A compendious body of chymistry, which will serve as a guide and introduction both for understanding the authors which have treated of the theory of this science in general: and for making the way plain and easie to perform, according to art and method, all operations, which teach the practise of this art, upon animals, vegetables, and minerals, without losing any of the essential vertues contained in them. By N. le Fèbure apothecary in ordinary, and chymical distiller to the King of France, and at present to his Majesty of Great-Britain.

To prepare a cream of Talk, of lesser trouble and work then the forementioned.

TAke q. v. of Talk reduced into a very subtil pouder, which sprinkle two or three times with some excellent distilled Vinegar in a Glass Dish, and that until it be reduced to a kind of past, which stir with a Glass spatula two or three hours, en∣crease the Vinegar gently by degrees until you have poured e∣nough for the Talk ro swim in it boyling, then put the Dish in sand, and give it a gradual fire until the matter boyls, and insensi∣bly

will raise on the top thereof a fat scum, which you must very carefully gather with a Scimmer, and thus continue till no more will rise: after this evaporate gently the superfluous moistness of the Vinegar, and keep the remainder for use, as being one of the best Cosmeticks of the world. And if you will use it to wash the face or other parts, dissolve and mix some part thereof with phlegm of spirit of Salt, and immediatly apply a Pomander or Ointment made with marrow of sheeps Trotters, Sperma ceti. Virgin wax, and a little Pork suet well washt; in this Pomander mix some of the cream of Talk, and a few Benjuin flowers, and the clearnesse, whiteness and pureness of the part anointed there∣with shall last above a fortnight.