RECEIT. First. How to make a glorious light with a Candle, like the Sun-shine.

THis is a rare Conceit, and fit for those Artists or others that performe curious and fine works by Candle-light, as Jewellers, Ingravers, or the like, or those which are weake sighted to reade by, never dazeling the Eye.

Goe to the Glasse-house, or Glasse-shop, and let them blow you a thin round Globe-glasse, bigger then a penny Loafe, (the big­ger the better) with a short neck like a Bot­tle, they know how to make them. When you have this Glasse, with Glew or Wax bind a piece of Tape or Packthread about the neck or top, making a little loope there­with to hang by; Then fill your Glasse with [Page]the purest Conduit or Spring-water you can get, (putting some Aqua-vitae therein to keepe it from freezing) stopping it close to keepe the dust out; having thus done, if you will use it at a Table or Bench, knock a Tenter-hooke or Naile into the Seeling or Shelfe, and with a Tape or Packthread fasten it to the loope and hang it up; (but a round stick were better to hang it on, putting it in­to a poast or hole in the wall, that you may let it higher or lower at your pleasure in turning the stick:) Then behind your Glasse set a Candle lighted upon the Table, and you shal have a glorious light through the Glasse, and water for your purpose; behold the Fi­gure following.

Some use to place a sheet of oyled paper be­twixt them & a candle, and this will cause a good light.

RECEIT II. How (for a wager) to cleave a thin Groat or other piece of Silver in sunder like two Groats.

THis to many will seeme impossible, yet may thus be done. Take three small Pins, and prick them downe upon a board, or table triangular-wise, and then take a thin whole Groat and lay it levell on the heads of the three Pins, as you seee in this same Figure; having

thus done, take a piece of Brimstone and bruise or beat it to powder, cove­ring the Groat ther­with all over in a pretty thicknesse, & then with a lighted peece of paper or a candle, set the Brimstone on fire untill it be consumed; when this is done and the fire out, you shall see the edges to open a little like a dry Oyster, then take a Knife and put into it, and it will easily cleave [Page]in sunder, having the impression on both sides very perfect.

RECEIT III. To lay one end of a Staffe or Stick upon a Stoole or Table, and to hang a Paile full of water at the other end, having nothing to hold on the stick, nor nothing under the Payle.

TO performe this conceit, doe thus; Lay one end of a Staffe or Stick a pretty way upon a Table or Stoole (so that it roale not off) letting the other end hang over the Ta­ble likewise; (as you may see in this Figure here expressed;)

then take a Pale full of water and hang the bayl or han­dle upon the same; but you must have an o­ther short stick that will reach just from the inside of the bottome of the Pale to the long stick on the Table, placing the short stick just under the [Page]bayle very stiffe; and then shall the Payle of water hang from the ground upon the long staves end on the Table without falling, see­ming very strange; but this is something difficult at first, till you hit just in the cen­ter of gravitie, yet I have often done it.

RECEIT IV. How to make dainty sport with a Cat.

IF you will have some sport with a Cat, then get a little Bell, such as the tame Haukes have at their legs, and tye the Bell somthing hard at the end of the Cats tayle, & let her goe; the feeling of her tayle smart, and hearing of the bell to ingle, she will run up and downe as if she were mad, flying against the wals and windowes; then if she can she will get into some hole to hide her selfe, but when she wags her tayle never so little, then out she comes, and is as mad as before, and never will rest in quiet till it be taken off, or she can get it off her selfe.

RECEIT V. How to make very pretty sport with Ducks, or Poultry.

ONe Summers day my selfe and two or three Friends, walked into the Fields for our recreation, and being dry and hungry, we went to a Victualling-house in a Coun­try Village, where we could get nothing to eate but Bread and Cheese; and sitting in an Arbour, the Womans Ducks being neere us, we flung them our parings of [Page]Cheese; the Ducks were very greedy of the same; (then quoth one of our company,) I will shew you some sport.

