The newe iewell of health wherein is contayned the most excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, deuided into fower bookes. In the which are the best approued remedies for the diseases as well inwarde as outwarde, of all the partes of mans bodie: treating very amplye of all dystillations of waters, of oyles, balmes, quintessences, with the extraction of artificiall saltes, the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold. Gathered out of the best and most approued authors, by that excellent doctor Gesnerus. Also the pictures, and maner to make the vessels, furnaces, and other instrumentes therevnto belonging. Faithfully corrected and published in Englishe, by George Baker, chirurgian.

The maner of Dystilling by Ascention, and what especially behoo∣ueth to be obserued in the sayde working. The .ix. Chapter.

WE haue afore taught, that the Dystillation, whyche is a separation of the subtill partes from the grosser and hea∣uyer, to be wrought & done especially after two meanes &

wayes, as by the Ascending and Descending. Further, of the same which is wrought in the Ascending, is one waye done, in that named Balneum Mariae: in another manner by Ashes or Sande, another way in Horse dung, and in another manner, by another meane heate seruing betwéene these. This by the waye in euery Dystillation ought to be obserued (that how often Oyles especially are to be drawne out of substances) that the Dystillati∣on in the meane tyme, be in no maner hyndered or stayde. For if this Dystillation begun, be once letted, insomuch that the mat∣ter or substaunce be cooled, the woorke or Dystillation after can neuer be perfourmed, in that the same can no more ascende. For which cause, it behooueth that this woorking or Distillation, be di∣ligently and carefully followed vnto the ende.