—’ f ARCANA CURIOS A: Modern Curiosities of Art and Nature. _ ___ In Three Parts. c~o’n taTn ing, In the Firfi PART y Choice Receipts to prevent or cure the Plague, Agues, Fevers, and all other Di- ftempers incident to Man. Secrets in Japanning, Paint¬ ing, and Varnifhmg, fo as to imitate Marble, Jafper- Stone, &c. To dye Skins a fine Black that never fades. Secrets in Hunting, Fifliing, Fowling, Houfe-keeping. To ctfre^Dileafes in Horfes,< Hogs, Dogs, &c. To denroy ail forts of Vermin in Houle or Field. In the Second PART , The A r # t of Moulding, and Calling Medals in Lead, Tin, Silver, Copper, PJaifter of Paris, Wax, or otherwise, as well hollow as folid. In the Third PART , Excellent Secrets for Beautifying Rendering the Face Lively and Agreeable, feveral choice and approved Secrets for Beautifying the Body, in feveral Particulars. Try’d and approv’d by the Sieur Lemery , Apothecary to the French King. Direflions to beautifie the Face, and cure Dileafes in Women and Children. To make Perfumes, Cordial Waters, Snuffs,- to preferve Wine, with other Secrets of that Nature. To order Gardens for Fruit, Flowers, &c. To make Artificial Pearl and Jewels,- alfo Fire-works. Receipts in Cookery, and to make Sweet-meats, &*c. To take Spots or Stains out oi Linnen or Woollen. To make divers forts of Ink. and With From the Ujt Edition in French s which contains neat as much more as any other former Edirion. To which is addea, Divers Csiriojities from the Cabinet of Princes.* Uhtflrated with Copper Plates, adapted to the feveral Subjects. London : Printed for J. N. and Sold at the Ring in Little-Bri¬ tain : Where may be had Hartman's Preferver of Health. One Thoufand Notable Things. The Way to fave and get Wealth ; and A New Englilh Herbal. Price Five Shillings. { ■ TRANSLATOR’* PREFACE. I T will be far from being a Bur¬ then to the Reader to let him at once into the following Secrets, many of which, 1 can allure him, if he makes a Right Choice of, have been lock’d up in the Clolets of the Bell Families of Europe, as Rarities too valuable to be ex- poled to the Publick. There are j in this Colle&ion fpme Recipes ! highly efteemed by the moft Learn- f ed PhvlicianSj Elaborate Chymifts, , and Curious Virtuofo’s. - 'The A 2 Method/ m The Translator sfpreface. ■■ ——■—. •* - -- Method of dilcovering the Tin¬ jures or Dye of all Flowers is an Experiment fo eafte, diverting, and ufeful, that it muft be worthy Everybody's Confideration. Here are a great many Things to be found which will not only be di¬ verting to People of the Beft R ank, but very ufeful and neceflary for all Sorts of Honfekeepers, Trade/- men, Artificers, &c. as the niceft Way of making of Oils ,Ejfences, Bal/ams, Confections, Emplaiflers, Cordial-waters, &c. for People of Quality. The Method of curing Tobacco for Snuff's, , to Dye, Perfume, mix Colours, make Varnijhes, and Abundance of o- ther Curiofities proper for fe- hly' ■ 33 The Tranjlator s Preface. Veral Sorts of Tradefmen and Artificers. Thus, Readdr, you have the Quinteilence of what Art or Na¬ ture produces contained in this Book; its Impreffion has been Se¬ ven 1 imes refined, and I can allure you has loft nothing by changing its Language from French to En- not to mention the Worth and Fame of its Author, which is fufficientof itfelf to recommend it; for he was a Man who, after A- cademick Education, fpent the beft Part of his Life in travelling, by which he not only learned the Cu- ftoms of Nations, but alfo by ha¬ ving had the Happinefs of Cop- A 3 ver- The Tranflators Preface. vernation with feveral Adepts, and other Virtuofos , learned by Ex¬ perience, and otherways, many ex¬ cellent and rare Receipts, of which you have in the following, fome pra&ical Methods of Proje&ion, which arc eafily tried, and carry along with them a Face of Suc- cels. If the grateful Grecians rais’d Monuments to Hercules and JEfculdpius for d elivering them from Monfters and monftrous Difeafes, the prefent Times ought fwe at leaft to give En¬ couragement to all Labours of this Kind, that convey to the j Reader the r Otile as well as the f l>ulce; for , there are very good Remedies for the Pre¬ servation of Life, and Curing jj Difeafes, many! of which our Author experienced ; and Sure it is below a Man of Parts / 1 1 and Learning, much more a Man of Honefly, to commit a LietoPofterity. The Whole is divided intoClaufes for the Benefit of the Judicious and Obfervant Reader; and the Translation is made fo faithful, j that I dare fay the Author is i not wronged by it j but I have endeavoured to fuit it to the /§ meaneft Capacity, yet not fo as to leave out what I thought (, |[ The Translator f Preface. Reader s Obfervation ; howe- ever, I hope none will be fo critical and unreafonable as to expert every Thing incerted into the following Treatife is of the utmoft Moment, for fometimes there are little tri¬ fling Things, which yet are not to be looked over, for they have their Admirers as well as the moft pompous. There cannot* be a Collection of this Nature without fome Trumpery, no more than the Apothecary can make an Anti¬ dote without fome Poifon in it; as we fay, there’s no Treach without Vipers in it. 'preface. - »' — . ve the Rea¬ der grudge a little Labour in l perufmg the Mowing Sheets; | for if he is careful in exami¬ ning the Whole, and capable of making a right Judgment, jj he may depend upon meeting with fomething worthy his Time and his Money, for here are fome Secrets discovered which the moft obfervingNa- turalifts will pleafe their Curi- olities with, and if they had f not been divulg’d thus publick- ly, would have thought worth [ a confiderablePurchafe; for as Gold may be bought too dear, W lb Diamonds by their being | common may lofe their Va- 1 iue , . urn If; The Translator's I would not ha’ ■ mrnrnmm w r rr..^. , , ——— ■ ■ — — f ' — ■ ■■ * The Translator's F ref ace. lue, and fo be reckoned too Cheap. But Ifhall here take Leave of my Reader with this Epigram, only firft acquaint him I have added a Supple¬ ment not in the French Editi¬ on, which I hope will beequal- ly Acceptable with that of Monfieur Lemery , Furtivis olim variifqyfuperbiit Often Plum is : Ex mult is Jit liber ifle libris . Jledde cuifo fuum $ Vibeftit protinus Often Hie Jim Natura ftetet & Arte liber . Ex Her bis fit Mel $ hominis cen Sitnia JErnula natura ejl Maonidiffa Mare . Sit licet ex multis opus hoc tauten utile quovis Te(te s voluminibHScandidiufq j tub . T H E‘ THE contents OF THE Firft PART. Chap. I. \T £ W Curiofities in Art and Nature . IN Page i Chap. II. E or the Difeafes of Women and Children . /' 3 6 Chap. III. To Embellifh and Preferve Beauty. 40 Chap. IV. A-ColleUion of Divers Secrets^ taken out of the Cabinet of a Perf on of Quality* 45 Chap. V. Of Jewels and Pearls. 48 Chap. VI. Divers Sorts oj Perfumes. 6 5 Chap. VII. Several approv'd Ways to take out Stains of 0/4 Greafe , or other Things. 70 Chap. VIII. Howtofoften,wbiten> and reftore Difi coloured Ivory. 71 Chap. IX. Rare and Admirable Curiofities. 72 Chap. X. Divers Vfeful and Curious Compofitions. 77 Chap. XI. Of Artificial Fire-works , Hunting and Fifhing. 8 a Chap. XII. Admirable Receipts in Cookery. 87 Chap. XIII. Sweet-meats , Flowers y and Fruits . 96 Chap. XIV. Several Sorts of Wines, bow to preferve them , how to re ft ore decayed Wine. 102 Chap. XV. Admirable Curiofities in Paintings Var nifhing, 8cc. 106 Chap. XVI, Divers Sorts and Imitations of Marble . ., . - • • ■ • m tin m 4^1 If -:—”*. . The Contents. and Jafper-ftonc ^ and how to repair decayed Marble . Page 114 Chap. XVII. To Dye White MartinV Skins of Long Hair of a very good Black that never fades. 117 Chap. XVIII. To reflore Tapejlry to its fir ft Beauty when the Colours are decayed. 1 19 Chap. XIX. How to drive away Fleas , F unices, and other Infefts. 120 Chap. XX- Of tioufekeeping . 122 Chap. XXL Curiofities in Gardenings Fruits and Flowers . 124 Chap. XXII. Excellent Secrets in the Difeafes of Horfes , Dogs, and other Cattle . 127 Chap. XXIII. Of Dogs. % 154 C&ap. XXIV. In which are contained maty Secret's which have been tried by the Authmfince the fore¬ going * And alfo fome Excellent Remedies notfpoken of before. 136 The Contents of the Second Part. Chap, I. /containing the whole Art of Moulding and Cafling all Sorts of figures. Me* dais, and other Forms , in J >.ead, Tin , Silver, Copper, Fiaifter of Paris, Wax, Sulphur , and other wife , as well hollow as Solid. 13 p Chap. II. To caft Figures of Copper or Tin , with Drapery or Garment , very light and thin. 143 Cha p. III. To caft large or indifferent Figures with - out Seam or Mark. 14? Chap. IV. To caft the Wdx^and enclofe the Kernel or inner Mould in the middle. 14 6 Chap, V. To mould off with Fiaifter Naked Ferfons h rioat- Foftureyou pleafe , and in the hollow Mould The Contents. to make a Kernel or inner Mouldy therevnth to make the Figure, and cafi it in Brafs. Page 147 Chap. VI. To cafi Fijh to the Life, either in P/differ or burnt Clay, to put into Fountains *, alfo to cafi them in Brafs y Tin, Lead, or Pafieboard 0 and to x make them Jvoim on the top or middle of the Wa¬ ter. 151 Chap. VII To cafi all Sorts of little Animals, as Li¬ zards, &c. and all Sorts of Flowers and Leaves that are not too thin . 155 Chap. VIII. To make a Spaudor Sand wherewith to make Moulds to cafi wet . 157 Chap. IX. To print Vine-leaves, or others, in Tin or Brafs, upon Copper Moulds. 159 Chap. X. A neat Way to mould off Figures in Pafie . 1 60 Chap. XI. To counterfeit Porphory or Red Mar - | ble. Ibid. Chap. XII. To cafi Medals or carved Figures in tran - Jparent Colours $ to embellifh Glaffes, Windows, or | Safhes, as if they were of Ruby, Amber, or Cor at f|j } 6 $ l Chap. XIII. To mould emboli fid d Figures in PIdiffer, or colour'd Pafie tempered with Gum - Tragacanth- J S Water, the Drapery being Laced or Searrid with Mother of Pearl. 1^4 J Chap. XIV. To make Medals, or embolifhed Figures of Plaifier, of a Japan Colour. 16% Chap. XV. To make Medals of Fifh-glue. Ibid. Chap. XVI. To mould off the Medals of Fifh-glue in Plaifier, and to make Medals of Tin, or Lead. , 166 | Chap. XVII. To make Hollow Moulds of Sulphur, in |1 which to cafi Medals of Plaifier very neatly. 161 f The Contents. Sorts of Figures. Page 168 Chap. XIX. To figure , or inlay with Figures , any Thing that is made of Wood. i6p Chap. XX. To make Wood of divers Colours. 170 Chap. XXI, Divers Ways of Beautifying Things made of Wood, Stone , Plaifter , bak'd Earth or Pafte- board 5 <2//!? ft? work in Gold and Silver burnifod , 0 / 7 , with all Sorts of Colours , «?*/j Bronze as others , and to Stain andVarnifh Boards of fie ve¬ nal Sorts . 175 Chap. XXIL T0 difcover Gold under a Black Colour with an Ivory Point , a great Secret , Beau- tiful as thofe Things gilt in China. 179 Chap. XXIII. An exquifite Way of enriching and beautifying all Sorts of Wooden Work . 181 Chap. XXIV. To enrich carved Work , as Pictures , Frames , */# that have been Tried and Approved of for Beautifying the Body , and rendring the Face . more Lively and Agreeable. Page ipj Chap. II. For embellifhing the Face 9 and other Farts of the Body. 200 Chap. III. To make the Hair Bright and Clear . 204 Chap. IV. To preferve the Hardnefs of the Breafts. 207 Chap. V. To reftore and confirm the Natural Parts which are tooJoft , and over much relaxed. 211 Chap. VI. To make the Milk in the Brepft. of a Wo¬ man fine and good. 212 Chap. VIL Variety of Secrets ujeful and nectjfary for all Families. 213 Chap. VIII. Containing many Secrets and Medicines for Women, and others. 215 Chap. IX. Containing the Way to clean Tables as if New, and make fever al Sorts of Varnifh. 217 Chap. X. The Properties and Vertues cf t fever al Rare Medicines. 220 Chap. XI Of the Manner of making fever al Balfams, very Ujeful and Neceffary for all Per forts. 222 Chap. XII. The Way of making feveral Sorts of Oils and Ointments for many Intentions. 227 Chap. XIII. Of Ointments and Salves. 231 Chap. XIV. The Way of making many extraordinary Waters proper in tnofl Cafes . 237 m 2 * The Content?. Chap. XV, Several Medicines and Prejervatives a- gainft the Plague. . Page 244 Chap. XVI. Several Methods for curing Continued Fevers, Quotidians , Tertians, Quartans , and others. 347 Chap. XVII* Containing many Excellent Remedies for the Gouty &c. 250 Chap. XVHL Many Excellent Medicines for the Stone and Gravel. 252 Chap. XIX. Contains many good Medicines for the Piles. 2 £5 Chap. XX. Many Singular Receipts for the Sights approved byfeveral Perfons of DijfinSion. 256 Chap: XXL A great many Wonderful Receipts for curing the Tooth-ach, and putting them in a good Condition. • 258 Chap. XXII. Many good Medicines for the Gripes and Flux of the Belly, as well as for the Dyfentery , or Bloody-Flux. 260 Chap. XXIII. The Receipts of many Medicines for the Pleurifie and Patfie^ &c, 262 Chip. XXIV. Many Extraordinary Secrets Expert - mtnted hy the Author, together with fever al Excel¬ lent Medicines. 265 Many other Secrets Tried and Approved. 2 66 Of Ponders for the Hair . 272 Of Soaps. 274 QfEJftnces and Oils Perfumed with Flowers > and of .'Natural EJfences. 275 The Way to make fever al EJfences. 27 6 Of Sweet •Jceated Waters , 281 Of Sweet Pouders y and fever al Ways of preferving them . 284 Variety of Colours for XJfe. 288 A Supplement, colkSed by the Trdnjlator . 2 NEW NEW CUR IOSITIES I N Art and Nature. CHAP- l: How to recover Healthy and to know certainly which of the Four Humours is mojt Predominant in the Sick Perf on* T Ake of Soder One Pound , of the hneft Tin half a Pound , Three Ounces of Mercury,. melt them, then take the Amal- garna all together, and put it into an Alembick, and you will have about Four Ounces of Water, which you fhall make life of as follow- cth. Pour One or Two Drops of this Water into the 11- xine of a Sick Perion, and in ,^n Inftant you will fee the our Humours feparated; nd that which you fee to be of mod Subftance is that which prevails in the Body 9 and wHl often change, ac¬ cording as it offends or pre¬ judices Health, . The Soder thus try’d, put it into your Hand, and pour thereonTwo or Three Drops of Juice of Lemon, and it will in* hantly become Red. A Wonderful Cure for a Ft - Jtula. Take a Living Toad, put. it into a Crucible covered? that it may not get out, and reduce it to Afhes with a fierce Fire, the Fire not. S touch- 2 New Curiosities in Art and Nature . touching the Toad. Apply! this Pouder to theFiftula, washing it hrd with White- wine warm, or the Urine of a Male Child. Probatum. A Remarkable Receipt made of a Man's Skyll. Take of the impalpable Pouder of a Skull, and apply it to any Wound or Ulcer whatever, and it will cure it. This was experienced by Monfieur Prelident Bolanger , in an Ulcer that none could cure in Ten Years. Againfi the Bloody-flux, and bow to draw the ‘linciure of Coral. Take a Pumice-done, quench jtThree orFour times in good Vinegar in an Ear¬ then Pot till it look Red, beat the Coral very hue, and make a Lay Of Pumice-(lone in an Earthen Pot, then a Lay of Coral; do this thrice, fo that the hrii and lail be of Pumice-Hone ; lute the Pot well, and put it in a Glafs or Potter’s Furnace for Two Days; take it out, and pour Vinegar upon the Pou ders fo often till they have loll their Rednefs ; then e- vaporate the Vinegar in a Giafs or Earthen Veliel well glaz'd, in which will re¬ main the Tindlure or Co¬ lour of Coral. So you may draw all Sorts of Colours of Minerals and Metals re¬ duced to Pouder. The Dofe is OneDram in an Egg. The Syrup is made after this Manner. Take Two Ounces of this Tindture, and Three Ounces of Sugarcindy, which put in a large varnilhed Earthen Veffel in Balneo Marine, con¬ tinually iiirring your Matter with a Wooden Spatula till it be boil’d to the Confi¬ dence of a Syrup ; for this hinders the precipitating of the Tindture of Coral. Another IVty to draw the Tincture of Coral . Take Virgin-wax and fcrape it into a New Pot, whereinyou have put little, Peices of Coral, fo that the Coral be therewith covered, melt and boil them gently upon Live Coals, and the Wax will draw all the Tin- dure of Coral; the which you dial 1 try by taking out a little Piece of the Coral, which you mud do com¬ monly within a Quarter of an Hour. Withdraw the Fire, and let the Wax cool, which you (hall take and fcrape it into an Urinal, and pouf 3 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . pour thereon good thrice dihilled Vinegar, or flrong Spirit of Wine, and put it on hot Embers, that the Wax may give to the Vine¬ gar the Tindture which it took from the Coral ; then :ake it from the Fire, and, aeing cold, feparate the Vi- aegar from the Wax, and e- raporate it ; being evapo¬ rated, you’ll find your Tin¬ cture at the Bottom Red like Cinaber. Againfl the Stone . Take Two Pounds of Sal- jet Oil, which you fhall di- til in an Alembick with >and, and take Three Spoon¬ fuls every Day of theWa- er or Phlegm that flows, n the Morning, Three Hours ifrer Dinner, and at Night ;oing to Bed,for Nine Days. Phis Water diffolves the >tone in the Kidneys and bladder. That which re- nains in the Alembick is for he Gout, and Contradtion >f the Nerves, from a gold daufe. ? 4n Excellent Receipt for the Gravel. Take T wo Pounds of the loots of Stinking Nettles, ] nd cleanfe them, and boil | hem in a Gallon of Water, ! o the dimmifluog of the j third Part; then add Three Pints of good White-wine, boil them over a gentle Fire for an Hour, then let them cool; being almoft cold,take out the Roots,and prefs them* then put the Juice with the Decodfion in¬ to a New Earthen Pot ; when’tis clear’d by Teething, and that you would ufe it, take Three Pills of Frelh Butter, having fwallowed them, drink a Glafs of the Decodtion falling, as early as you can, and T wo Hours after a Porringer of clear Broth, for Three Days to¬ gether, at each Decreafeof the Moon: Laxative Cly- Tiers are Excellent; you muff take them the Night before you take the Decodtion. For the fame a Take Eglantine Berries, dry the Seeds in the Sun, or in an Oven, pouder therm; put a Dram of them in a fmall Glafs of White-wine, to lleep Seven or Eight Hours ; drink it half an Hour before you go to Bed, ftirring it well, that nothing remain in the Bottom * this produces great Effects ; for it drives out all kind of Grave!,and breaks the Stone, fo that you will void it by fmall Pieces. Probatum. But B % yo \i New Curicfities in Art and Nature . you mutt take it but for Two Days together, and Eight Days after, and at (he Decreafe of the Moon. You may make a Marmalade of the Red Fruit, and eat there¬ of after Meals, and it will hinder any Thing from co¬ agulating in the Body. For the fame, Take Wild Parfiy Seeds, infufe them in White-wine for Twelve Days, and drink a Glaft thereof Three Morn¬ ings falling* Fbf the fame . Take the Skins within the Gkards of Pullets, and wafh them with White- wine, dry and poudei them ; the Dole is a Dram in as much White-wine as you pleafe. To cure all Ruptures ; a Re¬ medy much approved of by the Cardinal de la Roche- foucault. Take a Pound of Black Pitch, Yellow Wax and Ro- fin Twelve Ounces, Mutton Suet Eight OuncesXat’s-tail and Dragon's-blood Four Ounces, Gum Dragant, Ara- bick and Gauls, One Ounce, Blood-done Two Ounces, feverally prepared and dried with Vinegar, Pepper bea¬ ten T wo Ounces, Wood-Ike and Cummin-feed dried and poudered Two Ounces, Green Acorns prepared with Vinegar and pouder’d Two Ounces ; they are mixed by melting the Suet with a Pint of thick Red Wine ; to which add the Galls bruis’d, and boil them to a Confumption of the Wine ; that done, drain it, and put it on the Fire, add¬ ing the Wax and Rolin, which you mud melt there- i in ; melt the Black Pitch in another Veffel, then pour the hrltMixture into the melted Pitch, birring it continually with a Stick to incorporate them ; then you mud take away the Fire, and put it upon hot Embers, then pour in the Pouders by little and little, birring them very well,that the Plaider may' be well mixed : Before you apply i't you mud fhavea- way thb Hair, if there be any, and foment the Place where the Malady is with drong Vinegar, wherein Ai- lom hath been diffolved, and change the Plmder eve¬ ry Two Days, and renew the Fomentation every Four ; and Twenty Hours: Klore- over* let the Patient keep 5 K his Bed for about a Fort-; ! night, more or lefs, and lye upon his Back, with his New Curiofities in Art and Nature. Head as low as he can, and drink no Wine unlefs it be allayed with Water or Small- Beer, &c . and eat no Salt Meats, Pulfe or Beef, For the fame, whither Man or Woman, though aged , ex¬ perimented by one that was hurjhn Thirty Tears. Take an Ounce and half j of White Maflich, Troy - weight, an Ounce and half of common Turpentine, an Ounce and half of Mafli- corum, which is a flicking ! Gum or Liquor, found in the Head of great wild prickly Thiflles,which have Heads like Artichoaks; ifrom which having taken the prickly Leaves, you will And this glewifh Humour flick to your Fingers. Mix all together in a little Ear then Pot, new glac’d; | then take about Twenty knots which are found in the Sides of the Firr-tree, which you fhall ferajie or jrafp very fmall, put them into a Pot almoft full of ( Water, and make it boil ve¬ ry leifurely, and the Fat and ji Scum that comes uppermofl you fhall take dexterouily with a Spoon, and put in¬ to the other Pot amongft your Drugs, until you fee that it is well mixed for an Unguent, which you fhall 5 fpread upon Leather, and apply to the Place. For Ruptures . Probatum. TakeCyprefs-Nuts, Acacia, Galls, Pomegranate-flowers, of each Six Drams, Gum- Dragant, Mirrh, Frankin- cenfe, Gum-Arabick, Sarco- col, of each Three Drams, Sanguis Dracmis , Hne Bole, Red-lead, Aloes Succotrine, of each Two D^ams; make a tine Pouder of them all, and a Pafle thereof wi h Vinegar, whereof you (hall make an Emplafter, and apply it to the Malady. For the Wind in the Kidneys . Probatum. Take of the Roots of Wild Chichory, Parfly, Sor¬ rel, Afparagus, Artichoak, Scolopendria,Betony, Dog-¬ tooth, Liquorice, of each an Handful, White Honey, a Lemon cut into Four Parts; boil them all in a Quart of White-wine, to the Con- fumption of half, cr the third Part, drain it, and take Three Ounces in the Morning falling. To fop the Vrine of thofe that pifs in Bed. Take of the inward Pill of Pottiegranate-flowers, Provence Rofes, Maliich, of each half a Dram, Seeds of B 5 Su- 6 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Sumach One Dram, Bra gen’s Blood Two Drdrrr ? Rfd San** ders half a Dram, Roots of Solomon's Seal half anOunc% a'Moufe prepared and head throwing away the Head and Feet, wafhed in White wine, and dried in an Oven, One Ounce, ponder all a part, then mix them with Two Ounces of Sugir of Rofes in Pouder, where¬ of a Dram is to be taken e- very Morning fteep’d in White-wine. Two Honrs before Breakfatt. The Receipt of the Antidote call'd Orvietan. Take the Roots of Car¬ line, Gentian, Dittany, Anthora, Swallow-wort, of each Two Ounces and a half, great and little Cen¬ tury, round and long Birth- wort, Scordium, Biftort, Betony, Tormentil, of each half a Dram, Didfony of Crete^ Angelica, Rue, Ma- ffer-wort, Scorzonera, Vale¬ rian, Leaves of Garden and Wild Buglofs, Viper-pou- der, of each One Ounce ; make a Pouder of all; whereof take Five Ounces to a Pound of clarified Honey, wherein was firft diffolved Venice-treacle and Mithri- date, ofeach half an Ounce, with a little good Wine. The D ;fe is One Dram diffolv’d in Broth or Wine; and if you find that gives not Eif*, repeat it Two Hours after, and Six Hours for the Third time, and Twelve Hours for the Fourth time* To cattfe one to Pifs , and cure the Kings-Evil, Burn and reduce Can-, tharides to a tine Pouder, draw off the SHt thereof with Vinegar, whereof give T welve, Fifteen or Six¬ teen, Grains. For the Cholick , and that it Jhall return no more. Take the outward Pill of a Fine Orange, and Clove-gilliflowers, of each One Ounce, boil them in a good Glafs of Wine to the Third Part, give it to drink, and it fhall cure for ever. For the fame. j Take Three Grains of Bays, and pouder them finely, then put them into • a Glafs of White-wine, and drink it. Prohatum. For the fame. Take half a Glafs of A- qmVita, wherein put Se- ! ven or Eight Drops of Spi- ritofSalt* j| Fori New Curiosities, in Art and Nature. 7 For the fame* Take the Skin that di¬ vides the Kernels of old Walnuts, pouder them, and take a Dram thereof in White-wine. An Admirable Remedy fora Bloody - flux. Shut up a Dog for Three Days, fo that he at nothing but Bones ; take his Dung, and dry if, and pouder it, then take River Flint-liones, heat them red hot, then throw diem into a Veflfel full of Milk, in which mix a little of the Pouder, and give thereof to the Patient T wice a Day. For the fame . Take half a Quartern of Rice-flower, then mix it with the Juice of Elder* Berries, and make thereof a Parte, whereof make little Cakes, and bake them in an Oven, alter the Bread is ta¬ ken forth, which you ftnll beat,and moiflen again with the laid Juice, and boil it, then beat it afrefh, doing thus Seven Times, then pouder it to ferve for life; the Dofe is One Dram in Broth, or White-wine* Fo make one Pifr , tho* he have not made Water in a Fort¬ night , and to caufe one to void the Gravel and Stone. Take wild Ivy, with its Root, wath it well, and cleanfeit, beat it well in a Mortar, a d let it Meepa- aout Two Hours in Three or Four Ounces of White- Wine ; there muft be about Ten or Twelve Plants of this Herb brained through a Cloth, and given the Pa¬ tient to drink. Probatum . For a Tertian Ague. Take Three or Four Oun¬ ces of the Juice of Vervain m a little White-wine be¬ fore the Shivering, and walk : You muft not eat a Supper when you take this Remedy. For the fame. Take Wild Smallage, Rue, prickly Thirties, of each a little, beat them well with i little Salt, then add the Yolk of One Egg, beaten with a Spoonful of Vine¬ gar ; apply it to the W'rift, after well rubbing the Wrifl. For the fame. Take half a Glafs of Aqua Fite,wherein beat One Yolk of a New-laid Egg, with B 4 the 8 New Curiosities in Art and Nature . the Third Part of a Nut- J meg grated; take it juft J before the Fit: life this Re J medy Thrice, if you are not cured the Hat or Se¬ cond Time. Note, Tis good to purge before with this Medi¬ cine following ; Rhubarb, Scammony, Turbith, Her- modadhls, Ginger, Senna, Anni feeds, Sugar, of each. One Dram; pouder all a- part, and fearce them, then mingle them, and fearce them. The Dofe for a Child of Ten Years is half a Dram, one of ripe Years One Dram in Broth, taking fome Broth an Hour after. Note, You need not keep your Bed or Chamber. For the fame . Take Two Ounces of the Syrup of Carduus Bmedi&us in a Glafs of Water when the Shivering takes you. An ajfured Remedy fir a Quartan Ague . Take Wall-gilMowers, Leaves and Flowers, beat them well with a little Salt, and when the Fit comes ap¬ ply it to the Suture of the Head between Two Li¬ nen Cloths, and there let it reft Twenty-four Hours. For the fame . Take a Penyworth of Camphire, fow it in a Piece of Scarlet with right Crimfon Silk, and make a Cord of the fame Silk, and hang it about the Neck, fo that it reach to the Sto¬ mach ; and as the Camphire waftes, fo will the Fever : TheCatnphire being wafted, take more till you be cured. For the fame . Take Oil of Scorpions, Mithridafe of Montpelier , of each Two Ounces, min¬ gle thefe in a Mortar till they be well incorporated, md put them into a glaz’d Earthen Pot: Rub the Back¬ bone therewith, the Tem¬ ples, and the Groins, and the Joints, and the Spaces between the Knees, the Soles of the Feet, the Palms of the Hands; and always when you ufe this Oint¬ ment you mu ft wafh the Parts you intend to anoint with Rofe-water. The Re¬ medy is admirable. An Aftringent to (lop the Blood in a Wound , or at Nofe. Take the tendereft Tops of Nettles, crufh them be¬ tween your Fingers, or in a Mortar, and apply them to the Wound, and the Blood will ftqp, which is very ►certain For 9 New Curiosities in For the fame. Take half a Spoonful of the fmalleft Earth-worms, of the inner Bark of Elder a good Handful, a good Spoonful of Red Wine, as much Sallet-oil, a good Handful of Moufe-ear, a Piece of fine Sugar, as much new Wax, Three Grains of Salt, boil them all till half be wafied, drain it, and ap- ply it to the Part. For all Intermitting Fevers. Take an Handful of St. John’s-wort, infufe it in White-wine, drain it Twenty-four Hours after, and take it before the Fit. For the fame. Take the Skin that dicks to the Egg’s-fhell, fold it about the Little Fing-r of the Left Hand, and there let it remain for Twenty- four Hours, and ’twill cure them. • To Purge gently , and chiefly tbofe troubled with a Qropfie. Take Spurge-feed well beaten, deep it Twenty- four Hours »in Aqua Vitx, dry it in the Sun, deep it again Twenty-four Hours, and dry it again j then deep it the Third Time as long in Sallet-oil, dry k, and keep it. Art and'Nature. To ufe it you mud dry it upon a Plate to take away the Husk ; put the White being beaten to infufe in White-wine all Night, and drink a Glafs thereof fading. For the Drop fie. Take the Juice of the inner Rind of the Elder, give thereof Two Ounces to the Patient to drink in a Glafs of Cow’s Milk an Hfiur before Meals: This will make you void much Phlegm, and purges gently. For a Watery Dr op fie. Take every Morning a Glafs of Two Parts of White-wine, and a Fourth of Sallet-oil, wherein put a Dram of Salt of Worm¬ wood : Do thus for Eight Days, in which Time you fhall purge with Rhubarb, Turbith, and Jalap, pou* der’d and mingled together. The Dofe is One Dram in White-wine. After Purg¬ ing you (hall take the afore- faid Oil for Eight Days more, and fo be cured. Note, You mud rub your Belly every Night before the Fire with Sallet-oil till there comes a little Sweat on the outlide. For the fame . Take what Quantity you will of Crabs-eyes, walk them with White-wine, --y io New Cur to fit ies in Art and Nature . •dry and pouder them, whereof give a Dram fart¬ ing in the Morning in half a Glafs of L ily-water. To cun a Brmfe quickly.' Take Burgund y - Pitch diffolved in Aqua Vit£^ and fpread a Plalrter thereof up¬ on Leather, and apply it to the Malady, and ’twill cure it. For Apoplexies. Take Seven or Eight Drops of the Ellence ol Rofemary in a Glafs of good Wine. Not?, The Patien mu ft be ftanding, and rub his Stomach to make the Remedy penetrate the bet ter: It it fucaedsnot the Fir ft Time, it will not fail the Second. For the Bowels fallen down. TakeLady’s-mantle in Wa ter, or in Pouder, in Broth, or White-wine,. it palls hack and Bays up the Bow els: It is likewife proper for Women that cannot Conceive with Child. Jo cure a Heat ofVrine and Carnofity . Probat urn. Take the Juice of the Herb and Root of our La- dyVthiftle an Ounce, in as much more White-wine for Eight Mornings , or more, and you will be cured* Otberwife . Take Two or Three Ounces of Mercury, well purified, which put into a glaz’d Pot, which you muft fill with Fountain-W3ter adding Two Spoonfuls of crude Tartar pouder’d , md a handful of Salfapa- tiPa, let them boil for half an Hour, fet them to cool, and ule it for your ordinary Drink: This will cure you even of a Bubo, or Wincbe - tier Goofe. An Excellent Ft if an for the French Vifeafe. Take Six Drams of Salfaparilla, as much Anti¬ mony in Pouder ; fold the Antimony in White Linen, tie it to the Middle of a Stick to hang in a Pot, not touching the Bor tom; pou¬ der the Salfaparilla, that is, beat it well, or cut it in (mall Pieces, but ’tis better in Pouder ; put in alfo in Pouder Forty Walnuts , with the Skins that divides the Kernel, the old eft are the beft. Six Drams of China Wood, and a little Brazil Wood,rafp’d, to give a Colour to the Ptifan ; you having put them all in the Pot with Two Qparts of Water, and the Anti- II New Curiojities in Art and Nature , Antimony hanging in the Middle, let it boil open Two or Three Boilings, then put in alfo your Pon¬ ders of Walnuts and China , and boil them over a gentle Fire to the walling of the Third Part. You mu ft make this Drink Three or Four Times over, ajid ftrain it well every Time, fora Perfect Cure. You muft firft purge the Patient with an ordinary Purgation the Day after you have let him Elood, the Third Day make him drink a full Glafs of the Ptifan at Five a Clock in the Morn¬ ing, eating nothing for Three Hours after ; at Eight a Clock let him eat, and Three Hours after let him take a Glafs of Ptifan, ' at Twelve a Clock let him eat; at Five a Clock ano¬ ther Glafs of Ptifan, at Nine a Clock let him fup ; at Midnight another full Glafs of Ptifan ; and fo continue this Courfe . for Twelve Days. He muft abftainfrom Womens Com¬ pany, from drinking Pure Wine* and eating Salt or Spiced Meats; all other Ho- neft Exercife is permitted. For Ten Days he muft take Clyfters Morning and Evening, if he be bound in his Body, and eat Prunes at his Meals. Among his Wine he (hall put half of this Water fol¬ lowing. Put in Two Quarts of Fountain-water upon the Dregs that fettles at the Bottom of the Pot, without the Antimony, boil it -< to the Confump- tion of the Third Part: This Water hath no bad Tafte. Tills of Litharge far the Venereal Difeafe. TakeTrochifches of AI- haadal, Crocus Metallo- rum, Sal Gemma, of each One Dram, Alloes Sue** cotrine Two Drams v Ele&uary of Rofes Six Drams, make them in¬ to Pills: The Dofe is Twelve Grains, which muft be taken in theMorri J ing failing, faking a few Annifeed Comftts after it. They are to be taken for Fifteen or Twenty Days to¬ gether; and if you will you may take at the Begin¬ ning a Decodion made of the Bark of Guajacum, Sal- fapanlla , Six Drams, China Three Drams, Saffafras and Cubebs, of each Two Ounces, infufing them Twenty-four Hours 1 2 A r ew Curiofities in Art and Nature, in fen tines of Fountain or River Water. An Emplajler for the Lung} and Stomachy which will keep good Two Tears, Take Two Drams of Al¬ ices, Rue a licde brnifed Three or Four Handfuls, common YVa r er Seven or Eight Porringers full, boil all in a glazed Earthen Pot to the Confumption that the Liquor miy wet a Li¬ nen-cloth ; then drain it through a Linen- doth, and dip Linen in the draining, that it may be throughly wet, then fold the Cloth Fourfold, and let it dry in the Shade. A Pulmonick Perfon that was abandon’d was cured in Three Months, by carrying this Cerecloth Four-double upon his Stomach, faften’d behind. This Remedy fail not; and one will find Eafe inafhort Time ; the Sto mach that could not diged is foon redor’d by applying this: If you fweat, and that the Cerecloth be moid with fweating, you mud take it off, and dry it, and lay it on again. For the fame Didemper of the Lungs, they mud ufe as long as they pleafe Lo¬ zenges made with the Flour ©f Brimdone. For the Wind , and alfo for the Lungs, % Take Eleven Crab-fidi alive, the which beat in a Mortar till they b all to Pap; then drain them thro’ a very While Linen-cloth, pouring upon them Two Quarts of White-wine to make them drain the bet¬ ter ; put this Straining in a Pot to infufe Twenty-four Hours, then take every Morning fading Two Oun¬ ces till you hud fome Eafe. An Excellent Remedy for the Lungs , and againji a Cough and Shortnefs of Breath, Take the longed Raifins of the Sun, Jujubes, St. Anthony s Prunes, without Kernels or Stones, of each Two Ounces, Three Fat Figs, Three Dates, put ’em all in an Earthen Pot with a Cover, with Two Quarts of Water, boil them all to the Confumption of half, then put into the Paid Pot the Four Capillaries and Flow¬ ers of ColtsToot, of each One Handful, let them all boil to a Pint; drain it, and add thereto Sugarcan- dy, Diaphenicon, and com¬ mon Sugar, of each Four Ounces, make a Syrup, boil’d New Curiofities in Art and Nature . i j boil’d a little. The Dole is a Spoonful at Night, and as much in the Morning; I and being troubled with the Cough ? fieep every Day a Liquoriih-liick therein, and you will find Succefs at lad. | A Wonderful Opiate to refrefh the Liver , and purifie the Blood. Take the Roots of Cicho- | ry Two Drams, Roots^ of Polypodie, Damask Raiflns, Liquorifli and Dog’s-teeth, of each One Dram, of the Four Capillaries, Borrage, Scariola, Endives, Be tony, Agrimony, Hops, Pimper¬ nel, Scabious, of each One Handful, of the Four great Cold Seeds, Fennel, Endive, of each Two Ounces, make a Decodfion ; then take Six Ounces of Senna, boil it in j the Decodfion: then take Two Ounces or White A- garic, Two Drams of Cin¬ namon, and a Pugil of the i Cordial Flowers, which put to infufe therein, and bpil them with a Pound of Sugar; then add Callia clean- fed Four Ounces, Conferve of Borrage Two Ounces, Conferve of Buglofs and Violets, of each One Ounce, of all which make an Opi¬ ate. The Dofe is a Dram and a half T wo Hours be¬ fore Meals, or Twice a Month. To Temper the Heat of the Liver* Take a Quantity of Li¬ verwort, which grows in Watery Places, beat it in a Mortar, and draw our the juice with a Preis, which you fhall clarihe over the Fire with the Whites of Eggs, and fcum it well; then let it cool, and pouf it out by Inclination, leav¬ ing the Dregs at the Bot¬ tom: In every Pound of this Water diffolve Six Ounces of tine Sugar, and then ’tis made. Take an Ounce thereof in a GLfs of Water, or alone if you will. A Remedy for all Sorts of Fluxes of Blood , upwards or downwards , or for Veins broken in the Body, for Men or Women that have an £#- traordinary Flux . Take a Dram of Biftort- root finely pouder'd, put it into Two Ounces of White-wine, and if the Pa¬ tient hath a Fever put it into Broth, and without fail the Flux will ceafe, even if the Patients fhall void their Excrements-at the 14 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . the Mouth ; And if the Flux of Blood (hall be fo violent, efpecially in a Wo¬ man, give her or this Pom der in a Clyder made of the Broth of a Capon, with Two Yolks of Eggs ; and if one be but a little dif- order’d, let them take the Dofe abovefid, and lay this following Plainer to the Stomach nigh the Heart. Take a uince, road: it with hot Embers, which you (hall beat into a Pa he in a Silver Porringer, and ftrew thereon Ponder ot Cinnamon and Cloves, and apply it. For a Rupture , tried upon a Man of Seventy Tears of Age. . Take Water-CrefTes, beat them a little, and boil them in a Quart of White-wine in a new Pot till it be wail¬ ed to the Half, or Two Thirds, and take Three Ounces thereof Morning and Evening for Nine Days, keeping the Part bound up. For the Fain in the Head , Falling-ficklefs , Vertigo , and Megrim. Take Two Drops of OH of Sulphur, thrice in a Week in a Glafs of Water, wherein Vervain, Betony, Oak of Jerufalem , Leaves and Flowers, of each Two Handfuls, have been infus’d Twenty-four Hours in Two Quarts ot River-water up¬ on hot Embers. For the fame. Take the Juice of Pim¬ pernel, and drop it info the Ear, and it will appeafe the Pain. Otberwife. Take a Dram of White Plellebore , and as much Black, with an Handful of Salt, which you toll put- in a BrafsPot that will hold Six Quarts of W r ater, which you (hal,l boil the Space of a Quarter of an Hour; then take it od the Fire, and let it infufe Forty Hours in a Window, then boil it till it be reduc’d to Three Quarts, which you toll put into a Bottle clofe (lopp’d lor your life, drawing it up your Nofe. Frobatum • For the fame , and to caufe Sleep • Take common Rofes« with the White of an Egg beaten, and well mingled, together, make a Forehead- cloth. Moreover, to caufe Sleep, make a Forehead- cloth of Poppey. Frobatum, New Curiosities in Art and Nature . *5 Jo mak$ one Wake or Sleep. You muff cut dexteroufly the Head of a Toad alive, and at once, and let it dry, in obferving that one Eye be fhut, and the other open ; that which is found open makes one Wake, and that (hut caufes Sleep, by carry¬ ing it about one. Jo dijjolve all Sorts of Ca¬ tarrhs and Tumours. Take a White Onion, and roaft it in hot Embers ; he- j ing enough, cut it in Four | Quarters, without taking any Thing away, and apply it to the Ear, putting in a i little Venice Treacle before, ! then a hot Napkin upon it; and when the Onion is cold lay on another prefently, with Treacle as at Hrft : Do this Four Times, and you will fee all the Matter ! come out at the Ear. Do j the fame to a Bubo, if you would have it come to Sup- puration. Jo mak£ ,me Sneeze . j Take a little White Hel lebore, or Euphorbium, in Pouder, and blow it up the Nofe with a little Tunnel. A Bath for the Feet and Legs to caufe Sleep. . Take Eight or Ten Let- tke$ f or more, or Six Hand¬ fuls of Vine-Eaves, and Five or Six Heads of Pop¬ pies, boil them in a Kettle with a fufheient Quantity of Water; then pour all out into another Veflel, and therewith wafh the Feet arid Legs for the Space of a Quarter of an Hour, then wrap them in aLinen-cloth. For Deafnefs. ProbaCum. Take Humane Blood, or Hart’s Blood, diltil if in an Alembick , call away the Phlegm, and change the Recipient when you fee the Liquor White; put Two or Three Drops of the faid White Liquor into the Deaf Ear, and hop it with Cotton, and lye on the other Side. Jo preferve the Eyes from Weepings and tyep them Fair and Clean. Diftil a great Quantity of Leaves of Mallows in White or Red Wine, and with the Water thereof wafh the Eyes Night and Morning. Pope Paul V. ufed it in his Old Age. For a Pain in the Eyes. Take Rofe water in a Glafs, boil hard an Egg warm from the Hen, and take away the Shell, cut it in the Middle, and take away 1 6 New Curwfities in Art and Nature . away the Yolk, and dll it with Sugarcandy, and re¬ join both Parts, which you mud tie withCrimfon Silk, which done, diffolve a lit¬ tle Sugar of Lead in the Kofe-water, and put the Egg therein for Twenty- four Hours, then walh the Eyes with the fame Water. There is nothing better to takeaway an Inflammation. A Emflaifier to be apply’d to an Artery , which the King made ufe of. Take half an Ounce of Maffick , Bole-armoniack Two Drams, Saffron Fif¬ teen Grains, Opium a Scru¬ ple; the whole being re¬ duc’d to a Confidence in ah hot Mortar, make an Em- plaifter thereof with a little Turpentine, adding to¬ wards the End a little Vinegar. For the Pain of the Eyes, Apply a Snake’s Skin, and burn thefaid Skin, and re¬ ceive the Smoke into your Eyes. * For the fame. Take ripe Sloes, and beat them in a Marble Mortar, then didil them, and put a Drop of this Water into the Eye; For the fame, A Secret of Marshal de Fhorjknfon in Swede land. Take Rofe-water and Plantain-water, of each T wo Ounces, Fountain and Fen¬ nel-water, of each One Ounce; Alices Succotrine poudered half an Ounce ; put them into a Marble Mortar with the White of an Egg, and incorporate them till the Aloes be dif- folved : When you ufe it warm a little in a Silver Spoon,and put a Drop in the Eye Night and Morning. For the fame. Take a little White Vitri¬ ol in Pouder one Part, Flo¬ rentine Orris poudered a- not her Part, Sugarcandy another Parr, mingle them together; and put them in a Glafs of Fountain-water, more or Ids; warm it, and dir it continual!;, and put a Drop warm in the Eye going to Bed at Night. For the fame. Take a . New-laid Egg, road or boil it hard, take, out the Yolk ; which done, qrumble it in a Glafs, then cover it with Fountain-wa¬ ter, and infufe it all Night* in the Morning drain it, and add of Tutty the big- nefs of & Filbert, which you *7 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . (hall diffolve therein; put One Drop of this into the Eye. Another for the fame . Take Plantain-leaves that have not been eaten by the Worms, cleanfe them well from Dirt, and warm them a little; then apply the out- fide long-ways to the Eye, Two to each, and let them lye on all Night: If the Eye be curable the Leaves will dry, if not, otherwife. For Deafnefs and Noife in the Ears . Take a White Onion, cut it long-ways to takeout the middle Stalks, then join it i together, and tie it with a String, and fill the vacancy with Oil of Camomil, and roafl the Onions in hot Cinders; being roafied, |prefs it between Two Trenchers, and put fome of the Juice thereof into the Ear with Cotton. A Water of great Virtue to \ comfort the Teeth , preferve the Gums from Putrefafti- on , an(t cure the Watry Eyes . Take -half a Pound of White Vitriol, Bole-Armo- piack Six Ounces, Camphire an Ounce and half, and put it into Water ready to boil, and let it boil a little, and hrain it through a Linen- cloth, then take it from the Fire. This Water Cures all Sorts of Ulcers, De- flu&ions, mundifies and comforts the Parts, makes the Hands fair, and cures all Sorts of Itch. To appeafe the Tooth-ach. Take as much Water as Vinegar, and boil it with Cloves, Salt, Pepper, and a little Aqua Vita, and make thereof a Gargarifm* For the fame * Take of the inward Bark of Alh, and the inward Bark of Rofemary, of each half a quarter, burn them in a hot Chafing-difli, and of the Pouder thereof make a Pafte with Aqua Vita , and apply the bignefs of a Pea to the Artery. For the fame . Take the Juice of Celan¬ dine condens’d, cut ft in Two, and apply it to the Tooth. For the fame . Probatum. Take the Quantity of a Bean of Camphire, dilfolve it in as little as may be of Aqua Vita , in a frnall Glafs Vial, upon hot Cinders ; C then 18 New Curiosities in Art and Nature . then touch the Tooth with a little Tent of Cotton, or Linen; and if it be hollow, leave the Cotton or Linen moiftened in the Tooth. An Admirable Secret to make a ‘Tooth fall out of the Mouth without Pain. ' Take a Green Lizard, a* live, put it into a New Ear¬ then Pot unglaz’d, ftop it, and lute it well, and put it into a Furnace, and when you know ’tis dead take the Pot out; when ’tis cold make an Hole in the Cover, the bignefs of a Peafe, into which pour an Ounce of Aqua Fortify and half an Ounce of Aqua Vita , mix’d together, then ftop the Hole with fat Earth, and put the Pot to the Fire again, till theWaters be all confumed, and the Lizard reduced to Pouder, then beat it in a Wooden Mortar, and keep it in a Dry Place, to ufe as followetho y Rub the Gum of the Pained Tooth, and in a Moment after it will make the Gum to part from the ] Tooth, and it from the jj Jaw-hone, and fo you may take it away without Pain. I For the Jaundice. I Take Fine Steel, make it I Red hot in a Farrier’s Forge, j when’tis very Red take a Fourth Part of common Sulphur, and put to tho Steel, having a Wooden Veffel underneath, in which is Three Quarts of White- wine, and when the Sul¬ phur touches the Red Steel it will melt Drop by Drop, which you {hall let fall into the Wine ; this done, ftrain the Wine through a Li¬ nen-cloth, and drink there¬ of for Four Mornings, fall¬ ing Two Hours after; the Dole is a Glafs at a Time* You may alfo take the melted Steel in the Wooden VeiTel, and pouder it; which is Excellent for the fame Difeafe , and for the ftopping of the Months in Women, given in the De- co$ion of Betony or Lung¬ wort. An Infallible Receipt for the Falling-Si chiefs. Take a Man’s Skull,if for a Man, and a Woman’s, if for a Woman ; it muft be an entire one, make it into an impalpable Pouder, to which add the Root of Pe¬ ony poudered One Ounce, with Nine Grains of its Seed, and a Dram of Mif- feltoe of the Oak, all in Pouder, in a Pint of White- Wine, or the bsft Red Sfa- New Curiofities in Art and Nature . nijh Wine, or the belt Red Wine you can get; drink it all in Nine Mornings, the Nine lafl Days of the Moon ; and if the Difeafe returns at the increafe, give it for Nine Days in the New of the IMoon, aiid continue this for Three Moons. For the Spleen, Take a peice of Steel, , pouder it, and wafli it ] Twelve Times, changing your Water every Time, then infufe the Pouder in a Pint of White-wine, in the Sun, a whole Day, and jail Night over hot Cinders ; then take out the Wine and Pouder of Steel, and put to it half an Ounce of Sen¬ na, and a little Scolopen- dria ; you (hall take every Morning; Four Ounces in a Glafs, walking about the Chamber, and failing Two Hours after; unlefs fome Broth wherein a good ma¬ ny Herbs have been boiled ; to which you may add Ce- terach. Probat urn. i For a Pain in the Side, Take Black Pitch,Capon’s Greafe,New Wax, and Ro fin, of each One Dram; Oil of Camomil One Ounce ; Sulphur, Orris, of each a- ,!>out half an Ounce; Tur¬ pentine One Ounce; make an Emplailier of them all, and apply it to the Part grieved. For the Plurefie. Take an Handful’of Per- winkle, Beep it an Hour or T wo in White-wine, Brain it, and give it the Patient to drink. For the Beating of the Heart . Take diftilled Water of Balm ; it cures the Beating of rhe Heart, and hinders Vomiting. fo Cure a Swell*d and Infla¬ med Knee . Make a Cataplafm of Milk,White-bread Crumbs, Honey, Butter, Marlli-mal¬ lows, all well beaten and mix’d together, and apply it to the Pain. Againjlthe Plague 0 Take Carduus Benedict us in Pouder One Dram in a Glafs of Wine; it helps be* fore and after the Plague. The Juice of Carduus Be~ nediCtus made into a Syrup is excellent for the fame; For Smiled Cods 0 Take Salt of Carduus Benedict us , and mingle it with Sweet Wine, and lay Linen-cloth wet therein to the Parts. C 2 For 20 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. For the fame 6 Take Marigold-flowers, beat them, and prefsout the Juice, and foment the Part afflicted therewith warm, and lay the Dregs thereon dipp’d therein* P rob at urn. A Prefervative againft the Plague. Take Three or Four great Toads, Seven or Eight Spi¬ ders, and as many Scorpi¬ ons, put them into a Pot well Hopp’d, and let them lye fomeTime; then add Virgin-wax, make a good Fire till all become a Li¬ quor; then mingle ail with a Spatula, and make an Ointment, and put it into a Silver Box, well hopp’d, the which carry about you, being well allured that, while you carry it about you you will never be in* fe&ed with the Plague. Againft the Plague. Approv’d. Take Rue, Worm wood, Juniper-berries well beaten, Garlick cleanfed from its Peels, Angelica cleanfed from its Bark and Wood, Cloves, Nutmegs, of each One Ounce, beat them grof- ly in a Mortar; then min¬ gle them together in a Quart of the beh Vinegar, and boil them in a New Pot to the Confumption of the Third Part, then flrain them, and let them cool; being cold, put it into a Glafs-bottle, and ufe it as fclloweth. Dip a Linen-cloth therein, and fmeli thereto from Time to Time: Or elfe, take half a Spoonful fail¬ ing every Morning, being amongft the infected ; and „ rub your Joints, and Parts of the Body, which the Plague ordinarily feizes on ; and if you be infedfed, drink a Glafs thereof. For a Noli me tangere. Take of Crabs eyes cal¬ cin’d an Ounce a Day in White-wine or Broth in the Morning falling; and put foms of the fame Ponder upon die Plaiflers. To Cure all Sorts of Vleers and Gangrenes. Take an Handful or T wo of Quick dime, quench it in common Water, take a Dram of Sublimate, which diffolve alfo in common Water, pour on by Inclina¬ tion the Lime-water upon theSublimate-water,which will become Red ; wafh the Part with rhis Water, and it will make the Elear fall off. Am Niew Curiofities in Art and Nature. * - -;_o the An Admirable Plaijler for Wounds , Ulcers , Cancres , King's-Evil, Bubo's , Cor#/ w the Feet , ^ Tumours that come in fuch likje Places . Approv'd. Take the bed: Sallet-oil a Pound, put it in ail Ear¬ then Vedel upon the Fire, and when ’tis hot add Yel¬ low Wax cut .in pieces Three Ounces, dir it with |a wooden Spatula ; when ’tis melted put in Six Oun- [ces^ of Cerufe finely pou¬ der’d, always dining it ve¬ ry well, and the Mixture will become White, the Which in boiling will lofe ts Colour, and become 3 ark ; and before it be fo, idd Litharge of Gold very inely pouder’d and fearc’d pne Ounce, and when ’tis veil incorporated add half n Ounce of Terra Sigillata , nd incorporate them very lligently, then add half an )unceof White Baum,con- nually ftirring them that pey do not dick to theBot- )m ; and to know when all ; well boil'd, put a Drop i a Spoonful of Water • [ « *>e Black, ’tis a Sign is enough ; then take it om the Fire, and add wo Drams of Oil of Rofe- ;ary 5 and incorporate it with the red ; then k Joth reft about half a Quarter . an Hour, and when yc“ cn fhall hold it to the Ligh£ t0 if it begins to feparate, pur 0 * it into a great Bafon of 11 cold Water, and incorpo¬ rate it with your Hands to mingle it well; then make it into Rouls, that it may keep the better. For all Sorts of Old Ulcers. Take a dry Walnut-leaf pouder’d, put it on the Ulcer, and lay a Walnut- eaf thereon, the which Leaf alone will Cure the Ulcer. For the Hsmorrboides . Take a Tobacco-leaf, deep it a Day and Night in Water, and apply it to the Hemorrhoides, and it will Cure them. For the fame . Take a Sorrel-leaf, put it in a Paper, and roaft it under the hot Cinders; then beat it with Unguent and Oil of Rofes, equal Parts, made to the Confidence of a Pultis, and apply it E- vening and Morning, and you will fee Wonders. Other wife. Rub them with the Neapolitan Ointment. C 3 For 20 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . ^ ' For Corns in the Feet. Ji Take an Ounce of Dbchy- s.on, Mucilage One Dram, Verdigreafe One Pram; mix them well together, and apply them to the Corn, being par’d before. For the fame . Take the Root and Herb call’d Ho^fleek, which is round, and as big is a Fil- berd, more or iefs, take away the Earth that hicks about it, and cmfh it with your Fingers, and apply it to the Corn, renewing it every Three Hours, or Four or Five Times a Day, in T wen- ty-four Hours it will cure them fo that they iliall ne¬ ver return again. %oKill great and fmallPFarts 9 Take the Juice of Celan¬ dine that comes from the Plant by cutting, rub the Wart, and drop fome upon it. The fame is done with Milk of a Fig-tree. For a Burn, Quench Quick-lime^ and then niter the Water, and put the burnt Part thereout, or moiften it with a Linear cloth. Or elfe . DHTolve Catnphire in Aqua Fit # 9 and do a s be¬ fore. For the fame. Take frefh Horfe-dung and fry it with freih Create then prefs out the Juk through a Cloth, wit} which you (half anoint th Part afilidted, laying a Pa per thereon. For the fame. Take little Pieces of Cloth or Blue Serge, and dip then in Lamp-oil, then light anc burn them ; and all the Oi that falls in burning, take i in a Pewter Plate, and a noint the Part therewith and lay a Paper thereon. For all Sorts of Pain in th , Joints , even for the Gout. Take a Spoonful of th< Water of Houfleek, oj Plantain, diftill’d, Twc Spoonfuls of Oil of Worms, Three Spoonfuls of Cream, Two Ounces of Old Pork- Greafe, mingle them to¬ gether with a Spatula, and then rub the Part arfii&ed therewith. Probatum. A moft Excellent Balfam, Take Three Handfuls of Wormwood, ofMugwort, Rue, Rofemary, Sage, the Flowers and Leaves of each T woHandfuls,Lawrel-ber- ries, according to the Quan¬ tity you will make; but you,: New Curioftties in Art and Nature. 2 i you mull have more Rue and Wormwood than other He bs: Roil them in a Ket¬ tle in a fufficient Quantity of Oil of Nuts, and when the Herbs are enough, the which you will know when they look Black, then take them out of the Kettle, and pour out the clear Oil gent* ly ; then prefs the Herbs in a Cloth with a Prefs, todraw out all their Vertue, which add to the clear Oil ; put thereto, to the Proportion of the Quantity, Pitch-ro- {in beaten One Pound, Bees¬ wax half a Pound, Venice Turpentine Two Drams, Oil of Spike Two Ounces, dirring it continually with a Wooden Spatula. When all is well melted, drain if, and throw away the Dregs; put this Balm into a glaz’c Pot, flopp’d well with Parchment, and varnifh’c Leather thereon; and to do well, it mull be put into a Horfe-dunghil for Six Weeks, and ufe it as fol- loweth; and if you will have it Liquid, put not in fo much Wax and Rodn. Its Vertues. I. It cures all fredi Wounds in Twenty - four Hours, apply’d warm, ha¬ ving firft walk’d them with warm Wine. 2. It cures all Pains of the dead, apply’d warm to the Temples, and a warm Cloth aid thereon. 3. It cures Deafnefs when ’tis not inveterate, pftt into the Ear with Cotton, go¬ ing to Bed, laying a warm Linen-cloth to the Ear , which you mudobferve eve¬ ry Time you ufe the Balfam. 4. It cures the Pain in the Stomach, and days Vo¬ miting , helps Digedion , rubbing the Stomach there¬ with, and laying a warm Linen-cloth thereto. 5. It cures the Griping of the Guts, all Sorts of Cholicks, the Suffocation of the Womb, apply’d to the Stomach, Reins, and Belly. <5. It eafes the Patfie, and all cold Pains, apply’d warm with common Bolders; but you mud cover the Patient well to make him fweat. 7. Apply’d moderately warm, it cures the Twid- ing of the Nerves. $. ’Tis a Sovereign Re¬ medy for the Difficulty of Urine, apply’d warm to the Reins, along the Spine of the Back with warm Li¬ nen, and drink White-wine. p. It is excellent for the Sciatica, apply’d to the Part. 10. It cures venomous Bitings of Mad Dogs, Ser- C 4 • L -■ * 24 New Curiofities pents, or other Beads; but before you apply the Bal- fam you mud make the Wound bleed, and wadi it with Wine and Lint, and then apply it. For the Gout and Pgx . Take prepar’d Scam ma¬ ny, Liquoridi in Pouder, Turmerick , Guajacum r Mechoacan, Jalap, Turbith, of each Two Drams, Cream of Tartar, Hertno- dadtils, Sena of Levant., Guttagamba, China, Black Hellebore, Rhubarb, Sal faparilla , of each Four Drams, Fine Sugar One Ounce, pouder all apart, and mingle them together-; The Dole is One Dram in White wine or Broth for Four Mornings, abdaining from Four Days to Four Days. For the Hot or Cold Gout , or other Pains . Take Orange-flower-wa¬ ter, or Lemons, Rofemary- water. Water of Flowers of Spike, Venice Turpen¬ tine, put all together, and make them boil for half a Quarter of an Hour, con¬ tinually beating them with a wooden Spatula; and when you take them from the Fire, add Two good Spoonfuls of Aqua Vita re- in Art and Nature . find, as much Oil of Wax, beating it continually while ’tis warm; then fpread it upon a White Kid’s-skin, and apply it to the putrid Part, and let it lye on Three Days, and if it takes not away the Pain renew the Plaider. For the Sciatica. Take Glue, and make an Em plaider thereof fpread upon Kid’s-leather, and ap¬ ply it to the Part griev’d, leaving it on till the Pain be gone, or till the Plaider be¬ come Black, and comes off of it own accord, and you fee little Drops of Water upon the Part. For the Gout in the Feet . Take of the qlded Soot One Handful, Cahpn very finely pouder*d T woCfunces and an half. Two White Onions, both weighing half a Pound, beat them well to¬ gether, and put them in a Glafs Bottle, with Two great Glades of the bed Vinegar ; from the Full to the New Moon expofe the Bottle to the Air, and rub that Part with this Compo- fition. An Emplaifter for a Rupture. Take a Pound of Empla - ftrum adjtiernim cut in fmall pieces New Curiosities in Art and Nature . 