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..

❧ Naturall and Artificial Conclusions.

* The properties of the Ada∣mant stone.

FIrst, if any bolde the Ada∣mant Stone in his hande, vnder a goblette or siluer boule, or vnder a table, & that the same be moued too and fro in the hand, thē in the like manner will the Iron or Néedle lying in the goblet, or on the table moue too and fro and round about. Also the A∣damant sometimes with the one corner will drawe Iron vnto it, & with the other corner put the Iron from it. Also if any annointeth this Stone with Garlicke, it doth then hinder the Stone from drawing any Iron or Needle vnto it, although the Néedle should be laide on the Stone. And some write that this Stone will drawe Glasse vnto it, in like manner as it dooth the Iron.

The secret properties of the Egge.

ANd First, the round Egge set vnder the Henne, bringeth foorth a Henne Chicken, and the longe Egge set vn∣der the Henne, bringeth foorth a Cocke chicken. Also the Egge with the shel laide to stéep in Vineger for thrée dayes space, dooth after so often it, that any may woork the same at length like vnto Waxe. And the same Egge afterward laide in water, dooth come againe vnto the former state. Also, if an Egge be painted with sundrye colours, and the same set vnder a Hen to bring foorth, she shall hatch a Chicken ha∣uing the like feathers, vnto the colours painted on the Egge. Also the Egge laide for thrée daies to stéepe in strong Vinegar and after for one whole Moneth, laide to drie againe in the Sonne, will after come vnto the hardnesse of a stone.

A proper conclusion of an Hasell sticke.

FIrste, take an Hasell sticke of a yarde long, béeing new cut off, and the same cleaue iuste in the middle, giuing the one end so cleaued vnto thy companion to holde in both his hands, and the other end

holde your selfe in both your handes after such sorte, that both the inner partes of the sticke, maye look one right against the other, in the laying downe on the ground, and must also be layde a sunder vnto the breadth of two fingers, in such sorte that they may touch togetherby an ouerthwart maner at some one place, & within a while after you shall sée them drawe and ioyne together againe of themselues. And this vnderstand, that the sticke must be newe cleaued, soone after the cutting vp of it, for otherwise this stick woorketh not the proper effect.

¶ A proper practise to make a Capon to bring vp yong Chickens.

FIrst, to doo this take a Capon and pull the bellye bare of Feathers and after rubbe the naked place with Nettles, setting young Chickens vnder him, and he will then miraculouslye cherrishe them, and bring them kindelye vp. And the rather, if you accustome to vse the Capon the lyke for a time. For by that meanes he is mooued the willinger to che∣rishe, bring vp and feede, yea and to loue

them so well as the Hen naturally would doo. And the reason of this is in that tho∣rowe the pricking of the Nettles, he is therby the rather desirous to touch the soft downe and fethers of the yong Chickens sitting vnder him.

To make any foule of what condition the same be: to haue fethers all white.

TO doo this take the Egges and roule them in the iuice of the hearb called Mouse-eare or in the hearbe called house∣léek or other wise in oyle (after the minde of Cardanus) and after put the Egges a∣gaine in the neast, and after the hatching: their feathers shall growe white.

To make a Candell burne in the Water.

ANd to doo this: take Ware, Brim∣stone and Vineger, of each a like, boyle these altogether ouer the fire vntil the vineger appeare al consu∣med, and then after of that Waxe remai∣ning make a Candle, and you shall sée the proper effect as aboue is written.

To make a Woman that she shall not eate of the meates set vpon the Table.

TO doo this, take a little of the gréen Basill, and when one bringeth any Dishes of Meate vnto the table, then put the same hearb secretly vnder one of the platters or dishes, that she espie it not and as long as the hearbe so lyeth on the table, the woman shal eate nothing of that meate in the platter or dishe, which coue∣reth the hearbe.

A proper secret of the Philosophers, to make a Stone to burne with∣out fier.

AND to doo this, take Calamite Brimstone, vnslecked Lyme, pitch, Ceruse, of eache of these thrée Drammes, of Camphora one Dramme, Asphaltum, thrée Drammes, all these make in pouder and put the same in a stronge potte, well stopped, and after make a fire vnder the potte, encreasing the same by little & little vntill the powder in the potte become so hard as a stone, and when you will haue it

burne, then rubbe the same well with a cloath, & it will burne sodainly: and when you will put the same out, then spit vpon it, and after set the same in a moyst place, and it will goe out.

To make one to see fearfull sights in his sleep.

ANd to doo this, take the blood of a Lapwing, and ther-with annoynt the pulses of thy foreheade, before thy going to rest, & thē after in thy sléepe thou shalt sée both meruailous and fearefull sightes, as Vitalis Medicus wri∣teth. Also he writeth, that if a man eateth in the Euening before his going to Bed, of the hearb named Nightshade, or Man∣drake, or Henbane, shall after sée in his sléep plesant sights.

How to turne water into wine, a proper secret.

IF thou wilt conuert, or turne water into Wine, then fill a brasse Pot with the best Wine, setting vpon the head of the Pot a Limbecke, and distill the Wine out, & the Lées remaining after the distil∣lation

orie them, and bring them into fine pouder, which equally mixed with the wa∣ter, dooth so cause the water to haue both the colour, and taste of the same wine. And the like vnto this may be wrought & doone in a Rose Limbeck. Also a loafe of Barlie bread hote drawne out of the Ouen, & bro∣ken into great péeces hote, and laide so to soke in good wine, which péeces when they shalbe wel soken in the wine, let them dry in the Sunne, and after soke of that bread in faire water, and it will after receiue both the colour and taste of that wine.

To make a light or Candle to indure bur∣ning without going out by any winde so long as the substance en∣dureth.

TO doo this, make a wéeke after thy discretion, which infuse in the Oyle of Hempséede, and after into molten tallow, as you would properly make a wéecke or Cotten Candle, letting the same to hang somewhat vntill it be colde, which through cold, then light it in the like sort as you doo a common Candell, and it will not after goe out with no winde, so

long as the substance endureth and in like sorte maye lighte be made to serue in the night time, if so be that fine linnen raggs be first soked in the oyle of hempséed, and after dipped into molten Tallowe, which so bound or wrought on a staffes ende, to carry about, or otherwise on a staffes end lying in an iron plate.