Presently he getteth about a yard of strong thread, and finding a little rag of red cloath, tyeth it to one end of the thread; and at the other end tyeth a peece of Cheese (some­what lesse then a Beane) with part of the rind on, and throweth it amongst the parings to the Fowle; presently one of them swallowed it downe; now the rest of the Thread and the Rag dragged behind her, and she wadling up and down, perceived the red Rag to follow her, of which she was sore afraid; then she did run from place to place, not knowing what to doe; at length she tooke wing and flew into a Pond of water, and there she quackt, but presently she spy'd the rag to to swim after her, then downe she dived, then up againe, then down, then up; at length out of the Pond againe in her former posture; at which the Woman was amazed, and thought her Duck was bewitched: But at the length the thread was tangled at some bush or o­ther, and so broke, or pulled the Cheese out of her belly, and then she was quiet.

The like sport you may have with other Poultry, by tying a long white Goose-quill, [Page](or a light stick with a rag on the top) up­right at their Taile.

RECEIT VI. How to have pretty sport at Cock-fighting, with a single Cock.

TAke a pretty big Looking-glasse, and set it against a wall on the ground in any Roome or other place (not full upright) ty­ing the string of the Glasse with a nayle to keepe it from falling: then put a Cock into the Roome, and throw some crums neere the Glasse, and when he seeth his picture therein, you shall have dainty sport with him, for he will fight vehemently with his own shadow, supposing there is another Cock, for as hee moves, so doth his shadow: sometimes with his motion he looseth it, and then he will looke behind the Glasse for the other Cock, and not finding him, he will clap his wings and crow as though he had got the victory; but spying it againe, he will beginne a fresh battle.

If you please, you may hold the Glasse in your hand, moving it up and downe, and he will doe the like.

RECEIT VII. How to know the houre of the day or night at a­ny time, by a Ring and a Glasse, being a dainty Clock.

TAke a small Thread, and put it through a Gold Ring, or other like Ring, and doubling the Thread, tie a pretty big knot at the end and cut it off, let the doubled Thread be seven or eight inches long, then take a Bole-glasse, and set it on a Table, and hold the knot of the thread something hard bewixt the ends of your foure-finger & your thumb, as you see here in the figure, which wil cause the Pulses

of your wrist to beat; let the Ring hang in the middle of the Glasse, a lit­tle within the rim, then the working of your pulses will make the Ring to move striking upon the fides of the Glasse the houre of the day or night, and then the Ring wil [...] again.

RECEIT VIII. An other excellent Rule, to know the houre of the day or night at any time.

IF any two (or more) Parties be in com­panie together, let one of them take some­thing from the ground, (what they please,) and give it to another party standing by.

Now, if the thing taken up hath grown, and may grow againe, as Seeds, Hearbs, or the like, it is then 1.4.7. or 10. of the clock, or very neere.

If it did never grow, nor never shall, as Stones, Mettals, Pot-shards, Glasse, or the like, it is then 2.5.8. or 11. of the clock, or very neere.

But if it hath grown, and never will grow againe, as Sticks, Chips, Shels, or such like, it is then 3.6.9. or 12. of the clock, or very neere.

RECEIT IX. How to spit three Capons upon one Spit at once, and to have an equall fire at them all, yet one shall still be quite raw, the other be well boyled, and the third thoroughly roasted.

I Have heard that this Conceit was perfor­med by a Noblemans Cook upon a wager, and thus he did it. To tend the first Capon he had a Boy that continually basted and powred cold water on the same, and so kept it raw.

To the second he had another like atten­dant to bast and power continually seething and scalding water, and that was wel boyled.

The third he tended himselfe, basting it with Butter, and that was thoroughly roa­sted; and so he won the wager.

RECEIT X. How to make two Knives (with a short stick) to hang upon the brim of a Glasse without falling.

TAke a little stick, some foure inches long, and make it sharpe at one end like a [Page]butchers Scure; and then get two knivs, some­what of an equall poise, and price the points of them towards the bigger end of the stick, on each side slope-wise, as you may see here in the Figure; then put the smal end of the stick upon the rim

of a Glasse of wine or beer & you may take up the Glasse and drink, and they will not fall off.

RECEIT XI. A speedy way how to make a Horse Fat, Plump. and Lusty.

