Section 55

To make Hair grow Jlorvljy
If you prefs Oyl out of Henbane-Seed with a Prefs , or do often anoynt the places with the juice of it, they will grow again very fl>wly. The fame is done with the juice of Hemlock. Or to take off the Hair ,men added to Ants Eggs,red Orpimenr, and Ivy-Gum,with Vinegar } and they rubbed the^place where the Hair was taken a- way. In former times, they rubbed the down-parts of children with the Roots of Hyacirth'usand the Hair would never grow there. And therefore it is Well known in trimming Medicaments fold here and there, that being fmecred on with fweet Wine, keeps back the Beard, and will not let it break forth. But if you would
That Hatrfhould never grow again^ In which bufinefs I have taken great pains , and tried many things that I found to be faile j Firft , foment the part with hot water , and pull out the Hairs one by cu-
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vwthwcmens nipper : then diffolve Salt-Peter in water, and anonynt the boles where the H lirs grew. It will be better done with Oyl o* Brimftone , or of Vi- triol : acd o they will ne grow again ; cr if they do , after one yeer, they will bevervf'f. : do then the fame again, and the parts wi! J he bare alwayes. So I have made Wiun^ns Fore-heads longer, and have taken off Hair from parts hotter then thereit.
Chap. V.
How Hair may grow again.
BUt for thofc that would have Hair grow where itfhould, thefe Remedies will doit: fometimes womens temples ufe to be deformed for want of Hair. 1 Chili teach you ho v
H.iirfall. xg off before old agey miy be heldfaft.
And if any Hair hath fallen off, to make it grow again, torrifie Gith upon the Coals ; when it is torrificd, powder ic, fift it, and mingle ic with water ;and anoync your Head. The Ancients made their Hair grow again with thefe Remedies : with the Afh sof a Land- Hedge hog, or of burnt Bees or Flies, or the Powder of them died; allowih Man's Duo- burnt, and anoynted on with Honey , towhichthcy added wel. the Afhes of Small-nuts, Wall-nuts,Chef-nuts,and other Bean likefub- iiar-'ces : for ny al t lefe mingled togethcr,or by them finglc , Hair will be made to grow. Bul if you will
That H Air fh all grow qttick^y9
I know that by often w»fhmg the place with that water that firft dibits from Honey b, (tie hr:, much Hair will fooo grow ; or if you do but moyftenthc placewithwet cloth; } and not wipe it , but let it alwayes continue wet. Alfo Noble Matrons may u:c this
To make the Ha rsgtsw fofter.
Amuiltu was wont to burn his Legs with a burning Nut , that the Hair might grour fofter. But
That H*ir may grow longer and quicty)
B'ui^e M»r(hM illow Root with Hog then add Cummin-Seed well bruifed, M-tuick, and yelks of Eggs well boyled : firif, mingle therm, mete-, arid then boyl them : ttrain all through a Linen-dour , and let L (tjnd and fettle: then take the fat that iwims on the top and anoynt the Head hr^ wfh . But ro make them grow quickly , take Barley Bread with Salt and Bears Gr^a e : burn ne Bread ; and with iurh a mixture anoynt the place. Some beimeef a glazed Por with the fat of a Horfes Neck, and they boyl a River-Eel that is fat, and cotrinto pieces in it,till it diffolve into Oyl,and they anoynt the part with ic.
Chap. VI.
To take away Sores and Worms that fpoil the Hair,
THere is a certain plarue of the Hair that befals them , and break? , cuts , and takes the Hair quite ( fr from the Head. I will add the Remedies prefently, whereby to r?ke them away. It is healthful, in thefe Difeaes, to applv bitter things ro kill the fe Worms oiled Tiners or Syrens : take the Flowers of Myrtle-Trees, Bro. m clary;boyl them in Vinegar, till the Vinegar beconfumed, and then rub the end bf the Htir cominuilly with it. Alfogrinde bitter Lupines into fine Meahboyl then in Vi -esar , and then rub the Hairs between your hands : for this will kill thefe Siren-, and drive trrrn away. Bur I ufed very hot Bread, newly taken forth of the Ov cold. Chap.
Natural Magick. Boofa.
