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.

The Spagyricall preparation of Me∣dicines taken out of Vegitables, and first of wine.

Chapter 1.

TAke the purest and strongest wine ye can get, & distil it in a gourd of glasse with a narrow mouth, ouer the which * 1.1ye shal paste a paper, the which being drye annoint it with oile of sweete al∣mondes, then set on the head and receauer, and distill it in Balneo, and the spirit wil flye through the oily pa∣per, the which yee shall circulat and keepe in a cold place, close stopped, whose vertues are infinite for the health of mans bodie, the spirit being taken away, yee shall boile the feces vntill it come thicke like a sirop, & set it in a moist sel∣ler, the which in short time wil congeale into hard stones or salt, which is called of some lapilli vini, the which ye shal kepe in a dry place to your vse, that is, to dissolue gold therewith, the which thou maist do in this order. First calcine thy gold into an impalpable powder, that it cānot be brought to gold again, thē take therof ℥. ss. lapillorū vini, prepared as afore. ℥. i. fs. Alcooli viniq. s. digest thē together 14. daies, then distil it, & there wil come forth a water of a golden colour, then powre on more spirit of wine prepared as afore, & digest it againe,

and distill it as aforesaid, and this ye shall doe vntill the spi∣rit of the gold be drawen forth.

* 1.2 Vinum alcalisatum.

TAke those feces that remained after the spirit is taken away, and calcine them white, then with his proper fleme ye shall draw away his salt, the which is called sal vini, of the which take ℥ si▪ spiritus vini ℥ 2. digest it in Balneo 20. daies then distil it vntil it be drie in the bottom, then put on more spirit, and digest it as afore, and this ye shall doe vn∣till the salt be distilled ouer the helme, and then it is pre∣pared.

The preparation of tartar, and first of spiritus tarta∣ri, vel liquor fecularum vini.

* 1.3 TAke white tartar lib. 4. & distil it in maner of aquafortis, vntil all the spirits become forth, the which ye shall sepe∣rate in Balneo from the oile, then take that oile which re∣mained in the bottom, and rectify it in sand, and thou shalt haue a most precious oile or balme: thou shalt note that the first liquor seperated in Balneo is called liquor fecularū vini, or spiritus tartari, which would be rectified frō the colcothar 3. or 4. times to take away his stinking smell: the oile which ye rectifyed is called oleum fecularum vini, siue mumia fecula∣rum vini, the which is most profitable in curing of running and corroding vlcers, and sores which goe creeping vpon the flesh, and especiallie those that come ex lue venerea, being d••onke in wine, it breaketh the grauell in the raines & blad∣der and expelleth it by vrine: certaine drops being dronke with the decoction of frogges is conuenient for the pthisick: It preuenteth the infection of the plague if yee annoint the ••ostrelles therewith: It drieth and consumeth ficus in ano in short time without any paine. Furthermore ʒ. 1. of the spi∣rit of tartar being dronke with the water of fumetorie, or hirundinaria, or such like, is conuenient for pustulas galli∣cas, exanthemata, erisipelas, the dropsie, water betweene the

skinne, and the flesh, menstrual fluxe, and all obstructions of those partes, as the iaunders. It taketh away the leprosie in the beginning: ye shall note that ye may augment his force meruellously in this order.

Ye shal mixe it with Aqua theriacalis, which is made thus. Take perfect good theriakle ℥. 5. redde mirra ℥. 2. Safrone ℥. ss. the spirite of wine ℥. 10. mixe them in a glasse and set it to digest 6▪ or 7. daies, then distill it in Balneo: Sometimes they put into this water ʒ. 2. of Campher, especiallie when it is vsed in whot burning agewes, and inflamations and then it is called Aquae theriacalis camphorata. As for ex∣ample: Take Spiritus vitriolli 1. ounce, Liquoris fecularum vini correcti 3. ounces, Aquae theriacalis 5. ounces: mixe them and digest them in Balneo. 40. daies, then giue thereof 1. dram with good strong wine, or other conuenient liquor, bothe for the aforesaid effectes, and also to cure and preuent infi∣nite other diseases, for this composition hath a singuler per∣cing qualitie aboue many others: yee shall note that the liquor of Lignum vite may be vsed in the same order, and so it will worke his effect with more speede.

Sal tartari.

* 1.4 TAke those feces that remained of the Tartar at the first distillation, and calcine them vntill they be white, then dissolue it in faire water distilled beeing warme, filter and congeale it and in the bottome ye shall finde a white salte, which laied in a moyst place will turne into oile, the which taketh away spottes in the face or any other partes: also it clenseth vlcers if ye mixe 1. dram, with 1. ounce of the spi∣rit of wine, this oile maketh the haire faire and yellowe: yee shall note that if this salte be often calcined and congeled, it will become Christaline, and is of great force against di∣uers infirmities, as hereafter God willing shall be taught.

The liquor of Honie. Cap. 2.

* 1.5 THat which diuers men call the oile of H onie, is not a

vnctuous oile like vnto other oiles, but rather a certaine element the which is neither oile nor water, although it bee cleere: & this is not much vsed in chirurgerie by cause it is not conuenient in sores, but rather a thing appertaining to phisicke, because it comforteth the stomacke, strengtheneth the spirites, and extinguisheth all feuers, it helpeth the col∣licke. It dissolueth the stone in the raines and prouoketh v∣rine. The last liquor that is redde maketh the heare yellowe as golde, if ye wash it there with diuers times. It taketh away spots in the eies, and is thus made. Take pure honie 2. poūd and distil it in a glasse that containeth 2. gallons, with a gen∣tle fire in sand till it changeth colour, then change the recei∣uer & increase the fire a little, vntill all the fumes be come foorth, the which will afterwarde turne into a redde liquor which some call the oile, ex leonardo Phiorauanti.

There is also a quintaessence or burning spirit made out of honie, the which hath the vertues and quailities that the spirite of wine hath in all pointes and may be vsed in steede therof, some affirme that this quintaessence or spirite of ho∣nie will dissoule golde, being firste calcined and circulated therewith certaine daies: It dissolueth like wise any kinde of iewell that is put therein. It healeth woundes with greate speede, if ye wash them therewith: It helpeth againste the cough, cattar and paines of the milte, it cureth spots in the eies and preserueth the sight. It is affirmed that one vsinge this essence 40▪ daies, was cured of the Palsie and fallinge∣sicknesse, also this quintaessence beeing distilled 20. times with perfect pure siluer calcined, it wil restore the sight vnto those that are in manner blinde.

The extra••ction of liquors out of plantes, flowers, seedes and rootes. Cap. 3.

