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therewith , is HypociHis, Pills of Pomegranates, and the like. So water diftilled from green Piue- Appcs, mil draw in looic Brews , and make chem like the round, tuxd, ioiid Br cits ot Virgins,
Chap. XXVIT. How the Hand msy be made white,
THe Hands muft not be forgotten , bdt wr mu'1 make them white alfo , fmooth, and iofi , thar are Orc ar d imoothnefs may be obtained, I have (hewed already ; lortnefs remains, whitn is oneiy given to tat Hands.
To make the Hands as white as Milkj,
Tike thing* that are Milk- White , is A'monds, Pine-Kernels, Melon and Grurd- Seed*,and the likr. Therefore bruife bitter Almonds , Pine^Kernels , and C rums of Bread : then make Cakes of them with Barley-water, wherein Gum Traganth hath been foaked. You may ufe this for Sope , when you wa(h your Hands j foi! they fcowrc them, and make them white. I
For the fame,
ufe oft 'times bitter Almonds, half a pound : put them in hot water to blanch them : then beat them in a Murble-Morter. Afterwards , take the it tier Dragon* , two ounces ; Deers Suet and Honey, of each as much : mingle them all in an earthen Por with a Urge mouth : tet them at the fire, and let them be itirted gentlv with a wooden-.; ick that they mingle well : put it op in Boxes for your ufe. If you will have
Tour hands white,
wifh frefh Butter nine rimes in fweet water , and laft of all , in fweet -fented Rofe- watcr , torakecff the ill fmell ; and that it may lock as white as Snow , then m'mgie white wax with it , and a good quantity of Oyl of fwcet Almonds. Then wjfh ycur glove in Greek- Wine, as the manner is , and fmeer on the forefaid mix- ture : put on thefe when you *;o to bed , that ail night tbe help of tar i hings. Then take pT'cb-Keinels, with the skin? picked tff, Seeds of Gourd*, Melons, white Poppy, Barley-meal, of each one ounce and half . the jmce of two Lcmm >n«, roftcd in the Embers : mingle thefe with as much Honey as will make t'r-em thick as anOymment: ar.d to make them fmell well , yen may adds hulr Moik or Civer , when you go to bed ; but in the morning w fh them with Fountain- water ; and for Sope, ufe the Lees of Oyl of Nuts weil prcfled forth , or Lee* of Oyl Olive. Others ufe this Liniment onely. Prcfs the Cream out of Lemmon Seed; ; with two ounces of it, mirgle one ounce of O.l of Tartar, and as much Oyl of Almonds. When at night you go te bed , w*fh your Hands in Fountain- water ; dry them, and anoynt them with this Liniment, and put on your Gloves. Take
Another,
For one weeks-time , in^ufe the Marrow of Ox bones in cold water; bur change the water four or five time? a day ; and for t\ ery pound of Marrow , take fix ex el- lent Apples, and cut them in the middle, and caft forth the Seeds and Core : then beat them (mall in a Marble-Morter, and put them into a new Morter, that they may fmell the fweeter : adding a few Cloves, Cinnamon, Spikenard \ let them boylirt Rofe- water. When they ate all very foft, take them forth and ft rain them,and again add afharp Lixivium.and let rhem boyl at a gentle fire,until all the water be wafhed Then fet thf m op in a Glafs- Veffcl for your ufe, or make them into morfcls. That which follows is good
For the fame.
Make a hole in a Lemmon, and put into it Sugar-Candy and Butter , *nd cover it
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with the Cover : wet Hards of Hemp, and wrap it up in , and boyl it in hot Embers, and that it grow (oft by rotting : when yon go to Bed, anoy nt your hands with it, and put on your Gloves.
