To make Oyle of Ma­sticke.

TAke the purest Masticke that may bee got, which is not mixed with Sandrake, or such like, and beate it to [Page 2]powder, then put it into a glasse with a long neck, and put therein as much pure Aqua vitae, as will cover it three fingers high, and then slop it close that it take no ayre, then set it in warme horse-dung, or in a soft Bal­neo, untill it bee dissolved: then poure it into a glasse, and put therin as much wine as you shall thinke good, and distil it with a head, and receiver in sand, with a smal fire, and you shall receiue both oyle and water toge­ther, the which you shall se­parate one from an other. Then increase your fire, and there will come fourth an­other oyle, which smelleth somewhat of the fire, and i [...] best to bee used outwardly. [Page 3]Yee may rectifie it againe with a small fire, and so it will come sweet.

The vertues of this oyle. It is excellent against all colde diseases of the Maw: it comforeteth the liver and the lights, and all other in­ward parts of the body. Be­ing drunken it helpes those that vomit or spit bloud: it consumeth and breaketh all inward sores. This oyle be­ing annoynted on the belly, it stoppeth the flixe, it stop­peth womens Termes, it is also good for the Mother that is fallen downe, if you annoynt it therewith, and the under part of the belly: It is good for young chil­dren whose Arse-gut com­meth forth, if you annoint [Page 4]it therewith, and put it vp againe: It is also good for those that are Bursten, if you annoynt them there­with, and let them weare a Trusse fit for that purpose: it helpeth fresh wounds ve­ry quickly, if you annoynt them therewith, and lay thereon a cloath wet in the same. It fastneth the teeth if you annoynt the gummes therewith: it comforteth a weake stomack, and causeth good digestion, if you an­noynt it therewith.

This Oyle hath all the vertues of Masticke, but it is an hundred times more of force.

To make Oyle of Mirra.

TAke pure Mirra that is new and fat, sixe ounces, and put it into a glasse with a long necke, and put there­on twelue ounces of pure rectified Aqua vitae, then lute the glasse fast, and set it in horse-dung untill it bee dissolved. Then poure it into an Vrinall with a head and a receiver, and distill a­way the Aqua vitae in Bal­neo, with a soft fire, and the oyle will remaine in the bottome, the which straine through a fine cloath, and keep it in a glasse. His ver­tues are these.

This Oyle by his natu­rall Vertue preserveth all [Page 6]things frō putrifaction that is annoynted therewith: likewise the face and hands being annointed therewith, it presenteth thē in youth­full state, a long time. It helpeth▪ all stinking sores and wounds quickly: it hel­peth: paines of the eares, if it be put therein. It preser­veth the sight of the Eyes, if your put one or two drops therein: Helpeth all paines of the Mother, if it be an­nointed therewith: it stay­eth the haire from falling: if any bee troubled with a Fever, let him annoint his whole-body therewith, and lay him downe to sweate. This Oyle drieth and consu­meth all Accidents after birth. Being drunke, it ma­keth [Page 7]a sweete breath, and helpeth the Cough: it is good against short winde: it helpeth the stitch in the side; if you drinke thereof one dram: it stoppeth the flux of the bellys it maketh a cleane voyce. The Arme­pits being annoynted there­with, it taketh away the stinch from those parts: if yee mixe it with wine, and wash the mouth therwith, it will comfort the gumm [...]; and fasten the teeth: it is also good for wounds in the head.

If thou wilt use this oyle to preserue any part, you shall use it in this order; first, make a Bath with some sweet hearbs, and then hold that part the which you wil [Page 8]preserue over the fume, that the poares may open, then drie it with a linnen cloath, then annoynt it with this Oyle, and chafe it in: that being done, if there re­maine any yellownesse of the Oyle, ye may wash it a­way with white wine. This Oyle would bee occupied when you are in the Stewe or hot-house.

To make Oyle of Storax liquida.

TAke the purest Storax that you can get, and put it in a glasse with a long necke, and set it in horse-dung for a moneth, then take it foorth, and distill it in an Vrinall that hath a [Page 9]wide mouth, in sand, with a gentle fire, and you shall haue both Oyle and wa­ter, the which you shall, separate, and keepe to your vse.

Risius writeth in his great Booke of Distillations, that this Oyle hath the same Vertues that the Oyle of Mirra hath: but that it is a little more hot and pier­cing.

To make Oyle of Storax Calamite.

THis oyle may be made divers wayes, of the which I will shew you the best. Take the purest Storax that you can finde, and beat it into Powder, then put it [Page 10]into a long necked glasse, and put thereon pure recti­fied Aqua vitae, and lute the glasse, then set it in warme dung, or in a soft Balneo a moneth. Then distill it in sand with a small fire, and thou shalt haue both Oyle and water, which you shall separate. You shall vnder­stand, that towards the end of the distillation, there will ascend a certaine matter like Manna, the which is pleasant.

The vertues of this oyle. Three or foure droppes be­ing drunke, it comforts the Breast and Lungs, and all inward parts: it helpes the paines of the Mother if it bee drunke, and also annoint those parts therewith: it [Page 11]stoppes the Rheume that falles to the breast and neck: this being drunke, it makes a man merry, and of light courage, but beware you take not too much. If you put two or three drops into the Eares, it takes away the singing in them.

To make Oyle of Ben­jamin.

THis is made as you made the oyle of Sto­rax Calamite, and is onely used in perfuming: some di­stil this Benjamin with rose water, but I thinke it will not bee so perfect in smell, nor so easily done.

To make Oyle of Gal­banum.

TAke the purest Galba­num thou canst get, & put it into a glasse close luted, then set it in Balneo Mariae untill it bee dissolved, then distill it with a soft fire, and then will come forth a faire yellow oyle, the which yee shall separate.