PVt Celandine brused into a glasse cucurbit well stopped, * 1.6set itto digest 15. daies in warm dung, then distil it with a gentle fire vntill the feces remaine drie, the which ye shall stampe, pow••ring there on the element of water before dis∣tilled, that i••t may be couered 4▪ fingers, thē stop the glasse &

putrifie it 8. daies in Balneo, after distill it againe giuing fire by degrees til ther come forth no more spirits, & in this 2. di∣stillation thou shalt haue the water & aire, the fleme if ye wil ye may seperate by Balneo which reserue: then calcine the feces that remaine, which imbibe with the fleme reserued, puttifie it in Balneo, and distill it per alembicum, vntill the matter appeare in white stones, the which by often soluti∣ons and coagulations with his proper water become crista∣line, and so the earth shall remaine well purified, which al∣though it be white notwithstanding containeth his fire and inward tincture: vpon this put on your 2. first elementes before reserued, and circulate al together in Balneo till the oile appeare and swim vpon, which is called the true es∣sence endued with infinite quallities.

In like manner ye may attaine the true preparations of Melissa, sage, and Valerian and all other hearbes.

* 1.7 In that manner ye may prepare the oyles of flowers, but the herbes and flowers which yeeld small quantitie of oyle must be cut, or stamped small, and then put it into a glasse mixing with them if they be drie faire water distilled. But if they be moist or waterish ye shall put them in a glasse, alone close stopped, and set them in the sunne or some warme place to macerate, vntill ye see the oile swimme vppon the toppe, the which ye shall power foorth, and making it warme ye may seperate it by a funnell or conuenient instrumente. Some vse to take those herbes and flowers thus, macerated and distil them in a vessel of copper with a refrigeratory and after seperate the oile, ye shall note that what vertue the herbe is of, the oile is of the same, but much more forcible & subtile.

Oyle of Time his vertues. * 1.8

THree or 4. droppes being drunke with aqua mulsa, helpeth the painefull cough, shortnes of breath, clenseth the brest and ripeneth the fleme, it prouoketh vrine, expelleth the secundine and dead fruite from the ma••rix▪ in di••••olueth clotted and cōgealed bloud within the body, being vsed with

Oximell and a little salte, it purgeth toughe and clammie fleme, and sharpe cholerike humours, and corruption of the bloud. It preuaileth against blastings and winde in the bellie and stones, being often vsed it preuaileth against melancho∣lie diseases, and the goute: the smell of this oile is profitable for those that are toubled with the falling sicknesse: Beeing put in to a hollowe tooth it taketh away the paines present∣lie.

Oyle of sweete Margerom.

* 1.9 THis oile being often vsed with other conuenient medi∣cines, is most profitable for those that are fallen into a dropsie, and cannot make water but with great difficultie. It preuaileth against winde and gripings in the belly, and pro∣uoketh neesing, it is comfortable against all paines of the heade, and restoreth smelling beeing lost if it bee put into the eare & nostrels: it is good against poison and the sting∣ing of Scorpiones.

Oyle of Sage.

THis oile dissolueth congeled bloud within the body, cu∣reth inward woundes and bruses comming either of a stripe or fall: It prouoketh vrine and expelleth grauell, * 1.10comforteth the hart and head that is greeued with cold hu∣mours, it is profitable for women with child because it clo∣seth the matrix, and comforteth the childe, it is profitable for those that are troubled with the gout, palsie or weakenes of the sinewes, if ye mixe it with oile of waxe & annoint the partes therewith, it helpeth the cough and openeth obstru∣ctions of the liuer and swageth paines in the side, beeing drunke with wormewood wine, it is profitable against the bitings of venemous beastes, for it cleanseth the sores and healeth them if it be put into vnguentes fitte for that pur∣pose.

Oyle of Peniriall.

THis oile being drunke with conuenient liquors proue∣keth Menstrua, and bringeth foorth the after burthen,

the dead fruite and vnnatural birth: It prouoketh vrine, and breaketh the stone especially in the kidnes, being taken with conuenient siropes it clenseth the lunges and breast from al grosse and thicke humors, beeing taken with aloes and ho∣nie it preuaileth against crampes and contractions of the si∣newes, being dronke with water and vineger it stayeth the inordinat desire to vomit & gnawing paines of the stomack, and is profitable against the biting of venemous beastes: the annointing of the temples and nostrelles with this oile is profitable against the falling sicknes, and taketh away the swimming paines thereof, and is most profitable for those that haue a colde and moist braine, it slaketh the paines of the gout: the fume of this oile being receaued at the lower partes with a funnell is profitable against windines and bla∣stinges, and also against hardnes & stoppings of the matrix.

Oile of Mintes.

* 1.11 THis warmeth and strengtheneth the stomacke, and dry∣eth vp moist and superfluous humors gathered in the same, and causeth good digestion, it stayeth vomitting, be∣ing dronke and annointing the stomacke therewith, and kil∣leth round wormes being often vsed: it helpeth the griping paines of the collicke, and stayeth the menstruall fluxe, be∣ing either eaten or dronk with some conuenient medicine: it easeth women which are much troubled with harde and perillous trauell in childe birth: It helpeth deafnes if it be dropped into the eares, the onely smell of this oile maketh the hart mery.

Oile of Hisope.

* 1.12 BEing dronke with some conuenient liquor it openeth all obstructiōs of the brest, it helpeth the shortnes of breath and cough, being dronke with the sirope of vineger it ex∣pelleth tough and clammy fleme, it killeth & driueth forth wormes, it hath the like operation if it be eaten with figges.

Oile of wormewood.

* 1.13 THIS oile is a profitable medicine against all paines of

the stomacke that is oppressed with hot cholericke humors, for it expelleth them partly by the stoole, and partly by v∣rine, and comforteth the stomacke: likewise it purgeth all cholericke humors gathered together in the vaines and li∣uer. The vse thereof helpeth the yellow iaunders, and all obstructions of those partes. It is profitable against windi∣nes and blastinges of the belly, against paines and appetite to vomit, and the wamblinges of the stomacke, if it be mix∣ed with oile of Aniseede and eaten in losenges or drinke, it resisteth venome, and killeth wormes being dronke, and the belly annointed therewith, it helpeth digestion, purifyeth the bloud, prouoketh sleepe, and preserueth them in good temperature that vse it, either with wine or some other con∣uenient thing, it is profitable against the dropsie, comfor∣teth the liuer and hart, and resolueth the milte, if yee mixe with it 2. or 3. drops of oile of vitrioll, it helpeth long sick∣nesses, being often vsed in the morning with conuenient liquors, it is very profitable for those that are waxen leane and are euill coloured in the face and bodie: wormewood wine: is verie fit to drinke it withall.

Oile of Rosemarie flowers.

* 1.14 THis oile is most commodious against all paines of the head proceeding of cold, although it haue continued a∣long time, it comforteth the memorie, and preserueth the sight, it helpeth deafnes if it be dropped into the eares, it o∣peneth all obstructions of the liuer and milte, and is profi∣table against the dropsie and yellow iaunders, it breaketh wind, and is profitable against the collicke, and rising of the mother, it is also good for those that haue dronke poi∣son, or that are infected with the pestilence if it be dronke with some conuenient liquor and sweat thereon: It comfor∣teth the hart and clenseth the bloud and maketh a man me∣rie••: to conclude, it comforteth against all diseases of the bodie comming of colde and moist humors, it helpeth the canker and fistula.

Oiles of seedes must thus be prepared.