TAke Comminseed, Annis-seeds, Enulae cam­pana, and Turmerick, a penny-worth of each, seeth them well with three heads of Garlick in a Gallon of Ale, then streine it and presse out as much of the substance as you can well wring out, and give it your Horse to drink blood-warm, a full quart at once; then ride him till he be hot; then af­terward [Page]stable him, curry and litter him wel until he be cold; do this two or three mor­nings together, and then turne him to grasse, and he will thrive wonderfully in a short time: If there were a handfull of Groundsell sodden with the aforesaid ingrediences it would doe well.

Now if you will not put him to Grasse, but keepe him in the Stable, give him to eate with his Provender some of the roots of E­nula-campana, with some Comminseeds beaten together, or the Enula-campana shred smal, shred for fourteen dayes together; This will make a lean Horse to thrive and grow fat in one moneth, more then he would otherwise have done in a quarter of a Yeare.

RECEIT XII. How to keepe a Horse from tyring by the way, and to make him fome at the Bit.

WHen you are to ride, and feare that your horse may tire, carry with you (in some lethern Bag) a good quantitie of the powder of Enula-campana; and when others doe baite their Horses in their ordinarie manner, your [Page]Horse being first well walked, rubbed, and littered, then give him a good handfull of your powder in a quart of strong Ale or Beere, with a horne; tying his head high to the rack; and you need to give him no other provender (or very little) till night; then let him be well meated, and give him in the mor­ning two pennie-worth of Bread and his Ale and powder, but remember to water at night.

RECEIT XIII. How one may put his finger, or wash his hands in molten Lead, without danger or burning.

TAke an ounce of Quick-silver, two oun­ces of good Bole Armoniack, halfe an ounce of Camphire, and two ounces of A­qua vita; then mingle them together, and put them into a brazen Morter, and beat them with a Pestle; having thus done, annoynt your hands all over throughly well with this oyntment, and then you may put your finger into molten Lead, or you may wash your hands therewith, if one poure the Lead upon them, and it will neither scal'd nor burne you.

RECEIT XIIII. A very prettie and ready way to teach Children or others, suddainly to learn their A. B. C. in manner of play.

CAuse foure peeces of Bone or Wood to be cut into sixe square like Dice, and up­on everie side or square let one of the Letters of the Alphabet be ingraven or writ; As, A. B. C. D. E. F. upon one of them, then G. H. I. K. L. M. on the other, and so of the rest, in order, as you see here in the figure.

Now the Child

taking delight and using to play with them (a­mongst other Children) and being told what Letters are up­permost, will soone learne their Alphabet, as it were by the way of sport and pastime.

Also, you may cause one peece of bone or wood to be made into six long square sides, about an inch and a halfe of length, and let each side be ingraven or written with foure [Page]Letters, as, a. b. c. d. and so of the rest of the sides; and let them throw it, and name those Letters which are uppermost; and when they have learned the great Let­ters,

you may write the small Letters on, as it is here on the Figure.

RECEIT XV. An excellent way to teach one to read speedily and truly, that beforo could not distinguish their Syllables.

LEt a Scholler, or one that can reade well, take any Booke of small valew, and at e­very Syllables end underneath, or at the top, with a small pen of Inke, let them make a little speck or marke; But if the speck or marke were made with red Inke it were the better; Or if it be in a Book that you would not deface, then take a small Pin or Needle, and prick little holes at each Syllable, which will hardly be perceived. This experiment is best to be made with hard words of many Syllables, as in the example following.

Ạbrạham, Ạchịtọphel, Bạrthọlọmew, Chrịstọpher, Dẹmẹtrịus, Aṇṇabap̣tist, Mạthẹmạtịtịan, Nẹbụchaḍneẓzar, Quọ­tịḍan, Pạtrịmọny, &c.

These to the Ingenious will suffice, for I have known those which by no meanes could be brought to read, yet in a short time by this method they have learned to read perfectly.

RECEIT XVI. Of divers rare and dainty conceited motions, performed by the operation of the Magnet or Load-stone.

MAny and wonderfull Mathematicall Conclusions are performed by the Magnet or Load-stone; only I will give a touch at some few for recreation.

These Stons are to be had at the Iron-mon­gers, but they ought to be polished and made fit by a cunning Artist. This Stone hath his two Poles, one North, the other South, an­swerable [Page]to the Poles of the World; For if you take a peece of Wyre of foure or five inches long, and touch one end thereof with a Load-stone, and then thrust it through a peece of Cork, putting it to swim in a Bason of water, presently you shall see one end of the Wyre wil turne ful North, and the other full South.