This oyle being drunke, is good against an olde cough, and for such as are short winded, and can not easily draw their breath, but are alwayes panting & brea­thing. It is also very good for such as are broken, and bruised within, and against Crampes, and shrinking of [Page 13]sinewes. This oyle being drunke in Wine with oyle of Mirra, is good against all venome drunken, or shot into the bodie with vene­mous darts or arrowes. Be­ing taken in the same or­der, it provoketh womens termes, and delivereth the dead childe. It hath the same vertue, if a persume thereof bee received in the secret parts This Perfume doeth also helpe women that are grieved with the rising, or strangling of the Mother, and them that haue the Falling sicknesse, and being layd to the Navell, it causeth the Matrix or Mo­ther that is remooved from his naturall place, to set­tle againe. This oyle doth [Page 14]mollifie and soften, and draweth foorth thornes, splinters, or shivers, and cold humours, being mixed with any convenient vn­guent. It is good to an­noint the side against the stopping and hardnesse of the Milt. The perfume or sent of this Oyle driveth a­way serpents from the place where it is burned: and no venemous beasts haue pow­er to hurt such as be annoin­ted with the Oile of Galba­num, and if ye mixe this oile with the root of Angelica, or the seed or root of Spon­dilium, and touch any Ser­pent or venemous beast therewith, it causeth them to die.

To make Oyle of Sagapenum, a Gumme running out of the Herbe Ferula.

TAke this Gumme, and dissolue it in strong Wine, in Balneo Mariae, and then distill it in the sand with a gentle fire.

This oyle is good for the stitch in the side, It taketh away the Cough that hath continued long : It helpeth the swelling of the breast, whereby the breast is stop­ped. It is very good against the Crampe: it warmeth the joynts, and helpeth the paines of the hippes, and all such like diseases cōming of cold. It is good for women that haue great pain in their-bed, [Page 16]if you annoynt the nostrills therewith: For it driveth foorth both the quicke and the dead fruit quickly: being drunk with wine it helpeth against poi­son, and is also good against the biting of an Adder: be­ing put into the eye, it ta­keth away spots: You shall note, that women with childe must take great heed of this Oyle.

To make oile of Opoponax.

THis is made as is afore­sayd, and his vertues are these.

If you drinke three or foure droppes with Wine, it helpeth the Cough, and all impediments of the Milt: [Page 17]it helpeth also all Impedi­ments of the Bladder, and cleanseth it of all scabs and fores: It helpeth the stitch in the side: it causeth spee­die deliverie in Women with childe: it helpeth a­gainst winde in the Matrix, and dissolveth the hardnesse of those parts, and causeth the paine to cease.

To make Oyle of Eu­phorbium.

THis it made as is sayd a­fore, and his vertues are these.

Yee shall note, that this Oyle is not to bee occupy­ed inwardly, by reason of his great heate, except it be mixed with some other [Page 18]thing, as if it be mixed with honey, it purgeth the belly marveylously: it helpeth those that are troubled with obliviousnesse, if yee annoynt the parts there­with: It draweth foorth thornes and such like out of the flesh: it helpeth the bi­ting of an Adder: it is also good for stiffenesse of the joynts comming of cold, if ye annoynt the parts there­with.

To make Oyle of Ambre, or Succinum.

TAke Ambre, and beat it to powder, and put it into a glasse with a Head and a Receiver, and distill it in sand with a gentle fire, [Page 19]and there will come foorth both oyle and water, the which ye shall separate one from another.

This Oyle being perfect­ly distilled, is good against paines of the head, and reso­lution of sinewes, and a­gainst swimming in the head, and falling sicknesse. If yee drinke thereof three or foure drops in the morning with Pionie water, it pre­serveth a man from all poy­sons and pestiferous ayres, if yee annoynt the nostrilles therewith, or put it into some medicine fit for that purpose. It is excellent a­gainst diseases of the Blader and Reines, and driveth foorth the Stone, and pro­voketh Vrine, if yee drinke [Page 20]it with Malmesie, or Parce­lie water, or such like. It helpeth the Collicke. and choking of the Matrix; if you also annoynt the parts therewith, it driveth foorth the fruit, and causeth a wo­man to be fairely delivered; if she drinke three or foure drops, it is good against all fluxes of the head.

To make Oyle of Amo­niacum.

TAke this Gumme, and put it into a glasse close luted: and set it in warme dung, or in Balneo Mariae, vntill it bee dissolved; then distill it in sand with a head and a receiver, & thou shalt haue both Oyle and water, [Page 21]the which yee shall separate one from another: ye shall understand, that there will come foorth more water then oyle, as I haue prooved many times.

This Oyle helpeth the Cough comming of moy­sture: it purgeth the breast, and helpeth Vlcers in that place, three or foure drops being taken in an Egge: it helpeth paines in the side, if yee annoynt it therewith: It dissolveth all hardnesse, and swellings, and taketh away the paynes of the Gowt. If ye mixe this oyle with as much oile of Galba­num, and a very little oyle of Wormewood, and annoint the Milt, it taketh away all the paines: being mixed [Page 22]with oile of Wormewood, and annoynted in the navill, it killeth wormes.

To make Oyle of Sar­cocolla.

THis is an excellent Bal­some against all wounds, and filleth them with flesh: it purgeth all olde sores, without paine and smart: it breaketh hard Impo­stumes, it helpeth all run­ning Eyes, if you vse it in a Collirie: it helpeth wheales in the eye-lids: Being drunk with Wine, it helpeth the Phewme that falleth to the teeth, and for that cause it is vsed of those that are troubled with aboundance of flegmatique humours: [Page 23]You shall note, that this oile is specially vsed in fresh wounds, and old sores. This Oyle is made as you made the oyle of Serapynum.

To make Oyle of Ca­storeum.

TAke the fattest that thou canst gett, and stampe it well; then put it into a glasse, and set it to putrifie in Balneo Mariae, fiue or sixe dayes, then di­still it with a soft fire, and thou shalt haue an excellent Oyle.

This is good against all cold Cramps, and Balsies, be­ing mixed with Rew and Vineger, and put into the nostrills, it comforteth the [Page 24]braine, and taketh away paines of the head. Beeing annoynted on the necke, and also drunke with Wine, it helpeth much those that are troubled with the Falling Sicknesse: It helpeth Con­vulsions, and paines of the sinewes, if you annoynt them therewith: Being drunk with Pepper and Hi­dromell, it provoketh wo­mens termes, and also the fruit, it warmeth cold pla­ces; it is also excellent a­gainst Appoplexia it helpeth those that are deafe, it moo­veth Venery. It cureth the Collicke, and the suffocation of the Matrix, and streng­theneth the naturall parts.

To make Oyles of Fran­kincense.

TAke Frankincense, as much as you will, and put it into a Retort of glasse well luted, and put thereun­to for every pound of stuffe, foure ounces of cleane sand, and then distill it with a gentle fire, vntill all the sub­stance bee come foorth, and thou shalt haue both water and oyle, the which ye must separate.