* 1.15 TAke your seedes and beate or bruse them, and lay them to steepe 2. or 3. daies in distilled water or wine, then distill them with a refrigeratory, with a gentle fire vntill all the oile be come forth, the which ye shall seperate by a fun∣nell.

Oile of Aniscede. * 1.16

BEing dronk or eatē fasting in losenges in the morning, it causeth a sweet breath, & is profitable for those that are short winded and cannot fetch their breath, but with great paine: it breaketh winde in the stomacke, belly, and guttes, it breaketh fleme, and causeth it to be spitte forth, it increa∣seth nature, it driueth forth poison by sweat, it comforteth the breast and lunges, it prouoketh vrine, and breaketh the stone in the raines & bladder, it is good against the bloudy flixe and piles. The nostrels being annointed therewith at night when ye goe to bed prouoketh sleepe, and wood being annointed therewith wil not suffer mothes to breede there.

Oile of Fenell seede.

* 1.17 IT comforteth the affectes of the head. It sharpneth the sight, it helpeth the straitnes of the breast, and horsnes of the voice, it helpeth concoction & dissolueth wind, It brea∣keth the grauell and prouoketh vrine and the menstruall flux: it openeth the obstructions of the liuer and milt, and profiteth greatly against the dropsie and yellow ••anders be∣ing vsed with conuenient liquors or medicines.

Oile of commin seede.

* 1.18 IT is good against woundes in the splene, and disperseth winde in the stomacke, belly, bowelles, and matrix: It hel∣peth the cough and shortnes of wind, it is good against the fretting of the belly, either taken by potion or glister. It is

profitable for those that haue the burning of vrine and can∣not hold their water, being dronke with water of ferne: it helpeth digestion of grosse humours in the stomacke.

Oile of caraway seede.

* 1.19 THe vse of this oile is most conuenient against windines in the stomacke, and helpeth digestion, it prouoketh vrine and hath in manner all the vertues that are ascri∣bed vnto aniseede.

Oile of Dill seede.

* 1.20 THe vse of this oile driueth away vētosity or windines, as∣swageth blastinges and gripinge tormentes in the belly: It staieth vomitting and the flux, it prouoketh vrine, it is a∣uaileable against the suffocation and strangling of the ma∣trix, if the fume thereof bee receaued with a funnell at the lower partes, it stayeth the yex or hicocke, it healeth hol∣low and moist vlcers in the share or priuie partes, it diges∣teth, resolueth and swageth paines, and ripeneth all rawe humors, this oile may not be vsed too much inwardly, for it diminisheth the sight and seede of generation.

Oile of Percelie seede.

* 1.21 THis oile openeth all obstructions of the liuer & kid∣neis, and prouoketh the menstruall flux if it be dronke with conuenient liquors, it causeth appetite, helpeth di∣gestion, and comforteth the stomacke. It expelleth the stone and grauell in the mines and prouoketh vrine: it is a good remedie against poisons, it expelleth all blastings, and windines, it is good against the cough, being taken with conuenient liquor.

Oile of the seed of Rue or hearbe grace.

* 1.22 CARDANVS writeth, that this oile being dronke

with wine it is of great vertue against poison, for it causeth the patient to cast it foorth by vomite at the first time that it is taken. And at the second it expelleth the other euill hu∣mors, that are infected therewith. And at the third time it cureth the patient and maketh him whole: It helpeth all diseases of the eyes so that the apple of the eye be not pe∣rished, if ye wash them with the water and droppe one drop of the oile into the eie: being drunke it suffereth no poison to remaine in a man that day, also beeing drunke it mitiga∣teth the goute and dropsie, comming of colde humours: It restoreth all benummed members taken with the palsie if ye annointe them therewith: Cardanus also affirmeth in his second booke De Subtilitate that there are certaine poisons the which do slaie onely with their touching, against which poisons (saith hee) the best remedie is not to staie in any place, vntill the hand waxe whote, and often bathe the parts with warme water, and annoint them with oile of Rewe.

* 1.23 YOur fruits and rootes must first bee beaten, & put them into a distilling vessel with as many gallons of distilled water as there are poundes of stuffe, and so let them mace∣rate 3. or 4. daies, thē distil them with a refrigeratory, as it is said afore.

Oile of Iuniper beries.

* 1.24 THis oile is profitable against griping paines or winde in the guttes, and may be compared to balme: 4 or 5. drops being drunke preuenteth the resolution of the Sinewes, the falling sickenes and other diseases of the braine, it pre∣serueth the body from poison and pestilent aires, it com••or∣teth a weake & cold stomacke & staieth vomiting, it purgeth the raines, breaketh grauell and prouoketh vrine, and is pro∣fitable against the dropsie, and water betweene the skinne and the flesh, it killeth wormes, to conclude it comforteth all weake members by his piercing vertue, it helpeth con∣uulsiones and shakings and paines in the necke comming of a Catar if ye annointe the partes therewith, it easeth the paines of the sciatica in the hippes, the gout and the collicke and all malign vlcers being annointed therewith.

Oile of Baie berries.

* 1.25 OVt of lb. 1. of Baies there is not drawne aboue ℈. 2. of oile by distillation, the which is most profitable against Collicum iliacum & sciaticam passionem.

Oile of Iuie berries.

* 1.26 THis oile is distilled as the oile of Iuniper berries, but some doo take the berries, wood, gum and all together and distil it by descention, out of the which there will come foorth a thicke blacke oile that is profitable against colde diseases of the iointes, it prouoketh the Flux Menstruall, ex∣pelleth the stone, and purgeth vlcers.

Oiles of sweete smelling thinges are thus prepared.

* 1.27 BEate them grosely, then infuse thē in faire distilled wa∣ter as afore is said, and distil them with a refrigeratorie.

Oile of Cinamom.

* 1.28 THis reuiueth the naturall spirits marueilously, it disper∣seth the euil humors in the stomack, it openeth obstru∣ctions and is profitable against all cold diseases, it preserueth from putrefaction, it cureth woundes and vlcers as the na∣turall balme doth, it causeth faire deliuerie of child birth, it is a most precious remedie for those that lie speechlesse if ye put 3. or 4. drops into their mouth either by it selfe or ming∣led with cinamom water, it helpeth concoction, the lyke vertue the water hath but it must be vsed in greater quātity. This oile is of such a piercing nature that it pierceth tho∣rough the whole bodie, and finally it is a present remedie for a woman that soundeth in her trauaile if she drinke 3. or 4. droppes.

The Oile or essence of Safrone.

* 1.29 TAke drie Safron and drawe awaie his tincture with the spirit of wine, vntill the feces remaine white, the which

ye shall calcine according to arte and circulate them in Balneo with the said mēstrua, afterward let it settle & vapor away the said Menstrua in Balneo, and the essence of Safron will remaine in the bottome, the which is excellent to com∣forte the spirites, for if ye mixe a droppe or two with brothe or some conuenient liquor, it restoreth and strengtheneth the weake spirites marueilouslie, but especiallye the hart with infinite other vertues which wee omitte tyll another time.

