Section 57

To wafh away the too-much rednefs of the Faeey
Take four ounces of Peach-Kernels, and Gourd-Seed two ounces ; pown them, tod crufti them out ftrongly, that you may draw forth aa oy ly Liquor : with this,momiag and evening, anoynt the red Carbuncles of your face, and by degrees they will vanifh and begone.
Another,
Take Purple- Violets, Egg-fhells, Saunders Camphire mingled with water : fet the water in the open Air, and wafh the rednefs therewith. Alfo , I know that the di- rt illed water of white Lillies will take away the rednefs.
Chap. XIX. How to make a Sm-burnt Face white,
tXTHen women travel in the open Air, and take journeys in Summer , the Sun in one day will burn them fo black, that it is hard to take it off. I found out this
Experiment,
Brat about ten whites of Eggs till they come to water : put them in a glazed Veffel, adding one ounce of Sugar-Candy to them: and when yougo to bed, a- ftoynt your Face, and in the morning Wafh it off with Foutain- water. P/i»y*\fo faith thus.
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Another1,
If the Face be fcneered with the white of an Egg , it will not be Sun-burnr. With us, women that have to do in the Sun, to defend their Faces from the heat cf it, that they may not be black, they defend it with the white of an Egg beaten with a !iule Starch, and mingled • and when the Voyage is done,they wafh off this covering with Barley-water. Some do it
Another waj:
rubbing their foul Skin with Melon-Rindes ; and fo they eafily rub off Sun-burnings, and all other fpots outwardly on the Skin. The Seed alio bruifed and rubbed on, will do it better. Alfo, a Liquor found in little bladders of the Elm-Tree , when the Buds firft come forth , makes the Face clear and fhining , and takes away Sun- burnings.'
Chap. XX. How Syots may be taken from the Face.
O Ft-times fair women are difgraced by fpots in their Faces ; but the Remedy for it , is this : to ufe Abftergents and Detergents in whiting of their Faces. Therefore,
♦ To take off fpots from the Facey
anoynt the Face with Oyl of Tartar , and let it dry on, and wafh it not at all : do this for ten days : then wafh it with a Lixivium, and you fhall fee the fpots no more. If the part be not yet clean enough, do it once more. If this plcafe you not, take
Another,
Put Quick- Lime into hot water ; mingle them , and ftir them for ten days. After two day s,pour forth the clear water into a Brazen Vcflel : then take Salt-Ammoniac between your Finger-tops , and rub it fo long at the bottom of the Veflel , until you fee the water become of a blew-colour ; and the more you rub it, the better colour it will have, and it will turn into a Skie-colour or Purple-colour,very pleafant to behold. Wet Linen-cloths in this water, and lay them on the fpots, till they be dry ; and wet them again, till the fpots be gone. See
Another,
Take two ounces of Turpentine Rofin , Cerufsasmuch j mingle them with the white of an Egg ; and Hirring them well, befmeer Linen-cloths with them. And when yon go tobed, let them ftick to the fpots : in the morning wafh the place } and do the fame again , till all the fpots be gone. If you pleafe, here is
Another,
The diftilled water of Pimpernel , mingled with Camphire and laid to the Face, will make women that defire to be beautiful have a cleer Skin , very fightly to behold; and will take off the fpots. Diftil the Mulberry-Leaves ; let the water Hand ten dayesinthe ^un : add to this, Mercury fublimate, Verdigreafe, artificial Cbryfoco!U,called Borax, and a good quantity of the Powder of Sea-Cockle-fhclls finely beaten. Set it fo many d&yes in the Sun, and then ufe it. If you will
rub off the w.m colour of your cheek* > do thus ; efpecially, for women when they are in their courfes : Anoynt the place wkhCerufs, and Bean-flower mingled with Vinegar ; or velks of Eggs , mingled with Honey. The fame may be done with Bcan-meal and Feny-Grcck , fmcered on with Honey. But we wipe aw ay
E lac\ and blew marks