25 pieces, and melt it over a gentle Fire ; then add half an Ounce of Diamond-ftone in Pouder, Bean-meal an Ounce, Filings of Steel One Ounce, Snails without Shells an Ounce, a little Pellitory of the Wall, or Fetherfew, Oil of Maftich Four Ounces, boil them all together till the Plainer be¬ come Black and Shining, s The Black Plaifter of j Catalonia. Take Six Ounces of Sal- f let-oil, Litharge of Gold ] Three Ounces, Red Lead, j burnt Lead, of each Two j Ounces, Gum-elemy, Black Soap, of each Two Oun-j ces, Rofin, Black Pitch, I Yellow Wax, of each Three j Ounces. The Oil, Litharge, ] Red Lead, and Burnt Lead, j muft be put together, then j the Pitch and Wax when sj the other are melted, the Gum-elemy and Rofin 1 when you have taken it frotn the Fire, and begins to be cold. a Pound of Turpentine * which diffolve in Wine and Oil, and afterwards Wax, if you will make aBalfa*iu The Blue Balfam . Take Sallet-oil , Venice Turpentine, Gum-elemy, Oil of St. John’s-wort, of each Three Ounces, Oil of Rofes Two Ounces, Rofin half an Ounce, boil them all till ’tis enough: ’Tis moft excellent for Gun- fhot, and all other Wounds. A Red Ointment . Take Sallet-oil, Litharge wafh’d, White Honey, of each Four Ounces, New Wax Two Ounces, Red Lead half an Ounce ; melt the Wax in the Oil, then add the Honey and Pouders finely beaten; being well incorporated, take them from the Fire, and your Ointment is made : ’Tis Good for the Scurf of Womens Brealts, for Ul¬ cers, to incarnate and dry them both at once. An Oil for all Pleurifies , Bruijes , Pal fie of the Nerves ■ and Pain of the Stomach . # Take a Pound of Sallet- oil, Three Quarts of White- wine, and half a Pound of Salt, let them boil together for feme Tim?, then add For a Scald Head, Take the Buttons of Wild Cucumbers, for want of them the Leaves, One Handful, Oil of Nuts half a Pound, 12 mufty Pilchards, beat them together, and put them into a glaz’d Pot, 2 6 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . with a Pint of the Blackeft Wine you can get, boil them to the wailing of the Wines, then (have the Head, and walh it with Ox~pifs, and anoint it with this Oint¬ ment for Four Days, which will be about the Time of the Cure, and the longeil that may be. Probat urn. For a Parapbymofu. Take what Quantity of Snails you pleafe, beat them in a Marble Mortar with their Shells, towards the end add a little Pork-greafe, beat and mingle all toge¬ ther, and apply it to the Part, and repeat it Night and Morning till it be cu¬ red. A mo ft Sovereign Remedy for Ferfons that lofe their Blood, from what Fart foever , ei¬ ther Man or Woman , Take frefli AfTes Dung, beat it in a Mortar, and ^refs out all the Subftance in a coarfe Linen-cloth; take a Spoonful thereof with Twice as much Syrup of Plantain. For the Phthiftck . Take half a Ounce of Crabdifli alive, beat them well in a Marble Mortar, and diftil the Water that come from them; give half a Glafs every Morning faffing, for, Eight or Ten Days. fo Bind. TakeCyprefs-nuts, bruife, and boil them in Red Wine, and give it to the Patient. A gentle Purge. Take a Dram of Jalap, with a little Ponder of Li- quorifh, infufe them all Night in White-wine. A Piifati that Purges gently. . Take half a Pint of Ver¬ juice, infufe therein half an Ounce of Sena in a New Pot over hot Coals; when the Verjuice is hot, put the Quantity of a Nut of Frefli Butter, and as much Salt as is enough for One Egg; boil it a little, and take it from the Fire, and let it in- ' fufe all 'Night; in the Morning llrain it through a dean Linen-cloth, and take a Dofe thereof every Morn¬ ing in Fat or Lean Broth. Foelix’j- Ptifan. Take Liquorifti, Polipo- dy. Red Rofes, of each One Ounce, Sena half an Ounce* a Pugil of Anife, a Dram of Chriftal Mineral, a Re- ; net-apple, and a Lemon cut in Pieces, infufe all in a Quart or Three Pints of cold .Water, and take a Glafs thereof New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 27 thereof Morning and Night. A Medicine that purges gently* Take an Handful of March Violets,and an Hand¬ ful of the Herb Mercury, boil them in a little Earthen Pot, with Mutton or Veal Broth, then drain if, and take it at Pleafure: If you dehreto add a tew Mallows, and an Bandful of Sorrel, ’twill not be amifs. Excellent Purging Lozenges . Take of the Three San¬ ders, Red Rods, Nutmegs, .Cinnamon, Turbith, Scam mony,ofeach naira Dram ; of Sena Two Scruples, Melon and Gpurge Seeds of each Five Scruples; pouder them all with Four Ounces of Sugar, make them into Loienges according to Art. A Syrup for thofe that arc fub- jeft to Swooning Fits , and cannot recover. Take as much Rofe-wa¬ ter as of the Queen of tlun- garys Water, and Sugar- candy, which melt over a gentle Fire, and you will have a Syrup, which min¬ gled with Cinnamon-water, works Wonders with thofe that are fubjeft to Swooning Fits, Madam , the Counters of Da- illon 3 / Water , by Monfieur de Forgerav, M. Take Three Handfuls of Cow-dung, Scabious, Lung¬ wort, Veronica Flowers, of each an Handful, Plantain, Queen of the Meadows, Shepherds Pyrfe, Pimper¬ nel, Buglofs, Fennel, of each an Handful; Two River- Crabs bruited, diiiil all in an Alembick, in Balneo Ma ride: The Dole Four Ounces every Morning. Otherwife , Take 4 /. of Cow-Dung, Flowers of Perwinkle, Sca¬ bious, of each Two litrle Handfuls, Four Pugils o£ Red Poppy Flower*, Flow-* ers of Coltsfoots, as much of the Tops of St. fybn 9 s-s Wort; diiiil all as before, and take the lame Dole. To preferve Health. Eajhr Dwarf, Elder Leaves in thtSeafon, with* out any Dew, and fet them to dry in the Sun; and take them in about Foui a Clock in the Afternoon,to ferve you in Winter. Make a Bed of thefe Leaves, and let the Party lye thereon, whom cover over with o- ther Leaves, .then with a . &heet and Covering, which 28 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . will make him fweat; and by this Means one may keep himfelfiii Perfed Health Magi fiery of Pearls . Take Oriental Pearls, put them grolly pouder’d into a Matras, and pour diililFd Vinegar thereon, or Lemon Juice, whichis better, as not having fo much fharpnefs; let it be Three Fingers breadth above the Pouder; then hop the VefTel with good Wax, and put it to digeb upon hot Cinders, birring it Two or Three Times a Day, till you fee thePearls in the Bot¬ tom of the VefTel converted Into a Lemon-like Juice; pour off the juice of Lemon gently by Inclination, and evaporate the red over a gentle Fire, till the Pearls remain in the Bottom of a White Pouder, which wadi Five or Six Times with diftill’d Rain-water, till they have loll all their fharpnefs ; and then the Pouder being wholly dry’d S tis the true Magihery of Pearls. Note. You m-uft pour on a few Drops of Oil of T ar- tar, which will make the Magiftery precipitate to the Bottom of the Velfel. The Spagyricks attribute to it thefe wonderful Ver- tues following, nigh to thofe of Aurum Potabile • they fay ’tisgood to pre- ferve the Body in Health, to drive away all ill Dif- pofitions, and particularly the Frenzy , the Vertigo , the Apoplexy , the F alling-Sick? nefs , and other Difeafesof the Brain. They fay alfo Yis a powerful Cordial, and has very great EfFeds . upon them that are fubjcd to Swoonings, Palpitation of the Heart, and thofe that are feiz’d with a Pebi- lent Fever; briefly, they accommodate it for the Cure of all the Principal • Parts. The Dofe is Twelve Grains, or One Scruple, in Juleps, or other convenient Liquors. An Aurum Potabile ; and an Inejlimablt Jreafure , which Cures Leprofies , Fal - ling-Sickriefs , the Fox , the Pal fie , and all incurable Maladies. Take Seven Old double Ducats, cement them with half a Dram of Sal Gem , well prepar’d in an Earthen Pot, well boil’d over a gentle Fire ; then wafh them, and dry them, and make them very Red in the Fire, keeping them in an Earthen VefTel very Clean New Curiosities in Art and, Nature . 29 and New ; being very Red, quench them in Sal let-Oil ; doing all this Seven Times, then they will be calcin’d, and may be made into Pou- der of a Saffron Dye, if you rub it between your Fin¬ gers. Take a Pound of Sugar - candy finely poudered, and therewith make one Lay upon another in the Retort or fealed Earth, the which bury in a Pot full of Sand, and cover the faid Pot with another Pot to keep in the Heat, and give it a gentle Charcoal-fire above and below ; let it be fuch a Heat as that when they bake tire Bread in the Oven, without being exceffive, Twenty-four Hours ; then take it from the Fire, and bray all in a Marble Mor¬ tar, and put it into a Vef- fel, that the Matras hold about twice as much as the Alembick, and at the Sides a Neck for the Matter, which put into the faid Veffel with a Pint of pure AquaVit £, and let them be fealed well Twenty-four Hours together over a good Fire, that the Aqua Vit£ may always boil; and when you fee a Whitenefs at Bottom, which is the Calx of the Gold,’tis done; pour out the faid Water by Inclination, which will be of a Violet Tincture, ap¬ proaching to Red or Yel¬ low, the which will Cure the Leprous, giving them One Grain a Day, and all other forfaken Maladies, and all incurable Difeafes. Another manner of making Aurum Potabile. Take Three Pints of Leaves of Gold, Three of Glafs of Antimony, Three Pints of Sugarcandy ; the whole well poudered, min¬ gle them together, and put them into a Glafs Alembick; the which being covered with its Head and Recipi¬ ent, diflil them with a gen¬ tle Fire at firft, and at laft a ltrong one: The whole will turn into a Liquor, which will be done in Five or Six Hours. The Dofe is Four or Five Drops in fomc Specific^ Water, and purges very gently. A moft Excellent Preparation 0} Antimony , and its Vir¬ tue. Take Mineral Antimony at lead Fifteen or Twenty Pounds, bruife it grofly ; that done, take Three Pots of Earth of an Alembick ; or of another fort that will < endure Jo New Curiofities in Art and Nature . endure the Fire well; peirce it at Bottom with little Holes, and there put a great Iron Pan full of Holes, wherein you (hall put your Antimony ; then put it up¬ on another Pot, and cover it with athird,that the Mouth of the one may juft go into the other; lute the Joints well; the Lute being dry, and without clefts, bury the iirft in the Earth, and make round about that which (hall contain the An¬ timony a Fourfquare Fur¬ nace of Brick, within the diftance of Four Fingers, which you (hall fill with Burning Charcoals, encom- pafling all the faid Pot with the Pot above, and there continue a great^ Fire for a long Hour ; let it be dying It whole Night, that it be all wholly cold, then unlute it,and you will find all your Antimony in your Pot be* low, which make into an impalpable Pouder, which you (hall put in an Earthen Mare, like a Paftry-cook’s, which is very large at the Bottom; the which place Upon a Furnace, wherein you (hall make a gentle Fire, Birring the Pouder conti¬ nually with a Spatula* till it frnoke not, and be of a Green! (b: Colour, taking I heed that-it melt not thro* too much Fire, then melt it I in a New Earthen. Veffel with a great Fire in an o- pen Furnace; when you have put it in Water, plunge in it a Rod of Iron, and ta¬ king it prefently out, fee at the Light if it be Tranfpa- renf«atid ofa Lemon Colour; then pour it out into a clean Copper Bafon ; being cold, make it into an impalpable Pouder, and put it into a Glafs Cucurbite, and pour thereon Vinegar Thrice dfe (filled ; cover the Cucurbite with a Glafs Box luted, with a ftarched Cloth be¬ ing very dry ; ' put half the Cucurbite into Horfe-dung for Three Days ; then ta¬ king it out of the Dung, un¬ lute it, and having refted a good Hour, pour out clear chat coloured Vinegar by Inclination into an Earthen Veffel without difturbing it, ftop the Veffel well, then pour other Vinegar upon your Pouders ; digeft them as before in the Dung for Three Days ; then pouring them gently into the faid Veffel, continue this Ex¬ traction and Procefs as long as the Vinegar will colour it; this done, take the Dregs at the Bottom of that Cucurbite, and walh them' New Curiofities in Art And, Nature . 31 them well with clear Wa¬ ter ; and being well rubb’d with a dry Cloth, pour on the Vinegar coloured ; then having put on its Top, di- tfill it dry in the Cinders, and there will remain a Yellow i(h Pouder in the Bottom, upon which you (hall pour the Quantity of Two Ounces of good Spi¬ rit of Wine; then having Ifirred it well, and covered the Cucurbite with its Box, that is, one of thofe Glafs iVelfels where they put the Jpreferved Cherries, lute it well with ftarched Bands, jand the Lute very dry,put it in Horfe-dung half cover’d ifor Three Days; then ha¬ ving taken it out of the Dung, unlute the Cloths, jletting it hand an Hour; pour out your Tindture into la clean VelTel, without snv Dregs, then Hop the Vei~ fel well, and put into the Cucurbite other Spirit of Wine, to the Heighth df (Two Fingers Breadth ; re¬ peating this Operation as long as the Spirit of Wine will colour itfelf ; then put all the Spirit of Winefo co¬ loured into a clear Cucur- ! bite, # and covering it with Sits Top luted, with a Re¬ cipient, diliil entirely all the faid Spirit of Wine, and keep the Pouders which you find in the Bottom of the Alembick, upon which you fhall pour Rain-water difiiird Thrice in Sand with a very gentle Fire ; and pour it on your Pou¬ ders, and diltil it as before; after which your Pouders will not be any ways Vo¬ mitive : The Vertues and Dofes of which are as fol¬ low. Four Grains taken in White-wine drives away theLeproiie, Pox, purify¬ ing the corrupt Blocd, pur¬ ges the Melancholick, re¬ fills Worms,cures the Afih- maticks, purges without Stool or Vomiting ; but by Sweat, Urine and Spittle, removes the CaufeofDif- eafes, and removes what is corrupted. To incite Venery . Satyr ion at the end of the Month of M*v, and take the Two Kernels that are within its Root, that o’rif Left Side is the better, and put Five or Six whole Ker¬ nels,or in pieces,into a Bottle of SpaniHi Wine, and (top it very clofe, and put it ve¬ ry deep in Bor fe-dung the lpace of Two or Three Months; then take there¬ of at your Difcretion, falling 3 2 New Curiosities in Art and Nature • in a Morning, and at Night goiftg to Bed. * For tbs fame. Take a Quart of Spanifti Wine, wherein put half a Dram of Oil of Sage, and flop it well, then bury it in Sand for a Fortnight or Three Weeks, and take thereof as before. Againfl the IVind in the Belly, Apply a Living Tench to the Patient’s Navel,the Head being upwards towards the Stomach, and tie it fall on with a Napkin, and there leave it Twenty-four Hours, till it be Dead ; then bury it in the Dung, and you will fee the Wind will va- nilh. Oil of Butter for a Cold Gout , and other Pains, Melt your Butter upon hot Cinders, and when it boils fcum it very well; then add the fame Weight of Spirit of Wine rectified, and put it over the Fire till it be evaporated, and the Oil remain at the Bottom. !To cleanfe and incarnate the Teeth and Gums, Take Dragons Blood and Cinnamon Three Ounces, Burnt Allurn Two Ounces ; make all of them into a line Pouder, and rub the Teeth therewith every other Day. To preferve the Gums , and the Teeth that are loofe . Take Earthworms c"l* cinSd, and rub the Teeth therewith; or elfe a Calve’s Li ver dried in an Oven, and poudered, adding the fame quantity of Honey, and boil it to the Confi- Itcnce of an Opiate. For the Marks of the Small- Pox, Wadi the Face with Wa¬ ter of White-wine Vinegar dilfill’d at Night going to Bed, and the next Morn¬ ing with a Decodtion made of Mallows and Bran ; do thus Eight Days toge¬ ther. To eaufs that Antimony (hall only purge downwards. Take Crocus Metal hr urn , and make it into a very hue Pouder, the which mingle with Aqua Vita^ the which rauft be Three Fingers breadth above the Crocus Metallorum ; but it matters not what Quantity, for the Aqua Vita draws what Ver- tue it can, and leaves the left ; then ftrain the Aqua Vita, and^ add thereto the fame Weight of good.Su- garcandy, and fet Fire to the Aqua Vita till it will burn no longer ; fo there will New Curiofities in Art And Nature. is will remain a Syrup, where¬ of you may give Two or Three Spoonfuls, even to Women with Child, for it works gently. To keep one from growing Fat, Take Cherry-kernels, and put them in Sugar-confedr, and ufe them Night and Morning; you may ufe White Tartar in lieu of jSalt with your Meat. Frobatum . The Singular Vertues of the Herb called Fluellin. ! This Herb is very com¬ mon, and yet little known by its Name ; it grows fre¬ quently among Corn, and plough’d Lands, about Harveft-time; the Country People ufe it when they cut tbemfelves with Sythes,d>x The Water of its Leaves land Branches, drawn v/hen ft is in its full Vertue, by an [Alembick,or Balneo Maria, is of Wonderful Ufe to flay the fpreading of a Cancer in ■he Breads, and the fpread¬ ing Polipus, \ though one jvould think they were incurable ; and if you apply ■he fame Herb to the Fore¬ lead it will infallibly ap¬ peal the Pains of the Head ; mjedled it mundifies and Consolidates Wounds, and quickly dries up Fiftula’s and Ulcers, which by other Remedies are made worfe; inftill’d into Warry Eyes it cures them, and days all De¬ ft uxioiis that may happen to them, and fo caufe In¬ flammations and Dimnefs; alfo apply d with a Linen Cloth upon Tetters, Itch, Puftules, Scabs, Pimples, Ringworms, St. Anthony 9 s Fire, &c . ’twill extinguifli them in a little Time, as al¬ fo all Inflammations; drank for One Day it days all Rheums, Vomitings, Flux of the Belly, dries up Hi- dropick Waters, appeafes Pains of the Cholick, cures Tertian and Quartan Fevers'; and I believe may profita¬ bly be given in other Fevers. A Wonderful Receipt for the Cure of the King's^ Evil, and other Wounds t Take a Quart of White- wine, put it in a glaz’d Ear¬ then Pot, and boil it with Two Ounces 6f Sugar, and Two Ounces of Round Birth wort cut in thin Sli¬ ces, and let it infufe upon hot Embers for Four Hours, till the half be wafted. For the King’s-Evil you mu ft add Two Drams o£ Zed oar y, and Two Drams of Horfe-radifh well bea- D teny Skir Curioftties in Art and Nature^ ten, and tied in a Linen Cloth. . When you ufe »t you muft foment it as hotas it can be fuffered, and it it be deep you muft fytinge it, aliddrefs it Thrice a Day; then take a Cole wort Lear, dry it a little, and apply it to the Wound with a Linen Bolder. to maty- *b e Ptaifter call’d Manns Dei. Take an Ounce and a quarter of Galbanutn, Three Ounces and Three Drams of Ammoniacum, and an Ounce of Opoponax, bruile the Gums in a Mortar, ana infufe them in Two Quarts of good White-wine Vine¬ gar, without Mixture, if it be poflible, the Space of Eight and Forty Hours,iiir- ring them every Day Twice or Thrice with a Spatula , then put them over the Fire in a Pofnet, and let it boil to the dimiiiitang of halt, or thereabout; then (train through a Strainer, or drong Cloth, prefling them to that there remain no bub- fiance ; then put tnem a- gain in the Fire, and make them boil as before, taring them always with an Iron or Wooden Spatula, till the Gums come tp a Body of the Confidence of Ho¬ ney, which you will know by letting fall a Drop or Two upon a Plate. This done, take Twc; Pounds and an half of Sal- ; let-oil, which you (hall pur into another Skillet apart with a Pound and half of Litharge of Gold, and at Ounce of Verdigreafe, both firft pouderd and fears’d, and let them boil over a very gentle Fire, ta¬ ring it continually with air Iron or Wooden SpatuL (for otherwife the Litharge will get together) till all be well incorporated together then increafe your Fire, and boil it till it become of 2 Red-brown Colour, though it will be Black before it wi! become Reddilb. This be- iug done, put in a Pound ci New Wax cut in little pie- ces, and melt it therein, ftir-l ring it continually with a Spatula; then put in your Gums, boifd before, and; warm’d a little, that they may drain the better: But- before this take heed that your Oil be not too hot. foriffo all will boil m the Fire. This done, take what follows well pondered and fears’d, Four Ounces of Di¬ amond of Levant, Fwo ; Ounces \ New Curio fit ies in Art and Nature. Ounces of Long Birthwort, Maffick, Myrrh, and Bdel¬ lium, of each One Ounce, and Two Ounces of the pure/f Frankincenfe, which you (hall put into the Skil¬ let, and incorporate them v l r V diligently together, the Skillet being taken from the Fire; and take heed that when you put in the faid Pouders your Oil be not too hot, for al will fly out; ana then you mail let all over the Cin¬ ders, or a very gentle rire, that they may incpr- porate the better. And when it is cold make a Pafte thereof with your Hands moilfned with Vinegar, and make it into Rowls upon a Table, be- (prinkled alfo with Vine¬ gar ; and when they are dry wrap them in a Paper, and keep them for your The faid Plaifter will keep good Fifty Years; and tis not good to ufe it till it hath been made Two to* Three Months. '_You need not ufe any rents, nor Lint, unlefs the Abound whereon you apply Up r’ or thac th = Idh encreafe too much, sufteat noGa?lic C k or O- 35 ’5' 7 s v «y good fo r Old or New Wounds • it deanfes, and makes Flefit come without Corruption • it unites Nerves cut afuii- der, and ftrengthens the brutfed ones ; it cures any Windinefs, even in the Head; it cures Wounds made by Gunfliot, allays the Inflammation, draws out Iron and Bullets out of Wounds, and Splints of Bones, if they be in the Body. It cures the Bitings of Venemous and Mad Beads, fenflbly drawing out the V rl om J, k cures aI1 Sorts of Apoflhumes and Kernels, Cancers, King’s-Evil, Fi¬ bula’s, and even the Plagu^ itfelf. It is alfo very good to make Rebellious Hemor- lhoides flow j it is alfo very good to cure the Farces in Horfes. daily ap- prov d offor curing a mul¬ titude of Difeafes. For the Megrim 0 In the Month of May.. and m a Fair Morning, early, before the Sun-rife, take Mallow-leaves, and draw up the Dew thereof into your Nofe ; This ab- iolutely cures the Megrim, without Rclapfe. D 2 FOR ^ New Curicfitks in Art and Nature. F O R T H E 1ISEASES O F “Women and Children • CHAP. II. To make a Woman loje her or Two, *" in a Day f T\Ake Rile, and put it A between the Two Arm-holes Night and Day, and (he will quickly lofe her Milk. Probatum, For an Infant dead in the Mo¬ ther s Womb . Give the Mother the Juice of Hyfop to drink in warm Water, and the will immediately be delivered, though it were Rotten. Probatum, To deliver a Woman quickly , and make her void the Af¬ ter birth, or Dead Child ; and fit the Apoplexy, Drops of the EfTence of Rofemary in a Glafs of good jj White-wine. N>te^ The Patient mull hand .upright, and you mult | rub their Stomachs* toJ! make the Remedy penetrate the better; and if it fuc- ceeds not the firft Time 'twill not fail the fecond. II Take Seven or Eight For the fame. Take Mallows, and beat them in a Marble I Mortar, and apply them ' in Form of a Cataplafm, or Pultis, to the Reins of the Back* Noted New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 37 Note, You mull: not let them remain there long. For Pains after Child-birth. Take Two New-laid Eggs, and fwallow them ■ with the quantity of a Small Nut of Sugar, imme- J diately after (he’s deliver’d, j then drink a little Water and Wine. For a Fever coming from Milk. Take White and Green Populeum, melt it upon hot Cinders, then rub the Breads therewith, and lay Wade-paper upon the Teat, and lay a Cloth Four-dou¬ ble thereon, and let not the Air come to them. For the fame. Take Potter’s-Earth, Beans the Husks taken off. Whites of Eggs, Eels boil’d in Vinegar, Oil of Rofes, all beaten and well mingled together, make a Pultis, and apply it cold. To procure the Monthly Cour - fes. Take Two Dailies, walh them in clean Water, and dry them, then boil them with the White of an Egg in Water, in a glaz’d Pot, and (train them, then put them into a Pot again with Wine, wherein put half a Dram of Saffron dry’d ; let it boil Three or Four Times, and of this take a full Glafs Night and Morn¬ ing for Three Days toge¬ ther. For the fame . Take Black Chick Peafe, boil them in Water, and drain them when they are boil’d, whereof take a full Glafs every other Morning, for Three Mornings. To make them have their Courfes in order that have them not. Take a good Handful of Fetherfew, boil it in Water, [drain it through aCoarfe Cloth, and take thereof a [ good Glafs full Three l Mornings, every other Morning. To know if a Woman he with Child. Take her Urine and put it in a Copper-pot, where- imput a Piece of Iron filed bright all Night; if die be with Child you will fee Red Spots, if not, it will become Black and Rudy. To provoke the Terms. Take the Leaves, Bark or Berries, of Privet, beat them, and infufe them D 3 Twenty- 1 ; —■—;--- - — 1 — 1 ■■■ — New Curiosities in Art and Nature, Twenty-four Hours in White-wine, whereof take Two or Three Ounces for Three Mornings together. To ma\e the Small-Fox come forth . Take a piece of Pork, en- terlarded with Fat and Lean, roaft it upon a Spit; and as long as ’tis roafting befprinkle it With Rofe- water till it tafte no more of Greafe; keep that which remains in the Dripping- pan, which put in a Glafs Veffei for your life, and anoint the Face, and other Parts, therewith,and It will affuredly and per¬ fectly make them come out. Frobatwm. To -prevent the Marks of the Small-Fox . Take a CalPs or Ox’s Lungs, put them upon Burning Charcoals, and when they begin to drop, take a Spunge and fuck up the Water, and prefs it out into an Earthen Veffei, adding thereto the fame Weight of Male Porks Greefe* and as much of the Juice of Wormwood; min¬ gle them well, and incorpo¬ rate them upon a good Chaiing-difh, then with a Sprig of Worm wood 5 which you fhall tnoiften therein, fprinkle it upon the Face. Note, You mu ft not ufe this Remedy till Nine Days be paft. For Wor ms in little Children, Melt fine Tin feveral Times, and every Time quench it in Fountain-wa¬ ter^ which give the Chil¬ dren for their common. Drink. To Cure Infants of the Con~ vulfions . Take Herf s-dung, Pea- eock’s-dung, dry is yet bet¬ ter, part each piece in Two, and you will find a little White Infide, which you muft take out dexteroufly with the Point of a Knife, and beat it with Loaf- Sugar, and make thereof a Pouder, and give half a Dram thereof as you fee occalion, or a little more in Broth or White-wine, To Cure a Sore Throat . Take Roch-Allom Two Ounces, dry’d Cuttle-bone, Sandy Spunge, of each One Ounce, calcine them in an Unglazd Earthen Pot in an Oven when the Breads taken out, Night or Morn¬ ing; iayfomeof this Pou¬ der upon the Tongue at your Difcretion, rubbing >- W Nature. J 9 the Throat well above and below, and in the Morning drink good and Strong A- qu* Viu, fo continuing for Twelve or Fifteen Days. F or the fame. Take a Sheep’s fmall Guts, put them about your Neck till they be cold, then apply others hot from the Sheep new killed, and io continue this as long as you pleafe. Harts-Horn prepared, of each One Ounce, Aroma- ticum Rofatum, Sugarcan- dy of each Two Ounces, liquid Conferve of Rofema- ry One Ounce, of the Leaves of Cichory, Baum and Ge- t-rach, a little of each , beat and mingle them well together, and take thereof the Quantity of a Filbera Night and Morning For the fame. Take the Pouder of a Vi¬ per’s Head, and fow it m a Ribbon, and hang it about your Neck. To ft ay Womens Fluxes. Take White Vine-leaves dry’d in the Shade: 1 he Drift is half a Dram, or a littli more, in White-wme. T„ flay the Blood in Women. Take a Dram of Pome- granate Rinds in JPouder in Two Ounces of Plantain- water. then take a Skam of New Thread, moiften it in flrong Vinegar, and apply it to the Part. An Opiate fir the Green-Sick; nefs. Take Croats Mart is. Imperial Violet-Water. Take a Quart of Rofe- water, half a Quartern of March Violet-flowers, put them into an open Glais- bottle, that will hold Two Quarts, the Violets being dripped, and the White cut away, and fet them in the Sun till the Leaves be White, then drain them, and put them in the Sun again for about a Fortnight or Three Weeks, taking them m eve¬ ry Night; then add a >ound of tine Sugar poudered, and let it diffolve; then an Ounce of good Cinnamon beaten, which leave therein for about Twenty-four Hours, to draw out all ns Vertue ; then lhim it, and flop it; take a Spoonful there of when one hath the Fits of the Mother, tit* C f* x j£' or in Child-birth, or Weak¬ ness, or the Cholick. P 4 1 1 A o New Curiosities in Art and Nature. T 0 Embellijh and Preferve E A U T Y, CHAP. III. The Receipt of the ^iieen 0/ Hungary V Water. IN the City of Buda, in the ■ Kingdom of Hungary , is so be feen the prefent Re¬ ceipt of the moft Serene Princefs Donna J Ifabdla , Queen of Hungary a I Donna Ifabdla , Queen of Hungary , aged Seventy- two Years, infirm in my Members, and Gouty, have ufed this prefent Receipt a whole Year* which an Her- mite , whom I never faw before, nor finee, gave'me, which had fuch Effedf up¬ on me, that from that Infiant I was Cured, and recovered my Strength, in- fornuch as appearing Beau¬ tiful to every one, the King of Poland would have efpoufed me, whom Ire- fufed for the Love of our Lord Jefus Chrift , believing it was given me by an An¬ gel. Take Aqua Fit* diftilled Four Times Thirty Oun¬ ces, Rofemary - flowers Twenty Ounces, put all in¬ to a Veffel clofe Bopp’d the Space of Fifty Hours, then difiil them in an Alem- bick in Balneo Mari*, and take thereof a Dram in the Morning once a Week in fome other Liquor, or elfe with your Vi&uals* and wafh the Face every Corn¬ ing, and rub the infirm Members therewith. This Remedy renews the Vigour, caufes a good Spi¬ rit, cleanfes the Marrow, fortifies 45 New Curiosities in fortifies the Animal Spirits, renewing their Operations, reftore* the Sight, and preferves it to Old Age ; it is excellent fqr the Sromach and Bread, rubbing them therewith; when you ufe this Remedy you need not warm it. For the Pimples in the Fate. Put Salt-petre into a Linen-cloth, and tie it well then having wet it in fair Water, wafla them there¬ with. For the Rednefs in the Face . I Take Monks-Rheubarb land Mutton, boil them to¬ gether, and wafh the Face with the Water thereof. For the fame. Upon a Pound of Veal put Six New-laid Eggs, beat them together, and add IhalfaPint of White-wine Vinegar, and an Handful of Wild Tanfie, didilthem in Balneo Marine , and wafh the Face therewith. For the fame. f TakePlantain-water with he Elfence of Sulphur, put hem together, and apply hem Night and Morning vith a Linen-cloth. Art and Nature . To take the Spots out of the Face . , Take the Roots of fharp- pointed Docks and Melons of each Two Pounds, Ten Swadows Eggs, Salt,of Ni¬ tre half an Ounce,' White Tartar Two Ounces, beat and mingle them all to¬ gether, and diftil them in a Glafs Alembick, and wafti with this Water, and you will fee Wonders. Cloths for Masks, Take Four Ounces of White Wax, Goats Greafe, Sperma Cceti , of each Two Ounces, Camphire One Ounce, melt them all toge¬ ther, and dip your Cloaths therein. An Excellent Pomatum for the Lips . Take Oil of Sweet Al¬ monds One Ounce, put it upon the Fire, with about a Dram or a little more of MuttonSuet newly kill’d, and of Wild Buglofsfcrap’d to give it a Colour, boil them fome Time together , and ’tis made for your Ufe : You may if you will in lieu of Oil of Sweet Al¬ monds take that of Jafmin, or other Flowers, if you would give it a good Scent; the Oil of Sweet Almond s mx & 42 New Cunofities in Art and Nature. mu ft Fire. be drawn Tfl take away thz Rednefs of the Face. Take the long Bones of Sheeps fe-* sivibarn them in the Fire till uuy tray be cafily poudered, whicn you (hall infufe in White-wine for the Space of Twenty- four Hours ; then dram it, and ufe it, to wafti and cleanfe the Face ; for Four Feet you mult have a Glals of White-wine. , Handkerchiefs of Venice. Take of French Chalk half a Quarter, calcine it In a Glafs Furnace, or other- wife ; then moiften it with Good Aqua Vita, or good Spirit of Wine, letting them incorporate well together for Twenty-four Hours; then wet your Cloaths therewith, and let them dry in the Shade, out of the Dull, the Sun or Fire ; ’tis rood to moiften them thrice, and then ufe them dried : This Manner is moft excel¬ lent, and never fails. Lac Virginis. Take Storax and Benjoin of each Two Ounces, pou- der them, and ftrain them, with Twelve Ounces of Spirit of Wine Three or Four Times; put them all without 1 in a Glafs-bottle that is 1 Two Thirds empty, flop it D/i4*/'Umpnfc nnrkmP* 1 WU JL iiuvt* V .* with Parchments, pricking Four or Five Holes in it, then put it in Balneo Ma¬ fia for a Quarter of an Hour only ; that is, when you fee the Water boil, take the Viol off quickly, and wrap it in a Napkin, that the Bottle break not; then, take an Ounce of White Balfam, or that of Peru, in¬ to which put the Treddle of an Egg, firft mingled in your Hand with as little as may be of Aqua Vita, then let all fettle for Forty Days, and then ufe it. Another Lac Virginis, more ready and fure. Take Houfleek, beat it .in a Marble Mortar, and take out the Juice with a Prefs ; drain the Juice, warming firft a very little; which helps to clarifie it, ana when you will you may ule it you mud put it into a Glals and put therein fomi Drops of good Spirit o. Wine, and inftantly you wii have a kind of Curdled Mill of the faid Juice, which I moft excellent to unite th Skin, and take out Wrinkle A moft Excellent Span'll White. Take the Seeds of Ot New Curiofities in Art and Nature. ental Pearl, White or Pale Coral, of each T wo Ounces, beat them apart, then put them into a Matras,and adc as much Aqua Fort is as you fliall think hr, Juice of Le¬ mon is better; then you mu have another Matras, wherein you muft put Tin- Ice Eight Ounces, having hrfi: beaten it well, and pour therein the Paid Water till all be diflblved ; then min¬ gle the Pearl and Coral to¬ gether, and that which you have dillolved to the Tin- Ice, pour upon the faid Pearl and Coral, to caufe them to precipitate; and be¬ fore you mingle them you muft add twice every Day Fountain-water till you perceive no Tafte of the A - qua Fortify and then you ftiall ule it with Peach-flow¬ ers, diftilling each apart; and when you ufe them take a little Quantity of ^ach, and fo Compound them. To whiten the Teeth . water. Syrup White Honey, lantain-water, of each half in Ounce, Spirit of Vitriol ’our Ounces; mingle them ogether,and rub yourTeeth v hh a Linen-cloth, and valh them with equal Parts « Rofe and Plantain-water, 4? F of the fame, p T a o ’Flowers of R e d Rofes,of each a Email Handful, Orris Root half an Ounce, Guaiacum Three Drams, Rofewood a Dram £ U ^ e ; bone Two F)tams, Maflick Three Drams, Myrrh and Cinnamon, of each a Dram, Pumice-ftone prepared Six Drams, Red Sanders Andy poudered hair an Ounce, Red Coral hix Drams, make them in¬ to a Fouder. For the fame. Take Red Coral, Cuttle- i>one, both reduced to fine Pouder, Pearls, Crabs- uaws calcin’d. Burnt lartshorn, of each One Oram, Salt of Wormwood a Scruple, make them into a Pouder. To make the Hair grow. Take the Tops of Hemp when it begins to appear a- bove-ground, fteepit Twen¬ ty-four Hours in Water, wherewith you fhall well moiflen the Teeth of the Comb you make ufe of on¬ ly every Encreafe of the Moon ; it is certain this makes the Hair grow much, A 44 Uew Cur iofties in Art and Nature. A Paflzfor the Hands * Take Two Pounds of Sweet Almonds, b a jc * and beat them ma MarbU Mortar, infofe them in Two Quarts of Goats 01 Cows Milk for Two or Three Hours, firatn and ptefs them in a Coarle Linen-cloth; .put this {trained Liquor in a Batin over a Charcoal Fire, add¬ ins; thereto the Crumbs or a Two-peny White Loaf- with about Two Drams of Borax, and as nr ch Burnt Roch-AUom, and towards the end an Ounce of Sperma Cxti ; you muft ftir it con- ftantly that it flick not to the Bottom of the Batin ; the Sign that ’tis enough | is, that it will not fall from the Spatula in taking it out ; to boil it to Pur- , pofe it will tak- Five or Six Hours at lead; this Pafte is mod Excellent, New Curio ftties in Art and Nature. 45 C OLLECTION Divers SECRETS, T aken out of the CABIN ET O F A Perfon of Quality. C H A P. IV. A Water for Inflam'd Eyes, T*Ake the Water of an A Infant Three Pints, Roman-vitriol, and Tatty prepar’d, of each Four Ounces, mingle them for Eight Days fpace, then di- liil, and put a Drop Morn¬ ing and Evening into the Eye, and it will quickly be cur’d. For the Cbolick. Take of Green Anife, Cummin* Agarick, Worm¬ wood, Centory, Gentian, equal * Parts, and make thereof a Pouder ; the Dofe is Two Drams in Broth. An Admirable Water againfk the Cholick, Take the diftill’d Water of Nuts and Camomile, of each Four Pints, infufe therein the Flowers of Ca¬ momile and Elder, of each Six Handfuls for Four Days in Balneo Maria , or other hot Place, then fxatn it, and add the Flowers abo'/efaid, and Fennelfeed, Anifeed, Juniper-berries, of each Two Ounces, Bay- berries Five Ounces and an half. Cinnamon half an Ounce, dried Mint a Pugil; 4<5 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. let them infufe Two Days in B. M. then diftil them ; the Dofe is Two or Three Ounces, Againfi the Heat of the Sun. Take Rofe-water Two Ounces, Milk One Ounce, Verjuice half an Ounce, Frankincenfe beaten Two Drams, the White of an Egg well beaten ; rub the Face before you go to Red. For them that Spit or Vomit Blood from a Fall . Take the Pcuder of the Vine-leaves in Three Ounces of Broth One Pugil; then, being fettled, you mu it take half k Giafs of the Vul¬ nerary Decodtion for Eight Days, For Pain of the Teeth. T ake equal Parts of Ho¬ ney, of Rofes and Aqua Vita , boil them together, and wafti the Mouth there¬ with. Contufms , Falls, Blows , without Wounds. Oil of Juniper. Take Juniper-berries, ga¬ thered from the Month of Auguft to the end of Sep¬ tember, bruife them, and infufe them in Fountain- water Three or Four Days, and the Water of the hr it Inflation will ferveforthe reft, for the firft is the beft ; take Two Earthen Alem- bicks, the One full of Ber¬ ries, and the other half full of the Infuiion, this put into the Earth, and the one faftned upon the other; after having ftrained it through a Cloth, put it into a Furnace ; being cold, open, it and gather the Oil, letting the Water run out; take Care that it take not Wind. The Vfe. A Secret for Wounds, Cancers, Reins, Spleen, Leprolie ; the Dofe is Two or Three Drops in Broth. For the Tooth-ach. Take a Cake of Honey, let it boil in the beft Red Vinegar till it come to a Pap, make an Emplaifter thereof, and apply it. For Wounds and pricks* Take Nightftiade-leaves bruifed, and apply them. Take good Honey Two Ounces, a Giafs of the ftrongeft Vinegar, Cloves half an Ounce, let them boil in a New Pot till a quarter be waited, rub your Teeth therewith Morning, after Dinner, and at Night. Tk New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 47 The Cefhalick Ponder. Take Grape-flowers half an Ounce, Violet-flowers, White Nutmegs, half an Ounce, Be tony-flowers Two Ounces, all dry'd and poudered, befprinkle them with Rofe-water, dry them again ; beat them together with a Grain of Amber- greafe. An Oil as good as Balm. Take Flowers of St. John's-wort half an Ounce, put to Two Ounces of Sal- let-oil, One Spoonful of the Juice of Coronata; put them all in a Glafs, and fet it in the Sun for Three Or Four Hours. Hypfocras , Extempore. Take a Quart of Aqua Vita , in which infufe Four Ounces of Cinnamon, an Ounce of Cloves, and Nut¬ meg, or elfe Ginger; infufe them all together ; and to make Hyppocras, put Two or Three Spoonfuls in a Quart of Wine. Rofa Solis. Take Two Quarts of A- qna Vita , of Sugar, or pou¬ dered Sugar, a Pound and half, common Water a Pint and half, wherein you fhall boil them to the Confift- ence of Syrup not quite boiled enough ; then put in half an Ounce of Cin¬ namon poudertd, and put it to the Syrup when ’tis boiled enough ; to feent it, pour it through a Cloth with Two Grains of Musk, and half an Ounce of Su~ garcandy. O F '48 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. OF Jewels and Tearls. CHA I x Artificial Pearls , as r TPAke the faireft and greateft Seeds of Pearls, bruife them, and ditto! ve them in Allom- water, which is all the Secret; then make them into a Pafte, and wafh it gently with di- ftilled Water ; afterwards make it into a Pafte with Bean-flower-water, and di- geft it in Dung the Space of Fifteen Days; then having the Coniiftence of Pafte, you (hall form Pearls thereof with a Silver Mould ; avid peirce them with Hogs- hair, and hang them in an Alembick ftopt clofe, to the end the Air alter them not, then proceed after this Mariner. Rouleach one apart in Leaf-gold, then ^ cleave a Barbie in the Middle, and put them therein; make a Pafte of the Laid Barbie P. V. fair as the Natural. with Wheat-flower, and bake it in an Oven, as you bake Bread. If they have not Luftre enough, take the Water of a kind of Herb called Gra¬ ft uli, with Six Ounces of Pearls in Ponder, One Ounce of Salt-pet re. Two Ounces of Roch-allom, and Li¬ tharge of Silver ; the Pearls being made, you {hall heat them a Tittle, and quench them in this Compolition, then dry and wafh them, repeating this Five or Six Times. harden ihem 0 Take Lapis Calaminaris in Ponder, and Vitriol, of each One Ounce ; the Whites of Eggs beaten to a Water, mingle them toge¬ ther, and diftil them, and there will come forth a clear Water, with which, and with 5 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . ^ with very Fine Barley Meal, you (hall make a Palle, in which you you (hall put your Pearls to be baked in I an Oven. An Admirable Secret to rrbi¬ tch Pearls, , Take Common anc Roch Allom, of each One Pound, diftil this to a Wa* | ter, half an Ounce of Cam- phire, Solomon's Seal Two 'Ounces, redfihe it, then ufe it with a moilf Linen- icloth. For the fame . Take an Handful of Wheat-bran,boil it in a Pof- net with a Pint of Water; andwhen’tis boiled, pottr Out half of the faid Water, md then in an Earthen Por- •inger varnifhed, wherein hall be the Pearls ilrung, vhich you (hall let fleep herein till the Water be lmoft cold, that you may ub them gently with your lands till the Water be vholly cold, then throw a- vay that Water, and put n new upon the Pearls; o thus ofteh, and then our Water will be clear, /hichyou fhall warm, and ut into the faid Porringer, ^herein you (hall clear the id Pearls without tubbing > them ; and do it fo, reitera¬ ting it with a Second warm Water ; at lad you fhall put up the faid Pearls, without fouling or unfiring- ing them, on White Paper, and carry them into a Cel¬ lar upon a Board or Bench without covering them, and let them remain there only Twenty-four Hours. . Note, For fear the Cats or Rats fhould enter, and throw them down, you muff put at the Bottom fome weighty Thing. Fo make Excellent Sapbires 0 Take White River-crabs, and calcine them, fo that they look Red in the Fire, and quenching them ini** ftrong Vinegar, repeating this Operation Six or Se¬ ven Times in the fame Vi¬ negar, reduce them into Pouder in an Iron Mortar ; then put it into a Crucible, with the Weight of the Crabs, and Mofs of Tartar, which is thus to be or¬ dered. Calcine the Tartar, and put it in a moilf Place iii Hippocrates Sleeve; and in the Bottom of the Paid. Sleeve there will be gathered a Mofs, which the faid Tar« tar makes in liquifying and turning rtfelf into Waters E Theci 5 ° New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Then caver the Crucible, and fet it to diflolve for the fpaceof Four Hours.- To Dye Crabs White and Tran - fparent . You mu ft calcine them after the Manner before prefcribed, and reduce them to Pouder within the fpace of Four Hours, and caft thereon very Fine Pou¬ der of Salt of Tartar, and of Salt of Alcali ; and to- wards the end throw in of Bay-Salt fixt a very little, a quarter of an Hour after let it cool ofitfelf. Before you put your Crabs in Iftfufion you muft fake a part of them, and beat them in a Brafs Mortar, and you will make an Emerald £ the Second Part you muft beat in an Iron Mortar, with a Peftle of the fame, and this, will be of a Ruby Colour ; and the Third Part in a Glafs Mortar, ‘with a Peftle of the fame, and this will be a Diamond. To reduce a Crab into Pafle, and make it into what Form one wyuld. Take River-Crabs, and calcine them, and break them into little pieces, then let them fteep Twenty- four Hours, or more, in Strong Vinegar, till they may be reduced to a Pouder, the which you (hall mix with Turpentine and Organi- cura ; the whole being well pafted together, make then into what Form you pleafe, and then bake them in an Oven. To make Fellow Amber White . Take, for Example, a Pound of Yellow Amber, and put it into a veryflrong Cucurbite of Earth, and add thereto Two Poundsof Sat Gem, or Bay-Salt, and upon them as much Foun¬ tain-water as will ferve to diffolve the Salt ; which being diftolv’d, pour on a little River-water, and boil them all together in an Alembick without a Neck the fpace of Four Hours. To make Horn for Lanthorns < Take a Dram of Li¬ tharge of Gold, half an Ounce of Quick-lime, min¬ gle them together with Wine in Form of Pafte, and with this Compofition make divers Lays of one Side and the other of the Horn, having ftrft well clear’d it; being dry, take out all the Pouder, and re¬ peat it as I have laid ; be- New Curiofities in Art and A at are. ^ x A very Fair Green far Mina- ing dry, t.*ke out your White Pouder, unite them, and lute them with Tri¬ pps and Sallet-oil, and Linen, rubbing them well. To make the Grain of IValnut upon White Wood . You (hall fpread upon the Wood Seven or Eight Lays of ftrongGlew,till it be¬ come fhining,and then quick¬ ly give a good many Blows 'with a Wooden Brufli, well wet in common Water. An Excellent Varnijh to lay on Copper-Plates for Etching . Take Two Ounces of dear Linfeed-Oil, Two Ounces of Benjamin, the bignefs of a Nut of Virgin’s Wax, boil them to the Coniumption of a Third sPart, always (lirring it with a Stick, and *tis done ; j when you would u(e it warm a little the Plate you I are to Engrave, and with lyour Finger’s-end take up a little of the VarnKh, and fpread it as thin and even i as you can, the thinner the better, thenfmoke it with a Candle, and lay your |Plate on burning Coals till lit has done fmoking, then jdraw your Deiign, and Engrave with a Needle or Points ture. Grinde Verdigreafe with Vinegar, and a little Talk Tartar, being well ground, add a little Quick- hme and Sap-green, grinde all very well together, and keep it in Shells, if it grow, hard make it thin with Vinegar. To maty Sajhes as clear as Glafs . Take Parchment, Vel¬ lum, or Fine Paper, very thm and fmooth on both Sides, being wet ftretch it on the Sa(h, and let it dry, then take Two Parts of Nut-oil, or Linfeed-oil, Two Parts of Fair Water, and a little beaten Glafs, make them boil In a Glafs on a Tile, pretty near the Fire, till the Water be quite confumed, and ’tis done, lay it on in the Sun, or a little warm. A Varnijh as bright anti Jhining as Glafs , for Frames , Leather , or what elfe you Jhall think fit. Take Amber a quarter o£ an Ounce, Gum Lac Two Drams, Oil of Turpentine Two Drams, Turpentine One Dram, Litharge and Limeed»oil as much as is fufntienfc E i The New Curiofities in Art and Nature . The Way of making this Compofition is to take a Pot or Glafs, in which put a quantity of Linfeed-oil, which boil till it burn a Feather being put into it, and ’tis enough ; then melt the Amber in a dean Ear¬ then Pipkin, and put it in¬ to the Linfeed-oil ; the Gum-lac mu ft be melted by itfelf in the Turpentine, which pour into the fame Pot; . the Gum-lac will melt if you lightly anoint the Pot with Linfeed-oil; then lirain all through a Cloth; if you would ufe it on Silver or Gold, take the fined Yellow Earth, well wafhed from Gravel, and other Foulnefs; and being well dried, add a little Minium and Cerus, with an equal Quantity of Oil of Nut and Spike-oil, boil them well, and with this Compofition delign what you will when ’ns cold, and with what Colours you pleafe mixt with Glue- water. After all, repeat the Varnifh, and ’twill be as Bright as a Looking-glafs. To Gild Paper . Grinde Bole-Armoniack with Rain-water, and give One laying of it, being dry, beat the White of an Egg to Water or Glair, adding a little Sugarcandy and Gum- water; lay it over with this, lay your Leaf gold or Silver upon it. To harden Tin , and give h a Silver Colour . Make a Mixture of Tin and Lead with Greek Pitch, then take a Piece of Potter’s Earth, and with a Stick make a Hole m it, into which put your Mixture ; upon which pour S;x Ounces of Tin melted in a Crucible, before it be cold ; make alfo a Hole in that, into - which pour half an Ounce of Mercury, which will penetrate the Subdance of the Tin, and both har¬ den and colour it. To colour Straws of divers Sorts of Coldurs. Having the Larged Bar¬ ley Straws, which mud be gathered in the Shade, take the Yellow Bark of a Bar¬ berry-tree according to Dif- cretion, boil it ill clear Lye, then throw in your Straws, and boil them till you like the Colour, which you may make of feveral De¬ grees, then put them in cold Water, take them out and dry them. To colour them Red, ufe Brafil, as aforefaid. Fora dark Colour, deep them New Curiofities in Art and Nature. 5 ? them Four or Five Days with Indian Wood, and the Shells of Green Nuts. For Blue, take Litmos, or Logwood, and when Blue, boil them in the YellowDecodfion,and they’ll become Green. Oat draws are many of them naturally of a Flefh Colour How to counterfsit Coral, Take Ox-horn cut or tafped final), put it in a ilrong Lye made of the Alli¬ es of Alhwood for Five Diys, then take it out, and add to it^fome Vermillion diffolved in Water, put it over the Fire to thicken, ind formyour Figures as you think fit. To prefervc Wine facet. Stop your Vellel very tall, and link it under Wa* r for Thirty Days, and ou’ll have the delired Ef- o ma\e an 'Excellent Red of Brafil, Take a Pint of Fair Wa- r, into which call a Piece ' unflack’d Lime, let it |ind all Night, then de¬ nt all that is clear of the r ater, to which put half e Quantity of Brafil rafp- let it infufe Four purs, then boil them to " Confumption of half, then, whild it is very hot | call in the bignefs of a Pea of Roch-Allom in Pouder and a little Gum-Arabick. * To /often or dijfolve Horn . Make a Lye of the A dies or Bean-cods, burnt Tartar, quick-lime, and drong Vi¬ negar, boil therein Peices of Horn,and they willeither 1 often or diffolve according to the Time you allow. To Dye Bones of an Excellent Black . .Take Litharge, Quick- Lime, of each alike, heaf them in Fair Water till ready to boil,always Birring the Bones with a Stick till they boij apace, then take it off the Fire, dining it till it be cold, and the Bones will be very Black. An Excellent Way to take Spots of Oil or Greafe ouf of White ar Red Silk , with¬ out changing the Colour, Take Aqua Vit (Spirit of Wine is better,) wet the Spot well with it, then take Ghir made of the White of a New Egg, with which rub well the Spot, and dry it in the Sun, then wafh it with clean Water, and prefsitwell. E 3 To 54 New Curkpties in Art and Mature, *1 of often Bones, Take equal Parts ox Ko- mro end Common Vitriol, diiiil them in an Alembick, and with this Water rub the Bones and they will be Soft. To tak,e arm ay the Mufimfs of Wine . Take Medlars, cut them in Four Pieces, hang them fo in the Veftel as they touch not the Wine. 'A Fonder to tab out Spots. Burn the Bones of Sheeps Feet till they become White, beat them to Fine Pouder, warm fome of it, and lay it on the Spot or Stain till it begins to change Colour, then take that away, and apply more till the Spot be quite gone. ‘ Another for the fame. Take a Piece of White- bread juft drawn out of the Oven, lay One Piece a- bove and the other under¬ neath the Silk, and it will draw out the Oil: or Greafe. Another for the fame. Take raw Honey, Glair of Egg and Sal-Armoni- sek, lay them on the Spot for fome Time, and wafti it with Fair Water*. tn Excellent Violet Colour* Take Turnfole, the Allies of Lees oi Wine, which is burnt Tartar., of each Four Ounces, beat them, tie them in a Linen-cloth, and fteep them in Water. A 'Wiry Fair Blue. Take Quick-lime and Sal-Armoniack, of each half a Pound, Verdet Two or Three Ounces, put all in a Vial, and fet it in a Horfe-dunghil for Forty Days. An Excellent Pomander of Cloves. Take Four Ounces of Cloves, Gum - Arabick, Coals of burnt Sage, of each Four Ounces, beat them all apart, mix them in a Metal Mortar with Oil of Rofes, make it into a Pafte, anoint* your Hands] with Oil of Cloves, knead * ir, and form it as you pleafe. To make Brafs look as well as when *twas New. To a Pint of ftrong Lye add an Ounce of Roch- A Horn, boil them, and waft your Brafs to take out al the Spots, dry it well, and mb ii with Tripoli, ’twil be as Bright as Gold, % New Curiofities in 7o mab Silver clean. Take Allies of Wheat- ftraw burnt, and rub your Silverwith it. Another for the fame. Make a Lye ofSoap-Afli- es, into which throw fome Roch-Allom, mix the Frothr in with it, wadi your Silver, and dry it in the Sun. To keep Rofes Frejh all the Tear. Take Rofe-buds when al- moft ready to blow, gather them with a Knife with¬ out touching the Bud, lay them fo in the Air all Night as that the Dew fall not up¬ on them, in the Morning put them in a Glafs Veffei upright upon the Stalks, cover them clofe, fet them in a Vault or Cellar, and bury them in dry Sand. To take out Writing without fpoiling the Paper. Take Roch-Allom, beat it with the Juice of Bitter Oranges, dry it in the Sun, and with this Pouder rub your Paper. To tab fyots of Ink out of Silk; Takeftrong White-wine Vinegar, hot Allies, rub them well upon the Spot, Art and Nature . 