Chap. VII. How to make Hair Curl.
Url'd Hair feetns to be no fmall Grace and Ornament to the Head : and women that ufc painting do all they can to curl the Hair. If you will know how
To Curl the Hairt
Boyl Maidenhair with Small age-Seed in Wine, adding a good quantity of Oyl: fcr this will make the Hair curl'd and thick. Pliny. Moreover, if you put the Roots of Daffidils into Wipe, and pour this often on the Head, being lhaved, it wiil make the Hair curl the more, as the fame Author faith : or elfe, bruife c*ie Root of Dwraf- elder, with O 1, and anoynt the Head therewith , and binde the Leaves of the fame upon the Head. Some fay that Camels Dung will curl the Hair : or elfe , poun the Afhes of a Rams Horn, with Oyl; and with that anoynt the Head often, being firft fliaved. So alio, will tht Allies of Chef-nuts or Hedge-hogs do, if you with Honey fmeerthc Head 'with it.
Chap. VIII.
%emedies to make the Eje brows blacky
BEfore we leave off to fpeak of Hair , I (hall flieW how to make the Eye-brows black, becaufe wt men are as defirous of this as of the reft. The Greeks call them Calliblephara,that is, Fair Eye-brows: wherefore the Anticnts ufed
To dye the Eye- brows
with black Earth like Bitume or Sea-Cole : being burnt, it is a very fine black : and it is added to thofe Remedies that ferve to dye the Eyc-brOws and the Hair black: or elfe the Marrow of an Ox-bone taken out of the Right-Leg before, ancf beaten with Soot, is good to dye the Hair, and faulty Eye-brows , and the corners of the Eyes. Alio, Soot is tempered for this purpofe, with the fmoakof Paper, and Oyl of Sefama, the fmoot being wiped off of a newVcflel with a Feather* The Kernels of Dates burnt in a new earthen Pot , and the Afhes waflied , ferve inftcad of Spodium ; and they are mingled with Eye- falves , and they makeCalli- blephara ; adding Spikenard thereunto. And if they be not well burnt, burn them again. Alfo Role- Leaves arc fit to burn for the fame ufe. Alfo,you may amend your Eye brows thus ; Take Labdanum, and beat it with Wine, and mingle Oyl of Myr- tles with it, and make a very thick Oyntment : or infule in Oyl the black Leaves of the Myrtle-Tree, with a double quantity of Galls bnaifed, and ufe that. I ufc this. Galls are fried in Oyl, and they are ground with a little Salt-Ammoniac ; and then mingled with Vinegar , wherein the Pills of the Mulberry and Bramble have been boy led : with thefe anoynt the Eyebrows,and let it abide on all night j then wa(h k off with water. But if you would
Change the colour of childrens Ejes9 you fhall do it thus: anoynt the fore part of their Heads with the Allies of the fhells of Hazel-nuts and Oyl, it will make the white eyes of children black, if you do it twice. There are many Experiments to make white and gray Eyes black, and to alter the col ur?. But I fhall let them pais , becaufe thofe that want them will not fo lightly endanger theit Eyes • nor do they anfwer the expectation , asfome have tried them.
CHAP.
Of 'Beautifying Women.
Chap. IX.