How to make quarters of wood to hang so fast togither, that they can not be sha∣ken a sunder without breaking.

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TO make quarters holde and hange togeather thus without tying, must be doone on this wise: Firste, laye one of the quarters downe, as these two betters A. and B. doo instruct, on the which

laye the other quarter, euen as these two letters C. and D. doo héere represent, and on that C. and D. laye the third quarter as the letters E. and F. doo héer expresse, and in such sort, that E. and F. must lye vnder A.B. And being then thruste hard togither they cannot after fall away without brea∣king, in that A. and B. is staied and helde of E. and F. and E. and F. of C. and D. and C. and D. holden of A and B. so that none of them can fall a sunder, the one from the other. Also that place where B.D.E. is hol∣den or stayed togither, and dooth the like holde together as by triall of the same shal more manifestly appeare. Also, the more and harder they be thrust togither the lon∣ger they cōtinue so hanging togither. And some suppose that a like triall vnto this, maye be assaied and prooued, either with thrée stickes made flatte for the nonce, or with thrée kniues being a like, if they be orderly vsed.

How to make a colour like to golde in vn∣derstanding this secret.

AND to doo this, take of Aloes Hepa∣ticke, and of salt Niter, of each six oun∣ces,

those grinde, and perfectly mixt toge∣ther on a smoothe Marbell, or other harde stone: that being so laboured together, they can after be seperated by no meanes, and after distill the same in a Limbeck of glas well luted about, that you may so drawe out all the moyst substance that will come And with this maye you gilde what you list, vnderstanding how to drawe this ly∣cour. Also by a shorter way & lesser paine, may you doo the like, although not so per∣fect as the other aboue saide, which in déed is right meruailous. And now this is on this wise: First take of Aloes Hepa∣tick, thrée ounces, of Rosen six ounces and of oyle of Lineséed wel boiled, a pinte and a halfe, these set ouer the fire in a pot, and mingle them well together, after straine the same licour through a Linnen cloath, putting it into a potte, which you must stop close, and so kéepe the same vntill you haue néed to gilde any thing therewith.

To make Siluer like any mettell which shall so continue a long time.

FOR to doo this, take halfe an ounce of Aqua-fortis, and a scruple of Quick∣siluer,

and a little of the Tarter made of the white wine, and a little Salt: These put altogether in a Pot or earthen Pan, working and labouring the same together ouer hotte Imbers, which so doone, you may after with this composition make sil∣uer like any mettall you list, and to conti∣nue so a long time.

How to stick an Iron or Steele Bodkin, into the head of either Cocke, Hen or Chicken.

AOD to doo this, write firste these woordes following, that is to saye Gibell, Got, Gabell, in a Scrole, and binde the same about the Bill of the Cocke, Hen, or Chicken, to colour this secret withall, which so doone, then pearce the head of the Birde, iust in the middle, as you can gesse, with a verrie sharpe poynted Bodkin, and after, set y^e Birde downe, and you shall sée the Birde so lustely runne away from you, as if no∣thing were sticking into the heade, if the Pullet be bigge, vnto the woonder of such as shall sée the same. And now the reason of this is, in that the head and brain of the

Pullet, is deuided into two partes in the bone, and the bone also doubled in the mid∣dest, so that the Bodkin may easily enter without danger, and of this the braine so pearced, the Pullet neuerthelesse liueth: which if the ignorant sée, they wil perhaps beleeue, and think that the woordes onelie dooth the same which is nothing lesse.

To make a Candle that wil not goe out vn∣till the whole substance be wasted.

AND to doo this, take the best Wax and the pure Brimstone, of eache a like portion, which take and melte to∣gither, and after make a Candle there∣of, which being lighted, set the same in a Candlestick to burne. And the same Can∣dle so lighted, will not goe out vntill the whole substance be spent. thus Cardanus writeth

How to make Iron softe, a proper secret.

AND to doo this, take the iuice of the Hemlocke, and quenche the Iron in it, béeing well heated thrée or foure times, letting it there remaine euerye

time, vntill it be throughlye colde. Also Cardane writeth, that if you take oyle put∣ting into it molten Leade seuen times to∣gether, and after quench your Iron redde hote into that Oyle, for foure or fiue times together, and it will so make the same soft to woork.

To make a Swoord, Dagger, or Knife to cut Iron so easily as Lead.

OF this thinge Hermes writeth, if a Swoord, Dagger or Knife, being only Iron and fashioned, and being red hote, if the same be afterward quenched into the iuice of the Radish, mixed with the liquor of the fresh Woormes of the grounde, or rather the water of Artely distilled, being before somewhat brused: such a Swoorde Dagger or Knife, saith he shal after haue such a strange edge, if the same red hote be quenched foure or fiue times in it, that with the same you may cut Iron so easily as if it were Leade. Also he writeth that if Stéels be often molten in the Furnace, and be purified, vntil the same be so white as Siluer in a manner, and then after of the same fashion, grauing Instruements

with their edges and pointes, orderly like as to the arte of grauing belongeth, which instruments being redde here, quencht af∣ter into the iuice of Radishe and the distil∣led Water of the Woormes of the earth, mixed together: Or else with the water of the Woormes, drawne through a cleane Linnen cloath, so that there be so much of this water, as of the iuce of the Radishe, and then those instruments quencht foure or fiue times, in the aboue said licour. And after will the edges and pointes of the in∣struements be so hard, that you maye cut and graue in any stone and Iron, so easily as the same were Leade.

How to keep weapons cleane and faire for a long time.

ANd to doo this, take Barrowes greace common Oyle, new waxe, Ceruse, of ech a like, these temper together very wel ouer a soft fire, vntil they be throughly in∣corporated, and after anoint the burnished weapon with this ointment, and it shal so continue in the same brightnesse, In secula seculorum. And there cannot be a greater secrete inuented, for the kéeping bright of

weapons then this is, if these woords be well vnderstanded.

¶ How to make steele softe as paste, a proper secret.