This Receit is profitable for some Travel­lers, who having a Sowing-needle about them that is touched with this Stone, may prick it in some little light peece of Wood or Cork, and place it in the water, and it will set out the North and South in stead of a compasse.

If for recreation you take two Wyres, and put each Wyre into a Cork, touch one Wyres end with the North end of the Stone, and the other Wyres end with the South end of the Stone, and then put them both into a Bason of water a pretty way asunder; yet they will begin to move and stir, and draw neerer and neerer together, and on the so­daine joyne and meet: Now if upon those Wyres or Corks there were placed little pa­per Tilters on Horse-back, they would run their courses at one an other in the water ve­ry prettily.

Also, if this Stone or Magnet be inclosed in a box of Wood, Stone, Silver, or Brasse, yet it wil extend its operation and working in many pretty and ingenious practises, ad­mirable to behold.

As for example; If you will make the forms and pourtraitures of divers things in thin Pastboard, as Horse-men, Foot-men, Ships, Boates, Beasts, Birds, Flyes, Wormes, Ser­pents, or the like; you may closely convey into them a short peece of Wyre, and then place them upon a Board, Trencher, or Past­board; and if you will have them move or walke, then hold the Load-stone close in your hand, under the board, and that way which you move your hand underneath, that way the Images will move and creepe on the Top.

Also, if you place the Load-stone privatly to or neere the Seeling, or over a Doore, and then hold a pecce of Iron neere to it (tying a thread to the Iron) that it touch not the Stone, which will attract it, and then the Iron will seeme to hang in the Ayre. If you touch an Iron Ring with this Stone, it will take up a dozen or more Rings together, hanging one to the other like a Chaine. Also, if a Knives poynt be touched therewith, it [Page]will take up Needles or Wyre, and by it you may know the counterfeit or Newgate halfe­penny as some call them.

Many other rare conclusions may be per­formed by this stone, which I forbeare to write of. Fire, Garlick, or Onions, spoy­leth the vertue of this Stone; therefore let it not touch or come neere them.

RECEIT. XVII. The making of the Thermometer, or Weather-Glasse, whereby you may certainly foretell the alteration and change of the Weather a good many houres before it commeth to passe.

THis Weather-Glasse is compos'd of a quantitie of Water and Ayre Artificial­ly inclosed therein; the water being subject to a continual motion (either upward or down­ward) as the weather changeth: The Glasses you may have ready made at the Glasseshops, but be sure to chuse the longest and slenderest shanked glasses, with a smal head, for they are best: You must also have another glasse for a Cestern at the bottom to receive the water; the framing of it is thus.

Make a frame taperwise of some fine light [Page]Deale or other Wood, (only let the bottome boord be somewhat thick and heavie to make it stand the stedier,) and let the head or up­permost boord be lesser then the bottome, having a hole in the middle to put the glasse thorough, as you may see in the Figure.

Your Frame should be about a quarter of an inch longer then the shank of the Glasse, because the lower end of the shank should almost reach to the bottome of the Cestern: Now before you put in your glasse, you must divide the shank into cer­taine degrees, from 1 to 12. or more, begin­ning from the rim of the Ce­stern upwards, placing figures thereon: having [Page]thus done, turne the head of your long glasse downward, and with a Funnell fill it almost full of water; then put the Cestern on the bottome boord, and holding the Frame sloping, put the shanke of the Glasse (through the hole at the head) into the Cestern, and then set it upright. Now you must know at what degree to set your water, according to the season of the yeare, for if it be in Sum­mer, and very hot weather, then to set it at 1. or 2. degrees are best, if the weather be temperate, then 3. or 4. but in cold or frost set it at 9. or 10. To hit these degrees, (if your water be not low enough) you must pull up your Glasse a very little way from the bottome of the Costern, and very sodain­ly put it down againe: If yet it be not at the right degree, pul it up againe, and quick­ly down, (as before) till you have your desire.

But take heed, for if your water be fallen too low in the Cestern, then you must take them out, and begin your worke againe. When it is thus done, waxe or cement your Glasse and Cestern together; and then you may cover and make a Rock about your Ce­stern, with Pastbord or the like, glewing or pasting pecces of mother of Pearle shells, [Page]smiths Cinders peeces of Glasse, Antimony, or other shining things what best pleaseth your fancy; or you may cover it with Mosse, or the like, and it is finisht.

