The seconde part of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by hym collected out of diuers excellent authours, and newly translated out of Frenche into Englishe, with a generall table, of all the matters conteined in the saied boke. By William Warde.

To make a woman beare Childrē although it be not alwaies assured, yet it is the best remedy that can be founde.

FIrste cause the woman to be purged well and giue her some water of the baines of Aquario, or other mine of Brimstone, then lette her eate of the fleshe of a hare, and the man also as muche as is possible, that is to saie, leauing all other kinde of flesh, thē take y^e kinde of that Mercurie, that hath curled or wrinkled leaues, mugwort or mother wort, valerian, and make therof long, or round morsels without past, with grease, spices, cheese, and egges, and let her eate nothing els in the morning with breade three times a weeke continually, and let her drinke good wine, and parfume her selfe three daies togither with Franken∣sens, Bay leaues, Nutmegges, Bengwine, & a little Muske, and let the husbād also take three morninges some of this poudre folowing. Take the small skra∣ping of Cipres, a dramme & a halfe of toune Cresses, called in latine Nasturtium, long Pepper, Nutmegges, fine wood of Aloe, of eche of them half a peny weight, and the kidney and stones of a hedgehogge, dried and not burned, and make therof a pouder the which you shall take at three times with Malmesey, and remaine viij.* 1.1 daies without the companie of her, and after ha∣uing companied with her, let her sleape, and carry vp∣on her lefte arme an Egle stone, not of the comō sorte but of those that be as hard as steele, and lette her also keepe euery daie vpon the reines of her backe a newe laide egge beaten with fiue or sixe droppes of strong blacke Vinaigre, and remoue it euery daie.

Notes

• * 1.1

  This stone is called in greke Acti∣••es, and hath many good¦ly vertues, as you maie reade in Hermolaus barbarus in corollario.