Oile of Mace. * 1.30

THis oile is of a hot facultie, and therefore it is commo∣diouslie vsed in the Collicke, comming of a cold cause, or of a Catar descending from the heade, it comforteth the hart, belly and Matrix: It is also good against trembling of the hart, the obstructions of the bladder and Matrix, it hel∣peth the strangurie and all diseases hauing their original of colde. It strengtheneth the stomacke and wombe being vsed in wine, or broth, or made in losenges.

Oile of Cloues.

* 1.31 THis oile is very profitable for the bellie, hart and liuer, and hath all the qualities of naturall balme, it healeth all fresh woundes and punctures, it strengtheneth the hart and head and helpeth the megrim, it purgeth melancholie bloud, it sharpeneth the sight, comforteth the stomacke, cau∣seth digestion, and maketh a sweete breath: it helpeth the collicke and all the paines in the bellie comming of colde, if ye drink two or three drops in wine or eate losenges made with the same oile.

Oile of Pepper.

* 1.32 THis oile hath much more vertue then the Pepper it selfe in piercing, and specially in the windie collicke, & other weake partes filled with fleame, it staieth the shaking of the feuer tertain, if ye take three or foure droppes with sirope

of quinces two houres afore the fitte, prouided that the bo∣die be first well purged and let bloud as occasion shal serue, ye shal note this oile is onely the ayrie parte seperated from the other elementes.

Oile of Nutmegges.

THis oile being drunke with cōuenient liquors bringeth downe the menstruall fluxe, and also the quicke and * 1.33deade fruite, and therefore women with childe shall not vse this oile vntill such time as they be in trauell, and then it causeth faire deliuerie without any danger: it is profitable against all paines of the heade comming of colde, it causeth a sweete breath and warmeth and strengtheneth a cold sto∣macke and consumeth superfluous humors of the same, it dispearseth winde and appeaseth the collicke, & is profita∣ble for the affects of the bladder: it helpeth inward woundes beeing drunke with some conuenient wound drinke, it helpeth colde diseases of the sinewes and swellinge of the Spleene two or three droppes being taken in broth.

Oiles of Woodes are thus prepared.

TAke Lignum vite rasped in powder, and put it into a glasse or stone pot close stopped, and set it in Balneo or warme dunge certaine daies to digest: then distill it with * 1.34a gentle fire Per descensum, and there will come foorth a li∣quor called of the chimistes, Mercurie: then increase the fire and there will come foorth an oile which is called the sul∣fure, the which must bee purged by arte from his stincking smel, then take the ashes of the woode and drawe foorth his salt with Fumetorie water, the which ye shall calcine, dis∣solue and congele diuers times, vntill it be as white as snow, the which salte by a workeman may be brought Cristalline: Of the Mercury or first liquor is giuen one spoonful or more with 2. ounces of Fumetorie water against all vicious hu∣mours in the body, and driueth them out by sweate: with the oile or sulfure ye shall cure the vlcers or other greefes after

the bodie is well purged with the salt, the which is done in this order. Take of the salte ʒ i. good theriakle ℥ ss. mixe them and giue thereof ʒ. ss, more or lesse according to the discretion of the phisicion, and the strength of the partie: in this order must thou draw forth the Mercurie, sulfur, & salt, of all maner of woods: there are diuers other orders to giue this Mercurie or liquor, whereof some are written in the chapter, where wee intreat of spiritus tartars.

Oile of Iuniper wood.

* 1.35 THis oile is profitable for members that are weakened through cold, it strengtheneth the raines and matrix, and helpeth conception, it cureth maligne vlcers & wounds, and swageth paine, it taketh away the fit of a quartane fe∣uer, especiallie being annointed from the nauell downe∣ward.

Oile of the wood of Ashe.

* 1.36 THis oile doth cure the colde gout, and cicatriceth raw places, it dissolueth the white morphew, and maketh it blacke, it cureth those that haue the palsie, and is profita∣ble for those that are vexed with the splene, not only dronke, but also annointed therewith.

The true order to prepare and make oiles out of Rosens concreat liquors and gummes. Chap. 4.

* 1.37 THis oile is distilled with a gētle fire in Balneo, and is most pure & cleer: some distil it in fand or ashes, putting ther∣to a hādful of salt & a litle aqua vitae: some put to it for euery lb. of turpentine ℥ iij. of sifted ashes, to keep the matter frō running ouer. This oile is most profitable against cold dis∣eases of the sinewes, & against asthma, & difficultie of brea∣thing, if ye drinke thereof ʒ ij. euery morning, it preuaileth a∣gainst grosse humors gathered together in the breast, it cea∣seth the paines of the collicke, it helpeth chappes in womēs

breastes, and woundes, it taketh away the crampe, it helpeth deafnes and prouoketh vrine.

Oile of Frankensence.

THis oile is distilled as afore is said in sand with a gentle * 1.38fire 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.

Oile of Succinum or Amber.

* 1.39 STamp your amber small & distill it in a retort with the powder of flint stones, giuing it fire according to art vn∣till all the substance be come forth, the which will bee both water and oile, and a sal armoniacke, the which wil hange about the Receauer, the which keepe as a precious iu∣ell, then seperat one from another: the oile is good against all affectes of the head, comming of colde & moist humors, it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes, the Apoplexia, the

falling sicknes, and being put into the nostrelles when they fall, it will recouer them presently, it preserueth a man from poison, and pestilent aires if yee annoint the nostrelles ther∣with, it is good against diseases of the raines and bladder, it dryueth forth grauell and prouoketh vrine if it be dronke with conuenient liquors: it helpeth the collicke & choking of the matrix being annointed therewith, it bringeth forth the fruit, and causeth faire deliuerance if it be dronke with conuenient liquors, it strengtheneth and comforteth all the powres of the bodie, it consumeth superfluous humors.

Oile of Masticke.

* 1.40 THe Apothecaries of ℥. 4. of Mastike & lb. i. of the oile of vnripe Oliues, with ℥ 4. of rosewater do make an oile, which the Phisi ions prescribe to cure the lienterie, and vo∣mitting, and to strengthen the stomacke and liuer: which preparation is accounted ridiculous vnto those which out of lb. i. of mastike by their art draw ℥. 10. of most pure oile, whereof two droppes taken either with wine or broth, or applied to the grieued place, will profit more to cure the aforesaid diseases, then lb. i. not of mastike, but o••iues ra∣ther which our Phisitions (I know not by what reason) do vse now adaies: wherefore yee shall prepare your oile in this manner.