5 } and walli it afterwards with Soap-water ; thus may you take out all Sorts of Spots from coloured Silks. To recover the Colour of Black Cloth when decayed. TakeFigtree-leaves, boil them well in Water, walh your Cloth in it, dry it in the Sun, and it will be a much fairer Black. A truly experienced Remedy againft the Plague , Take Bay-berries full Ripe, take off the Skins, beat the remainder of them into Fine Pouder, put a lit¬ tle Salt to it, mixit with Vinegar, and give it thus to the Perfon infeded, if he hath a Hot Fever; but if he has the Cold Fever, which is an Ague, give it in Wine in head of Vinegar, cover him well, for he’ll fweat; afterwards dry him well, and the Day after repeat it again. Multi¬ tudes have been cured by this Means. For the Tooth-Ach, Take a little Honey, a little Pepper, a little Pou¬ der of Sage, boil them to¬ gether, and apply it to the Tooth. £4 7 $ New Curiosities in Art and Nature. §er, which you (hall before have ground on a Marble with a little Sugar, put it in the Skillet when the Pafie (hall be boil'd enough, and not before; all being well incorporated, form your Paftils. Several Grounds for Hair - Ponders. To rhahje the Ground for White Pouder. Take One Pound of Orris, Twelve Pound of Cuttle-bone, Eight Pound of Starch, a Handful of Beef or Mutton Bones burnt White, beat all very well in a Mortar, and pals them through a fine Hair Sieve. A Ground for Grey Ponder Take what remains ir the Sieve of the forcfaic Pouder, which you mui bea New Curiojities in Art and Nature . beat again, and mix with a little Starch, and a little Yellow Oker, to give it a Colour ; then Coals of White-wood, or for want of that, fome of the frefh Coals out of a Baker’s Oven, mix allthefe well together in a Mortar, you may make it of what Colour you will, then pafs it through a Hair Sieve, what goes not through keep to beat again as before. Another Ground for Ponder . Take Wormeaten or Rotten Wood, beat it well and pafs it through a Sieve, then mix it with the afore- faid Powder. Perfume for ordinary Ponder. Take Florence'orris One Pound, dry’d Rofes One Pound, of Benjamin Two Ounces, Storax One Ounce, Yellow Sanders an Ounce and half. Cloves Two Drams a little Le¬ mon-peel, beat all to fine Pouder in a Mortar, put Twenty Pound of Starch, or the aforefaid Pouder, mix it well together, co¬ lour it as you pleafe, and pafs it through a Searfe. Another IVay for Cyprefs Ton - der , much finer. Take Oak-Mofs, wafli it often in Fair Water till £7 it hath loft its Smell, then lay it on a Hurdle fet out in the Air 5 being dry, fprin- kle it with the beft Rofe- water and Orange-flower- water, and leave it again to dry ; if the Scent be too ftrong wa(h it in Fair Wa¬ ter till the Smell become more Sweet and Pleafant ; after this done, the Mofs being yet on the Hurdle, put a Caftfolet, or Perfume- Cake, with Coals of Fire, with which perfume your Mofs as long as you think fit. In fine, to One Pound of Ground thus prepared, put Two Drams of good Musk, and One Dram and half of Civet, if it be very good, if not the fame quan¬ tity of Musk. Excellent Amher-fonder. Take Six Ounces of Bean-flower, as mud* Wormeaten Wood, pafs them through a Searfe; Four Ounces of Cyprefs- wood. Two Ounces of Sanders, Two Ounces of Benjamin, half an Ounce of Storax, Two Drams of Calamus Aromaticus, as much Ladanum, pafs all through a Silk Sieve, then to Two Pound of this Compofition take Four Grains of Ambergreafe, F ^ half 68 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. half an Ounce of Machaleb , or Pomander, Privet bea¬ ten and flfted, which you tnuft mix in a hot Mortar with the Amber, then ipix them all together,and keep it in a Glafs-bottle well flop¬ ped ; put a Pound and half of this Pouder into each Sweet-bag. 7 be Queens Perfume-water. Take Red Rofe-water a Quart, Damask Rofe-wa¬ ter, Muskaaine, and O- range - flower - water, of each Three Pints, Water of Melilot^ flowers, Flow¬ ers of Mirtle and Garden Coftmary, Three Pints, put all the aforefaid diftiiled Waters into a Glafs Bottle, to which add a Pound ot Benjamin in Pouder, ' Cloves, Cinnamon, and Orange-peel dried, of each half an Ounce, all being bruifed, flop the Bottle clofe, without opening it in a whole Month. fo make a Curious Compounds Water. Take Benjamin Four Ounces, Storax Two Oun¬ ces, Yellow Sanders One Ounce, Cloves Two Drams, Two or Three Pieces or Orris, half a Lemon-peel, Two Nutmegs, Cinnamon half an Ounce, and about Two Quarts of Water, put it all into a new Earthen Pipkin, and let it boil till a Quart of it be confumed, then take about Six Grains of Musk poudeted, with about as much Sugar as the bignefs ot a fmali Nut, which ditTolve with a little of the faid W r ater, drain, and put it into a Giafs Bot- ble well flopped, the bet¬ ter to prderve it. Keep the Dregs dry, and pouder them, and ufe them to < perfume the Pouder aforefaid. A Curious Extraction of the Perfumes and Colours of all Flowers. Extradf through a Retort, after the Manner of Aqud Fortis , the Spirit of Salt¬ peter. or Common Salt, and keep it clofe in a jGlafs Bottle well flopped ; then take what quantity you will of Rofe-leave<, which put into a Lembick* with One Ounce of the Spirit of the faid Salt, One Pint of pure Spring- water* and fo proportionably till your Lembick be full, let it thus mfufe, and lye Four and Twenty Hours, till you fee your Water well coloured* which pour out by Inclma* nation New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 69 nation in another Glafs Veflel, it will have the Colour and Smell of the Rofe, leaving in the Lem- bick your .Leaves frefh as if they had been new ga¬ ther’d. _ You may do the fame with all other Flow¬ ers, as Violets, Gilliflowers, and othersv To mak' the be ft Bolonia Waft}-balls. Take One Pound of Ge- noua ,Soap cut into fmall pieces, Foar Ounces of un¬ packed Lime, which beat well in a Mortar with Two Glades of Aqua Fit*, and jet it deep Eight and Forty Hours; then take a Sheet or Paper, on which fpread it a drying, being dry, beat it in a Mortar with lalf an Ounce of Machaleb, in Ounce and a half of fellow Sanders, half an )unce of Orris, as much palamus Aromaticus, all 1 Pouder, and make it in- 0 a Pade with Whites of -ggs, and Four Ounces of »um-dragacanth diflolved 1 Rofe-water, then make Dur Walh-balls. Mother Sort of ’Excellent Waftj-balls. a Take One Pound of Or- 9 # Four Ounces of Ben- pin, Two Ounces of prax, as much Yellow Sanders, half an Ounce of Cloves, One Penywonh of Cinnamon, and a little Lemon-peel, One Ounce of Machaleb, One Nutmeg, beat it all to Pouder. Then take about Two Pound of White Soap ferap’d, and put it into almod Three Pints of Aqua Vita, to lye and deep Four or Five Days, then work it well with about One Pint of Orange-flower, or other Sweet Water. Next, prepare the quan¬ tity you fhall think fit of White Starch beaten and dfted, which mix with the Drugs aforefaid, and the Soap ; to make a Pafle, have ready a little Gum-dra- gacanth diffolved in Sweet Water, and Five or Six Whites of Eggs, and make up your Wa(h-balis of what Size you will. To ferfume them well. Take what quantity of Musk you pleafe, which diflblve in any Sweet Com¬ pound Water, then take about the quantity of One Wadi-ball of the aforefaid Compofition, and mix it together in a Mortar ; then mix and incorporate that with your Pafte like Leven, and 10 make your Wafh- 70 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Several Approved Ways to take out Stains of 0il 3 Greafe i or other Things. CHAP. VII. To take out a Spot of Oil upon Satin , or any other Stuff $ and. even upon Paper. HP Ake Sheep’s Feet cal- cined, of which lay on both Sides of the Paper or Stuff upon the Spot, and fo leave it One Night, this Pouder or Afties will draw out all the Stain; but if it be not clear taken away, do It the Second Time; but the Stain mull not be old. Another Way to take out Stains. Take half a Pound of Soap, Four Ounces of Ful¬ ler’s Earth, and One of mi- flacked Lime, mix it all in Fair Water, and lay it to the Stain. Another Way , * Take Water and Starch, and make it into a Pafte, with which cover the Stain, laying it about as thick as a Shilling, and leave it there, next Day rub it off as you would do dry Dirt, and the Stain will appear no more. Frobatum . Another Way for Silk. Rub the Stain with Spi¬ rit of Turpentine, this Spi¬ rit evaporates, and carries away with it the other Oil. To take off the Dirt that dajhetbupon Cloaths . Wet a White Cloth, and lay it upon it, that fucks in all the Dirt, and makes it appear no more. Tt 7i New Curiofities in Art and Nature. To take off Iron-moulds from Linen. The Linen being whi¬ tened, take boiling Water in a Pewter Pot, and im¬ mediately putin your Li¬ nen, end lay it over to re¬ ceive the Smoke, iqueez- ing and rubbing it with a little Sorrel, then waih it out in dear Water. Lo take out all Ink- [pots upon Linen or Woollen. Take feme Juice of Le- * mop, put it upon the Stain, which walh immediately in Fair Water, rubbing it well ; for want of Lemon ufe Verjuice of Grapes or Sorrel. Another Way . Wafh the Stain with White Soap difTolved in Vinegar, Hon? to [often t whiten 3 and reftore Difcoloured Ivory . CHAP. VIII, How to /often Ivory fo that it may be caji in a Mould. % ROi! the Ivory in Com¬ mon Water, in which mult be Six Ounces of the Root Mandrake, and it will be as foft as Wax. An Excellent Receipt to whi¬ ten difcoloured Ivory . Take a fufficient Quan¬ tity of Roch-allom accord¬ ing to the Number of Pie¬ ces you would whiten, and when the Water is very White, which muff be made to boil up, and put the Ivory in tofoak for an Hour, or thereabouts, and rub it with a little Hair Bruth, and then put it into a Wet Cloth, that it tr,ay dry leifurely, or e]f e it will fplit. Another ^ 2 New Curiosities in Art and. Nature . Another Way, Lay Black Soap upon I- vory, placed near the Fire-, fo that it may by little and little bubble up, then clear it. To whiten Green Ivory , and reftore that which is[potted. Take unflack’d Lime, and put it with Water into an Earthen Pot, in which fhall be the Ivory you would whiten, put it upon the Fire, and make it boil till fuch Time you fee the Ivory is White ; to be po- lilhed it muft be turned in a Lath ; after having work¬ ed it as you defire, take fome of the Lime and Pu¬ mice-Bone in very Fine s Pouder, and with Water j rub till you fee it every¬ where well coloured; to po- lifh,you mull: hrit warm it, [ turning it in the Lath, and j rubbing it with a White Li-N ] lien-cloth and a Piece of j Sheep’s Skin* When it is j very hot, take Gerus, with j fome Sallet-oil, and rub it I till it is dry with Cerus a- • lone, and at lalt only with j a White Cloth very dry, j and your Ivory will be ve¬ ry White and Smooth. To whiten Bones, Take unflack’d Lime, and put to it One Handful of Bran into a New Pot, letting them boil till all the Greafe is out; Rare and Admirable Curiofities. CHAP. IX. A Reprefentation of the four Elements in a Glafs Vial, t'lrfl, you rhuft Dye fome Aqua Fit £ with Turn- fole to reprefent the Air, then take fome of the E- thereal Oil of Turpentine, which Dye of a Fire-colour with Saffron; then fome Alkanet and Oil of Tartar, to which add a little Lapis Lazuli to give it a Sea-co¬ lour; and to reprefent the Earth a little bruifed Ena¬ mel i New Curio fit tes in Art and, Nature, mel: It is good to dir and mix them together; each Thing after a little (landing will return to its Place, for thole Three Liquors ne¬ ver mix. To mafa feveral Colours upon Water, Ifyou throw fome Drops of Nut-oil upon (till Water, that runs not fall, but ra¬ ther lyes without Motion, there will appear to you as many Colours as are in the Rainbow. To break an Iron as thick as an Arm, Take melted Soap, with which anoint the Iron in the Middle, then with a Thread clear the Place where you would have it break, next take aSpunge dipped in Aqua Vit Laver of Sand about an Inch thick in a iox, and lay your Fruit up¬ on it, prefently ftrow Sand upon it, fo that it go quite H tho- gS New Curiofities in Art and Nature . thorough, and fo continue Layer upon Layer ; your Box, or other Wooden Veflel, being full, ftiut it clofe, that no Air may come to it,and put it in a dry Place without re¬ moving it; the ^ Grapes muft not be Over-ripe, but fomewhat Green, about Eight Days before their Ripening; the Grapes will keep till new ones come ; the fame may be done with Pears, Prunes, Cherries, Apples, Goofeberries, Pea¬ ches, &c. Some keep them in A (lies, or Oat-ftraw, and bury their Veffel in the faid Straw, and fo they keep Two Years if you will; others ufe Millet inftead of Sand. \ For the more Security, the Stalk of the Grape may be dipped, in melted Wax ; the fame of any other Fruit. To preferve Apples from Rot~ ting. You mu ft rub them with Juice of Spearmint. Jo keep Al Fruit that has Stones , and even Figs . Take an Earthen Pot, put into it equal Quantities of Honey and Water, which mull be firft well beaten together, into this put your Fruit juft gathered, and cover the Pot clofe; when you take them out of the Pot put them into frefti Water. To keep all Sorts of Flowers* Fill a Pot with half Wa¬ ter, and half Verjuice, and put as much S ilt to it as willfeafonit well, gather your Flowers into the Li¬ quor, clofe up the Pot, and let it in a Cellar; when you take out your Flowers let it be by the Stalk, (hake, and hold it never fo little to the Fire, to recover its Colour. To keep Rofes Red all the Tear. The Rofes inuft be ga¬ thered when they are half open, then you muft have a hard Earthen Pot well burnt, and let it be burnt over again ; then take your Rofes, and place them up¬ right, l'queezing them pret¬ ty clofe together, and make of them One Bed or Layer, over them fpread fome Cloves, and over that fome Nails, about the Bignefs of Lath-nails, all over, and continue your Layers one upon another till the Pot be full; the laft muft be of Nails, and clofe the Pot well New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 99 well that no Air may pafs; thefe Nails that are to be laid upon the Cloves ferve to preferve the Red of the Rofes, which when you would ufe you muft walh them very gently, then hop the Pot clofe again, and thus you may have Rofes at any Time as Beautiful as in May . Another Way to do the fame . Gather the Rofes before they open, when they are juft ready to break; they muft be Red Province-rofes, leave the Stalks long enough, and wrap them up in Vine- leaves, or in Hemp, in little Parcels, placing Twelve Ro¬ fes in each, which pouder with White Salt, placing them in an Earthen Pot, and pouder them with Salt, as you would do Pur- flain ; then till the Pot with Verjuice, and fo cover it, laying Clay round that no Air may come to them ; at Christmas, or at any o- ther Time, when you wou’d take them out you muft do it with a Silver or Wooden Fork, and cover the Pot a- gain, for fear they take Air; the Liquor that is in the Pot is very good to drefs Meat with, and the Rofes as good in Tafte as to look at, and will keep open Six Weeks. The Way to open them is by making fome Water lukewarm, and leaving them full Two Hours in it, fo that after it they open, by only blowing them. Obferve that the Pot muft be kept in the Bottom of the Cellar. To maty Excellent Hippocras immediately . Take Five Ounces of A- qua Vit£, Cinnamon Two Ounces, Pepper Two, Ginger Two, Cloves Two, Grains of Paradice Two Ounces, Ambergreafe Three Grains, Musk T wo Grains, let ail infufe Twenty-four dours in a Glafs Eottle up¬ on warm Allies, and when you would ufe it to make Hippocras, take One Pound of Sugar, and a Quart of Wine, and the Sugar being melted therein, add to ir Three or Four Drops of this Liquor, and you will have Excellent Hippocras. Take Cinnamon a little pounded Two Ounces, Mace One Ounce, Ginger One Ounce, Ambergreafe Ten Grains, Musk 6 Grains, each being apart in Pouder, mix, and put into a Glafs Bottle, H 2 with New Curiojities in Art and Nature . 100 with Four Ounces of Spirit of Wine, and do as above. Jo make Rofa Solis. Take a Pound and half of White-bread very Hot, juft come out of the Oven, put it into a Lembick, with half an Ounce of Cloves beaten. Green Anifeed, Co¬ riander, of each an Ounce, over that aPint of good Red Wine, and as much Milk ; then clofe it, and put to it the Recipient; clofe .the Joints with glued Paper, let it lye thus Twenty-four Hours; after which Time didil it in Balneo Maria , to cxtradf all the Liquor, which keep. The Syrup muft be made apart with Aqua Vita, or rather Spirit ot Wine,burn- ing it upon very final 1 Sugar in an Earthen Difti or Porringer, always during it with a Slice or Spoon till the Flame goes out. You mult alio diffolve Ambergreafe with the pu- relt Spirit of Wine, hrd mixing a Dram of Sugar with as much Ambergreafe, and pounding them well together, then add to if, in a little Bottle, an Ounce of Spirit of Wine, and let it digeft for Twenty-four Hours, and evaporate in Balneo , where it will all diiTolve, but will ftiffen in the Cold. . To make the Compofi- tion, you mult mix the Syrup of Aqua Vita with this Effence of Amber, fuch a Quantity as you (hall think lit to add to the di- ftilfd Water; if you would have it dronger put the greater Quantity of Spirit of Wine. Another Way . Boil your Syrup to a thicknefs as is ufual; being boiled, add what Quantity of Spirit of Wine you (hall think lit, as alfo of the a- foiefaid Effence, or fuch o- ther as you (hall like, and it will be fuch as comes from Jurin . Jo make another Sort of Li • quor , which the French call Populo. Take One Pint of Syrup boil’d to a Thicknefs, a Pint of the cleared White- wine, and a Pint of Spi¬ rit of Wine,warm it a very little that they may mix, then drain it through a Bag with Two or Three Almonds blanched and beaten to warm it, and a little Bag of Perfume, if you have no Effence. Jo New Curiofities in Art and Nature . To make good Spirit of Wine. You muft have a Glafs Lembick, and diftil good Aqua Vita in Balnea Aiaria, and put a Piece of Filter well dipped in Common Oil between the Helm and the Lembick, and over it put in Flower of Rofemary only once, you will extradf the pureft Spirit in the World. A very cheap Lemonade. Scrape Lemon-peel as much as you think fit into Water and Sugar, to which add fome Drops of Ef- fence of Sulphur, with fome Slices of Lemon, it will be very good and refrefhing ; there muft be half a Pound of Sugar to a Pint of Wa¬ ter. Toma\e Franchipane Water . ♦ Put half a quarter the Quantity of Jefmin-flowers upon your Water fweeten’d with Sugar, and let them infufea while, then fmell whether it be fweet enough, if not add frelh ones; when the Water is as you would have it, ftrain it, and put in a few Drops of EfTence of Amber, To makg JeJfamtne Water . You muft do as above, ioi without adding any Effence or Mixture, but what the Flowers give it. That of Tuberofe is made after the fame Manner. That of Jonquille , as alfo all other Flowers, is done the fame Way. Water of Strawberries , Raf. berries , Hart-cherries , and Apricocks . Squeeze out the Juice of thefe Sorts of Fruit, and mix that Liquor with Wa¬ ter well fweetened with Sugar, and do as above. To freeze them even like the Fruit f Take a little Tub, and a Tin Veifel of what Size you pleafe, then put in the Fruit into the Water you would freeze, a little Wider at Top than at Bottom, that the buried Ice may come out, with a Tin Cover; then fill the faid Tin Vef- fel with the faid Waters, or elfe with the Fruit with clear Water; to make it freeze at the Bottom of the Tub lay a little Straw, and a Bed of Ice, with a quarter of Small Salt, then another Bed of Ice and Salt over it, and put in your Veffelinto the Middle, far enough from the Sides of H 5 th# 102 New Curio fit ies in Art and Nature. the Tub, that there may be Space enough to put in Ice and Sait as above, and fo continue till you coveryour VeiTel half a Foot above it, and leave it thus in a cool Place for Four or Five Hours, the Water will be frozen; and becaufe it will Hick to the Veil'd, heat a Cloth, with which rub the faid Veifel round, and it will loo fern To makg Ice in Summer . Take a large Stone Bottle that will hold Three Quarts, put into it Two Ounces of refined Salt-peter, half an Ounce of Florence-orris, and fill it up with boiling Water, and Hop it clofe, immediately let it down into a Well, leaving it there Two or Three Hours; taka out the Bottle, and break it to get the Ice, which will be very hard, and as good as the Natu¬ ral. To cool Wine extremely with¬ out Icei Diffolve about a Pound of Nitre in a Bucket of Water, and put in your Bottles to cool. Several Sorts of Wines, how to preferve them ) and how to re - fore decayed Wine v C H A To ref ore Wine VO U muft rack your Wine down to the Lee into another Cask, in which are frefh Lees of good Wine, then take One Pound of the beft P. XIV. ’ that is pricked* ftrong Aqua Vita* with half a Pound of Yellow Wax fcraped into the faid Aqua Vita , which melt in it over a very gentle Fire, then dip a Cloth in this Liquor, and New Curiofeties in ajid let it on Fire with Sul¬ phur, which put Aiming into the Bung, and flop the Cask clofe. Another Way. Take a Handful of Old Walnuts, with the Shells for hal; a Teirce, for a Tierce Two Handfuls; then put the faid Nuts into a hot Oven, and dry them fo that they turn Red, then take the fame Quantity o f Willow Chips, of the Wood next the Bark, and put your Walnuts Hot and Red into the Cask, and hop the Bung with thofe Chips, let it lye fo Three or Four Days, and you will fee a flrange Alteration* Another Way. Take out a Bucket full, and boil it, or rather a Bucket of good Wine, and pour it boiling hot into 3 corrupted VefTel inflead of what you took out,and flop it clofe, and in the aforefaid Time it will come to itfelf. For Wine that is decayed by too much Vent , or Soure. Stir the Wine through the Bung with a Stick, without touching the Lee, then pour in a Pound of good Aqua Vita^ let it lye Art and Nature. i o j Ten Days and it will come to it ft'if. Wine that has taken Vent is alfo recovered by putting into the Pot before you drink it a CruA of Bread burning hot. Fo recover Wine that taftes of the Cask Rack all the Wine off upon a good Lee, then put down in a Linen Bag Four Ounces of Lawrel-berries; in Pouder, with fome FL lings of Steel at Bottom ; to make the Big fink let it down to the middle of the Cask, and as you draw the Wine let it down lower. Fo recover Wine that is turned. The Water of Saturn , or Red Litharge, recovers Wine that is turn’d, that is Red-wine, and White Litharge for White* wine. Fo take away the mufky Smell of Wine. You, mull make a long piece of Dough like a Stick, and half bake it in the Oven, take out It, and flick it with Cloves, and put it in the Oven till tho¬ roughly baked, then hang it within your Cask, fo that it touch not the Wine; you may alfo thiow it into H 4 the 104 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. the Cask, and it will take away the ill Smell. 2 0 prevent Wine from turning* Put One Pound of Lead melted, and thrown into Water, into your Cask. For Wine that fmells Soure or Bitter . Boil about half a Peck of Barley in Four Pints of Wa¬ ter, till half be confumed, ftrain, and put it into the Cask at the Bung, ftirring it with a Stick without touching the Lee. To [often a Green Wine. Put into a Pint of fuch Wine One Drop of Vinegar, foaked with Litharge, and it will lofe its Greennefs. For Wine that is turned . Put into the Cask fome Spirit of Tartar. For Green Wine. Boil fome Honey to draw out the Wax, and ftrain it through a Cloth, put Two Pints of it to a Tierce, which will make it very good : If it be in Summer, and you find any Danger of it turning, put in a Stone of unflack’d Lime. To preferve Wine from Souring . Take Sand out of a River in March , wafli it well, and dry it in the Sun, an till he is cured, which will be in about a Month, To bring them down when too Fat. Take Fig-leaves, which dry in the Shade, and beat to Pouder, which lay upon him as you think fit, after having taken off the Hair. For Ganting in Horfes m Take Two Pound of frefh Butter, One Peny- worth of Quickfilver, and about the Quantity of a Pound of Butter of Cuttle- hfh Bones, mix all together in a Pot, then rub the Hor¬ fes with the faid Ointment every Two Days. For the fame . You muft make them drink Decoction of the Herb Scabious, or half a Pint of White-wine* in which 128 New Curiosities its Art and Nature. which rnuft be diffolved an Ounce of Synoper, and a little Cruft of Bread toafted, an Ounce of Sulphur fixed with the faid Deco&ion, and make them drink it in Four Days. For Sick Horfes , Oxen, and Cows, When you fee a Horfe Sad and Drooping, and that he eats not as he ufed, take a Root of Hellebore, and co¬ ver the Skin from the Head down the Bread, or Fall of Yhe Neck, along the near or off Leg, and make Two Slits to tiick the faid Root, which muftgo through between the Skin of the faid Two Cuts, as you would lard a Fowl ; leaving it there a little while, and the Diftemper will all gather to that Place, and grow to a great Im- pofthutne, which mull be lanced in Two or Three Places, and the Matter will come out. You muft make a Plaifter of Bole-Armoni- ack, HogVlard, Tobacco, or other good Plaifter, and apply to the Place, which will foon heal, To Cure Horfes of the Fives. Take Hemlock, and beat it, fprinkling coarfe Salt amongft it, then fqueeze out the Juice, which let drop into the Horfe’s Ear, and lay the reft over it, and let; him walk fome Time. To make Horfes Hoofs grow * Take Old Hog’s-greafe* Goats or Mutton Suet* Common Oil, of each an Ounce ; fome of the under Rind of Elder or Wall wort, with New Wax, of which make an Ointment. For Horfes that are prickt* Take Ointment of Fille- tnaigne , and put into the Hole. For the fame. Take the Juice of Elder- leaves, and lay the Leaves over, and let him be (boo¬ ed. A Receipt for the fame , of the Deceas’d Marefchat de Bi- ron. Take Rotin, Ship Pitch* New Wax, Ointment ofBa- filicon, of each Two Oun¬ ces, Goafs. Blood Three Ounces, Venice Turpentine Four t Ounces, all being dilfolved and mixed, add Ponder Sugar fo as to make a Plaifter- The Nail or Splinter muft be drawn, and a Tent pf the -fame length made, ** then New Curiofities in Art and Nature , then have a Hot Iron to melt, and make it drop in, and lay Flocks over it, or Pitch in the turn, which is wheti a Nail is bent, and flicks [in the Foot, and which is more dangerous than the Common Nailing; for fometimes the Matter runs in between the Hoof and the Hair: Itisdifco- vered in Galloping. For the Second, you muft pour Ointment upon | it* and Greafe about it, Twice a Day ; if you can- 1 not take out the Splinter it j will make it fall in Two Days. You need not flop your Journey for the nailing, nor make the Horfes Shoe be ta¬ ken off. This Receipt came from lithe Marefchal de Biron , who kept it very fecret, and gave his Friends the Oint- pient. Another for the fame Purpofe I of Monfieur de Turenne. Take Bungundy-pitch, 3um-Elemi, and Galba- lum, of each Two Ounces, Tielt aH together with Rofe- >il; you need apply it but Twice to the Horfe’s Foot. How to ufe it. You muft mix with the 129 faid Plaifter a little Greafe* and when you difcover where the Foot is prickt apply it Scalding,' and lay over it a little Hemp ; this Cures in a Day. For a Prichjna Horfe’s Foot • 7 he Deceas'd Vttfa of Weimar’/ Receipt . Take Archangle, and pound it, adding fome Salt, and a little Pepper, fqueeze out the Juice, and drop it into the Hole, and apply the Herb over it, flopping it with Greafe or Wax, and Shooe him. For the fame, m Take Yellow Wax/Ve¬ nice Turpentine, an Ounce and half, Gum-ElemiOne Pound, Rofin, liquid Sto- rax,Benjamin, Four Ounces, Betony and Plantain Eight Handfuls, Tops of Hype¬ ricum Four Handfuls, Oil of Hypericum as much as is requifite, of all this make an Ointment, which when you would ufe melt a little in a Silver Spoon* drop it into the Hole, and Shooe the Horfe at the fame Time. This Receipt was given me as very cer¬ tain. For the Farcy in Horfes* Take Alh-tree Berries K Four New Curiofities in Art and Nature. ijo Four Ounces, Eglantine Apples an Ounce and half. Cummin-feed an Ounce and half, of all thefe Things make a Pouder ; or as fol¬ lows. Firft you muft dry the Afh-tree Berries, after ta¬ king off a little Skin that is upon them,putting it to this End upon a Brick into an Oven not too Hot; do the fame with the Cummin- feeds and Eglantine Apples, always taking Care none of them boil in their Moifture; all being thus dry, you muft pound it either toge¬ ther or feparately. How to ufe it. Bleed the Horfe in the Morning, and at Noon be¬ gin to give him the Pouder Three Days after bleed him again, and the^Eighth Day repeat Bleeding; if he be very 111 give him the faid Pouder Morning, Noon, knd Night. The Dcfe of the faid Pou¬ der is what you can take up between your Finger and Thumb. The Wav of giving it is In Bread fill he be cured. For the fame. Take a little Handful of Ground-Ivy, which fqueeze in your Hand, adding a little Salt, put it into his Ear on the Side the Farcy is, flopping the Ear clofe with Cotton, binding it up with a Cord ; leave it there about Thirty Hours, in which Time it will be cured. For the fame. Take the Roots of Round Sorrel and Leaves of Ground-Ivy mixed toge¬ ther, which mix with the Horfes Oats, and he will recover, provided the Far¬ rier has not touched him. For a Swelling in the Hollow of the Paflern of a Horfe. Take the White Heads ofFiveorSix Leeks, Four Ounces of Old Lard, New Wax, Common Oil, of each Two Ounces, Two Quarts of Vinegar, put all into a New Earthen Pot, and let it boil up Two or Three Times till the Vine-■■ gar be con fumed ; it is e- nough to make Four Plai- fters, or more. For Short Wind or Furfinefs in Horfes. After the Purging that foliows,Tf they but draw their Wind hard, mix with their Oats for Three Days h Morninjf 131 New Curiofities in Art aml Nature . Corning and Evening, a Pint of warm Milk, a Bandful of Hempfeed bea¬ ten ; this Seed is Excellent for this life; Jockeys ufe t much to give their dorfes. Tills to purge Horfes. Take fine Aloes an Ounce md half, Agaricum half an Dunce, prepared Coloquin- :ida a Dram, Treacle an Dunce and half, mix all ogether, and incorporate t in a Pound of Hog’s ^ard that has been fleeped Forty-eight Hours in Frefh |Vatcr, which mull be chang¬ ed every Three Hours; nake thereof Pills as big as Nut, which cover with louder of Liquorice, or *ran, and make the Horfe fallow them; the Horfe lull have flood bridled 'hree Hours before. ; After taking them make im fwallow half a Pound f Common Oil, mixed /ith a Pint of warm Wine, wering him warm, and diking him Three Hours ; jien put him in the Stable, id give him no Oats in 'hree Days. ! He mull not be water- t till next Day at Noon, hen you (hall make him rink White Water in the Stable, with Flower and a little Bran ; at the fame Time lead him to water, making him wet all his Belly to his Ribs the Space of half an Hour ; but let him not drink, for it would give him the Gripes ; carry him back to the Stable,and give Hay; it is commonly Thirty Hours before it works; begins when he comes out of the River, and fometimes lafts Two Days ; they void an Incre¬ dible Filth, and fometimes Gravel. Whilft it works they are Sad and Drooping; after the Three Days you muft cleanfe his Mouth with Leek, Salt and Vinegar, and give him a Drench ; after which he will have an In¬ credible Stomach,and grow very Fat in a little Time. It is the beft Receipt in the World to recover Horfes that feem to be quite gone. Some purge their Horfes once a Quarter with thefe Pills, and that gives them a good Meen. A Drench for a Horfe, Take Honey of Rofes, Cordial-pouder, pondered Anifeed, of each an Ounce, Five Peny- worth of Scam- mony. Oil Two Ounces, K 2 Saffron i j 2 New Curiopties in Art and Nature. Saffron One Peny-worth, a Pint of White-wine with Coloquintida and Rhubarb. A Drench for a Horfe that has caught Cold. Take Cloves, Nutmegs, Pepper, of each half an Ounce, Cummin-feed an Ounce and half. Ginger One Dram, Common Oil and Honey of each Four Ounces, of the ftrongeft White-wine half a Pint, mix all together, and make the Horfe drink it. For Diftempers in Horfes Heads. There is under their Tongue a Thing like the Pip, to which with a little Spunge you muft lay Trea¬ cle diftolved in Role-Vine¬ gar, doing it often, and they will certainly reco ver. For the fame. Take Wheat - flower , T urpen tine,Dragon’s- blood, of each Four Ounces, Maf- tick in Pouder One Ounce, Four Yolks of Eggs, mix all well together, and ap¬ ply it to the Horfe’s Fore¬ head for Three Days. To dye Saddle-horfes when they are Old. Take equal Parts of tin- flack’d Lime and prepared Litharge of Gold, mix it like an Ointment, with which rub the Hair againft the Grain, and lay over fome Green Leaves; at twice it is quite died, and dies Bay, if you put to it a little Ink. To make a Horfe have good Hair in Winter. Take Myrrh, Ariftolo- chium. Gentian, Angelica, Scrapings of Ivory, of each Two Ounces, Crocus One Ounce, melt them, and give the Horfe Two or Three Spoonfuls of it in a Pint of White-wine every Morning for Three Days to¬ gether, and keep him Three Hours without eating, then give him what is ufual ; this flrengthens their Sto¬ mach and Appetite, and keeps their Hair together. For Gauled Horfes. Make them fwallow De- codtioii of Scabious in half a Pint of White-wine, in which muft be dilfolved an Ounce of Synoper in Pouder, with a little Cruft of toafted Bread, make them drink Three Days to¬ gether fixed Sulphur with fome of the Deco&ion : The Dofe is an Ounce a time, giving them the fame Drench the Fourth Day. New Curipfities in Art and Nature. 13J For Bruifes or Sores in Horjes Legs. The Head and Tail of Vipers when they are well beaten with the Blood that runs from them when they are killed, and the White- wine they are wafhed in, all put together into a Pot with a little Puppey, cover¬ ing it with Common Oil, and boiled till the Wine be confirmed, putting through it a thick Cloth, is Excel¬ lent for the Pains, and cer¬ tainly cures the Bruifed or Sore Legs of Horfes, rub- bing them with it. For Horfes Feet. Take fomeof the Herb Short-foot, and a quantity of Elder-leaves. Two Oun¬ ces of Coperas, the Whites of Four Eggs, One Peny- worth of Honey, half a Glafs of Vinegar, put all in¬ to a New Pot, and boil it till it comes to an Oint¬ ment, and before you rub the Horfe’s Foot cut off the Hair the clofeft you can, and wafh it with Pork- brine. To make a Horfe*s Tail and Main grow. Take Cows-pifs and White-wine, boil them to¬ gether Three or Four Hours, then wafti his Tail and Main. Another Way. Rub the Tail and Main with Lye made of Vine- afhes. To hinder Horfes from neigh - ing after a Mare , and car¬ ry her anywhere amongji Horfes. Take Oil of Petroleum, and rub the Mares Privities once a Week with a Quill, or once a Fortnight, and the Horfes will not care for her. To fyef an Horfe from neigh¬ ing. Rub the Bit when you bridle him with Common Oil and Glafs Oil mixed together, and the Horfe will not neigh in Three Hours : Or elfe put a Stone under his Tail. For a Horfe that has been over¬ heated . Take half a Pint of Milk, which boil with Four Ounces of Frefti Butter, Laurel-berries, Pepper, Sena, fine Sugar of each an Ounce, all in Pouder well mixed together, muft be put into Wine, which make the Horfe drink without covering or walk¬ ing him, and he will void 134 ^ ew Curtofities in Art and Nature . at the Noftrils, and reco¬ ver. ‘to fatten a Horfe. Take good White wine Two Pound, Juice of Sorrel One Pound, Common Oil One Pound, mixt together, and warm it, then make the Horfe drink it, being bri¬ dled before; after which co¬ ver him warm, walk him an Hour, and put him into the Stable, continuing this Fifteen Days, and he will certainly grow Fat. Of Dogs. chap, xxiii. For Dogs Mange. Ake large Millet, and ■ Sweet. Tiurnep-roots, which boil in Cow’s-pifs till it is all like a Broth, with which rub the Dogs. For Dogs bitten by Mad Beafts. Take Rue, Comfrey, and Mugwort, more Rue than Comfrey, and of this than Mugwort, with a Head of Garlick, beat all together with a Handful of Salt, and deep the Herbs in White-wine and Water ; make the Sick Dog drink it falling, and take Care in Two Hours after he neither eats, drinks, nor fleeps. You mufr alfo make the Sore bleed, and lay over it the remainder of the Herbs. This Receipt is moftj cer¬ tain. To cure Dogs of the Burfi . Walh them in Water in which Hemlock has been boiled, then cut the Flelh fo that he may not feel it* and walh the Place with Juice of Hemlock. To defiroy a Dog's Fleas . Take a Quantity of Wormwood and boil it in Water an Hour and half, take it from the Fire, when cold, take the Herb, and rub ’ the. New Curiofities in Art and Nature . i j f the Dog againft the Grain of the Hair, and wafh him with that Water, and the Fleas certainly die in the Place you have touched. To curt Sheep, Burn and pouder fome of their Wooll, and make them drink it. To cure the Hog's Meazles, Take a little Mineral Antimony in Pouder, which wrap up in a Linen-cloth, and infufe in Lye made of White Briony Twenty- four Hours, adding Two Fingers of Salt of Saturn ; • make them drink the quan- I tity of a Glafs-full mixed with Bran, and within Eight or Nine Days they will be cured, To make Fowl feed well . Take Rhubarb, Agari- cum. Aloes, Saffron, Cin¬ namon, Anifeed, Sugarcan- dy, of each a Dram, beat it to Pouder. At Night give them as much as will lye upon a Shilling; this draws a great deal of Moifture from their Brain, and their Maw in the Morning will be found full of Water if you Squeeze it. You muft give this when the Bird is full, or when you would have it do Strange Things. To purge them . To purge and give Fowl a Stomach, we ufe of Old Preferve of Province-rofes liquid, about the Bignefs of a Pea. j j 6 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . CHrAP. XXIV. i In which are contained many Secrets , which have keen tried by the Author Jince the foregoing : And alfo fome Excellent Remedies not ffoken of before . To make a thick coarfe Dye thin and delicate . HTAke Aloes, Borax, Salt, x Bones, Maftick, of each Three Drams, pound all, and incorporate it with French Soap and Ox*s Gall. To beautifie the Face and o- ther Parts of the Body. Take Oil of Myrrh, or Water of Linden-flowers, sub wjth it twice a Week when you go to Bed. To make the Hair Bright or Shining. When you comb your felf dip the Comb in Oil ofLiilies, Rofes, or Violets. To make the Hair grow long . Take Afhes _ of Venus Hair, Polythricon, and Cane-root, with Hempfeed, of which make Lye, melt fome Myrrh into it, adding One part of White-wine, with which wafli your Head every Fortnight* To make Hair curl. Firft (have it off, and then rub the Skin with Daffodil-roots. Another Way. Take Roots of Marfh- mallows, Hemp, andpfil- lium-feed, boil them long together, and with the De- co&ion wafh your Hair. Another. Take Daffodil-water mixed with thick Juice of the Roots of White Mal¬ lows, as much of one as of the other. For fiweaty ftinking Feet. Take Roch-allom diffol- ved in Hot Water, and wafh your Feet often there¬ in. A Bath to beautifie the Body. Take Sweet Almondfc blanched Four Pound, Pure Appier New Curiosities in Art and, Nature. i$7 Apple-kernels One Pound, Hempfeed Four Handfuls, Marfh-mallow-roots, and Lilly-feeds, of each an Ounce, Roots ofElicam- pane / a Pound and half, all cut and beaten very fmall, make Three or Four Bags of it, and in each put a Handful of Bran. Having well prepared the Water for the Bath, it being taken near the Wheel of fome Mill, take fome to boil the Bags in, then ft down in the Bath-tub upon One of the Bags, and with the others rub your Body. You may put into your Bath a Pound of Ro¬ les, or Sweet Waters, or Oil large Knife* ox fweh like Inftrument, drefs the ouf- fide of your Mould while the Plaifter continues eafie to cut ; then take out the thin Pieces of Wood, and have other Pieces of about a Foot and half long, more or lefs, in Form of a Wedge, I and (harp as a Knife, a- jij bout a Finger thick on the Back, and about half a Foot broid, place thefe in the Clefts made by the (mall Boards, and open your Mould, which muft be j done with as few Pieces as ' you can; thus have you an . upright Figure in Two Pieces, except the Arms, But in Figures lying all along the Mould muft be' in more Pieces; but if the j Figure have one or both Arms extended, draw, a Circle like a Bracelet with Red Ink round about the Arm or Arms, about half a Foot from the Shoulder, which Mark being im¬ printed in the Mould, the Figure taken off will alfo have the fame, which will eaiily diredf where to cut it, and to fit^ the length of the Arm to'the Body^ of the Figure ; if you defire a Copy of the Figure drefs the Mould, tie the Pieces ftrongly together, and caft Plaifter into it. But if you would New Curiofeties tn Art ana Nature. 49 would caft a Figure of Bronze, or Brafs, Separate the Mould where you put the fmall Pieces of Wood, orelfe with an Iron Wire, faw your Mould as near the Hollow as poftible you can, fo that putting a bigger Wedge into the Cleft you may open your Mould, be¬ ing divided fo as that you may call your Wax Figure ; make thick pieces of Earth, according to the Precedent Chapter, dry it, greafe it, and make' a Kernel or in ner Jvlould, put in the Iron Points or Brochesto fupport it, take out your thicknefs of Earth, pour in the Wax, then melt it Nutt, and bake the Mould, as before-mentioned. In like Manner you may take off all Sorts of Figure; and Poftures according to the Life ^ be fure to call all your Plaifter at the fame Inftant, for many and flow Runnings make faulty Moulds; alfo the Perfon being up to the Neck in Plaifter, the Coldnefs of the Water will fo opprefs his Stomach, that he’ll be apt to fhrink or lift up his Shoulders, and fo deform jthe Mould; to prevent which, let the Water be! lukewarm ; if you mix a Third of fine Brick with Plaifter, and fome Plume* Alloin, you may caft Brafs in it, only making a thick- ntfs of Earth for to make the Kernel ; but before you bake it give a Laying or T wo of Sal-Armoniack Wa¬ ter in ail the Hollow Places of the Mould, tying it with ftrong Iron Wire or Hoops, and putting in the Broches. Thus may you caft very Fine Figures alfo in Lead or Tin ; the chief Thing is to find out well-fhap’d Per- fons, and hard Labourers, who have always their Mufcles more ftrong and better fhap’d than fuch as live a finer Life, who often have their Bodies forc’d to their Cloaths ; nor thofe whofe Toes grow over one another; fet the Perfon right, that the Pofture feemsnot awkward, efpe- dally in upright Figures. Hon? to mould off the Face of any Perfon without being troublefome to him . Take a little Brufti or Pencil, lay fome warm Pafte upon the Hairs of the Eye¬ brows, the Forehead, all a- long the Roots of the Hair, and upon the Beard; lay the Perfon on his Back, and with a Napkin rouFd up L 3 com- 150 New Curiojities in Art and Nature . compafs the Face about to hinder the Plaifter from fal¬ ling into the Neck, or upon the Hair; your Plaifter being good, well tempered, nei¬ ther too thick, nor too thin, that you may foon have done, let there be Two to lay on the Plaifter with their Hands, beginning at the Forehead, and fo all a- long the Face, except at the Noftrils, which you muft not ftop, charging yoer Mould with as much Thick- i\efs as ’twill bear, not top¬ ping the Nofe; if the Plaifter be good it will fet prefently; then take it gently off, and you have the Mould of the Face to the Life. Now tp remedy the De~ fed: undef the Nofe, his but clapping a Chifel or repair¬ ing Tool to it, and pouring on a little Plaifter, which being dry, you may mould off a Head of Plaifter or Pot¬ ter’s Earth; then having the IPerfon before you, open the Eyes of your Mould; fome life to put Quills into the Noftrils, but I prove not ofitfthis being a more fure Way of Pradtice ; always sdvife the Per fan not to * force his Face, or frown ; to. prevent which, temper the Plaifter with lukewarm Wa ter, the Hair being well pair¬ ed ; thus may you caft all Sorts of Faces, Laughing, Crying, Grimaces, that is, crabbed or wry Faces. Td caft Hands to the Life . Place your Hands in what Pofture you t ink hr, greafe them, and pieced as before, DU t ting 1 i| £ ’-pa rets greafed iO divide f feveral Pie¬ ces; thus " may Feet and Legs in all Poftures be done, observing to put a Cloth under the Mould in open¬ ing it, fo that if any fmall Pieces happen to break off , they may be gathered, and joined with ftrong Glue ; for it cannot be but fome Pieces will happen to break on the iniide of the Hand, not On the outiids ; if you defire it it fhould hold them fome- thing, make the Form of it in Potters Earth and you may eafily take it off; then having call the Plaifter into the Mould, break off with a Chiffel the Pieces that can¬ not be taken off ; do all , with Care and Patience,that you break not your Work. New Curio fit ies in Art and Nature . 151 CHAP- VI. Jo ca/i Fijh to the Life , either in Plaifier or burnt day , to put into Fountains * alfo to caji them in Brafs , Tin, Lead, or Pafteboard, and to make them fmm on the top or middle of the Water . T^Ake any Sort of Fifh, put it in what Po- 'lureyou think fit,wafh it in clean Water ’kf. off the Slime,rub it r» / wi th Saf let-oil, and mo Ji it in Phil iter in Two Parts, turning and repairing the Froft Side of the Mould, and with Red Oker temper’d with Water cover the Joint,and greafeit, then oil the other half, and paft the Plainer ; which be- >ng done with a Knife, trim it all along the Joints, then ftrengthen it with Clay, and let it dry ; being ready, and well greafed,put in the bea¬ ten Paper or Pafteboard, prefs it with a Linen-cloth and a Spunge to take out the Water, lay the Cloth upon it,and with the Spunge prefs it into the Graviogs and hollow Places till it be as dry as you can make it; when dry, take out and join the Two Pieces with ftrong Glue, then lay in Size, after¬ wards in Mfhite, and prefs it- How to colour the Tafteboard Fijh. If it be a Carp lay on Leaf-gold with Gold Oil- iize, where a Carp feems moll of a Golden Colour ; in v)ther Places, as under the Belly, and upon the Back, you ought to paint with tit Pencil-colours, and. Umber ground very thin with Oil, and with a Pencil draw the Scales, and (hadow ’em to the, Life; then paint the Head and the Eyes, having a Natural Carp before you ; having painted the Carp, dry it, and varollh it with drying Varnifh made of Spike-oil, and give it fo ma¬ ny Courfes as is ufual in Varnifhing; when dry, give with your Finger a Gentle Touch of the fame Varnilh upon its Head, which being fo dry as that will but juft ftick to the Fingers, even as when you are to gild in Oil, then cake Shell-gold temper’d on- L 4 1 ’/ x 52 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Jy with Water, and with a Pencil gild thofe Places that require it, ^ with the fame Pencil heightening fome Scales, but thofe above the Back with the walking of your Shell, that they appear not fo ftrong as in other Places, then with your Fin¬ ger varnifti it. Jet it dry, and with the walking of your Shell of Silver, and with a large Pencil, froft over thofe Places that feem Silver!Hi ; then with a fmall Pencil draw the Scales with Shell- {Ilver; all being dry, give a- nother ^ Courie of Varnifti, and let it dry ; to make the Eyes perfedt, get fome hol¬ low Beads blown at the Glafs-houfe, of the Size of the FiHi’s Eye, divide them in Two Pieces, and paint in them with the Colours of Gold and Silver, paint the Eye to the Life; being dry, make a Hollow in the Place for the Eye, and place them in fit: More may be added, but the refi is left to the Pa¬ tience and Ingenuity of the Indudrious Artifi ; if you would have them in Brafs do as in other Figures. How to caji Fi(h , which in the fFaterJhall feem Natural , viz. one at the bottom of the Tufa the other in the middle , and others on the top . Take what Fifh yoi$ will, fet it upon the Belly on a Bed of Earth made edging up, but very even, fet the Fins as they carry them when alive in the Water, make a Circle of Earth a~ bout it to keep in the Plaifter, which mud be New, not Stale; but if it be fo,make it boil in an Iron Kettle ; or elfe put it in aii Earthen Veflel in an Hot O- ven; then put to it a third Part of New Brick in fine Pouder; chufe the fined and teqdered Brick; tothefe add one third PartofPlume- Allom ground on a Marble; temper all in Water to a convenient thicknefs, and caft it, as in the Chapter of Fifties, in Plaifter; but be fure to run it but at one Place, to prevent its gather¬ ing Wind, and that it be of a fit thicknefs to run ; this done, take away the Circle of Earth, turning up your Mould and Fifh toge¬ ther, letting it fo lye about a quarter of an Hour or more to dry, or till you think ' 5 ? New Curiosities in Art and Nature. think the Plainer is fet; •when dry, greafe the Edge of that firit Joint, which muft always be uppermoli; when you run the Second, make the Circle of Earth, and run the Plaifter, the o- ther Part of the Filh being lightly oil’d with a Piece of Cotton ; in an Hour or Two open the Mould, take out the Filh, and fet the Mould to be perfectly dry; when ’tis fo, take a Skin of Wax, Potter's-earth orPafte, roul- ing it as you do Covers for Tarts ; then lay it on the Mould, and with your Thumb prefs it into every Part of the Hollow Mould, making one Hole under the Head to put the End of an Iron Tunnel into, and ano¬ ther near it for the breathing j Place, about the Size of a i Tag, or great Pinthen take fome Ends of Brafs- j wire tinn'd over, fome what I bigger than a Needle, thruft I thefe Wires into the moll convenient Place to fupport ! the Kernel or inner Mould, j every Wire going through the Wax, Clay or Pafte, till j it touch the Plaifter; this done, join the Mould, and j tie it, put the Tunnel into the Hole, pour in the prepa¬ red Plaifter, taking Care it be not too thick; being dry, $ | open the Mould, take off the Plaifter or Earth, and leave the Kernel or middle Mould to dry at leifure ; being dry, bake it in a Slow Fire till it be Red hot, then cover it with Afhes, and let it cool by degrees ; then take the Two Moulds, bind them withfmall Iron Wire neal’d; then plaifter up the Joints with Potter’s Earth, put all in a fmall Fire to bake flow- ly, untie it, and cover it with Afhes, a^id leave it to cool, having tirft ftopt both the Holes that nothing get in, then make a Git or Call¬ ing'place in form of a Tun¬ nel, more than Four Fingers high above the Head of the Filh, the Mould being Hot as you can poftibly handle without burning your Fin¬ gers, your Tin mix’d with one fourth of Lead, and melted to a convenient Heat, which is known by putting a piece of Paper into it, if it burn ’tis too Hot, if only fcorchh: ’tis well, if not fcorch’t ’tis not Hot enough; being thus heated call it in¬ to the Mould, and you’ll have a Perfect Filh without repairing, not wanting the thinneft Scale; then with an Iron Rod empty the Ker¬ nel through a Hole, which you muft make in the moft conve- 1 54 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . : i ■ , . ... convenient Place, after¬ wards (lopping it by foder- ing a Piece to it, that the Water get not into it; if you defire to put it into the Water, and that ft (hould flay at the Bottom, fill it full of Sand before you elofe it up, if at the Top, fix a piece of Cork fo that it be ecjmlly pois’d, then make a ^Countei-polfe of Lead, which you muft ftick with Wax and Turpentine melted together, till you find the Fi(h right upon the Water, # then {bidder the Lead, mix a little Tinglafs with the Soulder to make it run thin, and *tis done; if you’d have it in the Mid¬ dle of the Water ftick a fmall Brafs Wier, colour¬ ed with Black Oil, to the Fifti, and the other End of it to the Bottom of the Tub or Cittern, at what Degree of Height you think fit. To faint the F ijh that the Water may not deface them. In colouring proceed ac¬ cording to former Dire&i- ons, hoc ufe not the drying Y^rnifib* this following be¬ ing much ftronger ; boil Linfeed-oil over a gentle Fire, put into it fome fine Maftick, till fo much be diflolved in it as will re¬ duce it to the thicknefs of liquid Varnifti, with this you may alfo mix your Colours, which will make them wonderfully durable. A mofi Impenetrable Varnijh againfi the Water. Take Linfeed-oil, put it in an Earthen Pot well glaz’d upon a Chafing*di(h of hot Coals, add about a Fourth of Rofin, which boil together very gently left it tun over; at firft ’twill fmoke and bubble, but in continuing the boil- ing ’twill all fall ; continue boiling till it be fo thick as to rope or thread like Var¬ nifti ; when you have ta¬ ken it oft' if too] thin add more Rofin, with this var¬ nifti your Fifti, or any Thing elfe, and dry it in the Sun. Of fuch Strength is this Varnifti that neither Cold nor Hot Water can any Way j hurt it; when dry, take Care the Rofin be very dean, and that it boil e- nough. C H A R I * ' » . . , —— . . . ■ New Curiofities in Art and Nature. 155 CHAP. VII. \To caft all Sorts of little Animals 9 as Lizards, and all Sorts of Flowers and Leaves that are not top thin. ii TF you would caft a Lizard | A in Silver or Tin, prepare || your Plainer with Brick i i and Plume-Allom, make a J Bed of Potter’s-Earth, in r which make a Hollow Place | with your Finger to fet the |i Lizard half Way in, and I with fome Inftrument fet ■ up the Earth againft the ( Sides of it, not fo as to ! prefs it, or alter the Form ; j fet it in what Manner you (will, whether Two or ! Three twitted together, or ;| otherwife ; then temper f your Plaifter with Water, in. i which Threeor Four Ounces j of Sal-Armoniack, or more, II has been diffolved, catt it j: upon the Lizard* being dry, j ■turn it upfide down, and ■ if you find the Plaifter has t gone beyond the Belly, fo > as to hinder its coming out, 1 or that the Feet, or other ; Parts, are covered, take it : gently and carefully off with the Point of a Penknife, ■ then oil the Joint of the Mould, make a Circle of Earth, and caft again*, leav¬ ing it a Day to dry ; then open it, take out the Li¬ zard, and leave it a Day to dry ; tie it with Iron Wire, and bake it, as in the Chapter of Fifties; pour in the Tin, and you have a Lizard not at all differing from the Original. If you would have them of Silver the Mould muft be Red Hot when you run the Metal, which ought to be mixt with a little, but very little. Copper ; if it be a very large Adder make an inner Mould, as is taught in the Chapter of Fifties. To cafl: the fame Sort of AnL mals after another Manner . If you’d caft Butterflies, Flowers, or Lizards, fo as no Seam or Joint (hall ap¬ pear, having plac’d the Thing you intend, caft the Plaifter as above ; being dry, without oiling the Joints, caft again; being dry, bake it till *tis Red Hot, that the Lizard or Flower s 5 6 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Flower may be burnt; the Mould being cold, open it at the Joint, and with the Point of a Needle or Fea¬ ther take out the Bones or Allies very gently, then join your Mould, and run the Silver or Tin, having made the Git or Calling- place as long as you well can ; if you would not open the Mould do after this Manner; before you Mould off the Lizard,or other Ani¬ mal, hick Two Pieces of Wax in Form of a Git. place one at the Head, the other at the Tail, of the Li¬ zard, or other Animal, then call the Plainer ; be- dry, take away the Wax, and bake it till Red Hot, that the Lizard may be con- fumed ; then blow out the Allies by the Holes, and call your Metal, as before di- re&ed. To ca$ Flowers^ Vim-leaves, Laurel-branches, &c. Make a Click of Earth like a Box, of the bignefs of the Flower, Branch or Leaves, you intend ; if a Violet, Rofe-bud, or any elfe that are thick enough, (for if too thin the Metal cannot run*) when you have made your Choice run a Thread with a Nes4k in at the End of tha Stalk through the middle of the Flower, then fallen one End of the Thread at the Bottom of the Circle, the other to fome Stick that (hail be fupported over it in a Perpendicular Line, that your Flower touch not the Sides of the Circle ; but before you fallen the Flower fix a little piece of Wax at the End of the Stalk for a Git-hole, which mull: touch the bottom where the Thread was fallned ; this done, t call die Compofition of Plailler, Brick, and Allom-Plume, as above, with Sil-Armoni- ack Water ; being perfectly dry, bake it till the Flower be wholly confirmed with¬ in ; being alrnoll cold, run the Tin or Silver, if Tin, add a Third Part of Lead, if Silver, a little Copper, and you’ll find the Flowers or Leaves very neat, which take out by breaking your Mould by little and little ; in this Way of calling your Mould will ferve but once ; if you cad Silver your Mould ought to be Red Hot; thus may you do all Sorts of Reptiles or Creep¬ ing Things. Other* Place it on a flat Bed of iarth very even, make an idging of Potter’s-earth ound about it; then caft the VlixtureofPlairter, e^f.asa- )ove; being dry,oil the Edges jf the Planter, make a Circle, :aft again, and leave it to try oF itfelf, bake it in a furnace, and leave it to dry under the Allies, and caft New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 57 h her wife to caft a Vine-leaf 1 been often done amongft o' thers, a Flower-pot with a Vine-branch of feveralfiz’d Leaves, great and fmall, with feveral little Creatures about it. your Silver or Tin ; this Mould erves but once, but you may carl Leaves of fe- yeral Sizes at the fame Time ; thus may you caft 'Branches or Stalks according¬ ly as you (hall think fit, and with Silver Soulder and Bo¬ rax foulder the Leaves, twifting a Lizard’s Tail a- bout a Branch with a fine Wire ; alfo you may fallen Gralhoppers, Horn-bee¬ tles, or other little Crea¬ tures ; thefe Things have to caft Adders or Serpents. Proceed, as in the Chap¬ ter of Lizards, till you have made the Hollow Mould, then roul a piece of Clay or Pafte very thin, put it in the Mould, put in the Brafs Pins to fupport the inner Mould ; if you cart Silver the Pins muft be Silver, then join the Mould, and run the Plaifter; not forgetting to make a Breath¬ ing-hole, elfe ’twill not be full ; being dry, take out the Pafte, make a Git or Cafting-hole, run the Plai¬ fter, then dry it, bind it, burn it, and cart in the Me¬ tal, you’ll have a Figure not wanting the lead Scale. CHAP. VIII. i To make a Spaud or Sand wherewith to make Moulds to caft wet. —taken out the Remel or inner Mould, reduce it into fine Pouder, lprinkle it with Sal-Armo- niack Water, put in an Ear¬ then Pot, and fet it in a Potter’s Furnace; being well burnt, reduce to fine Pou¬ der again, and fprinkle it with the fame Water, {pare not 158 New Curiojities in Art and Nature ; not to fprinkle it till it mould oft the Grane of the Hand, then fill your Iron Flasks, Mould off and Caft. Alabafter often burnt and fprinkling, as before, Four Ounces of Sal- Armo- niack to Four Pound of the Pouder is a good Spaud. Speculum or Talk calcin’d, and Plaifter fprinkled as be¬ fore, does the fame r ; alfo Allom calcin’d, and fprink¬ led with Sal-Armoniack, is admirable, very hard, and receives all Metals; alfo Plume-Allom well burnt, and ground into tine Pou¬ der, recieves all Sorts of Metal; alfo the Saffron of Mat s or Iron is very good Spaud. A Sand or Spaud which en¬ dures many Meltings with¬ out breaking the W coming out very Fine and Neat. Take German or Dutch Spar, which looks like Sal- Armoniack, (not Etiglijh Spar) burn it very well, then diftoive about a Pound of Sal-Armoniack in Two Quarts of Water, and fpr in¬ kle the Spar till it be cold ; then burn if again, keeping it fome Time Red Hot; take it out, and fprinkle it till it be Cold ; repeat this Five or Six Times, the more the better, and the better ’twill receive the Metal ; gfinde it into very line Pouder, being dry, rub it into Pouder on a Fifh- Skin, keep it in a Flask of Iron or Copper, not Wood, fprinkle a little Wa* ter, as is ufually done; warm well your Forms before you caft the Metal, and the Irapreflion will be very clear. By heating it Red Hot and fprinkling ’twill ferve again for other Works; ’tis an Admirable Spaud, and fo hardtftat no Plaifter is equal to it, pro¬ vided it be true German Spar. The longer the Git- hole or Cafting-place the neater the Work ; nor muft you forget in printing off your Pattern to face it with a little Pouder of burnt Pumice-ftone, that one Side ftick not to t’other. A wet Spaud to caft Medals , and all Sorts of Animals , to the Life. Calcine Speculum 01 Spaud in a Crucible or Melt¬ ing-pot, put it in an Ear¬ then Veffel, and pour Wate: upon it, and ftir it well to- gether, then add as mud more Water ; being fettled make it into little Balls aii( New Curioftties in Art and Nature. i59 md calcine it again, which >eat into Pouder, iprinkle t with Vinegar, and make t into Parte, and calcine it igain ; being Cold, beat it into fine Pouder, fearce it, illowing One Ounce of Sal- Armoniack dilfolved in Water to Twelve of Spe¬ culum, keep it in a Sellar, and as Occafion requires ufe it, without moremoirten- ing it. Alfo with Crur Nai l; if it be not hard •ough give it more boiling, id cafi it in the Mould. For the Ruby Colour . Mix fine Lake in fine louder, with Turpentine ^iled, and call: it into your f [ould of Clay before it be y, becaufe they are apt to ;eak, cut a piece of Glafs | the Size of your Medal, , d whilfi the Turpentine jyet melted lUck it to the edal; when dry take away the Earth gently with a Wooden Point of Willow, then with Water, and a gentle Brulh of Briftles, clear away what may be [licking of the Earth, place them in a good Light, and you will find them wonder¬ fully Beautiful; after this Manner you may make larger Pieces, and add to their Beauty, by tempering Shell-Gold or Silver with Falling Spittle, and laying it on that Side of the Glafs which you intend to lay upon the Medal or Fi¬ gure ; but becaufe the ta¬ king away of the Earth does infure the Polifh, when 9 tis dean hold -it at fome di- fiance from the Fire, which will recover it, taking Care you hold it not too near. An Emrald Colour Is made with Verdigreafe finely poudered, and mix¬ ed as above. Coral with Vermillion, Jet with Ivory or Lamp-black. M 2 CHAP, 164 New Curiofities in Art and Nature, CHAP. XIII. j Q mould Embolijhed Figures in Plaifter , or coloured Pajle tempered with Gum-Tragacanth-Watcr^ the Drapery being Laced or Seamed with Mother of Pearl . nr Ake little Shells that are * {hining 011 the in fide, thofe that are brought from the Eaji Indies are the bell, break them in pieces, and with a little Paite or Gum, diflolved to the thicknelsor Honey or Varnilh, and with a Pencil hick the ftiining Side of the Shell ’upon the Plaifter Mould, till you have difpofed of all the pie¬ ces according to your Fancy; if fome of the hollow Places too narrow to receive are thick, with your Thumb prefs it into every Part of the Mould ; that done, place fome little Sticks where occafion requires to fupport it, then fill the Mould with Gum-Traga- canth Water, that it 'may glue all the Parts together the pieces of Shell, fome finall Seed-Pearl will do well; remember that fmall pieces render the Work more Beautiful, and free from Unevennefs; of larger pieces, having thus fet the Pieces as clofe as may be. make a Pafte of Yellow and Chalk, or what Colour you think tit, make it into "flat pieces* about half a Finger then join the Mould, an tie it with a Cord : whe. his near dry take it out and you’ll Hnd your Figur curioufly adorned with Me ther of Pearl; thus may yo have them of any Colour having well oiled th Mould you may gil them if you think fit; tl fame may be done wit pieces of thin Blue, Purpl Green, or other colour* Glafs, having laid on Si ver or Gold with Faftii Spittle ; thus you may in cate all Sorts of Mofai Work. C H A New Curiofities m Art and Nature . \6*$ CHAP. XIV. To make Medals, or embolifh'J Figures oj PJaiJter , of a Japan Colour . HT Ake a Syringe, at the I end of which make fait !* thin Plate of Iron, in which mak* little Holes of feveral Si2es ; then have Palie of all Colours, not too thick nor too thin, of (Which till your Syringe and by thrufling the Suck r jforce it thr ough the Holes. Thus will your feveral Partes be formed in Threads, ; which lay apart, and with I your Thumb prefs them in- to the Mould till covered ; then fill it up with Yellow f Oker, having before given a ! Laying of Filh glue. The fame another Way . I Make a Parte of all Sorts of Colours, tempered with Gum-Tragacanth, of each of Partes make a thin Cake with a Rouhng-pin like the Lid of a Tart, lay one upon another; being join’d, pla^e the Colours in order; then extend them again with the Rouling pin ; then roul them up round as you would a t^uire of Paper ; then beginning at one End, cut in thin round Slices, with which till your Mou'd, prc fling it with your Thumb, and (hutting it, cart in the Parte, dry it, and polifh with a Tooth.' CHAP. XV. To make Medals oj Fiji) glue. 'TAke your Medal of A Lead, Tin, or other Metal, oil it, then wipe it gently off (not quite dean ) with a Linen-cloth ; then having fteep’d the Fi£h- glue in Water about Three Days, boil it to a de¬ gree thinner than Glue for Wood ; make a Circle of Clay about the Medal, pour on the Glue to the Edge of M 3 the 1 66 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . the Circle, laying a Paper over it to keep off the Duff, and leave it to dry ; when ’tis fo, lift’up the Medal by degrees, and you will find it Hollow on one Side, and embofs’d on the other* more clear than the Horn of a Lanthorn; ffrain it be¬ fore you ufe it. To colour them. Boil Brazil in Rain-wa¬ ter till it become ffrongly tineffured, divide it into Three Parts, to one add a Spoonful of Lye, to the o- ther Part a little Lime-wa¬ ter^ with thefe you may make your Glue of Three different Colours ; alfo for Yellow take Saffron, for Green take Verdigreafe bea¬ ten very fine, and ground with Water, ffirring it well with a Stick; for Violet Turnfole in Lime-water ; of thefe you may fix feveral Sorts on Cabinets, and Pie¬ ces of Curious Work. CHAP. XVI. To mould off the Medals ofFifh-glue inFlaifter, am to make Medals of Tin^ or Lead. H Aving made your' Medal of Fifh-glue, about the thicknefs of a Six-pence or Shilling, lay it on a little Bed of Potter’s- Earth, and with the Thumb prefs it about the Edges ; that done, make a Circle of the fame Earth, then caff the Plaiffer mix’d with Plume-Allom, and tempered with Sal-Armoni- ack, ut di&um eft fupra ; be- , Jpg moulded, turn thcPlai* |-Rer, oiling the Edges, and making a new Circle abou it, and carting the fam< Plaiffer upon it, you wil have the Mould of a Medal of which one Side will b( Hollow, the other Embof fed; being dry bake i throughly, ut fupra ,. an< caff your Lead or Tin t< ffrengthen the Mould, la on both Sides of it fom< Potter’s-earth, join it toge ther, bind it with an Iroi Wire, and bake it, to mak it fit to receive the Metal. C H A 1 j New Curiofities in Art and, Nature. 