How tomakj the Face white,
T Tau ht formerly in my Book of P;aots, That with white cleer Silver-coloured * Herbs, Shel-Fifh,and Mones, tne Face mi-ht be made wnite,polifhed and Silver- co,ojred. 1 fh ill now fet d more. I (hall fir tt (peak of Simples, then of Compounds : Simmies that are white, make the face white- The Lilly is a complete wniie colour; the bullous tops or' ic, iikcO^yons boyledjn water, or the drilled water of them, will make the Faces cf Maidcs white , itthey wafh them thcrewiih , morning and evening. With- wind bears a Flower like to the Lilly . without aoy fmeil ; but within like Saffron : k is oncly white , and is as it were the Rudiments or N uure, when (he goes about tofnm? a Lilly. The ditiilled water from the flowers will wonderfully make the Face whole. Alfo with the decoiUon of Jvpjry, one may make the Face like Ivory. Melinthium makes the Face beautiful. Vtofcorides. But i' fh:ws its excellency when it is thus prepared: Pawn it, and fu't out the fineft of it, take the juice of Lem- mon let it dry : then break an Egg wiih the Shell, and mingic it with it : then dry it in the fhi de, and fift it once more. In the morning, when the woman riieth out of her bed, let her put thii into a white Linen-clout, that is not too fine, and wet it with water or fpitrle s and iet her rub her Face with the clout , that the moylture alone, and not the Meal, may come ou the Face. If you will have
tour Face white9
it may be made as white as Milk many ways, and chiefly with thefe that follow : Lee Litharge of Silver , halt an ounce , boyl in a Glazed Earthen Pot , with ftrong Vinegar, until the thinner part be evaporaed : fet it up for ufe. Then , in another Pot ler half a pound of clear water boyl : then mingle both thefe waters together, and (hake them ; and it will become like Milk , and fink to' the bottom : when it is fettled, pour it off ; water toeing plentifully poured in : and leaving it a while to fet t le, pour it off again , and pour on frefh ; fhake it , and leave v to fett'e a fhorc time , and fo forbear. T^iat which is fettled , fet in rhe Sun and when it is gr wn fiiff, as ihu k pap, make fmall balls of it, and lay them up. You may ufe thefe with Water to make the Face white. Orelfe powder Lvtharge of Silver, ei^ht ounces, very i:ne: pour on the Powder, of the ftrongeft Vinegar five pints : dirt il them, and keep them for your ufe. Then take Allome de Plume , Salt Gemma, one drachm ; Frankincenfe,one ounce and a half ; Camphire, two drachms ; Oyl of Tartar , fix ounce? ; Rofc- water, one pound : powder what muff be powdered, and pour it in : dinil the water in Ch mical Veffels , and fet it up. When you woold ufe them, mingle a little of both waters in the palm of your hand , and it will be like Milk : rub your Face with it and it will be white. Or elfe take off the Pills of about twenty Citron Lcmmons ; infufe the Pills in one pound of the beft Wine , and one pint and an half of Rofe water, for fix days : then add one ounce of white Lilly and Mallow-Roots, and lee them ftay as many days : then add Rofin of Turpentine/our ounces ; white Mercury fublimate, two ounces ; Boxan,half an ounce ; ten whites of E^gs made hard at the fire : and mingle all thefe together : let them ftay one night. The next day, put a cap upon theVeffel,and luting the joynts well,that nothing may breath forth , let the water drop into a Veflel to receive it : fet it afide for ufe. I ufe thi*, that i of anE^o, and ft ir it fo long with an Iron, that it froth well: let it fland to turn to water: then rake half an ounce of the beft Honey, and beat with that water, and mingle them until they unite : add to them the quantity of two Corns of Wheat, of Mercury fublimate, finely powdered ; when you goto bed,take fr me of the water in the palm of your hand, and wafh your Face ; and fo let it dry in, that it mav not ftick to the Linen: in the morning, wafhit off with Fountain-water , and ycudull finde your Face cleer and white. Chap,
Natural Magick. 2?00^p.
Chap* X.
How women (hall make their Paces very clean to receive the Colour '■
BEfore any thing be ufed to make the Face beautiful , it muft be made very clean and fit to receive it : for oft-times women have excellent Waters and Re- medies brought them,but they have no operation: wherefore the matter is,that they mull firft prepare their Face. This is the belt
^reparation of the Face.
Bind Barley-Meal-Bran in a Linen-cloth, and let it down into a Pot full of water.and let it boyl till a third part be remaining, and prefs out the juice : with this deco^ion wafh your face, and let it dry : then bruife Myrrh, and mingle it with the White of an Egg, and burn it on hot Fire-fticks,or red hot Tiles,and receive the fume by a tunnel: let the narrow part of it be toward the Face,and the broad to the fire: cover the head with a Napkin .that the fmoak flie not away ; and when you have received fufficient of the fmoak, rub your Face with a Linen-doth : then ufe your Remedy to anoyot your Face. I fball fbcw you
One that is flronger.
