Dragon-wort, in the hour of Luna, Mercury or Saturn, his Enemies; press out the Juice, and mix it with Honey, and apply it to the Disease.

For Fistula's.

These are caused by Mars. Take Orris-root, in the hour as abovesaid, powder it, and mingle it with the powder of burnt Oisters; and apply them to the Fistulas.

To preserve one from the Gout in the Feet.

This Disease is caused by Luna. Take Iva Arthritica, in the hour of Mars or Venus, beat it and mingle it with the Yolk of an Egg, dress'd after the manner of a Pancake, and eaten fasting, will certainly preserve one from the Gout in the Feet.

To know if one sick shall live or dye.

Diverse are the Judgments which pass upon a sick Person, whether he will live or die; but I shall publish this present infallible sign; which any one may make use of, and make certain Judgment thereof.

[Page 107]Take a Nettle, and put it into the Urine of the sick Person, presently after he hath voided his Urine; and that it be not cor­rupted; and leave the Nettle in the said Urine, the space of twenty four hours; then if the Nettle be found dry, 'tis a sign of Death; but if it be found green, 'tis a sign of Life.

An admirable Secret to keep one alwayes in Health, which Charles the Fifth made use of.

Take, in the hour of Sol, as the Author of Life, an handful of the tops of Rue, and a few Aniseeds, a Walnut, a dry Fig, and a little Salt, beat them all together, and eat thereof fasting, at divers times.

A Water for inflam'd Eyes.

TAke the Water of an Infant purified, three pints; Roman, Vitriol, and Tutty prepar'd, of each four ounces; mingle them for eight daies space, then distill, and put a drop Morning and Evening into the Eye, and it will quickly be cur'd.

For the Colick.

Take of green Anise, Cummin, Agarick, Wormwood, Centaury, Gentian, equal parts, and make thereof a Powder, the Dose is two drams in Broth.

An admirable Water against the Colick.

Take the distill'd Water of Nuts and Ca­momil, of each four pints, infuse therein the Flowers of Camomil and Elder, of each six Landfuls, for four daies in Balneo Maria, or [Page 109]other hot place; then strain it, and add the Flowers above-said, and Fennel seed, Aniseed, Juniper Berries, of each two ounces, Bay-ber­rys five ounces and an half, Cinamon half an ounce, dryed Mint a Pugil; let them infuse two days in B. M. then distil them; the Dose is two or three ounces.

Against the heat of the Sun.

Take Rose-water two ounces, Milk one ounce, Verjuice half an ounce, Incense bea­ten two drams, the white of an Egg well bea­ten; rub the Face before you go to bed.

For them that Spit or Vomit Blood from a Fall.

Take the Powder of the Vine-leaves in three ounces of Broth, one Pugil; then be­ing setled, you must take half a Glass of the Vulnerary decoction for eight days.

For Pain o'th' Teeth.

Take equal parts of Honey of Roses and Aqua-Vitae; boil them together, and wash the Mouth therewith.

Contusions, Falls, Blows without Wounds.

Take a Cake of Honey; let it boil in the best red Vinegar, till it come to a Pap; make an Emplaister thereof and apply it.

For Wounds and Pricks.

Take Night-shade Leaves bruised and ap­ply them.

For the Head-ach.

Take the shavings of Harts-horn, drink it in Wine, and powder the head therewith.

For Warts.

Take the Juice of Celandine, let it drop upon the Wart first cut, and then apply the Herb; do this two or three times.

Oyl of Juniper.

Take Juniper-berries, gathered from the month of August to the end of September; bruise them and infuse them in Fountain-wa­ter three or four days; and the Water of the first infusion will serve for the rest, for the first is the best; take two earthen Alembics, the one full of Berries, and the other half full of the Infusion; this put into the Earth, and [Page 111]the one fastned upon the other; after having strained it through a Cloth, put it into a Fur­nace: being cold, open it and gather the Oyl, letting the water run out: take care that it take not wind.

The Ʋse.

A Secret for Wounds, Cancers, Reins, Spleen, Leprosie: the Dose is two or three drops in Broth.

For the Tooth-ach.

Take good Honey two ounces, a glass of the strongest Vinegar, Cloves half an ounce, let them boil in a new Pot till a quarter be wasted; rub your Teeth therewith, morn­ing, after dinner, and at night.

To turn a Defluxion from the Breast.

Take Cephalic Powder; put in your Broth a little Anula; abstain from all sharp things.

The Cephalic Powder.

Take Grape-flowers half an ounce, Violet-flowers, white Nutmegs, half an ounce, Be­tony-flowers two ounces, all dry'd and pow­dred, besprinkle them with Rose-water, dry them again; beat them together with a grain of Amber-grease.

An Oyl as good as Balm.

Take flowers of St. John's-wort, half an ounce, put to two ounces of Sallet-Oyl, one spoonful of the Juice of Coronata; put them all in a glass, and set it in the Sun for three or four hours.

Hyppocras, Extempore.

Take a quart of Aq. Vitae, in which infuse four ounces of Cinamon, an ounce of Cloves, and Nutmeg or else Ginger; infuse them all together, and to make Hyppocras, put two or three spoonfuls in a quart of Wine.

Rosa Solis.

Take two quarts of Aq. Vitae, of Sugar, or powdred Sugar a pound and half, common Water a pint and half, wherein you shall boil them to the consistence of Syrup, not quite boil'd enough; then put in half an ounce of Cinamon powdred; and put it to the Syrup when 'tis boil'd enough; to scent it, pour it through a Cloth with two grains of Musk, and half an ounce of Sugar Candy.

Artificial Pearls, as fair as the Natural.

TAke the fairest and greatest Seeds of Pearls, bruise them and dissolve them in Allum-water, which is all the Secret: then make them into a Paste, and wash it gently with distilled Water; afterwards make it into a Paste with Bean-flower-water; and digest it in Dung, the space of fifteen days; then ha­ving the consistence of Paste, you shall form Pearls thereof with a silver Mold; and pierce them with Hogs-hair, and hang them in an Alembic stopt close, to the end the Air alter them not; then you shall after this manner,

Roul each one apart in Leaf Gold, then cleave a Barble in the middle, and put them therein; make a Paste of the said Barble, with Wheat-flower, and bake it in an Oven, as you bake Bread.

If they have not lustre enough, take the Water of a kind of Herb called Grastuli, with six ounces of Pearls in Powder, one ounce of Salt-Petre, two ounces of Roch-Allum, and Litharge of silver: the Pearls be­ing made, you shall heat them a little, and quench them in this Composition, then dry [Page 114]and wash them, repeating this five or six times.

To harden them.

Take Lapis Calaminaris in powder, and Vitriol, of each one ounce; the whites of Eggs beaten to a Water, mingle them together and distill them, and there will come forth a clear Water, with which, and with very fine Barly Meal, you shall make a Paste, in which you shall put your Pearls to be bak'd in an Oven.

An admirable Secret to whiten Pearls.

Take Common and Roch-Allum, of each one pound, distill this to a Water, half an ounce of Camphire, Solomon's Seal two ounces, rectifie it, then use it with a moist Linnen Cloth.

Another more Excellent.

Take half an ounce of Bean-flowers, Lime, and Eggs an ounce; white Salt one pound, Water of Confound, Alcobol of Wine ele­ven ounces; distill them and use it.

For the same.

Take an handful of Wheat Bran, boil it in a Posnet with a pint of Water; and when 'tis boil'd, pour out half of the said Water, and then in an earthen Porringer varnish'd, where­in [Page 115]shall be the Pearls strung, which you shall let steep therein till the Water be almost cold, that you may rub them gently with your hands, till the Water be wholly cold; then throw away that Water, and put on new upon the Pearls; do thus often, and then your Water will be clear, which you shall warm, and put into the said Porringer, wherein you shall clear the said Pearls without rubing them, and do it so, reiterating it with a second warm Water: at last you shall put up the said Pearls without fouling or unstringing them, on white Paper, and carry them into a Cellar upon a Board or Bench without covering them, and let them remain there only twenty four hours.

Note. For fear the Rats or Cats should en­ter, and throw them down, you must put at the bottom some weighty thing.

To make excellent Saphyrs.

Take white River Crabs, and calcine them so that they look red i'th' fire, and quench­ing them in strong Vinegar, repeating this Operation six or seven times in the same Vi­negar, reduce them into powder in an Iron Mortar; then put it into a Crucible, with the weight of the Crabs, and moss of Tartar, which is thus to be ordered.

Calcine the Tartar, and put it in a moist Place in an Hippocrates sleeve; and in the [Page 116]bottom of the said sleeve there will be gather­ed a moss, which the said Tartar makes in li­quifying and turning it self into Water.

Then cover the Crucible, and set it to dis­solve for the space of four hours.

To Dye Crabs white and Transparent.

You must Calcine them after the man­ner before prescribed, and reduce them to powder within the space of four hours, and cast thereon very fine Powder of Salt of Tar­tar, and of Salt of Alcali, and towards the end throw in of Bay-Salt fixt, a very little; a quarter of an hour after let it cool of it self.

Before you put your Crabs in Infusion, you must take a part of them and beat them in a Brass Mortar, and you will make an Emerald; the second part you must beat in an Iron Mortar, with a Pestle of the same, and this will be of a Rubie Colour, and the third part in a Glass Mortar, with a Pestle of the same, and this will be a Diamond.

To reduce a Crab into Paste, and make it into what form one would.

Take River Crabs, and calcine them, and break them into little pieces; then let them steep twenty four hours or more in strong Vi­negar, till they may be reduc'd to a Powder, the which Powder you shall mix with Tur­pentine, [Page 117]and Organicum, the whole being well pasted together; make them into what form you please, and then bake them in an Oven.

To make yellow Amber white.

Take for Example a pound of yellow Am­ber, and put it into a very strong Cucurbit of earth, and add thereto two pounds of Sal Gemm, or Bay Salt, and upon them as much Fountain Water, as will serve to dissolve the Salt; which being dissolv'd, pour on a little River Water, and boil them all together in an Alembick without a Neck, the space of four Hours.

China Ink.

Take an ounce of Lam black, two drams of Indigo, half a dram of Peach, black En­dive burnt one dram, beat them all with a moity of Fig-Leaf Water, and another part of common Milk, and a very little Gum A­rabick; being all well beaten, form Tablets thereof.

Note, you must clarifie your Lam-black in an earthen Pot, to take away all the filth.

To make Lavanturine.

You must lay one or two lays of Cinaber, beaten with Isinglass; being dry, moisten them [Page 118]with Gum Arabic, somewhat strong, and then presently searce your Lavanturine with a little Silken Searce, by beating the Searce with your hand; and your Powder will equally garnish all that you have moistned with your Gum Water.

To make Horn for Lanthorns.

Take a dram of Lytharge of Gold, half an ounce of quick Lime, mingle them together with Wine, in form of Paste, and with this Composition, make divers lays, of one side, and th'other, of the Horn, having first well clear'd it; being dry, take out all the Powder, and repeat it, as I have said; being dry, take out your white Powder, unite them, and lute them with Tripolis, and Sallet Oil, and Lin­nen, rubbing them well.

To make the Grain of Walnut upon white Wood.

You shall spread upon the Wood seven or eight lays of strong Glew, till it become shi­ning, and then quickly give a good many blows with a wooden Brush well wet in common Water.

An excellent Varnish to lay on Copper Plates for Etching.

Take two ounces of clear Linseed-Oyl, two ounces of Benjamin, the bigness of a Nut of Virgins Wax, boil them to the consump­tion of a third part, alwayes stirring it with a stick, and 'tis done; when you would use it, warm a little the Plate you are to Engrave, and with your Fingers end take up a little of the Varnish, and spread it as thin and even as you can, the thinner the better, then smoke it with a Candle, and lay your Plate on burn­ing Coals till it has done smoking; then draw your Design, and engrave with a Needle or Point.

A very fair Green for Minature.

Grind Verdigreece with Vinegar and a lit­tle Talk or Tartar, being well ground, add a little quick Lime and Sap-green, grind all very well together and keep it in Shells, if it grow hard make it thin with Vinegar.

To make Shasses as clear as Glass.

Take Parchment, Vellum, or fine Paper, very thin and smooth on both sides, being wet, stretch it on the Shass, and let it dry, then take two parts of Nut-Oyl, or Linseed-Oyl, two parts of fair Water, and a little bea­ten [Page 120]Glass, make them boil in a Glass, on a Tile, pretty near the fire, till the water be quite consumed, and tis done; lay it on in the Sun or a little warm.

A Varnish as bright and shining as Glass, for Frames, Leather, or what else you shall think fit.

Take Amber a quarter of an ounce, Gum-Lac two drams, Oyl of Turpentine two drams, Turpentine one dram, Litharge and Linseed-Oyl as much as is sufficient.

The way of making this Composition is to take a Pot or Glass, in which put a quantity of Linseed-Oyl, which boil till it burn a Fea­ther being put into it, and 'tis enough, then melt the Amber in a clean earthen Pipkin, and put it into the Linseed-Oyl; the Gum-Lac must be melted by it self in the Turpen­tine, which pour into the same Pot, the Gum-Lac will melt if you lightly anoint the Pot with Linseed-Oyl, then strain all through a Cloth; if you would use it on Silver or Gold, take the finest yellow Earth, well washed from Gravel and other foulness; and being well dryed, add a little Minium and Cerus, with an equal quantity of Oyl of Nut and Spike Oyl, boil them well, and with this [Page 121]Composition design what you will when 'tis cold, and with what colours you please, mixt with Glew water. After all, repeat the Varnish, and 'twill be as bright as a Looking-glass.

To gild Paper.

Grind Bole-armoniac with Rain-water, and give one laying of it, being dry, beat the White of an Egg to Water or Glair, adding a little Sugar-candy and Gum-water; lay it over with this, and lay your Leaf gold or silver upon it.

To harden Tin, and give it a Silver colour.

Make a mixture of Tin and Lead with Greek Pitch, then take a piece of Potters Earth, and with a stick make a hole in it, into which put your mixture; upon which pour six ounces of Tin melted in a Crucible, before it be cold make also a hole in that, in­to which pour half an ounce of Mercury, which will penetrate the substance of the Tin, and both harden and colour it.

To colour Straws of divers sorts of Colours.

Having the largest Barley Straws, which must be gathered in the shade, take the yel­low Bark of Barberry-tree according to Dis­cretion, boyl it in clear Lye, then throw in your [Page 122]Straws, and boyl them till you like the co­lour, which you may make of several de­grees, then put them in cold water, take them out and dry them.

To colour them red, use Brasil, as aforesaid.

For a dark colour, steep them four or five days with Indian wood, and the shells of green Nuts. For blue, take Litmos or Log­wood, and when blue, boyl them in the yel­low Decoction, and they'l become green.

Oat-straws are many of them naturally of a flesh-colour.

How to counterfeit Coral.

Take Ox-horn, cut or rasped small, put it in a strong Lye made of the ashes of Ash­wood, for five dayes, then take it out, and add to it some Vermilion dissolved in Water, put it over the fire to thicken, and form your figures as you think fit.

To preserve Wine sweet.

Stop your Vessel very well, and sink it un­der water for thirty dayes, and you'l have the desired effect.

To make an Excellent Red of Brasil.

Take a pint of fair Water, into which cast a piece of unslack'd Lime, let it stand all [Page 123]night, then decant all that is clear of the Wa­ter, to which put half the quantity of Brasil rasped; let it infuse four hours, then boil them to the Consumption of half, then, whilst it is very hot, cast in the bigness of a Pea of Roch-allum in Powder and a little Gum Ara­bick.

To soften or dissolve Horn.

Make a Lye of the ashes of Bean-cods, burnt Tartar, quick Lime, and strong Vinegar, boil therein pieces of Horn, and they will ei­ther soften or dissolve according to the time you allow.

To Dye Bones of an Excellent Black.

Take Lytharge, quick Lime, of each alike, heat them in fair Water till ready to boil, al­ways stirring the Bones with a stick till they boil apace, then take it off the fire, stirring it till it be cold, and the Bones will be very black.

An Excellent way to take Spots of Oyl or Grease out of white or red Silk, without changing the Colour.

Take Aquae Vitae, (Spirit of Wine is better) wet the spot well with it, then take Glaire made of the white of a new Egg; with which rub well the spot, and dry it in the Sun, then wash it with clean water and press it well.

To soften Bones.

Take equal Parts of Roman and Common Vitriol; distill them in an Alembick, and with this Water rub the Bones, and they will be soft.

To take away the mustiness of Wine.

Take Medlars, cut them in four pieces, hang them so in the Vessel as they touch not the Wine.

To make a Bullet that Kills without making a Wound.

Melt some Lead, when it begins to grow cool, make a hole in it, by thrusting in a stick; fill the hole with Quick-silver, which by that means will be fixt, and when cold, melt it in an Iron Ladle, and cast it in a Bullet-mold; they keep not above eight days, nor is any Fowl thus kill'd fit to be eaten.

A Powder to take out spots.

Burn the Bones of Sheeps-feet till they be­come white, beat them to fine Powder, warm some of it, and lay it on the spot or stain till it begins to change Colour, then take that away, and apply more till the Spot be quite gone.

Another for the same.

Take a piece of White-bread, just drawn out of the Oven, lay one piece above and the other underneath the Silk, and it will draw out the Oyl or Grease.

Another for the same.

Take raw Honey, Glaire of Egg, and Sal Armoniack, lay them on the Spot for some time, and wash it with fair Water.

An excellent Violet Colour.

Take Turnsole, the Ashes of Lees of Wine, which is burnt Tartar, of each four ounces, beat them, tye them in a Linnen Cloath, and steep them in Water.

A very fair Blew.

Take quick Lime, and Sal Armoniack, of each half a pound, Verdet two or three oun­ces, put all in a Viol, and set it in a Horse-dunghill for forty days.

An Excellent Pomander of Cloves.

Take four ounces of Cloves, Gum Ara­bick, Coals of burnt Sage, of each four oun­ces; [Page 126]beat them all apart, mix them in a metal Mortar with Oyl of Roses, make it into a Past, anoint your Hands with Oyl of Cloves, knead it, and form it as you please.

To make Brass look as well as when 'twas new.

To a pint of strong Lye add an ounce of Roch Allum, boyl them, and wash your Brass to take out all the Spots, dry it well, and rub it with Tripoli, 'twill be as bright as Gold.

To make Silver clean.

Take the Ashes of Wheat-straw burnt, and rub your Silver with it.

Another for the same.

Make a Lye of Soap Ashes, into which throw some Roch Allum, mix the froath in with it, wash your Silver, and dry it in the Sun.

To keep Roses fresh all the Year.

Take Rose-buds when almost ready to blow, gather them with a Knife without touch­ing the bud, lay them so in the Air all Night, as that the Dew fall not upon them, in the Morning put them in a Glass Vessel upright upon the Stalks, cover them close, set them in [Page 127]a Vault or Sellar, and bury them in dry Sand.

To take out Writing without spoyling the Paper.

Take Roch Allum, beat it with Juice of bitter Orenges, dry it in the Sun, and with this Powder rub your Paper.

To take Spots of Ink out of Silk.

Take strong White-wine Vinegar, hot Ashes, rub them well upon the Spot, and wash it afterwards with Soap Water; thus may you take out all sorts of Spots from coloured Silks.

To recover the Colour of black Cloth, when decay'd.

Take Fig-tree Leaves, boyl them well in Water, wash your Cloth in it, dry it in the Sun, and it will be a much fairer black.

A truly Experienc'd Remedy against the Plague.

Take Bay-berries, full ripe, take off the skins, beat the remainder of them into fine powder, put a little Salt to it, mix it with Vi­negar, and give it thus to the Person infected, if he hath a hot Fever, but if he has the cold Fever, which is an Ague, give it in Wine [Page 128]instead of Vinegar, cover him well, for he'll sweat; afterwards dry him well, and the day after repeat it again. Multitudes have been cured by this means.

For the Tooth-Ach.

Take a little Honey, a little Pepper, a lit­tle powder of Sage, boyl them together, and apply it to the Tooth.

To whiten the Teeth.

Rub them with the Roots of Spurge: also the Ashes of burnt Barley, or burnt Nettles rub'd about the Teeth, and afterwards well wash'd, are very effectual.

Likewise burnt Nettles, mixt with Cloves, Sugar, and Nutmeg. Probatum.

To destroy Buggs.

Boyl the Paunches or Gutts of Rabbits in Water, set it hot under the Bed, and the Fume will destroy them.

To prevent the smoaking of Lamp Oyl.

Steep your Match or Cotton in Vinegar, and dry it before you use it.

Against Lice, Fleas, and Buggs.

Stretch out a Bears Skin, and hang it up in the Chamber, and you'l soon be rid of them.

To whiten a red Rose.

This is done by holding it over the smoak of Brimstone.

To make Pinks or Gilliflowers blue.

Take a Root of wild Succory, slit it, and set your Gilliflower in it.

To make very sharp Vinegar.

Put into the Vessel a piece of Barly Bread, and in two daies it will be eager.

To keep Pease Green.

Put them in a Pot with one part Water, and as much Vinegar, when you take them out to use, soak them in fair Water.

To preserve Fruit to the very Kernel.

Incorporate Honey and Water very well, put in your Fruit half ripe, and keep them in a Cellar.

A most exquisite way of invisible Writing. The first Ink.

Take a penny-worth of Litharge of Gold or Silver unprepared, beat it, then infuse it in a Viol half full of strong Vinegar, having well shaken them together, leave them to settle, and being clear, write upon your Paper with a new Pen, and it will not appear at all.

The second Ink.

Take Cork, burn it till it has done smoak­ing, extinguish it in Aqua Vitae, or Spirit of Wine, dry it and mix it with Water and a little Gum Arabic, to the consistence of thin Paste, when you would write with it, make it thinner with common Water, and write upon what's written with the foremention'd Ink.

The third Ink.

Take yellow Orpiment and quick Lime of each an ounce, beat them, and put them in four ounces of common Water, stir them well, this Water will take away the second Ink, and make what was written with the first appear.

A Glew both for Fire and Water.

Mix quick Lime and Lynseed Oyl toge­ther, and whatsoever you shall glew with it, dry in the shade, and 'twill become as hard as Iron.

Against Buggs.

Take Spriggs of Fearn and lay upon the Boards.

To give a lustre to Plaister of Paris.

Take a piece of Soap of the bigness of a Nut, dissolve it in a Glass of Water, and pass it over the Plaister; being dry, burnish it with a Tooth.

To whiten a false piece.

Take Salt, rub it with a piece of good Sil­ver till it become black, with this Salt rub the counterfeit piece and 'twill be as white as the other. Probatum.

To separate Silver from other Metals.

Melt the piece in a Crucible, cast in some Sulphur, the Silver will remain, and the allay will look like Dirt. Probatum.

A most excellent writing Ink.

Take Gum Arabick three ounces, Vitriol two ounces, Galls three ounces, White-wine two pounds and a half, beat the Gall, put them with the Wine into an earthen Vessel, set it in the Sun for six days, stirring them every day twice or thrice, then set it over a moderate heat for half a day, or a day, then strain it, then having dissolv'd some Vitriol and Gum in a little Wine, put it into it, then put it in to the Sun three daies more, and it is made. To keep it from freezing, put into it a little Aqua Vitae.

Excellent Spanish Wax.

Melt in an earthen Dish one ounce of Ro­sin, to which add as much Vermilion, and two ounces of Shell-lach, being well melted and mixt, rowl it into Sticks.

A Counterfet Ink which will vanish in five dayes.

Take Sal Armoniack an ounce, infuse it four or five dayes in strong Water, make Ink of it, with a piece of Touch-stone beaten fine; what is written with this will be gone in five dayes.

Aqua fortis for etching.

Take Verdigreece an ounce, green Cop­peras an ounce, Salt an handful; these being put into strong Vinegar, set them in a pot of boyling Water for half an hour, or more.

To know true Mercury from Sophisticate.

Put some Mercury upon a Plate of Silver or Copper, and evaporate it over some fresh Coals; if it leaves a white spot behind, 'tis fine, if black or yellow, 'tis not.

To soften Ivory.

Take Vinegar three times distill'd with Sage leaves, put in your Ivory, and boyl it a little.

To take out Spots of Pitch or other Gums.

Take common Oyl, the oldest you can get, warm it a little, rub the Spots with it, and so leave it twenty four hours, then rub it well, and wring it well with your hands, then wash it with warm Water and Soap.

To stop the freeting of Wine.

Cast in a little of Cheese.

To purifie Gum-Lack.

Soak it in strong Lye three or four dayes.

To gild Iron.

Take common Water three pound, Roch Allum two ounces, Roman Vitriol one ounce, Verdigreece two ounces, Sal Gemma four ounces, Orpiment two ounces, make them all boyl, then throw in some Tartar and Salt-peter, of each a little, then boyl them a little more, and take them off; with this Water rub your Iron, then warm it well and burnish it.

Another for the same.

Take Roch Allum burnt, Nitre, of each half an ounce, Sal Armoniack an ounce, beat them fine, and boyl them in strong Vinegar in a brass Vessel; and with this Water rub the Iron.

To counterfeit Ebony.

Take Box, or any other hard Wood, rub it with Allum-water near the Fire, then take Sallet-Oyl, or Linseed-Oyl, into which cast some Roman Vitriol and Sulphur, of each about the bigness of a Nut, put all into a Kettle, and boyl your Box for some time, and t'will appear to be perfect Ebony; the more [Page 135]you boyl it the fairer it will be, but more brittle.

To calcine Tartar quickly.

Take the best Tartar, the finest Nitre, of each a like quantity, beat them apart, then mix them, put them in a new Pot on a Char­coal Fire, and the Nitre will melt, mix them with a stick till they become like Salt, then put some Fire into the Pot, and they will melt, and the Tartar will be calcin'd, if it be not white add a little Salt-peter; to reduce it into Oyl of Tartar, put it in a Cellar upon a Marble and it will run into Oyl.

To make Brass of a true Gold colour.

Take Sal Armoniac, mingle it in a Mortar with Spittle till it become like a liquid Oint­ment, rub the Brass with it, put it on burn­ing Coals, and when 'tis well dryed, rub it well with a Linnen Cloth, and it will appear like Gold.

To make clean Silver.

Take Wheat-straw, burn it to Ashes, and rub your Silver with it: Or else, take strong Lye of Soap Ashes, put some Allum into it, wash your Silver with it, and dry it in the Sun.

To make Muscadel.

Take Flowers of the wild Vine dry'd one part, Elder Flowers dry'd two parts, Corian­der three parts, beat the Coriander, put all these into a linnen Cloth, and put it through the hole of the Vessel, so that it may hang in the middle of the Wine without touching a part of the Vessel, continue it so about ten dayes, then draw it forth by the string you tyed to it. This secret has been often experi­mented, and found true.

To keep wine from growing eager.

Take the Fat of Bacon melted, pour it in­to the hole of the Vessel, so it may only touch the Superficies of the Wine, and it will never grow eager.

To restore the colour of Cloth when lost.

Take quick Lime two parts, Ashes one part, Lye six parts, put them into a Copper Vessel, and mingle them well with a stick, let it settle, and when clear, wash your Cloth in it.

To whiten Pearls.

Wash them with Lye made of the Ashes of burnt Tartar, and boyl them upon a warm Stove.

To melt Amber.

Put it into Vinegar or Juice of Citron, so that it swim above it about an Inch or two, set it over a slow Fire.

To preserve Roses, Tulips and Pinks.

Take a glazed earthen Pot, fill it with sharp Verjuice, put some Salt into it, cut the Flowers before they are blown, put them in this Li­quor, cover the Pot with Parchment, set them in a moist place, and when you take them out, hold them near the Fire to make them blow.

To make a very fair green.

Take Verdigreece, Tartar, and Vinegar, boyl them altogether and it is done.

A Walnut-tree colour on other Wood.

Take the Pills of Walnuts, dry them in the Sun, boyl them in Oyl of Nuts, and rub your Wood with it.

To lay Gold and Silver upon Paper.

Grind Bole-armoniac with Verjuice-water, lay it on the Paper, when dry, glaire it with [Page 138]the white of an Egg mixt with Sugar-candy-Water, and immediately lay on the Gold, when dry, burnish.

Excellent Pastills of Roses.

Take four ounces of Rose Buds, cutting only so much of them as shall be red, beat them, Benjamin beaten four ounces, Musk four grains, as much Amber, mix them with Essence of Oranges, or Roses, grind them well together, form them into Pastills, and dry them in the Shade.

An Ink which vanishes in twenty four hours.