16 7 CHAP. xvn. To make Hollow Moulds of Sulphur , in which to cajl Medals cf'PlaiJIer very neatly. TWTAke the Medal very J - VA Hot before the Fire, oil it with Linfeed-oil, make a Circle of Potter’s- Earth round about it, then have your Sulphur ready melted, not too Hot, but only that it begins to wary as it were a Top, pdtirit cn as gently as you can, left it blifter, and become knotty, and *tis done. To mould off Medals of Plai- Jier in the Hollow Moulds of Sulphur. Take a fhort Brufli. and rub the Sulphur Mould with SaUad*oil, dry it up lightly that it be not too oily ; then mix your Plai¬ ner about as thick as Pap, and with a Bru(h fprinkle it nimbly on the Mould, and with your Hand throw on more of the fame Plai¬ ner, prefling it with the Thumb into the Hollow Places of the Mould, then with a Knife lay more on to what thicknefs you think fit; the Plaifter fhould (\T not fine enough) be brayed in a Mortar with a Wooden Peftle. To print Taper upon the Sul¬ phur Moulds . Oil your Mould, then take Paper or Pafteboard well beaten andfoak'd in Water till it become a foft Pap, lay fome of this on your Mould, upon that a Towel, prefs it with your Thumb to get out the Wa¬ ter ; if you find the Paper to lye thick enough prefs it with a Spunge till there re¬ main no Water, and that the Paper be entred into all the Hollow Places ; being dry, rub over with a Dog's Tooth to fix it in the fineft Engravings; you may ftrengthen your Mould with Plaifter on the Back of it. To mah a Varnijh to lay on the Figures or Medals of Plaifier. Take Soap of Alicante which is White, fcrape i c in thin pieces, put it in a glaz’d Pot 'with fome M 4 Water, New Curiofities in Art and, Nature. x6§ Water, and with your Fin¬ ger temper it by little and little till it be all turned in¬ to Water* about the Con¬ fidence of thick Milk ; let It fettle about a Week, or more, covering it from the Dud; then with afoft (hort Brulh walh the Piaifier, fet- ting it at fome d ilia nee from the Fire to dry by degrees ; being dry, rub it gently with a Cloth, fetting it in a good Light, the better to difeern where to polifh ; thus will your Plai¬ ner become bright as Ala- bailer. To make a Size to lay Leaf- Gold , or Silver , or Copper,, or Tin , upon Figures of Flaijler that will not fink into them . Take Oil of Nuts, boil it with Litharge till it be¬ come thick; then grinde with Water, White-lead and Yellow Oker, each a like Quantity very fine; when dry grinde it with the fame Oil, then lay it on with a Pencil pretty long, with a ftiff Point, keeping it always covered in Oil, to preferve the Point fmall and pliant; and in laying on the Size move your Pencil to and fro to even the Size ; when dry enough to gild, lay on your Leaf-Gold, or Silver, with a Pair of Wooden Pincers, or a piece of White Paper, cutting it on a Cufhion ac¬ cording to the Manner of Gilders. CHAP. XVII f. A mojl exquifite Way of cafling all Sorts of Figures . T Ake a Pound of new Wax, a Third of Co* lophony, melt them at a flow Fire, let them cool fo long as that you may en¬ dure fome of it on your Hand without burning it ; ihen having oiled your Fi¬ gure with Sailed oil with a Brufh, cover it all over ; if it be a living Face cover the Hair of the Eye-lids and Eye-brows with Patfe, as alfo the Beard; then with a Brufh nimbly cover the > Face about the thicknefs of a New Curiosities in Art and Nature . a Half-crown, being care¬ ful not to flop the Nofhpls, and that the Perfon fqueeze not his Eyes together which will render the Face deformed ; thus having your Face of Wax, take it gently off. then flrengthen it with Clay on the back¬ side, that in pouring in the Plaifler it may not give Way. Thus may you caft all Sorts of Faces, Laughing, Weeping, Gri-I maces, or Wry Faces* alfo Feet, Hands, Fruit, Filb, ij 9 or any Thing elfe, dividing the Mould into T\Vo pieces with a warm Knife ; then join them, and forttfie them with PotterVEarth ; than this no Way of calling is neater ; I have often taken thus living Faces, and with a fmall Gouge opening the Eyes afterwards, all which you may colour to the Life; this Way of calling is very ht for Painters, Engravers and Carvers, to cad Pat¬ terns. CHAP. XIX. To Figure , or In 1 ay with Figures, any Thing that is made of Wood . npHis is done with Mother "*■ of Pearl, by breaking the Shells, and cutting them according to the Fi¬ gures you deiign, inlaying them after you have with Gouges cut your Wood; thus may you imitate all Sorts of Fruits, for you will find fome Purple, o- thers Blue, Green, Yellow; fothat if you would imi¬ tate a Black Grape, the Leaf of a Tree, or other fruit, you have a fuitable Colour; make a fmall Hole through every Piece, pinning it with a fmall piece of Silver Wire to make it flick fail; then take Lin- feed-oil ana Orcanet, rub it well, and wipe off the Oil clean ; when dry var- nifh it with the drying Var- nifh hereafter-mentioned ; alfo (not oiling it) you may make very fine Com- partiment Work in fine Threads that will look like Silver ; thus make a Set of fmall Gonges of all Sorts ve¬ ry fliarp ; with thefe having cut I jo New Curio fit ies in Art and Nature . cut your Defign, take Till, melt it, adding to it as much Quickfilver ; ftir it with a Stick, being Cold, put it in the Palm of your Hand ; if it be, too (oft add a little more Tin; grinde this Compofition with Water upon a Marble, put it into a Shell, and keep this Compofition to fill up the Engravings or Cuttings which you have made with your Gouges ; when you have left it Two or Three Hours to dry, polifh it with your Hand and it will look like Silver. By adding more Qpickfilver you make a thinner Compofiti- on, which with your Thumb you may rub into the Work you have cut till it be as Bright as Silver ; inftead of Tin you may mix Leaf-filver with the Quick¬ filver, which will add to the Beauty of your Work*. This is commonly pradfi- fed upon Black and Colour¬ ed Wood, polifhing them with a Tooth. If you . would have the Compofition more Beautiful grinde Tin-GIafs, and wafh it till it leaves the Water clear, then mix it in a Shell with fome Gum, and with a Pencil fill up the Engra¬ vings ; after Three or Four Hours drying quicken it with the Compofition of Mercury and Leaf-filver. CHAP. XX. To make Wood of divers Colours . For the Red T 5 Ake Fernebourge h a If a Pound, or what other you think fit. Rain-water, a Handful of Quick-lime, Two Handfuls of Allies; when thefe have deep’d half m Hour in the Water, and fettled at the Bottom, take a New Earthen Pot, put in the Fernebourge with the Lee made of Lime and Afhes, haying fieep'd half an Hour, boil it, and let it cool a little, then pour it into another New Pot, add¬ ing half an Ounce of Gum- Arabick; take another Pot or Pan, put in fome Rain- ■*v>> New Curiojities in Art and Nature. 171 Rain-water and a piece of Allom, make it boil, foak your Wood in this Allom- water, take it out and dry it, then warm your Red Colour, and with a Bru(h rub it as long as you think fit, dry if, {and with a Cow’s or Dog’s Tooth polifh if, and it will be Shining, and Red as Scarlet, Another Excellent Red. Boil Brazil in Rain-water till it be fully coloured, ftrain it through a Cloth, take heed no Iron either touch it, nor come near it, then give one Laying of Saffron fteep’d in Water up¬ on your Wood ; being thus of a pale Yellow, and dry, give it feveral Layings of the Brazil-water till you like the Colour; when dry, burnifh it with a Tooth, and varnifh it with drying Varnifh with the Palm of the Hand, and you will have a Beautiful Red, inclinable to Orange ; if you put a Spoonful of Lee among ft the Brazil it will make the Red deeper,or boil it with a little Allum; but the Yellowing it improves the Colour; and by how much the Wood is whiter, by fo much the more Beautiful will the Colour be; | Another Red . Temper Brazil in Oil of Tartar, with which rub over the Wood, and it will become of an Excel¬ lent Red. To make a Violet Colour for Wood . Take Dutch Turnfole, temper it in Water, and ftrain it through a Cloth ; before you ufe it 011 your Work try it on a little piece of White Wood to fee if it be not too deep, for ’tis better to lay it on clear than deep; having laid on the Colour, put fome of the fame Colour to a Quantity of Water to make it very thin, and with this wafti it till it . become bright; dry, burnifh, and varnifh it, and if the Wood is White you will have an Admirable Blue. To make a Purple upon Wood . Having your Turnfole fteep’d, as above, add to it die Tindture of Brazil boil’d in Lime-water, and ^ will be an excellent Purple ; thefe Colours ought to be varnifh’d, as well to beau- dfteasto preferve them. To imitate Inlaying or Marhlt upon Wood . Beat the Yolk of an Egg with New Curiofities in Art And. Nature . — ' 172 with Water till it be thin enough to write with. Take a Pencil, and with the "Yolk vein the Wood ac- coiding to your Fancy ; be tngdry, fome flack Lime in Urine till it become thick like Mud ; with a Brufh lay this on the Wood, when dry clean it with a Rubbing brufti, rub with a dean Cloth, burniih and varnifh it, and you will have' a very pleafant Piece of Work. Jo make all Sorts of Vtffds , as Flowerpots or T>i[bes , to imitate very neatly fins torcelain or China Ware . Turn your Veffels accord¬ ing' to the Faftiion of the irue China ; > fls no Matter whit Wood, except Beech ; hr ft glue it, and whiten it with/ Whiting, and glue very frnoothly Three or four limes ; make it more fmooth with a wet Linen- d'oth; lift of all polifh it with dried Rudies, then |ivsT wo La zings of Cerus. \vith Oil of Turpentine and White Varnifti; then with 9 fxnife mix upon a Pallet a’Tittle' Blue Arnold with Cerus, till the Colour be¬ come only a little blui(h ; the Cerus and the A mm el Hi sail be ground very hue with Water, and left* to dry ; when this Iaft Laying of biuiih White is laid on with Varnilh, and dry’d, defign your Figures upon it with very fine Blue Am- rriel fpread on the Pallet with Oil of Turpentine; in laying 01 this Blue, moi- Ren rhe End of the Pencil in Varnifh to mingle with the Blue, taking Ca-e that the Ammel grow not hard in mixing, and by that Means troublefhme to lay on ; when dry, if you find occafion, you may with the Point of the Pencil touch it over again. Another IF ay of Staining or Marbling Wood. Grinde White-lead and Chalk together on a Marble, put it in a Pot, and temper it again with the Yolk of an Egg beaten with Water ,; then witn a large Pencil lay on this White, when dry repeat it ; that being dry, take a Point made of Stags Horn, draw off the White, where, and in what Form, you will; then fprinkle the Lime mixt with Urine, the Violet Wood which Dyers ufc will become Black as Ebony, by fprink¬ ling the Lime and-wine,. Plumb-tree and Cherry-tree,, turn New Curioff ties in Art and Nature. turn of a deep Red, the Pear-tree and Service-tree turn Reddilh, Walnut-tree grows Black by mingling fome Galls in Poudcr with the Lime and Urine. A Pencil made of Mutton Suet rubb’d in thofe Places where you would draw with Yolks of Eggs will do the fame Thing. ’Twill be excellent upon Black- Cherry-tree, or Plumb'tree, or any Wood of a dark Co¬ lour. 7 0 counterfeit Ebony . The mod folid Wood^ and freed from Veins, is bed, fuch as Pear-tree, Ap¬ ple-tree, and Service-tFe, black well either of thele ; when dry rub it with a Cloth, then make a little Brufti of Rudies tied near the Ends, melt fome Wax in a Pot, mixing wirh it fome Lamp-black; then with the Brufn throw on fome of the Wax, brudiing it till it fhiue like Ebony ; then rub.it with a Cloth and fome of the Wax ; the Wood ihould be weli-po lilh’d and rulh’d before you do it. To counterfeit Ebony, Holly is the bed of all Woods, which you mud put into a Hat maker’s Fur- A nace where he Dyes his Hats ; when you Hnd it by cutting to be druck in about the thicknefs of a Six-pence, take it out, and dry it in the Shade, that it may the better drink up the Dye-water ; then polifli it with an Iron to take off the foulnefs of the Dye; then with Ru(b,and Poudejc of Charcoal, and Sailed-oil, as is done to Ebony ; the Wood of Tunis polilhes eafilv; it alfo burnifhes well wirh a Tooth, and is bet¬ ter to cut than Ebony, which is very brittle. A polijh’d Black . Grinde Lamp-black with Gum-water, and with a Pencil cover the Wood; when dry polifh with a Tooth, ’twill look very well. Another Black Dye for Wood* Put-into good Ink little pieces of Iron very rudy, leaving it fo fome Days; then rub the Wood, which ’twill penetrate, poHiTi with a Tooth, and ’twill be ve¬ ry Beautiful. ‘To make Wood of a Silver Colour. Beat Tin-glafs in a Mor¬ tar to hue Pouder, then put fome Water to it, grind- New Curiofities in Art uni. Nature . ing it to the Fi»enefs of Paint, or grinde it on a Marble ; then put it into an Earthen Pan, wafting it Two or Three Times till it be very clean, mix it with clear Glue, and lay it upon the Wood, being firft warmed ; lay it on the Wood with a Pencil, when dry polifli with a Tootn. mite Wood of the Colour of Gold , Silver , Copfetjr Brafs • Take Rock-Chriftal, beat it very tine in a Mortar, then grinde it on a Marble with clean Water; then put it in an Earthen Pot with a little Glue, warm it, and lay it on ; when dry lay it on as above, rub it with Gold, Silver, or Copper, aijd ’twill be of the fame Colour you rub it with, then polifh. j lay on Pencil Gold or Sil¬ ver on Wood . Temper the Gold or Sil¬ ver with weak Gum-Tra- gacanth-water very clear, with a Pencil lay it on the Lights of your Work, with¬ out touching the Shadows, which mull "be made with Indico ground with a very weak Gum- Arabick Water, then varnifh it with drying Varnifh made of Spike-o l and Gum-Sandrack ; if i c be too thick add fome Oil in making it let it not have a greater Heat than maybe endur’d by the Hands; Blaqk Wood, or Wood fo died, is moll proper to gild. For Silver uyon Wood . Firft glue your Wood over with Parchment Glue, when dry, figure it as you think tit, as before-menti¬ oned ; ftiadow and tinith with Water in which Tal¬ low has been boiled, heigh¬ ten with Silver, (as in the Chapter for Gold,) and varnifh it. A Red Colour for Wood . Take Orcbanet beaten in Pouder, mix it with Oil of Nuts, make it lukewarm, and rub the Wood. A Fellow Colour Is made with French Ber¬ ries and Allum, alfo with Turnertck or Saffron, alfo with Merita Earth; Yel¬ low in Cafes is an eatie Colour. A Violet Colour. Take Four Ounces of Brazil, and half a Pound of Logwood, boil thefe toge¬ ther in Two Quarts of Wa¬ ter, New Curioftties in Art and Nature. ter, adding an Ounce of Common Allum, in this boil the Wood* An Excellent Blue. Take Four Ounces of Turnfole, boil it an Houj: in Three Pints of Lime-wa¬ ter, and paint your Wood. To make Bron&e, or Pouder of the Colour of Gold . j Take Giim-Elemi T welve * 7 $ Drams, melt it, then crude MercuryOne Ounce, Sal- Ar- moniack T wo Ounces, put all in a Glafs Vial with Bole and Whites of Eggs, make all melt, when mdted add Orpiment at Difcretion, with fome Filings of Brafs; being well mingled together lay it with a Pencil on that which you would bronze. CHAP. XXI. Divers Ways of Beautifying Things made of Wood, Stone , Plaifter , half d Earth or Pafteboard ; 4/- fo to work in Gold or Silver bur niffor in Oil, with all Sorts of Colours , as well Bronze as others , am to Stain and Varnifh Boards of feverd Sorts * For burmjtid Gold. 'JV/lAke Glue of the Cut- iVX tings of White Lea¬ ther or Vellum, which walh and boil till it comes to a good thicknefs, ltrain it throw a Cloth, take of this Glue and add to it a Third Part of Water, boil it 1, and while ’tis Hot drike over your Wood, being clean, with a Brufh; do this Three Times, each Courfe being fii ft dry ; lad of all give one Laying ol only Glue, without Water, then take Whiting, grindc or mix it in Fair Water ; let it be thick enough; then take your Glue, in which throw your Whiting, dir- ring it with a Stick till ’tis Cold, taking efpeciai Care that it be neither too drong nor too weak, being that, on which the whole Work depends ; take a little od in a Pot, to which pour a lit¬ tle of the weak Glue, warm it 176 A Jew Curiofities in Art and Nature . it a little at the Fire, that it be almoit as clear as Glue alone; give a Laying or Two of this White upon your Work, leaving them to dry one after another ;i then give a Laying of White a little thicker, taking Care it be noQ too Hot, which will occalion little Holes or Blifters; ufe it therefore when ’tis but juft melted, laying it gently and fmooth- ly on, working nimbly with the End of the Brufh to hop the Holes if any fhouJd happen; you may give from Four to Eight Layings on, as you hnd Caufe ; be fure the Whiting be not too thick ; for if you gild carved or embofs’d Work you’ll hide all the line Work ot your Figure. Being dry repair it with Filh-skin, then ruQi it ; Lilly, fmooth it with a wet hue Linen-cloth ; ob- ferve that the, more even you make it, alid the freer it is from little Holes or Knots, the v more Beautiful will the Gold be ;^*for the leaf! Defect in the White will be a great Fault when gilt. The Size to lay on the Gold . Take Sanguine or Bur niftiing Stone, the reddclt is the belt, grinde it on a Marble with Fair Water, and to the Quantity of a Pencil as big and as long as a Finger, add about half the Yolk of an Egg, which you mull grinde with it, adding the Quantity of a great Pea of White-foap ; then put your Colour in fbme Pot, adding a convenient Quan¬ tity of Water till it become about the thicknefs of Milk a little curdled, for it mutt not be laid too thick. How to lay this Size on. Mike Trial upon a piece of Board covered with the White ground; when the Size is, laid on, and that ’tis dry, rub it with a Linen- cloth j if the Colour hick to it, and leaves behind it up¬ on your Work only the Flower of the Colour of your Size, then ’tis good; but if you find it Iticks not at all to the Cloth, put a little more Water to it, be- caufe there was too much Yolk of Egg; if then in rubbing it your Cloth take off all the polour from the White, then add a little more Yolk, mixing them all well together, make a- nother Trial, and finding it in fit temper, cover your Work, and leave it to dry; when New Curiofities in Art and Nature, —- 177 - when you would lay on the Gold wet the Place hrft with a large Pencil, letting a Drop or Two run between the Leaf-gold and the Size, leaving your Work accordingly that it may run, then leave it to dry before you burnilh the whole; try upon a Corner, if it peel not you may go on ; when burnifti’d rub it with a Cloth ; if any chance not to hick didolve a very little of your Vellum- Glue in a little Water, by warming it; touch the Place and ’tis done, taking Care that no grealie Cloth or Hands do touch your Gold. Another more eafie Size for Gold or Silver. Take Yellow Oker of Berry, (Englijh is as good,) provided it be not ftoriy or fandy, wrap it in a Linen- cloth, tie it with a Thread, and burn it in a Red Hot Fire till from Yellow it be' come Qf a Red Colour, the Fire having throughly pene¬ trated all Parts of it, having alfo a Care it be not too ftiarp a Fire ; then grinde it well, and make it of a fuf- ficient thicknefs; if it be hard to burnilh add a little of the Yolk of an Egg, and a very little White Soap, and irinde them together, To gild a Carved or Embol- lijtfd Figure , fo that none of the finer Strokes of the Work may he lofi . Having with boiling Glue wafh’d over your Fi¬ gure, give it Three or Four Courfes of Whiting very even; being dry, mix your Size as before directed, and lay it on ; being dry, bur¬ nifh it, then take Shell Gold or Silver, temper'd with weak Gum-Traga- canth Water, or Arabick, cover your Work with it, and burnilh with a Tooth. Note, that you may lay on Gold or Silver with one Courfe of Whi¬ ting, if it be Pencil Gold or Silver. To Silver any Thing over with TinGlafs. Grinde Tin-Glafs very brie wafh it fill it leave the Water clean, mix it with the aforefaid Glue, and ufe it; when dry burnilh; this may be ufed without the a- iorefaid Size,only laying it on the White Ground, and your Work will appear like Silver* Walh well your Tin¬ Glafs, glue it well, burnilh the White Grounds before you lay on the Tin-Glafs, and afterwards with a Pa¬ per between the Tooth and the Tin-Glafs. N Tq 7 8 A'etv Curiosities in Art and Mature. into fmall File-daft, grtnde it on a Marble ; when rhroughly ground, wafti it in a Shell till the Water be clear, then with Glue or Gum lay it on the Size as you did burnifh d Gjpld. You may alfo melt Gold with Quicklilver, evapo- To Bronze with Copper. Take Pin-duft, grinde it and wafh it till the "Water be quite clear; mix it with Glue as the Tin- glais, lay in on the White Ground with a Pencil and burnilh; the fame may be Ul( - * done with Antimony. porate the Mercury by en Another Excellent Way *0 1 creating the ^ Heat; when filiver Figures. j Cold beat it in a Mortal, Take Silver in Froth or then, grinde it, and Jaj «P lane -A Scum, which the Rehners ufe to (eparate from Gold in wafhing the Sweep ot Goldfmiths, grinde this Silver, gum it a little, and lay it on your Figure, bur- niih it, and you'll find your embofs’d Figure well til- ver d ^ being laid on * IIICU it, —a ■ on the Size as you did the burnifh’d Gold, then bur¬ nilh it. Hon? to Bronze. Your Figure being whi¬ ted and made fmootb,grinde Chriftal and Touchftonc I with Water, temper it Work G1U mftead of Y burnifh- ine tub the Metal of which Colour you would have your Figure ; rub it well, 1 o grinde Cold to lay on Fi-| ; nd the Invention will be gum. \ ver y neat. Reduce a piece of Gold \ CHAP, i 7 9 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . * x CHAP. XXII. To difcover Gold under a Black Colour with an Ivory Pointy a great Secret , and as Beautiful asthofe Things gilt in China. IlJAviiig well burnifti’d ^ your Gold without Fault, grinde Lamp black with Linfeed-oil, or Oil of Nuts, adding as much Um¬ ber as Black to make it dry; then as much Spike-oil as Linfeed*oil; make 1rial with one Leaf of Gold bur- nidl’d ; lay the Black upon the Gold very fmooth and even, then dry about a Day, more o*- lcfs, according to the Time ; if dry enough 'twill not hick to your Fin gcrs; then take a Point of Ivory or Stag’s-horn well fharpned, rub it on a piece of Glafs to take off the ruffhefs, that it fcratch not the Gold or the White; then draw what you pleafe with the Point, difcover- ing the Gold ; if it appear bright and fhining, and that the Black be not une¬ ven and (lovenly about the Edges of the Strokes you have made, then is your Black in good temper, but if in difcovering the Gold it feem tarftiOfdj your Black is not dry enough ; if the Black be troublefome to get off, and cannot be eafily done with an unllit Pen, then mix Spike-oil till it comes to work eafily, clean and bright ; then may you eafily draw the fineft Hair Strokes; your Black thus made, cover your burnifh’d Gold all over with a foft Pencil, then with the Fea¬ ther of a Turkeycock’s Fail pafte over the Black as even and fmooth as you can, free from all manner of Dulf or Filth; being dry, and having made your Draught or Figure as large as the Work, follow the Tr? h: of the Line with the Pc it, and difcover or lay open the Gold. If you would have the Figures of Birds or little Bealls, or whatfoever elfe, find out the flrong Lights of them, difcover them by hatching with a Pen, or the Point of a Pjfo, if not too (harp ; but if by the Strokes approaching too near eacty N 2 other l8o New Curiofities in Art and Nature. ther you make a Fault, you may mend it by laying on a little Black, letting it dry ; if the Way of making great Lights be not profita¬ ble, or that Shadows are more eafie and pleafing to you, difcover the Gold with a Point of foft Wood, that it may not fcratch the Gold,, which you mull difcover or lay open to the bignefs of your whole Fi¬ gure, {hadowing the proper Places, as the Nofe, Eyes, Hair, &c. leaving it to dry ; then hatch it with a Point according to the Judgment of him that draws it; to know when *tis dry enough to hatch, always at the fame Time you cover your Work, co¬ ver a little wade Piece for Trials to prevent the fpoil- ing your Work; being fi- nifiied, leave it Three or Four Days to dry, and var- niQi it with drying Vamilh twice, if you fee Caufe ; when you lay on the Black do but one piece at,a Time, becaufe fome by being too dry will be troublefome to difcover . the Gold ; take Care alfo that in the hrjt laying on of the Varnifti that you fpread it gently for fear of defacing. For the fame after a more eafie Manner . Your Work being covered with burnilh'd Gold d>r Silver, (it matters not which,) mix and grinde Lamp-black and Umber to¬ gether very well with Wa¬ ter, taking Care you put not fo much Umber as to deftroy the Black; then add fome of the Yolk of an Egg, which grinde with, if, and lay it on your Work with a foft Pencil or Brulh very fmooth, when dry, (if you find Caufe ,) give a fecond Laying of the fame Black, and with an Ivory Point very fmooth difcover your Work ; if the Black come not eafily off then there was too little of the Yolk if the Strokes be too broad and ragged then then there was too much Yolk of Egg; this Way of difcovering the Gold is more finning than the other ; but be fure to be careful that in varnifhing you pull not off the Black, nor caufe it to fulley; to that end be fure to work with a foft Pencil and imooth Stroke; you need not much fear the laying on the Varnifh the fecond Time, provided it be not too New Curiofities m Art and Nature . j g x ^il °f lefs eafie to appear bright Spike Varnifh. and (hining; by this W ay you may allow almolt what . Time you will, al¬ ways remembering to make a Trial before you fall to Work ; for Blue take A- zure, for Red hue Lake, for Green Verdigreafe, and fo in all other Colours, be¬ ing mixt and ground with the Yolk of an Egg, as be¬ fore dire&ed. to do the fame another Way, Having laid your Black on the burnifhy Gold, as aroreiaid, mix equal Parts or Lmfeed-oil, and Oil of Spike, which lay lightly on with a large Pencil ; let it ary Four or Five Days more or left, according as you hud the Gold more or chap. XXIII. J An exquifite Way of enriching and beautifying all Sorts of Wooden Work. QOver your Work with Hot Glue, then with the aforefaid Mixture of Olue and Whiting, upon •Ji S » a Y t ^ le ^ 2e for bur- mflid Gold, and lay on th^ Gold or Silver, and burnifh; then take right lndico, grinde it with Wa¬ ter and Yolk of an Egg- being very thin and clear’ lay it on the Silver, foas the Silver may appear through it; being dry, pounce your Pattern of Whitned with J-halk; then with the fame lndico draw over the poun¬ ced Strokes of your Figure | as neatly as you can, fo as if you were to draw a Fi¬ gure with a 2 m upon a piece of Paper ; then with the fame lndico made thin¬ ner make the neceffary Shadows, after that with Umber; then heighten with a Wooden Point, by hatch- 1 ing the Lights ; then var¬ nifh the Work, which will feem enamelfd. For the fame another IVdy f hut a more Glorious Co¬ lour. Inhead of lndico fleep Dutch Turnfole a Day or Two in Water, ftrain it N 3 through 182 New Curiosities in Art and Nature . through a Cloth from the \ pie Ground, boil Brazil in Dregs* grinde and mix this | Lime-water, and mix with Wafer with fotne Yolk of an | Turnfole-Water. Egg, lay this on your Sil | This will not lad fo well ver, then with Turnfole j as that done with Indico, ground with Turnfole-wa- j Becaufe the Turnfole in ter draw with a Pencil j Time is apt to turn Red, what Lines or Figures you and will dain the Silver; think lit, which you may therefore before you var- fhadow and hatch in the j nifh lay upon it the White proper Places, which heigh- j of an Egg beaten into Glair, ten in difcovering the Silver, ; which will make it much as before directed, then j more durable, and wonder- varnilh. To make a Pur-! fully Beautiful. CHAP. XXIV. T '0 enrich carved Work ; as Pi&ures, Frames 3 and all ether Sorts of Wooden Work. 1 - 1 Aving.your Work co- vere j w ; t [ 1 burnilh’d Silver, take Glue of Vellum or Parchment boil’d to a thick Jelly, drain it through a Cloth; when fettled, drain it again, then with this Glue give One Laying upon your Work with a foft Brufh ; if that be not enough give a Second, then yarnifh it ; but before you varailh, if you think fit, you may paint in Oil or Water, colour Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, or Birds, in their proper Colours, pd vamilh them* haying fird laid them over with Glue. Note, you may mix with your Glue either Milk, or Soap of Alicant . How to emhellijh a Frame with Green Leaves . Take Indico, a little Or- piment ground with Wa¬ ter, inclining towards ^ a greenifh Brown, mixing with about half a Pint of your Colour the Quantity of a Mufcle-SheU of the Yolk of Eggs, and as much Size as is requifite to make it dick. Having fird laid on your White in the fame man- New Curiofities in Art and Nature. 183 ner as if you were to gild it with burnith’d Gold, you lhall then paint the Freezes of your Frame with this Brown Colour, leaving un¬ touch t the Mouldings, which you lliall have before gilt with burnifh’d Gold : Your Work being thus pre¬ pared. you fhall either by pouncing or otherwife draw whatever you pleafe; then with I dico alone, ground with Water, a little Size, andaD^opof the Yolk of Egg, you fhall draw your Figures or Leaves, which you fhall fhadow, and in fhadowingfweeten, height- ning them with Green, viz. You lhall take Orpiment well ground with the gree- nifh Brown, wherewith you laid the Firll Layer upon your Frame, then heighten it with Orpiment alone, ground with Water and Size, and a little Drop of the Yolk of Egg amongft your Colours, becaufe it would dry in bumifhing, for the Yolk of Egg ferves only to burnifh the eafier ; of which Things you may make an Experiment. But if you defire to paint your Leaves in Oil, you fhal burnifh the firft Layer of greenifh Brown, then you fhall paint your teaves with drying Oil boiled with Li¬ tharge of Gold ; but inftead of Orpiment you may if you will work with Ma- llicat. frljrv to beautifie with Tdlovp % making itfFainfcot Colour « Having laid your Frame with White, as you are told, take Yellow Oker of Berry, or Smooth Englifh Oker, which you fhall grinde ex- affly with Water, putting thereto a little Yolk of Egg; ' then put Size to your Co¬ lour, and having m x’d it all well upon the Marble,* you fhall therewith paint your Frame, being dry, you lhall draw and lhadow with a little of the Black Hema¬ tite, wherewith Cutlers fan- guine their Hilts, ground with Water, and a Drop or T wo of Yolk of Egg; then mix Size to make the Co¬ lour wherewith you are to (hadow hick, and for the Shadow obferve to take Umber, or Mofs, or elfe Lamp-black Water; then heighten it with Ok nc to hinder your Oil colour from feparating upon your Black Ground; then draw with White-lead in Oil iuch Figures asy- u pleafe, which fhadow according to Art with White and Black as fweetly and neatly as you poflibly can, putting feme Azure amongft your Black, to the end your (hadowing may bear a little upon the Blue, Let your White and Black be ground with dry¬ ing fat Oil, that it may not fink into your Work, but may (fine as if it were varniOi’d ; but if your Y^hite and Black (bine not enough you. may varsiifh them with drying Varnifh, •which you (hall lay only upon the Figures with the Point of the Pencil; if you will here and there lay on fome Shell-gold you may do it with the Pencil, but gum your Gold very little. in Art and Nature . that you may burnifh it af¬ terwards if you will; be- caufe the Gold in this Sort pf Work is laid on only in little Lines on the Ground of fmall branched WorKs; and take heed that on the Figures made of White and Black there be no Gold la d till the White and Black be- g‘n to dry, after the man¬ ner of Gold colour, audit will eafTIy take and hold, if you lay it on at fuch Time as your White is nei¬ ther too wet nor too dry; you fhall do the like upon the Varnifh if it be neceffary, and your Work will not differ from the Enamels of Limoges, in the Ground whereof you may fee yourfelf, as in polifh’d Marble, which is a Thing wherewith you may adorn a Clofet. How to draw Figures with Shell-gold upon a Blach % Ground . You may with Shell-gold or Silver make Grotesk Work, Branched Works, or Figures,upon the Wood thus bfackned, as aforefaid, al¬ ways heightning the Work, and fhadowing it, as I have taught you. In this manner the Gold may be burn idled with the Dog’s Tooth, e~ fpecially New Curiosities in fpecially if it be Grotesk. and other Branched Works, which are not liable to be fhadowed; fo that having the Freeze of a Pidfure Frame covered firft with White, and then blackned and wel burnifliM, drawing thereon Moresk Works with Shell I Gold or Silver, your Gold * being thick enough, and afterwards burnilhing it with your Dog’s Tooth, your Work will appear very agreeable, provided you work neatly. How to lay Gold in Oil upon blackned Frames , where the Gold appears very fair , and the Black very Jhming 9 without being varnijhed . Your Work being laid with White, blackned and burnifhed as aforefaid, take Gold-colour, and with your Pencil, which muft be very long and hne, paint what you intend to gild, lackring with your Gold- Colour what you will, be it the Proportion of a Leaf, which you may afterward, if you pleafe, hatch with your Pencil; being dry as it ought, lay on your Gold the mod: exa&ly you can, then with a Feather brufti off the Gold which does act flick. By this Art and Nature . ?8 7 Means you (hall have Branched Works, or Mo¬ resk Works, very com pleat, for as much as the Gold will not hick on the Ground which hath been burnifhed ; but your Gold-colour mu ft be very good elfe you will not attain your Defign. Now if you will reprefent Birds, or Figures, you may lay them with ypur Pencil; then being gilt, draw them with a Pencil of Black in Oil, and hatch the Shadows with the Pencil as neatly as is pollible. There are made Frames hatched in this man¬ ner which feem to be of Copper Gilt and Engraven. But remember to hatch the Shadows upon the Figures, To make Frames , the Freezes whereof Jhall on a Ground of burni(h'd Black be fill d with Flowers , either in Water-colours , or Oil . Having your Frame, o* other Work, prepared with White, blackned and bur¬ nifhed, you (hall gild with burnifh’d Gold, or Gold in Oil, the Mouldings; then paint upon your Freeze Flowers in Water-colours, after the manner of Lim¬ ning. For to make them well, having drawn your Defign upon the Freeze or Frame 188 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Frame of your Pi&ure, ei¬ ther by pouncing, or other- wife, with Black-lead, you {hall lay on White mixed with Size, wherewith you (hall draw the Platform of the Figures, Flowers, or Branched Works, which you defire to paint in Co¬ lours, then paint thereon whatever you pleafe. But if you will paint the Figures and Flowers in Oil, y ou fhall firfi lay it with .White- lead in Oil; then being dry lay your Colours in Oil thereon. You may paint Flowers upon a White Ground ; the White being well rufh’d and fmooth* lay on your Water-colours after the Manner of Lim- mm Upon a Ground of burmjh'd Gold , or Gold in Oil , to paint Flowers . You fhall gild your Frame with buniifh’d Gold, being well gilt and burnifh’d, paint Flowers or Fruits up¬ on the Freeze of your Frame with fine Colours in Oil or Water. You may gild with Gold in Oil, and paint thereon. CHAR XXVI. Bow to lay Leaf gold on Earthen Vefjels , enamelled with White' or Blue Enamel * which are Works of long Continuance , and feem to be rather of Gold enamelled 9 than of Earth enamelled. Ake a Vefiel well ena¬ melled, either with White or Blue, or any other Colour, then take Gold- Colour well ground, and very fat, that the enamel¬ led Earth may not drink it up, and lav on your Foliage with the Pencil ; the Size mull: be laid on, as you are taught in the Chapter of laying Gold in Oil upon a Black Ground. Your Vef- fel being thus gilt, the Fi¬ gures being well drawn, according to the Pattern, and fhadowed with Black, and very neatly ftained, you will fee a Vefiel upon a Ground of Azure Enamel poudered with Grotesk Work, Foliage and Figures laid in Gold. But you defire in fome Farts of your Work iSew Curiofities in Art and Nature . 189 Work to reprefent Brooches, you Ihall make Ovals and Squares, wherein you (hall paint with Black and White in Oil what you de¬ fire to reprefent, your Oil being.fat, to the end they may not fink in, or varnifh them apart. CHAP. XXVI. To colour Wood after the Manner of Marble, as a Table , &c. T AY Seven or Eight Lay- ! ersof White, as it were to gild with burniftfd Gold, then grinde Black which is not overmuch lized, add¬ ing thereto a little Yolk of 1 Egg, and a little dry Saf- I fron ; having laid it on, let I it dry, and then burnifh it exactly: By this Means you may counterfeit to the Life all Sorts of Marble, having a little Experience in Co¬ lours, and make alfo all : Sorts of Works, as Fretti- zed Work, Flat Work, O- vals, &c . Let there be in the Colours a little Yolk of Egg and Saffron, that is, in luck as can bear it, co¬ louring the Marble with divers Colours; the Co¬ lours mult be laid on clear likeThreads; you may alfo on a Ground whited, as I have laid,- pour out a Shell full of Colour in one Place, then turning it (helving on one Side caufe the Colours to run, which will make Veins ; then take another Shell full of another Co¬ lour, and do the like, fo con¬ tinuing with all your Co¬ lours, orelfe with a grofs Brufn lay all your Colours very clear one near another. This depends on him that works. After your Co¬ lours are dry you may make ufe of the Pencil to repair the Defects ; then burnifh your Work, which will not befubjedt to Duff or Spoil¬ ing. To colour a Frame with a fin? Jpecked Red . Grinde Vermillion with Water, then fize it, and grinde it with a Drop or Two of Yolk of Egg, with this Colour fpeckle the Wood of yourFrame with a Pencil* 19© New Curiofities in Art And Nature, Pencil, and your Work be> ing dry, take Lake ground with Water, and a little Size, Two Drops of Yolk of Egg, wherewith you (ball fpot with the End of; the Bru(h, and Jet there remain as much White as you (hall Jay on Red, then burnifh it with the Tooth, and gild the Mouldings with burnifti Gold. CHAR XXVII. To beoutifie Frames of Works made of thick Taper , or Lead\ gilt . T Ake a Plate of Steel po- liih’d and burmih'd, which cover with that Orange Tawny Mineral, called by the French Mine de Flomb , ground with Lin- feed-oil and Looking-glafs Tin, fothat drawing with an Ivory Bodkin upon the Painting the Lines may be heat. Draw what you pleafe, then harden the Painting till it become of aTawnyiCo- lour. Afterward take Aqua Fortis , wherewith you (hall befprinkle your Plate, let¬ ting it lye an Hour or Two, as (hall be taught in the Chapter of engraving upon Steel with Aqua Forth . Your Plate being graven and cleanfed, take a Paper as large as your Plate, and lay it upon the Laid Plate, then put thereon a piece of Pafteboard, fuch where¬ with Bookbinders coyer their Book hw, s ich you (hall adjuft upon your firft Paper, fo that it may be printed. You may do the fame with Lead beaten thin. Your Paper being well printed, glue it upon your Frame, then gild it with Gold in Oil, and make the Field with Lake Ground in Oil, or othet Colour. You may (tick on your Prints of Lead with Maftick, and nail them With little Nails. \ Fo make Moulds of Lead to print Cotton . Put upon the Work’ whereof you defire to have the Hollow, Potter’s Clay, and make a Circle round your Work, and then put Plaifter upon your Potter s Clay till it be covered a Thumb’s depth ; then take up your Mould, wherein you £hail make a Git'hole^ and New Curiofities in Art and Nature* 191 nd let it dry at leifure, bind our Mould with nealed Take Water of White Horehound, or Sulphur Vive, incorporated with Pitch and Turpentine, with a little Vinegar; or elfe Myrrh work’d up with Pitch, and a little juice of Lemons. To take away ftagnating Blood from the Nails, ufe Euphorbium mix’d up with Turkey’s Fat; and to remove Proud Flefh ufe, Pouder or Oil of Vitriol. CHAP, 50 + New Curiofities in Art and Nature . -- "" - "'g- 1 ^"V —. » ——... C H A To make the Hair F rft make ufe of Oil of Lillies, Rofes, or Vio¬ lets. To make the Bair long . Take the Afhes of Mai¬ den-hair and Linfeed, make a DifTolution of Myrrh, and put of each equal Farts into White-wine, with which wafh the Head Fif¬ teen Days* To make the Hair Curl» s Tis done by fhavipg and nibbing it much with the Root Afphodelum, or ma¬ king a Deco&ion of that, and mixing it with Oil of Mirtles, and fo walking the Head often. To make White or Red Hair Black. You need ufe no other Thing than the bell of Ink, always obferving to wafh the Hair with good Whire- wine Vinegar ; or boil Rafp- ings of Lead, and Filings of Iron, oi each Two Ounces in Two Pound of good Vi¬ negar ; or take Calx of Sil¬ ver, and wa(h it well in Rofowater feveral Times, p. nr. ‘ Bright and Clear . and this will turn Red Hair Black in a fhort Time, efpe- cially if you keep the Body purging at the fame Time with Rhubarb, Caflia, and Syrup of Rofes. To-prevent the Hair from faT ting off. Take Rofes Balaftians, and Sage-leaves, with a little Allum, boil it in Cl- ftern-water to a due Propor¬ tion, then add Tutty and Frankincenfe in Pouder, and wafh the Head there¬ with Fifteen Days ; or take of Turpentine Two Ounces* Cerufe and Maffick, of each Two Drams, mix the Cerufe and Maftick with the Turpentine, then put to’em White Wax melted Two Ounces, and Benja¬ min with Storax, of each Four Drams, make a Plai¬ ner, and before you apply it foment the Head with White-wine and Water of Myrtle-berries; or chafe the Part fometimes with Spirit of Wine and Hun¬ gary-water* CHAP New Curiofities in Art md Nature* 20$ CHAP. IV. To Preferve the Hardnefs of the Breajls. T Ake Lentil-feeds Two Handfuls, Red Rofes half an Ounce, reduce the whole into Pouder, and boil in the Smith's Forge- water, then fapply to the Breafts, and let ’em hang Twenty-four Hours ; then renew the Application, and continue it for Five Days together; repeat this Courfe every Month. , To make the Breafl Firm and Fat that was Lean and Flabby before. ’Tis to be done by chu- fing Aliment, or Food of jj good Nourishment, good Broths and Gellies, with the beft of Wines, together i w^th fomenting the Part 1 with good Pomatums and Spirit of Wine ; and like- l! wife to ufe this following, which is an Emullion of Figs, as has been defcrib’d 1 before, with an Ounce of Muftard-feed bruifed in it, ! and apply’d; or Oil of Ship- Pitch is Excellent. To reduce a Breaft grown too Fat and Flefiy. Take the Canker-Rofe, Sloe and Acorn-water, new¬ ly diftilfd with a little Vinegar and Ailum, and ap¬ ply it frequently to the Breafts ; or uie Oil of Mir- tles and Rofes. To make the Arms Strong ,, and the Buttocks Soft. Take Rofe and Plantain Water, of each a Quart, dif- folve in ’em an Ounce of Gum-arabick with Twenty Whites of Eggs, mix, and add a little Musk and Ambergreafe, with which ltoup the Parts. To make the Body moderately Fat. • You muft ufe SheepV milk every Morning, with a little Sugar of Rofes, and after that repofe the Body a while to Reft ; but ic will be better not to Sleep ; eat good Soups, and Por-' rage made of the laid Milk, and the Crumb of the Wheaten Bread, and the Yolks of Eggs and Sugar; likewife Rice made with Sheep’s-milk, hue clear Bar¬ ley, with Fruit, Raifins, Currants, Almonds, Pifta- , chio 2 o 6 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . x chio Nuts, Filberts, &c. i good ftrong Drink, and the beft Claret: And to make a good Fridfion all over the Body with one’s Hands, or with Cloths, for half an Hour together, every Day, till the Parts look Red again; take good ft ore of Cock- broth , or Capon-water, Two or Three times a Day. To Fatten a Part too Lean . “Tis done by encouraging of Fridtion after good Eat¬ ing, and rubbing the Part well, till it reddens, and then to wafh with a De- codfion of Camomile, Me- lilat, Thyme, Marjoram , Odigany and Calamint- flowers, of each Three Handfuls, Anifeed Two,. Roots of Enila-campana, round Birth wort, Gentian, of each Three Ounces, boil in Water and White-wine, then apply to the lean Part the following Plainer; take Ship'pitch, and Grecian - pitch, of each Four Ounces, Turpentine and Chalibeate Ointment, of each Two Ounces, Oil of Euphorbiurn half an Ounce, Muftard and Rocket'feed of each a Dra m, pouder and mix the whole, and make a Cerecloth w ith Wax; drink every Morniing. Almond-milk for Breakft ift • or take Yellow-fulphur and Pepper, of each equal Quan¬ tities finely pouder’d, pafs it thro’ a Linen Rag, and mjx with Honey, then rub it upon theJPart. To make the Arms , Thighs and Buttoch , grow'larger , and fatter, Ufe the fame Methods as before prescrib’d, together with this Cerecloth ; take Oil of Lillies, or Flower- deduce, Goofeand Capons Greafe, of each One Ounce, Ship-pitch Three Ounces, Rofin and Turpentine, of each half an Ounce, Oil of Euphorbiurn as much, boil it in a glaz’d Pot, then take it a little from the Fire, and a due quantity of new Wax, to make a Cerecloth large e- nough for the Intention, which apply at Night, and tht next Morning take off, and wafh the Parts with the following Decodlion; take orRofes,’ Wormwood, Stae- chas, Horehound, of each half a Handful, boil ’em in Claret, and bathe well therewith. Take a Clyfief every Week ' made of a Sheep’s Head, and half the Lights of a Calf well fed, boil thefe throughly with fome Fvice, then put in Two Ounces New Curiofities in Art and, Nature , Ounces of Oil of Rofes when you apply it. T? make One Lean that is too Fat . Take Sandarac and Po¬ lypody with Oxymel, or drink the difUll’d Wafer of Polypody with Sandarac; or take Savine-water Morn¬ ing and Evening. To lejjen the Buttocks, or other Parts . when grown too large. The Vinegar of Rofes, Leaves or Juice of Henbane, with Eagk’s-dung, make a Pultis, and foment with the Water in which the Smith qnenches his Iron, with Vinegar and Salt, or ufe Oil of Sage with a little Cloves. . * To contrail the Veins when they are blown up, or ex¬ tended too Urge. Take Wax an Ounce and half, Turpentine Three Ounces, .Frankincenfe, Fe¬ nugreek, Maffick, of each Two Ounces and half, Musk Three Grains, diffolve the Wax and Turpentine, then add half a Pound of Com¬ mon Oil, and when it be¬ gins to boil put in the Ma- Itiek, Fenugreek and Musk Pouder, incorporate them to an Ointment; or take 207 Water in which Allum has been diflolv’d, wafh in the Water when Hot, and af¬ terwards anoint with Oint¬ ment of White-lead, or Rofes. Againjl Scalds , and other De¬ formities of the Skin . Make a Deco&ion of Ele¬ campane-roots in Vinegar when they have been well boil’d, bruife them with the Fat of a Cat, and un walk’d Venice Turpentine, of each Two Ounces, Oil of Bit¬ ter-almonds the fame, Ben¬ jamin and Storax, of each Three Drams, Orris-root and Aloes in Pouder, of each a Dram , Camphire Two, Musk Three Grains; beat all together, and make a Liniment to be apply # d at Bed-tirne and Riling. Againji Puftules and Worms « Let ’em be touch’d with the J uice or Milk of the wild Spurge, or rub their Heads with-Oil of Vitriokor Sul¬ phur; or take White Soap One Ounce, Litharge and Quick-lime, of each the fame. Salt of Armoniack and Vitriol , of each Two Drams, boil all to the C011- fumption of a Third Part of the Water ; let it cool, and touch the Worms with the 2 oS New Curiofities in Art and Nature . the Liquor; or take Oil of Sulphur and Antimony, with which anoint fre¬ quently for fome Days ; or rub the Part Twice , a Day for Fifteen Days with Pur- flane (lamp'd, and apply’d like a Pultis. For Warts and Corns on the Feet. Take Oil of Brick-bats, choice Maftick, Gum-ara- bick and Turpentine, of each Three Ounces, beat 'em well, and mix together, then diffil by an Alembick, afterwards incorporate the faid Water with Wood- allies, and diftil again,which Liquor keep for ufe: Or you may wafh your Feet with Juice or Milk of Spurge; if there be an In¬ flammation upon the Feet ufe Oil of Roles after the former, or having ufed Oil of Antimony, Vitriol, or Sulphur; or _ take Lilly- roots well boil’d, beat ’em up with Lard, and apply Eight Days together. Take the Gall of a Hen, and infufe it in Vinegar of Rofes; take One Part Wax, Two of Oil, and Three of Aqua Vita, make an Ointment, and rub the Parts. To take array Wrinhjes. Take equal Parts of the Deco 6 tion of the Roots of Briony and Spurge, and wafh the Face therewith; or make a Decodion of Rofemary-flowers boil’d in White-wine, to which add a little Myrrh, and receive the Fumes hot upon the Face, which cover after¬ wards with a line Linen Cloth all Night; or ufe the Water diftill’d from May Dew* To take array Wrinkles and Chops in the Hands. Take of Maffick in fine Pouder One Ounce, dif- folve it in Red Aftringent Wine, and let it.(land infil¬ ling ; afterwards, take the Spittle of a Child, Capon and Hen’s Greafe, Coculus India well cleans’d and walk’d in Rqfe-water, and then made into an Oint¬ ment ; or take Vernifh Pou- de t r, and incorporate it with Oil of Rofes or Mirtles. To iak e away Wrinkles of the Breaft after Child-bearing ,, ^ and the Mothers have nurfed their Children. Take of New Wax Four Ounces, Natural Balfam One Ounce and a half, Ve¬ nice Turpentine wafh’d in Rofe- water T wo Ounces,' Oil of Sweet Almonds, and Sr. John' s Wort, of each New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 20 9 an Ounce, Oil of Maftick and Mirtle, of each the fame. Deer’s Suet One Ounce and half, melt the whole over the Fire, and in the Mixture dilfolve Three Grains of Musk, after it is cool you may ufe it, and it will keep a long Time. Oil of Wax or Turpentine are like wife good. cr 1 o take away the Wrinbjes of the Belly after Child-bearing. It is done by anointing the Belly with Oil of Spike after Delivery, and foment¬ ing with fuch a Lixivium as follows ; take Bean-flow¬ er, Fenugreek, Almonds, Tragacanth, Four Ounces, Samian Earth, Maftick and Ammoniacum, each Three Ounces, make a Diffolution in an Emulfion of Gum- Arabick; and thofe that will not dilfolve; pouderand form into Palfus or Pel¬ lets, which may be at any Time diflolv’d in a Lixi¬ vium, or Lye of Palm Allies, with which let the Belly be rubb’d ; or take whole Beans, and boil ’em in Vinegar to a Pulris, which apply over the Belly ; or take Oil of Myrrh, Mirtle, and St. John's Wort, of each equal Parts, anoint there¬ with. To take away Wrinkles, Black - nefs, and other Deformi¬ ties of the Belly, Take White Marble, Maftick, Frankincenfe, and Gerufc, of each One Ounce, % Common Soap a Pound, Ten Whites of Eggs, ufe it in a Lye made of Palm- Afhes, and wa(h as before ; or take the Oil of Wax mix’d with Oil of Turpen¬ tine. To take away Scars in the Face after a Wound or an Apoftemation. Take Oil of Myrrh, and rub it in well juft after the Wound is Cicatris’d, and it is an Excellent Thing. To [often the Hardnefs of the Soles of the Feet, They may be mollified with the Milk from the Spurge, and other Medi¬ cines already prefcribed for Warts, Nodes. or Corns, or the following Pukis; take the Roots of Wild Cu¬ cumbers boil’d to a Pulp, and incorporated with Ve¬ nice Turpentine, or the Leaf and Root of Mandrake boil’d to a Pulp in Vinegar. To Cure the Common Coldnefs of the Feet . ’Tis done by holding the P Feet 2 io New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Feet in a Deco&ion of Mint, Marjoram, Laurel, Sage, Lavender, Rolemary, Staechas, Roots of Elecam¬ pane, Angelica, Flowers of Camomil and Melilot boil’d in White-wine or Claret, and the Lees of Wine. Againft (linking and fweaty Feet . Take Allum, dilTolve it in warm Water, and wafh the Feet therewith ; or elfe take Myrrh, Red Rofes, Cyprus, Tamarisk, Thyme, Mint, Marjoram, let ’em hand in Infufion after they have been boil’d in Wine, and add Litharge mix’d up with Honey. A Bath to Beaut ifie the Body . Take of Sweet Almonds pounded Four Pound, Pine- Apples One, Lin feed Four Handfuls, Mallow and Lil- ly-xoots, of each One Ounce, Elecampane One Pound and half, all wafli’d, llic’d, and damp’d, of which make Three or. Four Bags; the Water being duly prepar’d for the Eath throw in the Bags, which after Infuiion are ready to rub the Body with ; you may add a Pound of Rofes, or Sweet- feented Water's, as you fan¬ cy, with Civet, Musk, Am- bergreafe, Benjamin, Sto- rax, or Orange-flowers. I You may fray in the Bath | Two or Three Hours. Or | take River-water, and dif- folve it in a good Handful of Salt, and take off your Water from thp Fire when it has boil’d, and put to if Six Pound of good Honey, One Pound of Roch-Allum, and Six Quarts, or more, of AfsVmilk, which be¬ ing mixed together make the Bath to be us’d as the firft. CHAP. New Curio fit ies in Art and Nature . 211 CHAP. V. To re fore and confirm the Natural Farts which are too jojt , and over much relaxed . 'T'Ake Burnt-Allum and A Galls, of each One Ounce, boil in a Pint of ftrong Wine; let the Party fomenr with that Decepti¬ on ; or make a Bath of Forge-water from the Smiths, wherein Bags are put fill’d with Red Rofes, Oats and Lupins, Pine- Nuts, Galls, Cloves, Roch- Allum, Common Salt, all boil’d together, and the Parts fomented with thefe Bags ; or in the Decodtion of Red Rofes, Granate-peel, Pine-nuts , Galls, Balau- ftianS, Mirtles, Barberries, Roch- Allum, and Common Salt, boil’d in Lees. To make a Man Vigorous for Coition . Take Oil of Nuts and Filberts, with which let the Party anoint well; or elfe Old ftrong Oil, and Oil of Nuts, each Two Ounces, Oil of Filberts Three Ounces, Civet Two Drams, the Pouder of a Stag’s and Bull’s Pizzle, of each half an Ounce, Cha- lotte and Onion, of each Two Drams, with a little Wax make the Ointment to rub the Reins, the Flanks, the Perineum, and all the lower Part of the Belly. Another more Efficacious * Take Oil of Caftor, Indi¬ an Nut, of each One Ounce, Euphorbium Two Drams, Soft Wax fuflicient to make an Ointment, to be us’d as before. Another Infallible 4 Take Oil of Pepper One Ounce, Saffron, Storax, Cloves, Black and White Pepper, Muftard-feed, of each Two Drams, let ’em be well pouder’d and fears’d, and with Fox-greafe made into an Ointment, which ought to reft upon the Par¬ ty Six Hours, and then a good Fridtion with a Linen- cloth upon the Places before deferibed. *The Chymifts, and others, have recom¬ mended fevcral Internals for the fame ufe, but no- * thing is like the Externals P 2 here ■ 212 New Cunouties here given ; bur I (hall fet down the moll proper Ali¬ ment to encreafe and encou¬ rage Generation. All Young Fat Flelh, Mutton, Pidge- ons, Partridge, Pheafam, ^c. Rice and Barley, Arti¬ chokes, Peafe, Beans 9 boil’d with frelh Meat, Carrots, Cabbage, Qnions, Parf- nips, Mint, Parfley, S?dlery, Sweet Almonds, Filberts, in Art and Nature . Pillachio Nuts, Jujaeb s i Chefnuts, Walnuts, Dates, Railms, and the like ; but abllain fro/n Beef, Pork, and all Salt Meats and Acrid Spices, as Cloves, Pepper, Ginger ; and all the Cold Saileting, as Lettice, Pur¬ lin, Cucumbers, Apples, Pears, Cherries, except us’d with Moderation in fmall Quantities. CHAP. VI. To make the Milk in the Breaft of aWoman fine and good. I ET her drink good Wine, in which Fennel has been broiled, eat Chick- Peafe, and walh in the De¬ coction ; let her Diet be cool, feeding upon Lettice, and Rocket, and Almonds, and Rabins, which are ex¬ traordinary wholefome, and will make the Milk fpring pure and nourilhing to the Infant. To difcufs and repel the coagn* lated Milk, in the Breajls, Take Lentils boil’d with Mint in White-bread and Milk, and the Yolk of an Egg, and make a Pukis, which apply as occafion requires. To dellroy or take away Milk from the Breajlr, Take Sage, and boil it in Urine or Vinegar, with Red Rofe-buds, and it will do it. To make a New-horn Infan Strongs and of a Fine Com¬ plexion, Walh it in Forge-wafer from the Smiths, and Wine equal Parts ; and as foon as you take it out walh the Ep- dy all over with re&ified Spirit, of Wine, and wrap it up in a Linen-cloth. TV New Cur softies in Art and Nature . 213 To cure the Palpitation of the Heart . Take Flowers of Borage, | Buglofs and Canker-roTe, damp ’em in a du£ quantity of Malmfey Wine. To cure a Noife in the Far f Put the Fat of an Eel Roafted with Laurel-leaves into the Ear; or take the Juice of Rue boil’d with Pomegranate-peells, or Rue and Marjoram boil’d in Wine and Oil of Bitter Al¬ monds, to the Confumption of the Wine, drain it, and with a little Cotton put of it into the Ear; or take Ant’s Eggs broken and in¬ fus’d in juice of Onions. To cure the Ear-ach, Take Oil of Rofes, Eu- phorbium, Brick-bats, 'and Cloves, drop a few Drops into the Ear, or ufe ’em with Cotton, apply a Plailter of Burgundy-pitch from Ear to Ear, and it is done. CHAP. VII. Variety of Secrets ufeful and necejfary for all Families . "pil'd of all, if Moles in- **■ fed your Court or Gar¬ den, take a Stick, rifing ear¬ ly in the Morning, and go where the Moles are, count¬ ing how many Hills they have rais’d , which mark with your Stick, and at Night make a Lye of com¬ mon Salt and Copperas, for the fpace of half an Hour, where you have thrud the Stick into their Holes there pour down your Liquor, and you may be allured no Mole will day in your Court or Gardens afterwards. An Approved Secret to kjill Fleas and other trouhlejome Vermin % Take Hemlock Four Handfuls, Dwarf-elder the fame, Rue Two Handfuls, make Bundles of thefe to¬ gether, and lay them under the Bed, aqd the Vermin will quit the place. An Admirable Way to take a quantity of Rats and Mice 0 Take fuch a quantity^ of Parchment as you think will be plough, cut it to P 3 pieces 214 Nm Curiofities in Art and Nature . pieces fo as to hang in the whole together, mb it with Glue on one Side, and lay it where thofe Vermin moll ufuaily frequent, and you (hall prefently hud as foon as One or Two are caught all the reft come to their AfFihance, and are equally entangled , fo may you catch them with a great deal of Diverfion, *lo take away the Marks of Ink or Parchment , Paper ^ in a Book . Take Lapis Calaminaris, Copampn Salt, Roch Allutn, half an Ounce, make a De¬ ception of the w’ole in White wine for half an Hour, and with the faid Water wafh the Place, and you will find it difappear. An Imjlmable [Secret to take away Hair T from any Part of the-. Body without Pain* Take Fifteen Egg (hells, put 'em over-the fire in a rot till they are calcin'd, then difkil them in a Retort with a hrongFire* and the Water that conqes from them will make Hair fall off without Pain where- sver yen wafh with it* A Wonderful Curiofity to im¬ prove the Ladies Complexi¬ ons. Take Parfley and Nettle- feed, Peach-hone Kernels, make a Decodtion of all together, and walk the Face with the faid Water. A true Secret to take all Sorts of Birds with one's Hand , and without any Injiru mcnt. Take an Ox’s Gall and White Hellebore, and boil any Sort of Grain in the fame, after which Sow it where the Birds come, and all that eat of it will fall down Dead in half an Hour, fo that you may catch ’em with you Hand. lo boil an Egg without Fire. Take a fufficient quantity of Quick-lime, and bury an Egg in it about a quarter of an Hour and it will be boil’d. lo Jhoot a Bird Alive with all the Feathers off it. Take a Fowling-piece,and charge it without Ball, and inhead of that put in an Ounce of Amalgamated Lead, fhoot at your Bird and he fliall fall down Fea- therlefs and Alive* New Curiofittes in Art and Nature . 