When the skin muft be cleanfed or made white, you muft cleanfe fome parts of your Face from skins that will not let your painting Oyntments ftick. Powder an ounce of Sublimate very finely : put it into a Pot that is glazed , and caft into it fix whites of Eggi, fo beaten,that they are turned into water : then boyl them on hot Embers, till they grow thick : put them into a Linnen-cloth that is Ioofly weaved , and prefs the water out of them with your hands,and wafh your Face with it : then mingle Ho- ney, whites of Eggs, and the aforefaid water together, equal parts : put fome in youc palm, and rub the place you would make white, with the palms of your hands : then boyl fpelt ; and when it is boyl*d,take the fume of it by a tunnel : then rub your Face with a courfc Linnen-cloth. Others wafh their Face with water , wherein fine flour is boyled.
Chap. Xf.
How the Face may be mtde very jo ft.
THe next Beauty of the Face and Hands, is Tenderncfs, which is procured by fat things-, and chiefly by Milk, and principally of Afles : for it takes off wrinkles, and makes the skin white and foft. And therefore, it was not for nothrng,rhatPtf/>/> Sabim, Nero's wife, had always five hundred Affes with her : and in a Bath with t fear, flie foaked all her body with that Milk. Wherefore if you would have
Tour Face made foft and whitet Steep crums of Bread in Whey or in Milk; then prefs it out, and with that water wafh your Face ; for it will wonderfully white your Face, and make the skin fair. Or, take fix Glafles or Milk , deep crumbs of Bread in it five hours : take ten Lem- mom, make clean the Pills,andcut the Body of them into thin flices : then fhake ten whites of Eggs ; bruife an ounce of Campbire, Allom Sauharinum, two ounces ; mingle them all, and dirtil them , and fet it in a glazed Vcflel clofe covered, in the Sun j and then let it up for your ufe. Here is one Wronger
For the fame pttrpofe,
Boyl two Calfs Feet in water; firft make them clean : then boyl the water till half be conlumed ; put it in Rice one pound, and boyl it well: let crums of Bread fleep in Affes Milk or Goats Milk, with ten whites of Eggs bruifed with their Shells : di« flil all at a gentle firCjadd to the water a little Camphire and Borax : put into a glazed vcffel,two yong naked Pigeons , with their guts taken forth, and pot in as much Milk 4s will cover therft ; and add one ounce of Borax ; Turpentine, three ounces ; Cam- phire, one ounce ; fi v e whites of Eggs : put on the cover, and diftil them ^ for it is fat things thar make the Face foft. I (hall fay more, when I come to fpeak of making the hsodi white and fofc : the rcafon is the fame for both* Chap,
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chaj. xir.
How te make the face clear andfamng like fiver,
THe face is not oacly nude clear , but white as filver , by thofe thing* that I fai were white as filver j yet not exa&ly as filver, but they (nine as clear as filver There is ao herb commonly called Argentaria,or Argentina, or wildeTanfcy, whofe leaves are green above, baton the backfide they (hinc of a filver colour : the dril- led water of it is drank by women againfi fpots in their faces , and to make them white as filver. The fnails that are found in moift places, and leave behind them, as they creep, a filver cord (Dtofcorides faith, will cure the fpots in the face) women much defire them : for they put them in a ftill and draw out water from them, that polifheth the skin exceedingly, and makes it contract a filver glofs. And thefea- fhell-fi&, like an ear, whofe (hell is of a filver colour within, or pearl colour, and ma- ny kinds of (hells ; that being fteeped in vinegar, will grow pure, catting off the out- ward cruft ; as the Oyfterfhel doth that brings forth pearl. There arc alfo (hells, we call the Mothers of pearl, that inwardly arc (hining, and of a filver colour, like pearls : all which women ufe for their art of beautifying themfelves ; for they make the face fmootb , and to (hine as white as filver. But pearls do it beft of all things, when they are diffolvcd in (harp juyces , and loaked in rotten dung, till they fend forth a clear oyl, that is the belt thing to beautific the face , as I (hall (hew elfc- where. For the fame ufe,is a glafs-ftone ufed,that (hines like filver. But no better wa* ter is preparcdjthen from Talk,or Quick«filver,as I (hall (hew in that which follows/