DOo thus: Take the gall of an Oxe, Mans Vrine, Verges and the iuice of the Nettle of eache of these take a little quantity, and mixe them very diligently together, then after quench the Stéele red hote in this licour, foure or fiue times together, and it wil after become so soft as paste: and this is a right proper and necessarye secrete, to be vnderstanded of all such woorkmen as doo any matters in Stéele, as grauing and such lyke, if these woords be well marked.

How to make Hennes lay Egges all the Winter through.

TO doo this, take the toppes of the Nettles, when they begin to come vnto Séede, and drye them: which so dryed, giue a little of the same with Bran and Hempséede mingled together, to your

Hens, and they shall euery day after laye you an Egge a péece.

How to make thy Chamber appeare full of Snakes and Adders.

TO doo this, kyll a Snake, putting the same into a Panne with Waxe and let it so long boyle: vntyll the same be throughe drye, and of that Waxe make a Candle, lighting the same in the Chamber, and then after shall ap∣peare, as though there were a thousand créeping in thy Chamber.

How to make letters appeare of the colour of Golde, Copper, or Siluer.

AND to doo this: take verry cléere Christall, and woorke the same into meruailous fine pouder, on a mar∣ble stone, & after mix the same pou∣der with the white of an Egge, vntill this be so prepared to write with all: And af∣ter with this confectiō, write what letters you will, letting the same drye: and after rubbe a golde King or any péece of Golde on the same letters, and al the letters shal

appeare like gold. And in the like sort may you make the Letters either appeare lyke siluer or copper.

How to make any peece of Iron to appeare like Golde.

AND to doo this take fowre pintes of Raine water into which put ten drammes of Roch Allum, and ten drams of ointment, of Romain Vi∣trioll, and Salt Gemme, of eache one an ounce, and a scruple of Coperas: all these boyle together, after put there into a quart of Vineger, and of Tartarre, and common Salt finely beaten to pouder of eache thrée ounces, all these incorporate againe ouer a softe fyre verry well, and after occupy the same: which maketh a colour like vn∣to golde.

How to haue fresh Roses at all times of the yeere sundry waies taught.

AND First if you wil haue freshe Roses at any time, so well as in the Moneth of May, then gather the buddes halfe open in a manner in the Euening, when as the

Sunne is set, and touch them not with thy hande in the gathering, but with a sharpe knife properly gather them, after laye the Roses vpon a boord, letting them to lye a∣broad in a faire night, all y^e night through, and then after haue in a readinesse a new earthen pot well glased within and with∣out, into which put the former Roses be∣fore the Sunne be vp in the morning and stop close the mouth of that pot with clay, mixed with Horse dung, & flocks, all tem∣pered well together before, whereby no ayre of the Roses maye passe or breathe foorth. After set the same Pot into the ground, couering it in drye Sand, and let no moyste place be neer, or about the same And now on this wise may you haue fresh Roses at any time of the yeere.

Also take of the Rose buds in the spring time, when they begin first to open, & put those into a greene Cane yet growing, cleauing the same by little and little, vntil you may handsomely put in those buddes, and after tye that place with a thréed, stop∣ping the same about, that no ayre breath out, and after couer that péece of the Cane or Réede, so bounde and stopped about vn∣der

the Earthe, bowing downe the same stalke by little and little, that the same breake not, and couer the same well with the earth, letting it there remaine so long as you list, and when you be minded to haue them foorth, then cleaue the Cane by little and little, that you spoyle not the buddes, and after set them in the Sunne, or in luke warme water, and they shal be open and fayre in a shorte space, as in the middst of Paie.

Also if you wil make drie Roses to be∣come freshe, then take a newe glased pot and wet the same within with Rose wa∣ter, and after shat that pot with the Roses very close, letting it so to stande, for fiue daies, and they shall be fresh.

How to make Beans and other seeds growe vp in foure houres.

AND first, to make Beanes growe vp in an howres space, take the Beanes and put them in hote oile, let them there remaine for eleuen dayes and after drye them. And when you will make the proofe of them, then set

the beanes, and goe to dinner, and by that time you rise againe from the Table, and goe to looke on them, you shall finde them growe vp well a spanne high. And the like may you doo with the Gourds.

And now to make the Gourdes growe vp in the space of fowre houres, both with leaues and Flowers, take the féede of the Gourde, and let them lye in the blood of a sanguine young man, and let them there remaine for fiftéene dayes in a moist place and in a potte well stopped, and after take them foorth, and let them be dried well in the Sunne: and when you wil sowe or plant them, then take a dishe ful or two of good earthe, and drye the same well, after wet the same with a little freshe water, and after haue warme water pouring the same vpon this earth vntil it become suffi∣cient soft, and then plant your séedes in it, and within three or foure hours after you shall haue Gourdes growen vp with lea∣nes and with flowers.

And the like maye you doo with the Melons, Citriones, and other gréene séedes.

To make a Candle of Ise to burne like vnto an other Candle.

TO doo this make a Candle of Brim∣stone, which with the Powder of a Coale smeared about, and after in the Winter time drowne the same in water, but couer the heade of it with a paper, and after hang the same at the mouth of some gutter which droppeth fast, wherby it may so be couered with half a finger thicknesse of Ise in the Morning, and after being lighted: it will then burne vnto the won∣dering of such as shall sée the same. Also take pure Ware and fine Brimstone pu∣rified, of eache a like: mealt these together making thereof a Candle, and after take the pouder of a coale finely beaten, & brim∣stone the like in pouder, these sift through a Serse or linnen cloath, & after heating the Candle, smeare the Candle about so long, vntil it haue (as it were) a thick crust roūd about the same, lyke vnto the thicknesse of the back of a Knife: which after couer a∣bout y^e head of it with a paper, & then hang the same at the mouth of a Gutter, which droppeth fast, vntill the Ise couer it about

a finger thicke, then lyght the same, and it will burne like as it were all waxe.

To make flesh to seeme to crall full of Woormes.

AND to doo this, take Harpe strings, and cut them into very shorte péeces, which strawe vpon Meate, béeing taken hote out of the Pot, and those péeces will then mooue and stirre like vnto 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.

TO doo this, take the blacke iuice or inke of the Fishe named a Cuttle, and the lyke quantitye of Verdygreace, these mixe well together, putting the same in∣to a Lampe, and dipping a wéecke in that licour, then light the same, putting out the other lights in that roome, and then shall all thinges round about that place, and the walls also being white, appeare both black and gréene vnto the meruaile of such as shall sée the same.