215 To mate a Candle burn in Water. Take half a Pound of Wax, Two Ounces of Brim- done, and as much Quick¬ lime, One Ounce of Venice Turpentine, work all toge¬ ther and make a Caudle, which diftil, and put under Water, and it (hall burn as well as if it was above. CHAP. VIII. Containing many Secrets and Medicines for Women , and others. To make the true Sulphur proper for Women when fck with Child , and for other Sorts of Cholic k. TN the fird place take half A a Pound of Venice Tur¬ pentine, and half a Pound of Flower of Brimhone, mix them together, and bring them to a Confidence over warm Embers till they are iuifieiently mix’d, of this Remedy give Three Spoon¬ ful of Aqua Fit£. A Receipt to make Child-bed eafier. Take Onions of both Kinds, and put ’em to boil in a Pot with Oil-Olive, and a little White-wine, and when the Woman is in the Ninth Month let her rub her Reins well with the fame, as alfo the Navel, and lower Region of the Belly, and it (hall give her great \ (lift a nee in her pelivery. To Cure the Fits of the Mo * the/. Take Two Rotten Eggs, beat 'em well together till they are one, put to ’ern a good Spoonful of Frankin- cenfe in Pouder, and as much Pepper, beat ’em up again till they come to fuch a Confiftence that may be apply’d to the Belly in the Nature of a Stoup, which is to remain on for fome Time. For the Fits of the Mother , and the Falling-down of the Womb. Take a large piece of fine Camphire, and light it with P 4 a 2i6 New Canopies in Art and Nature. a Candle, and put into a large Glafs of Water, after that boil it White, and ap¬ ply the Water to the Mala¬ dy. Take an Ounce of Bri- ony-roofs, and make a De- coaion of it in White- tvine, of which take a Draught Three Times a Week at Bed-time, conti¬ nuing the life of it till you are perfe&Jy well To remove After -pains, Make a Deco&ion of Sch^nanth, or Arabian Time, and drink it as hot as you can bear; or take Onions, and Boil them in' Water and Wine, then fry 'em with Oil of Nut and Olive, and apply the Medi¬ cine hot to the Belly. To \now if a Woman has conceiv'd on' not . ^Take Wild Mallows, or March-Mallows^ and let the Woman pits upon ’em Three Days together, that is, once every Day, if you fee that the faid Mallows are dead the Woman has not conceiV’d, but if the Mallows remain alive and irelh then (he is with Child. To provol\ the Terms , Take Catmint, bruifeit, and drink it in Wine after a £ Shell and ail, hang it Twen¬ ty-four Hours in Strong Vi¬ negar, and put to the faid Vinegar Brimftone about the Size of a Nut in Pouder, infufe Twenty-four Hours longer in a Cloth, and then apply the faid Vinegar to the Face with a foft Rag. To take away the Marks of the Small-Fox. Let a live Pidgeon, bleed and wafh the Face with the warm Blood thereof. i An Ointment to make th Hands fine. Take Rain-water Fou Pints, Cock’s Feather Three Handfuls, Fat Fig half a Pound, Ahum th fame, fine Honey Thre Ounces, the Pulp of a Lc mon Two Ounces, Hen Greafe Two Ounces, Goat; Greafe One and a half, Oi of Bitter Almonds, wit! Clove-water and Borax of each Two Drams, Ma ftick Six Grain,s, mix toge ther, and make a Pa fie, witl which wafh the Hands,efpe dally at Bed-time. For the Inflammation , or S, Anthony's Fire , th comes by Pufiules in th Face , or other Ways. Take a Pound of Houfij leek Juice, of the Juices a Plantain and Nightfhade of each half a Pound, mat, a Decodfion in a clean Velfe afterwards add the fair Quantity over again of th cruc 221 New Curiofities in Art and Nature • rude Juices* and fet ’em ogether in a cool Place till hey are fettled and clear, hen pour ’em gently off, ind add the Juice of Two _emons, then ft rain thro l Cloth, and when you ufe tfhakeit firft. 7 or Chaps in the Hands or Lips . Take the Yolks of Eggs fry’d, as they are in a Pan, jind moiften them with Oil j)f Sweet Almonds, beat’em together, and then prefs out he Oil. ’Tis Iikewife very good for a Burn or Scald. n?r Kedntfs and Spots in the Face. Take a little Brimftone, Ind mix it with Breaft- ylilk, and touch the Spots, >r wa(h the Face therewith. 4n exquifite Way to make Hair fall off\ and to blanch the Face . I Take the beft Sublimate }alfa Pound, and boil it I a glaz’d Earthen Pot with luart of Water, put the id Sublimate again into e fame Pot, and filling it 11 of Spring-water boil it hreeor Four Times over ith a frnall Coal-fire, then t it cool, and afterwards ind Three or Four Hours the fame Pot, and pour off the Water gently thro* a clean Linen-cloth ; then put the Sublimate into a Glafs Vial with a Quart of Water, or more, and boil it again One Day, and remit the next, continuing this, and (hake the Bottle Four or Five Days ; then put to the boil’d Sublimate Tome Rofe* water, and give it Three or Four Boilings more over a gentle Coal-fire, and let it cool leifurely to make the Water Sweet afterwards; but left the Sublimate ftiou’d precipitate, fet it in the Sun, and when It is prepar’d put Borax half an Ounce, and as much Quick-lime, to be ground with it on a Marble to a Subtle Pouder, and when you would ufe it take a little on the Palm of your Hand, and mix it with Three or Four Drops of Oil of Sweet Almonds, made by Expreflion, and with this rub the Hair,* or touch the Skin, as you find occa- fion. An Ointment to take away the Bumps or hard Swellings in the Face, Take the Juice of the Root which is call’d the Iefler Snake-weed Two Ounces, Oil of Tartar and Rofes, of each an Ounce and 222 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . and half, and boil ’em in an Earthen Pot well flopp’d, without Water, till the faid Juice is wafhed ; then take White Wax an Ounce, and melt it in the faid Oil, and put to it half an Ounce of Cerufe, and when it is well mix’d wafti it often in Plan¬ tain-water, and keep it in a glaz’d Earthen Veffel* To make Hair grow again on the Head of Manor Woman. Take the Allies of Black Snails finely fears’d, and incorporated to an Oint¬ ment with Honey, with which anoint the Part, and it will anfwer the Expedi¬ tion. CHAP. XI. Of the Manner of making fever at Balfams, very Vfeful and Neceffary for all Perfons . A Precious B a If am. T Ake of Oik Olive One Pound, Oil of White Poppy, and Oil of Bitter Almonds, of each Four Ounces, fine Frankincenfe, Maftick, Pitch, Galbanum, Venice Turpentine, of each Three Ounces, Verdegreafe half a Dram, St. John*s Wort, Yarrow, Camomil , Roman Wormood, of each a Handful, ftamp the Juice of the Herbs in a Mortar, and keep the refl, and when the Compofition is made, fry the other Things with the Juice of the Herbs, and Oil-Olive, over a gentle Fire, and fqueeze, the whole thro’ a clean Linen-cloth, and keep the Oil by itfelf, and Air the other with a Wooden Spatula as you mix the Drugs^one after another in Pouder, then put to the Oil of Poppy afcjd Bitter Al¬ monds , and Air ’em well over the Fire, and after¬ wards take it off, and let it fland to cool; then putin the Verdegreafe, and Air a- gain while you mix the Juice of the faid Herbs, keeping your- Spatula in Motion till all is imbib’d, and you work it to an Oint¬ ment New Curio fines in Art and Nature . 225 ment with Wax, and a lit¬ tle after firain thro’ a Cloth, and keep the faid Oil for Balfam, and melt one Part of it with White Bees-wax for an Ointment, and keep the other in Oil; the Syrup which remains join with Wax for Plaifters to dreng- then the Nerves, T 0 make a Precious Balfam when the Herbs are in their full Vertue in June. Take Two Sorts of Dra¬ gon-wort, Betony-Howers, r of Camomile, Comfrey the great and lefs, Fennel, Ad* derVtongue, Marjoram, Baum, Melilot-flowers, Yarrow, St. Johns Wort, Plantain, Rotemary, Rue, Sage and Thyme, cut ’em grolly, and put in an Ear- then glaz’d Pot, and to them Oil of Olive, well mix’d in the Pot with the faid Herbs about Two Fin- J gers deep, then flop it clofe, and fet it in the Sun Two Months, dir the Herbs and Oil once a Day with a Stick all that time till they have yielded all their Virtue; After the Two Months put your Herbs and Oil into a Brafs Kettle over the Fire, making it clear and gentle, and let it day on till the Oil begins to boil, continu¬ ally ftirring the fame with the Stick, then drain the Oil thro* a new Sieve, and the Herbs which remain be¬ hind put into the Kettle o- ver the Fire with a Gallon of White-wine, let it boil over a fmall Fire a quarter of an Hour, dill keeping it dirr’d with the Stick as be¬ fore; then take the Herbs and Wine in the Kettle, and boil ’em till all the Wine is confirmed , dill furring it with the Stick ; then mix the faid Herbs and Oil to¬ gether in the Sieve, and let the Oil pafs thro’, taking care to (queeze the Herbs all that time betwixt Two Sticks, that the Oil might have all the Virtue of the Herbs; then put the faid Oil again over the Fire in a Brafs Kettle to boil gently, there let it remain till the Wine be entirely waded, which may be known by the Smell, which will dink of Burning ; there let if re¬ main till the Oil is perfectly Pure; then mix with rhe fame juft hot of Madick, Olibanum and Virgin’s-wax, of each alike, as will fuf- dce to give the Confidence, taking care to dir it all the while as it cools, till it is throughly mixed^ after which keep it clofe cover’d for life. It 224 New Curio foies in Art and Nature . It is fingularly good for all Sorts of Burns, or Scalds, by Fire, Water, or Gun¬ powder ; for all Cafes where the Nerves are concern’d, Womens Pains in Labour, Cholick, Wind, Hemor¬ rhoids, Gout, Pains in the Grand Pox, Apoplexies, W ounds,T ooth- Ach, Belly- Ach, and Pains crofs the Stomach, from Wind, or other wife. Colour. This is a good Me¬ dicine for Abhma’s and Phthificks, Plurifies, and o- ther Stoppages of the Bread and Lungs, Four or Five Drops in Wine , or any proper dibill’d Water; but it is better taken on a Lump of White Sugar, or a Spoon¬ ful of Syrup of Violets, Three or Four times a Day; or ,apply’d outwardly in Wounds and Ulcers. Another Balfam, Take a Quart of good A- qua ViU^md put it in a Glafs Bottle, then take Two Ounces apiece of Myrrh and Aloes, and mix toge¬ ther with the Aqua Vit £, which boil till mod of the I Spirit be evaporated, and! the remainder is the Balfam, which is excellently good. Balfam of Sulphur. Take fine Flower of Brim- done prepared truly One Ounce, put it into a Ma- tras with a long Neck, to which pour Oil of Turpen¬ tine till it rife Four Fingers above the Pouder; feal the 1 Glafs Hermetically, and fet I it in hot Abies, ora Sand I Furnace, for Fifteen Days, till the Oil has receiv’d the Tindfure from the Sulphur, and the Balfam be of a Bed jj Another good Balfam . Take Sulphur in Pouder wellfears’d, and put it into a Glafs Veffel, to which pour Oil-Olive Four Fin¬ gers above it, expofe it to the Heat of the Sun Ten or Twelve Days, birring it during that time with a Wooden Spatula; when it has bood the time pour off your Oil gently by Inclina¬ tion, and keep it in a Bottle well bopp’d, and when you ufe it walh the Ulcer or Wound with it; or by add¬ ing a little Pitch, and Wax, with fome Myrrh, you may form it into an excellent Ointment. To make a Black or White Balfam . Take Oil of Olive and Urine, of each equal Parts, boil with fome Black Pitch, Ben- New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 22f Antimony, as much Salt¬ petre and Tartar in Pouder, put ’em into a new Cruci- >le, furroundsd about with Doals, make a good Fire ill the Pot be Red hot, all :he time keep ftirring the vlatter with a Wooden Spa¬ tula till the Regulus of An¬ timony be perfe&ed; then take of this in Pouder, and Two Ounces of Sublimate, and diftil by a proper Alem- bick, fo will the Oil come over,which you muft receive into a Glafs VelTel full of Water; the Pouder that re¬ mains you may wafh often in warm Water, or Rofe- water, till it is perfectly Sweet, of which you may give Ten or Twelve Grains to Man or Woman, and touch the Scabs but with the Oil and they will fcale jn Four or Five Days at artheft. Another Oil much approved . Take frefh Urine a Quan¬ tity, and let it boil till a Third Part is confumed, and then take good May Butter, and boil it well in the faid Butter; then take it from the Fire, and as it cools wafh it much in frefh Urine that has been boil’d away before to a half Part'; when you ufe it wafh it in muntain or Rain Water, and rub the griev’d Fart well with it, letting it reft all Night; do this for Nine Days. To make good Oil of S/.John’/ Wort . Take Flowed of St. John *s Wort Four Handfuls, and ftamp them in a Quart of Claret which has been made hot fir ft, fet thefe in the Sun together for Three or Four Days, then pour off the faid Wine, and put to it more frefh Water, which bruife in the Wine, and let Hand Three Days more; do this again and again, and when you have done it Four Times mix with it half a Pound of Oil-OJive, and boll all together till the Wine is confumed; after that put to fome good Ma- ftick ^nd Frankincenfe in Pouder, and Venice Turpen¬ tine, of each One Ounce, Four Ounces of Saffron ; then take it from them, and work it all together for Ufe. Q.3 An - --- ¥ - -- - New Curiofitiesm Art andNature. dn Oil proper for the Nerves, Take the. Fat of a Capon refin d , an Ounce of new Wax , diffolve the Fat and the Wax together; then take an Ounce of Turpen¬ tine, melt it with the red, and let it not flay too long upon the Fire, when it is cold fpread itonaPlaifter to apply to the Nerves. To make Oil ofTalck. Take a Pound ofTalck, and pouder it with an Ounce of Sugarcandy, and mix it with Glafs Allies, and fend it to the Glafs Fur¬ nace, where it muft re¬ main Forty Days after be¬ ing Hermetically Seal’d • then draw from thence an Oii in Balneo Marine, There are feverai other Ways much to the fame Purpofe. An Oil proper to make the Hair grow, Takg the Yolks of hard Eggs, prefs them with your Hand,, then put ’em into a Purflain VeiTel over the Fire, ftir it conflantly till it be Gluey, then put in a Bag, and prefs it again to make it clear, fill the Purflain- difh full of Water, and. make it boil over the Fire ; if you wou’d have it like Natural Balfam, when you have prefs’d the Oil out, mix feme Benjamin and Storaxto it in fine Pouder. To make Oil of Sweet Ah monds , Nuts, &c. Take what quantity you pleafe of Nuts, or Almonds, and put ’em into a clean Earthen Veflfel, moiflen them with a few Drops of Spirit of Wine; then fill the Veflel full of Water over the Fire, and give a flrong Boil; then while they are hot put ’em into a Bag, and with a Prefs fqueeze out the Oil. CHAP. New Curiojities in Art and Nature 2?I CHAP. XIII. Of Ointments and Salves . A very Wonderful Salve , commonly calVd the Divine P/aifter , being very proper for all Wounds , Old or New. THis is Extraordinary for A all Kinds of Gun-lhot Wounds, or other Inftru- ments of Fire; the Conta¬ gion , or Poifon, rec-iv’d from Venemous Creatures, ! Apofthumes , Fillula’s , i Plague-Sores , Chancres , I Bruifes and Falls; for the. ! Noli-mc-tangere , Swelling and Pain in the Head after the Hair is Shav’d off, and apply’d Plaifter-wife: The I fame relieves a Nerve that is I injur’d, and never differs Putrifadtion in any Part. Take of Galbanum One Ounce and Two Drams, One Pound of Oil-Olive, a Pound and half of Wax, Twenty Ounces of Litharge, One Ounce of Myrrh, Ma¬ ffick and Olibanum, One Ounce and Two Drams of Long Birth wort, Two Ounces of Bdellium , Two Ounces of Frankincenfe ; to make the laid Salve, take a new Earthen Pot which will hold a Gallon, aud fill it with White- wine Vine¬ gar , or Claret, and then take the Three Gums, to wit, Galbanum, Ammonia- cum and Opoponax, and let ’em ftand in the laid Pot with the Vinegar Eight or Nine Days, till the Gums are well diffolv’d; then drain ’em together in a Sieve, and put ’em into clean Purllain-Ware, and fee ’em over a gentle Fire, ftir- ring all the while with a Stick lead the Gums fall to the Bottom; and when the Vinegar is all confirm'd, fo that nothing remains but the Dregs, let it over a gentle Fire again, and then add new Wax, If ill keeping it ftirr’d as before; and when changes Colour, then take the Litharge in fine Pouder, and mix with the reft, ifir- ring it well all the time, and holding it ftill over the Fire till the Compolition turn Black; when the reft of the Drugs, being pouder’d fir ft, CL 4 are 232 New Curioftties in Art and Nature . are to be added , as the Myrrh, Madick, &c. after all let it be formed into Rods, which will keep For¬ ty Years. To make One Pound of the Plaifter of IVhite Lead. Take half a Pound of the Oil of Rofes, and as much Cerofs, put them in an Ear¬ then Pot over the Fire, flir¬ ting condantly with a Woo¬ den Spatula till it has gain’d a due Confidence. To make a Pound of Nutritum. Take Four Ounces of Li¬ tharge of Gold well wafned in Water Three or Four Times,, then take fine Ce- rufs poudered in a Leaden Mortar, afterwards take Five Ounces of Oil of Rofes, Juice of Nightfhade Two) Ounces, Plantain Juice the fame Quantity, and then make the Ointment after this manner; put in a little Oil of Rofes into the Mor¬ tar with the Cerufs and Li¬ tharge, and dir them a Quar¬ ter of an Hour together; then put in a little of the laid juice, and dir again, while you are mixing that and the Oil, until the Oint¬ ment is made, which you may keep for Ufe in an Earthen Pct» An Ointment to mak$ Fief, grow in a Wound . Take Oil of Rofes Four Ounces, new Bees-wax, 1 itch, Rofin and Turpen¬ tine, of each half an Ounce, and diffolvethem all, when they are melted put them into an Earthen Velfel for Ufe. * An Ointment for Spots , and Puftules , and [well'd Cheeks. Take a Quarter of a Pound ofBrimftone, the fame of Allum, mix them together in Pouder, and take half a Pound of Butter, and put the whole together in a Mortar, where they are to oe well beat one with ano¬ ther till it comes to an Ointment, which apply to the Part as Occafion re¬ quires. An Ointment for Ruptures . Take Marlhmallows and boil them in Spring-water till the Roots are as foft as Pap, then bruife them in a Mortar with May -butter till they are wrought up to the Confidence of an Oint¬ ment. Another for Pains in the Kid~ neys , and for preventing the Breeding of the Stone. Take Mallow-flowers. New Curio fit ies in Art and Nature . 233 wine, fo that they be well mixed, and you will bring them to an Ointment, which or inftead thereof the ten¬ der Leaves and Stalks, and boil them well in Water till they are reduced to a Pulp; then over the Fire put to ’em fome clarified Honey and an Ounce of wafh d Butter, and give ’em ano¬ ther Boil or Two.; then prefs ’em 'ftrongly thro’ a Towel, and drink thereof every Morning following for Fifteen Days. An Ointment to break an Apojihume. Take the LiUy-root and an Onion, and roafi them in the Allies like a Pear, af¬ terwards peel them,and beat them in a Mortar; then mix up with Leaven and Hog’s- greafe the Size of an Egg, which apply hot like a Pul- tis. Ointment for a Burn. Take Oil-olive and White Wax, melt ’em together, and when they begin to d if- folve, take Camphire in Pouder, mix with them, and keep ftirring till it is Cold. Ointment for St. Anthony’s Fire. Take Wild Rofes call’d Eglantine, and ftamp them with Honey and White* apply to the Part. A very good Salve to reftra ln the Humours from falling on the Jaws. Take Two Ounces of Li¬ tharge of Gold, and pound it about an Hour, and pour in Vinegar little by little, ftill beating of it, and when it is iloutly beaten add Oil of Rofes, and then Vinegar again, pounding on, after which put to fome Cerufs, and the Ointment will be made, which muff be ap¬ plied to the Jaws with a Rag dipt in Vinegar and Water, or elfelay Frankin- cenfe to the Cheeks upon a Cloth- A Salve for a Man that is Broken-bellied. Take the Pulp of Flower- de-Luce, a Handful of St. Peter'% Wort, of both well wafh’d, boil them in White Wine till they are very foft, give of the Liquor to the Patient to drink, and take the remainder and fry with Oil-olive; when done, take from the Fire, and put Frefh Leaven to it, and mix it up well to a Salve to be put upon a Frefii Cloth, 2 J4 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . and applied to one or both Sides of the Belly with a Bandage, fhifting every Twenty-four Hours for Fifteen Days. Take Two Pound of the Plainer call’d T.rapbamacum, $torax, Laudanum, of each an Ounce and half, Cam- phire, Cerufs, Golden Li¬ tharge, Crude Lead, burnt Lead in Pouder, of each One Ounce, Oil of Spike and Petroleum, of each Six Drams, Oil-olive Eight Ounces, Yellow Wax half a Pound, White Wax Six Ounces, Quickfilver Two Ounces, mix all together for a Plainer, An Excellent Ointment or Balfamfor tlx Gangrene, Take pure Turpentine One Pound, Galbanum Three Ounces* Gum-ara- bick Four, Frankincenfe Three, Myrrh and Wood of Aloes the fame, Galingal, Cloves, Comfrey, Cinna¬ mon , Zedoary, Ginger, White Di<5iany, of each One Ounce, Aqua Vit£ Three Quarts ; ftrft pound the Drugs, and then infufe ’em in the Aqua Vita Eight or Nine Days, then put them in a Still upon hot Em¬ bers, feparate them from the Oil; this Balfam is Wonderful for all Sorts of Wounds, from Undoubted Experience. Another for the fame Thing . Take a Quart of Wine, and another of Vinegar and Water, put them in a New Pot with a Handful of Salt, Two Ounces of Litharge of Gold, mix all over the Fire, and when they begin to a boil add Two Ounces of Frankincenfe, Allura and Gum-arabick pouder’d, and fet on the Fire till they boil, birring well during the Time; and when you would ufe ir, dip in a Lin- nen-rag, and apply that as hot as can be bore to the Patient. For Gravel and Cholick . Take Three Ounces of New* Pitch* One Ounce of New Wax, and half an Ounce of Maftick ; firft melt the Pitch and Wax toge¬ ther, and when it is cool¬ ing add the Pouder of Maf¬ tick, and ftir them well till the Plainer is cold ; apply this to the Back or Belly, and when it fsdis off dip it afrdhin theaforefaid Com- pofition. A New Curiofitin Art and Nature. 8 j 5 A Way to make the Green Ointment. Take of all the Four Sorts of Plantain, long Water- Plantain, the greater and letter Plantain, Betony, Sage, all Kinds of Comfrey, the Bella major & minor , Water - grafs , Pimpernel, Mafterwort, Nightfhade, A- griinony,ofeach of thefeOne Handful, make it into an Ointment with frefli Butter, as has been before diredfed. An Ointment for the Rheum a- tifin , and other Internal Pains. , Take Marjoram, Mint, Lavender, Hyttop, Worm¬ wood, Sage, Rofemary and Rue, of each One Handful, Broom-flowers Two Hand¬ fuls, (lamp them feparately, afterwardsmix Three Days and Nights with White- wine, then add New Wax, and boil over a gentle Fire Ten or Twelve Hours, and ,ftrain it flrongly thro* a coarfe Cloth, fo let it fland to cool; when you apply it to the Part affeded' chafe it well in with your Hand. Another Ointment proper for all inward Pains , as the Jaws , and the like. Take March Violets, ilamp *em, and prefs out their Juice, which mix with Cloves; then (train again, and take your reddifh Snails and put ’em together in a Bag with aft Handful of Salt, and let ’em lye upon an Earthen Plate to receive the Liquor that d rops from em: then take Tripoly, and add to the Juice, and apply to the griev’d Part. To make the Plaifter of Black Lead. Tak^aPound of Oil-O¬ live, half a Pound of Ce- rufs, and half a Pound of Wax, boil ’em together for Two Hours or more, till from White it becomes Black. To make an Extraordinary Plaifier for curing all Sorts of Wounds, whether New or Old. Take of Plaifler of White Lead, Ceruis in Pouder, Litharge of Gold, of each Two Ounces. Camphire Two Drams, Oil of Spike and Petroleum, of each half a Dram, White and Yellow Wax, of each Two Ounces, Venice Turpentine half a Pound ; mix all thefe toge¬ ther that are Liquid, and boil over a gentle Fire, then add the Pouder as has beep faid before, after which - .. n 23 6 New Curio fities in Art and Nature. let all cool, and form it in¬ to Rouls, or put it in Ear¬ then Pots, and upon Ap¬ plication it gives Eafe in the mo ft extream Pains, efpecialiy of Wounds, A delicate Ointment for the fame . Take a quarter Weight to the whole of May Butter, Two Ounces of Pitch and Bees-wax, boil ’em in a New Pot ; then add Oil of Spike and St* jffc’s-wort, of each an Ounce, Oil- Olive Two, and Oil of Turpentine, Juice of Plan¬ tain and Tobacco, of each One Ounce, Deer’s-fuet, half the Quantity of the Butter, mix and boil up all together to the Confidence of an Ointment. A moft Wonderful Salve. Take Four Ounces of Gum-Elemi, Three of Pitch, Two of Dragon’s Blood, One of long Birth- wort, pouder all but the Pitch, and fearce’em ; then incorporate ’em one after another in Two Ounces of Venice Turpentine, and make a DifToIution in a fe- perate Veftel, with a {mall Fire, without Smoke, ftir- ring the Matter conftantly with a Wooden Spatula; and do not put in the Dra, gon’s Blood, Birth wort and Gum-Elemi, till the Pitch and Venice Turpen¬ tine are cooling, and taken from the Fire^; then add them, and mix them ac¬ cording to the Rules pre- fcrib’d. An Ointment for Scabbed and Chaff d fireafts. Take an Ounce of New Wax, and as much fine Pitch, Oil-Olive Three Ounces, melt ’em together with an Ounce of Turpen¬ tine, fome Cerufs and Fran- kincenfe, pafs it thro 9 a Sieves, and work it up into an Ointment. Another. Take of Rue, Plantain and Burdock Root, of each a Handful, ftamp ’em, and ftrain out the Juice ; then take of Rofes, a little Tur¬ pentine and Virgin's Wax, to form it info an Oint¬ ment. An Ointment for all Sorts of Fifiula's , Chancres , and Apojlhumes . Take Cat’s-greafe, Deer’s- Suet, Hog’s-lard, of each- half an Ounce, Pitch. White Frankincenfe, Virgins Wax, of each half an Ounce, mix the Ponders with the reft, obferving New Curiofities in Art and Nature. 2 37 obferving to ftir them well over the Fire to bring them to a Body. An Ointment to be made in May. Take Betony, Vervain, Pimpernal, Agrimony, Shepherd’s Purfe, of each a Handful, fiamp them in a Mortar, and afterwards pour upon ’em Four Pints of good White-wine, and boil them in an Earthen Veflel clofe cover’d till half is confumed ; then ’ take it off the Fire, and let it hand a Day to cool; then take an Ounce of clean Maftick in Pouder, Eight Ounces of Virgin’s Wax, and a Pound of Pitch purified and walh’d to a Whitenefs; melt all to¬ gether ; then ftrain through a clean Napkin ; afterwards work all nimbly together till it comes to a true Con- fiftence; this is Univerfal in all Kinds of Wounds, Sores, Pains, and other external Maladies. CHAP. XIY. • r ' ■.' . -j • , , ■ \ f* The Way of making many extraordinary Waters pro - per in mo(l Cafes. An Excellent Preservative Water in the Plague , a Comforter of Spirit s, and very prevalent for Women in Labour-pains. 'VAke Two Handfuls of A Wild Mint, or Cala- mint, the Leaf and Root of Angelica, Mafterwort, Biftort the fame, a Pint of Juniper^berries, a Handful and half of Rue, fhake ’em all together to mix them, and then take Two Quarts of Spanijh White-wine, or the ftrongeft you can get, and add the fame Quantity of Aqua Vit# ; let 'em hand; infufing Twenty-four Hours till you begin to diftil; then draw off your Quantity of hue Spirits, and beat the Refidence when dry’d in a Mortar; then add it again to the Spirit already extra&ed, and draw it over the Helm once more till all the Ver- tue J 2 j'8 New Curofttiesin Art and Nature. tueof the Herbs is tranfmit- ted into the Water, Three or Four Spoonfuls whereof is an extra&ed Cordial, and revives the Heart; the bed Seafon to draw it is about the latter end of A%, or beginning of June. Another Water or Liquor to jlrengthenthe Stomachy and ajjijl Digeftion. Take Two Gallons of Aqua Vita, and Five Quar¬ terns of Red Rofe-leaves, flop ’em up clofe in a large Glafs, and fet ’em in the Heat of the Sun in July or Augufi for Eight Days; afterwards drain them, and fet the Liquor again Three Weeks in the Sun, with a Pound and half of Sugar, an Ounce and half of Cloves, and a little Cinnamon; then Hop clofe again, and at the end o£ the Time put in a little Ambergreafe, and take about a Spoonful at once. To make Imperial Water pro ■ ■per againfl Catarrhs , and other Vifeafes , Take of Sage, Clove- Gillidowers, fine Cinna¬ mon, Grains of Paradice, Mace and Galingal, of each Two Ounces, long and round Pepper, Lignum, Aloes, Collider, Rue, Mint, Wormwood, Rofe* mary, Lavender, Red-rof e Flowers, of each an Ounce, Lemon-peel Two Ounces, One whole Orange, mix all together in One Gallon of the bsft White-wine, there let ’em infufe Thirty Days, afterward difxil in Balneo Ada- ri&, and take Two or Three Spoonfuls of the diftill’d Liquor Morning and Even¬ ing by itfelf, or in a weak¬ er Vehicle. To make a delicate clear Water . Take March Violets, fine pick’d and cleans’d from their Green and White Pam, and put to ’em a diffident Quantity of pure Water, fet 'em in the Sun Three or Four Days till the Water be turn’d, and the Violets White ; then take the Refidence away, and fet the faid Waters Six Weeks more in the Sun ; remove it every Night into the Houfe, or when it rains ; to Two Quarts of this Liquor put an Ounce of bruis’d Cinna¬ mon that is good, and Jet it liand Two or Three Days to yield its Vertue, and then add half a Pound of doubler-?hned Sugar, and (hake it Seven or Eight Times, letting it (land Three or 2?9 Neve Curiofities in Art Ana Nature. or Four Days in the Sun well ft opt till it is fit for Ufe; ’tis Good for Fits o " the Mother, Catarrhs anc Defluxions, to ufe once or twice a Week a Spoonful at a Time in the Morning fading ; fo for the Wind- Cholick,an unhealthful Air, or in the Plague Time; ’tis Angularly good for Women with Child, and al Perfons in Fevers, Sicknefs at the Heart, Fainting, and other Indifpofitions. To make a Water of Nuts ex¬ ceeding all others . Water of Nuts is made Three Ways, the firft is | when the Nuts are very young and fmall, then take them and boil them whole, and cut them into Three or Four Pieces, and make a Diftillation in a Furnace iwith Glafs-veifels clofe ftopt; the next is when the Nuts are fuller and more grown; and the laft is when the Kernel is full ripe; and then after the Water is di- ftill’d fet in the Sun Twelve tor Sixteen Days, and ’twill be fit for Ufe: This Wa- ^er is of fuch Vertue, that f you mix an equal Quan- ^ityofitwith White-wine, md walh the Face, it will idd a Wonderful Beauty, and Youth to it, and reco¬ ver the Complexion, take away any Ill Difpoiitions of the Eyes, and Catara&s ; it’s moll excellent in Epi¬ demical Cafes, and the Plague, the Hot and Cold Gout, Quartan Fevers, Flux of the Belly, and Gravel ; for the Tooth-Ach, if you but wa(h your Mouth therewith, and all Sorts of Wounds; it eats away dead Flefh, and helps Conception; ’tis good for fuch as have Weak Memories, and are Subjedf to Dropfie or Palfie* To make Water of Talc\. Take Six Pound ofSnails, put’ern into a Pot cover’d with Pafte for Three Days, there let them bruife, and for other Three Days put them into fuch another Vef- fel with Two Pound of Talck in Pouder;then beat the faid Snails with their Shells, and put rhe remainder in an Ear¬ then VelTel with Two Quarts of Malmfey, and the Whites of Two Eggs ; then add Two Ounces of Sugar, and Two and a half of Sugarcandy, Borax One Ounce, mix ’em well, and then boil them;after which diftil all in a Furnace, and upon Diftillation fee the Water 240 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. Water in the Sun, and let it remain Fifteen Days be¬ fore you ufe it. Imperial Water. Take Lemon-peel dry’d, Orange, Cloves, Cinnamon, of each Four Ounces, Zedo- ary, Galangal, Calamus A- romaticus, ot each half an Ounce, pouder them grofly, and put ’em into a Matras, or a Bottle with a long Neck, and thereto add a Quart of Malmfey Wine; clofe the Bottle* and fet it in the Sun or a Sand*heat for Fifteen Days, in another Bottle infufe the following Canker-rofes Three Hand¬ fuls * dry’d Marjoram an Handful, of Mint, Hyffop, Baum, Laurel, Rofemary- flowers, Sage, Betony, Prim* rofe, Storax, Lavender, a Handful, put them into a Matras with Rofe-water a Quart, and fet if in the Sun, then diifil in Balneo Maria: Mix ihefe together, and give a Spoonful for a Dofe in Suffocations ot the Womb, Pain in the Heart, Syncope’s, Weaknefs, &c. For the Vropfte , Leprofie , &c. Take the Water of Nuts as before in a Glafs of White-wins twice a Diy for Four or Five Days, and the fame Method mult be ufed in the Leprofie, only taking the Water at Bed¬ time ; it likewife cures the Falling - ficknefs, Megrim* Palfie, Pafiis in the Sto- ; mach, Wounds, Apofthu- mations, Deafnefs,Frenzy, Stinking Breath, Plague, and many other Difeafes too numerous to relate. For the Gravel a Water. Take what Quantity of Lemons you pleafe, and fe- parate the Rind and the juice, and let them fiand iit- fufing together for Two Days, till the Rind is Soft; then prefs them hard, and to every Pint of Juice put Four and Twenty Cherries, diltil in a Qlafs-Alembick, and let the Cherries infufe Twenty-four Hours after¬ wards, and out of every Pound of Juice you will have Ten Ounces of Water ;! after the Body has been well purged with Caflia, or So¬ luble Clyfiers, or other Me¬ dicines proper, take Xwo Ounces of the faid V iter in the fame Quantity of Rhenifh Wine* half a Ounce of Sugarcandy, and when the Sugarcandy is well dif- folved in the Water,nk every Morning of it ' t wo Hours before you eat f but if the Symptoms are more Grievous New turiojities in Art and Nature. Grievous, double the Dofe with a little Oil of Al¬ monds. To make Cinnamon Water , and its JZJJence. Take half a Pound of Cinnamon grofly pound¬ ed, and put it to Two Quarts of White-wine, and a Pint of Rofe- water, let xhem infufe Twenty-four Hours, and then didil in Common Vefifels; after Di- dillation take the Cinna¬ mon and burn it to Pou- der in a Crucible till the Allies are W r hite, put the fame into a clean Veil'd, and thereto add diddl’d Rain¬ water Two or Three Fin¬ gers above the Pouder, and let it Itand, afterwards filter the Water thro* Brown Pa¬ per, then exhale of the Hu¬ midity in a Sand Furnace, and the Remainder is the Sait, which by putting into Spirit of Wine, and drawing off the Tin dure from thence, which is Blood- Red ; then feparating the Liquid from the Grofs, you have an Effence remaining very Excellent. A Water for the Plague. Take Wormwood, Rofe- mary, Sage, Fennel, Rue, Mugwort, Root and Herb, £ 4 * of each an Handful, let ’em hand Twenty-four Hours in White-wine, then drain thro 5 a Cloth, and didil ac¬ cording to Art; after Diftil- Iation drink a Draught of this Water Morning and Evening, not eating an Hour after, and continue this Cu- dom during the Time of any Plague. Another . Take Sage an Handful* Six Leaves of Rue, the Root of Moonwort the Size of a little Egg, let ’em all infufe together in White- wine, drain and drink a Quarter of a Pint. A Mouth, water. Take a Quart of clean Water, and boil in it a Handful of Barley, then take Two Ounces of Burnt AUum, and mix in the Wa¬ ter upon the Fire; this done, take Four Ounces of Honey of Rofes, and dir ’em toge¬ ther with a Stick,then drain, and put the Water to keep in a Bottle. To make good-feented Wafers • Make a Lay or Bed of Rofes, and another of Bays, ahd One of Cinnamon- pouder, then another Lay of Rofes then poundedCloves, then Rofes again, and other R feented 24 2 New Curiofities in Art md Nature . fcented Herbs, asRofemary, Marjoram, Stsechas, Laven¬ der, Oranges, and let ’em (land Twenty-four Hours in White-wine, and diflil. Another . Take Clove' gilliflowers of the befl Sort, Cyprus, a little Sweet Marjoram, and Marum Syriacum, a great Quantity of Rofes whofe Scent is extraordinary good, beat thefe together, mix 'em, and afterwards put ’em up into Eags for life. Another . Take Florentine - orris Three Ounces, of Musk Three Grains, Calamus Aromaticus, Storax, Lada- num. Cinnamon, Cloves, of each Three Ounces, ox Red Rofes and Marjoram, of each a Handful, pound ’em grofs, and then let ’em Hand infuting p in Two Quarts of Spirit of Wine, and put all into a large Glafs Veflel clofe Hopp’d,, and then fet it a Month in the Sun, and keep it after¬ wards fafe for life. little Coriander-feed and Maftick, dry cm all, and reduce them to Pouder ; or take Marjoram, Lavender, Rofes, Bay-leaves, of each a Handful, Common Be- tony Flowers, cut ’em all together grofiy, and then let ’em Hand in a Quart of White-wine, and a Pint of Rofe- water, (hake ’em well therein, and after Twenty* four Hours diflil, afrer that add an Ounce of Cloves, and put email into a Bot¬ tle clofe Hopp’d* A Sweet Water proper to wajh the Face. Take a Pound of Goat’s Suet, and a Pint of White- wine, as much Goat’s Milk, a Pound of White Lilly-flowers, make a Di- {filiation of all, and wafh the Face therewith ; or take Lavender - flowers Two Parts, Spike or Nard One, mix ’em together in a pro¬ per Veflel, and then put to ’em feme Cloves, and fltakc ’em together. To make Effence of Rofes . Another Scented Water proper for Linen . Take Two Pound of Ro~ feSj a Quartern of Cloves, Two Pound of Sweet Mar¬ joram, mix with them a Take Rofe-water d iflill’d Four Times on frefh Rofes, after Diflillaticn bruile more frefh Roles, and add to it; put it in a gla7*d Earthen Veffel, and fet it in a Cellar till ifci.i im .11 iii New Cariofuies in Art and Nature . till it begins to imell Soure, put the faid Soure Rofes into a Glafs Still with the faid Water,, and draw off the Water, which being added to frefh Rofes bruis’d Four Times fucce/lively compleats the faid Work. i A Wonderful Water to write ; what one will without any Body perceiving it. Take Litharge of Gold; or Silver half an Ounce, put the Pouder in a little Ear¬ then Pot, and to it add Two Ounces of diftill'd Vinegar, fet all over hot Em¬ bers Five or Six Hours, afterwards filter through Brown Paper, and put the Liquor in a,Vial to keep for life ; then take of Burnt Cork, beat it tine, and then mix with common, or di-! hill’d. Rain-water, with a little Gum-Arabick; make the Infufion over a gentle Fire to the Contihence of Ink ; then write with the Lrirft Water what you will with a foft Pencil, or the dike, and it will appear very White ; then write on ano¬ ther Place wi|h the Black Ink ; then take the Second Water which I (hall defcribe, and rub it over the Place whereby the Writings are made with a little Cotton, and when you have rubb’d it over, the Black Writing will entirely difappear, and the White will turn Black. To make the Second Paper. Take Quicklime and Or- piment, of each a Dram, pound ’em in a Mortar, and then take Two or Three .Ounces of common Water, and fet ’em an Hour on the Fire to boil again, and then filter Three Times through Brown Pa¬ per; the Black Ink may ferve a Man upon ordinary Occafions, and the Perfon that underftands the Secret may blot it out when he pleafes. R 2 C H A ?i 244 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . CHAP. X¥. Several Medicines and Prefervatives again ft the Plague . r Y'Ake fine Myrrh, Wood; A of Aloes, Maffick, Lemnian Earth, Bole Am-, moniack,Cloves, Mace, Saf¬ fron, of each One Ounce, pouder them all, and keep ’em in a Leather Bag ; when the Plague attacks any one through Excefs of Heat, give a Dram of the faid Ponder in the beft Vinegar, and it will make fare to overcome the Malady; when through a cold Caufe give double the . Quan tity of the fame Pouder in Whiter wine. To reach the Boils or Apqflhumes, it would be proper to apply a large Plai¬ ner of Diachylon and Bafili- con, and to make Pultifes which may cover all the Red Spots that rife with hardnefs, which may be made of Mallows, or March- mallows, Lilly-roots and Onions boil’d to Pulp, and apply’d. An. Excellent Method to be cbferved ggainjl the Plague. In all Cafes, and from whatfoevsr Caufe, Vinegar is to be made ufe of in the Tiitieof Plague, and Peftt- lence, for it prevents Pufre¬ faction, and hinders the Fermentation of Juices ; fo likew-ife does the Juices of Lemons, Oranges, Lemons Verjuice, which alfo refill Corruption ; but all Provi¬ sions that are inclinable to fudden Change and Decay are to be avoided, as all Kinds of Fruits, Sallads* Cheefe, &c. but Broths and Soups of Bete, Pimpernel, Bor- rage, and the like, are Ex¬ cellent ; likewife Perfumes upon Cloaths are of ufe to temper the Infe6Hon of the Air; for ’tis certain the Plague is a Poifon in the Body of the Air, which fuffocates the Life of Hu¬ man Beings ;onfy Bliffering- Plahiers are of lingular Ufe upon feme Occafions ; and when the Erolions are trou- bldome, take a Handful or Two of Almonds Stones, (lamp them,and apply to'em. The feveral Sorts of Treacle, Opiates, Mythridates, Pills of Ruffi, and the like, are then Nevo Cwriofittes in then in Vogue, with the I mod generous Wines, and 1 other Splritous, Liquors ;| that can be had. j Other good Medicines in th e Plague* Take an Onion, and road i it in the Afhes, and mix it | with Mithridate, then ap¬ ply it hot; or take Lilly- root, road it in Allies, then beat it up with Hog’s-lard and Mithridate, lay it on j hot; or take Comfrey-root, and road it in Allies, mix it with Mithridate, and drain it, which done, drink it in a, Glafs of White-wine. Par Boils or Carbuncles. Take Burdock roafted in I the A flies'with Treacle, and repeat it to take away the Poifon and Inflammation j or put forne Venice Treacle in Nightlhade-water and Scabious; or take Scabious, damp it, and apply to the j Boil; or take a Lemon, cut it in Two, and apply the half to the Part grieved ; or take Old Verjuice and Saffron, and boil ’em toge¬ ther, adding a little Oil of Nuts, and anoint the Car¬ buncles. I Other Receipts for the Plague , In the beginning be fure t° prepare the Body with Art and Nature . 2 4 $ Diafcordium, Mithridate, or Venice Treacle, taken every Night iat Bed-time, and a Glafs of generous Wine in the Morning, or a Toad in the bed White- wine-vinegar eaten for Breakfad, and the Node and Temples well rubb’d with the Vinegar ; or take Vinegar and Mithridate, Saf¬ fron and Mudard, and bruife them in White-wine, and give a Glafs of it to drinlo Two or Three Times a Day. A Way to make good Lozen¬ ges again]} the Plague. Take of true Lemnian, or feal’d Earth, One Dram, Angelica-root Two Scruples, pouder them fine; then diffolve Two Ounces of Sugar of Rofes in Juice of Lemons well depurated, and make the whole like a Pade, of which form little Lozenges; and every Morn¬ ing take One or Two of them in your Mouth, or at another Time,as you pleafe ; or take Twenty Leaves of Rue, Two Nuts, Two Figs, Three Grains of Salt, and beat ’em together in a Mortar, of which make little Cakes, or Pills, of the Size of a Small-nut. R 3 Am- New Curiofities in Art and ^Nature. 246 Another Prefervative. Take Two Old Nuts, and Two Old Figs, and Twenty Leayes of Rue, and Two Grains of /lamp ’em together, and make a Pa he, Which keep clofe for Ufe, to be taken in the Morn¬ ing, as before. For thofe who are tainted with the Contagion . Take One Handful of Pellitory of the Wall, a Handful of Rue and Sage, boil 'em all together in a Qnar of Old White-wine, and when the Wine is half comutrad take it o/F, and give a Sixth Part to the Pa¬ tient which is infected, and let him lye clofe in Bed* and in Twenty-four Hours the Plague /hall abate, and in this ic is always cured at the Firft Application, Another of the fame . Take Green Nuts a good Quantity, and let ’em be bruifed in good Vinegar Twenty-four Hours, /hake the Mixture well, then take Rue and Wormwood of equal Parts, Lay by Lay in a Glafs Still to draw off tbe Water; give a Glafs of this Liquor to the Party a/Ldfed when laid on Bed, and let him keep warm while he deeps, or the Medicine is a working. Another Sovereign Remedy for thofe who are feiz’d with the Plague. Take of Mint, Sage, Plan¬ tain, Rue, and a little Mi- •th ; ridate, } dien take One or Two Onions, mix the faid Herbs and Mithridate with the Onions, ^nd give’em a Boil, afterwards /lamp ’em with White-wine, and drain the Infufion, and give the Sick a Glafs to drink in the Morning, and he (hall do well. Another. Take Rue, brui/e it in Vinegar, and make an Em- plai/ler for the Mouth to prevent the Infe&ion: Or for the fame, take Sage, Pellitory of the Wall, and a little good Ginger, bruife tnem together, and let ’em (land tn good White-wine, then drink ofit every Morn¬ ing for Nine Days. Or, take Two Sage Leaves, Five or SixGrainsof Bay Leaves,the Kernels of Two Nuts, Enu- la Campana a Dram, damp em together in a Mortar with a Pint of White-wine, drain, and add Three or Four Leaves of Rue, if it be not for a Woman with Child. C H A P, New Curiofities tn Art and Nature. CHAP, XVI. Several Methods for curing Continued Fevers, Quo* tidians , Tertians } Stuart ans, and others . The Way of giving the Bark , or Jefuits Pouder y call'd, the Bark of Peru, which cures Quartan Fevers, Dou¬ ble and Triple Quartans , Tertians , and Double Tertians, T7Xperience has made it Evident fo all .Europe how much this Wonderful Pouder has prevail'd over all other Medicines in Italy, France , Germany ,. Sfain , Flanders , Holland , and Cm# Britain, in tfe Cure of Fevers of feve$? Kinds, but more particularly what we call Intermitting, in which Cafes it does, to Ad¬ miration, cure all by a fe- cret and. peculiar Vertue Divine Providence has given to this Drug. Firftthen, upon the Firft or Second Ac- cefs of the Diftemper, T wo Drams of this Pouder infu- fed in White-wine, and ta¬ ken at twice in the Interval of the Fit, will carry off a Single Tertian Ague; but if the Difeafe have hung upon the Patieiit for a Month or upwards it will be necef- fary to take Six Drams, or an Ounce, either in Sub} fiance, or elfe a Dram at £ time in Wine or Water every Three or Four Houri when the Paroxyfm or Fii is off; for when the Difeafd attacks the Patient it con¬ verts all the Nourifhment defignd for the Body into the Blood Four or Five Hours before the Accefs of the Fit, which occafions that Chilnefs which is ob- ferved to be before the Fe¬ ver, which is the Hot Fit, and during that Time no Medicine is of any life, but to make the Patient much worfe and (icker. For a Tertian Fever. Take Sage, Rofemary, Ru e and Salt, of each an Hand' R 4 ful 248 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . ful, beat ’em together, and fprinkle ’em with the ftrong- eft Vinegar, and afterwards prefs the Juice out forcibly betwixt Two Cheeks of Wood. For a Quotidian . Take the Rind of Dwarf- Elder, and hamp it in Vine- .•.i , and make a Bandage, which bind about the Forehead of the Sick, and p wonderfully cools the Fkat of the Fit; or you may take the Yolks of Eggs, 1 and beat up with it in Rofe-water, and apply to Falms of the Hands and Soles of the Feet. For a Quartan. Take an Onion and di¬ vide it in Two, take away the Core, and fill each full of Mithridate, then put the Two halves of the Onion to to the Soles of the Feet the very Hour you expert the Fever, and let it lye on Twenty-four Hours, and repeat it as often as the Fe¬ ver attacks you, till you are well. Or, take Comfrcy Leaves and Root, boil ’em in White-wine till half the Liquor is wafted, then pour off, and let 'the Patient drink a Draught in the Fit, and it will make him Vo¬ mit* Another . Take Wormwood, Rue, Sage, Plantain, and Salt, of each half a Handful, pound ’em well together, and put ’em into a Stone-veffel, ffir- ring ’em every Day; after take the Quantity of an Egg Five or Six Times, and drink a Glafs of Wine upon it. For a Continued Fever . Take the Heads of Coc¬ kle, a Red Flower among Wheat, difUl it, and dip a Cloth in the faid Water to bind about the Head; or take the Whites of Two Eggs, Rofe-water. Juice of Lettuce ai d Brealf-milk, e- qual Quantifies of each, bruife them all together,and apply behind and before to the Head and Arms, with wetting a Cloth therewith, and removing it Two or Three Times a Day: Or, ftamp Pellitory of the Wall with a little Salt, and bind it about the Wrifts of the Sick for Nine Days. Or, take Dandelion and ufe the fame Way, and it will have the fame Effedf, to put a Stop to the Violent Motion of the Blood. This laft is peculiar to little Children, For New Quriofities in Art and Nature. For a Quartan Ague. Take the Rind of Dwarf- Elder, bruife it, and prefs it ttrongly in White-wine- Vinegar, drink a Glafs of it when the cold Fit comes, Or another for Quartans and Tertians. Take Sage, Rue, Orrach, Plantain, of each equal Parts, Salt a Handful, ftamp all in firong Vinegar, and rub the Spine of the Back,Arms and Legs, therewith upon the coming on of the Pa- roxyfm. For a Fever that lyes in the Head. 1 Take Dried Province-ro fes, Camomil and Marjo- iram, mix ’em together; then take the Laid Herbs in a Cloth, and let ’em ftand in Rofe-water and Vinegar, and with the feme make a Bandage about the Pati- j ent’s Head. | For the Fever in Infants. Take theLeavesand Root lof Dandelion, bruife them, and ‘put a little Vinegar thereto, with Two Cock- treads, the Size of a Nut in full, mix ’em together, and apply to the Pulfe of both Arms of the Child before the fever begins, and change from Three Days to Three 249 Days,rubbing well the Pulfe to make the Veins fwell or ftrut. For the Quartan Fever. Take about a Quarter of a Pint of Milk from th e Cow, mix with it fome good Mithridate about the bignefs of a Nutf Three Leaves of Sage, Two or Three Spoonfuls of Vine¬ gar, and about a Quarter of a Pint of White-wine, and givejo the Patient to drink before the Fit. For the Tertian. Take a new-laid Egg, fe- parating the White from the Yolk, put in a little Flower of Brimftone, and give it to the Sick in a Glafs of White-wine. Againft all Sorts of Fevers. Take fome Garlick, and (lamp it with Saffron, put it betwixt Two Rags, and bind it round the Ring-fin¬ ger on the Right-hand. Another. Take Twenty Grains of the Shavings of a Stag’s Heart, the fame of the Horn* and T wenty Grains of Ive^ ry, One Handful of Plan¬ tain-roots bruis’d, let all hang One Night in White- wine and Water, then ft rain the Liquor, and give it the Patient 250 New Curioftties in Art an A Nature. Patient to drink Two I fore Breakfaft, 1 for which Mornings together be- I this is an exad Quantity. CHAP. XVII. Containing many Excellent Remedies for the Gout } &c. For the Cold Gout, Hot Gout , or any other Sort. T Ake Four Drams of Se¬ na, Hermoda&ils Two, Scammony* Regulus, Tur- bith, fine Sugar, of each Two, Gamboige # Four Drams, mix all into a Pouder, and lift it together, of which take half a Dram fpr a Dofe in a fmall Glafs of White-wine, and. keep your Chamber after it till Noon; you may take it Three Times in Six Days ; and for the Sciatica not a- boveTwoor Three Times in fo many Months. A Particular Receipt for the Sciatica . Take a Quart of good Oil-olive, and as much Wine, boil ’em together with a due Quantity of Sage, Rofemary, Hyifop, Marjoram, and Thyme; after they have been ftamp d, and bruis’d in a Mortar, and boil’d again, let ’em hand a whole Night; then boil again over an eafie Fire till all the Wine be evapo¬ rated, and the Decodfion ceafe to rife ; let it cool on a Platter, and put up fafe for life ; the Patient is to be rubb’d with it before a warm Fire. Another Receipt for the fame. Take of the PlaUlers of Mucilage, Vigo,. without Mercury, Diachilon, the Divine Plainer, and Dia- palma, mix of each a like Quantity, and wrap it a'* bout the grieved Part, let¬ ting it lye on Night and Day. A Plainer for the Gout. Take Diapalma, and dif- folve it in Red-wine, and then make a Plaifter with a delicate piece of Leather, larger New Curiofities Art and Nature. 2 51 arger than the Partaffe&ed ; et it re(l in the Wine till uch Time as the Plaifter is ntirely cold, which will )e Four or Five Hours, then nakethe Application. A Laxative for the Gout , Scl atica , and other Ihings of that Nature , both in Men and Women. Take of Sena, Salfaparilla, Polipody, of the Oak, dried Rofes, Anifeed, Chriftal Mineral, of each half an Dunce, put all tbefe Thing. Into a VeflVl with Tw Quarts of Water, letting them hand Twenty-four Hours with the Veflel clofe rever’d ; after all give a gen¬ tle boil, and drink about Eight Spoonfuls of it twice 1 Day, in the Morning rafting, and at Bed-time. For the firft Attack^of the Gout. Take Oil of Camomil, Spirit of Wine, and Juice of Sage, mix ’em together, md rub the Part well there¬ with. For the Cold Gout . Take the Roots of Moon- wort well bruifed, Four Dunces of Oil of Bitter Al- nonds. Two Ounces of Dil of Bays, Two of Ma- fick, Three Ounces of Oil of Spike, half an Ounce of Petroleum, a Pound of frefft Lard, and as it cools incor¬ porate all well together, with this rub the Part af- fli&ed T wo or Three Times a Day. For the Natural Gout. Take Three Ounces of frelh Pitch, One Ounce of Wax, half an Ounce v o§ Maftick; firft melt the Pitch and the Wax, and in the end add the Maftick ; then let ’em cool, and fpread upon White Leather, which apply to the Joints where the Gout moil com¬ monly is feated ; when the PJatfter falls off ftill apply a frefh one, and it will per- fedl the Cure. Another. Take an Ox’s Gall, and when you* have the Gout put a little of this into a Vial, and heat it hot; then' rub the Part pained with ir, and it w^ll inftantly re¬ lieve. Another. Take the Crumb of White-bread with a Pint and half of Cow’s-milk. Mucilage of White Poppy- feed and Plantain extracted in Water, Lilly-water,One Ounce of each, mix toge¬ ther 2 $2 New Curio fit m in Art and Nature . ther, and make a Plaifter with a little Saffron ; you muff add your Saffron at the latter end of the Ds~ codicil of the reft of the Ingredients. Obfervc, in the Gout Women while they have their Courfes are not fo fubjed to it as when they ceafe, becaufe then the Party are over-loaded with Quantity; another Thing, Eunuchs and Children are not liable to the Gouty be¬ caufe of the Flexiblenefs of the Parts, and the Quick- nefs of the Motion of the Fluids, which are not fo grofs and bilious in them, becaufe they have not Time to ftay upon the Parts, and grow gluey, hard and fto- ny, as is common in Old Gouty Subjeds. & CHAP, XVIIL Many Excellent Medicines for the Stone and Gravel T"* Ake Beans that have * been dry'd a whole Year, and calcine ’em m a Pot Twenty-four Hours till they are reduc'd to Afhes.; take of thefe Three Ounces, and infufe them Si a fuffici- ent Quantity of the beft Wine you can get, as Malm- fey, Alicant, or Strong Spa- nifh Whife, lit it ftand Twenty-four Hours, then drink a Glafs of this Wine ipthe Morning, faffing Two Hours after, and do this for Eight or Nine Morn¬ ings following do this in the Wane of the Moon con- ftantly. A Receipt both for Gravel and Cholic Take Four Ounces 6f the beft Ginger you can get, and Four Ounces of the Sy¬ rup, and beat thefe Separate¬ ly ip a Mortar, and pafs thro* a Sieve, and then mix them together,and put them into a Bag clofefecured from the Air ; you muft ufe this Pouder the Beginning of September , and during the faid Month take of it twice a Week, the Second Month once a Week, and the other Months but once each Month > the Dofe is One Dram New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 255 i Dram in Three or Four Spoonfuls of White-wine, and taking the faid Pouder fading Three or Four Hours after. i A moft Excellent Receipt for the Stone . Take Two or Three live Moles, and put -em in a New glaz’d Earthen Pot j well ftopt, and put ’em over I the Fire till they are waded in their fat; diftil them in an | Alembick, and then dry the Skin and Bones which re- | main, and take a due Quan¬ tity of this Pouder, and the I Oil drawn from the Moles, and a little White-wine, and foment the Reins of a- ny Perfon afflidfed with the Stone, and it will remove the Gravel from the Kid¬ neys, efpecially if before this you purge with the fol¬ lowing Mixture. Take of Hermodadfils, Scammony, Turbith, Ginger, Wild Fen¬ nel, of each a Dram, mix 'em together, and give the Quantity of a Scruple ; and for the more Robuft half a Dram, in Two or Three Spoonfuls of White-wine, and One of Syrup of Marfh- mallows. For the Cholick . Take One Part of Oil of Lilly the Valley,and the other Part White-Wine, and give it the Sick to drink in the Heighth of a Fit of the Cholick. For the Stone. Take Three Roots of Wa¬ ter-Silly, dry them in the Shade, and reduce them to a fine Pouder, then make a Decodfion in White-wihe with Fennel and Parfley- roots, and when all has been well boil’d, drain the Liquor, and give the Sick Three or Four Spoonfuls Morning and Evening for Three Days, it cures the Stone. For the Gravel and Stone . TakeParlley and Fennel- roor, of each a Handful, take the Woody Part away from them ; take the Roots of Marlhmallows, wafh ’em well, and put ’em into Wa¬ ter to infufe , in the Wane of the Moon ; take Three or Four Spoonfuls of the De- co&ion for Three Morn¬ ings together, abftaining from eating Three flours after. To break the Stone . Take the diftilfd Wa¬ ter of Wild Tanfey about Four or Six Spoonfuls, and as much White-wine every Morning. For 2 $4 New Curio'ties in Art and Nature. For Gravel . TakeTwoDrams of Salt of Radifh, Six Ounces of the Juice of Pellitory which is drain'd, add One Dram of Salt of Rofa Salts, mix all together, and give an Ounce and half in Four Ounces of White-wine for Three Mornings. For the Wind-Cholick* Take the Gizzard of ah Old Capon, and wafh it well in White-wine, dry it, and reduce it to Pouder, take a Dram or Two of the fame, and make it up into a Bole with Syrup of Marihmallows, and give it in a Spoonful of Aqua Vita. Or, take Crevifes frefh from the River, damp ’em in White-wine, and drain’em for a Draught. Or, take a Scruple of Saffron with the White of an Egg, and drink is in a Glafs of White-wine or Canary every Morning. Or,take Six New-laid Eggs, and put ’em in the (harped Vinegar, agitate them toge¬ ther, and take Two Spoon¬ fuls of the . Mixture in the fame Quantity of Aqua Vita Two Hours after .Supper at the Old or New Noon. For Gravel and Exceffive Cko* lick Fains. Take the Juice of Lemon, One Ounce of Oil of Sweet Almonds, half an Ounce of Sal Prunella Four Spoonfuls of White-wine, mix ’em according to Art, and take a (mail Draught of this af¬ ter Dinner. For the Stone. Take what Quantity you pleafe of Beans dried to a Pouder, and infufe the faid Pouder in a Glafs of Wine, then filter,and drink it fad¬ ing. Or, take the Peelings or a Nut or Two dried to Pouder, and drink in a Glafs of White-wine, or the Juice of a fine-fcented Onion, and drink it. For Gravel and Stone-Cholick* Take the didill’d Blood of the Vine with the Pou¬ der of dried Beans, and drink Three or Four Spoon¬ fuls of the Mixture every Morning. Or, beat Nuts or Cherries in a Mor¬ tar, diitil a Water from them, and drink a fmall Quantity of the fame in a Morning falling. Others for the fame. Diftil in the Months of April or May Cow-dung what New Curio fines'in Art and Nature. 