Take of pure mastike lb. i. put it in a glasse with distilled wa∣ter, and aqua vitae of each alike, so that it may be couered 4. fingers high, then lute it close and set it in warme dung to putrify certaine daies, afterward distill it in sand, giuing fire by degrees, and first there wil come forth with the menstru••, a yellow oile, the which keepe by it selfe, then augment the fire, and there will come forth a redde oile, then at the last there will come forth a thicke blacke oile smelling of the fire, the which ye shall circulate with the spirit of wine se∣perated from the first, and then distill it againe, and thou shalt haue a perfect oile profitable for outward griefes, espe∣cially for his piercing force, whereby it doth refresh all the members, it strengtheneth the stomacke, it helpeth con∣coction

and inflations of the bowels, it mollifyeth and as∣swageth their sorenes. It comforteth and strengtheneth all the sinewes, also the first yellow oile is geuen with wine or his proper decoction for the same diseases, and to stoppe reumes: if ye feare his fyrie heate after the aqua vite is se∣perated, ye may wash it with rose water or faire water di∣stilled: and so ye shall make an excellent medicine against diuers infirmities. Philippus Hermanus writeth, that this oile is of a most subtill nature, and stoppeth the menstruall flox, and all other flixes being vsed with conuenient medicines, either inward or outward, it is good against falling downe of the fundement, if ye annoint the parts therwith, and put thē into their naturall place, it is also profitable against the rupture in yong children, it healeth woundes, it fasteneth the teeth if yee annoint the gummes therewith.

Oile of Mirrha.

* 1.41 TAke pure mirrha ℥ vj. and put thereto ℥ xij. of the spirit of wine, & set it in warme dung 6 daies, then seperat the menstrua, and the tincture or oile will remaine in the bot∣tom. This oile hath the vertues of naturall balme, and preserueth all thinges from putrefaction that is annointed therewith. Also the face being annointed therewith in a bath or stoue, is preserued in youthfull state a long time, it healeth woundes quicklie, it helpeth foule & stinking vlcers, it helpeth those that are deafe, it helpeth the paines of the mother if it be annointed therewith: This oile dryeth and consumeth all accidents after child birth, being dronke it maketh a sweete breath, and helpeth the cough and short∣nes of winde, it helpeth the stitch in the side, and all other inward diseases if ye drinke ʒ ij. thereof: it stayeth haire frō falling. If any be troubled with a feuer, let them annoint all their bodie therewith, and lay them downe to sweate, and they shall be cured: it taketh away the stinch of the arme∣pittes if ye annoint the partes therewith in a bath or stoue, being mixed with wine, and the mouth washed therewith, it fasteneth the teeth and gummes: when ye will vse this oile

to preserue any part, yee must first hold it ouer the ••ume of nettels boiled in faire water vntill the pores bee open, then drie it well, and annoint it with this oile, and it will preserue it long time in youthfull state.

Oile of Galbanum.

* 1.42 THis gumme must first be dissolued in distilled vineger, and then distilled in a retort with a gentle fire: this oile is most profitable against inwarde bruses, and crampes, and shtinking of sinewes: being dronke with oile of mirrha, it is good against venome being either dronke or shotte into the body with venemous arrowes: also dronke in the same or∣der it prouoketh womens termes, and deliuereth the dead fruit, the fume of this oile being receaued at the lower partes, worketh the same effect. Also the fume of this oile being taken at the mouth, helpeth the rising of the mother, being layd to the nauell it causeth the matrix to stay in his naturall place: the fume of this oile is profitable against the falling sicknes if ye annoint the nostrelles therewith. In this maner ye may make oile of labdanū, opoponax, sagapenum, Amoniacum, and such like, which doe soften the knots of the gout, and doth mightily dissolue the hardnes of the li∣uer, splene and other members if they be distilled all toge∣ther, or taken euerie one by himselfe, according to the me∣thod prescribed.

Oile of Egges.

* 1.43 SOme make this oile by distillation of the yolks of egges, & some by stirring them in a pan ouer the fire after they be sodden hard. The water of egges being distilled taketh away scarres and spottes in the face or other places. The oile comforteth against all paines, it helpeth woundes by gunshot, it preuaileth much against burninges and scal∣dings, either with fire, or water, or powder: it maketh haire blacke, if ye annoint it therewith, it slaketh the paines of the hemeroides if yee annoint them therewith often times.

The yolkes of egges being distilled with as much white wax, is most precious to heale woundes and bruses, for it resolueth them with great speede, the stomacke being annointed ther∣with causeth good digestion, and comforteth it meruel∣louslie.

The true preparation of certaine oiles which are com∣monlie vsed in Apothecaries shops, to be applied outwardly.

* 1.44 FOr outward medicines you shall best draw forth the hole strength of roses, violets, nymphaea, white popie, hen∣bane and Mandrake with oile oliue, which are commonly v∣sed in shoppes, all which do quench inflamations and great heates, asswage hot swellinges, strengthen and thicken the member, stoppe fluxes, helpe madnes, and prouoke sleepe, if you vse this method following.

Oile of Roses.

* 1.45 TAke oleum omphacinum, and wash it with common water distilled diuers times, then purify it in Balneo, vntill it leaue no more feces, then take lb. j. of this oile so prepared, of red roses the whites being cutte off and brused in a stone morter lb. j. ss. put them into a glasse, and set it to putrify in warme dung twelue daies being close luted, thē presse forth the oile, and put in fresh leaues, as afore is said, and putrify it againe: and this ye shall doe three or foure times, and so shall ye haue a perfect good oile: in like sort shall you make all other cooling oiles for topicall medecines very well. So is oile of Quinces, and myrtilles made, which refrige∣rat and astringe, and are applied to the stomacke, liuer, braine and weake bowelles, and also to the fundement. In like manner are oiles made of Camomill and Lilies which doth strengthen the sinewes, moderat, resolue, and swage aches: but these are made with ripe sweet oile prepared as afore.

Of mintes, wormewood, lentiscus, and others after the

same order, are oiles made with oleum omphacinum, which be∣ing annointed doth moderatly warme the stomacke, and strengthen the other partes, and helpe concoction, but first they are prepared with their proper water, and astringent wine, and must be clensed from all feces in Balneo certaine daies as is afore said: But if any man will warme, attenuat, and digest the more strongly by these oiles, let him take like portions of oile purifyed in Balneo and the spirit of wine.

Out of baies and such like beries ye may make oile, if ye digest them the space of a moneth in warme dung, and then presse them forth & serua. They are good for all colde greefes of the braine or sinewes, and disperse winde: But all these oiles of hot quallities will be much better if they be drawne onely with the spirit of wine in Balneo, without any addition of other oile, as Galen 1. simp. cap. 15. Although it doth easilie inflame, yet it doth not so quickly heate vs: for through his grose and slimie substance sticking fast to that it first toucheth, and therfore indureth long vpon all things wherewith it is annointed: neither is it extenuated or dige∣sted of the aire about it, or easily made to passe into the bodie.

Of artificiall saltes, and their properties. Chap. 1.

* 1.46 THe vse and profit of saltes that are drawen out of sim∣ples by calcination are in maner as great in phisicke as the rocke or common salt is, which daily and in general ser∣ueth to mans releefe: for when from simples a grosse fleme is taken awaye, which in troth hindereth their operation, how much more woulde they performe their operation if they were conuerted into a spirituall matter, which by long distillations and filtrings is caused that they may change by a certaine manner into a firye matter: therefore it is not to be doubted that when the simples be conuerted into a salte, and the element of fire hath in no such wise dominion in them, but that they pierce sooner, and may performe their proper action: that such a heape or companie of diuers sim∣ples,

shall not neede besides in the composition of remedies: for such salts haue certaine properties the which other pur∣gers being distilled want: for euerie salt saith Theophrastus Paracelsus purgeth, but the distilled waters of the purgers lacke or haue not the same propertie, because his salt is not ioyned in the same, so that I suppose a great tartnes or sharpnes consifteth in them all.

