A verye excellent and profitable booke conteining sixe hundred foure score and odde experienced medicines apperteyning unto phisick and surgerie, long tyme practysed of the expert and Reuerend Mayster Alexis, which he termeth the fourth and finall booke of his secretes ... Translated out of Italian into Englishe by Richard Androse.

An oyle like vnto Balme, very profitable for diuers sores.

TAke of cléere Turpentine .iij. pound, of Incense, of Lignum Aloes, of ech thrée drammes, of Mastick, of Cloues, of Ga∣lingale, of Cinamond, of Nutmegs, of Cubebes, of Gum Ele∣mi,

of eche two drammes, braye those thinges that are to be brayed, and put them into a Still of Glasse, and let it settle the space of fiue or sixe dayes. Then distill it vpon the embers, first with a soft fire, then encrease the fire so much that al the things be distilled. And taking it out put it once againe to distill in an other Stillitorie, causing it to stande in infusion, and hauing set the Still in Balneo Mariae, you shall distill thrée liquors: the first will be a cléere water, and will swim vppermost: the second liquor will be an oyle through more distillation, and put∣ting thereto a sufficient quantitie of fire, you shall get out the thirde oyle. The sayde oyle with annoynting, helpeth sore si∣newes, and by annointing Cankers and Fistolaes therwith, it helpeth them verie much, and with touching the sores, it causeth them to close vp. It helpeth the Leprosie, the Carbun∣cle, and drinking a drop or two in broth or in wine, it healeth the passions of the Matrix, and all inward griefes, it draweth out perished bones, being put into the wounds, it healeth them, and annointing the temples, it maketh a good memorie.