25 $ what you pleafe, and drink 1 Glafs thereof fatting in a doming: This is call’d the Water of many Virtues, and is Excellent for the Lungs. Or, take Orange-peels dried and poudered the Quantity of a Nutmeg for Four or Five Times in a Glafs of Wine. For the Siotit. Or take a few Drops of Eifential Oil of Turpentine, or the Etherial Spirit trt any proper Liquor, for fome Days, now and th£n taking a Laxative Qyfier, and it is an Admirable Method to cleaufe the Kidneys of Stone, Gravel, or other vifcous Matter lodging in thofe Parts. CHAP. XIX. Contains many good. Medicines for the Piles. T Akc Old Oil or Hog’s- Lard well wafhed and refined in fretti Water, and wadi the Lard in it Three or Four Times, to that add the Yolk of a New- laid Egg, with Honey, or Honey of Rofcs, and Juice of Houfbek, nnx ’em to¬ gether, and apply to the Part with a Plantain-leaf, or a Linnen-rag. Or, take Blood-wort Two Ounces, and Houfleek Three Oun¬ ces, damp ’em together in a Mortar, and prefs out the Juice, which put to the Part with a Rag, or ether- wife, as you find proper. Or, take Elder tteept in Oil- olive, and put it to the Fun¬ dament. Or, take a Dram of Sugar of Lead, and dif- folveit in a Pint of Water of Mallows, and wadi therewith. For Inward and Outward Piles . Take a few Drops of Balfam of Sulphur, or Flow¬ er of Brimfione a Scruple, every Morning in the Yolk of an Egg, and a Glafs of Sack, and fo appeafe the excellive Pain of the External Piles; make a Liniment with Oil of Rofes walked in Violet- water, frelh Butter, Lin- feed-Oil, New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 25 6 feed-oil, the Yolk of an Egg, and a little Wax, work ’em up with White-bread Crumbs fteept in Cow’s Milk, and add a little Saf¬ fron. Or, take Ointment of Populeon made into a Liniment, with Pouder of burnt Cork : Or the Leaves of Leeks boil’d and applied to the Piles eafes 'em won¬ derfully : Or if the laid Leaves be Hampt with a lit¬ tle Honey, and work’d to a Pultis, they are extraordi¬ nary both in that and the Biting of Venemous Beafts. An Onion beat up with frefh Butter is good. Or, take a Roafted’ Onion, and (lamp it with half an Ounce of Populeon, the Yolk of an Egg, and a little Oil of Ro- fes, mix together and apply all Night to the Part af¬ fected. CHAR XX. Many Singular Receipts for the Sights approved by Se¬ veral Ferfons of DifiinUion . 'THAke Two Eggs, # and “*■ pour out what is in the Shell, and when it is emptied fill it full of Wa¬ ter, and wafh it very well, and then put in fome Rhu¬ barb, and take the Liquor of the Egg and ftrain it thro’ a Lineivcioth, and put it into the Shells of the Eggs till they are full, and put your Eggs over fome warm Afhes; take them out of the Fire and let the Liquor feoil, and when the Water begins to look dear put in Two Grains of Salt, and the bignefs of a Nut of Su- garcandy, and put it into a Glafs with a Rag therein, and let it cool, and walk the Eyes therewith, ufing a fine foft Feather, and this will take off the Film when it begins to fpread over the Eyes. To -prevent. Spots or Films from growing on the Eye . Take the letter wild Com- frey with the Root Ver¬ vain, of each alike, mix ’em together with a Grain or Two of Salt, and apply to the Eye, renewing of it once in f wenty-four Hours. Or, take Pimpernel, ftaxng it, and firain out the Juice^ which New Curhfties in Art and Nature. 257 which mix with Old Lard, and White-wine to a C011- lideilce. Or, take Lettuce, Mallows, Rofes, and in Summer-time Vine Leaves, or iii their Room Mercury, of each Two Handfuls, Five or Six Beet-roots, ftamp ’em together in a Mortar, and boil ’em in a- bout Three Pints of Water; take the Deco&ion, when cool, and put to it about Three Ounces of Tar, of Bees-honey Two Ounces, Oil-olive, or frelh Butter, Three Ounces, the Yolk of an Egg; mix all together, and take Camomil, Melilot, and Broom-flowers, of each an Handful, and lay this upon the Part like a Cata- Iplafm. To Eat away the Film upojr the Eye . Take Black Soap, White Copperas and Sugarcandy, dilTolve’em in a little warm Water, and waih the Eye therewith Eight or Ten Days together. For the Rednejs of the Eyes. Take frelh Hog’s-lard walhed in Rofe-water, Tut- ty done the fame, Almonds, beat up all together in a Mortar for fome Time, and afterwards wa(h in Night-* lhade-water Three or Four Times : Apply this at Night, and the Rednefs (hall dilappear in the Morning. Or, take the White of the Egg when the Yolk is taken away, put to it the Size of a Bean of White Coperas, and Sugarcandy ; fhake ’em well^ together, then ftraiu thro’ a Linen-cloth ; with a Feather ufe the Water that comes from thence to the Eye. For the Film and White Spots on the Eyes. Take Pouder of Peppec and Salt, and lay them on 3 Napkin, and pour on ’em fame Breaft-milk, take the Liquor that runs thro’, and fpurt it into the Eye of the Patient. Take Eyebright, Pimpernel, of each an Hand¬ ful, Red Rofes the fame, dry ’em well, and then put ’em in a frelh Earthen VelTel fill’d with White-wine, t hendiftil,and keep the Wa¬ ter in a Bottle clofe fiopf. A Sovereign Pouder to eat a - way the Films and White* nefr that comes on the Eyes. Take Two Drams of Roch-Aiium, burn it clean, then put it in Rofe-water a while,and hum it again; do this Two or Three S Times . New Curiopties in Art and Nature. 258 Times more, then take of this fine Pouder, and as much Sugarcandy, and mix ’em together, and fo apply it either in dry Pouder, or mix’d up in the Cock’s- tread of an Egg, call’d the Strain. For Rednefs in the Eyes. Take an Egg and boil it hard, then take the Yolk, and prefs it thro’ a Cloth with Rofe or Fennel'water, then take the Bignefs of a Bean of Copperas, and as much Sugarcandy in Pom der, and mix them toge¬ ther. A Receipt for Pain in the Eyes Take a Tin or Silvei Dilh,and within lay a clear Linen-cloth, in which mak a Lay of White Rofes, a nother of Fennel, and On< of Eyebright, then Rofes Clary, Fennel, Rofes again Fennel and Clary, and ovei the faid Herbs Jay a Bafor or Difli of Pewter, which fhall be full of Wood Em¬ bers dr Afhes hot from the Fire, juft fo as to dry the Herbs, and let a Water di- ftil by Way of Defcent: take of this Water, and wafh the Eyes with it; *tis Admirable for the Signt. CHAP. XXI. A great many Wonderful Receipts for curing the Tooth*aeh y and putting them in a good Condition . For the Tooth-ach. HPAke Coftmary and Sage, "*• boil ’em fufticiently in Water, and let the Party hold their Mouth open over the Hot Steam. Or, take Wormwood, Rue, Mint, HyfTop, Sage, . and fry ’em to a Drinefs in a Purflain Difh, then wrap it in a Napkin* and apply ’em Hot to that Side of the where the Pain lyes. Jaw To keep the Teeth Clean , well as to safe the Pain . Take Marlhmallov what Quantity you pleaf Allum and Honey of Rof what is fufficicnt, boil *ei together in a Quart of goc Vinegi New Curiofities in Vinegar fo long that the Roots be well boil’d, af¬ terwards wgfh the Teeth, or rub them with a Brufh and this Liquor every Night and Morning ; and if the Teeth Ach hold a little in your Mouth ; or the Roots are very good to rub the Teeth with. Take Thick Muddy Wine and Salt, and walk the Teeth often. To make the Teeth White, Take Coral of both Kinds Two Ounces, Seed- Pearl Two Drams, Dra¬ gon’s-Blood half an Ounce, Maftick Two Drams, burnt Allum an Ounce, Cinna¬ mon Two Drams, Da&yls the fame, beat all feparate- ly into Pouder, and lift ’em, then mix ’em together, and rub the Teeth there¬ with. Another. Take a Quantity of Rofe- mary, burn it by itfelf, and take half an Ounce of Pearl prepared, as much White Coral, Two Drams of Pu- mice-ttone, mix together in fine Pouder; then take Two Drams of Orris, half an Ounce of Tin&ure of Co* ral. Two Drams of Eifence of Rofes, mix all together in a Marble Mortar ;then take Art a»d Nature. 25? Two Ounces of Syrup of Alkermes, a little Amber- greafe, and work ’em up to an Opiate, of which take the Size of a Nut, ^nd rub the Teeth, which it not only whitens but confirms in the Gums ; or you may difTolve a little of this in Claret, and wa(h therewith. To make the Gums grow, and faften the Teeth, Take Two Quarts of Water, Two Pound of Bar¬ ley, half a Pound of Honey* Four Ounces of Allum , boil all till the whole is re¬ duced to a Quart, then ftrain the remainder, and put it in a Bottle for life, rub the Gums or wafh them with this Liquor. Others for the Teeth, Take an Ounce of Red Tartar in Pouder, put it to fome Aqua Vit, boil it in a Quart of White-wine and Water to the diminu¬ tion of the Third Part, Drink a fmall Draught in the Morning, and neither eat nor drink till Two or Three Hours after. Or,take a Handful of Afparagus when Ripe, or as much Seed, with a Handful of Borage, bruife it well in good White-wine, and after it has hood a little give the Patient Six Spoon¬ fuls to drink warm. For the Dr of fie. Take a Pot that holds Three Pints, fill it with Spring-Water and a Pound of Honey, then boil it on the Fire till a Third Part is wafted, and take a Quarter of a Pound of Sugar, and as much Rape-feed, boil ’em together, ajid put to a little New Curiofities in Art and Nature . 263 good Vinegar; then (train, and give the Sick every Morning a Glafs of it, keep ing himfelf warm in Bed, and refraining from Drink or Visuals Two or Three Hours after. For a Swelling, or the Ur op fie. Take Chick - peafe and boil them, then take the Pulp with frelh Butter the (ize of a Nut, and a Pugil of Parfley-feed boil’d with the faid Pulp, and take it fail¬ ing. in a Morning without Salt ; then boil the Water of the Patient with Enul <* Camfiana , and give a little of it to Diink. CHAP. XXIV. Many Extraordinary Secrets Experimented by the Author , together with feveral Excellent Medicines . Ihe Mag if}erial Syrup . T "" 1 Akr Roots of Afparagus, A lefler Burdock , Dog’s- Tooth, Fennel, Polipody of the Oak, Radius, of each One Ounce, Leaves of Be- tony, Agarick. Eye-bright, Agrimony , Dodder of Thyme, Liverwort, Scolo- pendria,of each Two Hand¬ fuls, Borage, Buglofs, Sca¬ bious, Maiden-hair, of each a Handful,Dates and Prunes of each Eight, of the Four Cold Seeds Cordial Flow¬ ers , of each Two Pugils, Anifeed and Carduus-feed, of each Three Drams; boil all in Spring-water, and take a Pint of the laid De- codfion which you have boil’d, and put to it Four Drams of Oriental Se¬ na , One Ounce of Aga- rick, and Half an Ounce of choice Pvhubarb, Two Drams of Turbith ; to the Exprdfion add a Pound of hne Sugar and Half a Pound of Juice of Pipins or Ren¬ nets, boil it up to a Syrup, which you may Aromatize or make Fragrant with Two Drams of Cinnamon ; take Three Spoonfuls of this Sy¬ rup for a Week together every Morning falling, with the Ptifan formerly pre¬ fer ib’d. S 4 A 264 New Curiofities A Digefiive Powder. Take Coriander prepar’d Three Drams, Anifeed,Fen- riel, of each OneDram,Cin- namon a Scruple, trufts of White-bread Two Ounces, Fine Sugar Half a Pound, reduce ’em to Pouder, and take Half a Spoonful at a- ny time after eating, then drinking after, and you may double the Quantity as you find Occalion. Pafte for the Hands. Take Muftard-feed Half an Ounce, CafUe-Soap Two Ounces, Peach Kernels One Ounce, Sweet and Bitter Al¬ monds of each Two Oun¬ ces, beat ’em together into a Pafte , with which wadi every Morning. For the Small-Pox. Take of old Lard well purify’d and relin’d in Rofe- water Two Ounces, and add to it an Ounce of Natu¬ ral Balfam ; then agitate them together a good while till they become White, which ufe after the following man¬ lier. When you have an In¬ dication or Sign that it will be the Small-Pox give Six Grains of Bezoar in Carduus Water, or forne fmall Cor¬ dial, and repeat this Four or Five Times j as you feeOc- m Art and Nature, cafion. When the Small-Pox are out, and begin to dry upon the Skin, you may A- noint the Face, or other Parts, with the Pomatum directed. In a Month or Six Weeks,to take away the Rednefs that may remain , take Blood very warm, and rub the Face well therewith, and let it reft there 24 Hours; then take Bread Crumbs, and wafti it oif in River or Spring Well-water, and do this over hot Em¬ bers, which repeat fo often till the Party is perfe&ly Clear and Neat. For the Falling-Sicknefs. I Take Goat’s Race theT wo laft Days of every Moon, and Drink the Juice of Two or Three Ounce-weight of it in White-wine, and con¬ tinue this Pradtice for a Year ; it is like wife good againft the biting of Mad Dogs, and other Poifonous Beafts, letting the Perfon Hurt drink the juice, or ap¬ plying to the Wound ; a- gainft all Plagues, and other Infections of what Nature foever. A very good Receipt for a Wo¬ man's rams before Delivery * When a Woman is in La¬ bour^ take a Part ridge with Red New Curiojities in Art and Nature . 26 5 Bed Feet, and put in the Belly thereof a Dozen and Half of Raifins, with a Stick of Cinnamon broke to pieces, iadd to it a little Sugar, after (that put all togteher into a Pot, with about a Quart of (Water, and boil it all to ma(b, then Strain the Broth, and when the Woman is in ]Labour,a little before Deli¬ very, give it her all to drink* or elfe give the Yolk of an Egg, with the Oil of Sweet i Almonds. | For the Gan green , and to Difcoluur the Hair or the I Beard , are both the fame , as before deferibed ; o therwife take Lytharge of Gold,and Gall that’s Infus’d in Oil, and rub the Hair therewith. |y;. Vi • j..' - ♦> “ V. r T- - ■*' . 3 For the Eptlepfie, or F alling- Sicknefi, Take a Dram of Humane iScull in Pouder, let the Sick (drink thereof in White- wine for Nine Days every Morning : A Man s Skull mult be for a Man, and a . Woman’s for a Woman, which the Skilful eafily know by the Sutures of the Head. i To Scent Vinegar fo that it (hall never be Bad . Take Four Ounces of C- range Rind half dried, Four Ounces of Cloves, as much Cinnamon, fhake 'em toge¬ ther, and put ’em in an Ear-. then glaz’d VelTel with Rofe- water 24 Hours ; then take a Pound of Marjoram and Lavender, Two Handfuls of Rofemary, Bay-leaves and Sage of each One Handful, HyfTop Two, Violets Half a Pound ; then mix all to¬ gether in a Barrel with a Pint of Rofe-water, and Four or Five Gallons of good Vinegar, aild fo let it hand Eighteen or Twenty Days ; then draw it leifurely off. For the Scab or Itch . Take the Elecampane Ointment as preferib’d, or elfe Two Ounces of it, add Verdegreafe One , Sulphur Vive Two Drams, Vinegar One Ounce; make an Oint¬ ment. For Difficulty of Breathing ah Ointment . Take Two Ounces of Sweet Almonds, One Ounce of frefh Butter, a little Saffron and Bees-wax, fo as to mix ’em together for an Ointment to foment the Stomach with. To take away the Kednefs and Swelling of the Jaws . Rub the Cheek well with Oil 266 New Curiofittes in Art and Nature . Oil of Rofes, then apply to the Pain or Swelling a little Nutritum with Rofe-leaves and Vinegar beat together, and apply *d on a Linen- cloth; to take away the Inflammation, or puffing up of the Cheek, take half a Pound of Lard, S\x Yolks of Eggs, and fome Oil of Rofes, and work ’em up to an Ointment, which apply as before, renewing it every Twelve Hours ; or you may take the Crumb of White-bread boil’d up to a Pultis with Milk, and apply if, rubbing it well with Oil of Rofes every Time you ffiift the Pultis ; or you may add a little Saffron. To Cure the Jaundice or Dr op fie. Take the Juice of White Thorn damp’d in White- wine, drink Three or Four Spoonfuls of the fame eve¬ ry Morning for fome Time together ; or take the Infu- hon of the inner Rind of Barberries, or Elder, after the fame manner. Many other Secrets Trfd and Approv'd. For a Burn . T" 1 Ake Plates of Lead, hang ’em in a Vinegar Vef- fel for fome Time ;• then take the fame, and beat it up with Oil-olive to a Li¬ niment ; or take the Whites of Eggs, and beat ’em up with Oil-olive or Rape to an Ointment, which apply with a Feather. For the Coldnefs of the Nerves • Take the Water diddl'd from the live Earthworms, and rub the Parts often with it. Againfi Suppreffion of Vrine t Take the Gall of a Carp* and mix it with a Spoonful of Wine, and adminifter or chew the Leaves of To¬ bacco. To taty away Corns in the Feet. Take an Onion, and lay it to the Corn with a Rag bound upon it, and let it lye there Three Weeks or a Month ; or take the Juice of Lemon, and apply it with Cotton; or Green Wax is very good, or Juice of New Curtofities in Art and Nature. 267 >fSpurge mix’d with Salt, ind laid to the Part. To Cure an Excrefcence of Flejh. I Take Angelica, Sage, iBranch and Leaf, bruife j’em with your Hands, and with a Linen rag apply ’em }for fome Hours together, jrepeating the fame Courfe for Fifteen or Twenty Days. To recover a Perfon falling - down in an Apoplexy, I Apply the Fumes of White Amber, or rub the Noftrils and Temples well with the Oil thereof; or make a Fridfrion with Spi¬ rit of Wine, and Oil of Turpentine. To make Whole , or Cure Wounds or Excrefcencies in the Jaws, Take an Ounce of Tur¬ pentine, and the Yolk of an Egg, mix ’em togerher with a little Wax and Salt to an Ointment, which apply to the Part affedled. To know or underftand Snuff- ground made oflobacco, Firft, It muft be perfectly well cur’d, fo that all Smell is entirely loft, that it may the more readily re¬ ceive the Sweets; for it is certain if it be not rightly cur'd it can never admit of the Sweets, fo far as is ne- ceflary to over-power every Thing but itfelf, otherwife the Smell will never conti¬ nue long upon the Snuff; for your Ambergreafe, Musk or Civet, will never anfwer your Intention, and have their due Effed, otherwife naught, ac c° rdin S to the quantity of Phlegm it leaves behind. Of New Curiofities in Art and Nature* Of Pouders for the Hair* Pouder of Rofes Common, # T n Ake Twenty Pounds ^ of Almond - pouder, and put it in a Cask or Bar¬ rel , then take a Pound of Rofedeaves, and mix among it thoroughly with your Hand, fo that every Part have fome ;do this Three or Four Hours, ftirring the Pouder about carefully to give it a Tinge of the Ro fes ; do this till you find that the whole Quantity partake of the Scent of the Flowers , and it is done. Musk Rofe-pouder is made after the fame Manner, on¬ ly taking Musk-rofes in- Head of Damask. Pouder of Orange-flowers. Take Twenty-five Pound of Almond - pouder to* a Pound of Orange-flowers, mix ’em well Two or Three Times a Day, and at the End of Twenty-four Hours fearce, and if it be not fcented fufficieotly, add frefti Flowers, and mix 'em well with your Hands, that all the Pouder may receive the Benefit of the Flavour. After the fame Way Jon¬ quil and Jafmin Pouders are made. Amber Pouder, Take Pouder of Rofes and Jafinin, of each Five Pound, mix’em together, and then add to them while you are working ’em with your Hands Eflence of Am- bergreafe, till the whole receive a Rich Odour. A Perfume to fcent other Pouders, Take Two Pound of the aforefaid Amber - pouder, and add to a little of it fome Civet ground with Sugarcandy in a Mortar ; take of the faid Pouder, and mix with the reft, after¬ wards fearce them together, then put to the fame a little Musk, as you did the Civet, and mix all together again. You may add this to any Pouder to raife the Scent, and make it more agreeable. To cure or purge Almond-pou - der with Aqua Vitae. Take Ten Pound of Al- mond-pouder in a Barrel, and 27 ? ---■ - - New Curiosities in Art and Nature. and put thereto a Quart of Aqua Vi \&, (hake all well together, then dry it, and pound it over again, and fearce it for Ufe. Violet Ponder , or Ponder of Orris. This is done by beating Orris-root to Ponder, and fearcing it, and it fmells as naturally as Violets, and is very good for the Hair. A Ponder of Oak-mojs^ other - wife call'd Cyprejs-ponder. Firft of all put a good iQuantity of Oak-mols in Water for Three or Four Days, or more, then pour jofF the Water, and fqueeze ithe Mofs dry, after that fwafh it again feveral limes in clean Water, and prefs it dry ; then lay it in the Sun, and turn it every Two Hours till it is fit to pou- 'der, then you muft put it in a Moita-r with a Glafs of Water, and (lamp it; when it is well moiilened this Way, lay it in the Sun again to dry thoroughly, and re¬ duce it into Pouder, which when you have done fearce it fine; then to make it Cyprefs-pouder, add to it Pouder of Musk-rofes or Jafmin, as you did to your Almond-pouders, or any other Scent you are pleas’d to give. To make Frnagipane-ponder • Take of the former (?y- prefs-pouder and Almond- pouder, mix of them equal Parts together, and fcent’em with Flowers of Orange, or Jafrnin*ground up with Ambergreate and Civet, and fometimes the Addi- tionof Musk, and Effence of Orange-Bowers. To feent Cyprefs-ponder as they do at Montpelier. Take Two Pound of Cy- prefs-pouder, Pure, Clean, and Fine, which has been feented with the Flowers 1 after its curing, a.dd to it Eighteen Grains of Civer, and half a Dram of Musk, > pounded in a Mortar with' a little Sngarcandy. New Curiosities in Art and Nature . Of Soaps. T^H E be# and choice# A Soaps we have are thofe of Bolognia , for the BoUgnois have a Way of making and perfuming Soap after a peculiar manner: To purifte Soap the mo# Curious Way, others being Common to the Trade, and confequently of no great life to othet People, make a Diflolution of Five or Six Pound of Soap cut into fmall Pieces, put to it a Pint of Lernon-water, and other fweet diftilfd Waters, and when the Diflillation is made brain thro’ a Linen- cloth, then add Two Pound of Almond-pouder, an Ounce of Eflence of O- range - flowers, and Two Ounces'of White-lead, mix ’em well together with your Hands, and then make ’em up into Balls and Rouls for life. Soap may be cleanfed or rehned with Common Water only after this manner, or with any Sweets the Party fancies, Neroly Soap , Take Eight Pound of Soap well cleans’d, and put in a Baton with Orange- flower and Rofewater to co¬ ver the Soap, then ftir it twice a Day till the Water is intimately mix’d with the Soap, after this ,beat it in a Mortar, and to your Soap, add a Pound of Pure Ladanum in Pouder, and Two Ounces of. Eflence of Neroly , mix ’em together artfully with your Peflle for a good while that they may incorporate. Bolognia Soap. Take Three Parcels of BologniaS oap, and beat err in a Mortar till they ,are well mixed, then put em into a Bafon, and covg* ’em over with Angel-water, there let the Pafle lye Two or Three Days, ftirring it twice a Day all that Time* then take a Sixth Part of Angel-water, and as much Role-water, and put into a fmall Mortar fome Musk with the faid Water, which after grinding flrain thro* a Cloth, and do this Two or Three Times, taking Care that all the Musk be diflolved, and pafled thro’ the Strainer, after which wad) the Cloth in the (aid Water, New Luriofities in Art and Nature. 27 5 Water, and refer ve it clofe ftopt in a Bottle; then take a Quantity of the Pafte which you have ‘broke to pieces in the Mortar, and put fome Ladanum Pouder to it about an Handful, Balfam of Peru One Ounce, and a little EfTence of Neroly , and work all foftly together with the Peftle for fome Time till you have formed it into a Pafte, which you make up into Balls or Rouls at Pleafure. There is a better Sort made after the like Mm- ner in Virgin’s Milk and Angel - water, which has been made with Musk ; to all which is added a larger Quantity of EfTence of Ae- roly 3 Balfam of Peru , La¬ danum, Cloves, Calamus Aromaticus, &c. The heft Sort of Virgin 9 s Milk. Put in a large Glafs-bot- tle a Pint of Spirit of Wine, a Pint of Aqua, Vit £, half a Pound of Benjamin beat to, Pouder, Four Ounces of Storax, half an Ounce of Cloves, One Ounce of Cin¬ namon, fhake ’em all well together in the Bottle well ftopt, and expofe ’em to the Sun during the Heat of Summer for a Month’s Time, and it is made: This Way may be us’d in Rofe, Angel or O- range-flower Water, Ten or Twenty Drops to a Spoon¬ ful. Of Effences and Oils Perfumed with Flowers , and of Natural Effences . r T l H E ElTences from A Flowers are thofe that ferve for the Hair, and are not True ElTences , tho’ they receive that Name, but they anfwer’d the fame becaufe they are made from Oils that receive the full Scents of the Flowers, and diftinguilh them from Com¬ mon Oils: Common Oils are Oils of Sweet Almonds, and Olive, which ferve ve¬ ry well for Perukes: But theOi! which iscalTdanEf- < fence is made from the Nud ! Ben, which is finer and, r fofter than that of Almond,, and perfectly takes*>fthe Scent of any Flower ysou add to k with a more A- greeable and Sweeter Fla¬ vour, and fo Natural,that there is no Difference be- T 2' 276 New Curtofities in Art And Nature. twixt the Smell of the Flower and the Oil. In regard the Natural Effences are true Effences, wftich come from the Fruit or Flower, from whence they bear their Names, and I fliafl (how the Difference betwixt one and the other ; the Natu¬ ral Effences are Effence of Neroly, otherwife call’d Orangery,or Quimeffeuce of Orange-flowers, Effence of Cedra, or Bergamott, Ef- fence of 'Citron or Lemon, Effence of Oiange from the Peel and Seed: That of Neroly is made from the Orange-flower-water, and is prodded from the Fruit which is in the Flower; that of Bergamoft is gaind from the reft which is made of the Rind of the Berga¬ mot t ; that of the Lemon is from Lemons diftill’d ; and #iat of the Orange from Oranges diftilPd. Would you know the Difference betwixt Effences and Oils, ; look upon the Flowers pro¬ duced by our Climate, and you (hall only find them tit for Oils or Effences : for the Hair, and Perukes, fuch as Jafmin, Orange- ; flower: Tuberofe, Jonquil, ; Mask’d Rofes, The Way to make fever d EJfences. Effence of a Thoufand Vlowers. lis is compofed of the Effence of all thofe Flowers you would mix together, mixing a larger Quantity of the weaker Scents with a lefs Quail* tity of the ftronger, and fo uniting them together that no one may be predomi¬ nant over the other. Oil of Smet Almonds f erf ti¬ med, and Pajh for wash¬ ing the Hands. Beat in warm Water fuch a Quantity of Sweet Al¬ monds as you would have, fet ’em in the Air to dry, then beat ’em grofly, and put ’em thro 9 a large Sieve; make Bags of Paper for to lay the Almonds about a Fingers deep in Beds inter- ffierfed, among which lay what Sort of Flowers you like to feent your Pouder, Lay upon Lay, and fo con¬ tinue for your Quantity, turning your Flowers and Poudcrs 277 New Curiojities in Art and Nature. Pouders tvery Morning or Evening* then lift your Pouders, and put in frejh Flowers, and repeat this io often till your Quantity is as Sweet as you would have it. That which you defign for your Oil ypu mu ft prels, as has been directed, and it will be of a noble Flavour ; the remainder is Excellent good for waQiing the Hands as it is in Pou- der, or made into a Palte with a lyjortar and Peftle, with Orange-flower-water, or the like. The Effences of Neroly. Bergamott, Orange and Lemon, I have taught before in the Way of making El- fences, Oils and Waters. Concerning Pomatums perfu¬ med from Flowers . Pomatums fcented with Flowers are not fo proper for the Face as they are for the Hair, becraufe they car¬ ry along with them more Advantage; for the Oils are better for Perukes, Poma¬ tums are more commodi¬ ous to propogate Perfpira- tion in the Heat, and to feed the Hair, It is necef- fary towards the giving of Perfumes from the Flowers you defign 'em from to ob¬ serve thefe Directions. Firft refine the Fat from Hog’s - Skins, Membranes, and the like, about the Guts; when you have done this provide Two Plates of Pew¬ ter or Tin of equal Size, put your Pomatums into the Plates about a Finger | deep, and your Flowers to it, fuch as you have provi¬ ded for your Scent, cover them both, but do not prefs down the Flower: Gather your Flowers frelh every Day, Night or Morning, and repeat upon your Po¬ matum as at firft ; continue this for fome Days, and they will give a glorious Smell to your Pomatum, which keep clofe in Glafs Veffels; thus you may fcent it with Jafmin, Orange- flowers, or Tuberofe. To renew the Complexion* and ta^e away the Kednefs of the Face , a Pomatum. Take half a Pound of re¬ fined Lard, as before fpoke of, put it into a New-glaz'd Earthen Pot, with Two Rennet-Apples cut in piece#, and an Ounce of the Four Cold Seeds bruifed; put ’em in a Pot over the Fire, and boil the faid Pomatupi a Quarter of an Hour ; then fake it from the Fire, and mix with an Ounce of T 3 Sweet 2 j$ New Curiofuies in Art and Nature. Sweet Almonds, and drain all through a Linen-cloth, then pour it into clean Wa¬ ter to cool, and work it with a Wooden Spatula, till it congeals or thickens in the Water, from whence taking it out you may dif- pofe it for life. Another very fine Pomatum for the Face. Take Two Ounces of Oil of Sweet Almonds cool- drawn, half an Ounce of Virgin’s Wax, fet’em over a gentle Fire to melt to¬ gether, after this 'fine "’em in Spring-water again and again till the Pomatum comes to a pure Whitenefs, then add a little Borax and Seed-pearl in tine; Ponder, and beat up again to ^ the Confidence of a Delicate Unguent. A Pomatum for the Lips. ~ Take Four Ounces of frefh Butter, and an Ounce of Virgin's Wax, melt 'em together, and when you have boil’d a Quarter of an Hour, drain and take your Pomatum from the Fire, then take Two Spoonfuls of Orange-flower-water, with which boil again and again; then thicken with a little Orcanet, which you have diluted with fome O- range - flower - water, and beat up your Pomatum with a Spoon, taking it from the Fire and fetring it to cool. A Liquid Almond Pafie to wafh the Hands without Water. Take a Pound of Bitter j Almonds, which you have > beat in warm Water, fet ’em to dry ; then beat’em again in a Marble Mortar for fome time, dll there re¬ mains no Roughnefs ; then work it up to a Pafte, and , put it apart; then pound fome White-bread Crumbs, about the Size of a Peny Loaf with. fome Milk for a good while to reduce it to a fine Pade ; then put the Almond Pade and that to*- gether in a Mortar with Ten Yolks of Eggs, beat ’em well, putting in by lit¬ tle and little Milk, and flir¬ ting it to a Confidence; mix a fufficient Quantity of Milk, and put it on the Fire to boil; you mu ft not ceafe dir ring till it is finifht, which will be about an Hour’s Time. An Opiate in Pouder to clean ft the Teeth . Take half a Pound of Brick-dud run thro’ a fine Searce 9 Four Ounces of For- ^ cetane* * celane Ware in One Ounce of Coral, mi ’email together, and add a little Oil of ClOT«,then gtind ’em to a fine Mixture. Take half a Pound of Brick-duft, Four Ounces of Porcelane, half an Ounce of Cinnamon, beat, S rm and fearce them all fepirate- ly, and mix ’em together m a fine Ponder. Or, Take half a Pound of Brick-dull, Four Ounces ot Porcelane, One Ounce ot Coral, Two Sticks ot Cin¬ namon, half the Weight o Cloves, half an Ounce of Allum, and Crufts of Bread burnt. One Ounce of Con- ferve of Rofes, beat, fift and mix ’em intimately into a fine Pouder, as before. Of Perfumes for the Mouth, J or fucb as are for Eating and Drinking. Ambergreafe is (angularly good for the Stomach, Musk in the Quantity not fo agreeable to the Palate, and Civet never S° 0< Vnf either. Take a Quart of Spirit of Wine, in which begins to boil, then take it from the Fire and flrain it; when it is clarified tahe Aqua Vita at Difcretion, according to the Strength you defign to make it, and put thereto fome Eifence of Amber- greafe, more or lefs, or Ef¬ fence of Hypocras. After the fame manner you may make Variety of Perfum’d Liquors, Of New Curiofities in Jrt and Nature . 28* Of Sweet-fcented Waters. An gel. water boil'd. JTAke Six Quatts of Wa¬ ter in an Earthen Vef- fel, to which put One Pound of Benjamin, half a Pound of Storax, One Ounce of Cinnamon, half n Ounce of Cloves, all beat to Pou- der, with Two or Three Pieces of Calamus Aroma- ficus, and Two Lemons cut jin (Quarters ; afterwards put the Veilcl upon the Fire cover’d, boil to the 'Diminution of One Quart; then return the Water into ^ Bafon, and keep it till it is cool enough for hot- tling. If you would make * larger Quantity of the laid Water, Hll the Veil'd again as at the fame Time, land boil as before: You |may add thefe together, or keep ’em apart, which you pleafe. Another Way . Take Three Quarts of Orange- flower- water, and •he fame of Rofes, put in :he fame Dru^s in the fame Quantities as in the Receipt before,without the Lemons, udead^of. which acjd a lit¬ tle Musk, and boil it as you did before, and of the remainder you may make Padiles to burn. Angel - water diftiWd in Bainco Maria?. Put into the Body ofyour Glafs-StiJ] Two Quarts of Water, Four Ounces of Ben¬ jamin, Two of Storax, Cin¬ namon and Cloves, of each half an Ounce, Calamus Aromaticus a little, and a few Grains of Musk, and it makes a mod Odoriferous Water. Cinnamon Water . Take a Pint of Water, and Two Ounces of Cinna- moi^put’em into a Glafs- Still together, and the Wa¬ ter that is difiill’d thence will have a hue Smell. Orange-flower- water diftiWd; with a Refrigeratory « Make an Infufion of Two bounds of Orange-flowers in a Gallon of Water for Three or Four Hours, then put all together in a Copper or Pewter Alembick with its - - _ __ ‘S 8 2 New Curiofities in Art and Nature. its Refrigeratory, and Worm or Pipe that runs thro 5 a Barrel of cold Water, make the Dlmllation with a gen¬ tle Fire, which when it is finlihed, the Flowers will begin to born : If the Wa¬ ter is not fcented flrong e- nough, pur a- Pound offrefh Flowers to the laid Water, and draw over again. Rofe •water. Take Three Pound of Damask Rofes,. let them infufe Three or Four Hours in a Gallon of Spring-water boiling hot, then put ’em 'into an- Alembick, and : di- m as before in Orange- flower-water. . Queen of Hungary V Water, Take a good large Glafs- bottle, put in it Two Pints of Spirit of Wine, Two good Handfuls of Rofema- xy-flowers or Leaves, One Handful of Sweet Marjo¬ ram, and as much of Sage- Bowers; flop the Bottle dofe, and let it in the Sun a Month ; then add of Or- canet the Size of a Nut ground with a little. Spirit of Wine, and fet in the Sun again for Sin Days, and It is done; the Colour will be of a gtorious Red; and you may either ufe it thus, or draw it off in a Glafs- Still, or with Common Veffels, as Orange-flower- I Water, and the like. Of Pafiils to burn. You muft chufe fuch Things for the Compofiti- on of your Paflils as is moll proper and commodious for burning, and will give an agreeable Smell in the Fume, which Civet will not do ; and Musk is much the fame, but Ambergreafe is a moft Excellenr Drug, and yeilds always a pleafant Fragrancy to all the Senfes,. > without diflurbing any of them, as is the Common Complaints againfl a great many Sweets. The Way of making Pajiil*' to burn. Take a Pound of Benja¬ min, half an Ounce of Cloves, Two Sticks of Cin¬ namon, One of Calamus A* romaticus, pound ’em. and lift ’em* then take Gum- Tragacanth diffolved in Common Water, and mix the Ponders with the Gum- Water fo as to bring them to the Confluence of a Pafte, which you may make (off¬ er or harder as you pleafe, and then form ’em into what Figure you like befi. _____ . _. t . , Mi New Curiojities in Art and Nature. Faftils ofKofss. Ttke a Pound of the re¬ mainder of the Drugs after Angel-water is drawn off, as before mentioned, reduce it to Pouder, then fearce it, and add a Handful or Two of Rofe-leaves frefh gather’d, with a little Gum-Traga- canth in Rofe-water, beat ? em together well, and work all to a Pafte. Spanijh Paftils. Take the Reliefs of An- gel-water, as before, and make ’em up into Paftils with Gum-Tragacanth, and Orange-flower-water. Another Sort. Take One Pound of Ben¬ jamin, half a Pound of Sto- rax, half an Ounce of Cin¬ namon, Two Ounces of Provence - rofes, a few Cloves, and a Piece of Ca¬ lamus Aromaticus, pound 283 ’em all feparately, and lift ’em fine, then make 'em up with Gum-Tragacanth in Orange-flower-water. PaJhls of Portugal. The Relids of Angel- water dried, pouder’d v .a!nci lifted clean. One Pound, Twenty Grains of Amber - greafe finely ground in a Mortar with the Water of a Thoufand Flowers, make all up to Paftils with Gum- Tragacanth in Orange-flow¬ er-water. All the other Sorts of Paftils are made after the fame manner, eve^ ry one altering according to his Fancy, in the Sweets he likes bell, as one is Cy^ prefs-pouder, others An¬ gel - pouder, feme again Frangipane augmented with Orange-flower-water. Am- bergreafe, Musk or Civet, Rolewater, or the like. 2 $4 A 7 **? Curiofities in Art an A Nature . 0 /‘ Sjw* Ponders , fever al Wtys of preferving them 'The MarJhaTs Grefs ponder. T^Ake a Pound of Orris,, A Two Ounces of dried Orange-flowers. Four Oun¬ ces of Coriander, half a Pound of Provence-rofes, Two Ounces of the remains of Angel-water, One Ounce of Calamus Aromaticus, beat the Drugs to Ponder feparately, and then mix *em well together for life. Another Way . # Take Two Ounces of Orris, half a Pound of dried Orange-flowers, Four Oun¬ ces of Provenee-roies, One of Benjamin, an Ounce of dried Lemon and Orange Peels, half an Ounce of dri¬ ed Marjoram, as much Ca¬ lamus, Two Sticks of Cin¬ namon, half an Ounce of Cloves, Two Ounces of Yellow-Sanders, pound 'em one after another, and mix Vm together. Another Way. Take One Pound of Or- ris-pouder. half % Pound of Orange* flowers dried. Four Ounces of Provence-rofes, Two of Yellow-Sanders, One Ounce'of dried Orange- Peel, One Ounce of Marjo¬ ram and Lavender dried. One Ounce of Benjamin, Storax and Ladanum, of each half an Ounce, pound ’em all one by one, ana then mix ’em together, and of any of thefe Pouders you may fill your Bags you de¬ li gn to (cent, Cloaths,. Li* nen. Scrutores, Toilets, Drawers,and the like, with. To perfume Rofe«:buds, and dry Orange - flowers, has been already taught, and I (hall omit ’em here.' Of Srveet*bagf to carry about one . Make a Bag of what Stuff you like about Four Fingers long, and the fame breadth, rub it on both Sides with a little Civet, and All it with fome of the MarfhaPs Pouders, which you fancy moft, to which add a few Cloves, and a little Yellow- Sanders pounded together, to give Change and Variety to the Smell. Another New Curiofities in Art tutd Nature. Another Sort . Take Eight Grains of Musk with Angel-water, and grind with them Four Grains, a little Balfam of Peru, and add ’em to a Quantity of Cyprefs-pouder Ifufficient to fill the Bag you jdefign, after they have (been well beat and mix’d together. \ Boxes to perfume Perukes. Let your Box be made longways like a Coffin, and | lin’d in the Infide fo as to admit of being ftufft with proper Sweets, fuch as the Party likes, either Mar- ! fhaPs pouder, Cyprefs-pou i der, or One of thofe with | the Addition of Yellow. | Sanders, Cloves, Cinna¬ mon, &c . Boxes to per- ! fume Linen after the fame manner, only with the Dif- i ference of the Sweets, that of Rofes , Orange-flower, Angel-water, Lavender, &c. j being more proper for Linen. To perfume Toilets with • Montpelier Scent. Take a New Toilet that, has been well wafhed and rubb’d, and apply to it the following Compofidon. j Take Two Pound of Or¬ ris-powder, One of Cala- 2B5 mus, half an Ounce of Cin¬ namon, Cloves, and Lada- num, pouder ’em one after the other, and fearce ’em, then mix ’em together with Gum - Tragacanth fteept m Angel-water to a Pafie, with which rub your Toi¬ let on all Sides, till the Scent of the Pafte penetrate into the very Wood, then dry it and with a Spunge, waffi it all over again with An¬ gel-water. Another Compofimn for the fame. Take Two Pound of Or¬ ris, One of Elicampane* Two Ounces of dried Le- I mon-peel. One of Orange, One Ounce of Cloves, half an Ounce of Benjamin, One Ounce of Ladanum, pon¬ der and mix all together, ufing it as before. Compofitions to carry about us- Bruife in a Mortar a little Benjamin with a few Drops of Balfam of Peru s adding Four Grains of Civet, being well mixed with the Peftle, put it on a little Cotton in your Box or Glove ; or heat your Mortar, and milt in ft Four Grains of Ambergreafe with a little of the EfTence, and Two Grains of Civet; then dip your Cotton in it* ot 286 New Curiofities or mix in a Mortar Four Grains of Musk, and Two Grains of Civet together, adding Four Drops of Bal- fam of Peru ; dip your Cot¬ ton into the Compofition* and put it in your Box, Cane, or Glove. To perfume a Chamber by Smoke. Burn fome of the Paftils aforefaid over the. whole Room, or elfe (hutting -the Windows,light fome Pieces of Paper that have been firft wetted with Angel- wa¬ ter, Orange-water, or Wa¬ ter of a Thoufand Flowers, and a little Effenceof Am¬ ber gr safe. The Way of Perfuming all Sorts of Skins. Chufe what Sorts or Skins you pleafe, as Sham¬ my, Sheep, Lamb, Kid, or Dog-Skins, that are rightly drefsVi and prepar’d for life ; take a Tub of a Size for your Skins, and make a Lay of Skins, and a Lay of fweet-fcented Flowers, fuch as you would have, and fo pile ’em one upon another as you have occafion; let ’em lye Twen¬ ty-four Hours, then take ’em up, and hang your Skins upon Cords an Hour, in Art and Nature. - - ' that the Moifture ihey re¬ ceiv’d from the Flowers may not. dammage them ; repeat this once or twice 1 more, according as you have need, or the Strength of the Perfume. The Way of Perfuming Gloves. { After your Gloves are wafh’d and cleans’d after the ordinary Manner, or if you pleafe with Rofe or Orange-flower Water Two ; or Three Times, you may ufe of the following Com- pofition, grind upon a Marble with a little Muller a fmall Quantity of Civet, with fome Effence ofO- range-flowers, or other 1 Flowers, made with Oil of \ Ben, mix’d well with An. gel-water ; * then grind about the Size of a Nut of Gum-Tragacanth which has been infus’d in Orange- 1 j flower-water *, after you ; have ground your Civet and : Gum, add by little and lit¬ tle your Angel-water, con- i tinue this till all is incorpo- i rated ; when you ufe i^do if with a Sponge upon the Gloves or Leather you de- | fign to Perfume, and hang" upon Cords afterwards to; dryintneAir. New Curiofhies in Art and Nature. 287 For Musk-Gloves . Let that Dung be ground with Orange-flower-water, and prevail over all the reft of the Compofition beforementioned : For Ambergreafe you may do the fame, and fo of all the reft. ! Tbs Roman Scent the fame with Genoa. Grind a good piece of Ambergreafe with a little '! Elfence of Orange-flower |j upon a Marble ; then add half the Quantity of Musk, ; and Eighteen Grains of Civet, and put ’em feparate; after which take Gum-Tra- j gacanth about the Size of a Nut, mix it with O- ! range-flower-water, and a little Effence of Amber; then grind all together, and make up the Compo- ! lition, with which fponge your Gloves or Leather, as taught before* TheS panifh Scent . This is done with Musk, Civet and Ambergreafe, in equal Proportion, ground with Waters of a Thou- fand Flowers, and Gutri- Tragacanth, with the Ad¬ dition of Oil of Cloves and Gum-Arabick all work’d together, as has been taught m the foregoing Compofitions. The Way of Colouring Skin / and Gloves . Grind your Colours up¬ on a Marble with a little Oil of Ben, mix’d with Eflence of Jafmin, or O- ranges, with a little Water of the fame, or Rofes, pour¬ ing on by little 1 and little as the Colours are’grind¬ ing ; at laft grind them with Gum-Tragacanfh and Orange-flower-water, then put your Mixture into an Earthen or Glafs Velfel to encreafe at his Drfcretion ; when you add your Colour do it with Gran-Traga¬ canth, and a little Orange- flower-water ; with White hr ft prime your Gloves or Skins before you lay on your Colour. Variety 288 New Curiofities in Art and Nature . Variety of Colours for Vfe. Ifabella Lively. npAke good Wihte One half, and the other j White and Red, with pure Gum. Two Parts Yellow and Red. Jfabella Vale . A good deal of White, equal Parts of Red and Yellow. Walnut-colour. Burnt Omber, a little Yellow, a little White, and a good deal of Red. Clear Walnut. Burnt Otnber, as much Yellow, a little White and Red. Amber ~colour. Very fine Yellow, a lit* tie White and Red. Gold-colour* ^ Very fine Yellow witfi a little Red. Flefh-colour. A little Yellow, a little White, with a little more Red than the Yellow. ?ale-colour. Very fine Yellow, more Bfacki little little little fome Brown-colour. Burnt Omber, very fin e Black Stone, a little and a little Red. Clear Brown . Burnt Omber, a Black Stone, and a Red. Musk-colour. Omber Burnt, a Black Stone, with Red and White. Frangipane-colour . A little Omber, Twice as much Red, and Three T.knes'a^ much Yellow. Olive-colour . Omber unburnt, a little- Yellow, with a Fourth Part Red and Yellow. Wood-colour . Fine Yellow, a little White, a little Omber, and equal Parts of Red and Yellow. A A F RAN SLATOR- | fir Robert Killigtxw’j Way of making Wins and Pouder of Vipers. i T O every Three Pints of Canary put one Viper alive, after he ath fcoured' himfelf a yeek or Eight Days- in Iran. \o make the Ponder of Vipers. Drive a 'Nail or Pin up- n the Board, then with a ouble Buck-skin Glove ike the Viper by the Tail pith one Hand, and by le Head with the other, pd by the help of the Pin i* Nail bring the Head and ail together, and at once *ith a good Knife cut them ft that is all the Head id Three Fingers of the Taft throw them away, and flea the Body, out of which take the Liver and Heart, and having taken away the Gall fave them apart ; likewife preferve the Gall by itfelf, which being melted in a Glafs in Balneo Mari#, and Brained thro’ a Cloth, will keep like an Oil. All the Intrails being clean taken out, pour a little White-wine upon the Heart, Liver and Eody, and it will kill them ; then pouting the W T ine from them, lay the Bodies clofe one by another in an Ear¬ then. Difh, perfectly well glaz’d ; then take one Part of Aniieed, and Three U Parts 290 A Supplement> collected by the Tranjlator. Parts of Salt, which fprin- kle thinly over the whole, and cover the Difh with another of the fame Sort of Size, lute them clofe toge¬ ther, and fet them in an Oven after Bread hath been baked, or in the like Heat till they be well dried, which you may know by their rattling if you (hake them; let them be thorough¬ ly cold before you open the Diffies, afterwards beat this Preparation to Ponder, and keep it for Ufe : The Heart and Liver being thus prepar’d are much more efficacious. T& mafce Portable Broth, Take Four Legs of Beef, Four Cocks, Four Necks of Mutton, Four Knuckles of Veal, a fufficient Quantity of Mace, mid Sweet Herbs, with Marygolds, boil them in Ten Gallons of Wa¬ ter till the whole become like Rags, then pour out your Liquor through a Gdly-bag into clean glaz’d Pans, and when it is cold take off the Fat, and put it again upon the Fire in an Earthen Veffel, and let it boil once more ; then put to It Two Pounds of Harts¬ horn Shavings, and boil them till the A Broth;!be hard enough to cut with a Knife,! which you mud try by® putting fome of it in a cold Place ; then take it off, and! drain it again into glaz’d! Earthen/Pans, that it may! be about Three Inches] deepin the Bottom ; when 1 it is perfectly cold cut it with a Knife into Slices of an Inch thicknefs, and lay j it upon a Frame, and let it \ band in the Wind to dry; for if you fet it in the Sun' it will melt. The bed Time to make it is in March , for the more Wind there is the fooner it will dry, add become as hard as Glue.f If you have a Place where’ the Air and Wind can come freely to it, and yet fo co¬ ver’d that no Rain or Sun can effect it, let it band Night and Day; for if it happens to be aFrob that will dry it the bed of all; when you would ufe this Glue take fuch a Quantity as you pleafe, cut it in pieces, with a Knife, and boil it in an Earthen Veffel with a Crub of Bread or Bifquet, and feafon it with Salt or Spice according \ to your Palate. \ An A Supplement, collected by the Tran/ lator^ '97 a- An Excellent Elettuary aainfl Wind , to open the Vbftruttions of the Liver , Spleen or Kidneys , ^ c I ny One Ounce, Oil of Vi- U 2 triol 292 A Supplement, colleffedby tbeTranJlator. t riol as much, mix ’em well together in a Giafs Mortar, and dry them by the Fire ; this do Seven Times togefher, drying the Pouder well every Time ; then take Madick One Ounce, Spirit of Wine One Pound, diged them together for Four Days ; then decant off the Spirits of Wine, and macerate the prepared Pouder of Anti¬ mony Three Days ; put all in an Earthen Pot, make it hotj and kindle the Spirit of Wine, ever during it till the Flame ceafe ; dry the Pouder well, which you may fprinkle once or twice with Spirit ot Salt; dry it again.* and keep it for Ufe ; Dofe Four or five . Grains. Jo make a Diaph ore tick of Antimony and Gold that works from Four to Seven Grains . Take Antimony and Mer¬ cury Sublimate, of each equal Parts, and draw them over in a Retort, then redfifie 0 the Oil that you get Five Times, and let it Band in a gentle Balneo for forne Time ; then diflolve a Dram of pure Gold in Aqua Regis , and pour your diffolv’d Gold upon your dilfolv’d Oil of Antimony , mix ’em together in proper ? Velfels, which lute very \ clofe, and place in Aihes I for Two Days, with as ea- | fie a Fire as you can keep ; jj then remove it into Sand, land draw off your Mcnjtru- \ um by degrees, till at lad I the Boitom of {he Giafs be | as Red as you can make it; | then ceafe your Fire, and I lc t it cool, and throw away | that Part of the Matter in jj the Bottom of the Giafs | which is not fublimcd, but 1 gather the other clean, and l put it into a Crucible, and t give it a Fire till the Cru- \ cible and the Matter be both as Red as any Coal as any I then take it out of the l Fire, cool it, and prefer ve I it for your life. | Jo make the Diapboretick of | Sir Waiter Way. ! Take Antimony , Crude Mercury, Two Pounds, t Sublimate Mercury Two | Pounds, grind them well 1 and hue, and then mix f them together, and put j them in the flatted boc- I torn’d Bafons you can get; place them in a cold Cellar, where they mud Band till they all mix together foft like Pap ; then take this Mixture, and but it into a final! A Supplement , collected by the I ranjlator . 29 J {mail Glafs Body not a quarter full, and put a Head thereon, and a Re¬ ceiver thereto, well luted, and draw off the Moilluje as long as any cometh in Sand, and then encreafe the Fire To long till the Mercury be fublim’d ; and you muft do To till you have gain’d all y'ur Mer¬ cury from the Antimony ; then re&ifie what you have gather’d, and keep the laft j. Part thereof by itfelf to put S upon your Mercury to work it up, the which mud be 1 very often reiterated upon * your Mercury , and dt^w off again : At hi\ fublime up all your Mercury from the Bottom, which gather and grind very filial 1 , and mix with it fo much of your Mercury that has been fub- lim’d Four or Five' Times, and fublime all together ; and then in Two or Three Times fubliming you fhall feparate the Crude Mercury there from ; and then fub¬ lime it by itfclffo long till it leave no Foeccs in the Bottom. To make the Purge of Tartar . Take the beft . White Tartar what Quantity you pleafe, pound it very fmall, and put it into a well glaz’d Pipkin, and boil it Wrong¬ ly ; then skum it conflant- ly till it affords no more* pour your boil’d Tartar clean skumm’d into broad flat Milk-pans, there let it cool, and in the cooling there will a rife a White Cream upon the Top, which take oft wirh a Skim¬ mer ; continue to do this as l ng as any Creainwwill arife ; after this add Two Ounces of Salt - Peter to every half Pound of this, and wafh it once or twice in cold Water, grind it to tine Pouder, and to a Dram of this put Five or Six Grains of Viagridiurn. A Vijfolution of Gold . Make an Amalgama of Gold with Mercury , taking Twelve Parts of Mercury to One Part of Gold , fub¬ lime otf the Mercury , and mix the Pouder of Gold with as much fublimed Sulphur , calcine them in a Reverberatory ; then add new Flowers of Sulphur , and repeat the Calcination ; take the Pouder fo prepar’d, and grind it with twice as much Sal-Armoniack, firft prepar’d and fubiim’d from Common Salt or cal¬ cin’d Tartar , fublime off your Sal-Armoniack from U 3 the 294 A Supplement^ collected hy the Tranjlator. Gold' grind again upon a hard Marble, and fub- 3ime again; this do Ten cr Twelve Times, or more then with ordinary difttll’d Vinegar redfifie in Balneo Marie ; when the Sal-Ar- moniack is fublim’d up from the Pouder, extradf or dif¬ folve the Pouder by Infufi- on In Balneo Marie 9 or in the Vapour of it; diHil off theVinegar and the Pouder which remains in the Bot¬ tom, diffolve in a cold Cel¬ lar, or moift Place, into an Oil or Liquor of a Brow- nidi Colour; and if any of 1 the Pouder will not diffolve in the Vinegar, calcine it again with Flowers of Sul- phur in a Reverberatory, and afterwards fublime Sal Amoniack from it as at hrd, and with Vinegar extrad and feparate as before ; fo you will deftroy the Gold, and bring it into an Oil, or Liquor. For the Epilepfie\ or Falling- Sickmfs. Take the Lean Flefh of a Stag diced thin ; fir/1 lay a Bed of Vitriol a Finger thick, on that a Lay or Bed of the Flefh; then brow on this the Pouder of Amber , Bay- berries, Seeds of Peony, hound-leaves, of each in Pouder equal Parts; make a 1 Lay of this a Finger thick^ and then a Lay of Vitriol J and then the Flefh a Lay,! and fo the Pouder, till the i Veffd is full; then cover this clofe, and diffolve it in a moift Place, and being diffolved, diflil firll the Phlegm, then the Spirit, and calcine the Refidence ; take out the Salt with the Phlegm, digefl this with Spirit of Wine ; and being digefted Six Weeks, draw off the Spirit and Phlegm, and adminiifer of it after due Evacuation with Syrup of Co whips, half an Ounce of this to One or Two of the Syrup. HyiTop, Mifleto’s, andHore A Purge of Antimony that will work without Vomit . • Take on Ounce of Anti¬ mony ponder’d, melt it in a Crucible; then put upon it while it is in Fufion a Spoonful of well refined Salt-Petre, and burn it off; do fo Four Times; then grind it upon a Stone, and it will be a White Pouder ; to White you muff put an Ounce of Vitriol , or Sulphur , or as much as will cover it; then evaporate the Moifture off in a Sand-Furnace till the Pouder be left perfe&ly dry. A Supplement, Med by the Tractor. 29 $ ary. Dofe Five or Six Grains. The true Proportions of the jhort Engine, to draw a great deal of Water a [mail heigbth by One Man. The Middle round Beam or Cylinder to be Nine Foot lone, and Three In¬ ches and a half Diameter, the Pins which make the Screw Five Inches high; the Screws mall wind ac¬ cording to Sixteen by Eighteen Parts of the Cir¬ cumference of the Cylinder, which in this Proportion will be Nine Inches atunder at every OppoGtion ; fo as being double they will be Four Inches afunder, allow¬ ing the thieknefs of the Pins when they are cover 4 with Boards* pitch d and hoop’d. The true Proportion of the long Engine , to draw a [mail Quantity a great beigbtb . The Middle round Beam or Cylinder to be 20 Foot long, and Four Inches Dia- meter; the Pins that make the Screws Three Incnes high; the Screwsmuft wind according to Sixteen by Eighteen Parts, which m this Proportion will be Twelve Inches afunder at every Oppofition ; fo as be¬ ing double they wil l be Five Inches afunder, al low ini for the tbickneis ot the Pins ; when this is cover with Boards, pitch d and hoop’d, this will rane it Two Thirds of its own length at one end, which is Twelve Foot and a nail. Matthias’/ Compaction of his Anodine Laudanum. Take of the choiceft Opi¬ um Three Ounces, cured from its rank Smell, put it in a Glaf , and pour there¬ on good Spirit of Wine as much as will cover it Foul Fingers, flop the Veffelclole, and fet it in a warm Place, draw out the Tin&ure, and -when you have done exhale of the Humidity from it ; then take and pour upon your Opium as much Juice ot Lemons, mix them well. 3,nd add Two Scruples 01 Oil of Cinnamon, and One of Oil of Cloves, Magifterv of Pearl and Coral, of each half an Ounce, Amber- oreafe One Scruple, Musk the fame, Extrad of Saf¬ fron a Semple, Extract ot Cafior a Dram, mix all well together, and keep the Mafs dofe Hopp’d in a Glafs Veffel to digeft for 11 . fnrr/ 1 * 296 A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlatpr , the Salt of Wormwood, half an Ounce of the Ab~ ome Days, and then it is fit for life, from a Grain to Five or Six, upon extraor¬ dinary Occafions. A F reparation of Steel. Take of the heft Stef] foftned, and neatly hied, and wafhed from all Dregs, Two Pounds, pour on this the ftrongeft diftili’d Vine¬ gar Three Pounds, fet them in a warm Place, Birring them often, and cover’d * clofe, and let them digeft ; Eight Days ; then decant the Liquor carefully, that no Filings go off with it : then ditiil the Vinegar from it till be very dry, and grind the. remainder into fine Pouder ; then pour on Spirit of Wine fo that it hand above it Two Fingers, ilir them often, and. pour oft the Tindfure, upon which put more Spirit of 'Wine, digefting Four or Five Days ; repeat this Vv ork with fieih Spirits as long as it will afford a deep Tindtufed; then take all your Spirits that are,.tinged j and diftiFthem to a drinefs, the Pouder that will remain in the Bottom of the Glafs is what you are to keep for l*fe ; and mix an Ounce of this with Two Ounces of me Royal Pouder, One of bots-pouder, and the Spe¬ cies Diambr# Aromatiz’d, all excellently well mix’d ; give of this Pouder every Morning T wo Scruples in a little Conferve of Roman Wormwood, or in a Glafk of Wormwood or GentF- an Wine, An 'Excellent Remedy fir the Fluor Albus, or Whites in Women. Take of Agnus C aft us , and Coriander Seeds; of each One Ounce, Plantain Seed, 4 Alkekengy, or vyin¬ ter Cherries, Mint-leaves, of e f ach a Dram, Amber and Red Coral prepared, of each Four Scruples, Maftick half a Dram, mix thefe well into a tine-Pouder, and give a Dram of it in Sugar of Rofes, Broth, - Pannada* an Egg, Taniie, Gel lies, Conferves, or the like. How to find out prefcntly the heft Colour or Tih&'ure, that any Herb or Flower giveth . Divide a Paper of feveral Panes, each of the breadth of Two Inches, let the Orff Pane be moi ft en’d with Vinegar wutb a Pencil, the Second with Bran-water, the Third with Juice of Lemons, A Sup fitment, collected by the Trm/lator. 297 upon. Copperas, or Vitriol- watt r. Lemons, the Fourth with Allurn-water, the Filth Vitriol-water, the Sixth Lime-water, the Seventh with the Whites of Eggs; then bruife the Herb, and rub it over every One of thefe Panes, and you will fee upon which it Hrikesthe belt Colour ; likewife you may make ufe of Juice of Onions , Sal • Armmiack^ ltrong Beach Lee, or that of Vine-Alhes, Bean-ftalks, Urine made It rouge r with Tartar ; and Soap-Boilers Lee is Excellent. I Ohfervations of the Tiaci tires of certain Flowers. j The Flower of Three- leav’d Grafs itrikes a good Yellow upon Beach Lee, (the Damask Rofe and Wood a good Green upon (Beach Lee, the Peony ppon Allum-water a good Purple, the White Role a good Yellow, the Hounds- I tongue-flower a good Blue , the wild Canker Rofe Itrikes a good Purple, and. the Red Rofe a Green, above all Greens upon the Soap Lee, tfie Marygold a good O- rmge-colour, Garden Pea Bloffom an Excelleut [Blue upon the fame, the (White Rofe a good Ruffet How to take the Draught of ^ any Building, Er£df a large Square ChriliaHine Glafs upon a llraight Pillar againft the Centre; you muft have a lit¬ tle Sight or Pin-hole thro’ a flat Ruler, which mull be faften’d with an Elbow to' the Top of the lame where¬ in the Glafs fandeth ; then looking thro’ that Sight * draw the Lines that repre- fent the Figu re on the Glafs with a Pen, and when you have drawn your whole Work lay a hue Paper upon the Glafs, and thereby take offa'll the Lines which you draw upon the Glafs. Tp make fwcet-feented Oils . \ To make Oil or Eflence of Roles, [afmin, Violet, &c. you need but agitate a fufficient Quantity of Oil r of Sweet Almonds, or the Nut - Ben, in a proporti¬ onable Quantity of the di- Itill’d Water of thofe Sweets they wou’d take their Perfumes from; and this is to be done in an Incor¬ porating Glafs, afterwards letting the Oil feparate from the Water in the Sun, &*. Or elfe take Sweet Flowersi, bruife them firll, then in- 298 A Supplement, collected by the Tranflator. fufe them in a gentle Heat in Oil of Sweet Almonds , die . How to make Copper take any , Imprejpon like Wax. Make a Lay of Poudcr of Brimflone, and Copper Plates laid one upon ano¬ ther, make a good Fire till the Copper melt ; then caft the fame into what Form you will; or when it cools make your Impref- fion : The like may. be done in Silver; now to feparate the Sulphur , heat the Cop¬ per Red hot, and quench it in Oil of Turpentine ; this makes it as White as Silver. To [often Horn . Boil it in a ftrong Lee of Pot-Afhes, and when it is hot print what you think tit upon it. A fix'd Oil for Extracting the Sulphur of all Metals. Draw Quicklime off Four Times in Linfeed-oiL imbibe in this the Plates of any Metal, and in a ibort Time the Sulphur ihall how like Wax» 1 To whiten Metals . Take Roch-AIlum One Ounce, Salt Fetre, Salt Gem, Sal-Armoniack,. Mer¬ cury Sublimate, of each One Ounce, Common Salt Two Ounces, Tartar Three Ounces, make a PouderJ which diflfolve in hot Wa¬ ter, and quench any Metal: therein to whiten it. The Mercury of Lead . Take Lead calcined withj Salt One Pound, Salt Petre] One Pound, Sal-Armoni- ack Fpur Ounces, fubli-j mate as is done in making Flowers of Antimony . Another . Make a Water from j White Vitriol and Vinegar ■ diftilPd, digeft Lead in this - Water till it is reduced into : a Calx or Ponder* in Twen¬ ty-four Hours it will be chang’d into an Alh-colour; to this Water add the fob ^ lowing. Take Allum One \ Ounce and half, Salt from \ the Caput Mortuum Two ; Ounces, Sal-Armoniack One" Ounce, Salt Fetre Two! Ounces and half, moiftetii all thefe with Urine, and 1 dlgefl with Lead for Twen- j ry-four Hours, and from ) the Calx of the Lead after ! a gentle Sublimation you j will readily perceive a flow- j ing Mercury, which is the j Mercury of Lead. I A Transmutation of Lead in¬ to Copper . Cement fmall Plates of Lead A Supplement , collected bj the Tranjlator . 