How to make Rootes to haue what proper forme you will on them.

TO doo this, take such gréene Rootes which be bigge, lyke as be the Bri∣onye rootes, Radishe rootes, and Rape or Nauew rootes, and of any of these rootes carue and cutte as you list, and after put the same into the earth, letting it there so long remaine, vntill the same caruing be couered with a skinne. And one such wise may you make the counterfeit Mandraks in fashioning in the Briony roote, as both Mathealus and Cardane doo write, forme of a man with a Pen knife, and setting the same roote againe into the earth, with the head of the root turned downewarde, and a little Barly put vnder it, which af∣ter wil cleaue and hang fast vnto the head of the Roote, and appeare like vnto haire growing out of the same.

How to break a stone with the fiste, of the thicknes of ones hand.

AND to doo this, firste rayse the edge of a flat stone vpright from a plaine boorde, or rather from a bigge smoothe

stone in such force that it stande of it selfe without any vnder bearing or help, & af∣ter with thy fiste smite hastely or quickly that part standing vpright, which falling together flat on the plaine boorde or stone: dooth so breake in so many péeces. And if the fist be swiftlier smitten, then the end of the stone toucheth the boorde in the falling then is that stroke in vaine: and breaketh not the same at that time. And in the like manner may Tiles be easily broken with a small and easie stroke of the hande, for that through the weight of the stone in the falling and helpe of the quicke stroke, it dooth of this so lightly breake euen as it were downe with the vehement stroke of a hammer.

¶ To make an hearb to growe which shall haue many sauours and tastes.

AND to doo this: firste take one séede of the Lettice, one séede of Endiue, one of Smallage, one of the Bassill, one of the Leeke, & of the Parslie, al these put togither in a hole in such sort, that one séede may touch an other: but this remem∣ber

that you plant these together in the dung of an Horsse or an Oxe without any earthe at all with them. And then after of these séedes shall growe vp one proper hearbe, which will haue so many sauours and tastes, as there were séedes sowne to∣gether.

How to make sundry deuises or Armes or such like: in a Rose, Carnation, or Flowers de luce or Lilly.

TO doo this take Salt Armoniack, and grinde the same on a Marble Stone, with fine Vineger, and a little Sugar candy, and kéep the same in a narrow nec∣ked pot or glasse and after take your Rose and dresse the leaues, in fastening them with red waxe: that they may so lye plain and euen, which so doone: then take a fine Pensell with the licour drawing on the leaues, what proper matter or armes you list; & after let the same drye of it self, put∣ting vppon of the leafe golde: or the leafe siluer: and after pressing it lightly or gent∣ly downe with Bombasse, and that which sticketh not then fast, falleth off in the doo∣ing,

and so your woork will remaine trim and faire.

To write what you list on a Steele Dagger, or Knife.

HOW to doo this, take an ounce of Salt Péeter, and an ounce of gréen Coperesse, beat these grosely toge∣ther, and after put the same into a strong Bottle of Glasse, distilling a water of it, which water vse on this wise: First, take yellow or red Waxe, stretching the same vpon your Dagger or Knife, so farre as you wil draw or write ther vpon vnto the thicknesse of a Paper leafe and somewhat more, after draw or write therein what you list, drawing or writing vnto the Steele, and then sill that hollow drawing or holes with the distilled water, which within a daye and a night, will haue eaten it sufficiently, and the like may you draw and doo in any other péece of stéele.

How to breake a newe and bigge Rope, with the hands onelye.

TO doo this, take and fasten the one ende of the Corde or Rope, eyther with a nayle driuen fast into it, or about a strong hook of Iron, & after winde the same thrée or foure tims or oft∣ner about thy hand, and the other ends of the Corde or Rope winde about by the top of the Palme betwéene the forefinger and thumbe, that the one parte of the cord may reache vnto the Nayle, and the head or o∣ther ende vnto the bottome of the Palms, by which it must be againe winded about and after that winded again once or twice about. And this so doone, then with a vehe∣ment plucke and force assaye in the same part by which it is so ouer winded or run with the Cords for that the substaunce of the Corde or Rope which is vnder, dooth defende, that the hande can take no harme by the hasty and strong pull, and take héed that the vtter moste fold of the Corde slide not in thy hand. And to conclude: this con∣ceiue, that in the mighty and hasty pluck together, the one folde of the Corde dooth so cut the other in sunder, and then especi∣ally, when as that parte shall be set softe which is betwéene the hande and the naile

and that both the hand be strong, and then pluck out right and quick. And now if you will conceiue this order in the winding of the Corde about both the handes, you may so breake the same with the onely strength of the handes: yea such stronge Cordes or Ropes, as will well holde a Bullocke or Cowe, vnto the admiration or wondering of the lookers on.

How to make white Flowers like as the Lil∣ly, white Rose and such like to be redde.

AND to doo this, fill a Pinte Pot of the best redde Wine, vnto the middle of it, and within the mouth of the Pot hang the white flowers soo déepe in, that they touch not the Wine after that couer the mouth of the pot very close, so that no ayre of the Wine breath out, and then let it stande for one whole daye, and they wil after became red of co∣lour. And to make suche Flowers that be naturally white, to become redde, doo this first take grose earth, drying the same very well in the Sunne, that you maye after

bring the same into verry fine pouder, and after put the same earth into a Pot or half Tubbe, where you minde to plant your white Flowers to become redde, and after they be so planted in the Earthe, then let thē not be watered at any time with any other water then this, which is made on this wise: Take water, putting therin certaine quantity of Brasil finely cut, and boyle the same vnto a thirde parte, which water after take, and being through cold, water by little and little the same earth, as both at morning and euening, and wa∣ter it at no time with any other water then this, vntill you sée that the same wa∣ter first haue taken effect.

How to make a hollowe Ring to daunce by it selfe, a proper secret.

AND to doo this, take a Ring rounde about hollowe, into which put Quick∣siluer, and stoppe the same fast that it run not foorth. After heate the Ring somwhat in the fire, or let it lye néere vnto the fire and being hote, laye the same on a Table or stoole, which by and by after wil begin

to daunce of it self, vntil it be cold againe.

