A breefe aunswere of Iosephus Quercetanus Armeniacus, Doctor of Phisick, to the exposition of Iacobus Aubertus Vindonis, concerning the original, and causes of mettalles Set foorth against chimists. Another exquisite and plaine treatise of the same Iosephus, concerning the spagericall preparations, and vse of minerall, animall, and vegitable medicines. Whereunto is added diuers rare secretes, not heeretofore knowne of many. By Iohn Hester, practicioner in the spagericall arte.

About this Item

Title
A breefe aunswere of Iosephus Quercetanus Armeniacus, Doctor of Phisick, to the exposition of Iacobus Aubertus Vindonis, concerning the original, and causes of mettalles Set foorth against chimists. Another exquisite and plaine treatise of the same Iosephus, concerning the spagericall preparations, and vse of minerall, animall, and vegitable medicines. Whereunto is added diuers rare secretes, not heeretofore knowne of many. By Iohn Hester, practicioner in the spagericall arte.
Author
Du Chesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609.
Publication
At London :: Printed [by R. Robinson?],
anno. Dom. 1591.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Aubert, Jacques, d. ca. 1587. -- De metallorum ortu et causis contra chemistas brevis et dilucida explicatio -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Metals -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20900.0001.001
Cite this Item
"A breefe aunswere of Iosephus Quercetanus Armeniacus, Doctor of Phisick, to the exposition of Iacobus Aubertus Vindonis, concerning the original, and causes of mettalles Set foorth against chimists. Another exquisite and plaine treatise of the same Iosephus, concerning the spagericall preparations, and vse of minerall, animall, and vegitable medicines. Whereunto is added diuers rare secretes, not heeretofore knowne of many. By Iohn Hester, practicioner in the spagericall arte." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20900.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 22, 2025.

Pages

Oile of Frankensence.

THis oile is distilled as afore is said in sand with a gentle * 1.1fire according to art, vntill all the substance be come forth, the which will be both oile and water, the which yee must seperate by a funnell, the water is good against winde in the stomacke if it be dronke, it helpeth all chappes and chilblaines, and such like either in the hands or feete, if ye wash them therwith and annoint them with the oile against the fire, and straight waies put on a paire of gloues: it hel∣peth the white scall if yee wash it therewith, & also all ma∣ner of scabbes, laying thereon morning and euening a cloth wet in the same: it dryeth vp vlcers & sores: the oile is most precious against woundes in all partes of the body, because it preserueth from putrefaction and alteration, and taketh a∣way paines, if ye ioine the wound close together and lay this oile warm heron. The first oile that commeth forth is cleere and preserueth the handes and face being annointed there∣with: it is also most profitable against all colde diseases in∣wardly, if yee geue thereof ʒ. i. with conuenient liquors, it dissolueth all tumors and aches comming of colde, it taketh away the blacknes of any bruise being new done in two or three houres by continuall annointing the place so fast as it dryeth in.

Notes

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.