The water is good a­gainst wind in the stomack, if it bee drunke: it is also good for choppes in the hands and feet, if yee wash them therewith, & annoynt them with the oyle against the fire, and strait wayes [Page 26]put on a paire of gloues, and so doing three times they shall be whole.

This Oile helpeth simple wounds in three or foure dayes, if yee annoynt them therewith, and lay thereon a cloath wet in the same, it preserveth all flesh from pu­trifying and alteration, and taketh away the paine: It helpeth all aches and bruises if ye anoint them therwith. Ye shall note, that you must vse no tent where you occu­pie this oyle, but wash the wound cleane, and joyne it, or stitch it close together, and then lay thereon a cloth wet in the same; for if yee fall a tenting, ye make work for the Surgeon.

To make Oyle of Tur­pentine.

TAke pure and cleane Turpentine as much as you will, and put it into a glasse, so that three parts be emptie, and put therein a certaine quantitie of Sand, as much as you shall thinke good; then distill it in sand with a soft fire, and there wil come foorth foure Li­quors: The one is a cleare water, the other a cleare Oyle, the third a yellow Oyle, the fourth a red and stinking, the which a num­ber of Potecaries doe fell in stead of Balme. Yee shall note, that the first Oyle is hot, the second hotter, the [Page 28]third hottest of all, and not so good to occupie inward­ly, as the first.

Falopius in his booke of secrets writeth, that this oile will help fresh wounds in foure and twenty houres, if ye anoint them therwith, and lay thereon a cloath wet in the same. So is the oyle of Tile-stones, or the blessed oyle mixed with Grayes or Badgers grease. This oyle is made with powder of tyle-stones burnt redd hot, and quenched in the best oyle o­liue, and then with a retort and strong fire purchased.

It is good against contra­ction or sinews comming of cold: It provoketh vrine, if yee drinke one dram of the first oyle in white wine: it [Page 29]breaketh wind in the bodie, and dissolveth the Plurisie, and pestilent Fever: it pro­voketh an appetite if ye an­noynt the stomacke there­with. It helpeth against cold diseases of the Maw, and helpeth a stinking breath, and the cough.

To make Oyle of Wax.

TAke new yellow Waxe as much as you shal think good, and melt it on the fire; then powre it into sweet Wine, and vvring it betweene your hands, then melt it againe, and powre it into Wine againe; and this you shall doe fiue or sixe times at the least, and everie time you must [Page 30]haue fresh Wine, then at the last you shall put it into a Retort of glasse well luted with his Receiver, and di­still it in Sand, and there will come forth a faire yel­low oyle, the which will congeale like pap when it is cold. You shall understand, that for everie pound of Waxe, yee shall put there­to foure ounces of the pow­der of Brickes into the glasse.

Raymonde Lullie greatly commendeth this Oyle, ap­prooving it rather to bee a Celestiall or divine Medi­cine, then humane: for be­cause this in wounds wor­keth most miraculously, which for his marveilous commoditie, is not so well [Page 31]to bee vsed of the common Chirurgion: Because this precious Oyle healeth a vvound bee the same never so bigge or wide, being a­fore wide stitched vp, in the space of eleven dayes, or twelue at the most: But those that are small, this Oyle healeth in three or foure dayes, by annoynting onely the wound therwith, and laying thereon a'cloath wet in the same.

Also for inward diseases this Oyle worketh mira­cles: For if you giue one dramme at a time to drinke with white wine, it stayeth the shedding of the hayre, either on the head or beard, by anoynting the place ther­with. Moreover, it is excel­lent [Page 32]in provoking of Vrine which is stopped: it helpeth stitches and paines in the loines, if you drink the fore­said quantitie with White Wine: It helpeth the cold Gowt or Sciatica, and all o­ther griefes comming of cold. Yee shall understand, that if you rectifie this oile, it wil congeale no more, but then it will bee too hot to take inwardly, for it pier­ceth marvellously, and is good to bee mixed with o­ther medicines, to cause them to pierce the better.

To make the Quintessence of Honey.

YOu shall vnderstand that Honey is a liquor rather divine then humane, because [Page 33]it falleth from heaven vpon the hearbs, & is such a sweet thing, that the like cannot bee found vpon the earth. And this Raymond Lullie calleth the Flower of Flo­wers, because Bees gather it vpon the Flowers in the field. And truely it is a most strange thing if wee would consider well the qualitie of Honey and Waxe: and therefore the wise Baruch Arabico, in the Academie of Avicene, did write this sen­tence: Mel dentro, & olio difuori, satisfying vs by this, that Honey and Oyle were the first two liquors in the world. And truly it is so if we consider well, as it may well bee prooved by holy Scripture.

The order to make this Quintessence, is thus: Take two pound of perfect pure Honey, and put it into a great glasse, that foure parts of fiue may remaine emp­tie: Lute it well with a Head and Receiver, and giue it fire vntill there appeare certain white fumes, which you shall turne into water, with wetting of clothes in cold water, and laying them on the Receiver and Head, and they will turne into wa­ter of a redd colour like blood. When it is all di­stilled, keepe the glasse close shut, and let it stand till it bee cleare, and in the colour of a Rubine. Then distill it in Bal [...]e [...] Mariae, at least sixe or seven times, and so [Page 35]it will lose his red colour, and remaine in the colour of Golde, having a great smell, and so pleasant, that the like cannot bee found in the world.

The juice of a Limmon doeth dissolue Leafe-golde in vvarme ashes, with the Quintessence of this honey, and maketh it potable in fortie eight houres.

This Quintessence dissol­veth gold, and maketh it potable, and likewise any sort of Iewell that is put therein. It is of such ver­tue, that if any bee a dying, and drinke two or three drammes thereof, presently hee will recover, as the Quintessence of Wine will doe. If you wash any wound [Page 36]therewith, or other sore, it will heale quickly. It is also good against the Cough, Catarre, and paines of the Milt, and many other disea­ses which I will not speake of: for but few. and they very hardly, wil beleeue the great vertue and operation thereof.

