Physicall and chymicall vvorks,: composed by Geor. Phædro, sirnamed the Great, of Gelleinen; viz. [brace] 1. His physicall and chymicall practise. 2. His physicall and chymicall cure of the plague. 3. His lesser chirurgery. 4. His chymicall fornace. Being the chymicall way and manner of cure of the most difficile and incurable diseases: as also the preparing those secrets; with the elucidation of the characteristicall cœlestiall physick. Selected out of the Germane and Latine language; by the industry of John Andreas Schenckius of Graffenberg, Doctor of Physick.

How the essence is drawn from hearbes.

ANY herbe being first beaten in a stone Morter, together with the flowers, leaves and roots to a pap, being well luted, must stand in digestion for a moneth in horse-dung. Distill it dry in a Balmy; the remaining powder must be grinded upon a stone, and must be imbibed with its distill'd liquor, and digest it for a fortnight. After that let it be distill'd in ashes, phlegme and oyle comes over together, which must be separated asunder, and the oyle must be safely kept. The remaining feces must be very subtilly pulverised, poure the phlegme on it, digest them for ten or twelve daies in horse-dung, separate the phlegme in sand. The remaining black pouder must be albify∣ed in a reverberatorie, pouring on it its phlegme, and extract its salt.