TAke of the Berries of Misselto, as great a quantity as you can get; the more the better: Put them in a moist place to putrefie or macerate, and when they are well macerated, take the stuff and beat it soundly with a round Cudgel [Baston] till it shews clear, without any filth, for that is a sign that it is done enough. Put it up in a Pot, and keep it in a moist place well covered with Parchment.
When you would make use of it, put it in a Pan, and to every pound of Lime add an ounce of Oyl Olive, mingling and incorporating of them well at the fire, and when you see that they are well mixt and united, and become like an Ointment, take it from the fire, and put thereto half an ounce of Turpentine, and incorporate them well together: and so you may employ it to take what you please. It serves also for the water. The same Author mentions other sorts of Birdlime brought out of Forein Countries, with which I think it needless to trouble the Reader. In a cold and frosty season he advises instead of common Oyl to mingle and incorporate your Birdlime with Oyl of Nuts, which resists the cold better than common Oyl.