Boyl Galls in strong-water, put to it some Vitriol, a little Sal Armoniack, and a little Gum Arabic, and it is done.

Another for Pastills, but more rich.

Take four ounces of Benjamin, Storax two ounces, Lignum Aloes a dram and half, boyl the Storax and Benjamin in a clean Skillet with Rose-water, the space of half an hour, then put in the Lignum Aloes in very fine Powder, that done, put all into a warm Mor­tar, with two drams of Amber-Greece, and one dram of Civet, and whilst warm, quick­ly make up your Grains or little Balls.

Excellent sweet Baggs.

Take Florence Orris one pound and a half, Rose-wood six ounces, Calamus Aromaticus half a pound, yellow Sanders four ounces, Benjamin five ounces, Cloves half an ounce, Cinnamon an ounce.

To preserve Rose-buds to make sweet Baggs.

Take Province Rose-buds, pull off the green, cut off the Stalks, thrust into the Bud a small Clove, with a little Civet at the end of it, dry it in the shade, between two linnen Cloths.

Violet Powder for Cussinets and sweet Baggs, or to strew amongst Linnen.

Take Florence Orris one pound, Roses two pound, Rose-wood one pound and half, yellow Sanders one ounce, Benjamin two ounces, Storax one ounce, Calamus Aroma­ticus and Cyperons or Galingale of each an ounce and half, about half-penny-worth of Coriander, one Nutmegg, a penny-worth of Cinnamon, an ounce and half of Cloves, a little Citron Pill and Orange Flowers, beat all in a Mortar, take it out, and being well mingled together in a Silk or Hair Cieve, according to the fineness you would have it, then put it into your Baggs or amongst your Linnen.

True Cypress Powder.

Take Oak-moss, put it in a Linnen bag, and lay it to soak a whole day in water, then trample it with your feet, two or three times, dashing clear water often upon it, then set it three or four days to dry, spreading it on a boarded Floor; being dry, beat it well, and spread it again on a boarded Floor to dry it, then beat it again and spread it again, and sprinkle it with Rose-water, dry it again and beat it, then pass it throw a Cieve or fine Searce, and mix it with the following perfum'd Composi­tion, more or less, according to the goodness you intend it.

A most admirable Composition of Perfume.

Take Musk one dram, four Cloves, four ounces of Lavender-seed, Civet one dram and half, Ambergreece half a dram, warm the Pestel and Mortar, then take the Musk, Cloves, Lavender, and about a penny worth of white Sugar, and a glass of eau d'Ange, or Rose-wa­ter, grind them all in the Mortar, take a handful of this Powder, incorporate them well together, then pass it throw a Searce, with so much of the Powder as shall abate of the force of the Perfume, till it come to your liking, whether three, four, or five pound or more; for the Civet, it must be put at the end of the Pestel, rubbing and grinding the Powder well, [Page 141]then take six pound of the said Powder, put it by little and little into the Mortar, incor­porate the Powder and the Civet in braying it well with the Pestel, then pass it again through a hair Cieve, to mix with the other Musk­powder; for the Ambergreece, it must be well beaten in the Mortar, putting by little and lit­tle about two pound of the white Powder be­fore mention'd, or else of the gray, until the Amber be all beaten into it, then pass it a hair Sieve, and mix all three Powders toge­ [...]

Take a little bag of white Sheeps Leather, well sewed, with bands in the seams, wherein put the Powder and Perfume, to preserve it, mingling the Perfume more or less according as you would have the scent.

A Varnish of a Gold Colour.

Take Sandrac two ounces, Lytharge of Gold one ounce, the clearest Linseed-oyl four oun­ces, boil them all in a glaz'd earthen Pot.

A Varnish for Images.

Take Oyl of Turpentine and Turpentine mingled together, stirr them with your finger till it become of a convenient thickness to work withal.

To make Porcelane of Majorca.

Take calcin'd Egg-shels, Gum-Arabick, water and Glaire of Eggs, make all into a paste, shape [Page 142]it with Moulds, dry it in the Sun, and 'twill be very neat.

To whiten Copper.

Put a piece of Copper in a Crucible with Sublimate, Sal Armoniack, Allum and Bo­rax, melt it, and quench it twice in Sorrel-wa­ter.

Writing not to be Read but in Water.

Write with the Juice of Spurge or Allum­water, dry it, 'twill not be legible without wet­ting.

A Fire that burns under the Water.

Take three ounces of Powder, Salt-peter one ounce, Sulphur three ounces, beat, silt, and mix these together, fill your Moulds, fire them, and throw them in the Water.

An Excellent transparent Varnish to lay upon any white thing to make it seem Marble.

Take the clearest Turpentine, put it in an earthen glaz'd Pot, boil it till it has quite done smoaking, then put in half an ounce of San­drac, as much Mastick well beaten, mix them till they are all well incorporated, then take off the Pot, adding half a pint (or more as you see cause) of oyl of Turpentine upon a slow [Page 143]fire, for a quarter of an hour, and keep it for use; if it be too thick, 'tis but adding more Turpentine.

To make Red soft Wax.

Take Vermilion one pound, common Oyl one pound, Wax twenty pound, Rosin ten pound, work them well together.

To Dye a Yellow Colour.

Take the inner bark of a Plumb-Tree cut in pieces, put it in Allum-water, boil what you think fit in it, and it will be of a fair Yel­low, the like is done with Sumach and Allum-water.

A Cloth Shasse.

Take half a pound of Lytharge of Silver well ground, three pound of clear Oyl of Nut, set it over a small fire that it do not boil the next day, pour out the Oyl by Inclination, what remains at the bottom will serve another time, then take Rosin a pound and a half, beat it and mix it with the Oyl, upon a Char­cole fire, always stirring it till it be melted, then take it off, and put in half a pound of Venice Turpentine; being cold, anoint the Cloth; this will last many years. Also you may mix Burgundy Pitch with Oyl of Nuts, or else Rosin and Virgins Wax.

Another for Shasses with Glew and Varnish.

Take Glew made of Glove Leather, very clear, (Vellum Glew is better) lay it on the Cloth, and let it dry at leisure, then give it one laying more, and leave it again to dry, then take Virgins wax and Turpentine mel­ted together, and lay that on, letting it dry; to a pound of Wax allow a quarter of a pound of Turpentine.

To Gild, or Silver over Metals.

Take a little Fish-Glew, dissolve it in Aquae Vitae, lay on the Glew with a little Cotton, and apply the Gold or Silver in Leaf, or else tem­per the Leaves and apply them with Glew; to give them a lustre, take a Horse-hoof, put it on a Chaffindish of burning Coals, and dry the thing gilt over the fume of it.

To make Copper white quite through.

Take Kettle Copper (not that which is cast) add to it some Arsenick well ground, mix them well in the Crucible, and when they have done smoking, cast it in the Mould you have ready.

A fair Blew Colour.

Take Turnsole, infuse it all night in Urine; the day following, grind, and mix it with a [Page 145]little quick Lime, according as you intend the Colour. If you'd have it a little shining, add a little Gum Arabick.

To take spots of Ink out of Paper or Parchment.

Rub the spot with a little Aqua-fortis at the end of a Feather, and it will soon vanish, then wash it with fresh Water with the edge of a Feather. To take them out of Parchment, scrape it with a Pen-knife, and rub it with a Pumice-stone.

An Excellent Water Perfume.

Take Benjamin, Storax-calamita, a few Cloves and Mastick, beat all, put them in Aqua Vitae, or Spirit of Wine, in a glass Vial: when the Water becomes red, add a grain of Musk, and strain it.

A very good Pomatum.

Take the fat of unsalted Bacon, stick it full of Oats, roast it by a slow Fire, take up the Dripping and save it.

To counterfeit Amber-greece.

TAke Starch, Florence Orris root, of each an ounce, Aspaltum, or Bitu­men, half an ounce, Benjamin one ounce, [Page 146] Sperma Ceti, Ben-nuts an ounce and halt, Musk a dram, Gum Tragacanth, a sufficient quantity.

Take the Starch, the Benjamin and Sper­ma Ceti, and make them into a Paste, which being done, take one part, in which make up half the Aspaltum, the other part make into a black Paste, and then mix them altogether with your hand.

To augment Civet.

Take the pulp of Raisins of the Sun, very cleanly pulped, one ounce, musk one dram, mix and incorporate them well together, put them into the same Retort wherein you put the Civet, and set it in a Horse-dunghill se­ven or eight days: upon two drams of Civet put one dram of this Composition.

To make Essence of Cinnamon in consistence of an Extract.

Take Oyl of Nutmegs, set it in the Sun in Summer, to make it lose its Scent, then put in the half part of Oyl of Cinnamon, which you may reduce to the consistence of an Ex­tract.

To make Cassolet, or Perfume Cakes to burn.

Take Storax two ounces, Benjamin four ounces, twelve Cloves, Laudanum a dram, Calamus Aromaticus a dram, a little Citron [Page 147]Pill, take a new glaz'd earthen Pot, in which boyl the Storax and Benjamin in half a pint of Rose-water for several hours, the Pot be­ing well cover'd, then put the Cloves, Lauda­num, Calamus, and Citron Pill in a little Linnen bag, and boyl them with the fore-men­on'd things; when boil'd enough, take off the Pot, strain all through a Linnen Cloth, not squeezing it too hard, then put the Paste in a Paper.

Excellent Pastills or Perfume Cakes.

Take Benjamin two ounces, Storax half an ounce, Lignum Aloes a dram, Coals of Sal­low or Willow Wood, according to discreti­on, reduce all to fine Powder, adding twenty grains of good Civet, and fine Sugar as much as you think fit, pulverize and mix all the Dru [...]s, and put them in a Skillet with Rose-water, which must rise above all the Ingre­dients, make them boil a little, till the Paste be well digested, always stirring with a stick, lest it burn; then if you desire to make the Pastill somewhat better, add twelve grains of Amber, which you shall before have ground on a Marble with a little Sugar, put it in the Skillet, when the Paste shall be boyl'd enough, and not before: all being well incorporated, form your Pastills.

Perfume for ordinary Powder.

Take Florence Orris one pound, dryed Roses one pound, of Benjamin two ounces, Storax one ounce, yellow Sanders an ounce and half, Cloves two drams, a little Citron [Page 149]pill, beat all to fine Powder in a Mortar, put twenty pound of Starch, or the aforesaid Pow­der, mix it well together, colour it as you please, and pass it through a Searce.

Another way for Cypress Powder, much finer.

Take Oak Moss, wash it often in fair Wa­ter till it hath lost its smell, then lay it on a Hurdle set out in the Air; being dry, sprinkle it with the best Rose-water and Orange-flower-water, and leave it again to dry; if the scent be too strong, wash it in fair Water till the smell become more sweet and pleasant, after this done, the Moss being yet on the Hurdle, put a Cassolet or Perfume Cake, with Coals of Fire, with which perfume your Moss as long as you think fit.

In fine, to one pound of Ground thus pre­pared put two drams of good Musk, and one dram and half of Civet, if it be very good, if not, the same quantity of Musk.

Excellent Amber-powder.

Take six ounces of Bean flower, as much worm-eaten Wood, pass them through a Searce; four ounces of Cypress wood, two ounces of Sanders, two ounces of Benjamin, half an ounce of Storax, two drams of Cala­mus Aromaticus, as much Laudanum, pass all through a silk Sieve, then to two pound of this Composition, take four grains of Amber­greece, half an ounce of Machaleb or Po­mander, [Page 150]Privet beaten and sifted, which you must mix in a hot Mortar with the Amber, then mix them all together, and keep it in a Glass bottle well stopped; put a pound and half of this Powder into each sweet Bagg.

The Queens perfume Water.

Take red Rose-water a quart, Damask-Rose-water, Muskadine and Orange flower-water of each three pints, Water of Melilot-Flowers, Flowers of Mirtel and Garden Cost­mary three Pints, put all the aforesaid distilled Waters into a Glass-bottle, to which add a pound of Benjamin in Powder, Cloves, Cin­namon and Orange-pill dryed of each half an ounce, all being bruised, stop the Bottle Close, without opening it in a whole Month.

To make a curious compound Water.

Take Benjamin four ounces, Storax two ounces, yellow Sanders one ounce, Cloves two drams, two or three pieces of Orris, half a Citron Pill, two Nutmegs, Cinnamon half an ounce, and about two quarts of Water, put it all into a new earthen Pipkin, and let it boil till a quart of it be consumed; then take about six grains of Musk powdered, with about as much Sugar as the bigness of a small Nut, which dis [...]olve with a little of the said Water, strain and put it into a Glass-bottle well stopped, the better to preserve it.

Keep the Dregs dry, and powder them, and use them to perfume the Powder aforesaid.

A curious Extraction of the Perfumes and Colours of all Flowers.

Extract through a Retort, after the man­ner of Aqua fortis, the Spirit of Salt-peter, or common Salt, and keep it close in a Glas. Bottle well stopped; then take what quantity you will of Rose Leaves, which put into a Limbick with one ounce of the Spirit of the said Salt, one pint of pure Spring Water, and so proportionably till your Limbick be full, let it thus infuse, and lye four and twenty hours, till you see your Water well coloured, which pour out by inclination in another glass Vessel, it will have the colour and smell of the Rose, leaving in the Limbic your Leaves fresh as if they had been new gather'd. You may do the same with all other Flowers, as Violets, Gilliflowers and others.

To make the best Bolonia Wash-balls.

Take one pound of Genoua Soap, cut in­to small pieces, four ounces of unslacked Lime, which beat well in a Mortar with two Glasses of Aqua Vitae, and let it steep eight and forty hours; then take a sheet of Paper, on which spread it a drying; being dry, beat it in a Mortar with half an ounce of Maha­leb, an ounce and a half of yellow Saunders, half an ounce of Orris, as much Calamus, all [Page 152]in Powder, and make it into a Paste with whites of Eggs, and four ounces of Gum-dra­gacanth dissolved in Rose-water, then make your Wash-balls.

Another sort of excellent Wash-balls.

Take one pound of Orris, four ounces of Benjamin, two ounces of Storax, as much yellow Saunders, half an ounce of Cloves, one penny worth of Cinnamon, and a little Lemon-peel, one ounce of Machaleb, one Nutmeg, beat it all to Powder.

Then take about two pound of white Soap scrap'd, and put it into almost three pints of Aqua Vitae, to lye and steep four or five dayes; then work it well with about one pint of Orange-Flower, or other sweet Water.

Next, prepare the quantity you shall think fit of white Starch beaten and sifted, which mix with the Drugs aforesaid, and the Soap, to make a Passe; have ready a little Gum Dragacanth dissolved in sweet Water, and five of six whites of Eggs, and make up your Wash-balls of what size you will.

To perfume them well.

Take what quantity of Musk you please, which dissolve in any sweet compound Wa­ter; then take about the quantity of one [Page 153]Wash-ball of the aforesaid Composition, and mix it together in a Mortar; then mix and incorporate that with your Paste like Leven, and so make your Wash-balls.

To take out a Spot of Oyl upon Sattin, or any other Stuff; and even upon Paper.

TAke Sheeps-Feet calcined, of which lay on both sides of the Paper or Stuff, upon the Spot, and so leave it one Night, this Pow­der or Ashes will draw out all the stain: but if it be not clear taken away, do it the second time, but the stain must not be old.

Another way to take out Stains.

Take half a pound of Soap, four ounces of Fullers earth, and one of unslacked Lime, mix it all in fa [...]r Water, and lay it to the Stain.

Another way.

Take Water and Starch, and make it in­to a Paste, with which cover the Stain, laying it about as thick as a Shilling, and leave it there, next day rub it off as you would do dry Dirt, and the Stain will appear no more. Probatum.

Another way for Silk.

Rub the Stain with Spirit of Turpentine, this Spirit evaporates, and carries away with it the other Oyl.

To take off the Dirt that dasheth upon Cloths.

Wet a white Cloth, and lay it upon it, that sucks in all the Dirt, and makes it appear no more.

To take off Iron-Moulds from Linnen.

The Linnen being whitened, take boiling Water in a Pewter Pot, and immediately put in your Linnen, and lay it over to receive the Smoke, squeezing and rubbing it with a little Sorrel, than wash it out in clear Water.

To take out all Ink spots upon Linnen or Woollen.

Take some juice of Lemmon, put it upon the stain, which wash immediately in fair Water, rubbing it well; for want of Lemmon, use Verjuice of Grapes or Sorrel.

Another way.

Wash the stain with white Soap dissolved in Vinegar.

How to soften Ivory, so that it may be cast in a Mould.

BOil the Ivory in common Water, in which must be six ounces of the Root Mandrake, and it will be as soft as Wax.

An excellent Receipt to whiten discouloured Ivory.

Take a sufficient quantity of Roch-allum, according to the number of pieces you would [Page 156]whiten, and when the Water is very white, which must be made to boil up, and put the Ivory into soak for an hour or thereabouts, and rub it with a little hair Brush, and then put it into a wet Cloth that it may dry lei­surely, or else it will split.

Another way.

Lay black Soap upon Ivory, placed near the fire, so that it may by little and little bub­ble up, then clear it.

To whiten green Ivory, and restore that which is spotted.

Take unslacked Lime, and put it with wa­ter into an earthen Pot, in which shall be the Ivory you would whiten, put it upon the fire, and make it boil till such time you see the Ivory is white; to be polished it must be turned in a Lath; after having worked it as you desire, take some of the Lime and Pum­mice stone in very fine Powder, and with wa­ter rub till you see it every where well co­loured; to polish, you must first warm it, tur­ning it in the Lath and rubbing it with a white Linnen Cloth and a piece of Sheeps Skin. When it is very hot, take Cerus with some Sallet-Oyl, and rub it till it is dry with Cerus alone; and at last only with a white Cloth very dry, and your Ivory will be very white and smooth.

To whiten Bones.

Take unslacked Lime, and put to it one handful of Bran into a new Pot, letting them boil till all the grease is out.

A Representation of the four Elements in a Glass Vial.

FIrst, you must dye some Aqua-Vitae with Turnsole, to represent the Air, then take some of the Ethereal Oyl of Turpentine, which dye of a fire Colour with Saffron; then some Alkanet, and Oyl of Tartar, to which add a little Lapis Lazuli to give it a Sea Co­lour; and to represent the Earth a little brui­sed Enamel: it is good to stir and mix them together: each thing after a little standing will return to its place, for those three Li­quors never mix.

To make several Colours upon Water.

If you throw some drops of Nut Oyl up­on still water, that runs not fast, but rather lyes without motion, there will appear to you as many Colours as are in the Rain-bow.

To break an Iron as thick as an Arm.

Take melted Soap, with which anoint the Iron in the middle, then with a Thread clear the place where you would have it break; next, take a Sponge dipped in Aqua Vitae thrice distilled, wrap it round the Iron, and within six hours it will break.

Another way to do the same.

Take two pound of Aqua fortis, make it dissolve for the space of twenty four hours, Orpiment, Sulphur, Aconite, Verdigreece, of each an ounce, unslacked Lime killed in two ounces of Vinegar thrice distilled; put it all into a Limbick, with one ounce of Salt peter, two ounces of Antimony, and all the Water shall come from it; pour it again upon the Dregs with two ounces of Arsenick in Powder, and distill it; when you would use it, dip in it a Napkin or handkerchief, which wrap about the Iron Barr, and when it has so lain three hours, you may break it with ease. Take care of the Fumes when you distill it.

A wonderful Spirit that dissolveth all sorts of Stones though never so hard.

Take the Flower of Rye, make it into small Balls, which dry, then put them into a Retort [Page 159]well closed, with a strong Fire, as is used for Aqua Fortis, and there will distill a Liquor that will perform as above.

How to melt all manner of Metals in a Nut­shell, without burning of it.

Take Salt-peter two ounces, Sulphur half an ounce, sawings of Oak, Walnut-tree, or other dry Wood half an ounce, the said Saw-dust must be very small, the Salt-peter and Sulphur powdred to impalpable Dust; mix it altogether, and fill a Nutshell with this Powder to the Edges, then put a piece of Gold, Silver, or other Metal upon it, and co­ver it with the said Powder, then set fire to the Powder that is under it, that Metal that shall be between the two Powders will melt, and remain at the bottom of the shell.

How to dissolve Gold upon ones Hand.

You must distill the Blood of a Deer new­ly killed in Balneo Mariae, and soak the Gold upon the Lees three times, and at the third it will certainly dissolve.

A perpetual Motion.

Take Aqua fortis, into which cast filings of Iron of the smallest, and leave them there till the Water has taken the quantity of Iron that [Page 160]is requisite, which will be in seven or eight hours, take off your Water, and put it into a Vial an inch wide, with a large Mouth, and put in a stone of Lapis Calaminaris, stop the Bottle well, and keep it very close.

To make a Mans Face appear hideous.

Take common Salt, and fine Chalk in Pow­der, with which powder very well some Hemp or Flax, dipping them in good Aqua Vitae, then set them on fire, first putting out all other Lights, and you will see wonderful things.

A waggish way to make Pease leap out of a Pot.

Take some of the Herb Clary, and put a sprig of it into a Pot in which Pease are boyl­ing, so the Water be not very low, nor the Pot too close covered, you will see it succeed according to your Desire.

The like to make an Egg move about.

You must first empty it through a little hole, then put never so little Vitriol into it, stop it up presently, and you will see the effect.

The same is done by putting a Leech into it, having some Water spilt in some part of the Room.

To make all the People in a House to sleep, without being able to wake.

Take half a quarter of an ounce of the herb called Dragon-wort, which put into a Gourd, or Pumpkin, which cover with ano­ther, and put it in a Horses belly for the space of nine days, after which time you will find it converted into little red Worms, from which, according to Art extract an Oyl, which put into the Lamps, which being lighted, all that are in the House will be seiz'd with a profound Sleep, so that they cannot be awaked without putting out the Lamp.

An Excellent way to cleanse Silver with­out boyling.

Take four ounces of white Soap scraped in a Plate with half a pint of hot Water, a pen­ny-worth of old dry Lees of Wine in another Plate, with the same quantity of hot Water as in the other, and in a third Plate one pen­ny-worth of Ashes of Wine Leesburned, with the same quantity of Water as before, then take a hair Brush, which first dip in your Li­quor of dry Lees, next in the burnt Lees, then in the Soap, that done, wash it in hot Water, and wipe it with a dry Cloth.

A Cloth that wholly resuts a Sword.

Take a strong new Linnen Cloth, fold it, and rub it with Fish-Glew dissolved in com­mon [Page 162]Water, then dry it upon a Rail; that done, take yellow Wax, Rosin, and Mastick, of each two ounces, melt it all with an ounce of Turpentine, stirring it well, and laying it upon the Cloth till it is all soaked in.

To make a Jerkin or Coat-Armour Proof against a Musket.

Take an Oxes Hide, cut off the Hair as it is just taken off, cut out your Armour, sew, and finish it, then soak it in Vinegar for 24 hours, then take it out and dry it, not at the Fire nor the Sun, but only in the Air. This steeping in Vinegar must be repeated six times, changing the Vinegar each time, then colour it.

To hinder the Pot and Meat from boyling.

Put Nettle Seeds into it, and no fire will make it boyl.

To make boyled meat bleed.

A Hares blood powdered and strowed up­on boyl'd meat, makes it look as if it bled.

To make Wind blow out of a River.

Take an Egg and empty what is in it at the ends, fill half with unslack'd Lime, and the other half with natural Brimstone, then stop the passages with Wax, put the Egg into wa­ter, and you will see Wonders.

A Water that will give light in the dark of the Night.

Take some Glow-worms, pound, and put them into a glass Vial, which close up in hot Horse-dung, and leave it there fifteen days, after which distill it in a glass Limbick, and put the Water shall come from it into a Chrystal Vial, and it will give so great a light you may see to read by it. Probatum.

A strange way to hold Fire in ones hand without burning.

Put some Vitriol into strong Vinegar, with an equal quantity of juice of Plantain, anoynt your hands. Probatum.

To touch Fire without being burnt.

Take the Juice of Marsh-Mallows, Seeds of Psillium in Powder, mix all together with the whites of Eggs, and Juice of Radishes, anoint your hands and let it dry, then anoint them again and you may touch fire without danger: to make it burn, there must be powder of Brimstone.

To make a Light in a Chamber at Night.

Take unslacked Lime, and mix it in Wa­ter, leaving it till it is clear, then put it into a Chamber in a Vial, and you will see a great Light.

To make Glass or Chrystal clear.

Rub the Glass or Chrystal with a piece of Lead, that will make it very clear.

To make Parchment Shasses as clear as Glass.

Take a very white and smooth Skin of Parchment, which steep twenty four hours in whites of Eggs, and Hony well mixed toge­ther, then wash your Parchment very well, and put it upon your Shasses, when dry, varnish it.

To whiten Paper glewed upon Windows, or Shasses to endure for several Years.

Take white Lead ground in water, when dry, grind it again in Oyl, and paint your Paper, you must mix with it some fat Oyl, which will make it resist Rain the better; and to make it the more lasting, cover it twice.

To make fat Oyl.

Take a flat piece of Lead and encompass it round, fill it with Nut, or Linseed Oyl, and co­ver it with a Glass, expose it to the Sun, and it will soon be thick, or fat.

An unluckey way to melt or calcine the Blade of a Sword, without damaging the Scabbard.

You must put down to the bottom of the Scabbard some Arsenick in Powder, and upon it some drops of Lemmon Juice, then put up [Page 165]the Sword again, in a quarter of an hour or little more you may see the Effects.

A secret way to write white and invisible upon a Mans Flesh, and after make the Writing appear.

You must write with a new Pen and Urine what you will upon the Palm of your hand, or where else you please, and let it dry of it self; when you would have the Writing ap­pear, lay upon it some burned Paper, and rub it a little, and it will appear perfectly. Probatum.

To write white upon Paper and make it appear black.

Write what you will with Milk, and do as above. Probatum.

To make black Writing vanish and appear again.

TAke one pound of burnt Tartar, which dissolve in common Water, and filtrate it, and when you would make use of it strike it over the Writing, and it will suddenly vanish.

To recall and make the Letters appear again.

Take an ounce of white Vitriol, dissolve it in a pound of Water, which filtrate, then strike the Paper over with it, and presently the Letters will appear as before.

An Ingenious way to Write so as it shall or shall not appear, or the double Letter.

Take a quarter of a pint of distill'd Vine­gar, which put into a Vial, wherein must be half an ounce of Gold Litharge in fine Powder, stirring it from time to time, four or five times an hour, then let it stand twelve, fifteen, or twenty four hours, then pour off what's clear into another Vial by Inclination, and throw off the dregs, stopping the bottle close, and keep it against you would write white, or the double Letter, with the Ink that follows.

The second Ink.

Take Cork, as much as you please, burn it well, and when it flames no longer, put it into a Dish, with a little Aquae Vitae over it, and cover your dish close with another, then pound it well, and make it up into a Paste, which keep to use thus;

Take some of this Cork, burnt and pound­ed, and dissolve it in water, and with fine Cot­ton, till your Ink runs, and will write.

To make a Water that will make this second vanish, and the first appear.

Take Rose-water, and Sorrel water, of each half a pint, which put into a Vial, and add to it two ounces of unslack'd Lime, and one of Orpine, both well beaten and mixed, stir­ring all from time to time as the first, take off the clear by Inclination, after it has stood fifteen or twenty hours, throw off the Lees, and when you would make the second Ink vanish, and the first appear, put one or two drops upon the Line, and with a little Cotton make it run upon the place where your wri­ting is, and it will appear.

Ink that may be rubbed out when you will.

Take Flax well burnt, and put out in Aqua Vitae, then ground upon a Stone to Paste, which put into a new earthen Pot, covering it well lest it turn to Ashes, dissolve it with Gum-Water and write, any Water will wash away that Writing.

Ink that will vanish within six dayes.

Take some Coals made of Willow well ground and dissolved in common Water, and write.

Ink for Parchment that will last till you rub it out.

Take Cannon-Powder, dissolve it in fair Water, and write upon Parchment; when you would put it out, take a Hancherchief and rub it.

Indian Ink.

Take dry Beans, all black, burn them to Coal, then beat them to Powder, dissolve it in March Dew, in which Gum Arabic has been dissolved before, make it up into a Paste, which make in what fashion you will, and let it dry in the shade.

Portable, or dry Ink to carry about.

Take of the black of Rosin one part, Coal made of Walnut, Peach, or Apricock-tree, one part, Vitriol and Galls equal parts, Gum Ara­bic four parts, all in Powder, or in a Cake, if you will.

An Excellent Ink for writing.