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thus : If you wafh the black and blew places w ich the juice of the Leaves and Roots of Thapfia made inco Cakes in the San , but one night , they will be taken away. "KeroCtfar made his Face white from the ftrokes he had received in his Night- walks , with Wax and Frankinccnfe ; and the next day his Face was clear agalnft all reports. Or Oyl preffed from the Seeds of Flowers , when it is thick , will do it rarely. Or the Root mingled with equal quantities of Frankindenfe and Wax, (but let it Itay on but two hours at mod ) then foment the place with Sea- water hoc. Alfo, Wal-nuts bruifed or lmeered on, will take away black and blew fpots. Vinegar or Honey anoyntcd will take away the fame. So doth Garlick rubbed on : and brings black and blew to the right colour. Or the Arties of it burnt , fmeered on with Honey. The juice of Muftard-Secd, anoynted on but one night , is good for the fame : or it is anoyntcd on with Honey , or Suet, or a Cerate. If a Briony-rooc be made hollow, and Oyl put into it , and it be boylcd in hot Embers j if that be anoynted on , it will blot out black and blew fpots, Marks that arc noted upon Children by Women great with-child, when they long exceedingly, are taken away thus : Let her firft eat of that Flefti or Fruit her belly full : then let her bindc on that Flefti alive, or the green Fruit to the parr,till it die or corrupt j and they will be gone. Or elfc , let her wafh the place with %4%tta Fortu, or %$gia , and the Skin grows very black : fo it w ill take the marks away. Do it again
For fpots and beaut),
I will not omit Elian's Experiment of a Lion , which is a kinde of Locuft. For in fome Membranes , where the Teftcs are bound together, under which there are fome foft Carbuncles, and tender, that are called the Lions fat • This will help peo- ple to make ill Faces look comely , mingled with Oyl of Rofes; and made into an Oyntmcnt, it will make the Face look fair and (hining.
Chap. XXI. , How we may take off red Pimples,
EcauSt red Pimples ufe to deform the Face; and fpecially,the whit eft : therefore, to take them off, afcthefe Remedies, I often, to take off
Pimples,
ofed Oyl of Paper : namely , extracting it from burnt Paper. I ftiall Chew the way elfewhcre , becaufc I will not ditturb the Order : where I ftiall fpeak cf the Extra- ction of Oyls and Waters. Wherefore anoynting that on the red fpots , will foon blot them out.
For the fame.
Rear Eggs are good, twenty of them boylcd hard cut in the middle , and the yelks taken forth : fill up the hollow places in the whites, with Oyl of fwcet Almonds and Turpcntine-Rofin : extract the Liquor in a Glafs Veflcl : ufe it.
Another,
Beat two Eggs well together, add as much juice of Lemmons, and as owch Mercury fublimate s fet it in the San , and ufe it.
Another to polish the Face, TakeSow-bread-Roots, three parts ; cleanfed Barley, fix parts ; Tartar calcined, one part ; Roots of wilde Cucumers powdered, two parts ; Wheat-Bran, two handfuls : let them all boyl in Water, till a third part be confumed : then wafh yotir Face with it.
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Chap, XXIL How Tetters may be taken from the face , or any other fart of the Body,
Ring-worms will fo deform the Face , that nothing can do it more : fometime?5 they run upon other parts of the Body, as the Arm-pits and Thighs : there drops forth of them, a ft inking water that will foul the cloths. I found thefc Remedies
Agaitifi Tetters,
Diftil water from the Roots of Sowredock, and add to every pound of thefe , of Pompions and Salt-Peter, half an ounce; Tartar of white- Wine, two ounces: let them foak for fome days : then diftil them , and wafh your Face in the morning therewith} and at night , fmcer it with Oyl of Tartar and of Almonds, mingled* Oylof Eggs is goodalfo toanoync them with. Yetfometimes thefe Tetters are fo fierce, that no Remedies can cure them. I (hall fet down
Another ^
that I have ufed with admirable fuccefs, when they were inveterate. In a Glafs of fharp red-Wine, boyl a drachm of Mercury fublimatc ; then wafli the place with ic morning and evening a let ic dry of it felf. Do this three or four times, tod the Tet- ters will away, and never come again.