Chap. XXVIIT. Hm to cerrett the ill font of the Arm-pits*
Trie Dink of the Arm-holes makes fome women very hateful ; efpecially, thofe that are fat and flefhy. To cure this, we may ufe fuch kinde of Experiments. The Ancients againft the (link of the Arm-pits , ufed liquid Allome with Myrrh to anoyntthem: or the Secrets and Arm-holes were ftrewed with the dry Leaves of Myrtles in powder. The Roots of Anichoaks fmeered on, doth not onely cure the illfent of the Arm-pits, but of the whole Body alfo. But Zemcratet promileth by Experiment, That the fanltinefs of the Arm-pits will pafs forth by urine ; if yon take one ounce of the pith of the Root boy led in three Lctnina's of Muskadelto thirds ; and after bathi»g,fafting,or after meat, drink a cup thereof. But I am con- tent with this, f I diffolve Allome in water, and I wa(h the Feet and Arm- pits with it, and let them dry : (o in fome days we (hall correct the ftrong unell of thofe partsv But it will be done more effectually thus. Pown Lytharge of Gold or Silver , and boyl it in Vinegar ; and if you wafh thole parts well with it , you (hall keep them a long time fweet : and it is a Remedy, that there is none better.
Chap. XXIX.
How the Matrix ovsr-widened in Chili-birth, may ike made narrower*
'TRmta faith , we may honeftly fpeakof this, becaufe Conception is footetimes hundred by it, if the Matrix be too open ; and therefore it is fit to lead help for fuch an impedient. For fome women have it ftand wide-open by reafon of their hard labour in Child-birth ; and if their Husbands be not content with it , that the men may not abhor the women, it is thus remedied. Take Dragons Blood , Bole* Armeniac, Pomegranate- (hells, white of an Egg, Maftick, Galls, of each one ounce : powder them , and make them all up with hot water. Put fome of this Confection into the hole that goes into the Matrix. Or, Galls, Sumach, Plantain, great Com* frey, Allome, Chamxlaea jj take equal parts of them all , and boyl them in Rain- water, and foment the Privities. Or , beat fowre Galls very finely : mingle a little of the Powder of Cloves with them. Let them boyl in (harp red Wine : wet a woollen cloth in it , and apply to the part. Or thus may you retrain that part of common whores, with Galls, Gums, whites of Eggs, Dragons Blood, Acacia, Plan- tain, Hypociftis, Balanftia, Maftick, Cyprcfs-nuts , Grape-skins, Akorn-cups. Or, in that hollow pirt where the Glans breaks forth ; and gaping, (hews the Nucleus, with Maftick and Terra Lemnia. If all thefc be boy led in red Wine or Vinegar, and the Matrix be often wet therewith , it will come very clofe, and be much ftraighter. Or clfe powder all thefe , and caft them in through a Reed , or make a fume under them, Great Ccmfrey will be excellent for this purpofei for flefh boyl'd with it, will grow together. And the other alfo,if it be boyl'd,will very well glew together frefh Wound?. The Decoftionof Ladies Mantle, or the juice, or diftilled wat it, cafi into the Matrix , will fo contract it , that Whores can fcarce be known fr m Maids : or, if they (it in the Deco&ion of it ; efpecially, if we mingle other aft gent things with it, and wet the Secrets therewith. Tbe diftilled water of Starw being often injected into the Matrix, will make one fcarce know which if corrupt \ arid which is not. But if you will have
A woman defiowred made a virgin again , Make little Pills thus : Of burnt Allome , Maftick , with a little Vitriol and Of pi- msn t ? make them into very fine Powder , that yon can fcarce feel them : when j
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have made them Pi Us with Rain. water . prefs them clofe with your fitters ; ard let them dry, being preffed thin, ^ and lay them on the Mouth of the Matrix , where ic was firlt broken open : change it every fix hours , always fomenting the place with Rain or Ciftern-watcr , and that for twenty four hours , and ic will here and there make little Bladders ; which being touched , will bleed much blood , that flic can hardly be known from a Maid. Midwives that take care ot thi*, do ic another way* They contrail the place with the Deco&ion of the forementioned thing?, then they fet a Leech fait on upon the place, and fo they make a crufty matter or (cab ; which being rub'd will bleed. Others when they have (traightned the parr, wjeSt the dried Blood of a Hare or Pigeon; which being moiftned by the moyfture of tbeMatrix$ Chews like live frefh Blood. I found out this noble way: I powder Litharge very fine- ly ,tnd boyl it in Vinegar, till the Vinegar be thick; I Itrain out char, and put in more* till that be coloured alto: then I exhale the Vinegar at an eafie fire, and refolvc it into fmoak.