Take half a pound of Log-wood, cut into small slices, boil it in a quart of Wine, or Vinegar, till half be consumed, then take out the Wood, and put into the Pot four oun­ces of good Glass pounded, and put all into a strong Bottle, which expose to the Sun for three or four days, stirring of it three or four times a day, then add to it two ounces of good Roman Vitriol, or green Copperas, and let it [Page 169]steep two days, then two ounces of Gum-Ara­bick pounded, next day strain it into another Vessel to keep, the dregs that remain may serve again with the same Liquor, and you need only add half a pint of Logwood-water; to make it shine you must put to it a hand­ful of Pomegranate shels, which put into the bottle with the Galls; being in want of Ink, you may boyl it a quarter of an hour, but it is never so good, but thick and muddy.

A very useful way to write upon greasie Paper, or Parchment, and make the Ink run.

Take an Oxes gall, which prick, and put into a Pot with a handful of Salt and a little Vinegar, then stir it all very well, and thus you may keep it a year without spoiling; when you write, and meet with any Paper, or Parchment, that in some place is greasy, take one drop of that Gall, which mix with the Ink in the Ink-horn, and you will write with ease.

Rain, or Nut-water, is excellent, and the Ink made of it is very good.

White-wine is best for shining Ink.

To write Silver and Gold Letters.

Take one ounce of Touchstone, two oun­ces of Sal Armoniack, half an ounce of Gum Arabic, beat all to Powder and mix it; then when you would write dissolve your dregs in Water, or milk of Figs, when your letters are [Page 170]dry, rub them with the metal you would have them be of.

An Ink that may be wiped out in forty days.

Take Aqua-fortis, in which boyl as many Galls, Roman Vitriol, and Sal Armoniac, as the Water can dissolve, at last add Gum Ara­bic, then write, it is very black till wiped out.

Ink upon Glass.

Take scales of Iron and Stone, well ground upon a Copper Plate, equal quantities of each, then dissolve them in Gum Water, and write with a glass Pen.

Several sorts of Colours.

Take Tutty, which incorporate with the juice of Celandine upon a Marble stone, and write with it.

To make a resemblance of Wines of several Colours.

Shave Brasil-wood, which steep in common Water, so that it remain like a Paste, and let it dry in a Glass till it soaks up the Water.

Take what you can carry between two Fin­gers of these shavings, which put into a Glass of Water, and it will suddenly become red, like Claret.

Pour the said red Water into another glass wash'd in good Vinegar, it will turn yellow, put out the greatest part, and retain but about [Page 171]the depth of three fingers, putting fresh Water to it, it will be of the colour of small pale Wine, to which put a little Vinegar, it will look like a Muscadine, inclin'd to yellow, add Water, it will be like White-wine, to this last put two drops of writing Ink, blow your Water, and it will become of a good pale Greediline.

Incombustible Oyl.

Oyl of Olives, unslacked Lime, and Salt distilled together, make incombustible Oyl.

To make Arsenick run like Oyl.

Take white Soap, which distill, and there will come out an Oyl, in which boyl your Arsenick till the said Oyl be consumed, and it will melt like Wax.

To slack Lime so that it shall be good for several Ʋses.

Put it into a Pot and fill it with Water, when it begins to boyl it makes a small Skin on the top, which must be taken off with a Knife, so doing till it rises no more, and then it will be fit for use,

To make a Light for a Lamp that shall not smoak (by distilling) with an excellent Week.

Distill a pound or more of common Oyl, which use in your Lamp, the Light of it is very steady and even, the Week may be of Talk, or stone Allum, like other Weeks, [Page 172](which is done by steeping them well in Wa­ter, and they will spin out) observe you must make a great many little holes in the Week with an Awl or great Needle, to make the Oyl rise.

Aqua Vitae.

Put into an Earthen Limbec well tinned, a quart of the strongest Vinegar, with a hand­ful of Allay, and as much Salt, and distill it.

A Candle that cannot be put out.

Fill a Cane with natural live Sulphur, and wrap it about with Lints, then cover it with Wax, and light it.

To hinder Oyl from smoaking.

Distill some Juice of Onion, and put it at the bottom of the Lamp, the Oyl upon it, which hinders it from making Soot.

To make Oyl of Eggs white.

Put among the Oyl of twelve Eggs, ex­tracted after the common way, one spoonful of Oyl of Tartar, mixing them well together, set them out to the Sun, there remains at bot­tom a thick settlement, the Oyl that remains at top must be gently poured off into another Vial, leaving it in the Sun, it becomes as white as a Curd.

The true Method of making Bolonia Saucidges.

TAke fat and lean Pork, which mince very small, and to twenty five pound weight of it add one of Salt, four ounces of whole Pepper, a pint of White-wine, and a pound of the Hogs Blood, then stir and beat it all together for above a quarter of an hour, and put it into the Guts, which wrap round with a Napkin, lest crushing down the Meat close they burst; make the divisions at what di­stances you think fit, which knot with a Pack­thread, and hang them a drying in the Air or Smoak; when dry, if you think fit, cut the Skin which divides the Saucidges, for the Maggots may get into them, and after you have wiped off the Dust they have gathered, rub them with Sallet Oyl, and put them into an Earthen Pot glazed, covering it with its ordinary Cover; and thus you may keep them sweet as long as you will.

Milan Saucidges.

Take six pound of good lean Pork, one of good fat, four ounces of Salt, one of Pepper, all being well minced, mix them together, adding some White-wine, and the Blood afore­said, with half an ounce of Cinnamon and Cloves beaten and mixed together, and some pieces, such as are used for larding made of the Hogs-head, which must be well sprinkled with that Spice, and then lard the said Saucidges and sprinkle them as above, these must be boiled to be eaten.

Mentz Gammons.

You must rear up good Gammons of Bacon, keep them a fortnight to grow tender, then wash them in equal quantities of White-wine and Water, dry them with a Cloth, rub both sides very well with fine white Salt; then you must have great Wicker Panniers, and cover the bottom about a Finger thick with very fine Salt, and over the Salt place a layer of Isop, Sage, Savory, Laurel, and Rosemary, but not very thick; and it will be better to lay the said Herbs at the bottom of the Pannier, and the Salt upon them, that the Gammons may take the Salt the better, upon which alwayes lay the fleshy part of the Gammon, then put the same quantity of Herbs and Salt upon the [Page 184]Skin, placing your Gammons one upon ano­ther, till you fill the Pannier, and press it down hard, leaving them there a fortnight to take the Salt.

Then take them out, hang them in a very close place, making under them for five or six days a fire of green Juniper, that it may smoke the more, leave them there till your fire be quite out, which you are to put in all toge­ther.

Next, hang them up in a dry place, and they will keep three or four years: to make them Eat the better, if they are too dry, you must beat them with a Pestel, then keep them in warm Water with a handful of Bran for a day or two, rubbing them, and the night be­fore they are to be Eaten, wrap them up in good dry Hay, put them into a Kettle of boyling Water, which fill with cold as fast as it consumes, till they are boyl'd enough, be­fore they are served up; the Skin must be rai­sed whilst hot, and the flesh be powdered with Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Ginger, and Nutmeg, all beaten together, be kept warm and Eaten.

Madame de Bis Gammons.

You must have a young Hogs Gammon, salted eight days, after wiping off the Salt that is upon it with your hand, lift up the Skin to the very Hock; then stick the flesh [Page 185]with Cloves and Cinnamon, sprinkle it with a good quantity of Sugar, and lay down the Skin: let it be baked in the Oven, basting it at times with its own Dripping; it is an ex­cellent Dish hot.

An Excellent Hogs-head after the manner of Piemont.

Take a dry Hogs-head and Feet, boyl them together till the Bones come out easily, take them from the fire, and having poured out the Water, cut the Ears into small pieces, and so the Feet, lay the Head upon a Cloth, and upon it place the said pieces of the Ears and Feet: powder all with Salt, and Spice to it, Cinnamon, Clove, Pepper, Ginger, and Nut­meg, a little of each, and some Orange-peel scraped, then wrap all together in the Cloth, and press it, leaving it so five or six hours till all be cold; this will keep good three Months. You must take the Cloth, laying it into a glaz'd earthen Pot, covering it with its own cover; when served up, you must cut it in slices upon a Plate with good Vinegar and Sugar, for those that like it.

An excellent way to salt Pork, Beef, and other Meat well, as is used in Germany and Flanders.

Your Powdering Tub should be made of some old Cask, which makes it much the bet­ter; then boil two or three handfuls of Juni­per Seed, more or less in a Kettle of Water, which having boyled for some time, soak the Tub in that Water, leaving the Seed in it, till all the Wood takes the scent; which done, pour it out, and put in clear Water, which also cast out when the Tub is well washed, and it will be fit to use. To salt Meat well, it must be first steeped in Water, then wiped dry with a Cloth, and then make one layer of Salt, and another of Flesh, till your Tub be full, the last layer must be of Salt, of which, for fear of mistakes, there must be a pound to twenty five pounds weight of Flesh; and add if you think fit, some quantity of Cloves a little beaten, no Pepper, as some through mistake do; because it makes the meat black. The Meat must lye in the Powdering Tub a Month, to be throughly salted; and take care above all things, that no Woman in her Men­struum come near it, for it would cause Cor­ruption. The Meat being taken out, and de­signed to be dryed presently, every piece must immediately be steeped in boyling Water, and hung up with a Twig of Osier, in some place where the Air may come to it.

To make Mentz Gammons.

Salt your Gammons, and keep them so five dayes, then take them out, and lay them for six dayes in filings of Iron; next wash them in red Wine, and shut them up in some small place, making in it a Fire of Juniper for ten daies or more, and they will be excellent.

To make Lombardy Saucidges.

Take four pounds of Hogs Flesh, three pound and half of Beef, one pound of Veal, and four ounces of fresh fat Pork, let the Flesh be minced small, and the Fat sliced, mix all together, with two ounces of Pepper, two of Ginger, Cloves and Nutmeg of each half an ounce, Salt by ghess, then put it into Hogs Guts, and dry them; they must be boiled to be eaten; and do as is spoken of before, to keep them long.

A White Pot.

Take half a pound of blanched Almonds made into a Paste well beaten, adding some Milk, that they may the better hold together, and not grow oyly, you must have a Spoon­full and half of Rice Flower, mix it together, and strain it with a great Porringer full of Milk, make it boil gently, alwaies stirring it, [Page 188]and add as much Sugar as will please your Pallat, and boyl it thicker than common Porridge; if you will add some of the brawn of a Capon; it must be beaten with the Al­monds and Rice, and strained: and the rest done as above.

Excellent Italian Fritters, By Andrea Doria.

Take some Flower, which dissolve in a Mortar of Marble, with hot Milk, or rather in good strong Chickin Broth: this Paste must be beaten a long while, then add the yolk of an Egg, and beat it still, at last almost as much Sugar as there is Paste, conti­nuing still beating: then every time you fry them, put fresh Hogs-lard into the Pan. They are very delicious; to one glass of Flower, put a quartern of boyling Milk.

A Pike after the manner of Poland.

Take water of boyl'd Parsley-roots, White­wine, Vinegar, and Salt, when this boyls up, throw in the Pike, then when you think fit, add some Lemon, Pepper, Sugar, and a little Saffron, and Eat the Pike with this Sauce.

To make the Bones of a Shad-Fish eatable, and preserve them boyl'd from Year to Year.

First, you must cut your Shads into pie­ces about two fingers thick, or any other sort of Fish, and observe the Head nor Tail must not be in it, then wash it well in se­veral Waters, and with a little small stick take out all the marrow that is in the Back­bone, clearing it so that nothing remain, for that is the chief Secret for preserving Fish, and keeping it from all manner of Putrefacti­on; then season with Salt, Pepper, and Spice each piece by it self, and stick some Cloves in them; but they must be wiped before they are seasoned; then put them into a new well glazed earthen pot one upon another, and add thereto two parts of Sallet Oyl, and one of White-wine, so that it be two fingers above the Fish; that done, cover the Pot close, laying Salt about the edges, let it boyl gently upon a Coal fire, till the Wine be quite consumed, which you may certainly know by the Pot making no more noise when it boyls; then take it from the fire and let it cool. You may keep it thus all the year round very good, for it is much firm­er this way than the common; the bones are quite consumed: You must take out the Pieces with a Silver or Wooden fork, but [Page 190]nothing of Iron, lay them upon a Plate with a little Vinegar, and they are admirable.

To make Cream without a Fire.

Take a dish full of the top of Milk, with the Cream, to which add about four spoon­fuls of scraped Sugar, and at the same time about the bigness of a Pins head of good Rennet, which dissolve therein, then stirr all together, that it may thicken a little. When you would serve up this Cream, scrape Sugar over it, and add ten or twelve drops of Orange-flower Water: If the Rennet be good, it will harden in an hour: they that will put in a very little bit of Musk; the Orange flower Water is put in when it is served up, lest it should dissolve the Cream.

To make a delicate Fool.

Take the Yolk of an Egg, and an hun­dred whole ones, beat them well-in a dish, putting over them Sugar, as it dissolves, and a little Rose-water, the least you can, at most a quarter of a Spoonful; there must be at least four ounces of fine Sugar scraped; then mix with it your Milk, with the Cream, stir­ring it; then put the dish upon hot Embers, so that it may not boyl, nor be stirred after it is upon the Fire; when it grows stiff it is enough. Colour it with a red Pan; serve it [Page 191]up cold, and scrape over it some Sugar; it will be an Hour stiffening, but the longer the better.

To make an excellent sort of boyled Fool.

Take Cream, or fresh Milk, and set it a boyling in a Pan, with the Crumb of white Bread crumbled small, and well dryed, and fresh Butter; let all boyl well together, so long till it bubbles up, stirring it very much with a Spoon, to the end it stick not to the Skillet; then take Yolks of Eggs, beat and strain them through a Cieve; add Salt and Sugar proportionable to the Quantity and, if you will, a little Saffron; then when it has boyled, and you perceive it begin to rise, put in the Yolks of Eggs, alwayes stirring it, so that it may not burn to, leaving it so long till the Butter comes up; then take it from the Fire, and take great care it burn not; lay it by, and when you want it serve it up with Sugar.

How to make an excellent Cake, after a par­ticular manner.

Take a dozen of Whites of Eggs with the shells well washed, pound them so long in a stone Mortar till all be dissolved, then add small Sugar and Flower, but there must be more Sugar than Flower, beat all well toge­ther, [Page 192]till it comes to a hard Dough, which spread upon a Paper like to another Cake, and bake it in an Oven not over hot.

To Pickle and Preserve Cabbages.

Cut the Cabbages into many pieces, which you must salt very well, sprinkling them with Cloves not too small beaten, and lay them in an earthen Pot glaz'd, placing one layer of Salt and another of Cabbage, to the top of the Pot, the first and last lavers must be of Salt, then fill it with good Vinegar, and keep it stopped; when you take any out to Eat, it must be with a silver or woodden Spoon, nothing of Iron must be put in, nor the Vinegar be touch'd with your hand: it can serve for a Sallet with a few Lettice-leaves, which will make them be taken for Cabbage Lettice, but then there must be no Cloves put to them, but only Salt.

For Cucumbers.

You must chuse the least in the latter season, and proceed as above.

For Purslane.

You must do the same, observing that the sort which is lightcoloured is best, and not the dark.

For Artichokes.

Do the same thing.

For Sparagus.

The same.

For Green Pease.

Fill an Earthen Pot with half Vineger, half Water, into which put your green Pease, co­ver the Pot, and stop it close; and when you would take them out to eat, steep them in fresh Water.

To keep Beans.

They must be gathered thorough ripe, that is, when the Cod begins to grow black, and having taken them out of the Cod, peel off the Skin that covers each Bean, dry them upon a hurdle, in the Oven, after the Bread is taken out, or if you will, at the Sun, and of all things take care there be no moisture left in them; when you would dress them, if it be when they are come again, you may add a few of the new Leaves and Flowers, to give them a taste, and make them pass for that years Beans; garnish the Dish round with Bean▪flow­ers; before you stew them, they must be just boiled in Water.

To keep Mushroomes.

They must be boiled in only the Water that comes from them, with Salt and Pepper; being pretty well boiled, put to them about one Glass of Wine, and half a quarter of Butter, put them into an Earthen Pot glazed, and cover it close; they will keep thus two or three Months: you must observe there must be a little more Salt and Pepper put to them, than if they were to be eaten immediately.

To make Fowl tender presently.

You must make them swallow a spoonful of good Vineger, a quarter or half an hour before you kill them, and let them run, then kill and put them in the Chimney, from Night till Morning, and they will be very good and tender; there are some that draw them, and put a hot Stone into their Bellies, leaving them in like manner in the Chimney, in the Smoak.

How to keep Grapes till Easter, as red and fresh as if they were upon the Vine.

You must gather your Grapes pretty green, about eight daies before the usual time, and when they are dry, not rotten, mouldy, no [...] moist, then lay them [...]dsomely in a little [Page 195]Barrel, one against another, very softly; when full, thrust them down again, and fill it at the Bung with old or last years Rai­sins, keeping it in a Cellar; when you would use them, knock out the Head of the Cask, and they will be very good.

To freshen salt Porridge.

Put into the Pot a small quantity of Wheat Flower.

To make live Cray-fishes red.

Only rub them with Aqua Vitae, and mix them in a Dish with boiled Cray-fishes, which will be very pleasant.

To sweeten ill tasted Oyl.

Put into it some Roch-Allum, or boiling Water; you must observe that Oyl in which Aniseed has been steeped will not corrupt; the same will happen if it be exposed to the Sun, or Fire.

To preserve all manner of Fowl a Month without spoyling.

You must have a large Cask, that has had Wine in it, knock out one board or two, into which [...].

Very wholesom and excellent Spice.

Take two ounces of dryed Orange Peel, sweet Marjerom one ounce, Time and Hysop one ounce, all being well dryed, pounded, and mixed together, makes the wholesomest Spice that can be used.

To preserve fresh Lard.

When you would melt it, put to it a little good Verjuice, then when it begins to boil, to six pound put one pint of Verjuice, and let it consume; the same may be used to preserve Pomatum.

A most excellent and singular way of making a Cake.

Take two whites of new laid Eggs, and cut off the Sperme or String, then beat them as long as you can, put in a quarter of a pound of fine Flower, and as much Sugar pounded, work it all well together, then put to it about two penny-worth of Aqua Vitae, and a little Coriander in Powder, let all be well mixed, then lay it upon a fine Paper about as big as a Plate, or thereabouts; sprinkle it with Sugar, and let it be baked.

Genoua Biskets.

TAke one pound of Flower, four ounces of Sugar, Coriander and Aniseed what you think fit, mix it with four Eggs, and as much warm Water as will be requisite, make a Paste, and that into a Cake, which bake in the Oven; being baked, cut it into five or six pieces or slices, which bake again.

The Queens Bisket.

Take twelve ounces of Flower, one pound of fine Sugar, twelve Eggs, whereof three Yolks must be layed aside, lest it make it too yellow, add what Aniseed and Coriander you think fit; beat and mix it all very well together, till it come to a soft Paste; some add a little Leven to make it the wholesomer; let this Paste be put into Paper, or in tin Cases about two Inches broad, and twice as long, which put in a Tart-pan into the Oven, which must not be over hot; when you think them baked enough, take them out, [Page 198]and lay them on a sheet of Paper to bake again at the heat of the Oven; keep it in a hot Place.

Macaroons.

Take one pound of sweet Almonds, beat them carefully in a stone Mortar, sprinkling them with Rose-water, add one pound of Sugar; beating all well together, and make a great round Cake that will fill a Dish or Bason, which put into a warm Oven, to bake gently; being half baked, cut it into small pieces, and put them to bake again upon white Paper.

To make a Paste of any Fruit whatsoever.

Take the quantity of Fruit you will, and having pared, boil it well in clear Water, then strain and let it lye; then take ten pound of the said Fruit, six pound of fine Sugar in very fine Powder, and put but five pound of the six to the ten pounds of Fruit, and mix them very well, then boil the Paste a little, and lay it with a Spoon upon tin Plates, each Spoon­ful by it self, and sprinkle each spoonful with the remaining Pound of Sugar; dry them like Macaroons, turning them every Night and Morning, keeping them in a very warm place, over an Oven, in the Sun, or the open Air; look upon it often, and turn it, sprinkling as above, till it be very dry, then put them into deal Boxes to keep them dry, wrapped up in [Page 199]Papers, and let them not touch one another, lest they grow soft. You may thus make pre­serves of Roses, Borrage, Bugloss, and all others into a Paste, as Gooseberries, &c.

An admirable Gelly of Quinces, and other sorts of Fruit.

Take some of the Decoction of the peel and inside of a Quince, or other Fruit, that has boyled long in a great deal of water; the De­coction being made, let it waste in the Sun, or at the Fire, or long standing: of this Deco­ction make your Gelly.

Genoua Paste.

Take the insides of Quinces, and sweet Ap­ples, equal quantities of each, with Rose-water, pound and strain it through a Cieve, then dry it with a wooden Slice over the fire, then add as much Sugar as there is Paste, and boyl it to a convenient thickness.

To keep any Fruit whatsoever a very long time, and particularly Grapes.

Provide some Sand out of a River, which dry in your Store-room, then gather your Grapes, or other Fruit, when the Sun shines upon it, for it must be dry, then spread a lay­er of Sand about an inch thick in a Box, and [Page 200]lay your Fruit upon it, presently strow Sand upon it, so that it go quite thorough, and so continue layer upon layer: your Box or other wooden Vessel being full, shut it close that no Air may come to it, and put it in a dry place without removing it: the Grapes must not be over ripe, but somewhat green, about eight days before their ripening; the Grapes will keep till new ones come, the same may be done with Pears, Prunes, Cher­ries, Apples, Gooseberries, Peaches, &c.

Some keep them in Ashes, or Oat-straw, and bury their Vessel in the said straw, and so they keep two years if you will; others use Millet instead of Sand.

For the more security, the stalk of the Grape may be dipped in melted Wax: the same of any other Fruit.

To preserve Apples from Rotting.

You must rub them with Juice of Spear­mint.

To keep all Fruit that has Stones, and even Figs.

Take an earthen Pot, put into it equal quantities of Honey and Water, which must be first well beaten together, into this put your Fruit just gathered, and cover the Pot close; when you take them out of the Pot, put them into fresh Water.

To keep all sorts of Flowers.

Fill a Pot with half Water, and half Ver­juice, and put as much Salt to it as will season it well, gather your Flowers into the Liquour, close up the Pot, and set it in a Sellar; when you take out your Flowers, let it be by the Stalk, shake, and hold it never so little to the Fire, to recover its Colour.

To keep Roses red all the year.

The Roses must be gathered when they are half open, then you must have a hard earthen Pot well burnt, and let it be burnt over again; then take your Roses, and place them upright, squeesing them pretty close to­gether, and make of them one Bed or Lay­er, over them spread some Cloves, and over that some Nails, about the bigness of Lath­nails all over, and continue your Layers one upon another till the Pot be full, the last must be of Nails, and close the Pot well that no Air may pass; these Nails that are to be lay­ed upon the Cloves, serve to preserve the red of the Roses, which when you would use, you must wash them very gently, then stop the Pot close again, and thus you may have Ro­ses at any time as beautiful as in May.

Another way to do the same.

Gather the Roses before they open, when they are just ready to break, they must be red Province Roses, leave the Stalks long enough, and wrap them up in Vine Leaves, or in Hemp, in little Parcels, placing twelve Roses in each, which powder with white Salt, placing them in an earthen Pot, and powder them with Salt, as you would do Purslain; then fill the Pot with Verjuice, and so cover it, laying Clay round, that no Air may come to them; at Christmas, or any other time, when you would take them out, you must do it with a silver or wooden Fork, and cover the Pot again, for fear they take Air; the Liquour that is in the Pot is very good to dress Meat with, and the Roses as good in taste, as to look at, and will keep open six Weeks. The way to open them is, by making some Water luke­warm, and leaving them full two hours in it, so that after it they open by only blowing them. Observe that the Pot must be kept in the bottom of the Cellar.

To make excellent Hypocras immediately.

Take five ounces of Aqua Vitae, Cinnamon two ounces, Pepper two, Ginger two, Cloves two, Grains of Paradise two ounces, Amber-greece three grains, Musk two grains, let all [Page 203]infuse twenty four hours in a glass Bottle upon warm Ashes, and when you would use it to make Hypocras, take one pound of Sugar, and a quart of Wine, and the Sugar being melted therein, add to it three or four drops of this Liquor, and you will have excellent Hypo­cras.

Another Liquor for the same use.

Take Cinnamon, a little pounded, two oun­ces, Mace one ounce, Ginger one ounce, Am­bergreece ten grains, Musk six grains, each be­ing apart, in Powder, mix, and put into a glass Bottle, with four ounces of Spirit of Wine; and do as above.

To make Rosa Solis.

Take a pound and half of White-bread very hot, just come out of the Oven, put it into a Limbic, with half an ounce of Clove beaten, green Aniseed, Coriander, of each an ounce, over that a pint of good Red-wine, and as much Milk; then close it, and put to it the Recipient; close the Joints with glewed Paper, let it lye thus twenty four hours; after which time, distill it in Balneo Mariae, to extract all the Liquor, which keep.

The Syrup must be made apart with Aqua Vitae, or rather Spirit of Wine, burning it up­on very small Sugar in an earthen Dish or Por­ringer, always stirring it with a Slice or Spoon, till the flame goes out.

[Page 204]You must also dissolve Amber-greece, with the purest Spirit of Wine, first mixing a dram of Sugar with as much Amber-greece, and pounding them well together, then add to it, in a little Bottle, an ounce of Spirit of Wine, and let it digest twenty four hours, and eva­porate in Balneo, where it will all dissolve, but will stiffen in the cold.

To make the Composition, you must mix the Syrup of Aqua Vitae with this Essence of Amber, such a quantity as you shall think fit to add to the distill'd Water; if you would have it stronger, put the greater quantity of Spirit of Wine.

Another way.

Boyl your Syrup to a thickness as is usual; being boyl'd, add what quantity of Spirit of Wine you shall think fit, as also of the afore­said Essence, or such other as you shall like, and it will be such as comes from Turin.

To make another sort of Liquor, which the French call Populo.

Take one pint of Syrup boyl'd to a thick­ness; a pint of the clearest White-wine, and a pint of Spirit of Wine, warm it a very little that they may mix, then strain it through a Bag with two or three Almonds blanched and bea­ten to warm it, and a little Bag of Perfume, if you have no Essence.

To make good Spirit of Wine.

You must have a Glass Limbick, and di­still good Aqua Vitae in Balneo Mariae, and put a piece of filter well dipped in common Oyl, between the Helm and the Limbick, and over it put in Flower of Rosemary only once, you will extract the purest Spirit in the World.

A very cheap Lemmonade.

Scrape Lemmon-peel, as much as you think fit, into Water and Sugar, to which add some drops of Essence of Sulphur, with some slices of Lemmon, it will be very good and refreshing; there must be half a pound of Sugar to a pint of Water.

To make Franchipane Water.

Put half a quarter the quantity of Jesmin Flowers upon your Water, sweetned with Su­gar, and let them infuse a while, then smell whether it be sweet enough, if not, add fresh ones; when the Water is as you would have it, strain it, and put in a few drops of Essence of Amber.

To make Jessemine Water.

You must do as above, without adding any essence, or mixture, but what the Flow­ers give it.

That of Tuberose is made after the same manner.

That of Tonquille, as also all other Flow­ers is done the same way.

Water of Strawberries, Raspars, Cherries, Hart Cherries, and Apricocks.

Squeeze out the Juice of these sorts of Fruit, and mix that Liquour with Water well sweet­ned with Sugar, and do as above.

To freeze them even like the Fruit.

Take a little Tub, and a tin Vessel of what size you please, then put in the Fruit into the Water you would freeze, a little wider at top then at bottom, that the buried Ice may come out, with a tin cover; then fill the said tin Vessel with the said Waters, or else, with the Fruit with clear Water to make it freeze; at the bottom of the Tub lay a little Straw, and a bed of Ice, with a quarter of small Salt, then another bed of Ice and Salt over it, and put in your Vessel into the middle, far enough from the sides of the Tub, that there may be [Page 207]space enough to put in Ice and Salt as above, and so continue till you cover your Vessel half a foot above it, and leave it thus in a cool Place for four or five hours, the Water will be frozen; and because it will stick to the Ves­sel, heat a Cloth, with which rub the said Ves­sel round, and it will loosen.

To make Ice in Summer.

