The charitable physitian with the Charitable apothecary. Written in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire, and physitian regent in Paris: and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented. And now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I. W.

CHAP. I. To make Oyle of Roses three wayes.

THE first way is, take a pound of red Rose buds, beate them in a Marble morter with a woodden pestle, then put them into an carthen pot, and poure upon them foure pound of oyle of Olives, letting them infuse the space of a moneth in the Sunne of in the chimney corner stir∣ring of them sometimes, then heate it, and presse it, and straine it, and put it into the same pot or other vessell to keepe.

The second is, take halfe a pound of red Roses, and halfe a pound of Damaske, beate them together in a marble morter, and put them into a pot, and poure upon them foure pound of oyle, and let them infuse the space of twelve houres, then poure them all into

a pan and boyle them two or three boylings, and straine them, and presse them in a strong to well in the presse, and in the meane time put in the pot as many more Roses and poure the oyle upon them, and so heate them and presse them, and put Roses to the oyle three times, and then boyle it untill all the hu∣midity bee consumed which is shewed in the thirty two and thirty three Chapters of the first Treatise.

The third is, to take all Damaske Roses and no red, and make three infusions as before.