To make Glew to holde together so hard as a stone a proper secret.

AND to doo this take vnsleikt Lime, and quenche the same with Wine & beate the same into fine powder, mix∣ing therewith, both Figges and Siuines greace, & after labour them well together for this as Plini writeth passeth the hard∣nesse of a stone. Also, take Greek Pitch, Rosin, and the pouder of Tyle stones these mixe together and when you will occupie of the same, then heat it ouer the fire, and woork therewith: for when the same is colde, it holdeth them together so hard as any Nayle. Also, take of Spuma ferri one pound of Tyle shardes, two pound of vn∣sleikt Lyme foure pound, of Oyle of Lin∣séede, so muche as shall suffice to prepare and woorke them together, for this Glew is meruailous strong, which neither fea∣reth nor yéeldeth to water nor fier.

To make an Apple moue on the Table, a proper secret,

HOw to doo this, take an Apple and cutte the same in the middest, and in the one halfe make a rounde hole, put∣ting therein a blacke Béetle, and so laye the same halfe on the Table, and it will then moue.

To make Roses and other Flowers that be red, to become white.

AND to doo this take Brimstone beating the same into fine powder which powder, burne on a newe tylestone, holding such red flowers or Roses ouer the smoake of it, whyles it so burneth, and they will after become white, and on this wise you maye make your Roses halfe white and halfe redde, or one leafe white, and another redde, by a cap of paper so cut for the nonce.

How to write letters on the Egshel that the same letters may appeare within on the Egge.

AND to doo this, take a little quan∣titye bothe of Galles and Allome, which woorke togeather with Vine∣ger,

and after write with this licour what you will on the shell. and that dried, laye then the Egge in Vrine, or else anoint the Egge about with Ware, vnto the thicke∣nesse of a Paper or somewhat more, and with a fine bodkin write déep letters, that the holes may be open, and the letters ap∣parant, into the which holes powre of this lycour, and when the same is dried on the Egge, then séethe the Egge vntill it be harde, and after laye the same to soke in sharpe Vineger, through the which soking the letters will so passe through the shell, that the letters may be séene on the Egge, after the shell is pulled off.

How to make a Bottle or a narrow mouth pot ful of water or milke not to spill or shed foorth.

TO doo this: take the Bottle or nar∣rowe mouth Pot, and sill the same vnto the brimme, after couer the mouth with a Paper, and then turne the mouth downward on y^e mouth of an other Pot, and nothing shall shed foorth, as by a trial in filling the one pot with milk, and

the other may be séene.

How to kill Fleas diuers waies.

ANd first, to gather all the Fleas of thy Chamber into one place, annoint a Staffe with the greace of a Foxe, or Headghogge, and laye the staffe againe, where you list in your chamber, and it shal so gather all the Fleas by it. Also fil a dish with Goates blud, and set the same by the bed, & all the Fleas will come to it round about. And the lyke will they doo by the blood of the Headghog. Also take the fat of a Goate, and annoint what you list ther∣with, and set the same vnder your bed, and all the Fleas will gather vnto the same. Also take Lupines or flat Beanes, & boyle them in water with Woormwood, and that water sprinkle well about the Chamber, and all the Fleas shall auoide that cham∣ber. Also take an Apple of Coliquintida, and infuse the same in water, and in that water boyle Woormewood, which cast a∣bout the Chamber, killeth all the Fleas. And the like dooth the Peache leaues, or Verueine, or Colyander boyled in water and so cast about.

How to make a Pot of glasse not to sinke in the water, a proper secret.

[illustration] diagram of thin-necked glass vase or pot, with letters reversed

TO doo this, firste fill a Glasse Pot full of Water, or wine vnto the brim, for other wise it sin∣keth downe and is drowned in the set∣ting of it in the wa∣ter: the reason of which appeareth by this demonstration. Imagine that the pot be D. whose necke is A.B.C. that vacant part of it A.B. in that A.B. dooth beare a∣boue water, through the ayre which is cō∣tained therein: and the waighte of the glasse A.B. draweth toward the Centere, and A.B.C. can not descende by straight line downe, for that it shall labor in vaine. And therfore the signifier D. boweth in that D. when as the wine is set in the wa∣ter, it resisteth not, and therfore A.B. dooth descend vntill it come vnto the vpper face of the water, but when A.B. shall be in

the vpper face of the water, the part E. is then drowned, in that it is the neather part, and all the necke of the pot.

How to make a thin Glew, very profitable, a proper secret.

ANd to doo this, take the Glew made of fishes, beating the same strongly on an Anuell, vntill it be thin, which after laide to soke in water, vntil it become very soft and tender, which wil be within fiue or fix houres, & then woork it like paste to make smal roles therof, which whē it is like vn∣to paste, stretch it or draw it out very thin, & when you will work with it, then put of the same into an earthen pot with a little faire water ouer hote embers, and skim the same very cleane, and let it so seethe a little while, after work with the same kée∣ping it still ouer the hote embers, vntill you haue doone with it, for so it fasteneth & bindeth the strōger. And in such sort that it fasteneth péeces of glasse together.

How to drawe a Ring off being very harde thrust on, and the finger swelled.

AND if eyther man or woman hath thrust a Ring, so harde on theyr fin∣ger, that he or she cannot drawe the same off, through the swelling of the fin∣ger: then thréede a Néedle, and drawe the same vnder the Ring, and wind the thréed about the finger on the other side, and so of ten winde the thréed about, and diligently consider that the whole ioynt and parte of the finger, lying or being betwéene the ioynt and the ring, be couered about with the thréed, and that no part be seene of the skinne, through the close couering of the thréed, and euen drawe the Néedle againe vnder the Ring, and winde the thréed like about on the other side, and that spéedilye whereby the King drawne & remooued on the thréed, by little and little may so passe ouer the ioynt and come of. But whylest you are in y^e dooing of this, make no tary∣aunce or delaye, for that the finger dooth so lightly swell, that without great pain the Ring cannot be drawn off.

To make fruits as Apples, Peares, Quinces, and such like to haue what proper forme you wil on them.