The manner and fashion to prepare these saltes are di∣uers according to the opinion of the Authors. Some will the hearbes to be gathered in their due time, and distill a∣way the water in Balneo, then calcine the feces, and with their proper water draw forth the salt, the which yee shall calcine in a fornace of calcination, and dissolue it againe and congeale it: and this ye shall do vntill it be white as snowe: the which afterward by a workeman may be brought chri∣stalline. These saltes called alkalye, must be kept in a glasse close stopped, because the aire will soon resolue them, which happeneth (especially to those that are made of hearbes, & those substances) which possesse and haue more quantity of eile, and the subtiller.

* 1.47 Some calcine them slightly, some more, some lesse, some make their salte with their owne water distilled from the hearbes: some with raine water distilled from those kind of hearbes being drie or greene, some put on the water colde, some hot, and so let it stand certaine daies stirring it often, the which is not amisse, then distill it by a filter vntill it bee cleere, and vapor it away in Balneo, vntill it bee drie, then calcine it againe, and dissolue it in some conuenient liquor, and then congeale it againe, and this yee shall doe vntill it be white as snow, the which by often calcining and dissol∣uing may be brought christalline, whereof one graine is of more force then fixe of the first.

De salibus purgantibus per tussim.

* 1.48 THe salt of Hipericone or saint Iohns wort, certaine af∣firme to bee highly commended, and approued in the pluresie, giuing the patient in warme wine so much as will

goe into halfe a hasell nutshell. A certaine singular phisi∣tion in the pluresie gaue as much of this salt as he cold hold betweene the ende of his fingers in malmsie, and God is the witnes that the patient was cured by it: the like vertue hath the salt of Polipodij. * 1.49

De salibus purgantibus per vrinam.

* 1.50 AS much as a man may hold betweene the end of his fin∣gers, of this salt was giuen with warme wine vnto one that could not make water, and he was presently deliuered, as Leo Suauius writeth.

Salt of Woormewood.

* 1.51 THis salt is geuen in maner in all diseases or sicknesses, with profit: but especiallie in the pestilence, it is profi∣table against all obstructions of the ••iuer and kidneis, it pro∣uoketh vrine, it helpeth the dropsie and water betweene the skinne and the flesh proceeding of a salt cholericke humor, and is profitable against the yellow iaundies, it prouoketh sweat, it helpeth and driueth forth from the inward partes the poxe (Feiguarzen, and such like diseases.) It comforteth the stomacke, purgeth waterish bloud gathered together in the vaines and liuer, causeth good digestion, and slaketh the griping paines and blastinges in the bellie, being vsed with conuenient liquors or medicines, it mundifieth all foule sores, if it bee strowed thereon, or mixed with conuenient li∣quors or vnguents.

Sal Gentiane.

* 1.52 This salt is profitable against all feuers, it openeth and purgeth all obstructions of the bowelles, it prouoketh men∣strua and vrine being dronke with conuenient liquors.

Sal Gratiolae.

* 1.53 This salt is effectuall against the dropsie.

Sal Anonidis.

* 1.54 This salt diminisheth the stone, and prouoketh vrine, & is profitable against the strangury.

Sal Raphani.

* 1.55 This salt hath the aforesaid vertues.

Sal Genistae.

* 1.56 This salt breaketh the stone and prouoketh vrine.

Sal Stipitum Fabarum.

* 1.57 This salt helpeth the difficultie of vrine, and breaketh the stone.

Sal Iuniperi.

* 1.58 This salt of Iuniper is of a piercing nature and hath the aforesaid vertues.

De salibus purgantibus per vterum.

* 1.59 THis salt doth prouoke womens termes.

This salt also prouoketh menstrua, purgeth the womb and helpeth the suffocation of the matrix.

Sal Chelidoniae.

* 1.60 Take the rootes of celandine cleane scraped and not washed q. v. stampe them well in a stone morter, then digest them 24 howres with the spirit of wine in Balneo, thē powre it out without pressing, and vapour away the said spirit in Balneo, and in the bottom will remaine a yellow tincture or powder, the which profiteth much in prouoking of womens termes, the dose is about ℈ i. in white wine or other conue∣nient liquor.

De salibus purgantibus per sudorem.

THis salt is verie profitable against the pox or such like * 1.61diseases, either to be vsed inward or outward: it prouo∣keth sweate mightily if it be mixed with diaphoreticall me∣dicines.

* 1.62 The salt of Scabious hath the like vertue in prouoking sweat.

De salibus dolorem sedantibus.

* 1.63 TAke the bloud of an old Hart or Stagge being yet warm, and distill it in Balneo with a gentle fire vntill all the fleme be come away, then change the Receauer, and set thy vessell in sand, and augment the fire, and there will com••

forth both oile and salt, the which will hange round about the glasse, the which must be mixed with the oile. Yee shall note that the stinking smell of the oilemay be taken away by often washinges in warme water afore yee mixe it with his salt. This oile swageth all paines of the gout if ye annoint the partes therewith.

Sal sanguinis humani.

* 1.64 THe salt of the bloud of a man and a goate is made in the same order, the which haue great vertue to helpe the raines, bladder, and all diseases of the articular partes, as Chiragra, Gonagra, and Podagra.

A composition of saltes that seperateth fleme.

* 1.65 TAke hisop, penirial, ana. ℥ ss. Origanū ʒ ij. fenel seed ℥ ss. Caraway seed ʒ ij. licorice ℥ i. Salis vsti ℥ vj. Salis absinthij ʒ ij. salis Iumperi totidē, cinamomi. oū. i. ss. piperis longi ʒ vj. carda momum, granorum paradisi, cariophilorum ana. ℥ ss. Gingiberis ℥. i. misco, fiat puluis.

Sal perigrinorum.

* 1.66 TAke sails nitri fusi, salis gemmae ana. ℥ i. galangae, macis, cu∣bebarū ana. ℈ i. fiat puluis. The dose is foure or sixe grains in the morning fasting vpon a peece of bread: this comfor∣teth the stomake, maketh good digestion, and preserueth the bodie from putrifaction: the vse of this salt being at the sea will preserue from vomitting.

An addition to that salt to preserue the bodi•• in health.

* 1.67 TAke of the aforesaid salt so prepared ℥ iij. Alcoolis vini exiccati lb. ss. extrahatur alcali, of the which take ʒ ij. & put thereunto kist vnum liquor is granorum Iuniperi, mixe them, (the dose is 1. or 2. gr.) in wine: ye shall not adde any other

thing vnto this, lest the vertue of the salt be spoiled: this salt was of great estimation with Hermes trimigistes to preserue the bodie in health.