I gaue this six and fortie dayes vnto one that had the Palsie, and hee was holpen. It helpeth also the falling sicknesse, and preserveth the bodie from putrifaction, so that by these you may per­ceiue that it is a celestiall medicine. If therefore anie vertuous man would take a little paine, in the experi­ence heereof, hee shall doe wonderfull things, as ma­ny [Page 37]times I haue, so that the people deemed that I wrought by Inchantment, when as indeed I did it by vertue of this liquor, mini­string the same so privily that they could not see it, which fell out to my great honour, and benefit of the sicke, as you shall reade in my Thesauro della vita hu­mana. And therefore I would wish them that pro­fesse Physicke and Chirur­gerie, to vse such Expe­rience, whereby commeth Honour and gaine to the Physician, and profite to the Patient.

To make Oyle of Lignum vitae, or Guaicum.

TAke the freshest Wood that thou canst get, and make it in powder, then put it into a vessell of glasse well luted, and set it in hors-dung, or in Balneo, to di­gest, then take it foorth, and distill it with a gentle fire, as thou wouldst distill Nut­megs, and thou shalt haue both oyle and water, the which thou shalt separate by themselues: then take the feces and put it into a new earthen pot, and set it in a furnace of reverberati­on, vntill it bee burnt: into ashes, then take that ashes and make therof a Lie with [Page 39]Fumetarie water, and when thou seest that the ashes will make the water no more sharpe, cast them a­way, and let the water set­tle cleare, then vapour away the water with a soft fire, and in the bottome will re­maine a Salt, the which you shall dissolue and congeale vntill it be cleare and faire, as Sal [...]ron, or Eniallie, then keepe it to thy use: the water is to drinke with Wine.

The Oyle is to annoynt the fores or aches, and the salt is to purge, and the or­der to vse it is thus: Either in the Poxe, Gowt, or the Palsie.

First, you shall purge the Patient wel with this: Take [Page 40]of the salt halfe a scruple, Theriaca Alexandria, two drammes, mixe them, and giue them thereof halfe a scruple at a time: you shall giue this three or foure times, according to the infe­ction of the disease; for in this Salt is vertue to purge all humours that causeth the Gowt, the Palsie, and the Poxe, and such like hath not been found, neither by vo­miting or purging. Then when the patient is wel pur­ged, if the patient haue any sores or holes, you shall mundifie them with this salt; and when they are mun­dified, you shall dresse them twise a day with the Oyle, vntill they bee whole, but if the Patient haue no holes, [Page 41]you shall annoynt those pla­ces where hee feeleth ache or griefe: Also every mor­ning early in his bed, and at night an houre after sup­per, you shall giue him a good spoonefull of the wa­ter with Rennish wine to drinke, and let him sweat thereon well; also hee shall vse this with his meat if he will. Yee shall vnderstand, that the cure lyeth not in meat nor drinke, but in the medicine, and therfore keep him not too hungry, but let him haue good meate, and well seasoned with salt, and let him drinke wine; and so vsing this order, thou shalt be able to helpe the Gowt, Pox, or Palsie.

To make Oyle of Butter.

TAke newe fresh But­ter, as much as you will, and put it in a Retort of glasse well luted, and there will come forth three liquors, the which thou must separate.

This Oyle doeth pearce marvellously, and taketh away the paines of the Gowt, if you annoint them therewith: If you annoint the hands and face there­with, it will preserue them faire: It is also good for those that are troubled with a Catarre, if you giue them thereof an ounce fasting; for presently it arriveth to the [Page 43]stomacke, and mollifieth the Catarre, in such order as you shall spit it foorth at the mouth.

To make Oyle of Egges.

TAke Egges and seethe them hard; then take foorth the yelks, and stampe them in a morter, then put them in a frying-panne, and set them over the fire, and continually stirre them vn­till you see them turne to oyle, then take them forth, and put them into a Canvas bagge, and presse it foorth. This Oyle helpes wounds with great speed: it makes the hayre of the head or beard black: It takes away the paines of the Emerodes; [Page 44]it is excellent against bur­ning with fire, or scalding with water: you shall un­derstand this oyle may bee made very perfect by the art of Distillation without im­pression, as I haue prooved divers times.

To make Oyle of Si­namon.

TAke Sinamon as much as you will, and stampe it grossely; then put it into a glasse with pure [Page 45] Aqua vitae, and so let it stand fiue or sixe dayes, then di­still it with a small fire, and there will come forth both oyle and water, the which you shall separate one from another, for the Oyle will sinke to the bottome: some vse to distill this with wine, and some with Rose-wa­ter.

You shall vnderstand, that this Oyle is of a mar­veilous nature, for it pier­ceth through the flesh and bones, and is very hot and drie, and is good against all colde and moyst disea­ses, and in speciall for the heart and head, in so much that if a man lay speech­lesse, and could scant draw his winde, it would pre­sently [Page 46]recover him againe, so that his time bee not yet come: most miraculous to see: and to bee short, this Oyle is of such operation and vertue, that if a man drinke never so little, hee shall feele the working in his fingers and toes with great marvell: and therfore to be short, it pierceth tho­row the whole body, and helpes all diseases that are come through cold & fleg­matique matter. This oyle is hot and sharpe: it digest­eth and makes thin, & driues downe womens termes: it helpes vvomen that haue great paines and smart in their travaile, and brings foorth their fruite, if you giue the Patient a little of [Page 47]this Oyle, with oyle of Mir­ra in Wine to drinke, and annoynt the parts there­with. The face and hands being annoynted with this oyle, it driveth away the Measells and Spots. It war­meth the breast, and helpes the colde Cough: It con­sumes all cold Fluxes, that proceed from the braine, and head, and causeth quiet sleepe.

This Oyle may bee occu­pied in stead of the naturall Baulme for many Diseases: Yee shall note, that the wa­ter of Sinamon is also good against the aforesayd Di­seases, but yet nothing of so much force as the Oyle; for one drop of Oyle will doe more, then foure spoon­fulls [Page 48]of the vvater: there­fore they would bee vsed together.

To make Oyle of Cloues.

THis Oyle is made in this order: Take the best Cloues thou canst get, and beat them grossely, then put them into pure wine in­to a glasse with a long neck close luted; then set it in warme hors-dung the space of a moneth, then distill it in sand with a soft fire, and thou shalt haue a faire Oyle, which will sinke to the bot­tome, the which you shall separate: and his vertues are these.