299 Lead Lay by Lay with Ver- digreafe for a few Days, and with a gentle Fire, and the Work will be accom- plifh’d. < For to remove the Marks or Pits after the Small-fox, Take Six Ox’s Galls in the Month of May , Spirit of Wine One Pint, mix and digeft for Twenty-four Hours, filter the Liquor, and make a perfect Separa¬ tion from the Faeces, to which add of pure Mirrh I half an Ounce, Salt Gem , ; and White Salt of Tartar, j Camphire , of each Three Drams ; mix all in a large Circulatory Veflel, to ! which add a moderate Heat for fome Days ; then biter the Infufion, and keep it for life; with this rub j the Face over Night, and I let it be on till Morning, when you mull wafh it oft j with Mirrh-water; if to j this you add Cream of 1 Tartar , Borax , and Sal- Prunella , of each One Dram, it will be better. A Pomatum • to he us'd after the Small-pox, Take frefh Hog’s-Jardhalf a Pound, Marro\V of Calves- feet Six Ounces, Sperma I Ceti Four Ounces, Oil of Nut-Bean Two Ounces* boil ’em all together over a gentle Fire ; then add Camphire Two Drams; wa(h this in a Marble or Glafs Mortar till it be as White as Snow in the fol¬ lowing Liquor: Take Bo¬ rax Six Drams, White Su- garcandy One Ounce, Bean- ftower, or White Lilly- water, half a Pint, Mirrh- water as much, Allum Two Drams, Sal Gem One Ounce, diftolve thefe in the Waters, and wafh theforefaid Pomatum there¬ with. For Heats in the Face . Take Sugarcandy half an Ounce, Borax Two Drams, White Salt One Ounce, Al¬ lum One Dram, diftolve thefe in Rofe-water, and filter them. Another, Take Litharge of Gpld well wafh’d Four Ounces, White-wine-vinegar half a Pint, Juice of Lemons Two Ounces, boil thefe in an Earthen Pot a quarter of an Hour, let it fettle, and ftrain it for life ; mingle a little of each of thefe in a 1 Porceline D.fti, and it will j make a Milk, with which | wet the Face, and with a I foft Sponge, and let it dry. goo A Supplement, collected by the J ranjlator . For Worms in the Nofe. Take the White Oint¬ ment camphorated half an Ounce, Oil of Tartar per Deliquium half a Dram, Flower of Brim (tone T wo Scruples, Sugar of Lead One Scruple ; make a -Li¬ niment, which apply at Bed-time. For gnat Pimples in the Face . Take Spirit of Wine, put a Quantity of it in a Silver Porringer, and take a Roll of Brimftone r aud iiir it in the Spirit of Wine till it is White like Milk, with this wet the Face with a Sponge dipt therein. XheFamous Aurum Potabile, or Potable Gold . DifToIve Gold iu Aqua Regis , precipitate it with Oil of Tartar^ dulcihe it by Ablutions in Common Wa¬ ter, diffolve the precipitated dulcified Gold in Vinegar once diftiiled, filter the Dif- folution by Inclination, let New Vinegar be added that all may diffolve, put the Solutions together, and evaporate the Vinegar in Balnea . Dilfolve One Ounce of Salt of Tartar in Two Quarts of Spirit of Wine rectified from its Phlegm, the Solution will be like a Ruby ; dilfil the Spirit., and fuhlime the Sal Armoniac\ from theBlackifh Fxces, dif¬ folve the Sublimate in the fame Spirit with this Men* ftruum,d igeft the Gold hrft dillolved by the Vinegar, and brought into Honey, when all is diffolved, diliil the Menflruum in a Balneg , afterwards fublime the Gold made volatile with the Men - (Iruum ; by Reiterations all the Gold is made Potable, and not to be reduc’d again to its PriditK Form by any ; Myilery whatever. Xo make the Styptick Pouder for flopping of Blood. ' Take of the beftBlueo c Roman Vitriol One Pound, dilTolve this in any dilitll’d Water till it be ting’d of the Colour of the Vitriol, then filter it, and diltil the ; Liquor off in Balnea Manx ; when it begins to cream on ; the Top pour it hot into« an Earthen Pan fee in a ; cool Place, and it will re¬ turn to perfect Vitriol: [Then fake that with what remains in ihe Bottom of the Glafs of a Yellowifh Colour, mix them 'together in a new Pot clofe covered, and calcine to a Red Pouder, pour upon this Pouder di¬ lfil I’d Vinegar to cover it Three . A Supplement, collected, by the Tran flat or. 301 Three or Four Fingers deep: let it ftand Twenty-four Hours, then pour off the coipured Vinegar, and put more thereon, which do as long as it will afford any Tindlure; afterwards fet all the ting’d Liquors in pro¬ per VefTels till the Ponder remains dry ir. the Bottom of them, then take it out, grind, and keep in Glaffes for your Service. This is the molt excellent Pouder I to ftanch Blood without be- ing Corrolivc ; it /Lops all Hemorrhages or Fluxes of |Blood from the Arteries or Veins that will not be itopt l| other ways. The Ufe of it is to take a little Pledgit jof fine Lint wet in Vinegar or Water, then dip in the Pouder, and bind this upon the Mouth of the Vein or Artery for half an Hour or more, then drefs up the Wound or Aperture with any proper Ballam or Plai¬ ner, and let it remain on Tw 7 enty-four Hours. An Incomparable Chalibcate Medicine, Take Three Ounces of fi¬ lings of Steel cleanfed with a Loadjlone , Rofemary Two i Handfuls, Thyme One Handful, Cloves bruis’d ! No. xx. Saftafras rafp’d Three Drams, infufe thefe in a Quart of good White- wine in a large Glafs clofe ftopt, and for the Three or Four Fir ft Days (hake the Bottle often every Day, then let it ftand with ftirririg Four or Five Days, or (o long till it becomes dear, and all the Blacknefs fettles ar the Bottom ; then pour off gently all that is clear for your Ufe into another Bottle, and you may put more Wine to the Ingredi¬ ents, which by (landing in Infufion a little longer than before will become as the former. The Dofe of this is Four or Five Spoonfuls, either alone, or with Wine, Ale or Poffet- drink* or you may add to each Dofe a Spoonful of Oxymel Compu¬ te. This always requires Exercife with it, and ought to be continued Ten or Twenty Days together, with'purging at the begin¬ ning, .-in the middle, and at the end of the Courfe. 7 0 melt Chryfial . " Take Chryftal and beat it to hne Pouder, put it in¬ to a Crucible in a melting Fire, when itgrowsRed caft on if by little and little a Salt thus compounded. Take Sal Alkali^ Sal Gem, Com- 302 A Supplement , collected by the Tran flat or. Common Salt calcin’d, of each One Ounce, Common Water a Quart, diffolve your Salts in this Liquor, filter them, when you melt your fined Chryftal make ufe of pure White Tartar. To draw Gold into the Superficies * Melt Gold and Silver of each equal Parts, beat ’em into Lamina or Plates * then take German Vitriol of a Pale-green Colour, put it into a Crucible in a Wind-furnace, and it will calcine Red in Two or Three Hours. Take of this Colcothar , Sal Gem , of of each One Ounce, Sal Ar~ moniack Two Ounces,grind them into a fine Pouder, lay your Metal in the Mid* die of your Crucible in a Chaffing-difh with a gentle Fire of Coals, covering your Crucible with a Coal kin- dhd, as long as there arifeth any Smoke let it hand, but when the Fumes are gone take it off, and cad your Mettle into a Difh of U- rine ; if it be not high e- nough, drow your Metal with a little Sand and Wa¬ ter. and do it again. Note, That if your Metal band in your Crucible till all your Salt be dry, it will make it eager, which may be helped by the Addition of Sublimate and Sal Armo- niack . To make yoqr Me¬ tal throughly Yellow, take Three Parts of Silver, mix ’em together, then cad in Copper upon them, and dir them with a Red hot Iron, that they may mix ; but take care the Gold ana Sil~ ver be melted before you put in your Copper , other- wife this lad will wade too much, being of an Eafier Fufion. To draw the Salt af Arfnick^ for the Whitening of Copper. Take the Chrydals of Arfnic fublime them thrice, wrap the Sublimate in a Linen-cloth, hang it in a Pot of Sallet-oil that it touch not the Bottom or Sides, boil the Oil, and when it grows Black change it; do fo till it ceafes to grow Black : Takeout your Sublimate ^iffolve it in Spi¬ rit of Wine, evaporate the Spirit, and the Salt will re¬ main in the Bottom for your Ufe. To whiten Pearl. Hang your Yellow Pearl in the Juice of Lemon One> by One apart, till you fee a A Supplement, collected by the TranJlator. 303 a little Film about the Thread by which > they hang, which Film will co¬ ver the Juice about the big- nefs of a Six-pence; then, take out the Pearl, and rub it quickly ^with a coarfe Linen-cloth to dry ir, when dry, take White Marble in Pouder in Two Parts, cal¬ cin’d Bones One Part, with this Pouder rub the Pearl ftrongly, laying them on the rough Side of a piece of Leather. To refine Gold , and take off the Copper , not dejiruying the Print or Impreffion, Take fine Pouder of Brick Three Parts, Sal-Ar - moniach One Part, make ’em into a Pafte with Vine¬ gar; then lay your Gold Pieces with this Mixture One upon another, call’d, Stratum Super Stratum , co¬ ver the Crucible, and give it a gentle Fire Twelve Hours. To take out the Copper Tarnijh or Silver, Take Dregs of Strong Wine, and Sulphur, of each make ’em into a Pafte, lay \ your Silver into a little Bag, hang it in a Kettle of Com¬ mon Water that it keep hot, but boil not for Twenty-four Hours. <> To prepare Mercury without being Corrofive, Take Sublimate from Vi - triol and Salt, to wit, Com¬ mon Sublimate, fublime it again with crude Mercury fo often till you find it Sweet upon your Tongue ; you mu ft cut your Glafs with an Iron, and fo fe- parate the pure Sublimate from the Faeces in the Bot¬ tom : This Mercury may be given from Twelve Grains to a Scruple to pro¬ voke Sweat in any Cordial or PofTet-drink, for the Small-Pox, Plague, Drop- lie, and other putrid Dif- eafes: You may grind this Sweet Sublimate with White. Sugar, and moiften it with Spirit of Wine, then dillil from thence in Sand a Sweet Water, which will whiten Copper or Lat- ten Plate ; try it on Leaf- Gold for a dilTolvent; but you mull note, that after your Sublimate is become Sweet by fubliming it with Mercury , you mu ft fub¬ lime it again Six, Eight or Ten Times, till it grind Yellow, and burning it on a fil'ver Plate, it flow and leave no Blacknefs on the Silver, 304 ^ Supplement, collected, by the Tran flat or. Silver, which done, you muft burn Spirit of Wine upon it in a Gold Difh Four or Five Times, then dry it, and keep it clofe from Air, and this burning with Spirit of Wine will make it Diaphoretick; you may likewile fweeten yovu Mer¬ cury by dilfolving it in warm W T ater in a Glafs Bo dy in a boiling Bath* or calling the Mercury in Pou- der into a clean Pipkin of boiling Water; and when a part of the Water is eva¬ porated, feti it to co >1 in a Glafs Bifon, and your Mer¬ cury vvili (hoot into Chry flals; then decant the Water and evaporate again; then let it cool till all be (hot ; dry your Mercury gently, and being dried fublime it in a Body with a blind Head, and the bell of the Mercury will hick to the Glafs Sides in hard Chry- fials; grind thefe with e- qual Partsof Salt-petcr upon Marble till the Matter be- gins to fume, then fet it in little Glafs-difhes in a Cellar till all turn to Water and a Pap: Then putting it in a fmall Body with the Head clofe luted, the Water comes firlf, and then the Oil, and this Oil will preci¬ pitate in the Water that C-U14IC J 1X4 U V Ll vy dU^LHLui the Fire till all fublime, and take but half the Body of the Salt --peter , and grind it all together again, and put over it both the W T ater and the Oil, and fublime it as before, to cleanfe the Mer¬ cury, and this do often* Laftly, mix this Mercury with the crude Mercury till till it becomes Sweet as hrii, and fo burn it afterwards with Spirit of Wine. In fubliming the Mercury with the crude there will fall a great deal of F when all that rife is fettled, decant Water, dry your Crocus , W fublimeit ^ith a dou Quantity of Sand got out an Urinal, walhoff the >a!t, and draw out the Tin- t f| .re with Spirit of Wine A Liquor to fiain the whole Body of Marble , fo that it {hall fink into it , and caufe a Picture drawn on the Surface to appear in the inmofi Part of the Stone. Take Aqua Fortis , and Aqua Regis , of each Two Ounces, Sal Armoniack One Ounce, of the belt Spirit of Wine Two Drams, as much Gold as is worth a Crown, pure Silver Two- peny Weight; thefe be¬ ing provided, let the Sil¬ ver when calcin’d be put into a Vial, and having poured upon it Two Drams of Aqua Fortis , let it evapo¬ rate, and you lhall have a Water yeilding iirffa Blue Colour,-and afterwards a Black ; likewile put the Gold when calcin’d into a Vial, and having poured the Aqua Regis upon it, fet it by to evaporate, then put the Spirit of Wine up¬ on the Sal Armoniach , leav¬ ing it till it be evaporated, and you will have a Gol¬ den-coloured Water, which will afford you various Co¬ lours; this done, you may by thefe Two Waters paint what Pidture you pleafe up¬ on^ White Marble of the fofter Kind, renewing the Figure every Day for fgve~ % i rd gcS A Supplement, collected, by the Tranflator . r a t Days with frefh Liquor, fo it will pierce the Solidity of the Stone. White Sulphur. Beat Common Sulphur to Pouder, and put upon it Capitellufn, or the flrong- eft Lee of Afhes, which the Soap-boilers make ufe of, fet it ill Balneoy or a gentle Sand-heat, till it draw out the Tincture, decant it from the and preci¬ pitate it with Vinegar di- iiill’d ; but you mud do this on the Houfe-top, for it will ftink infufferably. Med Oil of Vitriol . Take the bed Vitriol , and grind it {mail, dry it, and grind it twice or thrice, then mix it with Spirit of ■Wine as long as it Wifi im¬ bibe it, di'ltil in a Glafs Re¬ tort well luted by degrees, till a Red Oil come over, Laving a Cbryhalline Salt in the Neck of the Retort; alfo take from the Caput Mortuum all the Salt it will yeild, ai d cleanfe it ; add the Two Saks to the Oil, and in Seven or Eight Di- fUllations all will come o~ ver, which circulate in a lelican till it take the Con- licence of Honey, fmelling Swtct. To contfl Scammony* Take Scammony in fine Powder* digeft it in Damask Rofe-water in Balneo till it draw out the Tin&ure* fo that it will yeild no more Colour, evaporate your Water gently, and referve the Extraft ;drop Eight or Ten Drops of this in Bran¬ dy, or other fpirituous Li¬ quor, and it purgeth with¬ out Gripes; of it you make the Extratl , dry it, and add to it a little Oil of Vitriol^ and Cloves double fo the Vi* triof and make it into a Mafs for Pills; you may put Thirteen Grains of: this Extract into a Dofe for the Drop fie. Scurvy ^ &c. Oil of Ltad. Take Minium or Red- Lead Two Pound, good Tartar Pour Pound, beat them, and boil them toge¬ ther in a Pipkin about half an Hour, but let it not boil over ; ifir it with a Wooden Spatula* and if any Cream arife fcum it off, and caft it away ; when cold decant the Water, and I filter it; diftil this hi an up- ! right Body in Sand: Firll j there will come a Common Water, then a Sweetidi Wa¬ ter, then White Fumes, A Supplement, collected by the Tranflator. 309 which when y^u fee change your Receiver,! and thofe Fumes will drop into a Red Oil, excellent in Old Sores and Ulcers ; I have known it given inwardly to Three Drops, after Rectification with Water and Salt,to ren der it lefs corrofive ; this provokes Sweat violently. An Ointment for withered Limbs, Take AllumYout Ounces, Salt decrepitated Sixteen Ounces, mix’d together af¬ ter pulverizing, put all into : a Crucible well luted, fet it [in a defeending Heat ! Twelve Hours, then call it into warm Water, and dry i the Allum gently, and keep in a Glafs with as much Spirit of Wine as will cover it a Finger or i Two over; mix it with a - j ny Unguent for Ufe, and it j performs Wonders. | Lo Volatilize Gold , and Fix Mercury, Take Cinnabar , beat it to Pouder, and mix it with e- ual Parts of Hot Lime, and rive out the Mercury by a Retort ; then drain it clean, and take Sand perfe&ly dried, put your Mercury in¬ to a Retort , and fill it Three Parts full with your Sand, and fo drive your Mercury thro’ your Sand to cleanfe it, which you mud reite¬ rate till your Mercury leaves no more Blacknefs. Take of this Mercury Fifty Ounces, of fine Gold One Ounce, make an Amalgama of your Gold with Six or Eight Ounces of this Mercu¬ ry, , and being amalgama¬ ted, fet it with one half of all your Mercury in Di- gedion in Sand in a Bolt- head , that it may alfo di- ged; after Three Days take it out, and drain the Mercury from the An? alga, ma , and put it with the red of your Mercury , and grind your Amalgama Twenty-four Hours at lead in a Marble Mortar; then put it again in Sand with a good Fire, and then, as before, grind it again, and do fo Three Times ; then put all together into a Retort , and force it by De¬ grees of Fire to bring over the Gold with the Mercury, and if any remain, and do not come over, diged it as beforehand grind it; then bring it over the Helm, as before* When all this is done, pafs it thro' a Leather together, and if you doubt of the Gold and Mercury being mix’d intimately, X 3 fub° 3 io A Supplement , collected by theiranjlator. mblime them together, and if they rife together pn fume ^ you may depend upon it they are perfectly mixed. To colour Red Hair Black . Take Logwood and Madder, of each Two Drams, Verdigreafe and Vitriol, of each Two Scru¬ ples, Litharge of Silver and Lead, of each a Dram, Pomegranate-peel and Quick* lime, of each a Dram and an half, Gall-nuts Three E)rams, Sumach a Dram, boil all thefe in a Pint of Verjuice Two or Three Minutes, let it fiand till if he cold, then Brain it,and ufe it with a Comb or Spunge to blacken the Hair. To turn Red Hair Brown. Take One Part of Lead calcin'd with Sulphur, and One Fart of Quick-lime, temper them fomewhat thin with Water, lay it up¬ on the Hair, chafing it well in, and let it dry almoft an Hour, then wafh it off with fair Water feveral Times, and laffly with Soap and Water, and it will be of a Natural Brown Co¬ lour!; but the longer the Mixture lyes upon the Hair the Browner it grow eth ; this will not dye the Fldh at all, yet will conti¬ nue long in the Hair. JenifonV famous Secrets of Lime , never puhlijh'd to the World before. Take Two Pound of un- fbek’d Lime to every Gallon of Water; it need not be boiled after it is well fet¬ tled, put to it Anifeed, Li¬ quorice, Saffafrasand Rat¬ lins, of each Two Ounces, and infufe Twenty-four Hours, then pour the Li¬ quor gently off, and keep it for life. This Liquor may be given in a Burning or Malignant Fever to a Quart in Twenty - four • Hours. It ufually gives Relief in all Kinds of Fevers, if drunk in a large ; Proportion for the hrli Hour, by which Means it works both by Urine and Sweat, and that conlidera- bly,and caufeth the Urine to be ext ream muddy and thick, and in Colour Yd low and Red, as tho’ the Yolks of Eggs and Bole-ar- moniack were mix’d toge¬ ther with the Water, which is a Sign it brings away the Malignity by Urine; yet it fweats powerfully too * which in Peftilential Difea- fes is of extraordinary Service 0 It A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlator . 311 It is likewife given in a large Quantity, iometimes to a Quart in Two Hours, in any Surfeit, where it iv fually vomits. In Convul¬ sion fits you may give to the fame Proportion by fe- versl Draughts for the Space of an Horn ,till the Difficul¬ ty be over. A large Draught of this is expedie nt in Dan¬ ger of Childbearing, efpeci- ally where any Part of the Aftcr-birtb remains, in which Cafe it does won¬ derful Things. This is of Sovereign Uie in the Stone* Gravely iudden Impofihuma- lions or Vomiting , violent Vleers , and the like. And it is obfervable that when . Nature is mod out of Fr ame this is of mod Effi¬ cacy. It hath cured Head¬ aches ol many Years hand ing, Impofthwmes in the Ears, Swellings about the Jaws, Stoppages of the Break, Conlumptions Jaun¬ dice, and T>ropjie, Fijhtlas , Fits of the Mother, Heart¬ burn, Fluxes of Blood, &c. It works all Ways but by Salivation, yet it will procure a gentle Spitting, excite to Vomiting, and af¬ terwards allay it, hop a Scouring, and yet purge mo¬ derately. To make jenifonfr Ponder of Lime . Take a Pound of Vnflack- ed Lime, and Two Pounds of Honey well feu min’d, pour the Honey hot upoi? the Lime in a large Pipkin, which after a little while will boil, then hir it, and the Lime will incorporate with the Honey into a red- diffi Subhanee, which will be like a Pumice-hone ; when it is cold pouder and grind this, which you may give to a Scruple, mixing it with Two or Three Drops of Od of Juniper in Fevers, Small-Pox and Meafles, Lis very good in Pains of the Joints, Rheumatifms, and the Venereal Difeafe, •in Catarrhs, Dropfies, and Internal Ulcers, with what¬ ever is faid of the Water before fpoke of. JenifonV Plaifter of Lime, for the Rickets, King’s- Evil, and Weaknefs of the Joints. Take Train-Oil Foul* Quarts, Quicklime in fine Pouder Four Pound, infufe them Four Days, flirring them well together often in a Day, fo that the Lime may at hft fublide or fettle ; let the Oil be ftrain’d off clear X 4 from 512 A Supplement, collected by the Tran flap or. them from Lime, and put upon a gentle Fire, when it begins to rife in the Veffel add Pitch, Roiin, Yellow Wax, of each half a Pound, then boil with an eafie Fire till the Mafs will not (lick to your Fingers ; take it off, and as it cools add Ve¬ nice Turpentine Four or Six Ounces, dir all well to¬ gether, and keep it for Ufe, by fpreading upon Leather, and adding to every Em- plaifter Two or Three Drops of Oil of Rhodium, orSaffafras, to take off the ill Smell of the Train- Oil* It is excellent good for Sprains, Diflocations, and the like,befide what is before faid of it, and ought to be efteemed as a very valuable Prefcript. To make the Beft White Varnijh. Take the Whited and Larged Gurp Sandarack, which cads the lead Yel¬ low, Sixteen Ounces of the cleared Venice Turpentine, Three Ounces of the. Whi¬ ted Gum Animi, and Bed Gum Copal, of each an Ounce and half. Choice MadickOne Ounce, White Benjamin, Gum E!emi,and White Roiin, of each half an Ounce: To the Sanda- fack and Madick in Pquder put resided Spirit On^ Ounce and half in a Bottle by itfelf; to the Venice Turpentine, Gum Animi, and Benjamin in Pouder, put of Spirit Twelve Oun¬ ces ; to the Copal and Rofin in Pouder put of the like Spirit Eight Ounces; and to the Elemi by itfelf put of Spirit Four Ounces; diffolve each apart,as diredbd, be- caufe they more eaiily and better diffolve apart than together ; fhaking the Bot¬ tles once in Two Hours for the fird Day, and then once or twice a Day for Two or Three Days more; this done, thro’ a fine Linen Strainer drain all the Gums in each Bottle into one large one ; diged all together for Four, Five or Six Days, the longer the better, and then pour off gently as much as will run dear, referving the thick and muddy Part for Ordinary llfes. To make d more ordinary White Varnijh . Take Gum Sandarack in Pouder Twelve Ounces, bed resided Spirits Two Quarts, mix, (hake them well toge¬ ther, and diged for Two or Three Days, then decant,and drain it into another Bottle. Take alfo pure Madick in Pouder A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlator . j i ;5 \>uder Twelve Ounces, bell re&itied Spirit of W ine Two Quarts, digeft Two or Three Days, as before, then decant or drain it into another Bottle in like manner, and keep it for life. Now when you defign to varnifh ja Print, or any Thing clfe, with this Varnilh, you mult mix thofe Two Varnilhes together in this manner ; fuppofe your Work fhould take up Twelve Ounces of Varnifh, than take of the Sandarack Varnifh Four Ounces, of the Maffick Var nifh Eight Ounces, mix them for life. The Rea- fon why we make thefe Varnifhe’s l'everally, and fo mix them, is, that we may have tl?e Varnifh to anfwer our Defires in Softnefs or Hardnefs; when you have fet by your Work for Two Days you may try its Qua¬ lities ; if by preliing your warm Finger on it you leave the Printofit behind you, it is then too foft, and you mud ufe a Wafh or Two of Sandarack Varnifh to har¬ den it; but if it not only re¬ fids your Touch, but has fome Streaks, Flaws or Cracks, like Scratches in it, more or lefs, then ’tis too hard, and mud be helped by a Wafh or Two of your Ma- iiick Varnifh. Some ufually dilfolve theft 1 e Gums together thus. .Take^ Gum Sandarack, Madick, both in fine Pouder, of each Six Ounces, bed redined Spirit of Wine Two Quarts, mix, (hake well often, diged Three Days, and then drain out for Ufe. This Varnifh may do, but by reafon the Gums much differ, ’tis not certain how your Var¬ nilh Work will prove, whe¬ ther too hard or foft ; and to wafh it over again with the fame is only a Repetition of the fame Mi (carriage. T? Varmjb F tints with this White Varnifh, Get a Board made of Wainfcot full as big as the Print you would Pafte on and Varnifh, then take I- fing-glafs Size, warm it by the Fire, and fcrape Whiting into it, till it is of a conve¬ nient Thicknefs, and with the fofted Hog’s-hair Erulh, proportionable to your Board, wafh it once over,per¬ mitting it to dry; then White it again, repeating the Whiting till it lyes with a fad and full Body, and per -• fedly covers the Grain of the Wood, whether Oak, Deal, or any other; then take off your Whiting with Rufhes very clofe and —----------— - 1 —• '• pi \ A Supplement, collected, by the Tranjltfor. t fixiboth, but not fo as to dif- coVer the Grain of the Wood*; with Starch and Water make a Pafte pretty thick and ftrang, and with your BruOb ftrike over the Backfide of your Print, and with an even Hand lay your Print on the Board, and ftick it on as clofe and as firm as maybe, that it cockle not, wrinkle, nor rife up into Bladders ; which if it fhould you mu ft be fure to prefs down with very dean Hands, that it may not in the lead be foiled before it is varnifh- ed ; or lay a Sheet of White dean Paper over it, and then rub it over and over upon that with your Hand, that every Part thereof may flick dofe to the Whiting. Let it now dry One or Two Days, and then with pure Ifing-gla'fs Size, and a foft Pencil, wafh over your Print with a quick Hand, and not twice in a Place ; let it dry thoroughly, and then wafh it again ; let it dry for Two Days more, and then give it a third Wafh ; after drying Two Days more wafh it with the cleared of your White Varnifh by a gentle Heat, but not too nigh the Fire, left it fhould blifter ; this wafhing with the White Varnifh repeat Six Times: when Twenty-four Hours are paft give it Eight Wadi¬ es more with the fame clear Varnifh, then let it dry for Two or Three Days ; after that wafh it over again Six or Seven Times more, with the fame Varnifh, letting it then dry again for Two, Three, or Four, Days more. This done with Tripoli and a Linen'rag, both very fine, with foit and eafie Strokes polifh your Work, and laftly, with Oil and Flour clear it up, as we have in fome other Place before taught. To mate the Ifing-glafs Size, Take pure Ifing-glafs in frnall Bits One Ounce, Water a Pint and half, put all into a clean Pipkin for Twelve Hours Space, then put it over a very gentle Fire, that it may fimmer or boil leifurely, till the Glue is wholly diffolved, and the Water come to a Pint,or lefs, then ftrain it, and let it cool. This is Ifing-glafs Size, which when cold will be a Jelly ; make no more than what will ferve your Turn, for in Three or Four Days it will lofe its Strength, To & A Supplement^ collected by the TrAnJlatoT. To White-varnilh , White-japan Wood, as Tables , Looking- Glaffes , Cabinets, See. Take Ifing-glafs Size, and ferape into it Whiting to much as may make it of a fit Thicknefs, till, by a Stroke with your Pencil it will whiten your Body which your Brufh pafles over; mix it well, whiten the Wood once over with it, and let it throughly dry j then do it over again , and when dry repeat it a Third Time; after which let it hand Twelve Hours, but covered to keep it from Dull; being dry, with rough Rufhes ruth it as fmooth and as near to the Wood 3S conveniently you can ; this done, taite more Size, and mix with White Flake only, fo that it may lye with a full and fair Body on your Piece, with which whiten it for Three feveral Times, String it have Time enough to dry between each Time; rufh it again very fmooth, but not fo boldly as before, and be fure you come not near the Wood. Thefe Two Sorts of White being ufed, you muft ufe a Third, which is a White Starch boiled in fair Water till it is fome- what thick, with this alraoft Blood-warm wafh over the whole twice, fetting it to dry thoroughly between each Time. After Twenty- four Hours, or Forty-eight Hours, with a clean Pencil waftit in Spirit of Wine, and the tineft of your White Varnifh, wafh over your Work Six or Seven Times, and after Two Days do the fame again ; thefe Two Fits of varniihing, if well done, will give it a better Glofs than if it were polifht; if you would polilh it, you muft wafti it Six or Seven Times more with the fame VarntCh, after which, letting it dry for Six or Seven Days, you may adventure to pohfh it, as is before taught, with One Tripoli, and a fine Li¬ nen-rag, a light and gentle Hand, and ycur Cloth nei¬ ther too wet nor too dry, and then clearing it up, give the finifiling Stroke with fine Flower or White Starch, and pure clean Oil. fo ma\z Blue Japan. To do this you muft firft ufe White-lead ground, with Gum-water made of White Gum - arabick. One Ounce, diflolved in fair Wa¬ ter half a Pint, and ft rain’d. 2 . The beft and tinett Smale mixt with Ifing-glafs Size, adding gi 6 A Supplement, collected by the Tran/lator. adding White - lead, fo ground, a proportionable Quantity, as you would have the Colour in Heighth and Strength, which mix to the Conhft'ency of Common Paint ; wafh over your Work with it, and when perfectly dry repeat it Two or Three Times till your Blue lyes with a good and fair Body ; if your Blue is too pale and weak, put more Smalt, but no more White- Lead, into your Size ; being throughly dry ru(h it fmooth, and then ftrike it over again with this Wrong¬ er Blue; when again it is ve¬ ry dry, with a dean Pencil wafh it over, ( but at Two feveral Times,,) with the cleared King* glafs Size alone, and lay it afide for i wo or Three Days covered till it is dry; warm it gently by the Fire, (if you work not in a Stove,) and then with a Soft Pencil wafh it over with your fined White Varnifh, repeating Seven or Eight Times; let it dry for Two Days, after which waOi it over again with the fame Varnifh Seven or Eight Times as before ; let ir dry again for Two Days more, and then repeat your Walkes with the Varnilh Seven or Eight Times in like Manner; this done, let it dry for a Week, and then polidi, as before directed, and with Lamp-black and Oil clear it up, to give it a polite ' and fliining Countenance. Now here is to be noted, 1. As to the Colour, you mud be guided by your Rea- fon and Fancy, whether you will have it Light or Deep, j 2. The Size for laying Whites, Blues, or any other Colour, ought not to be too drong, but rather weaker, jub fufficient to bind the Co¬ lours, or make them flick on the Work ; if it be o- therwife it will be apt to crack, and fly off. 3. That when you wadi with clear Size, to keep your Varnilh from foaking into or tar- niAi'ing your Colours, it ought then to be of a ltrong and full Body. To make Seed-lack Varnijh, Take of the bed rectified Spirits One Gallon, put it into a very Wide-mouth Glafs Bottle, * Seed-lack a Pound and half, or Twen¬ ty-four Ounces, mix and di¬ vert Twenty-four Hours, or till if is didolved, often (ha- king d very well to keep the Gum from clogging or ca¬ king together. This done, take another Glafs Bottle as large A Supplement, colic tied bj the Tranjlator. 317 large, and ftrain thediffol- ved Matter through a Flan¬ nel Strainer, fhaking all to¬ gether well in the Bottle be¬ fore you pafs it through the Strainer, and thenfqueeze it through the Strainer with your Hand, leaving the Fasces or Dregs of the Gum behind, which are of no ufe but to be caft away. Then flop up the Bottle of Varnifh, digeft Three or Four Days, and be¬ ing well fettled, pour off ve¬ ry gently the top of your Varnifh, fo long as you fhall fee it run very clear > and no longer ; let the remainder fettle again for Three or Four Days, and then decant off more of the fine, dear Varnifh, which keep in a Bottle clofe liopt for Ufe. Where note, that upon any urgent Occaiion you may make this Varniih in Ids than Twenty-four Hours time, and*ufe it immediate¬ ly, but the former Preparati¬ on is the better ; beiides which, the clear Varnifh you thus pour off from the top of the Bottle is ofextraordinary ufe to adorn your Work, and make it gloffy and beau¬ tiful. Some make this Var¬ nifh by boiling, bur that is an ill Way, becaufe the ftrength of the Spirit is loft, which ought fpecially to be preferved; befides which, you may hazard the fetting you r Houfe on fire, and ther e _ fore it ought to be avoided # To make Shell Jack Varnijh, Take of the beft rectified Spirits One Gallon, of the beft Shell-lack Twenty-four Ounces, mix, and fhake them well together, and let, them ftand Twenty-four or Forty-eight Hours before it is drained, then ftrain it through a Flannel, as before, and keep it clofe fiopt for Ufe ; where obferve, 1. That the former Varnifh had much Sediment and Dregs, this on the contrary has none, for it wholly diffolves, and is free from all Drofs and Faeces; yet it is requifite to ftrain it, left any Sticks or Straws fhould be in it. 2. That though this Varnifh ha£ no Sediment, yet it is much inferior to the other in other refpeCts, for this will never be Fine, Clear, and Tranfparent, and there¬ fore it will be in vain, either by Art or Induftry, to make it fo. 3. That therefore this Advantage you have in ufing it, that you need ^ioc wait any time for its Per¬ fection, for the fame Mo¬ ment it is made it is fit for j Ufe. 4, That if you defign J 18 A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlutor . a neat glofly Piece of Work you triuft totally banifh this Varnifh from. your life; but k is commonly ufed in or- dinary Varnifhing, as of Olive-wood, Walnut-tree* and the like ; fo that it is a lit Varnifh for ordinary Work, which requires nor Policing, and looks well for the prefent, but has no Se¬ curity again ft Age, or the In¬ juries of Time, being com¬ monly attended with a Mi ft or Dulnefs. 5. That the common Varnifhers moftly ufe it, for that it has a dou¬ ble Advantage with it; it has a greater Body than the Seed -Lack, and therefore lefs Labour, and lefs Varnifh goes to perfecting the Work, knd to make it look tolerably Bright. 6 . That if in a Pint of this Varnifh you diifolve Two Ounces or more of Ve¬ nice Turpentine, it will har¬ den well, and be a Varnifh good enough for the Infides bf Drawers, Frames of Ta¬ bles, Stand-pillars, Frames of Chairs, Stools, and the like. 7 o make a Tellow Securing Varnijh. Take Venice Turpentine, as much as you pleafe, boil it by itfelf in a Pipkin with a very gentle Charcoal-lire, ftirring it continually with a Stick; boil it fo long till *eing cold it will crumble into a fine Pondertake of this Pouder One Ounce, of thefineft Seed-Lack Varnifh Four Ounces, mix them in a Glafs Bottle big enough to hold Ten Ounces, flop it clofe, and digeft if in a gen¬ tle Heat till th? Turpentine or Roiin is moftly diffolved, now and then unflopping the Glafs to prevent its breaking; then digeit Two Diys cool, and decant the clear into another Bottle; which keep clofe ftopt for ufe. Where liote, 1. What¬ soever you defign to Varnifh with this Varnifh, whether Gold - work, Metals, Co¬ lours, Rocks, or other Fi¬ gures, to give than a Glofs, and keep them from Tar- nifhiog,it ought to be done iii a warm Place, that it may dry the fooner; if that cari- 1110c be had, you muff give it the fpace of half an Hour to dry in between every wafti. 2. Then take a Pencil (proportionable in bignefs to vour Work) dip it in the Varnifh, and go over yome Work, Sprig by Sprig, and Part by Part, Leaves, Rocks^ ( Figures, &c. with a fteady Hand, having a Care not to ttefpafs in tht kail upon your Supplement, colleffed by the Tranjlxtor. j 19 your Black, or Ground¬ work. 3. Having run over all your Work thus Three or Four. Times, (not ofcner left you fpoil the Colour of your Metal,) reft fatishedthat your Work, whether of Gum-water or Gold She, is defended againft any thing of Tarnifning, or what other Injury foever, and that there is added to the Native Luftre of the Metals an excellent Glofs, very bright, and ad¬ mirable, and durable. Ilo make an excellent White Polijhing Varnijh , much like fume of the Indian Perfor¬ mances. Take Venice Turpentine One Found, fair Water Three Fints, boil all gently together over a gentle Fire in a clean Pipkin, Birring it often with a Stick, fo long till when cold you can re¬ duce it into a hne Ponder, which will be as White as Paper, (whereas that which is boiled by ltfelf is as Yel¬ low as Amber;) takeof Seed- Lack Varnifh Eight Ounces, of thisW 7 hite boiled Turpen¬ tine in Pouder One Ounce, put all into a Bottle which Will hold Twenty Ounces, flop it clofe* and digeft over a gentle Heat (now and then opening the Glafs) till the Turpentine is all nearly dif- folved ; then digeft in a cool Place Two or Three Days, and decant the cleareft of it for ufe: Where note, 1. That you muft wafti oftner with this Varnifh than with that juft before, before you can make your Work acquire a glittering Polifli. 2. That your Piece now lying before you, drawn and ftnifhed, you may fecure againft all Damages after this manner. Take a fit, neat, clean, Var- nifh Pencil, dip it into tins Varnifh, (put into a little Gaily-pot,) always Broking it againft the fidesof the Pot for fear it Ihould be fO) full of Varnilh, and with this, without any diftin(2ion,waft& over your whole Work* both Draught a-d Ground, and repeat it Five or Siti Times, as you fee your Gold and Metals keep their Co¬ lour, gently warming and thoroughly drying it between each wafti; but let it be but juft warm, for if more it will fpoil all. 3. This be- ing done, and that very e- venly and fmoothly, let it lye Four or Five Diys, ot more, and then polifti it thus. Take hne Pouder of Tripoli, and a hne Rag, dip the Rag in a Bafon of Wa¬ ter, and lick up with it the 3 so A Supplements collected by the Translator, Tripoli, with which rub ybur I Work with a gentle and even j Hand till it becomes fmooth and glofly ; and let your chief Aim be to render your Ground or Black fmooth and bright. 4. That to take off the Tripoli you mud ufe a fbft Spunge dipt in Water to wafh with, and then a clean foft dry Rag to free it who! iy ; after which mix a lit¬ tle Oil and Lamp-black to¬ gether, and with a fine Rag rub it up with that, and then with a dry Rag clear it from the Black and Oil ; laflly, with one clean fine Rag more rub it gently fo long till It Chines, and is Fufficient- ly polifht according to your peii re. To Varnijh Olive-wood. Being Very fmooth, ruflb it ail over very well, and warm it by a gentle Fire, then wadi it over Ten or Twelve Times with the Thicker or Bottom of your Seed-lack Varnifh, with a Pencil proportioned to the Btgnefs of your Work; let it dry throughly between every Wafb, and if any roughnefs come in tight, rufh it off as fail as you meet with it; continue milling till it is fmooth, and when very dfy walh it Six or fevcral Times with the frneft or top part of your Seed-lack Varnifh ; let it dry Three, Four or Five Days, and then with Tripoli and a fine Rag polilh it as a- fore dire&ed, till it acquires a Smoothnefs and Glofs. Where note, r. That you mull be careful that you rub it not too much, left you fret and wear off the Varnifh, which is not eafdy to be re¬ paired. 2. That when you have rubbed with the Tripoli for fame time, then to ufe the Rag often Wetted with¬ out Tripoli , whereby you will obtain the better Glofs,^ and clear it, as before dire&- "d. 3. Laftly, if you have been too nigardly of your Varnifh, whereby it cannot endure a polifhing, you mu ft ufe again your hrieft Seed- Lack Varnifh, wafhing it ri¬ ver with it Three or Four Times more. To Varnijh Walnut-tree Wood « This is done exactly as the former; and the fame Rules hold good for all Sorts of Wood of a clofe and fmooth Grain, as Pear-tree* Yew, Box, &c. Of A Supplement, eollelied by the Tranflator. 321 Of Black Varnifh, or Black, Ja- Van, in Imitation of Japan IVorh : " Your Wood being clofe- grain’d, well-wrought, and fmooth, brufh it fmooth, and keep it warm by a Fire, or Tome warm Place, (unlefs you work in a Stove, which is'doubtiefs the beft Way,be, caufe it gives an even and 1 moderate heat to all Parts of the Room,) and with your thickeft Seed-lack Varnifti in a Gally-Pot, rnixt with as much * Lamp-biack as wul 1 at ftrft wafh over, blacken and difcolour the Work, with this I fay wafh or var- ni 111 over your Piece Three Times,letting it dry through¬ ly between each Time ; gf- ter this take more of the fame Lack-varnifti, and mix it in like manner with Lamp¬ black, and with it walk your Workover again Three feverai Times, letting it throughly dry each Time; and rufhing it fmooth be¬ tween each of them, take now of the thickeft Seed-lack Varnifti Four. Ounces, Venice Turpentine as much as a Walnut, mix, and ftir them together till they am diftbi- ved, into which put Lamp¬ black enough to colour it, and no more ; with this wafti it Six Times, letting it ftand Twelve Hours be¬ tween the Three fir ft and the Three laft Walking?; your Work being thus done with ordinary Varnifti, you muft now wafh it over with the fineft Seed lack Varnifti, which mull: be juft coloured with the Lamp-black, and with this let it be Varniftied Twelve Times, handing Twelve Hours between the hrft Six and the laft Six Walkings; and withal, that they ftand till they are dry between ^ch wafhing; then let it dry Five, Six, or Seven Days, after which polifh it withTripoli, a Bag and Wa- ► ter, as before directed, &c . purfuing thisCourfeyou will have a good Japan Black, fcarcely at all inferior to the Indian. Where note. 1. That in Vanishing youfuffer not your Piece to come fo near che Fire as to over-heat or blitter your Work, for that is an unpardonable Fault, and not to be remedied but by feraping off. 2. That in poliftiing you work at it till it is almoft fmooth, then let it lye for Two Days*then polifh it again almoft e- nough, and then let it lye Six Days; laftly, polifh It fully, and clear it up with Oil and Lamp-black, as before directed. Y ' Ant* 7 322 A Supplement , collected by the Tr An flat or. Another Black Japan. Lay your Black as before, then take of the fineft Seed- L;ck Varnifh, and the beft White Varnifh, enough, mix them well, and tincture it wi h Lamp-black, with which wafh your Work Se¬ ven or Eight Times ; let it Hand Twenty-four Hours between every time to dry, and then repeat it Four or Five Times more, keeping it but juft warm; then reft- ing One or Two Days, walk it Six or Seven Times with fine Seed-lack Varnifh only, and after Six or Seven Days polifh it, as before directed. Where note, that if your Work fliould after a little Time grow dull, cloudy andmifty, it k to be reme¬ died with a flight polifh, and clearing it up afterwards; and that this dulnefs may be caufed by Reaion that ei¬ ther your Varnifh was not yet throughly dry, or that it wqs not laid thick enough if it be from the hrft Caufe a new polidling mends it, it it. be from the latter i aufe you muff mend it by ■'t v or mx Wallies more of ■you-r fin Seed-lack V rnifti, then pohimng again, as direotei* To wake Red Japan, i. The Common llfual Red. Take Vermillion and mix it with common Size, as fome advife, or rather with the thickeft Seed-lack Varnifh, according to others; which is the better Way, be- caufeit will not then break off in polifhing, as that mix, with Size commonly doth; befldes, it helpsfbetter to bear the Body of Varnifh that muft after be fpread over it. Your Vermillion bang mixt with your Varnifh in due Proportion, which your Judgment muft dired, and your Work being warm and ready, wafh it Four Times with it, letting it [dry every Time, and mfh it very fmooth ; this done, wafh it Eight Times with the Ordi¬ nary Seed-lack Varnifh, and let it reft for Twelve Hours, then ruih it againl though but flightly, to make it look fmooth. La lily, for an ex- quifite outward covering wafh it Eight or Ten Times with the beft Seed-lack Var¬ nifh, and after Seven Days polifh it, and clear it up with Oil and Lamp-black. 2. A Veep er Vark Red Japan • When you have laid on your Common Red, as before directed, take fine Sanguis Dra- h . 1 ■■ — - --- I A Supplement, colie ffedbj the Tranjlttor. }2$ Draconis in Subtil Pouder, fixing it by little arid little 'vith your Varnifh ; a very imall matter of it will ex- treamly heighten your Co¬ lour, and every Wafh will render it deeper; when it is almoft as deep as you defign, lor bear, becaufe you have more Seed-Jack Varnifh to lay on, which will add to t ^?°^ our w ^ at: ^ wanting; think then how many Wallies are ftill to be laid on, and accordingly ufe your Sanguis Draconis, perfeding the Work, as in the former is direded. 3. A Vale Red Japan, . Take White-lead in Sub¬ til Pouder, mix it with Vermillion till it becomes paler than you would have it, for the Varnifh will heightenit, mix them well together with your Varnilh, and walk your Work over with it Four Times. Where note, that in making your Mixture you muft think with yourfelf how many times you are to Var¬ nifh after your Red is laid on; for if many, then know that they will increafe and heighten the Colour, for which Reafon you rouft make your Mixture the Paler. [n thefe Things you mull b c guided both by Reafon and Fancy. 4. To make Olive-coloured Japan. Take Englifh Pink, grind it with common Size, and when it is of the thicknefs of Butter mix with it Lamp-black and White- Lead in due Proportion, which by fome Trials you will eafily find ; if it be too Light help it with Lamp¬ black, if too Dark with the White-lead ; if it looks too Green help it with raw Um¬ ber ground very fine with Size, for this will take away the Greennefs ; this done, Varnilh it by the aforegoing Rules. Where note, 1. That no Colours laid in Size will endure fo llrong a poliih as thofe in Varnifh, but are more fubjed to be rubbed off. 2. That the finifhing Varnifh mufl be the belt White Varnifh, that the Co¬ lours may not tarnilfi. 5. To tnakg C heft nut•coloured Japart) a Colour very muck ufed , and of great Ejleem. It is made of Indian Red, or Brown Red Oaker, either of them being ground with Ordinary Srze on a Grinding- Y 2 lions 324 A Supplement, colleded by the 1 'ranjlator. Rone and Mullet, till they are as (oft, and hue as Butter, with one of thefe Colours thus ground mix a little White-lead ftrofigly ground in like manner with the fame Size, and lafily% Lamp¬ black in ht Proportion, ftir ring and mixing them well together. If the Mixture is too bright darken it with Lamp'black, but if coo dark lighten it with the White-lead, varying your Proportions till you ■ have perfected the Colour you aim at; for what Colourexadtly you have when thus mixt and wet, the fame alfo will artfe when it is VarniOied, though drying without Van* nidi ’twill look otherwif^i The. Colours being thus mixt, put them over a gen tie Fire in a Gally-pof* or Porringer, with fo much common Size as will give it a fit temper (not too thick nor too thin) to Work, and with a Hog’s - hair Bruih wafh it over fmoothly, and let it dry, which repeat fo often till your colour lyes full and fair, then let it dry throughly*-brufh ic fmooth, but not clofe to the Wood ; let it red a Day, and then wafh it Three or Four Times with Seed-lack Varnifh* and when through dry, a- gain varnifh it up to a Body with your w hite Varnifh, fit to be polifhed, which per- f.rrn with fine Tripoli, a Rag and Water; and laftly* clear it up with Lamp-black md Oil Where note, i. That by thefe Methods you may make and life any Co¬ lour you can fttfcy. 2. That all Colo urs which are Light, and apt to Tarnifh,or lole their Beauty and Glofs, with Seed-lack Varnifh muff be covered, and finifhed with White Varnifh, Directions concerning Colours4 o Some Colours are Tran- fparenr, and feme have a Bo- d y. Thofe which a re Tran- (parent are to be laid upon Metals, as Gold, Silver^or other Light Colours, which makes them appear in their proper Colours, and very Beautiful and Lively; thefe are. chiefly purified Verdi- greafe fora Green, fine Red Lake for .a Red, fine Smalt for a Blue, To render thefe ufeful, grind your Verdi- greafe or Smalt upon a Por¬ phyry with Nut-Oil, fo much as wiil jufi moiften it fit to work, which grind fo long till they are as fine or foft as Butter, then put them into Shells, mixing Oil of Tur¬ pentine to make them thin. enough A Supplement, cellefled bj the Tr^nflator. 325 enough for life. Red Lake, not Oil, but with Drying Oil, (which is Linked Oil boiled for a Quarter of an Hour or thereabouts with Litharge of Gold in fine Pouder, ) thefe being Lid upon Gold, Silver, or ^ any other Light Colour, will be Tranfparent, and become Light or park, according to the Lightnefs or Darknefs of the Metals or Colours they are Lid upon. Thofe Colours which have a Body are ro.be laid on the Black or^^ 3 (*o‘und of your Work whiff you design Flower*,^■•iRerbs, Plants, Trees, Fruits, Birds, Beads! Men, &c. Tilde are chiefly Vermillion for a Red, White- Lead for a White, Flak - White when you detign a purer White; for it is much better than the other Smalt ground with White-lead in Gum Arabick Water for a Blue, fo mach according as you will have it Deeper or Lighter. This White-lead is put into the Smalt to give it a Body, for otherwife the Smalt will have none. And thus you mult do,-with ali Colours which have not a Body of themfelves. RofTet,f fine Lake, and Sea-green, for a Purple, and other Sorts of' Redsj and Greens, &c. Grind your j Now concerning the life of with Nut-{thefe Colours this is to be noted, that they are all to be laid with Gum-Water, ex¬ cept the Tranfparent ones a- boyenamed- . work Wttialf or Colour With Gum water. When you defign to Work Japan in Gum-water, it is only to be done with thofe Colours which have a Body, ("not with Tranfparent Co¬ lours,) thus. Take Gum- water, put ft into a MufTcl-lhell,with which mix fo much of your Metal or Co¬ lour as may make it neither too thick, nor too thin, but that it may run fine and (mooth from your Pencil; and be fufeyou mix no more of your Metals but fo much as is requilite for your pre¬ lent Bulinefs, for by keeping mixt they will fpoil, and become ufelefs. And for your Colours your Shells muff be often ihifted and changed, for otherwife the Colours and Gums will be¬ come knobby, thick, and oat of order. Your Metals or Colours thus prepared and well mixed, with a Hogs- brufh Pencil lay on your De- lign with a (mooth and ©* ven drawing the Pep- Y 3 cil 52 6 A Supplement, collected by the Tranjiator, pl on the fide of the Shell, that it may not he over-load¬ ed with the Metal when you defign to draw fmall Lines or Strokes, and let them be clear and fair: But when you draw broad Things, as Leaves,or other Jarge Works, then charge your Pencil full, yet fo that it may not drop. Now here is to be noted, i. That the pra&ice of Gum- water is ufelefs and unne- cefiary in the uf of Gold Size. 2* That your Black or Ground you intend to make your Draught on, when clear’d up, will be fo gloffy as if it was greafy, fo that your Metal or Colour will fcarcely lye on, and there¬ fore you ought to rub it with a Tripoli Cloth, and let it dry,fo will the Draught of your Pencil be fmooth and neat, and (lick on to your Satisfaction. To lay Speckles or St re wings upon, your Work., Mix your Speckles (e- nough to anfwer your pre« fent Occafion) with your Ordinary L ck-varnilh, fo much as may make it fit to Work, but not fo thick as for Colours; mix them very well with a proper Brufh, f fit Pencil, wafh it over with it, and, being dry, repeat it again, and fo often till your Speckles lye as thick and as e- ven as you defire, then beau- tifie them with Three or Four W T afties of your Varnilh mixt with Turpentine, and your Work is done; unlefs you intend to polifh it, for then you muft give it Eight or Ten Walkings with your bell Seed-lack Varnilh, let¬ ting it dry every time, after which polifh it, as former¬ ly diredted. Where note, i. That all Sorts of Colour¬ ed Speckles may be thus ufed, except thofe of Silver, the laying on of which requires the beft and finefi of your Seed-lack Varnilh ; and the bdi White Varnilh too muft be ufed to make it fit for po- lifiling. 2. But if you in¬ tend not to polifh it, fewer Wallies of your Varnilh will fuffice. To lay Speckles on the Drawing Tart of Japan-work , as Flowers , Herbs , Trees , Fowls , Beajis , Rocks, Gar* mentis &c. Make a Tiffany Sieve of a fmall wooden Pill-Box, by linking out Bottom and Top, &c. then with your Pencil and (your Piece being gently I varnilh the Places you would farm’d by the Fire) with alfpeckle, and before it is dry, ' » (putting A Supplement., collected by the Tr&njlator 327 in Ponder Eight Ounces, put them into a Two-quart Pot, (hake them well together, and let themrtaid tflpquite dif- folved,ftrain,and add a little ^Putting fome of your Spec* kle« into the Sieve) gently lhake the Sieve over them, till it is fpeckled according to your Intention. But for § -,-, —RH- 1 Rocks, with a dry new Pen- ISanguis Draconis in tine Pou- cii fweep all the ftragglingjder, and a little Turmerick Speckles that lye beyond the wet Part into the Sides and Top of the Rock, which will render your Work not only thicker of Speckles, but alfo more Beautiful, and give it a Kind of Shadow and Re¬ flection. AlToon as One Part is com pleated you mull go on with another, but not before the other is perfectly dry ; and your Rock-workj ought to be of different Co¬ lours, and as many Shapes, till your whole Defign of Rock - work is compleated. Your Work being cold it will certainty for the prefent look dull and cloudy, and as if very ill done, or with ill Materials, without either Life or Beauty ; but let not this difeourage you, for it will ina little Time obtain its Luftre and Glory, which by the Help of your Securing Varnifh will be made firm and durable. To mak* the common Lackg r Varnijh. Take re&ifted Spirit of Wine Twq Pound, Shell-lack in tine Pouder, both tied up in a Rag, digeft a Day or Two, often fhaking it,and it is done. Where note, 1 That you may add and diminifh the Colour, by tncrealing andt diminifhing the Quantity of the colouring Ingredients. 2. That inflead or Turme¬ rick you may ufe Saffron dried, which makes fome- what a better Colour. If you would have the Colour deeper, or more like Copper, add mpre Sanguis Draconis, but if the contrary, the more Saffron. To make the Beft Sort of Lac¬ ker, now fifed by Gilders . , ^ Take fine Seed-lack Var¬ nifh Twelve Ounces, with which mix Ornatto in fine Pouder as much as is requi- fite, diflolve it in a Gally- pot oyer a gentle Fire, then keep^ it clofe in a Bottle. Take fine Seed-lack Varnifh Twelve Ounces, Cambogia in Pouder as much as it will diflolve in a gentle Sand Heat, which keep in a Vial clofe ftopt alfo. Then take Y 4 Seed- — *H?"’ " . — . . .. M i jr. : . |, I» 328 A Supplement , collected by the Tranflutdr. Seed lack Varnifh a Quart, or as much as you (hall have occafion for, and give it a Tindure with a Diffolution of the Ornatto Five or Six Spoonfuls, and Ten or Twelve Spoonfuls of the Camhogia Vamifti, to which add dried Saffron half an Ounce tied up in a Rag, diged Twenty-four Hours, being fird well (baked toge¬ ther, then try it on a Bit of Silver, ox- a final! Frame \ {if it be too Yellow put in more of your Ornatto Tin- dure, * but if tc o Redi more Cambogla, thus continuing to encreafeor diminifh their Proportions till you have brought it to the exad Golden Colour, which is the Thing aimed at. 1 To make a Lacker VarnJjb . which may he ufed without Fire or Sun. Take of the lad -perfected Lacker Varnifh Two Pound, Venice Turpentine an Ounce or Two, mix and diffolve it well with the Varnifh. With thh> you may lacker pr varnifh any Thing in th~ open.Air, which altho 5 it may look dull and cloudy jfuff after varniffirag, yet will :hat quickly vaniffi, and it will obtain in a ftiort Time I pleafing and goodly Luftre. To ufe the Lackyr Warm your Frathe : or Work before the Fire, then putting out fome of your Lacker into a large Gally- por, with a hue large and tad Brufh of Bog’s-hair, or Camers-hair, -nimbly pads over your Piece, and be fure to mifs no Tart of it, nor yet to twice wafh any of the fame, but be fure to lay it thin and even, and pre- fentlv warm it to the Fire whild it looks bright, for by thefe Means you may lacker it again in a Quarter of an Hour, warming it before and after the Operation. Repeat the Work Twice or Thrice, and if the Colour be not deep enough, do it- a Fourth Time ; but beware of doing it till it is tookleep, for that is a Fault not to be mended. With this you may varnifh Oil-paintings Size- work, and Burnifh’d Silver, which lad if it be well buroifhecV and varnifhed with, a Lacker of a true Golden Colour, careful¬ ly laid on with an even Hand, not thicker in one Place than another, it will be fo exa&ly like Gold-foil or Gilding, that it vVill be diffi¬ dent to deceive the mod cu¬ rious Eye ? not beforehand ac? A Supplement, colletfed b) the Tranjlator. 