Balsamum vrinae, the which through the great vertues it hath, deserueth to be called Catholicum, and is made thus.

TAke the vrine of yong Children aboute the age of 12. * 1.68yeares, that hath dronke wine for certaine moneths if it be possible, the same putrify in Balneo, or dung, a philo∣sophers yeare, then distill it with a gentle fire in sand being also luted, the which ye shall note diligently: the fleme ye shall put vpon the feces 4. times, then the last water keepe close shut, the which is white and stinking, and therfore ye may giue it both tast and smell with sinamom and sugar, the feces that remained in the bottom being blacke yee shall sublime by degrees of fire, and you shall haue a most pre∣cious salt, the which some affirme will dissolue gold, siluer & other mettalles: some philosophers call it their menstrua. The vertues of this Balsamum vrinae are infinite, and may rightly be called Catholicum remedium, because it hath mar∣uellous vertues in all maner of diseases, and doth nourish nature wonderfullie by his similitude and not by contrarie∣tie. It cureth the dropsie, prouoketh vrine and menstrua that are suppressed, it resisteth corruption, it cureth the plague, and sundrie feuers, as pestilential, tercians, quartanes, and quotidianes, it withstandeth vomitting.

There is no doubt but that al these vertues are contained in this blessed Mumia: for that we see the effect in crude v∣rine, for it moueth vrine and menstrua, it cureth tumors & the dropsie, it helpeth the paines and wind in the gut••es, & collicke, it is profitable against the feuer tercian, quartan, & quotidian, and against the plage and pestilent feuer it is a re∣medy, if it be dronke 15. daies together with safron: or cer∣taine graines of this powder following, whose wonderfull vertues daily experience doth shew as well in curing as pre∣uenting, as hath bin proued in the time of the pestilence.

Take Maces laied to steepe in vineger 24▪ houres oū. ij. cāphir oū. ss. Manus Christi made with dissolued perle & oile of cinamom oū. iiij. beat them in fine powder, and keepe it to thy vse.

Vrine also breaketh the stone in the raines and bladder, it dissolueth the obstructions of the liuer, it cureth the ian∣dies, it purgeth the lunges, and killeth wormes, with diuers other vertues, which ye shall find written in a booke called Vrinarum probationes, Iodoci Wilichij: the dose of the es∣sence is from oū. i. to oū. ij. with sugar & cinamom: of the crude vrine yee may drinke greater quantitie.

* 1.69 Paracelsus writeth a great arcaū of vrine, and calleth it Rebisola, and sal cristalline the which cureth the iandies: take the vrine of a yong child as a fore, and boile it in a glasse or stone vessell, and skum it cleane, then put it in a glasse, and set it in a moist place certaine daies, and in the bottom ye shall finde certaine stones ••f salt congealed, the which are called Rebisola, and are of a wonderfull vertue against all obstructions of the body.

* 1.70 The feces remaining in the bottom after the vrine is quite boiled away, being calcined white, and dissolued in a conue∣nient distilled water, and congealed againe into a most white powder, is a most approued experiment against all outward greefes of the eies, if it bee put therin twice a day▪

Rec. Euphrasiae, faeniculi, rutae, chelidoniae, ve••benae, be∣tonicae ana. m. i▪ Rosmarini. m. ss. semen feniculi, anisi. car∣ui, sileris montani ana. oū. ss. Calami aromatici ʒ vi. thuris∣mirrhae, aloes, ana ʒ ij. aque rosarū lb ij. aque rutae. vini odora∣ti ana lb i. vrinae pueri lb ss. let them stande together foure daies, and then distill them in a glasse, and therewith wash your eies. Also yee shall hange in this water a fine linnen cloth, wherein is the powder of white amber or succinum, or else put in the powder it selfe. Also it would bee good to wash their feet in the morning with the decoctiō of betonye and sometime to take the fume of Xyloaloes in the eies, the which is a present remedy against Opthalmia.

Of common salt.

* 1.71 THere are founde three sortes of saltes, the one naturall▪

which is a meane mineral called sal gemmae, or stone salt, the which is found in mountaines in the prouince of Calabria, and in Spaine in the Ile of Iuiza, whereof there are diuers medicines prepared, the second is artificiall, as is made in Cheshire, and diuers other places by boiling it. The third kinde is made in the sand by extreame heate of the sunne: but the most pleasantest and well relished salt is that which is boiled on the fire, for it is pure and white, neuerthelesse the salt of the mountaine is of more vertue in phisicall cau∣ses: for if it be calcined 40. dayes and then dissolued in the quintessence of honie, it is of such vertue that it will in maner reuiue a man that lies speechlesse if yee giue him a spoonefull thereof to drinke: also this salt being made in a pultus with branne and oile, and applied warme, helpeth many griefes. Also a decoction of sal gēmae with wine and oile being giuen in a clister is most profitable against pains of the head, the sciatica, and paines of the raines, and like∣wise is profitable for those that are troubled with a carnosi∣tie in the yard: for by nature it preserueth all thinges from putrefaction: also this salt being often calcined, dissolued & congealed, may be vsed in meates in stead of common salt, for it procureth an appetite, causeth digestion, killeth wormes with diuers other vertues. Also it may be made fu∣sible in this order.

* 1.72 Rec. lb. i. of sal gēmae and 2. ounces of tartar calcined, one ounce of sal nitri, and boile them in distilled vineger vntil it be drye, then grind it to powder, and boile it with as much faire water vntill it be drie: and this ye shall doo so often vn∣till it remaine like an oile in the bottome, for as soone as it feeleth the aire it will turne to water. This oile doth retaine all volatill spirits, & is called of the Alchemistes their susi∣ble salt. It helpeth in manner all kind of vlcers if ye touch them therewith in short time. L. F.

Oleum salis.

* 1.73 Rec. cōmon salt lb. 3. terrae luteae lb. 6. salis nitri purgati oū. i. ss. mixe them well together, & distil thē in a retort of earth, as ye would do aqua fortis, vntil all the spirits be come forth, the which ye shall rectify in sand vntill all the fleme be separa∣ted

from the spirites. This oile being mixed with oile of verbascum, and annointed taketh away the paines of the gout, and dissolueth hard swellinges, It quickneth a man, it consumeth water betweene the flesh and the skinne, it dri∣ueth away the falling sicknesse, it profiteth against the drop∣sie and feuers, if three or foure droppes be dronke with aqua vitae.

Sal nitri.

THis salt is a kind of salt of vrine the which is taken forth of the earth by art, and is verie profitable against many * 1.74infirmities, and worketh two contrarie effectes, the first is, that it cooleth greatly, as yee may see in sommer when the weather is most hot, how that for to coole their wine pre∣sently they take sal nitri, and mixe it with water, and therin shake or moue their bottelles of tinne or glasse being full of wine, presently it waxeth as cold as Ise: also laid vppon the tong, it cooleth maruellouslie. To the cōtrary, if ye drink the waight of ʒ i. it will heate the bodie maruellouslie. Also a wa∣ter made of sal nitri and roch allome according to art is of such an extreme heat that it wil dissolue siluer, copper, Iron, steele, and all other sortes of mettalles presently into wa∣ter. Moreouer being mixed with cole and sulfur, it maketh gunpowder. Also sal nitri being calcined 30. daies with as much tartar, and circulated with the spirites of wine mixed with the spirites of cinamom, ginger, and cloues, it will bee a most rare medicine to cure the Etisie, and dropsie, & such like diseases.