AND to doo this, counterfeit on a péece of wood, being in bignesse to the fruite which you desire, what forme you will? Or else cutte Ro∣main, or other fashion letters in it, (to ex∣presse if you list) some proper words which so doone, then make a moulde with water and Chalke vnto the thicknesse of thy litle finger, the same part into y^e iust halfe. And when this moulde is drie which soone dri∣eth, seperate then the same from the wood with oile before. And when you haue got∣ten off the mould from the wood, and par∣ted it in two iust halfes, then take y^e same moulde, and binde it most close vnto the fruit, being growne vnto his halfe big∣nesse, and let it so continue vntil the fruit become vnto his full bignesse, and thē take the moulde away, and you shal sée the tri∣all of the former taught.

How to cut a Glasse, a proper secret.

AND to doo this, stéepe a thréede in Oyle and brimstone mixt together and compasse the Glasse with the thréed in y^e place where you would haue it

parted, and after kindle & lighte the same and so often doo thus, vntil the place be hot and after compasse the same with a thréed wet in colde water, & it will part so clean a sunder, as if the same had béen cut with a sharpe pointed Diamond.

How to soften Christall, to imprint what you list therin, a proper secret.

AND to doo this, take the blood of a Lambe, and the blood of a Wea∣ther, mixing these together, after take thy Christall Stone, heating it in the fyre burning hote, and then quench it in the blood, which after wil become so softe as paste, then with a Cop∣per print woork therein what you list, and after sette the same abroad in the ayre, and it will come againe vnto the former hardnesse.

How to walke on the water a proper secret.

[illustration] a man in a loincloth with a staff walks on water

FOR to doo this, take two little Tim∣brels, and binde them vnder the soules of thy féet, and at a staues end fastē an other, and with these you may safelie walke on the water, vnto the wonder of all such as shall sée the same: if so be you often exercise the same with a certaine holdnesse and lightnesse of the body.

¶ To make a Candle to burne a proper secret.

FOR to doo this, firste make a wéecke of Sylke, and infuse the same in the Oyle of Hemp séed, and when the wéecke shal be sufficiently soked, role the same in Snowe, vntil it be of the dig∣nesse of a great Candle, whereby it maye so be well wrought together, & after light the same, setting it in a sticke, and it will giue the like light as a Wax Candle. Al∣so make a Candle of Purpen stone & waxe together, about the which role Snow, and the Snowe will burne vntil it be all wa∣sted. Also take Snowe, and mixe therwith the powder of Camphire, and of the same make a Candle, and it will burne being lighted.

How to drawe many Candles the one after the other being laid a foot distance or more a sunder.

FOR to doo this, take Brimstone, Orpiment, and Oyle, these labour together, and make thereof an Oint∣ment,

after take so many Candles as may well serue your Table, which laye on the Table a large foote a sunder, and all a roe, the one behinde the other as long as you list to laye them, yea a hundred may you lay down on this wise a length, if you lay them straite, then take a long threed, and annoint the same in this ointment, which after laye a long on the Candles, and af∣ter drawing the formost, all will followe by order.

¶ How to cut an Apple into many peeces without harming of the skin or paring.

TO doo this, take a moste fine Néedle with a small thréed, and thrust the same by little and little vnder the paring, & thrust it in againe right against the place, vntill you haue so gone round a∣bout the outside of the Apple. And this also remēber that you thrust y^e néedle through the paring at straite corners one againste the other of the Apple, and this so often doo vntill you come againe vnto the first place where you began.

And if so be you would deuide the same in six or eight péeces, then draw the thréed againe by a like distance, alwaies taking héede to deuide the Apple vnder the skin and when you haue thus doone with the Apple, and the péeces yet couered with the skin, then draw out the ends of the thréed, and you shall after deuide the Apple with∣in, without harming of the paring or skin into so many péeces as you list. And when you haue thus drawne out, and taken the thréed quite away, you may kéepe the ap∣ple so long as you think requisite.

How to make a Cup of Glasse being set in the fier not to burne.

AND to doo this, take what Cuppe or Pot of glasse you list, and séethe the same in common Oyle, by the space of fiue houres, and after take it foorth, and it will be then made so strong that the said Cup of glasse or pot, will indure the heate of the fier.

How to make a Candle to be meruailed at, a proper secret.

[illustration] a fireproofed glass vase or pot

AND to doo this, take fowre ounces of Salte Niter, sixe ounces of fine Frankensence, thrée ounces of brim∣stone, six ounces of Oyle, and sixe ounces of the Milke of Cataputia, all these beate fine, and mixe together, after take thrée ounces of Waxe, and make then a Candle of altogether, in the end of which Candle∣sticke, sticke déepe a Néedle, and after set the same in a narrowe mouth glasse ful of water, and you shall sée after what the same will doo.

¶ How to make Quick-siluer, in a maner so hard as Siluer.

AND to doo this, take the strongest Vineger, and whites of Egges wel beaten together, and thrée ounces of quicksiluer, vnto one of the other these first still together in a Limbeck well luted, and in that distilled water put the quicksiluer and it will be after so harde, that you may woork it with y^e hammer. Also take quick∣siluer, and wash it in the distilled water of mans blood, and euery time you wash the same let it drie, and in the end it wil come to be so hard as siluer.

How to see many and diuers strange signes in an Vrinall.

AND to sée these, take a new and cleane washed Vrinall, into which powre either cleane water, or other running water, after take y^e white of an new laid Egge, and a little Saffron binding it in n clean linnen cloath, after that, powre a litle of the water into a dish and put the cloath with y^e Saffron into it,

so long vntill it haue coloured it somwhat and being on this wise, then beat y^e white of the egge with this water seuen or eight times with thy finger, and thē powre the same into the Vrinall, and you shall after sée in it Towers, Castels, Hills, and ma∣ny other strange sightes.

How to catch Fowles without a Nette.

TO doo this, take Arsenick, putting the same in water, and in that water boyle wheat, or any other grain, and cast the same foorth vnto Fowls, and so many as eate therof, will not be able afterward to flye away. And take the iuice of Celi∣done, and infuse Wheate in the same, let∣ting it there remaine for thrée daies, after giue the same vnto Fowles to eate, & such as eat therof you may after take with the hand. Also take Wheate, putting it in wine Lées, and let the same remain there eight dayes, after that put it into the iuice of Celandine and horehounds, to stéepe, which so doone, then giue of the same vnto the Fowles to eate, and such as eate ther∣of, cannot flye away.