The quality of the water in this Glasse, is to ascend by degrees with cold and to des­cend with heate; for in the Winter the Water will be at the top of the Glasse, and in Sum­mer down to the Rock. The water ought to be very cleere, and coloured by Art, both for ornament, and the plainer to distinguish it from the Glasse: If you would have it green, use Vertdigrease; if yellow, use Saffron or, Turmerick; if red, use Brasill or Turnsoile.

RECEIT XVIII. A pretty way to eatch Kites, Ravens, Crowes, mag-pies, or the like, alive.

GOe to the Apothecaries, and bestow two pence in Nux vomica; then beate it to powder, or slice it as you doe Ginger; This being done, take raw Flesh or Liver, and cut it into little peeces or gobbets, that the Fowle may swallow them whole, then cut holes in the same, and put your powder or slices therein, and then lay these peeces where they haunt; But as soone as they have swallowed down the same they will flye to the next high Tree they can come at, and this presently makes them so drunk or sick, that they streight will fall down from the top of the Tree to the ground, that you may take them up alive with your hand: But you must be sure to watch them, and run present­ly to the Tree, for they will soone recover and flye away.

I beleeve if it were sodden with other Graine, it would have the like operation with other Fowle.

RECEIT XIX. A ready way to catch Pigeons, or other Fowle.

TAke peeces of browne Paper, and rowle them round, making Coffins of them, such as the Grocers make to put their Fruit in, let them not be above a finger long, past the fides and ends of them with some starch, clip the upper part of them round with a paire of Sheeres, then annoynt the inside of the uppermost skirts of them round about with Birdlime, or some stuffe that will but cling to the Feathers: But you must (a day or two before you use it,) lay or strew some Pease or other Graine to make them haunt the place, and they will be the lesse fearefull; then if you please make a hole in the ground a little way and put your Coffins upright or sloping therein, putting a few peason or Corne in them, strewing here and there Pea­son neere them; And when she pecketh into the Coffin she is immediately hooded and blindfolded, not seeing which way to flye, and thus you may take them easily.

RECEIT XX. A merry Receit, being a ready and sure way how to catch a Pick-pocket.

AS I was writing the former Receit, it put me in mind of a pretty Conceit that a Friend once related to me, which was thus. A Gentleman being in a throng in a Faire, had his Purse pickt out of his pocket; He missing it was some what vext, but could not mend it, but studied how (if he could) to be revenged: presently he buyeth two penny­worth of Fish-hookes, and causeth a Taylor to sow them round about toward the upper part of his pockets, with the points of them downwards; and so the next day away he goes to the Faire againe amongst the throng, throwing his Cloak on one shoulder, see­ming carelesse of his pocket, wherein he had store of money: Presently there was a Dy­ver nibling at the baite, and nimbly had his hand in his pocket: The Gentleman being wary (perceived the Fish had swallowed the hooke,) gives a jerk aside, which caused the hookes to catch good hold in his hand, and then he had him sure: Then said the Gentle­man, [Page]Fellow, what maketh thy hand in my pocket? Oh good Sir, (replyed the Pick-pocket,) pardon me, I cannot pull it out: Come, (saith the Gentleman softly to him, because no body should take notice,) goe a­long with me; So cheeke by jole they wal­ked together, with his hand fast in the pock­et, (but covered with his Cloake) and to a Tavern lovingly they goe together, where the Gentleman told him of the losse he had sustained the day before, and making of him to restore back his Money, he cut out his pocket, and let him goe. Surely this Pick-pocket had good store of picking work to get the hooks out of his hand againe.

RECEIT XXI. How to make Fowles and other small Birds drunk that you may take them with your hands.

YOu must observe what meat they love or use to eate, as Wheat, Barley, or other Graine, and lay the same to steep [...] in the Lees of Wine, or in Aquavita, or in the juice of Hemlock, and strow the same Graine in the places where the Birds doe haunt.

RECEIT XXII. A dainty way to catch Fish in a dark night, with a Candle underwater.