329 acquainted with the Falacy* Where note, That in Lac? kering carved Work you mud be quick, and fir ike or job your Brufh against the hol¬ low Parts of it, to cover them alfo, matting or varnilhing them deeper, and more dull, thaii other Parts of your Frame, or Piece; and this deepning is done with the Lacker Varnilh made deeper with the Ornatto Varnifh, with which mixt you are to touch and deepen all the hollow Places and Veins of your Work, whereby you ac- :omp!i(h its Colour and Re-. Be$ion to a perfed: Glory. To make Marbk r White-lead. If you delign it White with fome Veins, ufe foine Vine-lack, (made the cuttings of Vines burnt and ground,) mix Two or Three Degrees of it with White-lead, and a very weak Size,being warmed, till you have produced the in- rended Colour for the Clouds md Veins of the Marble; then with a large clean Brufh wet your Piece over with Water, aud before it is dry with a great Camefs-hair Pencil, dipt in the paleft thin Mixture, lay the frncft large CioUds and Veins, which being^Jatd on while your WV>rk is wet, will lye foft and fweet, like that is natu¬ ral ; and with a fmaller Pen¬ cil, before it is too dry, with a Colour One Degree darker, touch ail the leffer Veins, and Variety of the Marble. LaBly, with a fmall- pointed Feather touch with the dec pelt Colour, and break all your fmaller Veins, ma¬ king them Irregular, Wild and Confufed, as in the real Stone : Let it dry a Day or Twe, and then vvafh it over with Ifing-glafs Size and Varnifh, polifH and clear it up exadly in all Things accord¬ ing to the Directions for Whi&e Japanning. If you would have it White or Gray Marble you mull ufe the. belt White Varniftu but if the Yellowifh, and Parchment-colour, the beft Seed-lack -Varnilh, either a- lone,or mixt with the Whita^ Varnifh at pleafure. Tinfiure of Cam-lack. Take Gum-lack in fin e Pouder One Ounce, put it into a Glafs Veflel, to which put Liquor of fixt Nitre, or the Alkaheft of Glauber^ fo much as may well moiilen it ; digeft them together for 3 Jo A Supplement, collected hy the Tranflrtor. for Twenty-four Hours in Sand, then affufe the higheft Alcohol of Wine, as much as may over-top it Three or Four Indies, digeft again for Twenty-four Hours, then* by Inclination decant the Tindure, which keep for Hie ; to the remaining Mat¬ ter put more Alcohol of Wine, which digelt again as before, and decant, re¬ peating this Work till all the Tindure is drawn forth. This Tindure of Gum- Lack is efteemed as an ex¬ cellent Thing in the Scurvy, for that it has a peculiar Pro¬ perty to penetrate and open, from its lignal Acrimony and Bitternefs, which poffibly it may receive from the Al- cali. Angdus Sala prepares this Tindure with Ailum, and commends it againff Scrobutick Ulcers of the Mouth, and to faften loafe Teeth. The Dofe is from Ten Drops to Twenty. Fainters Common Red Lake. Take any Roots, Woods* Leaves, Flowers, as of Al- canet, Braiii. Logwood,Red Sanders, Madder, Safflower, &c. as much as you pleafe, add to them about a Sixth or Eighth Part of Salt of Pot- Aihes, and fair Water a fuf- bcient Quantify, which boil i away to One half, filter thf> Liquor, and then precipitate the Lake with Water iri which Allum is diffolved, or that is acuated with Spi-^ rit of Vinegar, Sulphur, Vi-; triol or Nitre, putting in fo much till the EfFervefcence ceafes,it immediately will be¬ come thick like as if it was coagulated or curdled ; this Coagulum edulcorate by the repeated Affufion of fair Water, then feparate the Lake by Filtration, which dry upon Paper , and keep it for Ufe. Florentine Red Lake . It is made from Scarlet Cloth, or from Cocheneel, or the Berries themfelves with which the Scarlet is dy¬ ed, exadly according to the former Method in all Re- fpeds; and in the fame Manner all other Subtil Colours are produced. 7 o make Gun-powder. You are to chufe good and pure Nitre , with fair and large Cryhals or Shootings if it be not good you mufi purifie it, as we have before taught: This purified Nitn put into a Kettle, which put upon a Furnace with a mo¬ derate Fire, which gradatin increafe to fueh a Degree o Heat A Supplement y collected by the Trsnjlator . Heat till it begins to fmoke and evaporate, lofe its Humi¬ dity, and grow very White; keep continually flirring it with a Wooden or Iron La die for fear it (hould return to its pridine Form, where¬ by its Greatinefs will be ta¬ ken away ; then pour ' lo much Water into the Kettle as will cover the Nitre , and when it is diffolved, and is brought to the Confidence of a thick Liquor, then with a Wooden Stick or Ladle keep continually ftirring it without any Intermimon, till all Humidity is again e- vaporated, and be reduced to a mod dry White Meal. You ought alfo to chufe the Pured and Bed Sulphur; that which is in very great large Lumps, clear, perfect¬ ly yellow, not very hard nor compaCt, but porous, nor too much lhining is, the Belt. If when it is fet on Fire and freely burns all away, leav¬ ing little or no Refident Matter, it is a Sign it is good. So alfo if you prefs it between Two Iron Plates that are hot enough to make it run, if in running it ap¬ pears Yellow, and that which remains be of a Reddifli Colour, you may conclude it Excellent, and hr tot your Purpofe ; but if it be impure and foul, the Powder - makers prepare it after this Mariner. Melt your Sulphur in a large Iron Ladle or Pot over a gentle Fire of Coals well kindled, but not flaming, then feum oft all that which rifeth on the Top, and fwims upon the Sulphur ; prefently after take it from the Fire, and drain it through a Double Linen-cloth, letting it pafs at leifure; fo will the drain¬ ed Sulphur be pure, (the grofs hlthy Matter remain¬ ing behind in the Cloth,) which pouder finely. You ought alfo to chufe Charco^ large, clear, free from knots, well burnt, and cleaving ; but if you be where it’s not to be had you mud make it after this Man¬ ner. Cut down your Wood when it is full of Sap, and is apt to peel, viz, iii May or and chiefly Hazle, or Adi, or Juniper, &c, which cut into Lengths of Two or Three Foot long, of the Bignefs of ordinary Billets, taking away the Rind and Superfluous Branches ; being very dry make them into Bundles, and in even plain Places fit for that Pur¬ pofe fet them upright one ay another,-one upon ano¬ ther, cover them with Earth A Supplement, collt£iei by the TrPn^mT Earth or Turff very clofe, only fome few Ventholes ; then kindle the Fire, and when it is well lighted, and all in a Red burning Heat, being reduced into burning ■Goals, hop up every Vent¬ hole for the Fire clofe with moiden’d Earth, * fo that there be not the lead Breathing - place; the Fire being thus extinguifhed, the Coals will be pure and whole. without any Abies, and in Twenty-four Hours after you may take them out for life. But for a prefent or fmall Occafion do thus: Cut the Wood in¬ to fmall Pieces, xWy them well, put them inbda large Earthen Pot, cover it all o~ ver the Top well with Clay, then make a good Fire round the Pot, gentle at fird, but foas it may be made Red- hot ; covering it alfo all o- ver with Fire, leaving it fo for the Space of an Hour or more in the dronged Heat; let the Pot coo] of .itfelf, and then takeout the Coals lor life, which reduce into fine Pouder. Of thefe Ingredients the Country People in the V- bain in Poland , and the Cof- facks , make it with their own Hand thus. They put their Proportion of Nitre , Sulphur and Charcoal , (being all in fine Pouder ) all together in an Earthen Pot, upon which they\ put fair Water, then they boil, upon the Fire till all is evaporated, and thl Matter b comes thick like,' Pade, and taking it from the Fire, they made it yer drier in the Sun, or in a Stove, or; the like, till it is fit to* Com ; then they granulate it 1 by pafiing it through a Hair Sieve, making the Qrain of what bignefs they pleafey and this ferves their Rural Occalions, as well as if it had been made by the mod Skilful Artid in the World. But in order to the truly knowing and well making of Pouder, it is fit that you fliould fird know the Kinds thereof, and then the diffe¬ rent Strength of each: Ths Kinds are Threefold, i. Can¬ non Pouder. 2. Mufquet 1 Pouder. 3. Pidol Powder. And of each of thefe areTwo feveral Kinds, viz. a Stronger and a Weaker,; all Differences arife only from the various and’‘differing Proportions of the above-enumerated Three Ingredients. The exad Li¬ mitations of which we come now immediately to declare. Nitre A Supplement, collected bj the Tranjlator. ?? $ s: s: • 44 | t O 5? i cx L\itrk 10.0 iio.olio.o fc* Sulphur 2.5 i.8' 1.2 4 j Mi .8 'j .83 7 he Proportions declare#, i . Cannon Ponder^ J,7he Stronger, To every Hun- ired Pound of Salt-Petre there is Sulphur Twenty- five Pound, Charcoal Twen¬ ty-live Pound. 2, J the Wea¬ ker. To every Hundred Pound of Salt-p?tre, Sulphur (Twenty Pound, Charcoal Twenty-four Pound. II Mufrjuet Ponder, i. Stronger . To Salt petre One Hundred Pound, Sulphur Eighteen Pound, Charcoal Twenty Pound. 2. 'the Weaker. To Salt - petre One Hundred Pound, Sulphur Fifteen, Charcoal Eighteen Pound. 111 . Pifol Ponder, i^ 7be Stronger . To Sah-petre One Hundred Pound, Sulphur Twelve Pound, Charcoal Fifteen Pound. 2. The Weak¬ er. To Salt-petre One Hun¬ dred, Sulphur Ten Pound, Charcoal Eighteen Pound, as in the Table annexed, which are the Numbers, and in the fame Proportion, but in Idler Quantities or De¬ cimals. like Way of making it. All thefe Ingredients are to be finely poudtred, and they are .to be moiftened with fair Water or Vinegar, or Spirit of^/Vine, or Water and Spirit of Wine mixt to¬ gether, fir Urine, which is ufual; then let all be well beaten together for the Space of Twenty-four Hours at lead, and then granulated af¬ ter the following Manner. You mud prepare a Sieve with a Bottom of thick 7 " Parchment made full of round 1 Holes, and the for¬ mer beaten Mafs mud before¬ hand be moidened with the following Liquor. Take Spirit of Wine Twenty Ounces, Spirit of Wine- vinegar Twelve Ounces, Spi¬ rit of Nitre Four Ounces, Spirit of Armonkck Two Ounces, Camphlr an Ounce, diffolved in Spirit of Wine, | mix all together for the Pur- j pofe aforefaid. Or in dead thereof, if all thefe Things cannot be had, with this. Take Brandy Forty Ounces, Camphire One Ounce, mix and diffolve ; the Mafs be¬ ing made up into Balls as large A Supplement, colleBed by the Tran flat or. large as Eggs, which put into the Sieve* and with them Wooden Ball, which fo move up and down about the Sieve that it may break the Balls of Powder, and make it pafs thro’ the little Holes into Corns. But in making vaft Quan tides for Natural Ufe, to do it all by the Hand would be a mod tedious and ila vi(h Work, and therefore Kings and the Supream Rulers of Countries have have provided Mills for that very Purpofe, by Help of which they can do more in One Day than a Man can in an Hundred. You may make Powders of various Colours if you fo pleafe, but then you muff leave out the Charcoal, and put in as much for it of another Thing of the Colour you intend, which may be as apt to take Fire as Char¬ coal is; but for real Ser¬ vice, whether for Wdr or Hunting , See. the Black Pow¬ der is much to be preferr’d ; yer for Satisfaction Sake we will give you Directions for making White Powder. White Powder. Take Salt-per re Ten Pound, Sulphur One Pound, Saw-duh of Elder, or rhe iike Woody, dried and pon¬ dered fine, Two Pound; mix and make Powder by the for mer Directions. Or thus, take Nitre Ten Pound, Sul¬ phur One Pound and a half, dried and finely poudered, Saw-duft Two Pound. Or thus. Take Nitre Ten Pound, Sulphur Two Pound, Rot¬ ten Wood dried and ponder¬ ed Two Pound, Salt of Tartar Three Pound ; mix, and make Powder to be kept clofe from the Air. This is alfo to be noted, that in making Piftol-pow- der, if you would have it ftronger, or more violent, you ought to (Hr it up Seve¬ ral Times while it is in the Vloi tar, and moiften it with Wafer dilUiled from O- ange or Lemon Peels in an Alembick, and then beaten Hr Twenty-four Hours, as aforefald. Moreover, you ought to j know that Powder when it J is corned is of much greater Force and Powder than when in Duff 05 Meal; and from hence it }s concluded that the larger Grains are Wronger chan the fmaljer, and for that Reafon Canoh-pow- der is granulated larger than Musket, Musket than Pitfol; and therefore being put in¬ to Ordnance, Muskets, or PiftOlSy A Supplement, collected by theTr I Now if Pouder be made | up with good Brandy or Spi- J ! its, and Be well dried in a ; Stove, or in the Sun, and £ dopt up clofe in Four or Six | Pound Bottles, and fo bar- $ rell’d up, it will keep many 1 Years, nor will Age eafily de- 1 cay it. Thus put up, you | need not turn the Cask up- J lide down, as in the ordina- *y ry Way of Barrelling it, you are forced to do once every Fortnight or Three Weeks, nor be any ways concern’d at its Age or Keeping. Ladly, If your Pouder be in a manner quite fpoiled, you have no ocher Remedy than " "■■■ . — 1 --- A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlator. 337 “an to extras rhe Salt-pe- rrewith Water according to rhe ufual Way by boiling, filtrating, evaporating or :bryftallizing, and then with i- freih Sulphur and Charcoal r, to make it up anew again, (if you pleafe,) as is before dire&ed. To makg Ultramarine. Take Fragments of Lapis Lazuli well coloured, heat them Red-hot in a Crucible, and quench them in cold Water,repeat this twice, and grind the Matter upon a Por¬ phyry to an Implacable Pouder, as fine as Wheaten Flower fifted ; take then Rofin, Pitch, Maflich, Bees¬ wax, Turpentine, of each Three Ounces, Linfeed-Oil, : rankiucence,of each anOu nee, diifolve them in a new Ear¬ then Pipkin over a gentle Heat, (fir and incorporate them with a Spatula, then caft them into cold Water, to bring them into a Mafs ; take of this Pafie Ten Ounces, of the before-pre- par’d Lapis Lazuli a Pound, diflblve over a gentle Fire the Mafs, and gradatim put in the Lapis Lazuli , and incor¬ porate it with the Pafte by help of a Spatula; this done, cafi all immediately into cold Water, and bathing vour Hands with Linfeed- Oil, make a round Pafiile thereof, long, and proportio- nably thick, one or more, according to the quantity of Matter ; keep them Fifteen Days in a large VelTel full of fair cold Water, changing the Water every Two Days ; put the Pafiile into clean and well-glaz’d Earthen Pots,and put upon diem warm Water, and leave them till the Wa¬ ter is cold, which then decant, and put thereon freih warm Water, and when cold de¬ cant again, and put on again frefh warm Water; repeat this fo many times till the Pafiiles be diffolved; then put on new warm Water, and you will fee it coloured of an Azure or Sky Colour, decant the Water into a clean White-ware Veffel, repeat this afiuiion of warm Water upon the Mafs of Pafiiles till it will be no more Coloured ; but obferve that the Water be not over hot, but luke¬ warm only, for too much Heat makes the Vltramarine grow Blacky All thefe Ting¬ ed Waters firained into Pans have the und:uofIty of the Gums in them, and therefore mufi be left to fettle Twen¬ ty-four Hours, that all the Colour may fink to the bot¬ tom, then the Water with Z its 3 3 8 A Supplement , collected by the Tran fiat or. its unduofity muft be de¬ canted ; put upon the re¬ mainder cold fair Water, and than drain through a fine Strainer, ftirringthe Colour that it may alfo pafs the Strainer; and by this means a great part of the foulnefs and un&uofity will remain in the Strainer always with fair Water ; and with new Water pafs the Vltramarine thrice through the fearce, waftied every Time, fo will all the filthinefs by degrees remain in the Strainer. Put the Vltramarine into clean Pans, or White-ware Velfels, decant the Water foftly off, which dry of fitfelf, and you have a moil Beautiful Vltra¬ marine ; grind it on a Por¬ phyry to an impalpable Pouder, and the Colour will arife moil Beautiful and Glo- „ rious. A Second Way to maty Ultra- marine. Take Laps Lazuli One Pound, calcine ir in a Cruci¬ ble with Oil of Spike, then take Rofin , Burgundy Pitchy Whitt Wax , Turpentine^ Lin - feed-Oil , of each a Pound, Colophoma , One Pound and a Half, m t and make a Mats, to which put your forme* prepared Lapis , mix¬ ing them together with a wooden Slice, with which take out the Compoficion, laying it upon a Table, turn¬ ing it up and down; then let a little Cock of lukewarm Water run upon it, which will drive out the Vltrama - vine, which is to be receiv’d into an Earthen Pot placed under the Table; decant the Water by Inclination, and repeat this often with warm Water, and you will have Excellent Vltramarine . A Third Way to make Ultra- marine. Quench Lapis Lazuli made Red hot in good Vinegar, grind it in a Mortar, and then upon a Porphyry with Linfeed-Oil, and fome Spi¬ rit of Wine mixt together over the Embers, to bring it to an Impalpable Pouder. Take then Maftick,Colopho- nia, AiTa-faetida,Turpentine* Linfecd-Oil, of each Two Ounces,Wax, Rofin, of each Three Ounces j boil all for a Quarter of an Hour in a glazed Earthen Pot, then drain it into fair Water ; take of this and of the pre¬ pared Lapis of each equal Parts; incorporate them to¬ gether in an Earthen Pot j glaz’d ; put fair warm Wa-i ter over it, and let it lye a j Quarter of m Hour, you ! A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlator. 339 vill fee a Blue Water, which •our off into another glaz'd *ot; affufe more warm Wa- er upon the Composition., ontinually liirring and chang- ng the Water till no more Colour will arife; then mix 11 the Blue Waters together, nd evaporate in Balneo Ma- 'U to Drinefs, To will the True Vltr amarine remain at >ottom. Where note, that mlefs your Laps Lazuli be rery good you will not have ibove Four or Five Ounces DUt of a Pound; and accord¬ ing as it is in* Goodnefs the Quantity will be greater or effer, a Pound of the beft lpt yielding above Ten Ounces, *Tis a very Nice Colour to iiake, and unlefs all the La - Hi Lazuli be Angularly good ill your Labour is loll ; and :hat only that will not :hange Colour in the Fire s only good for this Pur- xffe. Boetius , Lib. 2. has :aught all the Myftcry of it; md Biaelli , Lib. p. Cap. 80. has in a Shorter Method leliveredall theSe Proceffes. But fome Painters only grind he Laps Lazuli into an Im¬ palpable Pouder, and con- :ent themfelves to ufe it. Of a Loadftone. j And whereas it is reported I by fome Authors that Gar- lick, Onions, and other Things of like Nature, as alfo the Adamant, or Dia¬ mond, will deftroy the Ver- tue and Power of the Load¬ ftone ; I muft needs fay that upon my own Experience it is a Ridiculous Fable, and a molt loud Lie ; I have ufed thefe Things almoft all Man¬ ner of Ways for that Purpofe, but wholly in Vain, the Stone performing its Opera¬ tion full as well in all Re- fpects afterwards as before; and as for the Diamond fome Authors affirm that it rather fympathizes with the Loadftone than otherwife ; and then if a Steel Needle be rubbed on a Diamond, and then put into a Boat, or thruft through a Reed, or hung up by a Thread, or upon the Point of a Brals Pin, it will prefently turn to the North, almoft as well as if it had been touched with the Loadftone, but fome- thing more faintly ; and this Porta faith he has often¬ times tried. Its Vertues in Phyfickare to ftop Bleeding, as does the Hematite. It is of an Attra¬ ctive Power , and as Ruellius faith, it will draw Iron Ar¬ rows and Bullets out of Wounds. The levigated X 2 Pouder §4° A Supplement, colleSed. by the Trtnflator. Ponder being drank drives all the Humidity out of the Body, caufinga Dropfie, and as good againft the Head-acb, and all the Difeafes thereof, Convulsions of the Nerves, Vomiting and Foifon; it loofens the Belly, and thins thick Humours; it is ufed in Collyrwins for rhe Eyes, helping their Watering or Weeping. Schroder faith is Aftringent, and Sops Melan¬ choly Humours. Dofe One Ounce and half, and One Ounce. Outwardly bound to the Thigh it facilitates the Birth, andcaufes immediately De¬ livery ; calciifd, and a Plai¬ ner made thereof with Wax, it is much commended again!! the Pain of the Gout. It has the fame Vertues and Facul- ties with Iron, and therefore aTindure made of it, as you make TinUnra Martis , h good for all the fame Things that the Tindure of Mars is good for, and to be given in v the fame Dofe, being very effedual againft the Dropfie, and Difeafes of the Spleen, as Kircher faith. You may draw a Tindure out of it* good t© all the Purpofes atorefaid ; . worn about the Neck it is good againft Convulfions and Pains of the Nerves. Its Vertue is firengthened an reftored by being buried filings of Steel, but deftro} ed by heating it Red-fire hot or otherwife in the Fire; m will the quenching of it i the Oil of Mars redintegratit it, but Bill more encreafe it. as Experience teftifies. Pliny faith the Loadfione is made ufe of in making Glafs; a little piece is added, for that it has lingular Ver-l tue (confirmed to us by Ex¬ perience, as well as by the Experience of former Tiiras) in eittrading toitfelf the Li¬ quor of the Glafs, (as well as to draw Iron to it,) and being ex traded it purges it; and from Green or Yellow¬ ish, or Yeliowifh Green, Glafs, it makes it White, and then afterwards the Fire either confumeth *the Load- ftone, or gives it an intimate Mixtion Mafs. with the Vitreous Of Manganefia, or, Magnefial Manganefe or MagnefiJj-j (fo called from its likene l j ; in Colour, Weight, aa d Subfiance, to the Magnes or Loadftone,) is, counted one I of the Kinds of the Loadftone , (for which Caufe we join it in our Difcourfe with the Magnes r and treat ot it - ir thii A Supplement, collected by the Tran(l At or. 341 his Chapter,) This appears rom the Words of Cefalpi- iiiSy Lib. 2. Cap. 55. Hoc \enus Magnetis bodie vulgo Matiganefe vocatur , ab Alber¬ ti Magnefia. This Kind of Loadjlone is now called by the Vulgar Magnejiy by Albert us Magmpia, It is call'd by P liny Pfeudo-magnes, and by Cardan , Syderca , as it were Iron-Stone. It is 'found in Germany , and in Italy, in the Moun¬ tains of Vi terbium, and many other Places, as in Cantabria , n a continual but fcattered Rock; and in Piedmont, which anciently was accounted the 5 eft in the World. But (ome Years fince we have found it in our own Coun¬ try at Merdhip-hills, (famous for Lead) in Somerfetfhire , as good as any ufed at Moran • and where-ever the Lead- Qar-Men find it they cer¬ tainly conclude that Lead- Oar lyes under it. # Potters fpend great Quan¬ tities of it, this being the only Material with which they colour their Black, as they do Blue with Zaffer. That is Beft which has no glittering Sparkles in it, and is of a Blackifh Colour, but pondered of a dark Lead-colour. ’Tis a Stone jvery hard and ponderous ;; and the deeper its Colour is, the deeper it colours the Me¬ tal in the Furnace, and is to be put into the Melting-pot together with the Fritt. It is the moft univerfa! Thing ufed in Glafs, not only to purge off the natural Greenifh, Bluifh Colour, which is in all Glafs, and therefore may be called the Soap thereof, but alfo to tinge it, which it d )es with a Red Murray , Turpi: or Black , Co¬ lour ; yea, it is the moft unw verfal Ingredient in all Co¬ lours, (as has been often de- monftrated by the Glafs Men) which enters into their Metal. Cefalpinus , Lib. 2. Chap. 55. faith, it is added in ma¬ king of Glafs, becaufe it is thought that it draws into itfelf the Liquor of Glals, as the Loadjlone does Iron. It is a Black Stone, like the Loadjlone , and much ufed by the Glafs-Men ; for if a lit¬ tle mixed therewith it purg- eth it from the cloudy and ill Colours, and makes it clearer, but if too much it colours it per fed:. Scaliger in Exercit. 104. 23. confeftes that Manganefe was unknown to him, yet in a Manufcript of Blowing Glafs, belonging to Pantheus, a Venetian, ’twas written, Z 3 that 34 s A Supplement, collected, by the Tranflat or. that Glafs was colour 5 ^ Pur¬ ple therewith. And he re¬ members when he was a Boy he faw a Kind of an Iron- coloured Stone dug up at the Solodonian Mountains , which yis carried to Venice , where¬ with Glafs was refin’d to that -Whitenefs, and Purity, and Clearnefs, that it kept the Name of Chriftalline , which Whitenefs as he was taught by his Matter Secun- dus he judged to rife by reafon of the ttrange Coh£fion of both Subftances. whole Parts being compounded, the Colours alfo entred one into another, and fo by the va¬ rious Texture and Pofition of the Parts of the Metal, and made by the New Ac- cellion of Manganefe, this Pure, White, Clear, and Chryftalline Colour does emerge, butmixt with Zaf- fer it produceth a Black• Manganefe without all doubt confiftS of much Iron, as having|been] evinced by many Experiments: Aqua Fmis put upon the Pouder thereof in a narrow-mouth¬ ed Glafs rofe up in Bub¬ bles, and immediately boil’d over the Glafs, but in a Glafs with a much wider it rofe lefs, with amott firong and piercing Fume. Spirit Vitriol poured on the faid Pouder boiled a little^ but fparkled more, and fair Water poured thereon cn- creafed the decaying Heat very much ; the Tin&ure of the Stone was alfo of a deep Claret-colour, all which agree throughout with the fame Experiments made up-j on Iron ; and certainly the Colour of the Manganefe comes from the Iron that it contains, j Red is Common to them both, and a Purple is but a deeper Red, with an Eye of Blue, which Colour fome Preparations of Crocus? Mart is have. And as Black is made with Zaffer and Manganefe , fo Rich Blacks in Silks are made with Stippf which is the Pouders ari- fing from Grind (tones grind*! ing Edge-tools, where the Iron and the Sand by grind ing is mixed together ; alfo | as Crocus Martis makes the Metal rife much, and boil,! fo in like Manner does] Manganefe , by which it is! evidently apparent that Iron , or a Ferruginous Juice, is the chief or fundamental Princi-J pal thereof. Out of what has been faid it appears, that the Phyfical Verrues of Manganefe are moftly the fame with thole of Iron , and therefore after the fame Manner you may make A Supplement > collected by the Tr&nflator. 34 } make Tindfures thereof for the fame Purpofes with Acid Menftruums, White-wine, Water, or our Spiritns Vni- verfalis , as we in its refpe derive Place have already taught. Of this Stone Mr. Boyle thus difcourfes. This Mi¬ neral, which at the Glaf^f houfes they are well acquain¬ ted with, though it -be a dark and coarfe Mineral itfelf, and though being ad¬ ded to the Materials of Glafs in a fuller Proportion, it makes the Black Glaffes which are fold in Shops; yet not only a moderate Pro portion of it is ufed to make Glafs Red, but which is more Remarkable, a fmall and due Proportion of it makes the Glafs more Clear and Diaphanous. The Way of making Prince Ru¬ pert’/ Glafs Drops, They are made of Green Glafs well refin’d, (for o- and cool. Where note, r. If the Metal be too hot when it drops into Water the Drop will certainly froft and crackle all over, and fall into pieces in the Water, a. E- very one of them that cracks not in the Water, but lyes in till it is quite cold, is fure to be good. 3. That the moflexpert Ar- tifts know not the juft Tem¬ per of Heat, and therefore cannot promife beforehand that the next (hall be good, for many of them mil carry in the making, and many Times Two or Three, or more, prove ill for One that hits. 4. If oneof them be taken out of the Water whilft it is Red-hot, the fmall Part of the Tail or Thread it hangs by,fo much of it as has been in the Wa¬ ter, will upon breaking fall into Duft, but not the Body of the Drop, though its Ca¬ vities are full as large. 5. If One of them be cooled in the therwife they will not fuc -1 Air, or on the Ground, hang- ceed, but crack and break,)ling by the Thread, it be- and prefently after dropt into Water. TheBeft Way of making them is to take up fome of the Metal out comes in allrefpedts like o- ther Glafs. 6 . The Outfide of the Glafs Drops (thofe made in Water) is Clofe of the Pot upon the End of 1 and Smooth like other Glafs, an Iron Rod, and immedi-lbut within it is Spongious, ately let it drop into cold! and full of Cavities, or little Water, and there let it lye! Bubbles. 7. The Figure of 2 4 it A Supplement, collected by the Tran fiat or. ?44 ^ is round ifh or oval at b°ttom, nor much unlike a *{ar Pearl, wreathed from beginning of the Neck H it grows fmaller, and ter¬ minating in.a long Neck, for the moil: Part bowed or crooked. 8. If a Glafs Drop be let fall into Scalding-hot Water , it will crack and break in the Water, either before the Red Heat is over, or foon after, p. If it be taken out of the Water be¬ fore it be cold it will cer¬ tainly break. 10. If they be dropt into Vinegar , or Spirit of Wine, or Water in which Nitre or Sal Armoni- ack have been diffolved, or Mi/fej they never mifs to crack, and break into pieces. 11. If dropt into Oil-olive they don’t fre¬ quently mifcarry, as in Cold Water, nor have fo large Blebs or Bubbles in them, but fome Part of the Neck and fmall Thread breaks like Common Glafs ; and if the Neck be broken near the Body, and the Body held clofe in the Hand, it breaks not into fmall Parts, nor with fo (mart a Force and Ndfe as thofe made in cold Water, 12. If you break qff the Tip of the Thread or Neck of One of thofe j piade in Water, the whole] will fly immediately into very Minute Parts, which will eafily crumble into i coarfe Duft. 13. A Blow with a fmall Hammer, or 0- ther hard Inftrutnent, only ; upon the Body of thofe 1 made in Water, will not break. 14. One of them broken in one’s Hand under Water, firikes the Hand ! mere Smartly, and with a H more Brisk Noife than in the Air; but fattened in a Ball of Cement an Inch and half in Thicknefs, upon the breaking off the Thread, or Tip of it, it breaks the Ball in pieces like a Grana- do . 15. Lattly, fome of them being ground upon a Tile or other Stone, break when the bottom is a little flatted, and others not till half is rubbed and ground off. To prepare White Glafs, o r Chryftal Glafs. Fritt of Polverine, or or¬ dinary Fot-Afhes, makes a fair White Common Glafs, but Fritt of the bett, whi- tett, and hardett Pot-Afhes in great Lumps, makes the Glafs which is call'd Chry- ttalline Glafs, not Chryftal itfeif. You muft put as much Manganefe into One Sort as Into another, caft the White and Chryftal-like Glafs . A Supplement , college a bj the Tranjlxtor. 34^ Glafs into Water, that you may have them dear in Per- fedrion. You may make them without this calling into Water, yet it is neceffa- ry if you would have them fairer than ordinary, and may be repeated if you would have them yet more refplendent, and then you may work them into what Veffel you pleafe, To have the Glafs yet Whiter, calcine them, that they may purifie well, and have but few Bli- frers ; and alfo add to One Hundred Pound of the Fritt Twelve Pound of pure Salt of Tartar, which mull be put in when the Friit is made, and fo mixed with Tarfo, or Sand, with Pot- Afhes lifted, and then make Fritt of it, as before ; fo will the Metal be fairer above Companion. To make Chryfial in full Prr- feClion. Take Chryffal Fritt, fet it in Pots in the Furnace, (when there are no other Pots for Colours, for the Fumes of Metalline Colours will hurt your Chryffal,) then put in Manganeie prepared as much as is fufficient; when it is melted, (tomakeafair Chryffal,) take it from the Pots, and caft it into great Earrhen Pans, or clean Water, that the W T ater may take from it the Sandiver, which hurts the Chryffal, and makes it dull and clou¬ dy ; then put it into ano¬ ther clean Pot of Water, and fo often repeat this till the Chryffal be feparated from this Salt or Sandiver. But our Concionators here in England never caff the Metal into Wafer to fepa- rate this Salt from if, but take it out with a Ladle, for it fwims on fhe Top of the Metal, and mull he all feu min’d off, or elfe ’twill make the Chryffal unfit for working, very brittle, and no Way pliable. The Chry- fial being thus purified from all this Sait, is to be fet to boll Five or Six Days; when it is boiled and clear, fee whether it has Manganefe enough, or no, and having enough, let the Mafs ^larifie till it becomes of a clear fhining Colour; when the Chryffal is clear, limpid and fair, work it out continually into VefTcls, or what other Works you pleafe, but not with fo great a Fird as White or Chryllal Glafs is wrought with. See the Irons where¬ with you work be clean and put not the Necks of the Glaffes where the Irons touch 3 4 6 A Supplement, collected by the Tran flat or. touch (for there always re- j make it become Black, but maineth Iron) into the Pots J you may put them intc ofChryftal, tor they will I Glafs for vulgar Ufes. Of Colouring Glafs. To calcine Copper or Bra/s varioufly for Various Colours. i, JpEretto of Spain is thin * Copper Plates in Bits laid upon Sulphur, and fo cover’d, lu.ed and calcined, for Two Hours, then beaten fmail and fearfed. 2. Or thus with Vitriol, and fo cover it, which calcine In a Reverberatory Fur* mce, which Calcination re¬ peat Six Times with frefti Vitriol, which pouder and fearfe as before. 3. A Cal¬ cination of Brafs with Sul¬ phur ; take thin Plates in Bits, which lay upon Sul¬ phur, and fo cover it, which calcine for Twenty- four Hours, then pouder and fearfe it, and reverberate a- gain for Twelve Days; grind, fearfe, and keep it for life, to colour Glals of a Tran¬ sparent Red Yellow, and Chalcedony. 4. Brafs cal- daed by itfelf, it is done by putting Bits of Brafs Plates Into a Crucible, and luted oa the Top, and placing it 'in a- firong calcining (not melting) Furnace for Four Days, which pouder, fearfe, and grind on a Porphyry, fo have you a Black Pouder, which fpread on a Tile upon Burning Coals, and calcine in the Leer for Four other Days, then pouder again, fearfe, and keep it for life. This makes Glafs of a Sky- colour, and a Sea-green. 5. Scales of Brafs calcin’d by themfelves ; they may be put on the Arches of the Furnace, and there clofed with a fimple Fire till they are calcined, but not to melt; pouder and fearfe it, if it will be well done it will be Red. 6 . Scales of of Brafs thrice calcin’d ; put the Scales of Brafs on the Leer of the Furnace, near the Occhh, upon Earthen Tiles, or in Earthen Pans, and calcine Four Days to a Black Pouder; fearfe and calcine again for Four or Five Days more, till it become Ruifet, which makes a Sea- Green, A Supplement, collected by the Tranjlator. 347 Green, an Emerald, a Tur- chols, and beautiful Sky, with many other Colours; calcine again in like Manner, and keep it for life. They ought to be well waftied.and I made clean and free from all Dirt and Filthinefs; if they be well calcin’d, being put upon purified Metal, it will make it fwell; if it does not fo it is not good, nor j well done. Now of all thefe ! that are calcin’d with Sulphur | in a clear and ftrong Fire it i makes a better Colour than | any of the other Calcinati¬ ons, for that the Sulphur better and fooner penetrates into the Body of the Metal, as being more vehemently driven in by the moft acute or (harp Points of the Flame. To tinge Glafi of a Sea-green. Take Chryftal Frftt, put in a Pot, (without any Manganefe added ; for tho* this makes the Metal clear as to the Chryftal, yet it gives a Quality in the Glafs, which leaves the Colour Black, or very Foul; ) melt it, and take off theSandiver which fwims at the Top perfe&ly with Iron Ladles, being well and perfedly cla¬ rified: Take of this Chryftal Twenty Pound, Brafs of the Firft, Third, or Sixth Pre¬ paration aforegoing Six Oun¬ ces, Zaffer prepared half a Pound ; thele Two Pouders mix well, and put to the faid Chryftal at Three Times ; at firft it makes the Metal fwell very much; therefore mix the Glafs with the long Squares, then let it fettle, that the Colour may be incorporated for Three Hours ; rhen mi* a- gain with the long Square, and take a Proof thereof; put in rather too little than too much of the Colour, for then it may be eafily heightened ; at the End of Twenty-four Hours (after it has had the due Colour ) it may be wrought, mixing it firft well from the bottom of the Pot, that the Colour may be eafily mix’d and fpread through all the Metal, and united with it, otherwife it fettles at the bottom, and the Metal at top becomes clear. At M?- ran they take half Chryftal Fritt, and half Pot-AfhFritr, and proceed as before; whence arifes a fair Sea- reen ; but the former is irer. A A SKy-eolour^ or Sea-green* Take Fritt made o r the beft Pat-Afhes, which purf he from its Sandiver, and to Twenty Pound thereof add Brads of the Fourth Prepa¬ ration aforegoing Six Oun¬ ces, and put it in at Three Times, as aforefasd. At the end of the Three Hours re- mix the Metal, and make a Proof, being well coloured, leave it fofor Twenty-four Hours, fo will you have an Excellent Sky-colour, varied with other Colours, then work it. Another Sea 'green. Take Chryftal Fritt Twen¬ ty Pound, (that is freed from Manganefe, and well freed from its Sandiver by feu mining, not putting Into Water,) being melted and purified, add Brafs of the Sixth Preparation Six Oun¬ ces, Zzffcr prepared half an Ounce, mix thefe toother, and then at Three Times with the Metal; and though the Sea-green may feern roo full,yet it will wafte, and iodine to a Bluiflmefs. 'Atthe.end.of Twenty-four Hours you may work ir. Another Sea green . Take Chryftal Fritt well purified by feumming Twen- 'jjr*' Br . ais sixth Preparation aforego- mg Eight Ounces, Zaffer pre. £ «r ha L fa .? onnd » P«kf Iron finely ground, of • acb, mix them well toge- her, in about Five Hoursit vill be perfeded. Too much )f the Pouder makes the Vfetal Black and Opacous, whereas it ought to be tran- parent ; if it be too Black or Deep put in of the r ourth Preparation of Brafs, ind mix them many Times, and in about Three or Four Times it will become as Red as Blood ; make often Tri¬ als, and when you find it right and good work it fpeedily, otherwife it will lofe its Colour, and become Black; you mulf alfo leave the Mouth of the Pot open, elfe the Colour will be loll. Let it not ftand above T en Hours in the Furnace, and jfuffer it not to cool, if pofli- ble. If you find the Colour fades, put in fome of the Steel and Iron Scale-pouder aforefaid, and it will reflore it again. Tis a Nice Colour, therefore fpeedily to be wrought. ! A Tranfparent Red in Glafs , as Red as Blood, Take Common White Glafs Twenty Pound, Glafs of Lead Twelve Pound; put them into a Pot glai’d with White Glafs, when the Glafs is boiled and refined add Copper calcined to Red- nefs as much as is fufficient; let them incorporate, mix¬ ing well the Glafs; then add fo much Tartar in Pouder as may make the Glafs^Blood- red ; if the Colour be too pale add more of the calci¬ ned Copper and Tartar till the Colour is exad. A Tranfparent Red, DifTolve Gold in Aqua Re - gis many Times, pouring the Water upon it Five or Six Times; then put this Pou¬ der of Earth in Earthen Pans to calcine in the Furnacetilj. it becomes a Red Pouder, which will be in about For¬ ty Days; add this Pouder by little and little in fuffici- -ent Quantities to fine Chry- fial Glafs which has been often cafi: into Water, and it will give the tranfparent Red of a Ruby. And this feems to be in¬ deed fo ; for Gold diflolved in Aqua Regis , if dropt upon the Skin, will colour it of a deep Purple Colour, lafting fome Days, and this Solution poured on a great Quantity of Water will give it the very lame Tindture; but Glauber 352 A Supplement, colleBedby the Trunjlator. Glauber fays, that if it be precipitated with Liquor of Flints it will give a fair Saphire Colour. And Liba- ntus , Lib. 2. Trad. 1. Cap. 35. faith, that from a Red Tin&ureof Gold diflolved into Liquor or Oil, and joined with Chryfhl, a Ruby may befriade; becaufe (faith he) Rubies are frequent where Gold is found, and therefore *tis confentaneous that Gold there doth dege¬ nerate into thisjewel. To makg a Blood-red Colour, Take ChryfialFrittTwen- ty Pound, Glafs of Lead Twelve Pounds when refi¬ ned caff them into Water, put them again into the Pot, when well refin’d add Cop¬ per calciiid to a Redneis Six Ounces ;• let them boil and refine well, then add Red Tartar poudered, incorpo¬ rate it with the Glafs, let them refine, and make a Proof; if not deep enough add more Copper and Tar¬ tar till it is fufficiently Red. To make Vitrum Satumi, or Glafs of Lead, Take of the bed Red- Lead what Quantity. you pleafe, fuppofe Fifteen Pound 9 Chry fial Fritt,orCom- mon White Fritt, Twelve - Pound, mix them as well as may be, and put them into a Crucible with a ftrong Bottom, which put into Two other Crucibles of like Strength one within another, and then put them into a Fire of Suppreflion ; the Lead will pafs thro’ the firft and fecond Crucible, and in the third you will find the Glafs. Or thus. Take Mi¬ nium Fifteen Pound, Salt of Pot-Aihcs Eight Pound, Sand Seven Pound and an \ half, mix, and put them j into Crucibles as before for fear of breaking, and make a Fire of Suppreflion, fo will you have Vitrum Saturni ve- -\ ry good. To make Vitrum Saturni ac¬ cording to Neri. Take calcin’d Lead, or Minium, Fifteen Pound, Chryftal Fritt,or White-glafs Fritt, (according as you would make the Colours,) Twelve Pound, mix them as well as can be, put them intq a Crucible, and at the end of Ten Hours (by which Time all will be well melted ) calf them into Wa¬ ter, fe pa rate the Lead, and return the Metal into the Pot, and in Twelve Hours it will be fit to A &uffitment, colleftcd by the Translator. j 53 o work. Befides the Me¬ chanical (lfcs of making Glafs of various Colours, his Vitrum Saturn }; or Glafs >f Lead, will work Excel- ently (as is reported) by ?y Infulion in Wine, ana that fucceflively Four, Five, or Six Times. To work, tht [aid Glafs of Lead . Before you take it upon the hollow Iron-Pipe, l$t it be a little raifed in the Pot, then take it out, and let it cool a little, and fo work it on the Marble, being clear. At tirii let the Marble be well wetted with cold Water, (otherwife the Glafs will fcale it, and be itfelf alfo difcoloured , incorporating the Scales into itfelf;) and continually wet the Mar¬ ble whilft you work this Glafs, otherwife it will lofe all its Fairnefs and Beauty ; and do this as of¬ ten as you take the Metal outoftnePor. This Kind of Glafs is fo tender and brittle, that if it be not cool¬ ed a little in the Furnace, be¬ fore it is wrought into Drinking-glaiTes, Cups, or o- ther Vends, and taken a little at a time, and held on the Iron, and the Marble continually wetted, ’tisim- poffible to work it. . To ttoaf>e a Gold Tellow in Glafs of Lead. Take Chryftal Fritt, cal¬ cin’d Lead or Minium, of each Sixteen Pound; mix and fearfe them well, add. to them Brafs thrice calcin’d Six Ounces, Crocus Mortis made with Vinegar Forty- eight Grains; put them well mixed into the Furnace, let them ftarid Twelve Hours, (ini which Time It will be clear,) mix them, and make a Proof; if it be GrecnifH add a little more Crocus Mor¬ tis till it becomes of a moft fair Gold Colour. A Tranftarent Red in Glafs. • ' • Take Impalpable Pouder of the bell Manganefc, refi¬ ned Nitre, of each, calcine and reverberate Twenty- four Hours, then wa(h away the Salt with fair warm Wa¬ ter, and dry the Pouder, which will be of a Red Co¬ lour ; add to it equal Weight of Sal Armontack, grind them together on a Porphyry with Spirit of Vi* negar; then in a Retort with a large Body and long Neck fublime in Sand for T welve A a Hour? 3 54 Supplement) solletfed by the Tranjlator . Hours, break the Glafs, and take what is fublimed to the Neck aiid Body of the Re¬ tort, and mix it with what remains at Bottom, adding as much frefh Sal Armoni- ack as is wanting in Weight of the firff Sublimation; grind as before on a Por¬ phyry with Spirit of Vine¬ gar, and fublime alfo in the fame Manner; this Work* repeat fo long till the Man- fl ganefc remains all at the Bottom fufible. This Pre¬ paration colours Chryftal and Pafte into a Red Tranfparent Colour, and into a Ruby Colour, by adding more oc lefs of it, according to the Colour you would have e- merge, which you can only know by many Trials. An Alphabetical INDEX of what is contain’d in the fore¬ going BOOK. A. - / A Dmirabler Curiofuies P*g e 72 , 73 —Receipts in Cookery P• —In Painting, Varnifting, &c. io 6, 107 Almond-pafte for the Hands 278 Amber to melt Amber-colour in Glafs to make 348 Ambergreafc to counterfeit Amber-Pouder to make Angel-water boil’d —Water diftilled Animals of all Sorts tocaft —To recover a Perfon falling 267 & Si; 302 down in one Aqua Forth for Itching —Vita to make Arfenick to run like Oil —For Whitening Copper Artery, an Emplaifterfbrit Artificial Fire-works to make 82 Aurum Fotabile 28, 29, 3 °® Azure to calcine 106 *5 -281 281 *55 . *57 .Antimony an extraordinary Preparation 20 5 Apples, and other Fruit, to keep from Rotting 9 8 Ague, a Tertian One, to Cure —A Quartan A nti mony, i is Vertues 29 —That (hall only purge down¬ wards 32 —A Curious Preparation 291 —To make a Diaphorctick o t that and Gold 292 —That will work without vomit ing 294 Ants to kill *2$ Apoplexies to Cure 10 B. B Alfam, a raoft Excellent Oae a® —Its Vertues 2 5 * —Blue 2 6 —A Curious Oae to make in June 22% —Several others 224, 225,226' —Of Peru to underftand 27 T Beach from cracking 114 Beef and Pork to Salt, as in Ger- many and Flanders $9 Beans 10 keep 95 Belly-ach 2 ^ £ < Benjamin to know 27 r Bindnefs to occafion 26 Birds to flioot alive with all the Feathers on 214 Birds to catch with yctar Hands 137 , 2 * 4 - Black Cloth to recover when de-^ cayed A a 2 5 $ B]ack An Alphabetical Index . Black Varnilh in Imitation of Japan Work 321 —Japan 322 Bine Japan to jnake 315 —To purifje 31 —That is loft s to renew 26 Blood to renew 2 6 —Topurifie * 13 -To flop 8, 9 Bloody-flux to Cure 2 —Another Excellent Remedy 7 Blue, a very fair One $4 —Colours ro make 64 Body to beautiiiie it 13d, 1, 210 —To keep it moderately Fat 137 —To make the Arms, Thighs, grow large ao6, 205, —To make one Lean that is too Fat Bones to dye —To foften —To whiten . Eolonia Waflvballs to make Bowels fallen downjeo Cure Boxes to perfume Wigs 207 53 54 7 * 69 10 285 Brazil, to make an Excellent' Red ff- Brafs that’s Old to. look like New 54 “—To make of a Gold Colour <5 9 BruifetoCure 10 Bread more Subflautial than or¬ dinary 122 Breads, to pr^ferve the hardnefs of them 205 To make them Firm and Fat which was Lean 205 —To reduce when *grown? too Fat 205 Breath to make Sweet 203 Buboes tq£y?c 21 Bap ta derircy * 56, $7 Building, to take the Draught of any 297 Bures to Cure : 2.2., 13?, 2 M ' c. C Abbages, Cucumbers, fyc„ to Pickle 93 Cakes that are Perfumed to Burn 66 ■To make after a particular Manner 9 2 > 95 Candle that cannot be put out 81 --To burn in tte Water 215 Cancres to Cure z\ Carbuncles or Boils to Cure 245 Cafbevv or Catecfiia to Umbe- rate 280 Curiofities in Gardening, Fruirs, and Flowers, <[$c. 124 Caters to diflolve 15 Caterpillars to deftroy 125 Cephalick Pouder 47 Chamber to look light in tne Night 7 6 Chefnut-coloured Japan to make 323 Cholick to Cure 6, 7, 45, 235 252,2^3 Chryftal-Glafs to prepare 344 —In full Perfe&ion to make 345 ‘ Ghryftal to rhake deaf 76 —To melt 301 Cinnamon Eflence to make 6<$ —Water and Eflence to rhake 241,281 Cim to augment 6$ Civet to know 271 Cloths tor Masks 41 —-To reftpre Colour when loft —Sallies tp make 63, 64 —That rcfifls a Sword 75 Coat to make Proof againft a j Musket 75" 1 Compound Water to make 68 1 Colours of divers Sorts for Ufe 288 Cor- Am Alpbabeiiid J»&x. Contagion to Cure « 24 6 Cods fwell’d to Cure 19, 1a 1 Confumption, a Syrup ior it 201 Contufions 46 Convulfions in Children .3.8 Copper to Whiten 63 -—To make White quite through 64 —To Bronze, how to Bronze 178 —To make take any Impreffion 298 Coral to imitate 1.61 Coral to draw the Tinfture • 2 —To counterfeit 53 - .-The Syrup 2 to 6 Corns toCure 21, 22,266 Cough and Shortnefs of Breath a Remedy 12 Counters of Daillion's Water 72 Cows and Oxen to Cure 128 Crabs White and Transparent .50 —To reduce into Pafte 50 Cray-fifh to make Red 94 Cream to make without a Fire 91 Creyons as bard as Vermillion, by Prince Rupert 113 Cyprefs-pouder 61 D D. fx " v. j ’ • Eafnefs to Cure 1 5 —And Noife in the Ears 17 / Diaphoretick • of Antimony j Sir IPalter'i Way 292 Diregions concerning Colours 324 Difeafes of Women and Chil¬ dren 36 Dogs to Care that fcaye the Mange iH —Bitcen by Mad Beafts 134 —To Cureof thcRurft i ?4 —*Fleas to deftroy in them 134 Dropfie, Receipts for feveral Kinds 9, 262, 263, 266 E, E A R*ach to Cure 213 —Noife in them to Cure 213 Ebony to counterfeit 59.173 Eggs to make move 74 —To boil without Fire 214 Ele&uary, very Excellent a* gainft Wind, Qbftru&ions of the Spleen, or Kidneys, and to comfort the.Heart 291 Engines to make to draw Wa¬ ter, Sfr. 294 Eflence ofRofcs to make 24a —Aud Oils Perfume with Flowers 274 •vrOf a Thouland Flowers 27 6 •Of Hyppocras 279 Excrefcenee of the Fle& to Cure 267 —Of the Jaws 267 Eyes to Preferve, or Cur© thofeSor© 15,16,17 -r-Many Singular Receipts 256 —That have Film to Cure 257 —‘That have Rednefs. 257,258 F. F Ace. to beautifie it, and other Parts of the Body 200 —To take away Scars, i 209 —To prevent Bumps and Red¬ nefs 220,221 -That Is heated 299 A a % ?accs An alphabetical Index. Faces to Beautifie 136,137 -••That are Red and Pimpled 198 —-Flufhing in the Face 198 —Again!! Blotches, Worms, CSV 198 —Againft Pimples of feveral Sorts 191 Falfe Piece to Whiten 57 Falling-ficknefs to Cure 14,18, 28,228, 264, 265, 294 Fatnefs to prevent 33 Fevers Intermitting to Cure 9 —Coming from the Milk 3 7 ••-Quartans Double and Triple Quartans, Tertians, and Dou¬ ble Tertians, to Cure 247, 248, 249 Feet that Stink to prevent 13 6 —To Soften the Soals of them 29 —To Cure the Common Cold- nefs 209 *~Againft fiinking and fweaty Feet 210 Fleas, Flies, Punices, and other Infe&s, to drive away 120, 121 —To kill 213 Figures to Mould in Paftc 160 —To Mould off a Jafper-colour 161 —To Mould in Falbion of an Agate 162 —In Tranfparent Colours to Caft 163 --Embolilhed in Plaifter, CJV. 164 «~To make a Size to lay Leaf- Gold, &c, on Figures of Plai¬ fter 168 —To Inlay v^ith Wood 169 •«.To Gild, that are Carved or Emboliflied. 177 —To Silver over an Excellent Way 178 —To Draw with Shell-gold on a Black Ground *86 --Great or Little to Embofs 19 1 —To fluff that are Emboffed 192 Figures of all Animals in Tin, Silver, Copper, C 5 V. to Caft 139,14°,141,142 —With Copper or Tin 143 —To Caft without Seam or Mark 14s —To Caft the Wax, and In- clofe the Kernel 146 —To Mould Naked Perfons in what Pofture you pleafe 147 —To Mould the Face without being troublefome 149 —To Caft their Hands to the Life 150 Fire that burns under Water 63 —On Armour 84 -•-To hold in your Hand 76 —To make Unextinguifhable 84 Fifh to catch feveral Ways 85, 86 —To Caft in a Mould in Brafs, Tin, Lead, tfc. 151 -To Caft that (hall feem Natural in the Water 152 -—To Paint that the Water may not deface them 154 Fiftula, a Wonderful Cure for it f Flanders Images to make 1 j 2 Florentine, Red Lake, to make ,330 Flower-pots to make to imitate China-Ware. 172 Flowers to £xtra& Perfume from 68 —Of An Alphabetical Index* —<—Of all Sorts to keep 98, 99 —Of all Sorts to caft i$6, **57 - Or Herbs to find their Bcft Tin&ure 29**’ —Obfervations of their Tin- dure 297 Fool to make 9 2 fluellin , a Herb, its Vertues 33 Fowl to make Tender prefently 94 --To Preferve a Month 95 -To make Feed well 135 -To Purge them 135 Fluxes of Blood to Stop and Cure 1 3 .—-In Women to Stay 39 - ToRcftrain 261 french Difeafe y an Excellent Potion for it *© --Litharge for it 1 * it 3*0 --Of Various Colours 350 —To make a deep Red 350, 35 * 4 —To make a Blood-Red Colour ' 35 * —Of Lead to make Glafs to Colour —To Tinge a Sea-green 352 346 347 , 348 1I7 Franchipane water to make 101 Fruit to preferve # 5 ^ Fumigation, a Receipt for it. 262 G Ame to Kill 82 Gangrenes to Cure 20,21 —An Excellent Oil for it 227 —And to difcolour the Hair 26*5 Genoa Biskets and Paftes 96, 97 Gild or Silver over Metals 64 Gilly-flowers to produce dou ble of any Seed 126 Girl to know whether a Maid or not 138. 2 Glafs of Lead to work 3 53 —Of Lead to make a Gold Yel low on 353 —Of aTranfparent Red 353 Glafs to make a Black Colour in it 249,2<;o —A Milk-White to make 3 50 A Marble-Colour to make Glue for Water and Fire Gloves to Colour - Gold and Silver to lay on Paper ToDiffolveon One’s Hand 7-f —Letters to write on Vellum as well as the Ancients 112 —Or Silver Lace to reftore 119 —To burnifh 17$ —To lay Size 176,177 —To grinde to lay on Figures 178 —To difeover under a Black Colour 179, 180 —To lay in Oil on blackned Frames, CSV. 187 —That is Burnilhed to Paint Flowers on 188 —To lay on Earthen Veflels 188 —A Diffolution of it 293 —To draw it into Superficies 302, Gold and Mercury to Volatilize 3°9 Gold to refine Gout ^Cold or Hot —Several Receipts —Several Excellent Grafts to Preferve Grapes to keep --Of what Colour A a 4 303 22, 24 '24,32 *50,25* Oils for it 227, 228 129 94,97 you pleafe 126 Graved An Alphabeticd Index. Gravel, an Excellent Receipt for it 3, 4 i — To bring it away 7 —And Cholick 234 I —A Water for it ?4o Green for Miniature 51 —A very fair one 60 —Colours to make 109, no Gripes to prevent. 260 Gums, a Water for them 17 —To Incarnate 32 —To Preferve 259, 260 Gun-powder to make 330,3 31, | ' w i! —Its Goodnefs ** 33$ —Among feveral Sorts to know the Beft 33$ —White to make < 334 I —That is fpoiled to make good 336 Gum-lac to purine 58 ■ H. H Air to grow 43 —Bright or Chining to make it 13 6 204 Hair that is Red to make Black 310 | —To make Brown 310 j —To grow long 136 jjt —To make it curl 136.204 ^—Tfaat is White to make Black 204 •it —To prevent failing off 204 -—To take from any Parts of the Body 214* —To make fail off, end to Blanch the Face 22 1 Ift —To make Hair grow again 222 ft Handkerchiefs of Venice 42 55 Hands to make fmooth 203 And to make the Nails band- | toe , • ; 203 •To take away Wrinkles and Chops. 20E —To make fine 220 —Or Lips that are Chopt 221 H$res to gather together 83,84 Head-ach to Cure 14 Heart-beating to Cure 19 —The Palpitation to Cure 213 Health to Prefer ve 27 Heat of the Sun 46 Hemorrhoids to Cure 21 Hen’s greafe, Ducks, and all Fowl, to fatten in Fifteen Days 123 Hyppocras to make 99, ipo Hog’s head to order as at Pied- ■ wont 89 —That have the Meazles to Cure 13$ Horn for Lanthorns to make 50 —To diffolve 53 —To foften 298 Houfekeeping u? Humours, wnich of the Four is moft Predominant in a Sick Perfon 1 Hyppocras Extempore 47 Horfes, for the Stags 127 —To bring down their Fat 127 —Galling 127, J32 —Sicknefs 128 —To Cure of the Vines 128 —To make their Hoofs grow 128 --^That are Prickt 128,129 —Farcy to Cure j 129 —To Cure Swelling 130 —To Cure Wind or Puxfinefs I&O “—Pills to purge them 13 1 —Drenches for them 131 -Piftempers in then: Head 132 r—Ta M Jlghabetical Index* j —To Dye their Hair when Old 132 Q —T# have good Hair in Win* 1 ter 132 1 — Bruifes or Sores in them to 1 jCure 133 ' —Their Feet to Cure 13$ —Their Tails and Main to grow m —To hinder from Neighing after a Mare 133 —To Cure that have been over heated 133 —To fatten? *34 I. Aundice, a Cufious Receipt. 18. 216. 266 Japan Wood, as Tables, Look"- ing-glaffes, &c. to varniih 315 Ice to make in Summer 102 ! tfenifon's Famous Secrets of Lime 31°, 3U eflamin-water to make 101 Jefuits-pouder, call’d the Bark of Peru, how to take it 247 ewels and Pearls 48 oinc-pains to Cure 22 Ink which will varniih in Five I Days . 58.60.80 Invifible Writing 56, $7 —On a Man’s Hand 77 Ink-fpotsto take from Linen or Woollen 71 *—Of fevcral Sorts 78, 79 —-To write on greafie Paper 79 -—Upon Glafs 80 —Or Creyons to draw without 114 —To take out ol Parchment or Paper 214 Iron, a Proje&ion on 306 I tin glafs-fixe to make 314 Iron to gild 58 —Moulds to take out of Linen 7 r Itch or Scabs 265 Ju/w# Fritters, by Andrea, Uorti Ivory to foften 58,71* 72, 1 14 K. K llligrev ’s Way to make Wine and Poudcr of Vi¬ pers ^ 289 King’s-Evil 21.33 Knee Inflamed to Cure 19 L. L Amp-Oil to prevent fmoking —Blac k to make and cal¬ cine, &c. 107 Lacker-varnilh of feveral Softs 327, 328 Lac Virginis to make 42 Lapis Lazuli to make 162 Lard to preferve 95 Lead a Secret 30 6 Lead to gild, Cfr. 114 —Moulds to make to Print Cot¬ ton 190 —Gilt on Paper to beaucifie Works 1 go —To Tranfmute into Cooper 298 Lemonade to make 101 Leprofies 28 Lice or Fleas to deftroy 56 Lime to flack for feveral Uses Sr Linen to whited as in Flanders *23,124 Liver, an Opiate for it i 5 —Jo temper the Heat 13 Loadflons An Alfkaietical Indelt. Xoadftone 339 Lombardy Saufages to make 90 Lungs and Stomach, an Eraplai- fter for them. 12 M. M Attin’s Skins that are White to Dye Black * 117 Macaroons to make 96 Madam dcBijs's Gammons 88 Magiftery of Pearls a8 Man’s Face to appear Hideous 74 Manganefia or Magnefi 340 Man, to reftore his Natural Parts 211 —To make him Vigorous 211 Minus Dei, an Excellent Plai- fter 34 Manbia, Compofition of his Ano&ine Laudanum 29*; Marble, a Liquor to make that will ftain it 307 —-J Sweet-bags very Excellent 61 —To carry about you 284 Swooning Fits 27 Sword Blades to calcine 76 Syrup Majefterial 263 •-For a Cough or Confumpti- on 291 T. T Apeftry to reftore 1*9 Tartar to calcine 59 —To make the Purge of 293 Teeth, a Water to preferve them 17 •-To Incarnate 3 2 -To Whiten 202 ——Pains to prevent 4.6 - --To fallen and ftoptheRot- tennefs 202. 2 <59, 260 Terms in Women to provoke 3 7 Throat that’s fore to Cure 38, 39 Tinihire of Gum-lac to make 329 Tin to harden, and give ic a Silver Colour 52 —.That is Gilt to lay on Dra pety 194 Tooth-ach to Cure 17,46, 55 —To fallout of the Mouth without Pain 1.8 4 —To,Whiten 43, <56 --Several wonderful Receipts 2 S 8 * Tracing an Excellent W Tulips to Preferve 6 q To have what Colours you will, and other Flowers* 12 $} V. V Arnilh to lay on Copper Plates 51 Varnilh as Bright as Glafs 51 -Of a Gold Colour 62 —- — For Images 62 Varnilh to lay on any White Thing to make it feem Mar* blc 63 -—That is impenetrable -To paint a Defign 217 To make a Flefh-colour, Green, Blue, Gold, C&. 218 —-That may benfed for all Sorts of Piftures 218 ---In Imitation of Ebony 219 VarnilMof feveral Sorts to make • 312,313 —Like the Indians to make 319 Venery to incite 31,32 Vertigo and Megrum to Cure *4 Vermillion in Stone, and other Colours no Vinegar to make that (hall never be Bad 26$ Vine-leaves, or others, to pr'mt in Tin, Cfr. on Copper Moulds Vinegar of feveral Sorts ? 5 i' Vinegar to make Iharp Vitrum Saturni to nr’ -—Of feveral^ Violet Water ■"Colo’ Virgin’s Milk the beft Sort 275 Vltra-marine to make 108,109, .W> 33 S Ulcers to Cure 20 -That are Old to Cure 21 Urine to flop in thole that pifs a Bed 25 —--To caufe 6 - -...-To caufc one to make that is ftopt 7 -The Heat to take away 10 W. W Alnut Grain to make on White Wood 51 •—Tree Colour on other Wood 60 Walnut tree-wood to Varnilh 320 Wafers to make 241, 242 Water that gives Light 75 Water of Strawberries, Rasber- ries, CSV. to make, and to freeze them roi ——To ftrengthen the Sto¬ mach ' * 2)8 —-Imperial againft Ca¬ tarrhs, and other Difeafes 238, 240 -^Of Nuts exceeding others, 238 —Of Talck to make 239 -For the Plague 241 -For the Mouth 241 ”' ' 242 ^ for Linen, 242 ' th|t none U . .V • '• ? ■ V*\ Warts Great and SaiaV Water for Inflame! ' Women to know if %itb Child White Pouder to make White Glafs to prepare White-lead to make, an of Eggs 107^08 White-pot to make Wind in the Kidneys 5 —In the Bdly —Blow out of the River 7 $ Wooden Work to Reprefent K* namel 185.187 Wooden Work to Enrich withal 181, 182,183,184,18$ Wood of divers Colours to make ^ w ,170,171, i 73 » *74 —To Marble or Stain 172 —Of the Colour of Gold, Silver, ® c - , , 174,17, —To Colour after the Manner of Marble 189 —To Tinge of fcveral Colours 190 -To Colour Black, Ebony, Bifcay-Wood, Indian-Wood 2\ 9 291 55 54 58 m Vc. -To Copper Wine to preferve Sweet — Muftincfs to take away —Fretting to prevent -From growing Eager —To preferve when Decayed or Prickt 102,103, ,109 —To make Artificial 437 Worms in Childr -38 —To prevent : co Corn ' I5? Oi f Z' 300 ■ess 138,216 ,£iC Milk fine 212 jHew bojn Infant . *'■' ' ci ,jWUj m • m .«?** O'rpple^ion 213 •To Mfcrqvetljteif Compfexi- •■.1 -Q. < 214 * Alphdbetzcal Index* 9 J • Child- Co make cafier 21 5 om Mother to prevent . 2I * * • - i 0 remove After pains 216 —Tu know if with Child or not 216 —To know whether with Child , cfaBoy 216 —Terms to provoke 216 —Whites 296 Wounds or Pricks 46 Wrinkles Of the Belly after Child: mg to take awav Writing .to take out 57 - Ink very Excellent $7 --Not to be Read but in Water —To perform feveral WaVs 71 , 7 % Y. to Y Ellow Amber White —Colour to Dye Yellow Varnilh to make make. 5 o 6 l 318 Booh Sold by J. King, at the Bible and Grown in Lktle-Britain. Q Erious and Comical Eflfays, viz. O11 the Town. The Art ^of Pleaflng in Women. On the Evaders of this Book. The Play-houfes. The Univerfities. On Politicians and Coffee-hoafes. Philofophy not Proof againft Love. Self- Conceit. lea-Tables. Swearing, and Profane Jelling.* Tra¬ vel. 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