How to make a loafe of bread new set vpon the Table to leap off.

TO doo this, take a quill, fylling the same with Quick Siluer, and stop∣ping it cloase, thruste the same after in∣to a hote Loafe, newe drawne out of y^e O∣uen, and the loafe will by and by daunce on the Table.

How to make an Egge flie about, a merrye conclusion.

AND to doo this, take a Goose Egge, and after the opening and cleansing of it, take a Batte that flieth in the Euening, which put into the shell, then glewe it fast about on the toppe, and the Batte will flye away with it, which per∣haps will be thought of some to flie about in the ayre of it selfe.

How to make Artificiall fier diuers wayes: and that maruailous.

AND firste to make a flame of fyre to passe sodenly out of the mouth of a pot

full of water, take an Egge making an hole in the head, and drawe out al the sub∣staunce of the same, which so doone, then fil the same with the powder of brimstone and vnsleikt Lime mixed together, shut∣ting the mouth with Waxe, and then let if fall to the bottome of a quart potte full of Water, taking quicklye your hand a∣way, and sodainly will issue foorth a flame out of the mouth of the Potte. And also if thou wilt spit fier out of thy mouth with∣out paine, and to doo thée no harme, take the powder of the willowe sticke, finelye beaten and searsed, with the which ioyne a little new Silke, making it rounde vp lyke vnto a ball, into which put this pow∣der, wrapping the Silke well about it, and after put it within with the powder a little fine Flaxe, and then properly stitche it vp rounde about, which so doone, then cut it open a little on the one side, putting a quicke coale or a light Candle vnto it, to set it on fire a little, then put it againe in∣to thy mouth, holding the same sofly with thy téeth, and turning also the parte cut inward in thy mouth, and when thou wilt spit fier out, then halde the ball strongly in

thy mouth and blowe, and the lookers on shall sée then a great flame issue foorthe of thy mouth, and doo there no harme at all. Also to make a fyre flie vp in the ayre. Take Towe, and wet the same in Aqua-vitae, and after put fire to it, and blowe the same away, which after will flie vp in the ayre and burne.

How to knowe a naturall pretious stone from a counterfeit.

AND to doo this, rubbe the same on Leade, and if it chaunge the colour then it is counterfeite, if it change not, then it is a natural Stone. Also, if the Stone haue lyke vnto a Bladder within then it is counterfeite.

How to make a man to appeare on a flame burning without any harme.

TO doo this, take Brimstone, Orpi∣ment, and commun Oyle, of these make an ointment, with the which anoint thy garment all about, & thy head and handes, and after light the same & it wil burne all at once without harme. Also take iuice of Adders tongue, y^e iuice

of March Mallowes, or other Mallows, & the white of an Egge, these mixe together, annointing therewith all about thy body, and then cast the fine pouder of Brimston on the same, setting it ouer a fire, & it wil strangely burne, and neither harme hands nor garment annointed therewith.

How to make the Chamber as light by night as by day.

AND to doo this, take that parte which shineth of the night woorms, and bruse them well, which after set in hote Horse dung in a glasse stopped, and let it there so stand for fiftéene dayes, and after distill the same in a Limbecke of Glasse with a soft fire, the which water so drawne, stoppe close in a narrow necked pot of Christall Glasse, and hang the same in the entrie of the house, and it will so giue a very bright light.

How to make two Dogges fight together a proper secret.

AND to doo this, take the Seclifset of the Woolfe, and cast the same betwéen

two Dogges: and they shall so long fight together, as they lye there betwéen them, and when you wil haue them to cease figh∣ting: then take them away.

How to make a Bitch that she shall not de∣sire to be couered with any Dog.

TO doo this, take Bées and prepare them orderly, which after giue vnto the Bitch with bread, or with meat, and she will not after suffer any Dogge to touch her.

To make a blowne bladder to daunce and skip from place to place.

TO doo this, put Quick-siluer in a blad∣der, and lay the bladder in a hote plcae and it wil after skippe from place to place without handling.

How to cast foorth any woorme or Snake entered within the body.

TO doo this, boyle the hearb Bassill, o∣uer a softe fyre in Vineger, which so boyled, giue vnto the patient to drink: and it shall cast the same vp foorthwith. And if the same be a Snake entered within the

body: then you maye take writinge Inke, and good Wine, mixing them together, which after drink, and it wil cast vp what∣soeuer euill be in the body.

How to make a Hen to run away with great feare.

ANd to doo this, take the head of a Kite, and tye the same about a Hens necke, and she shal neuer cease running héer and there, vntil you haue takē away the same from her neck, and when you wil take the same from her necke, she will then moue from you nothing at all.

How to finde a person drowned, that hath been sought for.

TO doo this, take a white loafe, and cast the same into the water, néer y^e suspec∣ted place, and it wil forthwith goe directly ouer the dead body, and there stil abide, by which you may wel finde the dead body.

How to deale with Iron many waies right profitable.

FIrst to make Iron as soft as paste, take Vitrioll and Salt Niter, of eache a like,

beating these to pouder, which after distil in a Limbecke of Glasse, and in this wa∣ter lay your small péeces of Iron, for a day and a night, which after coner in hote horsedung for fiftéene dayes, and the same will become very soft like vnto paste, and with the same Iron you may make seales or graue, or otherwise Imprint what you list on Iron so easily as into earth, & you may also beate and woork the same Iron so easilye as Leade. Also make a water of Roche Alome, as is aboue said, and in the same water quench your Iron seuē times and it wil make the Iron so easily breake as glasse, and to make powder therof. Al∣so quench the Iron in the dung of an Oxe or Cow, tempered with Hony oftentimes and it will become so softe, that you maye woorke the same like Lead, with the ham∣mer. Also, take salt Armoniack well bea∣ten, & mixe the same with vnsleiked lime, and temper the same with colde Water, like vnto a thick broth, and in this water temper the Iron and it shall after become white, fair, and very strong. Also take the iuice of the hearbe named Palma Christi, and with the same annoint thy hands, and

you may after hanele Iron fire hote with∣out harme. And the like may you doo with the iuice of Hemlocke.

