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 that a white skinne shall haue blacke spottes of the colour of a leopard or panther and also to make grey heare blacke.

TAke Litarge of siluer one vnce, ij. vnces of quick lime, and three basins ful of water, and seeth al this in a newe little pot wit•• a small fire, vntill it waxe warme. Then take it from the fire, mixyng it alwaies with a sticke, and it will be made. Then take a Pensill of Hogges bristels, and marke your white skinne with spottes as you shall thinke good, one spotte here and another there, one nighe vnto an other, and some what great according to your skinne. Then drie them in the sunne, & whan the skin is drie,

beate it with a wande and you shall see the spottes dimme of the colour of Taunie. And if it be not well colored to your minde you maie doe it ones againe touching the same places you did before, & the colour will be liuelier, this doyng you shal come to your pur∣pose. And this colour keepeth alwaies, and giueth a good odour. Also laiyng the saide matter vpon the heares of a mans head or berde that is grey, it will make them blacke.