CHAP. XXIV. To make our great Cerot, the which is of marvellous vertue.
TAke Galbanum, Armoniacum, Oppoponax, ana ℥. ii. Olibanum, Verdigrease, ana ℥. i. Bdellium, Gum Arabi, Lapis ematites minerale, ana ℥. ii. Turpentine, Frankincense, ana ℥. iiii. Oleum Philosophorum of Turpentine and Waxe, ℥. iii. common Oyle four lb. new waxe ℥. vii. beat all those that are to be beat, and searce them, then dissolve the Gums in distilled Vinegar according to Art, then vapour away the Vinegar untill it come thick, then take thy Oyle and Waxe, and melt them together, then put in the rest, and stir them untill it be boyled, and to know when it is boyled, is this. First, in the beginning it will begin to rise marvellously, and then fall down; then let it boil untill it begin to fume or smoak, then strein it into a vessell of Copper, and presently put therein ℥. iiii. of Precipi∣tate, and stir them well together untill it be cold, then make it in rowls, and keep it as a precious Jewell in Chirurge∣rie, because it mundifieth, incarnateth, and healeth all