Take a large stone Bottle that will hold three quarts, put into it two ounces of refined Salt-peter, half an ounce of Florence Orris, and fill it up with boyling Water, and stop it close, immediately let it down into a Well, leaving it there two or three hours; take out the Bottle, and break it to get the Ice, which will be very hard, and as good as the natural.

To cool Wine extreamly without Ice.

Dissolve about a pound of Nitre in a Buck­et of Water, and put in your Bottles to cool.

To restore Wine that is prickt.

YOu must rack your wine down to the Lee, into another Cask, in which are fresh Lees of good Wine; then take one pound of the best strong Aqua Vitae, with half a pound of yellow Wax scraped into the said Aqua Vitae, which melt in it over a very gentle fire, then dip a Cloth in this Liquor, and set it on fire with Sulphur; which put flaming into the Bung, and stop the Cask close.

Another way.

Take a handful of old Walnuts, with the Shells, for half a Teirce, for a Tieece two hand­fuls; then put the said Nuts into a hot Oven, and dry them so that they turn red; then take the same quantity of Willow Chips, of the Wood next the Bark, and put your Wal­nuts hot and red into the Cask, and stop the Bung with those Chips, let it lye so three or four daies, and you will see a strange alteration.

Another way.

Take out a Bucket full, and boyl it, or ra­ther a Bucket of good Wine, and pour it boil­ing hot into the corrupted Vessel, instead of what you took out, and stop it close, and in the aforesaid time it will come to it self.

For Wine that is decayed by too much vent, or sour.

Stir the Wine through the bung with a stick, without touching the Lee; then pour in a pound of good Aqua Vitae; let it lye ten days, and it will come to it self.

Wine that has taken vent, is also recover­ed by putting into the Pot before you drink it, a crust of Bread burning hot.

To recover Wine that tastes of the Cask.

Rack all the Wine off, upon a good Lee; then put down in a linnen Bag, four ounces of Laurel-berries in Powder, with some filings of Steel at bottom; to make the Bag sink, let it down to the middle of the Cask, and as you draw the Wine, let it down lower.

To recover Wine that is turned.

The Water of Saturn, or red Litharge, re­covers Wine that is turn'd, that is Red-wine; and white Litharge for White-wine.

To take away the musty smell of Wine.

You must make a long piece of Dough like a stick, and half bake it in the Oven, take out it and stick it with Cloves, and put it in the Oven till thoroughly baked, then hang it within your Cask, so that it touch not the Wine; you may also throw it into the Cask, and it will take away the ill smell.

To prevent Wine from turning.

Put one pound of Lead melted and thrown into Water into your Cask.

For Wine that smells soure or bitter.

Boyl about half a peck of Barley in four pints of Water, till half be consumed; strain, and put it into the Cask at the Bung, stirring it with a stick without touching the Lee.

To soften a green Wine.

Put into a pint of such Wine one drop of Vi­negar, soaked with Litharge, and it will lose its greenness.

For Wine that is turned.

Put into the Cask some Spirit of Tartar.

For green Wine.

Boyl some Honey to draw out the Wax, and strain it through a Cloth, put two pints of it to a Teirce; which will make it very good: If it be in Summer, and you find any dan­ger of it turning, put in a stone of unslack'd Lime.

To preserve Wine from souring.

Take Sand out of a River in March, wash it well, and dry it in the Sun, and throw two Porringers full of it into a Teirce of Wine, with two pints of Water.

Another way.

Take, about St. Martin's day, a Teirce of Wine, and boyl it till but one third be left, and of this Wine, put four pints or therea­bouts into each of your other Casks, with two bits of Frankincense about as big as Walnuts, and stop them close.

To make Wine fine.

Put into a Vessel two pints of Milk, well boyl'd and scummed, that all the Cream may be off.

To make a Muscadine Wine.

You must infuse the flowers of Clary in the Cask, or else put in a little bag of Elder-flow­ers.

To make Wine sweet.

It must be filled upon the Lee, and lay at the bottom of the Cask half a pound or more, ac­cording to the bigness of the Vessel, of Mustard­seed in Powder.

To make it black.

Put in a couple of Pewter-pots, when the new Wine boyls up.

For White-wine that is turn'd deep coloured.

You must stir the Wine and Lee together, and take out five pints, in which dissolve a peck of Wheat-flower, which put in at the Bung; then add half a pint of Aqua Vitae, and let it settle three days.

To make new unsettled Wine very good.

Take about a pint of Wheat, which boyl in a quart of Water till it burst, so that touching it with your finger all the flower fall out, squeese it in a new Cloth; put a quart of this Water [Page 213]into the quantity of two Teirces of White-wine, when it boyls up; at the same time put in a little Bag, somewhat long, full of dry Elder­flowers.

To make White-wine red, and red white.

Take ashes of white Briony, to make Red-wine white; and one the contrary, ashes of black Briony, to make white red. Probatum.

To make Malmsie.

Take of the best English Galingale, Clove, and Ginger, one dram, beat it all, not too small, and infuse it twenty four hours in Aqua Vitae, in a woodden Vessel close stopped, then put all into a Cloth, which hang by a thread in the Cask, containing a load and half of Claret, leave it there three days, and you will have as good and strong a Wine as the natural Malmsie.

To make Rose Vinegar in an hour.

Green Bramble-berries put into good Wine, makes Vinegar in an hour.

To make Rose Vinegar immediately.

Take green Black-berries, common Roses, of each four ounces, Barberies one ounce; dry [Page 214]all in the shade, and beat to fine Powder; when you would use it, put about a quarter of an ounce to half a glass of Claret, or White-wine, mix, and let it stand a Moment, then strain it.

Another way in an hour.

Take pure Flower of Rye, and steep it in good Vinegar, make it into a thin Cake, which bake in the Oven, and beat to Powder, and steep again in strong Vinegar; do this three times over, then put the said cake into about a quarter Cask of Wine, which will soon grow sharp.

A sort of Vinegar used by the deceased Monsieur Gr. the Connestable of France.

Take one pound of the best and newest Raisins of the Sun, and take out the Seeds; then put them into an earthen glazed Pot, with a quart of good Rose-vinegar, and let it in­fuse a whole Night upon warm Embers, in the Morning make it boil a little; after 'tis taken from the Fire and cold, strain, and keep it in a Bottle close stopped.

An admirable sort of Vinegar.

Vinegar is made in three hours, if you steep the Root of Beets in Wine, and comes to it self again if you add Cabbage Root.

How to calcine Azure.

BEat your Azure into fine Powder, and boil it with distilled Vinegar, till the Vi­negar be consumed; then lay your Azure up­on the Fire-shovel hot, and dry it thereon upon a sheet of Paper, then grind it with Nut­oyl, and use it.

To calcine Lamp-black, and make it better.

Take a Fire-shovel, which make red hot, and lay the black upon it, and when it has done smoaking it is enough; it may be used with Gum water, and ought not to be ground when used with Oyl.

A finer Lamp black then what is commonly. bought.

It must be made with Lamps of Oyl, lay­ing something close over to receive the Smoak.

A black of Sheeps-feet.

Take what quantity of Sheeps-feet you think fit, calcine them in a Crucible, and quench them in a wet Cloth; grind them in Water before you add any Gum; this black will mix with Lake and Umber for Carnation, in Miniature, or Water painting.

A fine white for Water-colours.

Take an ounce of fine Silver, in small bits like shot, or as it comes from the Mine, which dissolve in Aqua fortis for twenty four hours; being dissolved, and that it looks like Christal at the bottom of the Glass, cast off the Aqua fortis, and wash the Silver well in fair com­mon Water, five or six times, till no strength of the Aqua fortis be left in it; to try which, lay it upon your Tongue, then set it a drying in a little earthen Pot; for Use it must be dis­solved in Gum-water, with a little water of Sugar candy.

A very fine white of Eggs.

Take a great earthen Pot glazed, and a Plate of new Lead, that may reach two inches over the edges, put into the Pot two pound of Mutton-Suet, of that which is about the Kidnies, cut into small pieces as big as Nuts; [Page 217]then add to it a dozen of new laid Eggs, and three pints of the strongest Vinegar, lay the Plate upon the Pot, and close it round with Paper glewed, that nothing may evaporate; put it into a temperate place, neither hot nor cold; after fifteen daies take off your Plate, to which you will find a great deal of white sticking, which scrape off gently with a Knife, and put another pint of strong Vinegar into the Pot, throw off the Eggs, and put in as many fresh ones, and cover the Pot as before; after fifteen daies take up the Plate, and take off the white that sticks, do this as long as you think fit; afterwards take the white and put it into a Pot that is not glazed, pour over it a pint of Water, and dissolve all by stirring it, and the Water will be like Milk; which pour into another Pot, and filtrate, and there will remain a very good white; upon what remains in the Pot pour another Water, wash as the first time, and filtrate in the same man­ner, you will have another white, which will not be quite so good as the first.

Note, that in pouring off, and filtrating the Water, you must be careful the settlement does not go off with it; for that settlement is useless, and therefore to be thrown away.

To make extraordinary fine white Lead.

Take the best chosen white Lead in Scales, grind them well upon a stone with Vinegar, [Page 218]and it will turn black; then take a Pot full of Water, wash your white Lead very well, let it settle, and pour off the Water by inclinati­on; grind it again with Vinegar, and wash again; doing the same three or four times, and you will have an excellent white, as well for Water-colours, as painting in Oyl.

How to make Ʋltra Marine of Lapis Lazuli.

Take a pound of Lapis, and calcine it in a Crucible covered with Oyl, when it is well calcined, throw it into Vinegar to make it break, then being dryed, pound it in a Brass Mortar, and grind it upon a shell with Nut or spike Oyl which is better, grind it very fine, and not too thin: Then for one pound of the said Lapis, take a pound of Linseed Oyl, one pound of white Wax, one pound of Rosin, a pound of Burgundy Pitch, a pound of Tur­pentine, half a pound of Colophonium, put all these things into a new Pot, melt them gently over a small Fire, so that they may not boil, alwaies stirring them with a stick till they are well mixed, then put in your Paste of Lapis, and with a wooden Slice take out the Composition, laying it upon a Table, turning it up and down; then you must have a little Cock running with luke-warm Water upon your Paste, which will drive out the Ultra Marine, which must be received into an earthen Pot placed under the Table; then [Page 219]pour off the water by inclination, or filtrate as you think fit; repeat this often with warm water, and you will have the best Ultra Ma­rine.

Another way to extract Ʋltra Marine.

Make your Lapis Lazuli red hot in a Cru­cible, and quench it in good Vinegar two or three times, then you may pound it with ease in a Mortar; next grind it with Linseed Oyl upon a stone, and some Spirit of Wine, both which must have been first upon Embers in a Glass Bottle, and very well stirred together before they are poured upon the Lapis to grind it, which being reduced to impalpable Pow­der, incorporate with the following cement.

Take two ounces of Linseed Oyl, Turpen­tine, Mastick, Assa soetida, Colophonium, the same quantity, Wax and Rosin of Firr three ounces: boil all this for a quarter of an hour in a glazed Pot, then strain it through a Cloth, letting it drop into fair Water; this is a Cement of which you must take one part, and as much Lapis, which beat and incorpo­rate together in an earthen Pot glazed; then pour fair water over it, and let it lye a quarter of an hour, then stir the Composition hard with a wooden Slice, and within a quarter of an hour you will see a blue water, which pour off into another glazed Pot; pour more water upon your Composition, continuing [Page 220]stirring and changing Waters, till it gives no more colour

Note, that you must pour no water upon the Ingredients, but what must be hot; then evaporate all your blue waters, and there will remain the true Ultra Marine, producing four ounces out of each pound, and almost all the rest in blue Ashes.

Excellent Greens.

Take as much Verdigreece as you think fit, and grind it with Vinegar, and put it in­to Dough of houshold Bread and bake it, then break open your Loaf, and take out your Verdigreece, which mix with Water or Oyl and grind it, and it will be very excellent.

A green to be kept in a Bladder, useful for Limning and Colouring.

Take Buck-thorn-berries which must be gathered the latter end of August, when they are ripe; they must be beaten, and made boil seven or eight daies in a hot place, they will boil of themselves, and become like sweet Wine, add some water to make it clearer; that done, strain it through a Cloth, squee­sing the feces as much as you can, and sprinkle the expression with powdered Allum, more or less as you shall see convenient; some add Vinegar, but it is much longer a drying, and [Page 221]is ruddy; it must be kept in a Bladder in the shade, or Chimney, and that done, it will keep very well; this Buck-thorn-berry grows along the Hedges in Avignon.

To make a very beautiful liquid Green.

Take a pound of Verdigreece, and half a pound of white Tartar of Montpelier in Pow­der; mix them together, and steep them one Night in a quart of good Vinegar, which boil till half be consumed; then, having setled two daies, pour it off by inclination into a Glass-bottle, or filtrate; to use it in colouring, and glaze over Buck-thorn-berry, use Gum Ammonicak and Saffron to stiffen it; being mixed with juice of Berries, the aforesaid Green and Azure, you may make several Greens.

To make the green of Berries.

Take four ounces of Buck-thorn-berries, which beat and boil in two or three pints of water, leaving it till half be consumed; then strain all through a Cloth, and put into that Liquour as much Ceruse in fine Powder as you think fit; then make it up into Balls, and dry them upon Tiles, when dry, stiffen them with Gum. It will be the better for mixing with it some water of Gum Ammoniack.

Vermilion in Stone.

Cinaber, or Vermilion is made the more beautiful by mixing with it when it is ground some Water of Gum Ammoniack, with a lit­tle Saffron, and it does not grow black.

For Red and other Colours.

Vermilion prepared as above.

For Orange colour, mix a little red Lead.

For Yellow, the best Orpiment well ground in Water, then put in little parcels upon Pa­per, as must be done with all other colours to dry them. When it is very dry, and in small Powder, you may use it.

For a Greediline, boil Lyons Sorrel alone in Water, the thickest and deepest coloured you can, which is used to colour White-lead already ground and dryed; grind it again with this Tincture; then dry, and grind it again with the same, and do it over as often as you think fit: being thus ground and pow­dered, it must be incorporated with the others to colour.

To make fine Prints look like Oyl Painting.

Glew the white edges of your Print upon a frame, as when you make Chases for Win­dows, before you glew it moisten it well with [Page 223]water, that it may stretch as it dryes upon the Frame; then take Oyl of Turpentine, or any other that is not yellow, and rub over the Print; when it is dry, lay on your Colours ground in Oyl, and lay them upon the back of your Print, as if you would paint upon a Cloth; except that they must be layed on plain, without shadowing; because the stroaks of the Graver that shadow the Print, work that effect; that done, on the printed side, where there is no colour, lay on some fine drying Vernish, which is that of Venice, or the white Vernish, and it will appear like a real Picture upon Cloth.

Note, that the Flesh-colour must be done the nearest that may be, as if you painted upon Cloth; because the colour lying under, must express the true colour of Flesh.

How to wash old Paintings, and give them a good Gloss.

Take one ounce of Tartar, and as much white Glass wort, which boil in a pint of wa­ter till half be consumed; which strain, and rub the Picture presently with the Water and a Spunge, the water must be luke-warm, then immediately wash it with warm fair Water, and wipe it over.

To vernish them.

Take an ounce of clear Venice Turpen­tine, with an ounce and half of Spirit of Tur­pentine, and three or four ounces of drying Vernish, mix all in a Glass Vial, and dissolve it in Balneo Mariae; when cold, strike it over the Picture with a Pensil.

Another way.

Take whites of Eggs, beat them to a froth, with a Fig-tree Twig, with the thin rub the Picture.

To cleanse smooth Painting.

Rub them with a Spunge dipped in Lye made of Vine Branches burnt, or mix equal parts of it and Urine.

To make Flanders Images.

Take four ounces of Verdigreece in Pow­der, which put into a glazed Pot with a quart of Water, and stirr it well with a stick, letting it infuse three Daies and three Nights, sha­king it now and then; then strain it through a Cloth four times double; in this water dis­solve Fish-glew upon a little Fire, taking care it grow not too thick; then pour it upon your Moulds with an edging of Wax about them.

[Page 225]To make them yellow, take Saffron, with a little Roch-allum.

If red, Brazile infused in Water.

For to make Gold, or Silver Images, put into your Glew Shell-Silver or Gold, and your Glew being dissolved, you must strain the Fe­ces through a Cloth, before you lay all upon the Mould.

How to take off any Design without pricking or pouncing of it, which is called Tracing.

Rub the back of your Design, or Print, with red, black, or Chalk, if it were to be drawn upon black, and strike over all the Lines with a blunt point, and the Paper un­derneath will be very well drawn: but if you will not rub the Print, you may do the sheet of Paper, lay it under the Print, and strike over the Lines without spoiling it.

To write burnished Gold Letters upon Vellum, as well as the Ancients.

Take an ounce of fine Bole-Armoniack, two drams of fine Vermilion, one dram of black Lead, and half a dram of Jet, and as much white Lead; all being ground together, mix with the white of an Egg beaten to a froth, and let it lye till next day, take that which runs, in which steep four or five Quince-seeds a whole day; that being somewhat thick, let [Page 226]it dry; when you would use it dissolve it in fair water, and grind all well together; you must scrape a little Soap upon it; if you use the bigness of a Nut of Bole Armoniack, put the bigness of a Pea of Soap, write with a Pen, and let the Writing dry; then strike it over with a Pensil dipped only in fair water, and lay upon it the Leaf or Shell-gold, when it is thoroughly dry, polish it with a Tooth: but observe it must be very dry before you rub it, and the best way is to let it lye a day. Take a very smooth white Paper, and put the sleek­est side upon the Gold, then polish it over the Paper that it may be well united; take off the Paper, and rub it without, and it will be very beautiful.

To make excellent Creyons, and as hard as Ver­milion, invented by Prince Rupert.

Take some white Clay, as it is prepared to make Tobacco Pipes, which grind upon a stone with fair water, as thick as Paste, and take what colours you will each by it self, grind them dry upon the stone the finest you can; then sift them through a very fine Cloth, and mix each of the Colours with the said Paste, according as you design to make the Creyons deep or pale in colour, and mix with it a little Honey and Gum Arabick-wa­ter at Discretion.

[Page 227]Note, that of each colour you must make some deeper then others, that they may serve for shadowing, then take each Paste by it self, and make it up into little rouls as thick as your Finger, or Thumb, roul them be­tween two Boards well joyned to bring them to the thickness you desire for use: that done, lay them a drying upon a clean Board, or upon Paper, without Fire or Sun for two daies; then to dry them thoroughly, lay them in the Sun, or before the Fire, and when dry, they will be fit for use. This is a very good and rare Receipt for this purpose.

To preserve Silver upon Wood, or Plaster, and prevent its turning Red.

Wash it every Month with Water-glew made as above, with a Pensil.

Ho to gild Lead, or white Lattin, or any other thing, provided you tin it over first.

Take black Pitch, Oyl of Turpentine two ounces, Rosin a very little; melt all upon the Fire, and make a Vernish, which strike over your Work.

To soften Ivory and Bones.

Take Roch Allum and melt it in water over the Fire, then put in one part of Rose-water, [Page 228]and of fine sifted Ashes, and let the Ivory and Bones steep therein twenty four hours, and they will grow soft; boyling them in fair Water, they will return to their for­mer hardness.

To draw without Ink or Creyons.

Rub your Paper with Tripoly.

To hinder Beech from cracking upon the Fire.

You must boil it in fair Water.

To make very good Marble, or Jasper Stone.

TAke unslacked Lime, which dissolve with Whites of Eggs, and Linseed Oyl; of it make several Balls; into one put Lake to make it red, your Lake must be in very fine Powder; in another, Azure for blue; in another, Verdigreece for green; and so of other [Page 229]Colours, keeping one or two white; squeeze all these Balls flat, and lay them one upon another, the white ones in the middle, then with a Knife cut slices all the length of the Paste, and having cut it all, mix all the slices in a Mortar and beat them, when thus mixed you will have a fine Jasper stone; take it, and with a Masons Trowel or your Hands, spread it upon the Place you design it for, striking it over till you see it sticks; being polished, if you have not before put Oyl to it, but only the Whites of Eggs, boil some, and lay it scalding hot upon the Work, running it all over as long as it drys in, for the Oyl will soak in and give it a good Gloss, but if you put in the Linseed Oyl at first to dissolve the Lime, there is no need of adding any more: that done, dry your Work in the Shade.

Of this Jasper you may make Chaplets, the Work whereof being cast in a Mould, you must lay them in a Pot full of Linseed Oyl, where they will dry and vernish.

For black Jasper.

Take Water of unslacked Lime, and Aqua fortis, and rinds of green Walnuts, dissolve and mix all together; then taking this black which is very good, lay it with a Brush upon what you desire to imitate Jasper, that done, set your Work, black as it is, in the Smoak for eight daies, then take it out, and it will be all marbled.

Another way.

Make your black into a great Ball, and leave it the same time in the Smoke, and with that rub your Column or other Work as above, and whether you use the one way or the other, when your Work is marbled you must ver­nish it to give it a gloss.

The Vernish of these marbled Jaspers, is set down at large in the Chapter of Vernishes, in the fifth Paragraph.

To counterfeit Marble.

Take white Plaster well beaten, powdered and sifted, and make Parchment Glue, when it is melted, dissolve your Plaster in it till it comes to a Paste, in which mix what Colours you please, and spread it upon a Table with a Trowel, laying it as smooth as you can, let it dry fifteen daies, when dry, polish it with a Pumice stone, pretty hard at first, afterwards more gently, sprinkling it with fine Tripoly, then rub it with a Hone, and at last with a piece of Oxes Hide to make it shine, and it is done.

To whiten Alabaster, and white Marble.

Beat some Pumice stone into fine Powder, and infuse it in Verjuice twelve hours, or there­abouts; [Page 231]then take a Spunge and dip it therein, with which rub your Alabaster or white Mar­ble; then take fair Water, and with a Cloth wash them, and lastly wipe them dry with a clean Cloth.

To white-wash Plaster Walls.

It must be supposed the Wall is very well plastered, with very fine Plaster well layed; after which, you may whiten it with Lime-milk very clear, as shall hereafter be descri­bed. The Wall should be very well wetted with Water, for all the Secret consists in the White not drying too fast, but rather very slowly, which gives the Lime time to fasten, drying leisurely; and thus the Walls will neither whiten your Hands nor your Clothes. If there were any Dirt upon the Wall, it ought to be scraped off; the same upon Free­stone, and strike it over equally two or three times. Within an hour or two strike it over with the Palm of your hand, and it will po­lish like Marble.

The best Lime-milk is made after the Lime has been a long time slack'd, into which ha­ving put a sufficient quantity of Water, it must be stirred till it make a white Froth on the top, which must be immediately taken off, and kept for Use. The last passing over it ought to be with Milk of unslack'd Lime, that the white may be the glossier.

Another way.

It must be done over with Lime and Black, well layed by the Rule and Plummet, and be rubbed over smooth; then whiten it three or four times together with Lime-milk: the first white must be very clear, the second some­what thicker, and the third more, putting to it more or less Water, as you think fit: This way may be called cold Whitening, and is the best, most beautiful, and quickest of all.

To rub and colour Plaster-Cielings or Floors.

You must scrape it very well, then take Urine, and Soot of a Chimney, or of an Oven is better, mix, and dissolve it well, letting it infuse two days, then with a brush or rubber rub the Floors, and let them dry before you walk over them; when dry, rub them, go over them again with a rubbing brush, as you do boarded Floors.

To Dye white Martins Skins of long Hair of a very good Black that never fades.

BOyl two pound of fresh Galls over a gen­tle Fire, with two ounces of Beef-marrow, in an earthen Pot close stopped, often shaking [Page 233]it, lest the Galls burn; letting it boyl till the Pot makes no noise when you stir it; which beat and strain; then take half a pound of it, and three ounces of green Coperis, three oun­ces of Roman Allum, two ounces of Litharge, one ounce of Verdigreece, one ounce of Su­mack, one ounce of Sal Armoniac, each bea­ten by it self, then mix them together, boyl, and keep it to Dye.

Note, That before you apply the Dye, you must wash the Skin two or three times in ve­ry clear and clean Lime-water, and when you apply the Dye, let it be with a Pensil against the grain of the Hair, and the other way, if re­quisite.

These Skins when dry, differ not from Sa­bles.

All the Powders being together, must be put upon the fire without any other Liquor, for they will melt and boyl, the Verdigreece may be left out, but it does no harm.

To make the Spanish Carnation.

Take bastard Saffron, wash it well, dry it and beat it; being beaten, to one pound of it add a quarter of Tartar burnt, and grind all together, then put all into a double course linnen bag, and just warm a quarter of a pint of Lemmon juyce, which pour upon the said Saffron; put in that which you would dye, and it will take the colour.

[Page 234]You must first boyl the Stuff you would dye in Allum water, then wash and dry it, and put into the dye.

To make excellent red Paper.

Take half a pound of bastard Saffron, which wash in a bag by the River side, till it hardly gives any colour, put what's left in­to a Bason, sprinkling it with the powder of Glass-wort one ounce, and put it into a little bucket of luke-warm water, alwayes stirring it; after straining it, add a little juyce of Lemmons, which gives it the red colour; it must be fine Paper, and dip'd in the said Bason.

To Marble Paper.

Grind your Colours, as Lake, Mastick, Azure, yellow Oker, red Lead, red Oker, and others with the Gall of an Ox; then fill an earthen Bason full of luke-warm water, and with a stick turn it round till it work; at the same time let your Colours be ready, and taking a little of each with a thick Pensil, touch the middle of the Water, and you will see all the Colours spread; then presently with another Pensil, or Feather, take another Co­lour, with which touch the Water in the same place as before, and so presently set in all the Colours whilst the Water is stirring, and goes round; when it stops, you will see it all spread [Page 235]with sundry Colours, then lay your Paper up­on the water, and without dipping of it, take up your Sheet, drawing it over the Water to the edge of the Bason, then lift, dry, and bur­nish it: The Paper must be good, and the wa­ter prepared with Gum-Dragacanth.

To restore Tapistry to its first beauty, when the Co­lours are decayed.

SHake, and cleanse the Tapistry very well, then take a hard Hair Brush to take off the Fullers-earth, that must be spread all over it, after it has been on seven or eight hours; that being off, put on more again, and having left it on the same time, take it off after the same manner: Then shake the said Tapistry, and beat it very well, with a Switch, to drive out the Dust, next cleanse it well with a Brush, and it will return to its former beauty.

To restore the Colour to Turkish Carpets.

Beat them well with a Stick, till all the dust be out; and if they have any Ink spots, rub them with Lemmon Juice, and let them soak well, then wash them well in fair Water, and strike the backside till all the Water be out; when it is very dry, take the Crum of white-bread hot, and rub the Carpet: then choose [Page 236]one or two fair Nights, and hang out your Carpets in the dew.

To restore Gold or Silver Lace to its former Beauty.

Take the Gall of an Ox, and the Gall of a Pike, mix them in fair Water, and rub your Gold or Silver, and you will find it change Colour.

To destroy the Punaises.

TAke Juice of Worm wood, and common Oyl, enough of each, which boil toge­ther, till all the Juice be consumed; then strain the Oyl, and cast it into live Sulphur, and with this Oyl, rub the Bed and Craneys.

Otherwise.

Take the Gall of an Ox, and Oyl of Hemp-seed, mix them together, and rub the joints [Page 237]and wood of the Bed, and where you have rubbed, never any Punice will come.

Item.

Rub the Wood with the Juice of old Cu­cumbers that are let run to seed.

Another way.

Steep Oxes Liver in strong Vinegar, and wash your Bed-stead, and lay some great Comfrey under your Boulster. Probatum.

Item.

Take some Cypress Nuts and beat them, then infuse in Oyl, which must be two fin­gers above them, and leave them in the Sun, and the Evening Air for forty eight hours, and having strained the Oyl, squeezing out the said Nuts very well, rub your Bed-stead.

To destroy the Fleas.

Upon a pound of white Copperas, pour a Bucket of Water, and when the Copperas is sunk, sprinkle your Chamber with that Wa­ter.

Otherwise.

Sprinkle the Chamber with Decoction of Rue, mixed with Asses Piss. Probatum.

Another way for the same, which is also good against the Punices, the Wezils in Corn, and Worms in Trunks.

Dry black Hellebore, and strow it in your Chamber as you would do Flowers, or in your Bed, or among Corn or Cloths, and none of the aforesaid things will hurt them. Probatum.

For Moths in Cloths.

The Herb called Botris, dryed and layed among Cloths, keeps them from Moths and Worms.

Another way.

Candles made of Mutton Grease wrapped in Paper, and the Rroots of Orris, or Worm­wood are very good.