GEt an Urinall, and put pretty soft clay therein, and with something that is flat at the end presse the clay gently to the bottom of the glasse, smoothing it as well as you can; then take a stick and shape it about the bignes of a Candles end, wet the stick, and put it in­to the neck of the glasse, making a hole in the [Page]middle of the clay, as you make clay candle­sticks; Then make a little hoope of a willow stick, and tye peeces of Corke in foure places of the hoope equally distant, and get a thin light round peece of Boord, and with foure little sticks of an equall length tye one end of them to the Corks, and the other ends fa­sten to the boord to support it, as you may see here in this Figure.

In the boord

you must make a hole in the middle to put the neck of the Glasse through and there tye it, and make a loope with a string to the boord that you may with a long pole put it into the wa­ter: when you will use it, put your Candle into the Glasse in the clay sock­et, a little below the brim, that the wind blow not the light out. If you please, you [Page]may with wax or glew put little peeces of Looking glasses, or other glasse under the boord, on that side next the water; and this light will shine a great compasse in the wa­ter, that the Fish will streight resort to the same, where you may very easily take them with a Net.

This might be done with the Glasse alone, by tying Corks about the neck of the Glasse, to keepe the mouth above water.

RECEIT XXIII. An excellent Baite to catch Fish with an Angle.

MAke Past with fine Wheat Flower, tempered with a little Saffron and Su­ger, and baite your hooke therewith, and they will bite apace: This is a good baite for Roach, Dace, and such like.

RECEIT XXIV. How to make one Watching-Candle, that shall out-last three Watching-Candles.

TAke a Pale or Bucket, and fill it full of water, and set it in the place where you intend that your light shall stand; then take your Candle and warme it at the lower end, and there stick a brasse farthing token, or such like; and when you will light your Candle put it gentlie down into the middle of the water, (but be sure that the bottome of the Candle doe not touch the bottome of the Pale) and then it will swim upright to the very edge neere the light. The reason that the Candle will last so long, is caused by the coldnesse of the water: And this is a safe way that no Rat can run away with the Candle lighted, as I have heard that they have done, by endangering the house with Fire.

RECEIT XXV. How to write any name or mark upon a Paper, and then burn it to ashes, yet afterward it may be read plainly.

TAke a new cleane Pen that was never written withall, and dip it in your own water, as you do in Inke; then strip up your Shirt sleeve above your wrist, and upon your arme write your name, or any name, or any mark, and then let it dry on your skin, and nothing will be seene; then put downe your sleeve, and button your wrist. (Doe this pri­vately and it will cause some to wonder:) Then take a peece of white Paper and write your name or the mark thereon, with ano­ther Pen of black Inke; (but let it be writ­ten as like the other as you can;) Then take the paper and burne it, and lay the ashes on a Table, and stripping up your sleeve, rub the ashes hard with your finger, where you had written with your water, then blow off the ashes, and the name or marke will plainly be read on your arme in black Letters.

RECEIT XXVI. How to see plainly any thing in a dark Roome, in at a Doore or Window, standing a great distance off.

IF there be never so darke a Roome, with a Doore or Window open; Take a Loo­king-glasse in your hand, and hold it against the Sun, at a great distance from the Doore or Window, and moving the Glasse up and downe, till the reflexion of the Sunne be up­on your object, and then you may perfectly behold any thing in the Roome, or see to read a Letter.

Some unhappie Boyes use to dazle peoples eyes with a Glasse in this order, as they walke the streets.

RECEIT XXVI. How to view the back part of your head by Glasses.

IF you would behold the back part or shadow of your head (for a wound or the like) take a Looking-glasse, and hold it [Page]behind your head; and then take another Looking-glasse and hold it before you; and from the Glasse behind, you may see the sha­dow in the Glasse before you.

RECEIT XXVIII. A pretty trick to tell or name all the spots or coate Cards in the pack, and yet never see them.

YOu must privately drop a drop of water or drink (about the bignesse of a two-pence) on a Table before you where you sit, and let any bodie shuffle the pack of Cards; and then taking them into your hand, place a Candle on the Table before you (for this trick is best to be done by Candle-light) and holding downe your head, (as you may see in the Figure) lift the Cards above the brim of your Hat, close to your head, that the light of the Candle may shine on the Cards; then in the drop of water (like a Looking-glasse) you shall see every speck of each Card before you draw them, which you may name; or putting your finger upon the spots, you may say that you feele them out; then lay [Page]

downe your first Card, & name the next, as your first Card was the deuce of Clubs, the next is the five of Spads, and so of the rest.