It strengtheneth the braine, head, and heart, and [Page 49]reviveth the spirits; it ser­veth against al cold diseases, it consumeth all euil flegme: being outwardly applyed, it hath great vertue in healing, & may be occupied in steed of balme for wounds. One or two droppes taken in the morning with wine helps a stinking breath: it maks the heart merry, and cleanseth the filthinesse thereof, and openeth the liver that is stopped: being put into the eye it cleeres the sight, it comforts a cold stomacke, and causeth good digestion, it purgeth melancholy: this oyle may be made in manus Christi with sugar, and they will haue the aforesaid ver­tue and strength.

To make Oile of Nut­megs.

THis Oyle is made as the Oyle of Cloues, and will swim vpon the wine: but if you distill this againe in Balneo, it will bee most pure and suttle, and may bee kept an hundred yeeres in his perfect strength and ver­tue.

This Oyle being drunke with Wine, driveth downe womens tearmes, and al­so the quicke and the dead fruit: and therefore wo­men with child shall not oc­cupie this oyle, vntill such time as they bee in travell with childe, and then it cau­seth them to be faire delive­red [Page 51]without paine and dan­ger: Being drunke with wine, it takes away al paines of the head comming of cold: It comforts the maw, and opens the liver, milt, and kidneyes, and such like, it is excellent against beating of the heart, and faintnesse and swouning; if ye drinke thereof, and annoint the re­gion of the heart therwith: it makes good blood, and expelleth flegmatique and melancholly humours, and makes a man merry: being vsed at night, it takes a­way all fancies and dreames: if any had a vvound, or had broken a ribbe within him with a fall, let him drinke this Oyle with any slight wound-drinke, and it [Page 52]will helpe him although he were almost dead: it is good in all filthy sores which are counted uncurable: it is also pretious for all cold diseases of the ioynts and sinews: it makes a sweet breath: if the splene doe swell, yee shall annoint therewith the left side: it helps all effects in the blather if it bee drunke.

To make Oyle of Mace.

THis oyle is made as aforesaid, and is hot in operation, it hath great ver­tue against the chollicke, which commeth of cold causes, or of a rheume des­cending from the head: it [Page 53]comforts the heart, the sto­macke, and the wombe, it is good in the strangurie, and all cold diseases: if yee drinke thereof three or foure drops fasting with a spoonfull of wine or broath, or eate two or three manus Christi made there with.

To make Oyle of Pepper.

THis oyle is distilled as is said afore, and is very cleare and light, and his ver­tues are these.

This oyle hath more ver­tue then the Pepper hath in piercing, and specially in the cholicke, and other weake places filled with flegme, if you take thereof three or [Page 54]foure droppes with one scruple of the juyce of a Quince, two houres afore the fit, after the bodie is well purged, and let blood; it stayeth also the shaking at the first time, or else at the second, it taketh away the fit.

Yee shall vnderstand that this Oyle is onely the ayrie part, separated from the o­ther Elements. I saw once this Oyle made by a Ger­man, which had the perfect taste, savour, and smell, and was so hot on the tongue as oyle of Vitrioll.

To make Oyle of Saffron.

TAke the best Saffron thou canst get, and put it into a glasse, and put thereon pure rectified Aqua vitae, then lute the glasse fast, and set it in warme horse-dung a moneth: then distill it in Balneo Maria with a soft fire, vntill all the Aqua vitae be come foorth: then take foorth the Saf­fron, and presse it in a presse made for that pur­pose, within a strong Can­vasse bagge, and you shall haue both oyle and water, which you shall disgest fiue or sixe dayes, and then sepa­rate them by art.

If this oyle bee drunken with Wine it makes a man merry, and to haue a faire colour: if yee annoint the temples of a man overcome with drinke it will helpe him. This oyle being an­nointed on Saint Anthonies fire it quencheth it, and pre­serues the place: this oyle being mixed with womens milke stoppeth the running of the eyes: being annoin­ted on the heart it maketh it merry. The head being annoynted with this oyle it provokes sleepe, by reason whereof the ancient Doc­tors heretofore did use it to such as were mad, annoyn­ting the temples therewith, it cleanseth old sores.

To make Oyle of Anniseede.

TAke as much Anniseed as thou wilt, and beate it grosly, then infuse it in strong wine foure or fiue dayes, and distill it in a gourd with a head and re­ceiver, in sand, and there will come forth both oyle and water, which thou shalt separate.

This oyle being drunke with wine in the morning fasting, maketh a man to haue a sweet breath, if ye put a little into the nostrils when you goe to bed, and annoynt the temples there­with: it takes away all paines comming of colde, [Page 58]and causeth the patient to sleepe quietly: it is good a­gainst winde in the gutts and stomacke, and causeth the paine to cease, if yee drinke three or foure drops and annoynt the stomacke therewith: It breaketh al­so Flegme, and causeth it to come foorth at the mouth: It provoketh ve­nerous actes, and driveth foorth poyson by sweat: it is most excellent for those that are short winded, and cannot fetch their breath but with great paine: it comforteth the Breast and lungs: it breaketh the stone in the Reines and, Bladder: it is good against the Bloc­dy flixe & piles. If any chest be annoynted therewith, it [Page 59]will not suffer Moaths to breed therein.

To make Oyle of Fen­nell seed.

THis is made as is afore­sayd, and his vertues are these: It is most excel­lent against all paines of the eyes, in so much that if a man were almost blinde, it would recover his sight a­gaine, if he drinke thereof once a day, and dropp one drop into the eye morning and euening: It maketh a sweet breath, and comforts the head of cold humours: it comforteth the Maw, and opens the liver & Milt that is stopped: It helpeth the dropsie & yellow Iaundise, [Page 60]of what cause soever it bee: in hot diseases ye must oc­cupy it with cold waters, and in cold diseases with wine: Ex Philippo Her­mano.

This oyle as writeth E­vonimus, breaketh the stone in the reines, and provoketh menstrue and vrine: it com­forteth the stomacke and breaketh wind, this oyle may bee made in manus Christi, with sugar, and is very pleasant, and hath the selfe same vertue.

To make Oyle of Cu­min seed.