For Punaises.

Boil Coloquintida with Rue and Water, wash the Bed-sted therewith, and no Punices will come.

To destroy Flies

Put Leaf Tobacco into a Pot, and infuse it in Water twenty four hours, then add Hony, and boil it an hour, and strew over it some Flower in the manner of Sugar; that draws the Flies, and all that taste it certainly die.

Another way.

Take what quantity you think fit of Citrul, or Gourd-leaves, pound them to extract the Juice, with which wash the Walls, or other thing you desire to preserve from the Flies, and they will not come there for certain; you may rub a Horses Thighs and Belly to the same intent.

To drive Mice from the House.

Take Vervain, and steep it in Water, let­ting it infuse twenty four hours; then strew it about the House, and the Mice will fly.

How to make Bread much more substantial than ordinary.

WHen you would make Bread, take the Bran which has been boulted off, put it into a Kettle of Water, and make it boil; then strain, and make your Bread with that white Water, and it will be much more sub­stantial, and you will have a quarter more Bread than the common way.

Another sort of Bread, which, besides being better, keeps above a Month longer than ordinary.

Take Pompions, and boil them in fair Water till the water grow thick, and with that water make your Bread, which will be very good, and will increase a quarter, and keep a Month longer than the common Bread. Probatum.

A sort of Bread, of which a Mouthful can main­tain a Man eight daies, without eating any thing else.

Take a quantity of Snails, and make them void their sliminess; then dry and reduce them [Page 241]to fine Powder, of which make a Loaf, with a Mouthful of which a Man may be eight days without eating.

To grease any creaking in Wood.

Rub it with Soap, and that is enough.

An unluckey way to hinder making of Butter.

Put powdered Sugar into the Cream where­of the Butter is to be made.

How to make a great deal of Cream.

Take a red Snail, and hang him by a Thread in the middle of the Vessel, wherein the Milk is, and all that is above the Snail will turn to Cream.

To bring up Fowl.

You must have some of the Lees of Wine that remain in the Fat, after drawing off the Wine, mix it well with Bran, then make a hole in the Ground, into which lay the said Lees and Bran in Layers one upon another; over all a Layer of fat Earth, then one of Lee mixed with Bran, and so continue to the last Layer.

To fatten all sorts of Fowl in fifteen days, whe­ther Hens, Geese, Ducks, or others; from All-Hallows till Lent.

Take Nettle leaves and Seed, gathered and [...]ryed in the proper Season, which beat to [Page 242]Powder and sift; when you would use it, make it into a Paste with Wheat-Bran or Flower, making it up with Dish-water; for want of it, with warm Water; give it to your Fowl once a day, and you will see the effect.

Another way to fatten Fowl.

First put them into a Coop, and three times a day give them to eat a sort of Paste made of two parts Barley, and one of black Wheat, or Millet, ground together, the Flower sifted, and the Bran taken off, of which make bits rather long then round, of a convenient size, and give them seven or eight a day, and in fifteen days or thereabouts, they will be very fat.

To fatten Turkicocks and Pullets, as is used at Laval.

You must Coop them up, as is said of other Fowl; then feed them with Nettles mixed with Bran, and hard Eggs; viz. Two Eggs a time; three times a day; you must make it up for them like Pills, of the bigness of a Nut.

To hinder Worms from coming to Corn.

Lay Lees of Wine in the four corners of your Loft, and Barn.

An excellent way to whiten Linnen, as is used in Flanders.

You must first wash the Linnen as it comes from the Loom, in hot water, to cleanse it, [Page 243]then put it into Lye, made of good strong Ashes, with Roots of Wallwort: the Lye be­ing made, and the Cloth well washed in fair water, and with black Soap, hang it out in the Air, and the Dew upon the Grass, sprink­ling it in the Sun, and so leave it seven or eight days, and it will be very white; but if you think it not white enough, put it into the Lye again, and it will be perfect.

Another way that is used at Laval in Britany.

When the Linnen comes from the Wea­ver, it must be soaked in hot Water; then wash it very well to take off the stifness of it, then dry, and wash it again in luke-warm water; then dip it in Cows Dung dissolved in hot water, and leave it thore twenty four hours; then wash it again in warm water, and leave it four or five daies out in the Dew, sprinkling it in the Sun, them put it into Lye; and within eight or ten days it will be very white.

To make Herbs grow quickly.

TAke Ashes of the Moss of Trees, and Dung, well worked together, which sprin­kle with the moisture comes from a Dunghill [Page 244]several times, and dry it so often at the Sun, till there comes from it a fat cloggy Earth, which keep in some earthen glaz'd Pot, that is very hard Earth; for those of common Earth suck in the Fat, use it in Summer and Winter.

If it be in Winter, put the Earth into an ear­then Pot, stir, and work it well, sprinkling it with moisture of Dung, till it be so wet that it looks like Earth that you would sow; being thus prepared, set it upon a Chafindish, giving it a Heat like that of July: being brought to that Heat, sow your Seeds, to wit, Purslane, and Lettice, having first moistened it a whole Night in the heat, with the moisture of rotten Dung; being these Seeds are sowed upon the top of the Earth, sprinkle as you find the Earth dry, with warm Rain-water; in less than two hours these Seeds will produce every one in its kind, enough to make a good Sallade to eat; and by the like industry you may make Plants bud, and bear Fruit, and Flower without the help of the Sun, even out of Season.

How to preserve Grafts.

They must be layed into Lattin Pipes, and covered with Honey, and thus they will keep four Months.

To drive Moles out of a Garden.

Make a bundle of green Hemp, which bury in a Hole two or three foot deep, and cover it over with Earth, and as it rots away it will [Page 245]stink so that all the Moles will either dye, or run away.

For the same.

Strew about some Hogs-dung.

To make Caterpillers fall off Trees.

Fill a new Pot with burning Coals, and put in some Frankincense and black Gum, hold the Pot under the Branches where the Cater­pillers are; the said Smoak will make them fall and dye.

To kill Ants.

You need but ease your body upon their Nest. Probatum.

To catch Moles.

Put into their holes Onions, Beets, or Oyl, and they will presently come out.

To have Roses in all Seasons.

In Winter uncover the Root of the Rose-tree, and put in very small Horse dung, mix with the said Dung Powder of Sulphur, then cover it over with Earth.

To make Tulips and other Flowers of what Co­lour you will.

Steep the Tulip-Seeds in Ink to make them black; in Verdigreece to make them green; in Azure for a true Violet; and they will be of the same colour that they have been stee­ped in.

How to produce double Gilliflowers of any Seed whatsoever.

Take hollow Beans, in which put Seed of single Gilliflowers, stop them close with Wax, and sow them; the Gilliflowers that grow will be double and extraordinary big; which is most certain.

To make double Gilliflowers grow extra­ordinary big.

Make a Bed of Dung, then one of Bean-flower, sow your Gilliflowers, and so continue over it Dung and Bean-flower, and you will see a strange product.

To make Grapes of what Colour one will.

Make a hole in the stalk that may reach to the Pith, and fill it with the Colour you would have them of, and the Grape will be so.

To make Peaches grow with writing upon them.

Take the Stone of a good Peach, and bury it for seven or eight days till it be half open, then take the Kernel out of the shell without breaking it, and with Vermillion write what you please upon it, when the Writing is dry, put it into the shell again, and bind it well down with a Thread, and the Tree will bear such Fruit.

For the Frewcie in Horses.

FIrst rowel him behind, then take half a Gallon of Morel, or Nightshade-water, which make the Horse drink, making him run two hundred Paces after it, going and coming a full Gallop, then leave him twenty four hours without stirring from the Stable, and six hours without eating; then purge him with Coloquintida, Sene, and Agarick, of each two ounces, which must be infused one Night in a pint of White-wine: then perfume him with Turbet and Hellebore, and rub him once a day with Oyl of Laurel; next take Rose Oyl and fresh Butter, which melt toge­ther, and put into his Ears as hot as he can endure it, stopping them with Cotton, con­tinuing it till he is cured, which will be in about a Month.

To bring them down when too fat.

Take Fig Leaves, which dry in the Shade, and beat to Powder, which lay upon him as you think fit, after having taken off the Hair.

For Gauling in Horses.

Take two pound of fresh Butter, one penny­worth of Quick silver, and about the quanti­ty of a pound of Butter of Cuttle-fish Bones; mix all together in a Pot, then rub the Hor­ses with the said Ointment, every two days.

For the same.

You must make them drink Decoction of the Herb Scabious, or half a pint of White-wine, in which must be dissolved an ounce of Synoper, and a little Crust of bread toasted, an ounce of Sulphur fixed with the said De­coction, and make them drink it four days.

For sick Horses, Oxen, and Cows.

When you see a Horse sad and drooping, and that he eats not as he used; take a Root of Hellebore, and cover the Skin from the Head down the Breast, or fall of the Neck, along the neer, or off Leg, and make two slits to stick the said Root, which must go through between the Skin of the said two cuts, as you would lard a Foul; leaving it there a little while, and the Distemper will all gather to that Place, and grow to a great Impostume; which must be lanced in two or three Places, and the matter will come out. You must make a Plaister of Bole Armoniack, Hogs Lard, Nicotian, or other good Plaister, and apply to the Place, which will soon heal.

To cure Horses of the Vives.

Take Hemlock and beat it, sprinkling course Salt amongst it; then squeeze out the juyce, which let drop into the Horses Ear, and lay the rest over it, and let him walk some time.

To make Horses Hoofs grow.

Take old Hogs grease, Goats or Mutton Suet, common Oyl, of each an ounce; some of the under Rind of Elder or Wall-wort, with new Wax, of which make an Oynt­ment.

For Horses that are prickt.

Take Ointment of Villemaigne and put into the hole.

For the same.

Take the juyce of Elder-leaves, and lay the leaves over, and let him be shooed.

A Receipt for the same, of the deceased Mareschal de Biron.

Take Rosin, jucis navalis, cerae novae, un­guent. Basiliconis, of each two ounces. facii hircini three ounces, Tereb Venet. Hoisici op­timi, of each four ounces, omnibus liquefactis & permixtis, adde sacharum pulverisatum ut fiat Emplastrum.

The Nail or Splinter must be drawn, and a tent of the same length made, then have a hot Iron to melt and make it drop in, and lay Flocks over it, or Pitch in the turn, which is, [Page 250]when a Nail is bent and sticks in the Foot, and which is more dangerous than the com­mon nailing; for sometimes the Matter runs in between the Hoof and the Hair. It is dis­covered in galloping.

For the second, you must pour Oyntment upon it, and grease about it twice a day; if you cannot take out the Splinter, it will make it fall in two days.

You need not stop your Journey for the nailing, nor make the Horses Shooe be taken off.

This Receipt came from the Mareschal de Biron, who kept it very secret, and gave his Friends the Oyntment.

Another for the same purpose, of Monsieur de Turenne.

Take Burgundy-pitch, Gum Elemi and Galbanum of each two ounces: melt all to­gether with Rose Oyl; you need apply it but twice to the Horses foot.

How to use it.

You must mix with the said Plaister a lit­tle Grease, and when you discover where the Foot is prickt, apply it scalding, and lay over it a little Hemp; this cures in a day.

For a prick in a Horses Foot: the deceased Duke of Weimar's Receipt.

Take Archangel and pound it, adding some Salt and a little Pepper, squeeze out the [Page 251]Juyce, and drop it into the hole, and apply the Herb over it, stopping it with Grease or Wax, and shooe him.

For the same.

Take yellow Wax, Venice Turpentine an ounce and half, Gum Elemi one pound, Ro­sin, liquid Storax, Benjamin four ounces, Be­tony and Plantain eight handfuls, tops of Hy­pericum four handfuls, Oyl of Hypericum, as much as is requisite; of all this make an Oint­ment, which when you would use, melt a lit­tle in a silver Spoon, drop it into the hole, and shooe the Horse at the same time. This Receipt was given me as very certain.

For the Farcie in Horses.

Take Ash-tree Berries four ounces, Eglan­tine Apples an ounce and half, Cummin-seed an ounce and half, of all these things make a Powder, or as follows.

First, you must dry the Ash-tree Berries, after taking off a little Skin that is upon them, putting it to this end upon a Brick into an Oven not too hot, do the same with the Cum­min-seeds and Eglantine Apples, alwaies taking care none of them boil in their moisture: all being thus dry, you must pound it either to­gether, or separately.

How to use it.

Bleed the Horse in the Morning, and at Noon begin to give him the Powder; three [Page 252]days after bleed him again, and the eighth day repeat Bleeding: if he be very ill give him the said Powder Morning, Noon, and Night.

The Dose of the said Powder is what you can take up between your Finger and Thumb.

The way of giving it is in Bread, till he be cured.

For the same.

Take a little handful of ground Ivie, which squeeze in your hand, adding a little Salt, put it into his Ear on the side the Farcie is, stop­ping the Ear close with Cotton, binding it up with a Cord; leave it there about thirty hours, in which time it will be cured.

For the same.

Take the Roots of round Sorrel, and Leaves of ground Ivie mixed together, which mix with the Horses Oats, and he will recover, provided the Farrier has not touched him.

For a swelling in the hollow of the Pastorn of a Horse.

Take the white heads of five or six Leeks, four ounces of old Lard, new Wax, common Oyl of each two ounces, two quarts of Vine­gar, put all into a new earthen Pot, and let it boil up two or three times till the Vinegar be consumed; it is enough to make four Plaisters or more.

For short Wind, or Pursiness in Horses.

After the purging that follows, if they but draw their Wind hard, mix with their Oats for three daies Morning and Evening a pint of warm Milk, a handful of Hemp-seed beaten; this Seed is excellent for this use; Jockies use it much to give their Horses.

Pills to purge Horses.

Take Calafin Aloes an ounce and half, Agaricum half an ounce, prepared Coloquin­tida a Dram, Treacle an ounce and half; mix all together, and incorporate it in a pound of Hogs Lard that has been steeped forty eight hours in fresh Water, which must be changed every three hours: make thereof Pills as big as a Nut, which cover with Powder of Liquo­rice, or Bran, and make the Horse swallow them; the Horse must have stood bridled three hours before.

After taking them, make him swallow half a pound of common Oyl, mixed with a Pint of warm Wine, covering him warm, and walking him three hours; then put him in the Stable, and give him no Oats in three daies.

He must not be watered till next day at Noon, when you shall make him drink white Water in the Stable, with Flower and a little Bran; at the same time lead him to water, making him wet all his Belly to his Ribs, the space of half an hour, but let him not drink, [Page 254]for it would give him the Gripes, carry him back to the Stable and give him Hay; it is commonly thirty hours before it works; begins when he comes out of the River, and some­times lasts two days, they void and incredi­ble Filth, and sometimes Gravel.

Whilst it works they are sad and droop­ing; after the three daies, you must cleanse his Mouth with Leek, Salt and Vinegar, and give him a drench; after which he will have an incredible Stomack, and grow very fat in a little time; it is the best Receipt in the World to recover Horses that seem to be quite gone: some purge their Horses once a quar­ter with these Pills, and that gives them a good meene.

A Drench for a Horse.

Take Rose-Honey, Cordial Powder, pow­dered Aniseed, of each an ounce, five penny-worth of Scammony, Oyl two ounces, Saf­fron one penny-worth, a pint of White-wine with Coloquintida and Rubarb.

A Drench for a Horse that has caught cold.

Take Cloves, Nutmeg, Pepper of each half an ounce, Cummin-seed, Fromagy, of each an ounce and half, Ginger one Dram, common Oyl and Honey, of each four ounces, of the strongest White-wine half a pint; mix all to­gether, and make the Horse drink it.

For Distempers in Horses Heads.

There is under their Tongue a thing like the Pip; to which with a little Spunge you must lay Treacle dissolved in Rose Vinegar, doing it often, and they will certainly recover.

For the same.

Take Wheat-flower, Turpentine, Dragons Blood, of each four ounces, Mastick in Pow­der one ounce, four yolks of Eggs, mix all well together, and apply it to the Horses Fore­head for three daies.

To make a Horse foam that has a moist Mouth.

Wrap up the nether part of his Jaw with Powder of Staphifegria.

A Horse that has a moist Mouth is esteem­ed, because those that have it dry want taste, and are almost half an hour in the Stable be­fore they eat.

To dye saddle Horses when they are old.

Take equal parts of unslacked Lime, and prepared Litharge of Gold, mix it like an Oint­ment, with which rub the Hair against the grain, and lay over some green Leaves; at twice it is quite died, and dyes Bay, if you put to it a little Ink.

To make a Horse have good Hair in Winter.

Take Myrrh, Aristolochium, Gentian, An­gelica, scrapings of Ivory, of each two ounces, Crocus one ounce, melt them, and give the Horse two or three spoonfuls of it in a pint of [Page 256]White-wine every Morning for three days to­gether, and keep him three hours without eat­ing, then give him what is usual, this streng­thens their Stomach and Appetite, and keeps their Hair together.

For gaul'd Horses.

Make them swallow Decoction of Scabious in half a pint of White-wine, in which must be dissolved an ounce of Synoper, in Powder, with a little crust of toasted Bread, make them drink three days together fixed Sulphur, with some of the Decoction: The Dose is an ounce a time, giving them the same Drench the fourth day.

For the hard sores in Horses Fundaments.

Take Spirit of Nitre, Spirit of Salt, of each an ounce, Mercury two ounces, with it rub the sore, and it will come to a head; when it is broke, cure the Ulcer with Oyntment of Pilosella.

For bruises or sores in Horses Legs.

The head and tall of Vipers when they are well beaten, with the blood that runs from them when they are killed, and the White-wine they are washed in, all put together into a Pot, with a little Puppy, covering it with common Oyl, and boyl'd till the Wine be consum'd, putting through it a thick Cloth, is excellent for the pains, and certainly cures the bruised, or sore Legs of Horses, rubbing them with it.

For Horses feet.

Take some of the herb Short-foot, and a quantity of Elder-leaves, two ounces of Coperis, the whites of four Eggs, one penny-worth of Honey, half a glass of Vinegar, put all into a new Pot, and boyl, it till it comes to an Oynt­ment, and before you rub the Horses foot, cut off the Hair the closest you can, and wash it with Pork brine.

To make a Horses Tail and Main grow.

Take Cows-piss and White-wine, boil them together three or four hours, then wash his Tail and Main.

Another way.

Rub the Tail and Main with Lye made of Vine-ashes.

To hinder Horses from Neighing after a Mare, and carry her any where amongst Horses.

Take Oyl of Petroleum, and rub the Mares privities once a week with a Quill, or once a fortnight, and the Horses will not care for her.

To keep a Horse from Neighing.

Rub the Bitt when you bridle him with com­mon Oyl and glass Oyl mixed together, and the Horse will not Neigh in three hours: or else put a stone under his Tail.

For a Horse that has been over-heated.

Take half a pint of Milk, which boyl with [Page 258]four ounces of fresh Butter, Laurel-berries, Pep­per, Sene, fine Sugar, of each an ounce, all in Powder well mixed together, must be put in­to Wine, which make the Horse drink with­out covering or walking him, and he will void at the Nostrils, and recover.

To fatten a Horse.

Take good White-wine two pound, juice of Sorrel one pound, common Oyl one pound, mixt together, and warm it, then make the Horse drink it, being bridled before; after which, cover him warm, walk him an hour, and put him into the Stable, continuing this fifteen days; and he will certainly grow fat.

For Dogs Mange.

TAke large Millet, and sweet Turnep-roots, which boyl in Cows-piss, till it is all like a Broth, with which rub the Dogs.

For Dogs bitten by mad Beasts.

Take Rue, Comfrey, and Mugwort, more Rue than Comfrey, and of this than Mugwort, with a head of Garlick, beat all together with a handful of Salt, and steep the herbs in White-wine and Water, make the sick Dog drink it fasting, and take care in two hours after he neither eats, drinks, nor sleeps. You must also [Page 259]make the Sore bleed, and lay over it the re­mainder of the herbs. This Receipt is most cer­tain.

To cure Dogs of the burst.

Wash them in water, in which Hemlock has been boyled, then cut the flesh, so that he may not feel it, and wash the place with juice of Hemlock.

To destroy a Dogs Fleas.

Take a quantity of Worm-wood, and boil it in water an hour and half, take it from the fire, when cold, take the Herb, and rub the Dog against the grain of the Hair, and wash him with that Water, and the Fleas certainly dye in the place you have touched.

To cure Sheep.

Burn and powder some of their Wool, and make them drink it.

To cure the Hogs Meazles.

Take a little mineral Antimony in Powder, which wrap up in a Linnen Cloth, and infuse in Lye made of white Briony, twenty four hours, adding two fingers of Salt of Saturn, make them drink the quantity of a Glass full mixed with Bran, and within eight or nine daies they will be cured.

For Fowl that are hurt.

Pull the place that is hurt gently: or else cut off the Feathers, and take a Plaister of Vil­lemagne made upon sof [...] Leather, lay it upon the sore and it will heal.

To make Fowl feed well.

Take Rhubarb, Agaricum, Aloes, Saffron, Cinnamon, Aniseed, Sugar-candy, of each a Dram, beat it to Powder.

At Night give them as much as will lye upon a Shilling: this draws a great deal of moisture from their Brain, and their Maw in the Morning will be found full of Water if you squeeze it.

You must give this when the Bird is full, or when you would have it do strange things.

To purge them.

To purge and give Fowl a Stomack, we use Pills of old Preserve of Province Roses liquid, about the bigness of a Pea.

To make a thick course Dye thin and delicate.

TAke Aloes, Borax, Salt, Bones, Mastick, of each three Drams, pound all and in­corporate it with French Soap and Oxes Gall.

To beautifie the Face and other parts of the Body.

Take Oyl of Myrrh, or Water of Linden Flowers, rub with it twice a Week when you go to Bed.

To make the Hair bright or shining.

When you comb your self, dip the Comb in Oyl of Lillies, Roses, or Violets.

To make the Hair grow long.

Take Ashes of Venus Hair, Polythricon, and Cane Root, with Hemp seed, of which make Lye, melt some Myrrh into it, adding one part of White-wine, with which wash your Head every fortnight.

To make Hair Curl.

First shave it off, and then rub the Skin with Daffodil Roots.

Another way.

Take Roots of Marsh-mallows, Hemp, and Psillium-Seed, boil them long together, and with the Decoction wash your Hair.

Another.

Take Daffodil Water mixed with thick Juice of the Roots of white Mallows, as much of one as of the other.

For swetty, stinking Feet.

Take Roch-allum dissolved in hot Water, and wash your Feet often therein.

A Bath to beautifie the Body.

Take sweet Almonds blanched four pound, pure Apple Kernels one pound, Hemp-seed four handfuls, Marsh-mallow-roots, and Lilly-Seeds, of each an ounce, Roots of Elicampane [Page 262]a pound and half, all cut and beaten very small, make three or four Bags of it, and in each put a handful of Bran.

Having well prepared the Water for the Bath, it being taken near the Wheel of some Mill, take some to boil the Bags in; then sit down in the Bath-Tub upon one of the Bags, and with the others rub your Body. You may put into the Bath a pound of Roses, or sweet Waters, or Oyl of Spikenard about two oun­ces, or Musk, Amber, Civet, Benjamin, Storax, or Orange Flowers; You must stay in the Bath three hours.

A secret for making artificial Wine.

Take a Loaf as it comes out of the Oven, steep it in strong Vinegar, then lay it by and keep it; to make Wine immediately, you need only steep a piece of this Bread in a Glass of Water, and it will give it the colour and taste of Wine.

A good secret for Ladies to beautify their Faces.

Take Parsly-Seed and Nettle-Seed, the Kernels of Peaches, boil them together, and with that Water wash your Face.

A true secret to catch all sorts of Birds with your Hands, without any other Instrument.

Take some Oxes Gall, and white Hellebore, then Hony and Corn, boil them in the said Gall, strew them where there are any Birds you would catch; and when they have eaten [Page 263]it, they will fall down dead within half an hour; then you may take them with your Hands.

To get a good Memory, either in Man or Woman.

Take the blood of a Swallow, and Rosema­ry-flowers, Borrage, Bugloss, of each two drams, then take Cinnamon beaten small, Nutmeg, Clove, long Pepper, of each half a dram, fine Musk two grains, Preserve of Violets and Roses, of each an ounce, powder it all very small, and sift it very fine, mix the said Powder with an ounce of Syrup of Roses, and make an Electu­ary, of which take every Morning the bigness of a small Nut, for a Month together: This will certainly make you have a good memory: It is an experienc'd Secret, and necessary for those that are troubled that way.

To know whether a Girl be a Maid or not.

Take Marble in Powder, and make her drink it in Wine, if she be deflowred, she will vomit immediately.

For Womens white Flowers.

Take two good handfuls of the roots of Pet­tiegree, which put into three pints of water, and boil away to a pint and half, and take two glas­ses a day.

Virgins Milk.

Take four ounces of Litharge in Powder, which put into a little earthen Pot, with a pound [Page 264]and half of Vinegar, make it boyl a little upon the fire, then take it off, and pour your Vine­gar and Litharge into a Porringer, distill it with a Filter, and keep the Water.

Take also 3 or 4 ounces of Allum, which infuse in a pound of Water, set a little upon the fire, take it off as soon as you can perceive the Allum is melted, then put it into a Porrin­ger, and distill it with a Filter, and keep this Water by it self.

To use the said Water, you must take a lit­tle of each, and when they are mixed they will become as white as Milk; and with it you must wash where you feel any itching.

For any burning

Take two penny-worth of Lead-ore, put it into a little Vessel with Vinegar, leaving it there at least twenty-four hours, then take out the Vinegar, which becomes white, and put in Sallet-oyl, beating them well together, of which is made an Ointment very useful for any bur­ning.

The way how to use it, is, taking some of this Ointment, and laying it upon the burnt place, then lay a very fine Cloth over it, and over the Cloth some of the same Ointment, it must be left on till it falls off it self, and no­thing will appear upon the burnt place.

To cast the Figures of all sorts of Animals in Tin, Silver and Copper very thin and light.

HAving the Figure ready to mould, oyl it and take off the hollow Mould in Plaister as follows. Be­ing oyl'd, lay it upon Potters Earth, then make choice of such parts of it as you think best to take off, there make a Border or Edging of the same Earth, that [Page 266]being done, cast your Plaister, being well temper'd, neither too thick nor too thin; that part being well taken, lift it up in as few pieces as you can, repair the Edges, and make some little notches with a Knife; grease the Edges with Sallad Oyl, and put them exactly together again; then make an Edging or Border of the same Earth, in the place from whence you took that part of your Figure; that being done, cast your Plaister as before, then lift up the Piece to repair it, and put it in its place, continue thus till the whole be done, being dry, dress the outside of your Mould with a Knife or piece of Iron, and when throughly hardned, mark the Pieces one after another, dry them at leisure, then joyn and tye them together with a Cord; thus have you a hollow Mould of Plaister, which according as Figures are more or less easie, may be made of three, four, six, ten or twelve pieces; but this de­pends upon the Judgment of the Moulder or Caster.

To cast a hollow Figure.

Oyl your hollow Mould of Plaister till 'twill receive no more, and dry it with Cot­ton, then take all your pieces and tye them together with a Cord, and find out the fit­test place for the Mouth or Casting Place; having then melted your Wax, so that it [Page 267]be neither hot nor cold, run it into the Mould, if your Figure be small, fill it, and after a little time take out the Stopple of Earth, with which you stopt the Mouth of the Mould, and on a sudden turn your Figure upside down, that the remainder of the Wax may run out; after some time, when you think 'tis cold, open it, and you'l find a hollow Figure of Wax; if it be too thin, leave the next longer in the Mould; if too thick, take it out sooner. To know the weight of your Figures, mould off a Weight of four or five ounces, more or less, and you'l find how much the bigness of a pound Weight in Wax will weigh in Copper; but the most certain rule is to fill the Mould with Wax.

How to put the Kernel or inward Mould into a Figure of Wax, and put on the Shell or out­ward Case to cast it in Metal.