RECEIT XXIX. How to keepe or preserve any Fowle, Venison, or other peeces of Flesh sound and sweet for three weeks or a moneth together, al­the weather be never so hot.

MAke a strong Brine with Bay-salt and white mingled together, so as the wa­ter be over-glutted with Salt, and being scalding hot, purpoile therein the Foule or Flesh which you intend to keepe for some reasonable time, (that is to say, according to [Page]the greatnesse and greasinesse thereof; (then hang it up in a convenient coole place, and it will last a sufficient time, without any bad or over-saltish taste.

This is a good way for Sea-men, and o­thers in hot Countries, who are inforced sometimes to victuall themselves in such in­temperate Climates, where no flesh will last sweet foure and twentie houres together, by reason that they have no meanes to make the same to take Salt, which without all questi­on will enter this way, and make penetrati­on very speedily, by reason of the hot and firy spirit of Salt thus prepared.

RECEIT XXX. How to make a speedie or present drink that Travellers may brew for themselves, when they cannot rellish their Beere or Ale at their Innes.

TAke a quart of good water, put there­in five or sixe spoonfulls of good Aqua­vita, and an ounce of Sugar, with a brand of Rosemary, brew them a prettie while out of one pot into an other, and then is you [...] drink prepared.

RECEIT XXXI. How to make on the sodaine good drink for Marriners, Souldiers, or for poore people, when Beere is seant, and Mault dear.

IN time of extremitie, these Drinks fol­lowing will serve to suffice nature (as hath bin often proved;) Put to a good quantity of wholsome faire water, a small portion or few drops of the Oyle of Sulphur, incorpo­rating them well together, and it is readie.

RECEIT XXXII. A profitable way to harden Leather, that it shall out-last other Leather a long time.

THis is a good and profitable Receit for many poore labouring men; and is thus performed: Take and lay such Leather as is well tanned to soake in water wherein there hath bin some store of fylings of Iron a long time, or else in the water that hath long lyen under a Grinding-stone, into which such I­ron as hath bin from time to time ground a­way, and there setled.

This is good also to harden Leather for the Cuckers or Pumps of Ships, or others, to make them last long.

RECEIT XXXIII. An excellent Receit to make a dainty streight Walking-staffe to have knobs where you please.

GEt a streight peece of Wood (of your desired length,) of Holly Ash, Service­tree, Walnut-tree, or Peare-tree, let it be free from knots or shakes, then plaine it into sixe [Page]or eight sides, a good deale bigger then your Staffe shall be: This being done, get a short Punch of Iron and let the small end be fyled about the bignes that you intend your knobs shall be; then lay your Staffe downe upon a Bench or Table, and where you will make the knobs, with a hammer punch holes there­in, and so doe on every fide: Then plaine it over againe till you have made your staffe smooth that there be no dents seene thereou [...]: when you have thus done, put it into some Caldron of boyling water for a good space; and when you take it out againe you shall see that it will be full of knobs, for with the heat of the water it forceth the bruises (which were made with the Punch) to swell out of the Wood againe.

You may fyle your Punch like a star, or o­ther work; and it will shew very prettie. I once saw a Partizan, or Captaines Leading­staffe, which was done in this manner, and being put into a Dyers Caldron when he dy­ed blacks, and being dryed, and rubbed well with Linseed-oyle, it shewed like Ebonie.

RECEIT XXXIV. How to write Love-Letters secretly, or from one Friend to another, that cannot be discovered.

TAke a sheete of white paper, and double it in the middle, then cut holes through both the halfe sheets, let the holes be cut like the panes of Glasse-windowes, or other formes what you best fancy, and then with a Pin prick two little holes at each end, and cut your paper in two halfes give one halfe to your Friend (to whom you intende to write) the other halfe keepe to your selfe: Now when you doe write, lay your cut pa­per on a halfe sheete of writing paper, and stick two Pins through the two holes that it stirre not; then through those holes that you did cut, write your mind to your friend; when you have done, take off your paper with the holes againe, and then write some other idle words both before and after your lines, but if they were written to make some little sense it would carry the lesse suspition; then seale it up and send it.