THis oyle is made as is aforesaid, and is good a­gainst wounds that pierce [Page 61]the splene: it is also most excellent to scatter and breake all the windinesse of the stomacke, the belly, the bowels and matrixe; also it is singular against gryping torments, and gnawings or frettings of the belly, not onely to bee vsed inwardly, but to be put into glisters, or to bee layed to outwardly with barley meale. This oyle being drunke with wine, is good for those that are hurt with any venemous beasts: this oyle either eaten in Manus Christi, or drunke is very profitable for such as haue the cough and haue taken cold, and for those whose breasts are charged or stopped. This oyle being too much vsed, decayeth [Page 62]the naturall complexion and liuely colour, causing one to looke wanne and pale.

To make Oyle of Car­raway seed.

THis Oyle is made in the aforesaid order, and is very good and convenient for the Stomacke, and for the mouth: at helpeth dis­gestion, and provoketh V­rine: it swageth and dissol­veth all kinde of windinesse and blastings of the inward parts. And to conclude, it is answerable to the Oyle of Annis seed, in vertue and o­peration.

To make Oyle of Dill seed.

THis Oyle is made in the aforesaid order: This oyle being eaten in Manus Christi, or drunk with wine, causeth vvomen to haue great plentie of Milke: it driveth away ventositie or windinesse, & swageth the blastings & griping torment of the belly: it stayeth vo­miting and laskes, and pro­voketh vrine: it is very profitable against the suffo­cation or strangling of the matrix, if yee cause the wo­man to sit over the fume of it in a close stoole, for that purpose this oyle being ea­ten in Manus Christi, staieth the yexe or hiquet.

This oyle healeth hollow and moist ulcers, and espe­cially in the share or pvivie parts, this oyle doth digest and resolue and swage paine, and ripeneth all raw and unripe humours. This oyle may not bee too much vsed inwardly, for it diminisheth the sight, and the seed of generation.

To make Oyle of Parce­ly seed.

THis oyle is made in the aforesaid order, and his vertues is to open obstructi­ons of the liver and kid­nies: it provoketh men­strue, if it bee drunke with convenient liquors: it cau­seth a good appetite and [Page 65]disgestion, and comforts the stomacke: it driueth forth the stone and gravell, & pro­uoketh vrine, and is a reme­dy against all poisons: it dri­veth away all blastings and windinesse: it is also good against the Cough, if it bee made with medicines made for that purpose.

To make Oyle of Rue, or Hearbgrace.

THis oyle is made of the seed of Rue being putri­fied in wine.

Cardanus, writeth, that this Oyle being perfectly made, is of great vettue a­gainst poyson being drunke with wine, for it causeth the patient to avoyd it by [Page 66]vomit, at the first time hee taketh it: and at the second time it expelleth the other evill humours that are infe­cted therewith: and at the third time it cureth the pati­ent, and maketh him whole: and this is done in three or foure daies: it helpeth all diseases of the eyes, of what cause soever it be, so that the apple of the eye be not peri­shed. The vse of this oile to the eye, is to annoint it ther­with twice a day, or wash the eye with the water of Rue, and drop one or two drops into the eye.

This oyle being drunke, suffereth no poyson to re­maine in man that day: if a man drinke thereof fasting which is sore wounded, and [Page 67]that the other cure bee had accordingly, hee shall easily escape. This oyle being drunke, taketh away the gowt and dropsie sprung of a cold cause: it restores all nummed members taken with the Palsie, if you an­noynt them therewith.

Cardanus also affirmeth in his second booke de Sub­tilitate, that there are cer­taine poysons which slay with their onely touching, against which poyson, saith he, the best remedy is, not to tarry in any place vntill thy hand waxe hot, but often bathe the parts with warme water, and annoynt them with oyle of Rue perfectly distilled.

To make Oyle of Ivie.

THis Oyle is made as is aforesaid, and is good against these Diseases fol­lowing.

Against gripings or wind in the gutts: against Gono­rheam, & paines in the neck comming of a Catarre: this oyle may bee compared to Balme, three or foure drops being drunke, it doeth pre­vent the resolution of Si­newes, the Falling sicknesse, and other Diseases of the braine: It preserveth the body from all poyson and pestilent ayres, it comforts a colde stomacke: It stayeth vomiting: it purgeth the reines: it breakes the stone, [Page 69]it provoketh Vrine: it hel­peth the Collick, and paines of the guttes: it helpeth paines in the Stomacke and Lungs: it is good against the Dropsie, and water be­tweene the skinne and the flesh: it killeth wormes: to bee short, it helpeth all sicke members: by the ver­tue of his piercing, being anoynted outwardIy, it stay­eth Consumptions: it hel­peth Scabbes, and olde evill Vlcers: it: helpeth paines of the hippes, the Gowt, and Collicke: It helpeth the choppes in the handes and feete.

Philippus Harmanus wri­teth, that if this Oyle bee rectified againe, it will bee an hundred times more pu­rer, [Page 70]and more piercing, for I haue seene those that could not make water in three or foure dayes: and after they haue drunke foure or fiue drops of this oyle, and an­noynted therewith the Re­gion of the bladder, present­ly they haue made water without any tarying.

This Oyle is so excel­lent against the Pestilence, that if any drinke there­of oftentimes, hee shall not bee infected: although he were in the house where the Pestilence is. But if a­ny haue the Plague already, let him drink three or foure droppes in Wine, and lay him downe to sweat, and the next day he shall be wel againe.

This oyle is so excellent against poyson, that if a man vse it, there will no poy­son remaine with him: It strengtheneth the Maw and all inward parts, and princi­pally it warmeth the heart: it stoppeth the bloody flux: It is also good against all diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder: If yee drinke it with Wine, it stoppeth wo­mens termes: this oyle be­ing annoynted from the na­vell of a woman to the pri­vie parts and reines of the backe, it strengtheneth the Matrix, or Mother, and dri­eth up the moysture there­in, and prepareth it to con­ception.

This sayd Oyle of Ivie being made up with Sugar [Page 72]in Manus Christi, hath the foresaid vertues.

To make Oile of Rosemary Flowers.

TAke Rosemary Flow­ers, and stampe them, then put it into a glasse with strong Wine, and stop it close, then set it in the Sun fiue or fixe dayes, and then distill it with a soft fire, and thou shalt haue both water and oyle, the which you shal separate, and keepe close in a glasse, and his vertues are these.