Thus having your Figure, if it be of a living Creature, you may cut it with a hot Knife in two pieces, either at length or cross, or overthwart, being thus parted, take Potters Earth, mingled with a little very fine Charcoal Dust, moistning and beating them with a Rod or little Bar of Iron till it becomes as soft as Paste; with this Earth fill your waxen Figure, which being dry, cover the outside of each piece where they [Page 268]are to be joyned with the same Earth made very moist and thin, taking care it run not over upon the edges of the Wax; being joyned, repair it with a Tool of Copper or Iron made warm, to melt the Wax upon the Joynt; this done, make a Git or Cast­ing-hole in the most convenient place, let it be long enough, with Breath-holes; if you find any part of the Figure, to which you think the Metal will not easily pass, then roul little pieces of Wax about the bigness of a Goose Quill, or bigger, according to the size of the Figure, which with a hot Iron, you may stick to some part of it, that the end may reach the place where you suspect the Metal will not easily run, and there fa­sten it, then take little Points of Tin or Iron, about the bigness of a Tag, about half a fin­ger long, according to the thickness of the Wax or the inner Mould, thrust these Points quite through the Figure, to the end, that the Kernel being in all parts supported by the Points, it may not touch or joyn to any part of the outward Mould.

To make the Case or Faceing to the Figure of Wax.

Take good Founders Earth, and steep it in an earthen Vessel in fair Water, pour it by inclination into another, and the grosser part will remain in the bottom of the [Page 269]first, having left it to settle, pour off the Water, and add to it some Bonne, mingle them together, and with a large Pencil give a smooth laying of this Earth upon your Wax Figure; being dry, a second, continue this to a sixth laying on; when dry, strengthen it with Potters Clay beaten with Hair, when perfectly dry, put your Mould over the Fire on Iron Rods, in form of a Gridiron, and take heed your Wax boyl not within the Mould, which will break it; let it lean on one side, that the Wax may run out at the Mouth or Casting-place, to the same quanti­ty that the Figure contain'd, that none be left behind; this done, heat your Figure at a small Fire, so that it be throughly penetra­ted, the more the better, for you need not fear the too much baking it, while this is heating, melt the Metal to a good heat, and to the end it may be very clean, its necessa­ry to have two Crucibles in the Furnace, to pour the Metal out of one into the other to clear it of the Scum, your Metal being very hot, set your Mould fast in Sand, pour in the Metal, and let it cool, break it, and you'l have a Figure without hem or Joynt, if your Fi­gure be somewhat large, bind your Mould with iron Wier well neal'd.

Another way to make both outside and inside Mould.

Make a hole in the top of the Head, or at the Feet, through which, pour into the Fi­gures of Wax a Composition of equal parts of Plaister and Brick-dust made very fine, and tempered in water, wherein Plume A­lum has been dissolved, let it be of such consistence as to run through a Tunnel, leave it to dry at leisure, and stick in the Points.

Or else, when you have cut the Figure of Wax in two pieces, and made the Kernel or inward Mould, take it out and make it red hot, which is the surest way to cast clean and without repairing, because the Moulds are strong enough to endure the baking, and are long a drying in the Figure of Wax.

To cast Figures of Copper or Tin, with Drapery or Garment very light and thin.

HAving your Figure of new Wax without Garments, the Kernel or inward Mould of it being well baked as aforesaid, take a piece of well polisht Glass about six, eight or more inches square, make it very clean [Page 271]and lay it in water, then having your Wax melted in a Pot, dip your piece of Glass with a pair of Plyers or Pinchers in the Wax, take it out and dip in water, and take the Wax off the Glass in form of a Skin, which you may make of what thickness you please, or if you mix a little Turpentine with your Wax when well melted, 'twill be more sup­ple and flexible; which you may stretch out with a Knife or Foulding-Stick upon a piece of Glass to what thickness you please, and to a size fit to Cloath the Waxen Figure like a piece of Silk or linnen Cloth en vo­lant; carrying it on the Arm or supporting it with a Stick, as you shall think fit, shaping the Foulds with a Small, according to Art, and cover it with Earth, as before di­rected.

The same another way.

Take a piece of fine Linnen, make Paste or Starch tempered with Brandy or Aquavi­tae, to the end, that burning the Mould, it may Colly or Blacken it; moisten this Cloth in the Starch, and Cloath your Fi­gure as you think fit, supporting the Foulds with little Sticks till they be dry, and sup­ports its self, and will hold moulding with Earth, but more especially with Plaister. This Invention is very proper to mould off Figures of Tin, because the outward Mould [Page 272]may be made with burnt Plaister, and a fourth part of Brick in fine Powder, mixt with Plume Alum, and temper'd with water wherein Sal Armoniac has been dissolved; by this means you may cast small and indifferent large Figures very clear and neat, but take care that in heating the Mould to melt out the Wax, you make it not boyl, and when empty, keep it at a slow Fire till red hot.

If your Figure be of Tin, leave your Mould to cool in the Fire, but warm it when you cast in the Tin; in all these cases, Experience is the best Master.

To consume and bring forth the Cloth, that it hinder not the running of the Metal, place your Figure upright, and make a Cir­cle or counter Mould of Earth about the Fi­gure, to keep in the Plaister; before you cast, take some good Iron Wier and lay cross or overthwart the Counter-Mould of Earth, upon these Wiers, lay so many more smeer'd with Grease, then having cast your Plaister, and that 'tis set, take out the Wi­ers, the Wax also being melted out, and the Mould well bak'd or burnt, blow out the burnt Cloth through the holes, and stop them with fat Earth or Clay; if you dip very fine Cloth in melted Wax, you may Cloath your Figure as you please; in ba­king your Mould, the Wax will run out and the Cloth easily consume.

[Page 273]Or else, to get out the Wax, set the Fi­gure in a brass Pan, the Casting-hole being downwards, and put it into an Oven after the Bread is bak'd, be sure it be not too hot, to know the degree of heat, put some Wax in a small Viol, and set it in the Oven, if neither Bubbles nor Scum rises, 'tis a conve­nient heat, when you use a Wax Cloth, be very careful to get out all the Wax.

All these ways have been sufficiently ex­perimented, and proved to be the best for casting small Figures, for adorning Ca­binets and other pieces of Closetry; in like manner you may cast Figures of Silver, Copper and Tin very thin and light; nay, I have known them cast not much thicker than a sheet of Paper, when the inner Mould has been taken out; in short, lute well your Mould, put in your Points of Iron, make your Casting-hole long enough, as also your Breathing-holes, as well to empty out the Wax as to pour in the Me­tal; bake your Moulds well, and if for Sil­ver or Copper, let them be very hot; be­fore you run your Metal, put a little Borax into the Crucible, tye your Moulds well with iron Wire, and set them in Sand, and the Metal being well scum'd and clean, or you spoil all, the least Filth destroying your Figure, therefore try all with patience.

To cast large or indifferent Figures without Seam or Mark.

WHen you have made your hollow Mould of Plaister, take a piece of Oak about a Foot long, half a Foot broad, and two or three Inches thick, being first well Glew'd, then make a Groove or Chan­nel, such a one as you think fit to give to your Wax to make the Figure, the Ledges of the Wood being a Fingers breadth above the said Grove or Channel, then take some sifted Ashes and put them in a linnen Cloth, to pouder lightly the bot­tom of the piece of Wood in the Groove or Carving that the Earth may not stick, then take Potters Earth very well beaten and mould it with your hand into pieces of the same size of the Groove; press them down unto it, and with a Rule cut off the edges, so that the Earth may lie even with the Wood, then take the Earth out of the Groove and and make more of 'em; this done, take your Plaister-Mould and make a laying of those pieces of Earth you took out of the Wood, which you shall press gently with your Thumb, to make them joyn among the hollow places of the Mould, as if you [Page 275]were to make a hollow Figure of Earth, then put your Points of Iron through and through, from outside to outside, which will serve as supports to bear up the inner Mould; fill up this Mould with Plaister, do all in such sort, that the inner Mould of Earth, hinder not the rejoyning of that of Plaister; then present the Pieces of the Plaister-Mould, and so duly joyn them that they fit and stick fast to each other, but forget not to strength­en it with strong iron Wier where you think it most necessary to hinder its break­ing; having thus joyned them, take off one half and lay it to dry, when dry, take out the Figure out of the Mould, and take the thickness of Earth from the inner Mould, which keep to weigh, to the end you may know what quantity of Copper will cast your Figure, which you may also know ac­cording to former directions. The Kernel or inner Mould being well dry'd, you shall bake or burn it by little and little in a Char­coal Fire compass'd with Bricks, making it red hot quite through, and leave it to cool by degrees.

To cast the Wax, and enclose the Kernel or inner Mould in the middle.

HAving thus made your inner Mould, a­noint the Plaister-Mould with Oyl O­live as before mentioned, put the Kernel in the Plaister-Mould, and tye it that it disjoyn not, set it up right, then having the Wax all melted, pour it into the Git-hole, which must be on the top of your Mould, so that being hot enough, it may run round the Kernel; the Wax being cold, unty the Mould, and take it off, and you have the Wax Figure with its Kernel; if there be a­ny defect, mend it and lay on fine Earth, prepar'd as before, and thin enough, with a soft Brush upon the Wax, dashing the Brush up and down to make the Earth take the better; then strengthen it well, and place your iron Rods, and to prevent the joyning and breaking, strengthen them with iron Rods or Hoops, as well as with Iron Wire, according to the bigness of the Figure; this done, empty the Wax by the Fire, and bake your Mould.

This is an excellent way to have all sorts of Figures in divers postures to the Life, as by experience has been proved by several persons taken from the Life in Plaister, and cast in Copper as aforesaid.

To mould off with Plaister, naked Persons in what Posture you please, and in the hollow Mould, to make a Kernel or inner Mould, therewith to make the Figure, and cast it in Brass.

IF the person you make choice of be hairy on the Thighs or Breast, shave it, but let that under the Arm-holes be well greased with Hogs-Grease, or cut it, the Body of the Person be not constrained to any unna­tural Posture, but such as you think fit, let him be lightly greased all over; having plac'd him upon a large Board or Table laid on the Ground and greased, place him in the midst of it it, then make round about the Person a Counter-Mould of Brick and Clay, which you must plaister on the inside, so that it be about three Fingers breadth from the Figure. If the Legs are a little open, put a little Clay before you make the Counter-Mould, or a thin Board greased between the Legs, so that it neither touch them nor the Thighs; then take other little pieces of very thin Board in form of a Knife or thin Wedg, sharp on one side, more thick on the other, grease them, then view the place where you intend your Mould shall separate, be it in [Page 278]two, three or four pieces, stick these pieces of Board upon the Clay, on the inside the Counter-Mould, the sharp Edge to the side of the person you are to mould; but if you place these Boards from the Soles of the Feet to the calf Gartering place, knees, or higher, do it according as the Leg, Thigh, or other part of the Body is scituated more or less inward or outward; the Fi­gure being cast, and these pieces taken a­way, you have the place where to open the Mould. Having raised your Counter-Mould as high as the Shoulders, make a lit­tle Trough about two or three foot long, which must rest on the top of your Mould, one end joyning to the Neck of your Figure, at the other end place a wooden Tunnel as big as a large Pail, then take six or seven large Staves or Ribs of a large Cask or Bar­rel, bind them fast about it with a Cord, for fear it should burst, then take Plaister well burnt, and dash it into a large Tub of Wa­ter, or into several large Brass Pails or Ket­tles, with which (being neither too thick nor too thin) fill your Counter-Mould through the Tunnel, that it may run down the Trough, pour it as fast as you can, to that purpose, have several hands to assist, being fill'd, the Plaister will be set in a little time, which done, pull down the Counter-Mould, then with a large Knife or such like Instru­ment, dress the outside of your Mould while [Page 279]the Plaister continues easie to cut, then take out the thin pieces of Wood, and have o­ther pieces of about a foot and half long, more or less, in form of a Wedge, and sharp as a Knife, about a Finger thick on the back, and about half a foot broad, place these in the Clefts made by the small Boards, and o­pen your Mould, which must be done with as few pieces as you can; thus have you an upright Figure in two pieces, except the Arms. But in Figures lying all along, the Mould must be in more pieces; but if the Figure have one or both Arms extended, draw a Circle like a Bracelet, with red Ink round about the Arm or Arms about half a foot from the Shoulder, which Mark be­ing imprinted in the Mould, the Figure ta­ken off, will also have the same, which will easily direct where to cut it, and to fit the length of the Arm to the Body of the Fi­gure; if you desire a Copy of the Figure, dress the Mould, tye the pieces strongly to­gether, and cast Plaister into it. But if you would cast a Figure of Bronze or Brass, se­parate the Mould where you put the small pieces of Wood, or else with an Iron Wier, saw your Mould as near to the Hollow as possible you can, so that putting a bigger Wedge into the Cleft, you may open your Mould, being divided so as that you may cast your Wax Figure, make thick pieces of Earth, according to the precedent Chapter, [Page 280]dry it, grease it, and make a Kernel or in­ner Mould, put in the Iron Points or Bro­ches to support it, take out your thickness of Earth, pour in the Wax, then melt it out, and bake the Mould as before mentioned.

In like manner you may take off all sorts of Figures and Postures according to the Life, be sure to cast all your Plaister at the same instant, for many and slow Runnings make faulty Moulds; also the person being up to the Neck in Plaister, the coldness of the Water will so oppress his Stomach, that he'l be apt to shrink or lift up his Shoulders, and so deform the Mould, to prevent which, let the Water be lukewarm; if you mix a third of fine Brick with Plaister, and some Plume Alum, you may cast Brass in it, only making a thickness of Earth for to make the Kernel; but before you bake it, give a lay­ing or two of Sal Armoniac Water in all the hollow places of the Mould, tying it with strong Iron Wier or Hoops, and putting in the Broches. Thus may you cast very fine Figures also in Lead or Tin, the chief thing is to find out well shap'd persons, and hard Labourers, who have always their Muscles more strong and better shap'd, than such as live a finer Life, who often have their Bo­dies forc'd to their Cloaths, nor those whose Toes grow over one another, set the Person right, that the Posture seems not aukward, especially in upright Figures.

How to mould off the face of any person, without being troublesome to him.

Take a little Brush or Pencil, lay some warm paste upon the Hairs of the Eye-Brows, the Forehead, all along the Roots of the Hair, and upon the Beard, lay the person on his Back, and with a Napkin roul'd up, compass the Face about to hinder the Plaister from falling into the Neck, or upon the Hair, your Plaister being good, well temper'd, neither too thick nor too thin, that you may soon have done; let there be two to lay on the Plaister with their hands, beginning at the Forehead, and so all along the Face, except at the Nostrils, which you must not stop, charging your Mould with as much thickness as 'twill bear, not stopping the Nose, if the Plaister be good, 'twill set presently, then take it gently off, and you have the Mould of the Face to the Life.

Now to remedy the defect under the Nose, 'tis but clapping a Chissel or repair­ing Tool to it, and pouring on a little Plai­ster, which being dry, you may mould off a Head of Plaister or Potters Earth, then having the Person before you, open the Eyes of your Mould: some use to put Quills into the Nostrils, but I prove not of it, this being a more sure way of practice; always [Page 282]advise the person not to force his Face or frown, to prevent which, temper the Plaister with luke-warm water, the Hair being well pasted; thus may you cast all sorts of Faces; Laughing, Crying, Grimaces, that is, crab­bed or wry Faces.

To cast Hands to the Life.

Place your Hands in what Posture you think fit, grease them, and proceed as be­fore, putting little Boards greased to divide the several pieces; thus may Feet and Legs in all Postures be done, observing to put a Cloth under the Mould in opening it, so that if any small pieces happen to break off, they may be gathered and joyned with strong Glew, for it cannot be but some pie­ces will happen to break on the inside of the Hand, not on the outside, if you desire it should hold something, make the form of it in Potters Earth, and you may easily take it off; then having cast the Plaister into the Mould, break off with a Chiszel the pieces that cannot be taken off; do all with care and patience, that you break not your work.

To cast Fish to the Life, either in Plaister or burnt Clay, to put into Fountains, also to cast them in Brass, Tin, Lead or Pastboard, and to make them swim on the top or middle of the Water.

TAke any sort of Fish, put it in what Posture you think fit, wash it in clean water to take off the Slime, rub it lightly with Sallad Oyl, and mould it in Plaister in two parts, turning and repairing the frost side of the Mould, and with red Ocre tem­per'd with Water, cover the Joynt and grease it, then Oyl the other half, and cast the Plaister, which being done with a Knife, trim it all along the Joynts, then strengthen it with Clay and let it dry; be­ing ready and well greased, put in the bea­ten Paper or Past-board, press it with a Li­nen Cloth and a Spunge, to take out the Water, lay the Cloth upon it, and with the Spunge press it into the Gravings and hollow places, till it be as dry as you can make it; when dry, take out and joyn the two pieces with strong Glew, then lay in size after­wards in white, and press it.

How to colour the Pastboard Fish.

If it be a Carp, lay on Leaf Gold with Gold Oyl Size, where a Carp seems most of a Golden Colour, in other places, as un­der the Belly, and upon the Back, you ought to paint with fit Pencil Colours and umber ground very thin with oil, and with a Pencil draw the scales, and shadow'em to the life; then paint the head and the eyes, having a natural Carp before you: having painted the Carp, dry it and varnish it with drying Varnish made of Spike Oyl, and give it so many courses as is usual in Var­nishing, when dry, with your Finger give a gentle touch of the same Varnish upon its Head, which being so dry as that will but just stick to the Fingers, even as when you are to guild in Oyl, then take shell Gold temper'd only with Water, and with a Pen­cil gild those places that require it, with the same Pencil heightning some Scales, but those above the Back, with the washing of your shell, that they appear not so strong as in other places, then with your Finger varnish it, let it dry, and with the washing of your Shell of Silver, and with a large Pencil, frost over those places that seem Sil­verish, then with a small Pencil draw the Scales with shell Silver, all being dry, give another course of Varnish, and let it dry, [Page 285]to make the Eyes perfect, get some hollow Beads blown at the Glass-House, of the size of the Fishes Eye, divide them in two pie­ces, and paint in them with the Colours of Gold and Silver, paint the Eye to the Life; being dry, make a hollow in the place for the Eye, and place them in fit: more may be added, but the rest is left to the patience and ingenuity of the industrious Artist; if you would have them in Brass, do as in o­ther Figures.

How to cast Fish, which in the Water shall seem natural, viz. one at the bottom of the Tub, the other in the middle, and others on the top.

Take what Fish you will, set it upon the Belly on a Bed of Earth made edging up, but very even, set the Fins as they carry them when alive in the Water, make a cir­cle of Earth about it to keep in the Plaister, which must be new, not stale; but if it be so make it boyl in an iron Kettle, or else put it in an earthen Vessel in a hot Oven, then put to it a third part of new Brick in fine Pow­der, choose the finest and tenderest Brick, to these add one third part of Plum Alum ground on a Marble, temper all in Water to a convenient thickness, and cast it, as in the Chapter of Fishes, in Plaister, but be sure to run it but at one place, to prevent its ga­thering [Page 286]wind, and that it be of a fit thick-to run, this done, take away the Circle of Earth, turning up your Mould and Fish to­gether, letting it so lye about a quarter of an hour or more to dry, or till you think the Plaister is set, when dry, grease the edge of that first Joynt, which must always be up­permost; when you run the second, make the Circle of Earth, and run the Plaister, the other part of the Fish being lightly oyl'd with a piece of Cotton, in an hour or two open the Mould, take out the Fish and set the Mould to be perfectly dry, when 'tis so, take a Skin of Wax, Potters Earth or Paste, rouling it as you do Covers for Tarts, then lay it on the Mould, and with your Thumb press it into every part of the hollow Mould, making one hole under the Head, to put the end of an Iron Tunnel into, and another near it for the breathing place, about the size of a Tag or great Pin, then take some ends of brass wier tin'd over, somewhat bigger than a Needle, thrust these Wiers into the most convenient places to support the Kernel or inner Mould, every Wier go­ing through the Wax, Clay or Paste, till it touch the Plaister, this done, joyn the Mould and tye it, put the Tunnel into the Hole, pour in the prepar'd Plaister, taking care it be not too thick, being dry, open the Mould, take off the Plaister or Earth, and and leave the Kernel or middle Mould to [Page 287]dry at leisure, being dry, bake it in a slow Fire till it be red hot, then cover it with ashes and let it cool by degrees, then take the two Moulds, bind them with small iron Wier neal'd, then plaister up the Joynts with Potters Earth, put all in a small Fire to bake slowly, untye it and cover it with Ashes, and leave it to cool, having first stopt both the holes, that nothing get in, then make a Git or casting place in form of a Tunnel, more than four Fingers high above the Head of the Fish, the Mould being hot as you can possibly handle without burning your Fingers, your Tin mixt with one fourth of Lead, and melted to a convenient heat, which is known by putting a piece of Paper into it, if it burn, 'tis too hot, if only scorch't, 'tis well, if not scorch't, 'tis not hot enough, being thus heated, cast it into the Mould, and you'l have a perfect Fish without re­pairing, not wanting the thinnest Scale, then with an Iron Rod, empty the Kernel through a Hole, which you must make in the most convenient place, afterwards stop­ping it by sodering a piece to it, that the water get not into it; if you desire to put it in the Water, and that it should stay at the Bottom, fill it full of Sand befor you close it up, if at the top, fix a piece of Cork so that it be equally pois'd, then make a Counter­poise of Lead, which you must stick with Wax and Turpentine melted together, till [Page 288]you find the Fish right upon the Water, then soder the Lead, mix a little Tinglass with the Soder to make it run thin, and 'tis done; if you'd have it in the middle of the Water, stick a small brass Wier coloured with black Oyl to the Fish, and the other end of it to the Botton of the Tub or Cistern, at what degree of height you think fit.

To paint the Fish that the water may not deface them.

In colouring proceed according to for­mer Directions, but use not the drying Var­nish, this following being much stronger, boyl Linseed-Oyl over a gentle Fire, put in­to it some fine Mastick, till so much be dis­solved in it as will reduce it to the thick­ness of liquid Varnish, with this you may also mix your Colours, which will make them wonderfully durable.

A most impenetrable Varnish against the Water.

Take Linseed-Oyl, put it in an earthen Pot well glaz'd upon a chaffing-Dish of hot Coals, add about a fourth of Rosin, which boyl together very gently, lest it run over, at first 'twill smoke and bubble, but in continuing the boyling, 'twill all fall, conti­nue boyling till it be so thick as to rope or thread like Varnish; when you have taken [Page 289]it off, if too thin, add more Rosin, with this varnish your Fish or any thing else, and dry it in the Sun. Of such strength is this Varnish, that neither cold nor hot Water can any way hurt it, when dry, take care the Rosin be very clean, and that it boyl enough.

To cast all sorts of little Animals, as Lizards, &c. and all sorts of Flowers and Leaves that are not too thin.

IF you would cast a Lizard in Silver or Tin, prepare your Plaister with Brick and Plume Alum, make a Bed of Potters Earth, in which make a hollow place with your Finger to set the Lizard half way in, and with some Instrument set up the Earth against the sides of it, not so as to press it, or alter the form, set it in what manner you will, whether two or three twisted together, or o­therwise, then temper your Plaister with water, in which three or four ounces of Sal Armoniac or more, has been dissolved, cast it upon the Lizard, being dry, turn it up­side down, and if you find the Plaister has gone beyond the Belly, so as to hinder its coming out, or that the Feet or other parts are covered, take it gently and carefully off [Page 290]with the point of a Pen-Knife, then oyl the oynt of the Mould, make a Circle of Earth and cast again, leaving it a day to dry, then open it, take out the Lizard, and leave it a day to dry, tie it with iron Wier and bake it, as in the Chapter of Fishes, pour in the Tin, and you have a Lizard not at all differing from the Original.

If you would have them of Silver, the Mould must be red hot when you run the Metal, which ought to be mixt with a little, but very little Copper; if it be a very large Adder, make an inner Mould, as is taught in the Chapter of Fishes.

To cast the same sort of Animals after another manner.

If you'd cast Butter-Flies, Flowers or Li­zards, so as no Seam or Joynt shall appear, having plac'd the thing you intend, cast the Plaister as above, being dry, without oyl­ing the Joynts, cast again, being dry, bake it till 'tis red hot, that the Lizard or Flower may be burnt; the Mould being cold, open it at the Joynt, and with the point of a Nee­dle or Feather take out the Bones or Ashes very gently, then joyn your Mould, and run the Silver or Tin, having made the Git or Casting place as long as you well can; if you would not open the Mould, do after this manner: before you mould off the Li­zard [Page 291]or other Animal, stick two pieces of Wax in form of a Git, place one at the Head, the other at the Tail of the Lizard, or other Animal, then cast the Plaister; being dry, take away the Wax and bake it till red hot, that the Lizard may be consum'd, then blow out the Ashes by the holes, and cast your Metal as before directed.

To cast Flowers, Vine Leaves, Laurel Branches, &c.

Make a Circle of Earth like a Box, of the Bigness of the Flower, Branch or Leaves you intend; if a Violet, Rose-Bud, or any else, that are thick enough (for if too thin, the Metal cannot run) when you have made your choice, run a Thread with a Needle in at the end of the Stalk through the middle of the Flower, then fasten one end of the Thread at the bottom of the Circle, the o­ther to some Stick that shall be supported o­ver it in a perpendicular Line, that your Flower touch not the sides of the Circle; but before you fasten the Flower, fix a little piece of Wax at the end of the Stalk for a Git hole, which must touch the bottom where the Thread was fastned; this done, cast the Composition of Plaister, Brick, and Alum Plume as above, with Sal Armoniac Water; being perfectly dry, bake it till the Flower be wholly consumed within; be­ing [Page 292]almost cold, run the Tin or Silver; if Tin, add a third part of Lead; if Silver, a little Copper, and you'l find the Flowers or Leaves very neat, which take out by break­ing your Mould by little and little: in this way of casting, your Mould will serve but once; if you cast Silver, your Mould ought to be red hot: thus may you do all sorts of Reptiles or creeping things.

Otherwise to cast a Vine Leaf.

Place it on a flat Bed of Earth very even, make an Edging of Potters Earth round a­bout it; then cast the mixture of Plaister, &c. as above; being dry, oyl the edges of the Plaister, make a Circle, cast again, and leave it to dry of it self; bake it in a Furnace, and leave it to dry under the Ashes, and cast your Silver or Tin; this Mould serves but once, but you may cast Leaves of several sizes at the same time; thus may you cast Branches or Stalks accordingly as you shall think fit, and with Silver Sauder and Borax, sander the Leaves, twisting a Li­zards Tail about a Branch with a fine Wier, also you may fasten Grass-Hoppers, Horn-Beetles, or other little Creatures: these things have been often done amongst others, a Flower-Pot with a Vine Branch of several siz'd Leaves, great and small, with several little Creatures about it.

To cast Adders or Serpents.

Proceed as in the Chapter of Lizards, till you have made the hollow Mould, then roul a piece of Clay or Paste very thin, put it in the Mould, put in the brass pins to sup­port the inner Mould; if you cast Silver, the Pins must be Silver, then joyn the Mould and run the Plaister, not forgetting to make a Breathing-hole, else 'twill not be full; be­ing dry, take out the Paste, make a Git or Casting-hole, run the Plaister, then dry it, bind it, burn it, and cast in the Metal, you'l have a Figure not wanting the least Scale.

To make a Spaud or Sand wherewith to make Moulds to cast wet.

HAving taken out the Kernel or inner Mould, reduce it into fine Pouder, sprinkle it with Sal Armoniac Water, put in an earthen Pot, and set it in a Potters Fur­nace, being well burnt; reduce to fine Pou­der again, and sprinkle it with the same Water, spare not to sprinkle it till it Mould off the Grane of the Hand, then fill your I­ron Flasques, mould off and cast. Alablaster [Page 294]often burnt and sprinkling as before, four ounces of Sal Armoniac, to four pound of the Pouder, is a good Spaud Speculum or Talk calcin'd, and Plaister sprinkled as before, does the same; also Allum calcin'd and sprinkled and Sal Armoniac is admirable, very hard, and receives all Metals; also Plume Alum well burnt and ground into fine Pouder, receives all sorts of Metal; also the Saffron of Mars or Iron is very good Spaud.

A Sand or Spaud which endures many meltings without breaking the work, coming out very fine and neat.

Take German or Dutch Spar, which looks like Sal Armoniac (not English Spar) burn it very well, then dissolve about a pound of Sal Armoniac in two quarts of wa­ter, and sprinkle the Spar till it be cold; then burn it again, keeping it sometime red hot, take it out and sprinkle it till it be cold, re­peat this five or six times, the more the bet­ter, and the better 'twill receive the Metal, grind it into very fine Pouder, being dry, rub it into Pouder on a Fish Skin, keep it in a Flasque of Iron or Copper, not Wood, sprinkle a little water, as is usually done, warm well your formes before you cast the Metal, and the impression will be very clear. By heating it red hot and sprinkling, 'twill [Page 295]serve again for other works; 'tis an admira­ble Spaud, and so hard, that no Plaister is equal to it, provided it be true German Spar. The longer the Git-hole or Casting-place, the neater the Work, nor must you forget in printing off your Pattern, to face it with a little Pouder of burnt Pumice Stone, that one side stick not to t'other.