Chap. XXX. Some fporis agatnfi -women,
1"Has far I have (hewed how to beautifie women, now 1 (hall attempt feme things againft their decking of themfelves, and make fome merriment after thofe things chat I (erionfly difcovcred to adorn them.
To make a pointed Face lodkjpale. If you would know a painted Face, do thus : Chew Saffron between you Teeth, and (land neer to a woman with your mouth : when you talk with her, your breath will foul ber Face,and make it yellowifli; but if (he be not painted,the natural colour will continue. Or burn Brimftone in the room where (he is:tor if there be Cerufs or Mer- cury mblimat e on her Face, the fmoak will make her brown, or black. The painted Women that wa k at Puteoli , in the Mountains of Phlegra , are made fo black , as Silver-money is, (hut up in bags. We may alfo know thus,
ffhether fhe be painted with red. Chew Grains of Cummin, or a Clove of Garliek, and fpeak clofe by her ; if it be natural, ic frill remain ; but counterfeit with Cerufs or Quick-filver , it prefently de- cays.
To make a woman full of red pimples. Of aScellio is made an ill Medicament : for when he is dead in Wine, all the Faces of thofe that drink of it, will be red-fpotted Wherefore, they that would disfigure Whores, kill him in an Oyntment. The Remedy is , the yelk of an Egg , Honey andGlafs. P/injf.
To mahjhe face green. Avicenna faith, That the Deco&ion of Charnaeleon, put into a bath , will make him green-coloured that days long in that bath ; and then by degrees he will recover his former colour.
7* make tbt Hair fall off the Head and Beard. Touch any pan of mans body with a matter white as milk , that che Salamander vomits op out of its mouth, and che Hairs will fall off ; and what is couched is changed into cue Leprotic, fliny.
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Of Diftillation.
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NOrv I am cer»e to the *Arts,and I (hall begin from Diflittation , ah Invention of tatef times, a wonderful thing, to be prat fed beyond the power of man j not that which the vulgar and unskilful men ufe : for they do but corrupt and dejlroy what u good : hut that which is dore by skilful Arttfts. This admirable Art, teacheth how to make Spirits , and fublime grofi 'Bodies ; and how to condenfe , and make Spirits become grof Bodies .* And to draw forth of Plants, tjttmerals, Stones and Jewels , the Strength of them, that arc in- volved and overwhelmed with great bulk., lying hid, at it were, in their Chefts : and to make them mere pure , and thin , and more noble , as not being content with their common condition, and to lift them up ai high m Heaven. We can by Qhjmical JnfirHments,fearch out the Vertues of Plants, and better then the Ancients could do by tafting them. What therefore could be thought on that is greater t It is features part to produce things , and give them faculties \ but Art may ennoble them when they are produced , and give them miry feveral qualities. Let one that loves Learning , and to fearch "Natures Secrets, enter upon this : for a dull Fellow will never attain to this Art of 'Diftilling, Firfi, we Jhall extratt Waters and Oyls : then, the Efences, Tinftures, Elixirs, Salts, and fuch-like : then wefb*lljhen> how to refolve mix'd Bodies in o the Elements, and make them all more pure, t* feparate their divers and contrary qualities, and draw them forth , that we may ufe them at pie a fur -e: and other things, that will never repent us to Itnow and do.