It helpeth against all paines in the head, although they haue continued seaven yeares: it comforteth the memorie, & also preserveth [Page 73]the eyes, if you drinke thereof now and then a drop or two, and put ano­ther into the eyes. It hel­peth those that are deafe, if it be put into the eares, and also drunke with good wine: It openeth all stop­pings of the liver and milt, and helpeth against the dropsie and yellow Iaun­dize: it breaketh wind and helpeth the Cholicke, and rising of the mother: it is also excellent for those that haue drunke poison, or that are infected with the pesti­lence, if you drinke thereof a little and lay you downe to sweat: It comforteth the heart and cleanseth the blood, and maketh a man merry, and causeth a [Page 74]good colour, and this Oyle is most excellent for those that are full of Itch, and scabbes. And to bee short, it helpeth all the disease of the body, that come of cold and moyst humours, al­though they were never so evill: It helpeth the Can­ker and Fistulaes, and such like.

To make Oyle of Wild Time.

THis Oyle is made as is a­foresaid.

This Oylebeing eaten in Tablets of Sugar, or drunke in Wine, bringeth to wo­men their fluxe naturall, and driveth out the front and gravell, and provoketh vo­mite: [Page 75]the same taken in like manner stoppeth the Laske, and cureth Gri­pings or gnawings, and is excellent against Crampes, and the contraction of Si­newes.

This Oyle being taken in meats or broaths, is a so­veraigne Medicine against all poisons, and against the bitings and stingings of ve­nemous beasts and serpents. This being applied unto the forehead and temples with oyle of Roses and vineger, swageth headach, and is ve­ry good against raving and frenzie: the fume of this Oyle driveth away vene­mous beasts.

To make Oyle of Time.

THis oyle is made as is aforesaid, and his ver­tues are these.

Three or foure drops be­ing drunke with honied water, helpeth a painefull cough and shortnesse of breath: it provoketh vrine, and expelleth the secondine and dead fruit from the matrixe: it provoketh men­strue, and dissolveth clotted and congeled blood in the body: being taken with oximell and a little salt, it purgeth tough and clammie flegme, and sharpe chole­ricke humours, and all the corruption of the blood▪ [Page 77]being taken in the said man­ner, it is good against the Sciatica, the paine in the side and the breast: it is also good against blastings and windinesse in the side and belly, and of the stones and genitors: it is good for those that are fearefull, me­lancholy, and troubled in spirit and mind.

This oyle being often v­sed, helpeth bleered eyes and paines of the same: be­ing drunke in wine, it is most profitable for those that are troubled with the Gowt, but if it chance that their paines be on them, yee shal giue them 5 or 6 drops with a dram of oximell: if ye use this oftentimes with honey, it will cleanse the [Page 78]breast, and ripen flegme, and causeth it to bee spit foorth with ease: the smell of this Oyle is most comfortable for those that haue the Fal­ling sicknesse.

To make Oyle of sweet Margerom.

THis Oyle is made as is a­foresaid, and his vertues are these.

Being drunke in White Wine, it is most whole­some for those that beginne to fall into a dropsie, and for such as cannot pisse but drop after drop, and that with great difficultie. It is also good for those that are troubled with griping pains [Page 79]and wringings of the belly: being taken in the said or­der, it provoketh womens tearmes.

If yee convey this Oyle with Oyle of bitten Al­monds up into the nostrils, it will purge the head of moyst humors, and cause them to sneese. It is most excellent for those that have lost their smelling, & against all paines of the head, being vsed as is aforesaid: It is good against poyson, and the stining of Scorpions.

To make Oyle of Sage.

This oyle is made in the aforesaid order: And helpeth congealed blood within the body, and cu­reth inward wounds and bruses, either by a stripe or fall if it bee drunke with wine: it provoketh vrine and breaketh the stone: it comforteth the heart, and taketh away the head ache. It is also good for women with child, to use it now and then, for it closeth the matrixe and comforteth the fruite.

This oyle being often drunke causeth women to bee fruitfull: If yee drinke [Page 81]it with wine it helpeth the cough, and openeth the stoppings of the Liver, and swageth the paine in the side: if it be drunke with worme-wood wine, it stop­peth the bloody flixe: It is also good against the biting of venemous beasts, for it cleanseth and helpeth them.

To make Oyle of Pe­neriall.

THis oyle is made as is a­foresaid, and his vertues are these.

Being drunke in Wine, it mooveth monethly tearms, bringeth forth the secun­dine, the dead fruite and [Page 82]the vnnaturall birth: it pro­voketh urine, and break­eth the Stone, especially in the Kidneyes, being used with purified Honey: It cleanseth the Lungs and Breast from all grosse and thicke humours. This oyle being mixt with Honey and Aloes, purgeth the melan­cholick humour, and prevai­leth much against Crampes, and the contraction of Si­newes.

This oyle being drunke with water and Vineger, stayeth the inordinate de­sire to vomite, and the gnawing paines of the sto­macke; being drunke with Wine, it helpeth the bi­ting of venemous beastes: it is also good against the [Page 83]Falling Sicknesse: the tem­ples and nostrills being an­noynted with this oyle, it taketh away the swimming paines and giddinesse of the head. It is most excellent for those that haue cold and moyst braines: it taketh a­way the paines of the Gowt, The fume or smoke of this Oyle being at the secret parts with a fonnell, is good against ventositie, windinesse, and blastings, and also against the hard­nesse and stopping of the Mother.

To make Oyle of Mint.

THis oyle is made as is aforesaid.

This oyle being either eate or drunke, is most pro­fitable for the stomacke, for it warmeth and strength­neth the same, and drieth up all moist and superfluous humours gathered in the same, and taketh away all paines thereof, and causeth good digestion: it staieth also vomiting in those that haue a weake stomacke, being drunke with vineger, it stayeth those that vomite blood, and killeth the round wormes.

This oyle being drunke [Page 85]foure or fiue times with some convenient liquor, hel­peth the griping paine and gnawing in the belly, with the Collicke, and stoppeth the inordinate courses of the menstruall issue, being drunke with wine, it ea­seth women which are too much grieved with hard and perillous travel in child bearing: being dropped in­to the eares it taketh away the paine: the smell of this oyle causeth a man to bee merry.

This oyle is singular good against the gravell and stone in the Kidnies, and against the strangury, which is when one cannon pisse, but drop after drop, if yee use to drinke it in wine.

To make Oyle of Isope.