A wet Spaud to cast Medals and all sorts of A­nimals to the Life.

Calcine Speculum or Spaud in a Crucible or Melting-Pot, put it in an earthen Vessel, and pour water upon it, and stir it well to­gether, then add as much more water; be­ing setled, make it into little Balls, and cal­cine it again, which beat into Pouder, sprin­kle it with [...]inegar, and make it into Paste, and calcine it again, being cold, beat it into fine Pouder, searce it, allowing one ounce of Sal Armoniac dissolved in water, to twelve of Speculum, keep it in a Cellar, and as occasion requires, use it, without more moistning it. Also with Crocus Martis or Saffron of Iron, may be made another Spaud, in which you may cast the finest Hair exactly.

To print Vine Leaves, or others, in Tin or Brass, upon Copper Moulds.

TAke thin Leaf Brass, such as they make Tags with, the thinner the better, make it red to neal it, then cover the Copper Mould with it, lay a Plate of Lead on it, upon that a thin Plate of Iron, upon which beat with a Hammer, till the Brass Leaf has taken the Form of the Mould, if any part be not clearly taken off, lay all on again, and hammer where it wants, if it be hard to print, neal it again, lay it on, and hammer as be­fore; being well printed, boil Tartar and Salt together, and clean it with a Scratch Brush, and bend them after what manner you please, then soder them with Soder made of Silver and Tin, the Stalks being made of Brass Wier, suitable to the size of the Leaf. To colour and defend them from the Weather, grind Verdigrease with the Varnish made of Linseed-Oyl and Rosin.

After this manner you may mould off all sorts of little Figures in Plaister, Paste or Clay; if you'd have some guilt Figures, take Leaf-Copper, being well boil'd and [Page 297]clean'd, cover it well with Ground Gold, and print it on the Mould: thus may you do in any Form whatsoever, with Gold or Silver.

A neat way to mould off Figures in Paste.

TAke the Crum of a White-Loaf new drawn, mould it till it become plyable, and close as Wax, roul it with a Rouling-Pin as far as 'twill go, then print it in the Moulds, when dry, 'twill be very hard, to preserve it from Vermin; mix some Aloes with it.

Also you may make a Paste of all sorts of Pouder mixt with Mill-dust, as Chalk, Azur, Ammel, Smalt, Red-Lead, Vermilion, &c. Steep Gum Tragaganth about eight days in water, till it be very strong; with this tem­per your Pouder, and mould them in hollow Moulds of Plaister, being first oyl'd, when dry, they'l seem wood by their excessive hardness, pollish them with a Tooth, or varnish them, they'l be very strong, and serve for many uses; thus may Joyners print off small Figures, to imboss the Frizes, or to set in the Nicks or hollow places; the more Gum you allow, the harder they will be.

To counterfeit Porphir or Red Marble.

TAke English Brown, if it seem too red­ish, put some Umber or Soot, then take a very smooth Board, a well polisht Marble, or a large piece of Glass a little oyl'd, then take some English Brown with some Roset or Lake, and grind them with Gum Traga­ganth, then with a large brush, flurt or sprinkle the Glass according to the Marks and Veins of that Stone, when 'tis enough spotted, let it dry, then temper your En­glish-Brown and Umber with Gum Traga­ganth Water into a Paste, which being lai'd on the spotted Glass or Marble, let it dry, and pollish it.

To counterfeit the Serpentine.

Take Orpiment, grind it in water with a little Indico, when dry, reduce it to fine Pouder, and temper it with Gum Traga­ganth water into a Paste, then by adding more Orpiment to the Indico, you'l have a brighter Green; according to the Colour of the Spots of Serpentine, take this Colour with a Pencil, and lay the Marks upon the [Page 299]Marble or Glass, then lay on the Paste which you have made of a deeper Green; many other sorts may be made after the same manner.

Another way to counterfeit Marble.

Take several sorts of Colours, and with a Pencil sprinkle them on a Glass or Marble very thick, or in what order you please, then lay on the Paste, of what colour you will; if White, take white Lead and Chalk, and a little yellow Ocre, when dry, varnish it with clear drying Varnish, having first well glew'd it with clear white Glew.

To mould small Figures of a Jasper Colour.

Having oyl'd your Moulds with a Pencil, diversify them with what Colours you think fit, tempered with Gum Tragaganth; if the Colours will run or spread, put in a little Ox Gall, but the thicker it is, the harder they will be, then make your Paste of what Colour you will, fill the Mould, tye it, and leave it to dry, then Burnish or Var­nish; the Iron Wier to tye it must be very small.

To mould carved Figures in Fashion of an Agat.

If it be of a Medal or other Figure, cover the Field of it with Lamp-black tempered with Gum-Water, cover it pretty thick, tem­per White-lead with Gum-water into a Paste Mould; your Medal being dry, pollish it af­ter this manner; you may have various sorts, very beautiful and easie to make, as with yellow Ocre, which you may guild with Shell Gold.

To imitate Coral.

Grind Vermilion very fine, make it into Paste (as above) take bits about the bigness of a Penny made very thin, press these very smooth and closely into the Mould, then make yellow Ocre and Chalk into a Paste, fill the Mould, dry and pollish.

For Lapis Lazuli.

Take fine Azure, or blew Amel, ground very fine, made into Paste, mould it, and Vein it with shell Gold, and burnish.

To counterfeit Marble with Brimstone.

Take a well pollished Marble, oyl it, make a Circle of Clay of the bigness you [Page 301]design your Piece, having ready all sorts of Colours in fine Pouder, as Ceruse, Vermili­on, Lake, yellow Orpiment, wash't Masti­cot, Indico and red Orpiment mix'd for a Green, then melt your Sulphur in several Crucibles over a slow Fire, putting into each a several Colour, then nimbly strew drops of each upon the Marble, turning them up and down by turning the Marble to make them run; this done, if you would have the Body of the Marble Grey, take Ashes well sifted, mix them with Sulphur till it looks Grey; if of a Reddish Brown, take English Brown with a little Black; if White, take White Lead, and so of the rest; being mix­ed with the Sulphur in a good heat, cast it on the Marble, but pour it very gently that it run not into the Eyes or Blisters; if you will, you may lay upon it a well seasoned Oak Board well warmed, and before the Sul­phur be cold, that it may stick fast and not break the Brimstone which is brittle; then trim the Edges with a Knife, pollish it with a Cloth, and it will have the Brightness of Marble.

To make Marble of the Colour of Coral.

Mix Vermilion with Sulphur, and cast in­to Moulds of Plaister well oyled, or into Moulds made of Paste before they be dry; if you'd have the Figures diversified, pour [Page 302]in a little of every Colour one after the other, and though at first they seem to mix, yet they will separate before they be cold; try and judge.

To cast Medals or carved Figures in trasparent Colours; to Embellish Glasses, Windows, or Shashes as if they were of Ruby, Amber, or Coral.

TAke a Medal or piece of carved Work, which mould off in prepared Earth, it will do well in a pair of Flasques, then raise an Edging of Earth near half a Finger thick about the Figure, experience will better teach the thickness; for clear Amber, take Venice Turpentine, put it in a Pot well Leaded, boil it over a small Fire, till by let­ting a little drop fall on your Nail or Knife, it become so hard when cold, that you can hardly break it with your Nail; if it be not hard enough, give it more boiling, and cast it in the Mould.

For the Ruby Colour.

Mix fine Lake in fine Pouder, with Tur­pentine boiled, and cast it into your Mould [Page 303]of Clay before it be dry, because they are apt to break, cut a piece of Glass of the size of your Medal, and whilst the Turpentine is yet melted, stick it to the Medal; when dry, take away the Earth gently with a wooden Point of Willow, then with Water and a gentle Brush of Bristles, clear away what may be sticking of the Earth, place them in a good Light, and you will find them won­derfully beautiful; after this manner you may make large Pieces, and add to their Beauty by tempering Shell Gold or Silver with fasting Spittle, and laying it on that side of the Glass which you intend to lay up­on the Medal or Figure; but because the taking away of the Earth does insure the Pollish, when 'tis clean hold it at some di­stance from the Fire, which will recover it, taking care you hold it not too near.

An Emrald Colour

Is made with Verdigreece finely poudered, and mixed as above; Coral with Vermilion, Jet with Ivory or Lamp-black.

To mould Embolished Figures in Plaister, or co­loured Paste tempered with Gum Tragaganth Water, the Drapery being Laced or Seamed with Mother of Pearl.

TAke little Shells that are shining on the inside, those that are brought from the East-Indies are the best, break them in pieces, and with a little Paste or Gum, dissolved to the thickness of Honey or Varnish, and with a Pencil stick, the shining side of the Shell upon the Plaister Mould, till you have dis­posed of all the Pieces according to your Fancy; if some of the hollow places are too narrow to receive the pieces of Shell, some small Seed Pearl will do well; remember that small Pieces render the Work more beautiful and free from unevenness; of lar­ger Pieces, having thus set the Pieces as close as may be, make a Paste of Yellow and Chalk, or what colour you think fit, make it into flat pieces, about half a finger thick, with your Ti [...]ino press it into every part of the Mould; that done, place some little sticks, where occasion requires, to support it, then fill the Mould with Gum Traga­ganth Water, that it may glew all the parts [Page 305]together, then joyn the Mould, and tye it with a Cord, when 'tis near dry, take it out, and you'l find your Figure curiously adorned with Mother of Pearl, thus may you have them of any colour; having well oyled the Mould, you may guild them if you think fit; the same may be done with pieces of thin Blew, Purple, Green, or other co­loured Glass, having laid on Silver or Gold with fasting Spittle; thus you may imitate all sorts of Mosaick Work.

To make Medals or embolish'd Figures of Plaister of a Japan Colour.

TAke a Syringe, at the end of which, make fast a thin Plate of Iron, in which make little Holes of several sizes, then have Paste of all colours, not too thick nor too thin, of which fill your Syringe, and by thrusting the Sucker, force it through the Holes, thus will your several Pastes be form­ed in Threads, which lay apart, and with your Thumb press them into the Mould till covered, then fill it up with yellow Ocre, having before given a laying of Fish Glew.

The same another way.

Make a Paste of all sorts of Colours tem­pered with Gum Tragaganth, of each of Pastes make a thin Cake with a Roleing-pin like the Lid of a Tart, lay one upon another, being joyn'd, place the Colours in order, then extend them again with the Rouling-pin, then roul them up round as you would a quire of Paper, then beginning at one end, cut in thin round slices, with which fill your Mould, pressing it with your Thumb, and shutting it, cast in the Paste, dry it and pol­lish with a Tooth.

To make Medals of Fish-Glew.

TAke your Medal of Lead, Tin, or other Metal, oyl it, then wipe it gently off (not quite clean) with a linnen Cloth, then having steep'd the Fish-Glew in water about three days, boyl it to a degree thinner than Glew for Wood; make a Circle of Clay a­bout the Medal, pour on the Glew to the edge of the Circle, laying a Paper over it to keep off the Dust, and leave it to dry; when 'tis so, lift up the Medal by degrees, and [Page 307]you will find it hollow on one side, and emboss'd on the other, more clear than the Horn of a Lanthorn; strain it before you use it.

To colour them.

Boyl Brazil in Rain-Water till it become strongly tinctured, divide it into three parts, to one add a spoonful of Lye, to the other part a little Lime-Water, with these you may make your Glew of three different co­lours; also for Yellow take Saffron, for Green take Verdigreece beaten very fine and ground with Water, stirring it well with a Stick; for Violet, Turnsole in Lime-Water, of these you may fix several sorts on Cabi­nets and pieces of curious Work.

To mould off the Medals of Fish-Glow in Plaister, and to make Medals of Tin or Lead.

HAving made your Medal of Fish-Glew, about the thickness of a Sixpence or Shilling, lay it on a little Bed of Potters Earth, and with the Thumb press it about the edges; that done, make a Circle of the same Earth, then cast the Plaister mixt with [Page 308]Plume Alum, and tempered with Sal Armo­niac, ut dictum est supra, being moulded, turn the Plaister, oyling the edges and making a new Circle about it, and casting the same Plaister upon it, you will have the Mould of a Medal, of which one side will be hollow, the other embossed; being dry, bake it throughly, ut supra, and cast your Lead or Tin to strengthen the Mould, lay on both sides of it some Potters Earth, joyn it toge­ther, bind it with an iron Wier and bake it, to make it fit to receive the Metal.

To make hollow Moulds of Sulphur, in which to cast Medals of Plaister very neatly.

MAke the Medal very hot before the Fire, oyl it with Linseed oyl, make a Cir­cle of Potters Earth round about it, then have your Sulphur ready melted, not too hot, but only that it begins to warm, as it were atop, pour it on as gently as you can, least it blister and become knotty, and 'tis done.

To mould off Medals of Plaister in the hollow Moulds of Sulphur.

Take a short Brush, and rub the Sulphur Mould with Sallad Oyl, dry it up lightly, that it be not too Oyly, then mix your Plai­ster about as thick as Pap, and with a Brush sprinkle it nimbly on the Mould, and with your hand throw on more of the same Plai­ster, pressing it with the Thumb into the hollow places of the Mould, then with a Knife lay more on to what thickness you think fit; the Plaister should (if not fine e­nough) be brayed in a Mortar with a woo­den Pestle.

To print Paper upon the Sulphur Moulds.

Oyl your Mould, then take Paper or Pasteboard well beaten and soak'd in water till it become a soft Pap, lay some of this on your Mould, upon that a Towel, press it with your Thumb to get out the Water, if you find the Paper to lye thick enough, press it with a Sponge till there remain no Water, and that the Paper be entred into all the hollow places; being dry, rub over with a Dogs Tooth to fix it in the finest Engrave­ings; you may strengthen your Mould with Plaister on the back of it.

To make a Varnish to lay on the Figures or Me­dals of Plaister.

Take Soap of Alicant, which is white, scrape it in thin pieces, put it in a glaz'd Pot with some Water, and with your Finger temper it by little and little till it be all turn­ed into Water, about the consistence of thick Milk, let it settle about a week or more, co­vering it from the Dust, then with a soft short Brush wash the Plaister, setting it at some distance from the Fire to dry by de­grees, being dry, rub it gently with a Cloth, setting it in a good Light, the better to dis­cern where to pollish; thus will your Plaister become bright as Alablaster.

To make a Size to lay Leaf-Gold, or Silver, or Copper, or Tin, up [...]n Figures of Plaister, that will not sink into them.

Take Oyl of Nuts, boyl it with Lytharge till it become thick, then grind with Water, White Lead and Yellow Ocre, each a like quantity very fine, when dry, grind it with the same Oyl, then lay it on with a Pencil pretty long, with a stiff point, keeping it al­ways covered in Oyl, to preserve the point small and plyant, and in laying on the Size, move your Pencil to and fro, to even the Size; when dry enough to guild, lay on your [Page 311]Leaf-Gold or Silver with a pair of wooden Pincers, or a piece of white Paper, cutting it on a Cushion according to the manner of Gilders.

A most exquisite way of casting all sorts of Figures.

TAke a pound of new Wax, a third of Colophony, melt them at a slow Fire, let them cool so long as that you may en­dure some of it on your Hand without burning it, then having oyled your Figure with Sallad Oyl with a Brush, cover it all o­ver; if it be a living Face, cover the Hair of the Eye-lids and Eye-brows with Paste, as also the Beard, then with a Brush nimbly cover the Face about the thickness of a Half-crown, being careful not to stop the No­strils, and that the Person squeeze not his Eyes together, which will render the Face deformed; thus having your Face of Wax, take it gently off, then strengthen it with Clay on the backside, that in pouring in the Plaister it may not give way. Thus may you cast all sorts of Faces, Laughing, Weep­ing, Grimaces or Wry Faces, also Feet, Hands, Fruit, Fish, or any thing else, divid­ing [Page 312]the Mould into two pieces with a warm Knife, then joyn them and fortifie them with Potters Earth, than this, no way of casting is neater; I have often taken thus living Faces, and with a small Gouge open­ing the Eyes afterwards, all which you may colour to the Lise; this way of casting is ve­ry fit for Painters, Engravers and Carvers to cast patterns.

To Figure or inlay with Figures any thing that is made of Wood.

THis is done with Mother of Pearl, by breaking the Shells, and cutting them according to the Figures you design, inlay­ing them after you have with Gouges cut your Wood; thus may you imitate all sorts of Fruits, for you will find some Purple, o­thers Blew, Green, Yellow, so that if you would imitate a black Grape, the Leaf of a Tree, or other Fruit, you have a suitable Colour; make a small hole through every piece, pinning it with a small piece of Silver Wier to make it stick fast, then take Linseed Oyl and Orcanet, rub it well, and wipe off the Oyl clean, when dry, varnish it with the drying Varnish hereafter mentioned, also (not [Page 313]oyling it) you may make very fine compar­timent Work in fine Threads that will look like Silver, thus make a Set of small Gonges of all sorts very sharp, with these having cut your design, take Tin, melt it, adding to it as much Quick-Silver; stir it with a Stick, being cold, put it in the palm of your hand; if it be too soft, add a little more Tin; grind this Composition with water upon a Marble, put it into a Shell, and keep this Composi­tion to fill up the Engravings or Cuttings which you have made with your Gonges; when you have left it two or three hours to dry, pollish it with your hand and it will look like Silver. By adding more Quick-Silver, you make a thinner Composition, which with your Thumb you may rub into the Work you have cut till it be as bright as Silver; instead of Tin you may mix Leaf-Silver with the Quick-Silver, which will add to the beauty of your Work. This is com­monly practised upon black and coloured Wood, pollishing them with a Tooth.

If you would have the Composition more beautiful, grind Tin-Glass, and wash it till it leaves the Water clear, then mix it in a Shell with some Gum, and with a Pencil fill up the Engravings; after three or four hours drying, quicken it with the Conposi­tion of Mercury and Leaf-silver.

For the Red.

TAke Fernebourge half a pound, or what other you think fit, Rain-Water, a handful of Quick-Lime, two handfuls of Ashes; when these have steep'd half an hour in the water and setled at the bottom, take a new earthen Pot, put in the Fernebourge with the Lee made of Lime and Ashes, hav­ing steep'd half an hour, boyl it and let it cool a little, then pour it into another new Pot, adding half an ounce of Gum Arabick; take another Pot or Pan, put in some Rain-water and a piece of Allum, make it boyl, soak your Wood in this Allum Water, take it out and dry it, then warm your Red Co­lour, and with a Brush rub it as long as you think fit, dry it, and with a Cows or Dogs Tooth, pollish it, and it will be shining and red as Scarlet.

Another excellent Red.

Boyl Brazil in Rain Water till it be fully coloured, strain it through a Cloth, take [Page 315]heed no Iron either touch it nor come near it, then give one laying of Saffron steep'd in water upon your Wood; being thus of a pale Yellow, and dry, give it several layings of the Brazil Water, till you like the Colour, when dry, burnish it with a Tooth, and varnish it with drying Varnish with the Palm of the Hand, and you will have a beautiful Red inclinable to Orange; if you put a spoonful of Lee amongst the Brazil, it will make the Red deeper, or boyl it with a little Allum, but the yellowing it improves the Colour, and by how much the Wood is whiter, by so much the more beautiful will the Colour be.

Another Red.

Temper Brazil in Oyl of Tartar, with which rub over the Wood and it will be­come of an excellent Red.

To make a Violet Colour for Wood.

Take Dutch Turnsole, temper it in wa­ter, and strain it through a Cloth, before you use it on your Work, try it on a little piece of white Wood, to see if it be not too deep, for 'tis better to lay it on clear than deep; having laid on the Colour, put some of the same Colour to a quantity of water, to make it very thin, and with this wash it [Page 316]till it become bright; dry, burnish, and var­nish it, and if the Wood were white, you will have an admirable Blew.

To make a Purple upon Wood.

Having your Turnsole steep'd as above, add to it the Tincture of Brazil boyl'd in Lime-Water, and it will be an excellent Purple; these Colours ought to be varnish'd, as well to beautifie as to preserve them.

To imitate Inlaying or Marble upon Wood.

Beat the Yolk of an Egg with water till it be thin enough to write with, take a Pen­cil, and with the Yolk vein the Wood ac­cording to your Fancy; being dry, some slake Lime in Urine till it become thick like Mud; with a Brush lay this on the Wood, when dry, clean it with a Rubbing-Brush, rub with a clean Cloth, burnish and varnish it, and you will have a very plea­sant piece of Work.

To make all sorts of Vessels, as Flower-Pots or Dishes, to imitate very neatly fine Porcelain or China ware.

Turn your Vessels according to the Fashi­ [...] [...] the true China, 'tis no matter what [...] except Beech, first glew it and whi­ten [Page 317]it with Whiting, and glew very smoothly three or four times, make it more smooth with a wet linnen Cloth; last of all pollish it with dryed Rushes, then give two layings of Cerus with Oyl of Turpentine and white Varnish, then with a Knife mix upon a Pal­let a little Blew Ammel with Cerus, till the Colour become only a little blewish; the Ce­rus and the Ammel must be ground very fine with water, and left to dry: when this last laying of Blewish White is laid on with Varnish and dry'd, design your Figures upon it with very fine blew Ammel spread on the Pallet with Oyl of Turpentine; in laying on this Blew, moisten the end of the Pencil in Varnish to mingle with the Blew, taking care that the Ammel grow not hard in mix­ing, and by that means trouble some to lay on; when dry, if you find occasion, you may with the point of the Pencil touch it over again.

Another way of Staining or Marbling Wood.

Grind White-Lead and Chalk together on a Marble, put it in a Pot, and temper it a­gain with the Yolk of an Egg beaten with water, then with a large Pencil lay on this White, when dry, repeat it, that being dry, take a Point made of Stags-Horn, draw off the white, where, and in what Form you will, then sprinkle the Lime mixt with Urine, the Violet Wood which Dyers use, will become [Page 318]black as Ebony, by sprinkling the Lime and Urine, Plum-Tree, and Cherry-Tree turn of a deep Red, the Pear-Tree and Ser­vice-Tree turn Reddish, Wallnut-Tree grows black by mingling some Galls in Pouder with the Lime and Urine.

A Pencil made of Mutton Suet rub'd in those places where you would draw with Yolks of Eggs, will do the same thing. 'Twill be excellent upon Black-Cherry-Tree, or Plum-Tree, or any Wood of a dark Co­lour.

To counterfeit Ebony.

The most solid Wood and freest from Veins is best, such as Pear-Tree, Apple-Tree and Service-Tree; black well either of these; when dry, rub it with a Cloath, then make a little Brush of Rushes tyed near the ends, melt some Wax in a Pot, mix­ing with it some Lamp-black, then with the Brush throw on some of the Wax, brushing it till it shine like Ebony, then rub it with a Cloth and some of the black Wax; the Wood should be well pollisht and rusht before you do it.

To counterfeit Ebony, Holly is the best of all Woods, which you must put into a Hat-makers Furnace where he dyes his Hats; when you find it by cutting, to be struck in about the thickness of a Sixpence, take it out and dry it in the Shade, that it [Page 319]may the better drink up the Dye-Water, then pollish it with an Iron to take off the foulness of the Dye; then with Rush and Pouder of Charcoal and Sallad Oyl, as is done to Ebony; the Wood of Tunis pollishes easily, it also burnishes well with a Tooth, and is better to cut than Ebony, which is very brittle.

A pollisht Black.

Grind Lamp-Black with Gum-Water, and with a Pencil cover the Wood; when dry, pollish with a Tooth, 'twill look very well.

Another black Dye for Wood.

Put into good Ink little pieces of Iron ve­ry rusty, leaving it so some days; then rub the Wood, which 'twill penetrate, pollish with a Tooth, and 'twill be very beau­tiful.

To make Wood of [...] Silver Colour.

Beat Tin-glass in a Mortar to fine Pouder; then put some Water to it, grinding it to the fineness of Paint, or grind it on a Marble; then put it into an earthen Pan, washing it two or three times till it be very clean, mix it with clear Glew, and lay it upon the Wood, being first warmed, lay it on the [Page 320]Wood with a Pencil, when dry, pollish with a Tooth.

To make Wood of the Colour of Gold, Silver, Copper or Brass.

Take Rock-Cristal, beat it very fine in a Mortar, then grind it on a Marble with clean Water; then put it in an earthen Pot with a little Glew, warm it and lay it on; when dry, lay it on as above, rub it with Gold, Silver or Copper, and 'twill be of the same Colour you rub it with, then pollish.

To lay on Pencil-Gold or Silver on Wood.

Temper the Gold or Silver with weak Gum-Tragaganth-Water very clear, with a Pencil lay it on the Lights of your Work, without touching the Shadows, which must be made with Indico ground with a very weak Gum-Arabick Water, then varnish it with drying Varnish made of Spike-Oyl and Gum Sandrac; if it be too thick, add some Oyl, in making it, let it not have a greater heat than may be endur'd by the Hands; black Wood or Wood so dyed is most proper to gild.

For Silver upon Wood.

First glew your Wood over with Parch­ment Glew, when dry, figure it as you think fit, as before mentioned; shadow and finish with Water in which Tallow has been boyled, heighten with Silver (as in the Chapter for Gold) and varnish it.

A Red Colour for Wood.

Take Orchanet beaten in Pouder, mix it with Oyl of Nuts, make it luke-warm and rub the Wood.

A Yellow Colour

Is made with French Berries and Allum, also with Turmerick or Saffron, also with Merita Earth; Yellow in most cases is an easie Colour.

A Violet Colour.

Take four ounces of Brazil, and half a pound of Logwood, boyl these together in two quarts of Water, adding an ounce of common Allum; in this boyl the Wood.

An excellent Blew.

Take four ounces of Turnsole, boyl it an hour in three pints of Lime-water and paint your Wood.

To make Bronze or Pouder of the Colour of Gold.

Take Gum Elemi twelve Darchms, melt it, then crude Mercury one ounce, Sal Ar­moniac two ounces, put all in a Glass Viol with Bole and Whites of Eggs, make all melt, when melted add Orpiment at discre­tion, with some Filings of Brass; being well mingled together, lay it with a Pencil on that which you would bronze.

For Burnish't Gold.

MAke Glew of the cuttings of white Leather or Vellum, which wash and boyl till it comes to a good thickness, strain it through a Cloth, take of this Glew, and add to it a third part of Water; boyl it, and while 'tis hot, strike over your Wood, being clean, with a Brush; do this three times, each Course being first dry; last of all, give one laying of only Glew, without Wa­ter, then take Whiting, grind or mix it in fair Water; let it be thick enough, then take your Glew, in which throw your Whiting, stirring it with a Stick till 'tis cold, taking especial care that it be neither too strong nor too weak, being that on which the whole Work depends; take a little off in a Pot, to which pour a little of the weak Glew, warm it a little at the Fire, that it be almost [Page 324]as clear as Glew alone; give a laying or two of this White upon your Work, leaving them to dry one after another, then give a laying of White a little thicker, taking care it be not too hot, which will occasion little holes or blisters; use it therefore when 'tis but just melted, laying it gently and smoothly on, working nimbly with the end of the Brush to stop the holes if any should happen; you may give from four to eight layings on, as you find cause; be sure the Whiting be not too thick, for if you guild carved or emboss'd Work, you'l hide all the fine Work of your Figure.

Being dry, repair it with Fish-skin, then rush it; lastly, smooth it with a wet fine linnen Cloth; observe that the more even you make it, and the freer it is from little holes or knots, the more beautiful will the Gold be, for the least defect in the White, will be a great fault when gilt.

The Size to lay on the Gold.

Take Sanguine or Burnishing-Stone, the reddest is the best, grind it on a Marble with fair Water, and to the quantity of a Pencil as big and as long as a Finger; add about half the Yelk of an Egg, which you must grind with it, adding the quantity of a great Pea of white Soap, then put your Colour in some Pot, adding a convenient quantity [Page 325]of Water, till it become about the thickness of Milk a little curdled, for it must not be laid too thick.

How to lay this Size on.