Chap. L
What T) ^illation is, and of how many forts,
Hcthcr the Aft of Diftillation were known to the Learned Ancients, or no, I will not nndertake to difpute ; yet there is another kinde of Art to be read in Diofcorides , then what we ufe. He faith thus : There is an Oyl extra&ed one of Pitch , by feparating the watry part, which fwimtneth on the top, like Whey in Milk: and hanging clean flocks of Wool, in the vapor arifmg from it while the Pitch boyls ; and when they are moyft, fqueezing them into feme Veffel. This moft be done as long as it boyleth. (fiber defineth it thus .Dittillt- i ion i definition of it el'ewhere. He maketh three forts of it ; by Afccnt,by Dcfccnt, and by Filtration. But I cannot but confefs , that Filtration is not properly a fpecies of Diftillation. But I fay, by Afccnt,by Defcenr,and by Inclination, which is a mid- dlebetween both , and is very neceflary : for when a thing is unwilling to afcend, we teach it by this to rife by degrees, by inclining the Veffel . and raife it by little and little, until it become thinner, and know how to afcend. The Inftw&ion* for DiittUation fhall be thefe : Firft , Provide a Glafs or Brazen Veffel , with a Belly fwelling out like a Cupping-Gltfs , and fharpened upward like a Top or a Pear : fit
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ic to the under-Veffel like a Cap ; fo that the neck of that lower VcfTcl may come into the belly of the upper. A Pipe muft run about the Bottom of the Cap, which muft fend forth a Beak ; under which , there muft Hand another Veflel , called the Receiver , from receiving the diftilling water. Stop all the vents clofe with Staw- mortar, or rags of Linen , thac the fpirituous Aery matter may not pafs our. The fire being put under this Stillatory, the inclofcd matter will be diflolved by the hcac of the fire into a dewy vapor, and aicendeth to the top ; where , meeting with the cold fides of the Head, it fticketh there ; being condenfed by the cold, iwelleth in- to little bubbles , bedeweth the roof and fides , then gathereth into moyft pearls, runneth down in drops , turneth into water, and by the Pipe and Nofe is conveyed into the Receiver. But both the Veffels and the Receiver muft be corfidered,accor- ding to the Nature of the things to be diftilled. For if they be of a flatalent vaporous Nature , they will require large and low Veflcls , and a more capacious Receiver : for when the Heat fhall have railed up the flatulent matter , and that finde it felf firaitaed in the narrow cavities, it will feek fome other vent , and fo tear the Veffels in pieces, (which will flie about with a great bounce and crack , not without enda- maging the ftandcrs by ) and beirg at liberty , will fave it felf frcm further harm. But if the things be hot and thin , you muft have Veffels with a long and fmall neck. Things of a middle temper , require Veflels of a middle fize : All which the induftrious Artificer may eafily learn by the imitation of Nature, who hath given angry and furious Creatures , as the Lion and Bear , thick bodies, but (bore necks ; to (hew, that flatulent humours would pafs out of Veffels of a larger bulk* and the thicker part fettle to the bottom : but then , the Stag, the Eft rich, the Ca- mil-Panther, gentle Creatures , and of thin Spirits, have flendcr bodies and long necks ; to {hew that thin, fubtile Spirits , muft be drawn through a much longer and narrower paffage, and be elevated higher to purific them. There is one thing which I muft efpecially inform you of, which is, that there may be a threefold moyfturc ex- tracted out of Plants : The Nutritive, whereby they live, and all dried Herbs want; it differeth little from Fountain or Ditch-water : The Subftantial, whereby the parts arejoyned together; and this is of a more folid Nature : And the third is the Ra- dical humor, fat and oyly, wherein the ftrcngth and venue lieth. There is another thing, which I cannot pafs over in filence , it being one of the Principle* of the Art, which I have obferved in divers Experiments ; which is , that fome mixt bo- dies do exhale thin and hot vapors firft, and afterwards moyft and thick : on the contrary, others exhale earthy and phlegmatick parts firft, and then the hot and fiery; which being fixed in the irmoft parts, are expelled at laft by the force of the fire. Buc becaufe there can be no conftant and certain Rule given for them , fome I will mark unto you } others,youx own more quick ingenuity muft take the pains to obfervei