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TAke fiue flagons full of raine water, and seeth it with strong Ashes, & put into it some Litarge of Gold the quantite of sixe vnces, with a hand∣full of a blacke figge tree leaues, and as much of sage, and let it seeth vntil it be diminished of a quarter, and
than it is done and made, washe your heade with this composition twise a weeke, and whan your head is drie againe, take the iuice of sage, and put into it an vnce of tartre or leese of redde wine, and half an vnce of the litarge of gold, and haue ready a combe of leade whiche you shall anoint with the saide iuice and so kembe your head and your bearde well with it, and they will become incontinent blacke, vsing the saide combe with the said iuice and pouder, whiche thinge hath ben proued. For the like effect you shall take oile of tartre, and heate it, & whan you haue washed your head and dried it againe, you shall anoint your combe with the saide oile, and so kembe your heade in the Sunne a good while, or els anoint your selfe with a sponge for to make your heares black, and do it twise or thrise a day, & in a weke you shall haue your heares as blacke as euer they were, and the like maie you do to your beard, and if you will haue it sauour swetely vse at the ende some oile of Bengewine for to anoint the cōbe withal, for it helpeth likewise to the blacking of the heares, and is of good sauour. This is an excel∣lent secret. For the like also, take white Hony, and distill it in a Limbeck of glasse, with a sharpe fire, and keepe that licour that commeth of it, and washe your head with it, and what it is drie againe, anoint your self with it & the heare will be blacke. Take also good Saffran, & incorporate it well with yolkes of Egges ••osted, and a little Honny, and you shall make of it, as it were a maner of ointment, with the which you shal anoint your head or berd morning and euening, and continuyng so a moneth at the least in washing your selfe often, the heares will •••• of the colour of Gold: but first anoint the kōbe with oile of bitter Almondes, and do that while ye are in the sunne, and the heares will be bright and faire as Gold. Take also the roote of succorie, and seeth it with lie, and in continuyng of it, it will make your heares white, and drie your selfe
in the Sunne, and washe your selfe twise a weeke, and boile also in the lie some commune lickerous, and whan your heare is drie againe, parfume theim with quicke brimstone, and they will become of the colour of Gold. To make also hore heares blacke, take black Sope, and quicke lime, and some litarge of Golde, and make thereof as it were an ointment, and rubbe your heares with it, and continue so a while accor∣ding as you shall see neede, and whan they be become blacke, leaue theim so, and if they returne to be white againe, doe as before. Also for to make them Redde, beyng hore and white, take three handfuls of Wal∣nutte leaues, and a handfull of the pilles of Pome∣granades, and distill them in a limbeck of glasse: then washe onely your white heares and not your face, for you should than make it blacke, and doyng thus the space of fiuetene daies, it will continue a moneth, and you shall haue your heare Redde. Take also grounde wormes burned, and make thereof pouder, also the leaues of a blacke Figge tree, and make thereof a fine pouder, and temper it with oile of almondes, and they will be Blacke. Now to make them growe a pase and quickly, take a certaine quātite of Hennes egges, and seeth them whole in water: than take out the yelkes, and frie thē in a friyng pan without any other thing, vntill there come furthe of theim some humidite and moisture: then take them of and putte them in a little bagge, and presse them in a presse, and get out all the substance that maye come out of them: then burne an oxe horne, and make thereof pouder, and incorporate it with the said licour, and put to it also goates turdes ••urned: and so anoint the ••are place with the saide cō∣position diuers times, and the heares will growe in∣continent after.