Also take redde Arsenich, redde Alome of each like: these grinde into fine pouder mixing the same with the iuice of Sen∣gréen, or Houseléeke, and the gall of a bull and annoint thy hands with the same: and you may after handle burning Iron, and annointing the féete: you may goe on hote Grates of Iron or Coales: without any danger.

To light a candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall.

TAke and put Brimstone, to y^e mouth of the Image, and take a burning Candle and blowe it out. And or the wéecke be out, set it to the Images mouth, and it will burne. And so ye maye doo against a glasse.

To take Fish by night.

TAke a lantern of glasse, and put a bur∣ning Candle in it, and set the lanterne on the water, and the Fishes will come to light. Or els take Nettles and houseléek,

and make iuice of them, and put it in a ponde, and all the fishes will gather there and if your hands be annointed therwith, ye may take them.

To make that no Dog barke at you.

TAke an hearbe called Serpentine, and they shall not barke at you.

To make Birds come to your Culuer house.

CAst Barly stéeped in Honnie, where they doo féed, and they wyll gather to your Culuerhouse.

To put an Apple in a Violl.

HAng the Viol on the twigge of an ap∣ple Trée, and put a yong Apple in the mouth of the Violl, and it will growe therin. And so ye maye doo with Grapes or other fruit.

To put an Egge in a Violl.

STéepe the Egge two dayes, and two nightes in Vineger, and then role it on a table softly, and it will stretch as waxe, and then maye you put it in the Violl or draw it through a Ring.

To make folke seeme black.

PVT Oyle Oliue in a Lamp, and put thereto fine powder of ground Glasse and light it, and all that be aboue it, will séme blacke as Egiptians.

To proue if a maiden be clean.

BVrne Motherwoort, and let her take the smoke at her nose, and if she be cor∣rupt she shall pisse, or else not. Otherwise take graye Nettles while they be gréen, and let her pisse on them, if she be no mai∣den, they will wither foorth, or else not.

To know if a sicke person shall die or not.

TAke gray Netttles while they be gréen and put them in the patients Vrine: and if they remaine gréene, he shall liue, and if they wither not.

To make Salt water fresh.

TAke Claye, and put it into a bagge and straine it through till it be cléere, and it will be fresh.

To kindle fier at the Sunne.

TAke a very bright Basen, ond put a newe looking Glasse therein, and set

the Bason in the hottest of the Sunne, and laye about it very drie Towe small chop∣ped, and the towe wil take fire with heat of the Sunne.

To see by night as by day.

ANoint your eyes with the blood of a Batte.

To make flesh cleaue in the pot.

TAke Dwall or Night shade, & stamp it well, and put it in the potte with meate, and the meate will cleaue together.

To take Birdes.

PVt Barlie in the iuice of Rue, and Vi∣ner, and cast it there as the Birdes doo haunt or come, and as soone as they haue eaten it, they can not flie, and then ye may take them.

To make silke woormes.

TAke the braine of a Calfe, and put it in a pitte of Mader, and let it lye thrée wéekes, and they will bréede of the braine and ye may féed them with Mulberies.

To take away haires.

ANnoint the rough place with the blood of a Batte, after that it is shauen: and haire shall neuer growe there.

To fat Hennes or Capons.

MAke a déepe pitte in the earth, and make therein a Bed of dung, and a bed of nettles, and doo so til it be ful and there kéep your Pullen, til the hearbs beginne to growe, and then let them out, and within a short while, they wil be very fatte.

That one shall not be drunk.

DRinke the iuice of Yarrowe fasting, and ye shall not be drunke for no drink And if ye were drunke, it will sober you: or els eate the marrowe of Porke fasting, and ye shall not be drunk.

To make a good baite for fish at all seasons of the yeere.

TAke Wheate flower, and Tallowe of a newe slaine Shéep, and the gleire of an Egge, and beate them altogether, and baite them all therewith.

To make an Egge goe vp to a Speare ende.

EMpty the Egge at a little hole, and fill it full of Maye dewe, and stop the hole close with a little Waxe and Parchment glewed, that the dewe goe not out. Then stick a spere in the earth in the heat of the Sunne, and laye the Egge by the Spere, and it will mount to the top therof by the heateof the Sunne.

To make Fish or Flesh seeme rawe.

TAke the blood of a Wat, or of a Kid, and dry it, and kéep it from the the aire then cast it on fish or flesh that is hote, and it will séeme rawe.

To make Potage to run out of the Pot.

TAke and cast Sope in the Potte, and it will runne ouer.

To kill Hennes or Duckes.

CAst to them the séed of Henbane, & they will fall downe as they were dead.

To make coales to burne a great while.

MAke pouder of S. Iohns Woort, and when the Coales are wasted, and the fyre neere out, cast it theron and let it lye.

That a man shall not be weary of going.

DRinke the iuice of Mugwoorte, and beare the hearbe about him, with the hearbe Pedilion and Crowfoote.

Ad capiendum Pisces.

REcipe luce Mulage vel scolares tortas collectum circa medium Maij. Quando Luna sit plena distemperata cum ingro sa∣pe & serua in Olla terreo, & quando vis occupare, vnge manus tuas & laua illa in aqua vel loco vbi sunt Pisces.

To make Yarne and Lynnen Cloath white.

TAke a Herring barrel, and fil it nigh full of good Ale dregges, and stop at fast, but ye must haue a good dish full of parched beans, and put them in a linnen bag, and very hote put them to the dreggs, til they be coole, and shut it fast the space of a quarter of an howre. Then take two pound of Allum, ground to suttle pouder, and cast it therin, and let it lye four daies

naturallye well closed, then washe your Yarne.

To make that a Horsse may not goe through a street.

TAke the guts of a Woolfe, & laye them ouerthwart the Stréet, and couer them with earth or Sande, and he will not goe that way, as long as the guts doo lye there Probatum est.

To knowe if a woman be with a man childe, or not.

TAke a dish, and put water in it, & then let her milke her breast into the wa∣ter, and if it be a man childe, it will flete, and if it be a woman Childe, it wil sinke.

To ease thy feete for going.

TAke Plantine and stampe it well, and annoint your féete with the iuice ther∣of, and it will doo away the gréef.