A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..
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- A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..
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- 1586..
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"A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B07761.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
Contents
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❧ Naturall and Artificial Conclusions.
- * The properties of the Ada∣mant stone.
- The secret properties of the Egge.
- A proper conclusion of an Hasell sticke.
- ¶ A proper practise to make a Capon to bring vp yong Chickens.
- To make any foule of what condition the same be: to haue fethers all white.
- To make a Candell burne in the Water.
- To make a Woman that she shall not eate of the meates set vpon the Table.
- A proper secret of the Philosophers, to make a Stone to burne with∣out fier.
- To make one to see fearfull sights in his sleep.
- How to turne water into wine, a proper secret.
- To make a light or Candle to indure bur∣ning without going out by any winde so long as the substance en∣dureth.
- How to make quarters of wood to hang so fast togither, that they can not be sha∣ken a sunder without breaking.
- How to make a colour like to golde in vn∣derstanding this secret.
- To make Siluer like any mettell which shall so continue a long time.
- How to stick an Iron or Steele Bodkin, into the head of either Cocke, Hen or Chicken.
- To make a Candle that wil not goe out vn∣till the whole substance be wasted.
- How to make Iron softe, a proper secret.
- To make a Swoord, Dagger, or Knife to cut Iron so easily as Lead.
- How to keep weapons cleane and faire for a long time.
- ¶ How to make steele softe as paste, a proper secret.
- How to make Hennes lay Egges all the Winter through.
- How to make thy Chamber appeare full of Snakes and Adders.
- How to make letters appeare of the colour of Golde, Copper, or Siluer.
- How to make any peece of Iron to appeare like Golde.
- How to haue fresh Roses at all times of the yeere sundry waies taught.
- How to make Beans and other seeds growe vp in foure houres.
- To make a Candle of Ise to burne like vnto an other Candle.
- To make flesh to seeme to crall full of Woormes.
- How to make a light in the night time, that all things round about thy hall or parlour shall apeare both black and green.
- How to make Rootes to haue what proper forme you will on them.
- How to break a stone with the fiste, of the thicknes of ones hand.
- ¶ To make an hearb to growe which shall haue many sauours and tastes.
- How to make sundry deuises or Armes or such like: in a Rose, Carnation, or Flowers de luce or Lilly.
- To write what you list on a Steele Dagger, or Knife.
- How to breake a newe and bigge Rope, with the hands onelye.
- How to make white Flowers like as the Lil∣ly, white Rose and such like to be redde.
- How to make a hollowe Ring to daunce by it selfe, a proper secret.
- To make Glew to holde together so hard as a stone a proper secret.
- To make an Apple moue on the Table, a proper secret,
- To make Roses and other Flowers that be red, to become white.
- How to write letters on the Egshel that the same letters may appeare within on the Egge.
- How to make a Bottle or a narrow mouth pot ful of water or milke not to spill or shed foorth.
- How to kill Fleas diuers waies.
- How to make a Pot of glasse not to sinke in the water, a proper secret.
- How to make a thin Glew, very profitable, a proper secret.
- How to drawe a Ring off being very harde thrust on, and the finger swelled.
- To make fruits as Apples, Peares, Quinces, and such like to haue what proper forme you wil on them.
- How to cut a Glasse, a proper secret.
- How to soften Christall, to imprint what you list therin, a proper secret.
- How to walke on the water a proper secret.
- ¶ To make a Candle to burne a proper secret.
- How to drawe many Candles the one after the other being laid a foot distance or more a sunder.
- ¶ How to cut an Apple into many peeces without harming of the skin or paring.
- How to make a Cup of Glasse being set in the fier not to burne.
- How to make a Candle to be meruailed at, a proper secret.
- ¶ How to make Quick-siluer, in a maner so hard as Siluer.
- How to see many and diuers strange signes in an Vrinall.
- How to catch Fowles without a Nette.
- How to make a loafe of bread new set vpon the Table to leap off.
- How to make an Egge flie about, a merrye conclusion.
- How to make Artificiall fier diuers wayes: and that maruailous.
- How to knowe a naturall pretious stone from a counterfeit.
- How to make a man to appeare on a flame burning without any harme.
- How to make the Chamber as light by night as by day.
- How to make two Dogges fight together a proper secret.
- How to make a Bitch that she shall not de∣sire to be couered with any Dog.
- To make a blowne bladder to daunce and skip from place to place.
- How to cast foorth any woorme or Snake entered within the body.
- How to make a Hen to run away with great feare.
- How to finde a person drowned, that hath been sought for.
- How to deale with Iron many waies right profitable.
- To light a candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall.
- To take Fish by night.
- To make that no Dog barke at you.
- To make Birds come to your Culuer house.
- To put an Apple in a Violl.
- To put an Egge in a Violl.
- To make folke seeme black.
- To proue if a maiden be clean.
- To know if a sicke person shall die or not.
- To make Salt water fresh.
- To kindle fier at the Sunne.
- To see by night as by day.
- To make flesh cleaue in the pot.
- To take Birdes.
- To make silke woormes.
- To take away haires.
- To fat Hennes or Capons.
- That one shall not be drunk.
- To make a good baite for fish at all seasons of the yeere.
- To make an Egge goe vp to a Speare ende.
- To make Fish or Flesh seeme rawe.
- To make Potage to run out of the Pot.
- To kill Hennes or Duckes.
- To make coales to burne a great while.
- That a man shall not be weary of going.
- Ad capiendum Pisces.
- To make Yarne and Lynnen Cloath white.
- To make that a Horsse may not goe through a street.
- To knowe if a woman be with a man childe, or not.
- To ease thy feete for going.