THis oyle is made as is a­foresaid of Camomill. If ye use to eate this oyle either mixed with honey, or made into Manus Chri­sti with Sugar, it will helpe those that haue obstructions or stoppings of the breast, with shortnesse of breath, it is also good against an old difficult and hard cough: yee must use this morning and evening for a certaine space.

This oyle being drunke with sirope of vineger, pur­geth downe-ward tough and clammie flegme, and killeth and driveth forth [Page 87]wormes: it hath the like vertue if yee eate the same with figges.

To make Oyle of Ra­dish seed.

TAke the seed of Ra­dish and stampe it small, then take for every pound of seed, two ounces of good Wine, then stampe it againe untill it be mixed, then put it into a vessell of Iron or Copper, and set it over the fire, and stirre it continually, untill it bee as hot as you may suffer your hand therein, and then put it into a canvas bagge, and presse it forth, and thou shalt haue both oyle and water, [Page 88]the which you shall separate one from another.

This oyle causeth good digestion, and provoketh vrine, the which is stopped through wind and ventosi­tie: it dissolveth wind in the stomacke, and breaketh the gravell and stone in the bladder.

To make Oyle of Mu­stard seed.

THis oyle is made by im­pression as is said afore, and is excellent for those that haue the stone, and cau­seth them to avoid gravell: it provoketh womens sick­nesses, if you annoint the body and reines, and within the necke of the Matrixe, [Page 89]and also take it inwardly, it dissolveth the paines of the side and mother, if you eate it with a little Sinamon and white Honey mixed toge­ther.

To make Oyle of Cole­wort seed.

THis oyle is made as is said afore, and of nature is hot and windy, and is v­sed much of lecherous per­sons, because it maketh ele­vation of the yard, and cau­seth them to bee lusty, being vsed in meates it causeth good digestion: it preserveth armour from rusting a long time it is good against inflamations [Page 90]in all parts of the body, and is also good against wormes.

To make Oyle of Linseed.

THis oyle is made in the aforesaid order, and is good against the plurisie: if yee giue thereof foure ounces to drinke, for it dissolveth the impostume presently, and so preserveth life. It is good against Eme­rods in the fundament. This oyle of Linseed being di­stilled with Frankencense and waxe, is most excellent to dissolue all contusions. With this oyle they make vernish.

To make Oyle of Saint Iohns Woort or Seed.

THis oyle is made of the seeds by impression, and is excellent to helpe woūds, because it defendeth them from alteration, and matura­tion, and will not suffer hu­mours to run thither. It is also excellent against poison, and the pestilent fever, and all evill dispositions of the stomacke: it is good against the fluxe of the body and Emerods, and for all manner of scabs. It helpeth the rupture newly done, if you annoynt it therewith, and weare a trusse fit for the purpose, and let him keepe [Page 92]his bed, and walke as little as hee can for a certaine time: it helpeth against all manner of sores, as well old as new, and that it doth by his proper quality, for it is neither hot nor cold, but temperate.

To make Oyle of Quin­ces seed.

TAke the seed of Quin­ces and stampe them, then put them into a frying pan with a little wine, and stirre them well together, untill it bee so hot that you can scarce abide your hand therein, then put it into a canvas bag, and presse it out in a presse, and thou shalt haue both oyle and water, [Page 93]the which thou shalt sepa­rate.

This oyle is excellent a­gainst all paines in the sto­macke, and helpeth the di­gestion & dissolveth wind: It provoketh venerous acts. It is also good against E­merods and Fistulaes that come in the lower parts.

To make Oyle of Acornes.

THis oyle is made as is a­foresaid, and is very re­strictiue and driving, and helpeth those that are trou­bled with the fluxe, if yee drinke thereof a little and anoynt the belly therewith: you shall note that this oyle is not to bee occupied much inwardly: this oyle is excellent to make Vernish

In this manner yee make oyles out of all manner of feeds.

To make Oyle of Tar­tare by distilla­tion.

Take white Tartare bea­ten in pouder, foure pound, and put it into a strong vessell of stone well luted, with a head and re­ceiver, and giue it first a small fire, and then increase it according to art, and at the last giue it extreame fire un­till all the moisture be come forth, then put the liquor into a glasse, and distill it in Balneo, and the oyle will remaine in the bottome: the which thou salt distill [Page 95]or rectifie in sand, and then the oyle will haue the co­lour of gold.

It is most excellent to cure ulcers caused of the poxe: for it taketh away their malice in such order, that it can hurt no more: being drunke with wine, it breaketh the stone in the raines and bladder, it provo­keth vrine, it purgeth ul­cers.

Another way to make Oyle of Tar­tare.

TAke Tartare and stamp it small, and then put it in a new earthen pot ungla­ [...]ed, and set it in a potters furnace, or furnace of rever­beration [Page 96]untill it bee white, then lay it upon a smooth stone in a moist place, and it will turne into oyle: the which is corrosiue: but one part thereof mixed with ten parts of pure rectified Aqua vitae, healeth ulcers quickly, if yee touch them therewith: it maketh the face faire: if yee wash the haire therewith it maketh it yellow: it taketh out blacke spots in linnen cloth, and fixeth the medicines alchimicall, with divers o­ther vertues, the which I will leaue untill another time.

To make Oyle of a Harts horne.

YEe shall take a Harts horne in the moneth of August, and file it to pow­der, then boyle it in water untill it be sufficient, then draw away the water in Balneo, and take that which remaineth in the bottome, and put it in a glasse with little pieces of tiles, and di­still it, and thou shalt have a faire oyle, the which ser­veth for sundry purposes.

To distill Oyle of a mans Excrements.

TAke the doung of a young sanguine child or man, as much as you will, and distill it twice in a Lim­becke of glasse. This hel­peth the Canker, and molli­fieth Fistulaes: comfor­teth those that are troubled with Allopecia.

To make Oyle of the Skull of a man.

TAke the skull of a man that was never buried, and beate it into powder, then distill away the fleg [...] with a gentle fire, and put it on againe, and distill it again, [Page 99]and this you shall doe three times upon the feces, and at the last give it strong fire, untill the Oyle bee come foorth: the which yee shall separate by Balneo, and keep it close shut in a glasse. The dose is three graines, against the falling sickenesse. Yee shall understand, that there is also a salt to bee drawne forth of the feces, the which is of great vertue against the aforesaid diseases being drunke with wine, as is aforesaid.