Another,
Take Salt-Peter, three ounces • Oyl of bitter Almonds, two pound ; of Squils, half a pound ; one Lemmon without the Pills : mingle them, and let them ferment three days : then, with Chymical Instruments, cxtra& the Oyl > and anoynt your Tetters therewith, and they will be gone, though they feem to turn to a Leprotic,
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How Warts may be takfn away, »
^^LTArtsufe to poffefs the Fore-head, Nofe, Hands, and other open places: fodotb hard Flefh, and other foulnefs of the skin : women cannot endure them, I
found out Remedies a.^ainft thefe deformities of the skin.
AgainftWaris,
The Ancient s ufed the greater Spurge , whofe juice, anoynted on with Salt , take* them away : and therefore they called it Warts-Herb. There is aifo a kinde of* Succory , called Verrucaria from the effect : for if one eat it but once in Sallets, all the Warts will be gone from any part of the Body : or, if you fwallow one
drachm of the Seeds.
Another,
This one, and fo no more. There is a kinde of Beetle that is Oyly, in Summer yon fhallfindeit inDuft and Sand in the way • if you rub that oa the^ Warts ,#they will be prcfently gone, and not be fcen. A You may finde thefe )«/ndfccep them
for your ufe.
Chap. XXIV. ,m ' j Toitdke away wrinkles f rot* the Bod/,
11 Any parts of the Body ufe to begyrinckled . as the Hands, Face, Bellyafcef IVI Child-bearing; andthelikc. *To contract the Skin therefore do thus :
* For a wrinekled Forehead 9
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the Dregs of Linfeed-Oyl is good : or Lees of Oyl of Olives • putting unto it a little Gum- Arabick, Traganth, Maftick and Champhirc : it is good alfo for flapping Brelts. 06 a
For a wrinkled Face,
When Eggs are boyled hard in water, cut them in the middle , fill the holes where the yelk? were, with Powder of Myrrh : then cover one with the other half , and binde them with a Thread, that they come not afunder: then take a glazed earthen Veflel, with a bmad mouth, and lay flicks acrofs it, that the Eggs may lie upon them hanging neer the bottom : let the cleft of the Eggs hang toward the bottom : put the earthen Veflel into a cheft of Ofiers, and let it in a Well • let it hang one foot from the water 5 by the moyflure whereof, the Myrrh will diffolve into Oyl of water : anoynt your Face with it. The juice of the green Canes of the Pine- Tree , but it is weaker then the difiilled water , being applied to the Face , with a Linnen-cloih wet therein , will take away all wrinkles from the Face excellently well. You have
Another,
Steep Kidney- Beans in Malmfey , one day ; then take away the black whence they fprouc,and diftil them with Lemmonsand Honey. Take a quantity of old Cow- Beef , and dittil that alio j minglcthe waters , and fet them in the open Air, in a Glafs. Veflel in the Sun for fifteen days , and wafh your Face morning and evening therewith.
Another,
Crop in the morning the Flowers of Mullens , andfteep them in Greek- Win*, with the Roots of Sihmons-Sttl : then receive the water diftilled in Glafs-ftills s and if a woman, when (he rifeth out of her bed, wafh her face with this , (he will be very fair : and if you would take off the wrinkles with the fame water, add diftilled water of Lemmons thereunto , and it will make you glad to fee the cffc£a But this is the beft
Water to whiten, p!aw, and beantife the Face.
Take equal parts of the Root ©f SoUmons Seal , greater Dragcns and leffer , Spiri- grafs, Bryony, and white Lillies,as much as you pleafe : bruile them a little, andcaft them into an earthen pot With a large mouth ; let it be glazed : pour on Greek Wine that may cover all : add to thcle juice of Lemmons a founh part, ten new Egos bruiied with their fhell s ,an d Land Snails without fhe lis ;1 et them infufe a while s then diltil them at a gentle fire , and keep the firft water a part : then augment the fire,and keep the fecond ; that will be ftronger : for this wipes all fpots and redpim- ples from the Face. Some mingle with this, water of Bean-Flower? , Elder, Pop- py ,Honey-Suckles,and the like ; fo do they take away all wrinkles and fpots coming from the Sun, and all the reft. But you may thus take off
The wrinkles of the BeUj after child-birth. Unripe Services are long boyled in water : with thefe mingle whites of Eggs, and water wherein Gum-Arabick is oiffolved : wet a Linen-cloth in fuch water, and lay on the Belly j or mingle the Powders of Harts Horn burnt , theStonc Amiantus, Salt- Ammoniac, Myrrh, Frankinccnfc , Maftick, with Honey ; and it takes away all wrinkles.
