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.

Oyle of Dwarfe Elder.

REcip. Seeds of Ebulus well cleansed lb iii or iiii, beate them well in a Mor∣ter, bringe all into a paste, put it into a Ket∣tle, adde a sufficient quantity of River water to it, let it stand infused for 24 houres, then boyle it, let your first fire be gentle, and increase the fire by degrees, continue the boyling of it, that all the scum be gone: This scum must be gathered with a skimmer, and all the oyle swimming on it: All this you put into a long glasse, let it settle, thus warm

for two or three daies, there appeareth a green transparent oyle, unctuous, setled to the bottom under that scum, and if the oyle doe not separate well from the scum, then take it together, mingle it in warm water, let it boyle a little; afterward put it in a glasse, within few daies the oyle will settle, take off the scumm warily, and gather the setled green oyle, and set the scum apart, let it yeeld the oyle it hath among it. Use of this oyle a little quantity against all manner of paines caused by a cold distemper, in nervous symptomes and Arthritick paines. The manner of its use is: Take six or seven drops of this oyle, apply it warm'd to the place affected, then presently the sharp pains will be allaied.