Make tryal upon a piece of Board cover­ed with the white Ground; when the Size is laid on, and that 'tis dry, rub it with a linnen Cloth, if the Colour stick to it, and leaves behind it upon your Work only the Flower of the Colour of your Size, then 'tis good; but if you find it sticks not at all to the Cloth, put a little more Water to it, because there was too much Yolk of Egg; if then in rubbing it, your Cloth take off all the Colour from the White, then add a little more Yolk, mixing them all well toge­ther, make another tryal, and finding it in fit temper, cover your Work, and leave it to dry; when you would lay on the Gold, wet the place first with a large Pencil, letting a drop or two run between the Leaf-Gold and the Size, leaving your Work accord­ingly, that it may run, then leave it to dry, before you burnish the whole; try upon a corner, if it peal not, you may go on; when burnisht, rub it with a Cloth; if any chance not to stick, dissolve a very little of your Vellom Glew in a little Water, by warming it, touch the place and 'tis done, taking care that no greazy Cloth or Hands do touch your Gold.

Another more easie Size for Gold or Silver.

Take yellow Ocre of Berry, (English is as good) provided it be not stony or sandy, wrap it in a linnen Cloth, tye it with a Thread, and burn it in a red hot Fire till from Yellow it become of a red. Colour, the Fire having throughly penetrated all parts of it, having also a care it be not too sharp a Fire, then grind it well, and make it of a sufficient thickness; if it be hard to burnish, add a little of the Yolk of an Egg, and a very little white Soap, and grind them together.

To Gild a Carved or Embolish'd Figure, so that none of the finer Stroaks of the Work may be lost.

Having with boyling Glew washt over your Figure, give it three or four Courses of Whiting very even; being dry, mix your Size as before directed and lay it on; being dry, burnish it, then take Shell-Gold or Sil­ver, temper'd with weak Gum-Tragaganth Water, or Arabick, cover your Work with it, and burnish with a Tooth. Note that you may lay on Gold or Silver with one course of Whiting, if it be Pencil Gold or Silver.

To Silver any thing over with Tin-Glass.

Grind Tin-Glass very fine, wash it till it leave the Water clean, mix it with the a­foresaid Glew and use it; when dry, bur­nish; this may be used without the afore­said Size, only laying it on the white Ground, and your Work will appear like Silver.

Wash well your Tin-Glass, glew it well, burnish the white Grounds before you lay on the Tin-Glass, and afterwards with a Paper between the Tooth and the Tin-Glass.

To Bronze with Copper.

Take Pin-dust, grind it well, and wash it till the Water be quite clear; mix it with Glew as the Tin-glass, lay it on the white Ground with a Pencil and burnish; the same may be done with Antimony.

Another excellent way to Silver Figures.

Take Silver in Froth or Scum, which the Refiners use to separate from Gold, in washing the sweep of Gold-Smiths; grind this Silver, gum it a little and lay it on your Figure; burnish it, and you'l find your em­boss'd Figure well silver'd, being laid on a white Ground, and the Size us'd for bur­nisht [Page 328]Gold 'twill be very fine, appearing like Massy Silver.

To grind Gold to lay on Figures.

Reduce a piece of gold into small File-dust, grind it on a marble; when throughly ground, wash it in a shell, till the water be clear, then with glew or gum lay it on the size as you did burnisht gold. You may also melt gold with quick-silver, evaporate the Mercury by en­creasing the heat, when cold beat it in a mor­tar, then grind it and lay upon the size as as you did the burnisht gold, then burnish it.

How to Bronze.

Your figure being whited and made smooth grind Cristal and Touchstone with water, temper it with glew and lay it on your work instead of burnishing, rub the metal of which colour you would have your figure, rub it well, and the invention will be very neat.

To discover Gold under a black Colour with an Ivory Point, a great Secret, and as beautiful as those things gilt in China.

HAving well burnisht your Gold without fault, grind Lamb-black with Linseed Oyl or Oyl of Nuts, adding as much Um­ber as Black to make it dry; then as much Spike-Oyl as Linseed Oyl; make tryal with one Leaf of Gold burnisht; lay the Black upon the Gold very smooth and even, then dry about a day, more or less accord­ing to the time; if dry enough, 'twill not stick to your Fingers; then take a Point of Ivory or Stags-Horn well sharpned, rub it on a piece of Glass to take off the ruffness, that it scratch not the Gold or the White; then draw what you please with the Point, discovering the Gold; if it appear bright and shining, and that the Black be not une­ven and slovenly about the edges of the Stroaks you have made, then is your Black in good temper, but if in discovering the Gold it seem tarnish't, your Black is not dry enough; if the Black be troublesome to get off, and cannot be easily done with an unslit Pen, then mix Spike-Oyl till it comes to [Page 330]work easily, clean and bright; then may you easily draw the finest hair Stroaks: your Black thus made, cover your burnish't Gold all over with a soft Pencil, then with the Feather of a Turky Cocks Tail, paste over the Black as even and smooth as you can, free from all manner of Dust or Filth; be­ing dry, and having made your Draught or Figure as large as the Work, follow the Tract of the Line with the Point, and dis­cover or lay open the Gold.

If you would have the Figures of Birds or little Beasts, or whatsoever else, find out the strong Lights of them, discover them by hatching with a Pen, or the point of a Pin, if not too sharp, but if by the Stroaks ap­proaching too near each other, you make a Fault, you may mend it by laying on a lit­tle Black, letting it dry; if the way of making great Lights be not profitable, or that Shadows are more easie and pleasing to you, discover the Gold with a point of soft Wood, that it may not scratch the Gold, which you must discover or lay open to the bigness of your whole Figure, shadowing the proper places, as the Nose, Eyes, Hair, &c. leaving it to dry; then hatch it with a point according to the Judgment of him that draws it; to know when 'tis dry e­nough to hatch, always at the same time you cover your Work, cover a little waste piece for tryals, to prevent the spoiling your [Page 331]Work; being finished, leave it three or four days to dry, and varnish it with drying Varnish twice, if you see cause; when you lay on the Black, do but one piece at a time, because some, by being too dry, will be troublesome to discover the Gold; take care also that in the first laying on of the Varnish, that you spread it gently, for fear of defacing.

For the same after a more easie manner.

Your Work being covered with burnisht Gold or Silver (it matters not which) mix and grind Lamp-black and Umber together very well with Water, taking care you put not so much Umber as to destroy the Black; then add some of the Yolk of an Egg, which grind with it, and lay it on your Work with a soft Pencil or Brush very smooth, when dry (if you find cause) give a second laying of the same Black, and with an Ivory Point very smooth, discover your Work; if the Black come not easily off, then there was too little of the Yolk; if the Stroaks be too broad and ragged, then there was too much Yolk of Egg; this way of discovering the Gold, is more shining than the other, but be sure to be careful that in varnishing, you pull not off the Black, nor cause it to fully, to that end, be sure to work with a soft Pen­cil and smooth Stroak; you need not much [Page 332]fear the laying on the Varnish the second time, provided it be not too thick, and that it be Oyl of Spike Varnish.

To do the same another way.

Having laid your Black on the burnisht Gold, as aforesaid, mix equal parts of Lin­seed Oyl, and Oyl of Spike, which lay lightly on with a large Pencil, let it dry four or five days, more or less, according as you find the Gold more or less easie to ap­pear bright and shining; by this way you may allow almost what time you will, always remembring to make a tryal before you fall to work; for Blew, take Azure; for Red, fine Lake; for Green, Verdigreece; and so in all other Colours, being mixt and ground with the Yolk of an Egg, as before directed.

An exquisite way of enriching and beautifying all sorts of wooden Work.

COver your Work with hot Glew, then with the aforesaid Mixture of Glew and Whiting; upon this, lay the Size for burnisht Gold, and lay on the Gold or Silver and burnish; then take right Indico, grind it with Water and Yolk of an Egg; being very thin and clear, lay it on the Silver, so as the Silver may appear through it; being dry, pounce your Pattern of Paper, being whitened with Chalk, then with the same Indico draw over the pounced Stroaks of your Figure as neatly as you can, so as if you were to draw a Figure with a Pen upon a piece of Paper; then with the same Indico made thinner, make the necessary Shadows, after that, with Umber, then heighten with a wooden Point, by hatching the Lights, then varnish the Work, which will seem en­amell'd.

For the same another way, but a more glorious Colour.

Instead of Indico, steep Dutch Turnsole, a day or two in Water, strain it through a Cloth from the Dregs, grind and mix this Water with some Yolk of an Egg; lay this on your Silver, then with Turnsole ground with Turnsole-Water, draw with a Pencil what Lines or Figures you think fit, which you may shadow and hatch in the proper places, which heighten in discover­ing the Silver, as before directed, then var­nish. To make a Purple Ground, boyl Bra­zil in Lime-Water, and mix with Turnsole-Water.

This will not last so well as that done with Indico, because the Turnsole in time is apt to turn red, and will stain the Silver; therefore before you varnish, lay upon it the White of an Egg beaten into Glair, which will make it much more durable, and wonderfully beautiful.

To enrich carved Work, as Pictures, Frames, and all other sorts of wooden Work.

HAving your Work covered with bur­nisht Silver, take Glew of Vellum or Parchment boyl'd to a thick Jelly, strain it through a Cloth; when setled, strain it a­gain, then with this Glew give one laying upon your Work with a soft Brush; if that be not enough, give a second, then varnish it, but before you varnish, if you think fit, you may paint in Oyl or Water, colour Flowers, Fruits, Leaves or Birds in their proper Colours, and varnish them, having first laid them over with Glew. Note, you may mix with your Glew either Milk or Soap of Alicant.

How to embellish a Frame with green Leaves.

Take Indico, a little Orpiment ground with Water, inclining towards a greenish Brown, mixing with about half a pint of your Colour, the quantity of a Muscle Shell of the Yolk of Eggs, and as much Size as is requisite to make it stick. Having first laid on your White in the same manner as if you [Page 336]were to gild it with burnisht Gold, you shall then paint the Freezes of your Frame with this brown Colour, leaving untoucht the Mouldings, which you shall have before gilt with burnisht Gold: Your Work being thus prepared, you shall either by pouncing or otherwise, draw what ever you please; then with Indico alone, ground with Water, a little Size, and a drop of the Yolk of Egg, you shall draw your Figures or Leaves, which you shall shadow, and in shadowing, sweeten, heightning them with Green. viz. You shall take Orpiment well ground with the greenish Brown, wherewith you laid the first Layer upon your Frame; then heighten it with Orpiment alone, ground with Water and Size, and a little drop of the Yolk of Egg amongst your Colours, be­cause it would dry in burnishing, for the Yolk of Egg serves only to burnish the easier; of which things you may make an experi­ment. But if you desire to paint your Leaves in Oyl, you shall burnish the first Layer of greenish Brown; then you shall paint your Leaves with drying Oyl boyled with Litharge of Gold; but instead of Orpi­ment, you may if you will, work with Masticat.

How to beautify with Yellow, making it Wainscot Colour.

Having laid your Frame with White, as you are told, take Yellow Oker of Berry, or smooth English Oker, which you shall grind exactly with Water, putting thereto a little Yolk of Egg; then put Size to your Colour, and having mixt it all well upon the Marble, you shall therewith paint your Frame; being dry, you shall draw and shadow with a little of the black Hematite, wherewith Cutlers sanguine their Hilts, ground with Water, and a drop or two of Yolk of Egg; then mix Size to make the Colour, wherewith you are to shadow, stick, and for the shadow, observe to take Umber, or Moss, or else Lamp-black Water; then heighten it with Oker and Chalk mixt to­gether with a little Yolk of Egg, whereof you shall make tryal before you lay on your Colours; then burnish it with a Dogs Tooth. If you desire to varnish it, you shall give it a Layer of Size, before you lay on your Varnish, and if you will, you may paint your Figures and Leaves in Oyl, var­nishing the Figures without varnishing the Ground.

Another way upon Black, discovering the White with an Iron Pencil.

Having well covered your Frame with White, well polished and rusht, take Lamp­black, and having ground it with Yolk of Egg, make tryal thereof a part, to see whe­ther the Black, when fixt, will burnish very bright: you shall size your Black, as much as is necessary, to make it stick. With this Black you shall colour your Frame, and be­ing well laid on, and dry, you shall burnish it with your Tooth. Then taking an Awl or Bodkin of Iron sharpned and flatted at the end like a little Chisel, of such breadth as you desire your Fillet to be; you shall with your Ruler, and this Iron thus sharp­ned, draw Fillets, scraping off the Black till you come to the White; you may also, if you will, with a Bodkin, make Moresk Works, which you may hatch into every Leaf; as also other branched Works, the Imbossment wereof, you may hatch by scraping off with your Iron or Bodkin the Black, till such time as the White be seen, still keeping your Iron sharp and smooth. Hereby your Work will be of a fine Black, well burnisht or polisht like Marble, where­in you will have branched Works, which will seem like Ivory or Harts-horn, inlaid in the Wood. If your Figures appear too much shadowed; after you have drawn out [Page 339]all your Work with a Bodkin, take one, or more Irons like a Folding-Stick, or yet blunter, as you shall see convenient, with which Iron, well smoothed and hardned, you shall the most evenly you can, rub your Figures, till there no longer appears any Black, not letting your Iron enter any farther than the Superficies of the White; that is, when the Black shall be rub'd off, and the Figure shall appear very white and smooth,; then shall you burnish with your Tooth, the White you have discovered, af­terwards with a little Pencil you shall draw the Lines, and hatch the Shade, as if it were Horn engraven or carved.

How to make upon an open White Ground, Fil­lets, Branched Works, or Figures with Black.

You shall lay your Frame or other Work with boiling Size, as hath been said when we speak of laying upon White, to Gild with burnisht Gold: Having sized it, take Lamp-black well ground with Water, then size it as the White, and go over your Work therewith five or six times, then rush it, then take off the same White, amongst which you shall grind as much Yolk of Egg, as may make the White polish, and with this White go once or twice over your Work; when it is very dry, burnish your White with the Tooth, then with your Iron [Page 340]draw upon the White Fillets, branched Works, or Portraits, according to your Fancy, till the Black appears, The Freezes of your Frame will seem to be of Ivory, and your Black will seem to have been engraved, or like pieces of Ebony inlaid upon Ivory. But to make it the better resemble Ivory, you shall have by you a little piece of po­lisht Ivory, the better to represent its Co­lour, which is not so white as Chalk; but a little inclining to Yellow: And this you may imitate by grinding with your Chalk a little yellow Oker, or a little pale Masticot, or the Bones of Sheeps Trotters burnt and ground to Powder.

Another way representing Enammel.

Having gone over your Work seven or eight times with White, and polisht it with Rushes, you shall go over it once or twice with Lamp-black mixt with a little Yolk of Egg, and pretty store of Saffron, all well ground together with Water, putting there­to as much Size as is necessary to make it stick; but have a care of putting too much, and make a Tryal, to see whether the Black, when burnisht, shine like unto po­lisht Marble, from which this Black doth no way differ, provided the Yolk of Egg be put exactly in such quantity as is fit; be­cause if there be too much, it will not po­lish [Page 341]bright, and will in time lose its polish­ing. Your Work being thus well laid, and po­lished with the Tooth longways and over­thwart, draw by pouncing such Figures as you please; this done, take off your Black, mixt with a little White, to render it some­what Gray, and with your Pencil draw out the Proportion or Lines of your Work, which must be done to hinder your Oyl Colour from separating upon your black Ground; then draw with White-Lead in Oyl, such Figures as you please, which sha­dow according to Art with White and Black as sweetly and neatly as you possibly can, putting some Azure amongst your Black, to the end your shadowing may bear a little upon the Blew. Let your White and Black be ground with drying fat Oyl, that it may not sink into your Work, but may shine as if it were varnisht: But if your White and Black shine not enough, you may varnish them with drying Varnish, which you shall lay only upon the Figures with the point of the Pencil, if you will here and there lay on some shell Gold, you may do it with the Pencil, but Gum your Gold very little, that you may burnish it afterwards, if you will; because the Gold in this sort of Work, is laid on only in little Lines, on the Ground of small branched Works, and take heed, that on the Figures made of White and Black, there be no Gold [...] [Page 342]laid, till the White and Black begin to dry, after the manner of Gold Colour, and it will easily take and hold, if you lay it on at such time as your White is neither too wet nor too dry; you shall do the like upon the Varnish, if it be necessary, and your Work will not differ from the Enamels of Limoges, in the Ground whereof, you may see your self, as in polisht Marble, which is a thing wherewith you may adorn a Closet.

How to draw Figures with Shell Gold upon a black Ground.

You may with Shell Gold or Silver make Grotesk Work, branched Works, or Figures upon the Wood thus blackened, as aforesaid, always heightning the Work, and shadowing it, as I have taught you. In this manner the Gold may be burnished with the Dogs Tooth, especially if it be Grotesk, and o­ther branched Works, which are not liable to be shadowed; so that having the Freez of a Picture Frame covered first with White, and then blackned and well burnisht, drawing thereon Moresk Works with Shell-Gold or Silver, your Gold being thick e­nough, and afterwards burnishing it with your Dogs Tooth, your Work will appear very agreeable, provided you work neatly.

How to lay Gold in Oyl upon blackned Frames, where the Gold appears very fair, and the Black very shining, without being var­nished.

Your Work being laid with White, black­ned and burnished, as aforesaid, take Gold Colour, and with your Pencil, which must be very long and fine, paint what you intend to gild, lackring with your Gold-Colour what you will, be it the Proportion of a Leaf, which you may afterward, if you please, hatch with your Pencil; being dry, as it ought, lay on your Gold the most exactly you can; then with a Feather brush off the Gold which does not stick. By this means you shall have branched Works, or Moresk Works very compleat, for as much as the Gold will not stick on the Ground which hath been burnished; but your Gold Co­lour must be very good, else you will not attain your Design. Now if you will repre­sent Birds, or Figures, you may lay them with your Pencil; then being gilt, draw them with a Pencil of Black in Oyl, and hatch the Shadows with the Pencil as neatly as is possible. There are made Frames hatched in this manner, which seem to be of Copper, gilt and engraven. But remember to hatch the Shadows upon the Figures.

To make Frames, the Freezes whereof, shall on a Ground of burnisht Black be fill'd with Flow­ers, either in Water-Colours, or Oil.

Having your Frame, or other Work pre­pared with White, blackned and burnish'd, you shall Gild with burnish'd Gold, or Gold in Oyl, the Mouldings; then paint upon your Freeze Flowers in Water-Colours, af­ter the manner of Limning. For to make them well, having drawn your Design upon the Freeze or Frame of your Picture, ei­ther by pouncing, or otherwise, with Black-Lead, you shall lay on White mixed with Size, wherewith you shall draw the Plat­form of the Figures, Flowers, or branched [...]rks, which you desire to paint in Co­lours, then paint thereon whatever you please. But if you will paint the Figures and Flowers in Oyl, you shall first lay it with White-Lead in Oyl, then being dry, lay your Colours in Oyl thereon. You may paint Flowers upon a white Ground, the White being well rusht and smooth, lay on your Water-colours after the manner of Limning.

Upon a Ground of burnisht Gold, or Gold in Oyl, to paint Flowers.

You shall gild your Frame with burnisht Gold, being well gilt and burnisht, paint Flowers or Fruits upon the Freez of your Frame, with fine Colours in Oyl or Water. You may gild with Gold in Oyl, and paint thereon.

How to lay Leaf Gold on earthen Vessels, ena­melled with white or blew Enamel: Which are Works of long continuance, and seem to be rather of Gold enamelled, than of Earth enamelled.

TAke a Vessel well enamelled, either with White or Blew, or any other Co­lour; then take Gold-colour well ground, and very fat, that the enamelled Earth may not drink it up, and lay on your Foliage with the Pencil; the Size must be laid on, as you are taught in the Chapter of laying Gold in Oyl upon a black Ground. Your Vessel being thus gilt, the Figures being well drawn, according to the Pattern, and sha­dowed with Black, and very neatly stained, [Page 346]you will see a Vessel upon a Ground of A­zure Enamel pondered with Grotesk Work, Foliage and Figures laid in Gold. But if you desire in some parts of your Work to re­present Brooches, you shall make Ovals and Squares, wherein you shall paint with Black and White in Oyl, what you desire to re­present, your Oyl being fat, to the end they may not sink in, or varnish them apart.

To Colour Wood after the manner of Marble, as a Table, &c.

LAy seven or eight Layers of White, as it were to gild with burnisht Gold, then grind Black, which is not over much sized, adding thereto a little Yolk of Egg, and a little Saffron; having laid it on, let it dry, and then burnish it exactly: By this means, you may counterfeit to the Life, all sorts of Marble; having a little experience in Colours, and make also all sorts of Works, as Frettized Work, Flat Work, O­vals, &c. Let there be in the Colours a lit­tle Yolk of Egg and Saffron, that is, in such as can bear it, colouring the Marble with divers colours; the Colours must be laid on clear like Threads: you may also on a [Page 347]Ground whited, as I have said, pour out a Shell full of Colour in one place, then turning it shelving on one side, cause the Colours to run, which will make Veins, then take another shell full of another Co­lour, and do the like, so continuing with all your Colours; or else with a gross Brush, lay all your Colours very clear one near a­nother. This depends on him that works. After your Colours are dry, you may make use of the Pencil to repair the Defects: then burnish your Work, which will not be sub­ject to dust or spoiling.

To Colour a Frame with a fine speckled Red.

Grind Vermilion with Water, then size it, and grind it with a drop or two of Yolk of Egg, with this Colour speckle the Wood of your Frame with a Pencil, and your Work being dry, take Lake ground with Water, and a little Size, two drops of Yolk of Egg, wherewith you shall spot with the end of the Brush, and let there remain as much White as you shall lay on Red, then burnish it with the Tooth, and gild the Mouldings with burnish Gold.

To beautify Frames of Works, made of thick Paper, or Lead, Gilt.

TAke a Plate of Steel, polisht and bur­nisht, which cover with that Orange Tawny Mineral, called by the French, Mine de Plomb, ground with Linseed Oyl and Looking-glass Tin, so that drawing with an Ivory Bodkin upon the Painting, the Lines may be neat. Draw what you please, then harden the Painting, till it become of a tawny Colour. Afterward take Aqua fortis, wherewith you shall besprinkle your Plate, letting it lye an hour or two, as shall be taught in the Chapter of engraving upon Steel with Aqua fortis. Your Plate being graven and cleansed, take a Paper as large as your Plate, and lay it upon the said Plate, then put thereon a piece of Pastboard, such wherewith Bookbinders cover their Books, which you shall adjust upon your first Paper, so that it may be printed. You may do the same with Lead beaten thin. Your Paper being well printed, glew it up­on your Frame, then gild it with Gold in Oyl, and make the Field with Lake ground in Oyl, or other colour. You may stick on [Page 349]your Prints of Lead with Mastick, and nail them with little Nails.

To make Moulds of Lead to print Cotton.

Put upon the Work, whereof you desire to have the Hollow, Potters Clay, and make a Circle round your Work, and then put Plaister upon your Potters Clay till it be co­vered a Thumbs depth; then take up your Mould, wherein you shall make a Git-hole, and let it dry at leisure, bind your Mould with nealed Wire, then harden with a Gentle Fire, letting it afterwards cool leisurly, lest it crack. Being hardned, and a little warm, set it in Sand, then cast your molten Lead therein. If this Chapter be not intelligible enough, return to that of Moulds. If you mix a little Brick and Stone Alum with your Plaister, it will mould the neater.

To make embossed Figures, whether great or lit­tle Images, which may be easily done, and is very fine.

FIrst you must make Sticks of the bigness of every Limb, as from the foot to the Knee, or of the Arm to the Eldow, and so [Page 350]of the rest, and make therein Joynts, to fa­sten them together,, and make them bend at your pleasure. This done, put a stick cross the Hanches, to which you shall fasten the Sticks, that represent the Thighs: then take Cloth, which you shall make into Breeches, and stuff them either with Lea­ther, Tow, Flocks, or whatever else you will, wherewith you shall Cloath your Sticks set together, in form of an Antick. You must put on your Breeches before you stuff them, then put your Figure in such posture as you will; afterwards make your Gar­ments be cut and sowed by a Taylor, and moisten them with very strong Glew of Lea­ther; then put your Garment on your Pop­pet in such posture as you desire; order it so, that bending your Image, you fold also your Garment, for so your Fold will be much more natural; if you see they do not of themselves fold according to the Order of Drapery, fold them with your Fingers till they be according to your mind; then let them dry, so that the Glew of the Garments may be stiff. If you would have your Dra­pery spread clear, tye it with Packthread, and hang it up, and so it will take what Fold you will, then having afterwards put it in the Posture you will have it, give it several layers of White; after which, you shall put on the Head, Feet, and Hands, which will be better of Plaister than Paper; the Parts, [Page 351]you will have naked, must be placed before your Puppet is clad; if it be a Womans Bo­som, let it be of Paper cast in a Mould. Thus will you have a Figure, which will represent to the Life Sculpture it self.

To stuff Embossed Figures.

FOr the Draperies, the best manner that can be, is to make a Mould of Pear-Tree of the bigness of a Leaf of Tin, and to do this, you shall pourtray upon your Board, Foliages or Moresk Work, which you shall draw; then cause the said Board to be cut by a Joyner, with his Instruments, viz. let him cut in the Foliage the thickness of a Whipcord, leaving the Ground eleva­ted above the Figures; have Leaves of Tin somewhat strong, and beaten on purpose; paint the said Tin all over with Gold-colour, then being dry, as is fit for gilding, lay on Leaves of Gold whole, wherewith you shall gild your Leaves of Tin as much as shall be necessary; then take White-Lead ground with Oyl of Nuts, neither too thick nor too thin; with this White, paint with your Pencil the elevated Ground of your Board, leaving untoucht the Engravery, [Page 352]then lay your Leaf of gilt Tin upon a Leaf of Paper, the Gold upwards, and put the Leaf upon a very smooth Table; then take your Mould, and turn gently the side full of White upon your Leaf of Tin, pressing the Mould a little, till such time as the Leaf of Tin continues attached thereunto; then turning your Mould upside down, press lightly with your hand upon the Paper, to the end the White may be imprinted on the Gold; taking off the Paper, you will see whether the Tin be markt; this done, take off your Leaf of gilt Tin, and you will see this white Ground; if there be any Defect, where the White is not sufficiently markt, you shall mend it with a Pencil. Then take Rock Azure, which you shall pouder on the White, or else Vert-Azur, which is clear, if you will have Green. Thus shall you have Leaves of Tin gilt with Moresk Work or Foliage of Gold on a Ground Sky-colour or Green, which afterwards you shall put upon the Draperies of your Figure, which you shall lay with Gold-colour to make the Tin stick, which you shall cause to enter into the Concavities, which could not be done nor managed with the Pencil.

Another manner for the same Mould.

Lay your Mould upon a Table, without putting thereon any White, take you Leaf of Tin gilt, and lay the side thereof that is not gilt, upon the Mould, then with the Palm of your Hand, or an Handkerchief, press lightly your gilt Tin, so that the Leaf may enter far enough into the Engravery without breaking, then with a gross Pencil lay on your Ground, which may easily be done without letting the White get into your En­gravery; then pouder it with Azure, or Vert­azure as hath been said. This last is the easier way, because the Leaf of Tin is more easily taken off from the Mould without breaking.

If you desire the Field red and transparent, lay it with good Lake; if you will have it Green, take Verdigreese calcined and ground in Oyl; then being dry, burnish it, varnish it with sparing Work, and by this means you shall have Grounds of all colours, even of Purple, which you shall make of en­amelling Azure, Lacca and White: You may do the like upon Tin silvered, or not silvered, on a White or other coloured Ground.

How to lay your Leaves of gilt Tin upon your Drapery.

YOur Figure being well imprinted with an Impression in Oyl, grind white Lead with very fat Oyl, wherewith you shall lay your Draperies, where you would have your Leaves of gilt Tin stick. Your White being a little less dry than is necessary for gilding, that it will stick a little on the Finger, lay on your Leaves of Tin upon the White, pressing the Tin with a thick gentle Brush, to make stick and fasten to the White; then smooth the Tin with the Brush, to lay them even in the Pleats. The Co­lours upon your Leaves of Tin must be very dry, before you lay them on your Drapery; thus doing, your Draperies will be fair and neatly done, which could not be done with the Pencil in the Pleats.

To make coloured Foliage upon a Ground of Gold.

Press in the foregoing manner your Tin, that it enter and cover the Ground and Fo­liage, then paint your Foliage with what co­lour you will, laying your gilt Leaf as before.

[Page 355]There may be made Works, where the Figures shall be of Gold on a coloured Ground, when the Colours of the Ground are laid; the Leaf of Tin being out of the Mould and dry, draw with a Pencil the Lines and Shadows of the Hatchings with the same Colour, which may be counter-drawn, reinforced, and heightned, before your Leaves of Tin are laid on the Fi­gure.