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.

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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.
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Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 1565.
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Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Kyngston: for Nicholas Englande,
Anno domini. M.D.lx. [1560]
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Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16112.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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Page 150

An electuarie for the head, which conserueth the me∣morie, cleereth the sight, and conforteth the stomack.

TAke the floures of Buglosse, of Borage, & of Ro∣semarie, of eche of them a pound, take also fenell seede, annise seede, the seede of sea fenell, and Siler of the hils of eche of them sixe vnces, with an vnce of fine cinamome. Beate & stampe al that ought to be beaten and stamped, and sift al those thinges that must be sifted. This done mingle them togither & make thereof an electuarie, of the whiche you shall take in the mor∣ning the bignesse of a chestnutte, and you shall see a meruelous operation, for this is come from a great personage.

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