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Chap. XXV. Of 'Dentifrices.
Entifnces are ufedamongft things to beautific women: for there is nothing held more ngly then for a woman to laugh or (peak , and thereby to (hew their
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rugged ,rufty, and fpotted Teeth: foe they ail almoft, by ufing Mercury fublimatc, have their Teeth black or yellow : and becaufe they ftand in the Sun when they would make their Hair yellow, their Teeth are hurt thereby, and grow loofe, ready to fall out ; and do ofcrimes. I fhall (hew firft how to make black Teeth white as Pearls ; then how to make flefhgrow about fuch as are weak and bare of Gums, and to make them ftrong. But of old were made
Dentifrice:
of the (hells of Purples,and others like trumpets burnt. The Arabian-ftone it is like the fpotted Ivcry ; burned, it is good for Dentifrices. Alfo, of Pumex-Stone v ery profitable Dentifrices were made. Vlmj, So with the Powder of Ivory rubbed on, the Teeth were made as white as Ivory. Ovid.
That Teeth may not grow blac\Jorborn% With Fountain- water wa{h them every mem,
Khali add
Another
that I ufe. The Crums of Barley-Bread burnt with Salt fprinkled on, and Honey, will not onely make the Teeth white, but makes the Breath fweet. Alio, with red CoraljCuttlc bone,Harts Horn, and fuch-like , whereof every one will well polifh and wipe the Teeth clean: fo doth alfo the Grains of Cochinele. Alfo, tbcteis made a water of Allom and Salt diftilled,that whiteneth the Teeth exceedingly,and confirms them ; but the Oyl of Sulphur doth it beft: for it fmooths them and wipes away all fpots : and if any one think it is too ftrong , it may be qualified with the water of Myrtle flowers. Make a Tooth-fcraper after the faflaion of a Tooth , and pour on Oy l,and rub the fpots therewith : but be careful it touch not the Gums, for it will whiten and burn them : rub fo long till the fpots be gonc,and they be very white. I have now defcribed the moft perfect Remedy,
Chap. XXVI. To hinder the brefts from augmenting,
Mongft the Ornaments of women, this is the chief, to have after Child-bear- ing, round, fmall, folid, and not flagging or wrinkled Brefts. So we may
Hinder the augmenting of the Brefts9 if we will. Bruife Hemlock , and lay a Cataplafm thereof with Vinegar to womens Brefts, and it will ftay them that they fhali not increafe ; efpecially, in Virgins : yet this will hinder milk, when it (hould be feafonable. But if you will
Curb foft and loofe Brefts , Powder white Earth , the white of an Egg, fowie Galls, MaftLk, Frankincenfe • and mingle them in hot Vinegar , and fmeer the Brefts therewith : let it ft ay on all night. If it do not effect it, do the fame again. The Stones of Medlars ace good for this alfo ; unripe Services , Sloes, Acacia, Pomegranate Pills, Balanftia, unripe Pine-nuts, Wilde Pears, and Plantain ; if they all boil in Vinegar , and belaid to the Brefiy, or lorae of them. The Antients commended for this purpofe a Whet- ftone cf Cyprefs,that we fharpen Iron upon, to reftrain Virgins Brefts , and not let them grow big. Diofeorides. But Galen faith, That it not onely ftops the encrcafe of the BreHs, but will hinder childrcns Tefticles from growing: but I ufe the juice of Ladies Mamie from the Leaves of it, and I wet Linen in it, and lay it on the Brefts, and renew it ; for it will not onely hinder Virgins Brefts from increafing , but will fa en the loofe BreHs of Matrons, and make them firm. It is more effectual to ftfc the decoction of the Herb ; and if yon joyn any of the forementioaed things