Oleum salis nitri.

* 1.75 There is also an oile made of sal nitri▪ the which doth cui and disperse humors in the bellie, it dischargeth the blad∣der of superfluous humours, it preserueth health, linguae ni∣grae calidaeque medetur, it helpeth vlcers in the mouth, vlcer•••• bus canis conuenit, &c.

Sal petrae fusibills.

* 1.76 Salt peter is a certaine matter made of stones and is thus prepared.

Rec. Calcis viui q. v. and couer it two fingers high with water; and stirre it well, then let it stand 24. howres, & you

shall finde vppon it a certaine skumme or skin the which is the salt, which gather diligently with a scummer: take of that salt, and put thereunto a third part of pure oile of tar∣tar, and it will be fusible, for this is the true salt peter: this serueth also to the making of glasse and smaltes, and is apt to cause all mettalles to melt, and mixe with any alchimi∣call medicine, and is of great vertue.

Colirium contra pustulas, maculas▪ pannas, cataractas, & similes affectus oculorum quod visum acuit, & mirè conseruat.

* 1.77 REcip. Limature auri purissimi ʒ ss. Balsami, Croci, ambrae, ana. scru. 2. Musci, opij anae scru. 1. tutiae extinctae nouies in v∣rina pueri, ʒ 1. tragaganthi, sagapeni, galbani, stercoris lacertae ana. ʒ ss. lapidis calaminaris, vitrioli albi, saccari candi, aloes hepati∣ca ana. 1. scru Cortic myrobalan, citrinarū & indarū ana ʒ i. Ca∣storei, Ossis sepiae ana. ℈ ss. fellis vulturis, humani, vrsini, aquilae an•• ʒ ij. make of all these a coliri, with sufficient quantitie of the iuice of fennell, rue and celandine, of the which yee shall put two or three droppes in the corner of the eie.

In steed of that yee may vse many times this medicin, the which hath a great vertue in all liuing creatures.

Rec. A glasse and fill it halfe ful of wine, and set it in an Ant hill, that they may creepe into the wine, then distill them altogether, or else let the antes stande in putrifaction 5. or 6. daies in the wine and straine them forth, then distill it: of the which essence yee shall put 2. or 3. drops into the eies: It is most chiefly against cataractes, redde and painful eies, if the disease haue longe continued, and hath fattie ••arnositie in the eie, first yee shall put into the eie a litle burnt allome, vntill the flesh be eaten away, and then leaue,

A most excellent clister dispereing wind, dryuing forth water against Hidropem asciten, adiuncta timpanit••, ascirrho i••cinor••▪

* 1.78 REcip. the vrine of a sucking child ℥ 10. and boile therein wheat the feede of fenel, aniseed, dyll ana. ℥ i. ss. purify∣ed hony ℥ i. fiat Clister.

Notes

• * 1.1

  De vina▪
• * 1.2

  Vinum al∣calisatum.
• * 1.3

  Preparatio tartari.
• * 1.4

  Sal tartari
• * 1.5

  Oleum mel∣lu.
• * 1.6

  Herbarum esseutiae.
• * 1.7

  Olea floril.
• * 1.8

  Oleum thymi.
• * 1.9

  Ol. Ma••o∣ranae.
• * 1.10

  Ole. Saluia.
• * 1.11

  Ole. menth••.
• * 1.12

  Ole. Hisopi.
• * 1.13

  ole. a••sinthi.
• * 1.14

  Ole. Anthos
• * 1.15

  ole. seminū
• * 1.16

  oleum A∣nisi.
• * 1.17

  ole. feniculi.
• * 1.18

  oleum cimi∣ni.
• * 1.19

  oleum Car∣ui.
• * 1.20

  Oleum A∣neti.
• * 1.21

  oleum Pe∣••roselini.
• * 1.22

  oleum rutae.
• * 1.23

  ole. fructuū, & radicū.
• * 1.24

  Oleum Iu∣niperi.
• * 1.25

  oleū è bac∣cis lauri.
• * 1.26

  oleum è baccis hede∣rae.
• * 1.27

  ole. Aro∣matum.
• * 1.28

  oleum cina∣momi.
• * 1.29

  Essentia croci.
• * 1.30

  oleum Ma∣cis.
• * 1.31

  oleum cari∣ophilorum.
• * 1.32

  oleum pipe∣ris.
• * 1.33

  oleum nucis muschatae.
• * 1.34

  oleum gua∣ics.
• * 1.35

  Oleum ex lignis iuni∣peris.
• * 1.36

  Oleum e lignis frax∣ini.
• * 1.37

  Oleum tere∣binthinae.
• * 1.38

  Oleum re∣sine pine.
• * 1.39

  Oleum suc∣cini.
• * 1.40

  Oleum ••••∣sticis.
• * 1.41

  Oleum ex Mirrha.
• * 1.42

  Oleum ex Galbano.
• * 1.43

  Oleum ouo∣rum.
• * 1.44

  Oleorum officinario∣rum vera pr••parandi methodus pro topicis.
• * 1.45

  Oleum ro∣s••rum.
• * 1.46

  Of artifici∣all saltes.
• * 1.47

  Obseruati∣ons.
• * 1.48

  Sal Hiperi∣conis.
• * 1.49

  sal polipodij
• * 1.50

  sal chamo∣••hillae.
• * 1.51

  sal ab••inihij
• * 1.52

  sal gētiane.
• * 1.53

  sal gratiolae
• * 1.54

  sal anonidi••
• * 1.55

  sal raphani
• * 1.56

  sal geniste.
• * 1.57

  sal stipitum fabarum.
• * 1.58

  sal Iuniperi
• * 1.59

  sal arthe∣misiae. sal melissae.
• * 1.60

  sal chelido∣••i••.
• * 1.61

  sal ligni guaici.
• * 1.62

  sal scabiosae.
• * 1.63

  Olei macro∣bij, sal e∣iusdem.
• * 1.64

  sal sangui∣nu humane.
• * 1.65

  puluis ex s••∣libus.
• * 1.66

  sal peregri∣norum.
• * 1.67

  Additi••▪
• * 1.68

  Balsamum vrinae.
• * 1.69

  Rebisola.
• * 1.70

  Puluis con∣ducens op∣thalmis, suffusioni∣bus alijsqu•• ••gritudini∣bus oculori•• externis. Aqua ad suffusionē.
• * 1.71

  Common sals.
• * 1.72

  Sal gēmae.
• * 1.73

  Oleum salis
• * 1.74

  Sal nitri.
• * 1.75

  Oleum sali•• nitri.
• * 1.76

  Sal petre fusibili••▪
• * 1.77

  Colirium contra ma∣culas.
• * 1.78

  〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 discutiens.