The first part of the key of philosophie. Wherein is contained moste ex- [sic] excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, divided into twoo bookes. : In the firste is shewed the true and perfect order to distill ... In the seconde is shewed the true and perfect order to prepare, calcine, sublime, and dissolue all maner of mineralles ... / First written in the Germaine tongue by the moste learned Theophrastus Paraselsus, and now published in the Englishe tongue by Ihon [sic] Hester practitioner in the arte of distillation..

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Title: The first part of the key of philosophie. Wherein is contained moste ex- [sic] excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, divided into twoo bookes. : In the firste is shewed the true and perfect order to distill ... In the seconde is shewed the true and perfect order to prepare, calcine, sublime, and dissolue all maner of mineralles ... / First written in the Germaine tongue by the moste learned Theophrastus Paraselsus, and now published in the Englishe tongue by Ihon [sic] Hester practitioner in the arte of distillation..
Publication: At London :: Printed by Richard Day, to be sold at the long shop at the West ende of Paules.,; 1580..
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Subject terms: Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ To make Oyle of Storax liquida.

TAke the purest Storax that you can gette, and put it into a glasse with a long necke, & set it in horsedunge for a moneth, then take it forthe and distill it in an Vrinall that hath a wide mouthe, in sande, with a gentle fire, and you shall haue bothe oyle and water, the whiche you shall separate, and keepe to thy vse.

Rifius writeth in his greate booke of di∣stillations, that this oyle hath the same ver∣tues that the Oyle of Mirra hath: but that it is a little more hotter and pearsyng.