Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper.

Of Waters that colour the Hair.

A Water to make the Hair black.

TAke of Gum-arabick four ounces, chebul and emblick, myrobalanes, each half a pound; being powdred and distilled by a gen∣tle fire, set them in the sun two hours, and the head being washt with a Ly, and dried, last of all wet the hairs with wine and salt, and wash them with the distilled water, but let it not touch the skin.

Another of the same.

Take of Gum-arabick four ounces, chebul, myrobalanes, roses, each half a pound, being bruised, distil them with a gentle fire, and let the head, being first washt with water, and not exactly dried again, be washed with this distilled water.

Another to black the Hair.

Take of privet and date-stones powder'd, each alike, of the water in which bean rindes and gauls have been boyled, as much as is sufficient, mix them.

Another of the same.

Take of Cypress nuts as many as are suf∣ficient, of red wine, red vinegar, each alike, boyl them together, and with this Decoction wash the hairs.

Another of the same.

Take of the spume of silver, as much as is sufficient, of vinegar, or the juice of Citrons or Lemons as much as is sufficient, boil them together half an hour, then wash the hair with it.

Another.

Take of the filings of iron, as much as is sufficient, put it into the sharpest vineger for ten days, then wet the hair with it.

Another.

Take of the dross of iron, filings of lead, as much as is sufficient, boyl them in vineger

till one half be wasted, strein it, and wash the hairs.

Another of the same.

Take of Caper roots as much as is suffici∣ent, boil them in Asses milk till a third be wasted, wash the hairs, and let them alone all night.

Another.

Take of salt Gemm, scales of brass, privet, each alike, powder them, and distil them in an Alembick.

Another.

Take of salt Gemm one pound, Romane Vitriol half a pound, salt Niter four ounces, the green roots of Celandine two pound, be∣ing bruised and powdred, draw a water with an Alembick; cast away that which comes out first, but the next colours the hairs, being first washt and dried in the hot Sun.

Another most excellent.

Take of Aqua-fortis half an ounce, fine sil∣ver two drams, mix them, and when the sil∣ver is dissolved, adde of Rose-water three ounces, and wash the hair.

A Water to make the Hair yellow.

Take of the best honey two pints, Gum-arabick two ounces, distil them with a gentle fire; the water which comes forth first, doth whiten the face, the second and third makes the hair yellow.

Another.

Take of the shaving•• of Box, French La∣vender, Citron, Liquorish powder'd, the roots of Colts-foot, Maidenhair, each as much as is sufficient, a little Saffron; boil them all to∣gether till a third be wasted.

Another.

Take of Agrimony one ounce, one stone of a horse dried, boil them in spring water and distil them, and use it, the head being first washt.

Another of the same.

Take of vinegar two pints, salt niter half a pound, and distil them.

A Water to make Hair red.

Take of the water of raddish, of privet as much as is sufficient, mix them and wash the hair.

A Water to make the Hair white.

Take of the greater Cento••y four ounces, the lees of Allom eight ounces, Roch-allom, Gum-arabick, each two ounces; clean white soap, Gum-tragacanth, each four ounces, wa∣ter six ounces, boil them to one half and strein it, and the head being washt with it, and dried by the sun, last of all wash it with Lye.