When your Friend hath received it, he [Page]must lay his cut paper on the same, putting pinnes into the pinholes, and then he can reade nothing but your mind which you writ, for all the rest of the Lines are covered; observe the Figure, & it is easily apprehended.

Where the Letter A is placed, that doth signifie the halfe sheet of cut paper with holes. Where the Letter B is placed, doth signifie the substance of the Letter which you write: And where the Letter C is, doth signifie the Letter filled up with Lines to joyne to the other words. Now when your Friend writes to you he must doe the like.

RECEIT XXXV. How to know when the Moone is just at the ful by a Glasse of water.

TAke an ordinary drinking-glasse, and fill it full of water up to the very brim, so that it doth not run over; let this be done a little before that the Moone be at full; and then at the very instant that the Moone is at the full, the water will presently boile over.

RECEIT XXXVI. How to know the Moones age at her increase.

I Have bin told, that a thin peece of Cy­presse, such as they had wont to make Hat­bands of, if you hold it before your eyes in an evening at the increase of the Moon, you [Page]shall know how many daies old she is: As when she is one day old you shall see but one Moone: At two daies old two Moones: At three daies old three Moones: But afterward you shall see but one againe.

RECEIT XXXVII. An other shewing how to know both the Increase and Decrease of the Moone.

THe Moone giveth such vertue to a Stone which is found in Arabia called the Sele­nite, of which Plinie and others doe write, that within the bodie of this Stone the Moon sheweth her selfe, and increaseth and decrea­seth according to the course of the Heaven.

RECEIT XXXVIII. A dainty way how to fetch Oyle, or Grease, out of Bookes, Writings, Papers, or Garments.

GOe to the Apothecaries or Grocers, and buy a penny-worth or two of the Oyle of Turpentine, and put a drop or two upon the place which is Oylie or Greasie, rubbing it on, and then you shall see how it will drink up the Oyle or Grease, and be present­ly dry and faire: For this Oyle of Turpen­tine is a great dryer, and is good to put a­mongst Oyle-coulors, to make them dry speedily.

RECEIT XXXIX. How to refresh and scoure old Pictures that are wrought in Oyle, making them to looke almost as fresh as if they were new done.

TAke the Picture out of the Frame, then wipe or brush off the dust very cleane, and then lay it levell upon a boord or table, pouring good sharp Vinegar all over the same, and there let it lye and soak for three or [Page]foure houres; if the Vinegar be dryed up then poure on more, continually keeping it wet: Then beat a piece of dry brick very fine to powder (and see there be no lumps or stones therein, for they will raze and scratch the Picture,) and then put the powder into a course linnen Rag, and tye it, and then dip it well in a porrenger of Vinegar, and with your rag and powder, rub, and scoure your Picture all over very hard; and then with fair water or a wet clout wash the filth away: But if you see any spots or filth remain, then scoure it againe, and wash it; then dry it ve­ry well with a cloath, and when you have dryed it, put it againe into the frame, and set it in the Sunne for a day or two, (for the Sunne refresheth the Colours very much,) and then rub it hard with a dry woollen cloath till you make it shine, and then hang it up. This will cause it to looke almost as fresh as when it was new.

Some use to wash them in Soape, and then Oyle or Varnish them over, but that is not good, because that the Oyle or Varnish will turne Yellow, and gather dust.

RECEIT XL. How to keepe Sword blades, Halberts, Pistols, Knives, Edge-tooles, or other things free from rusting for seven yeares or more in a dry house.

TAke Fish glew or Ising-glasse, and cut it in peeces, then with a hammer beat or bruise it upon an Anvile or a Stone, and then put it into a little Skellet or such like with water, and let it dissolve over a gentle Fire, still stirring it as you doe your common Glew: Then when it is well boiled take it off, and with a pencill or small haire brush, lay the same while it is hot all over your Sword-blade as thin as may be, and then lay it to dry, and it is done. This thin coat kee­peeth the moistnesse of the Aire from the Mettle, that it cannot rust; but when you are to weare it or use it, take a blunt knife, and you may easily scale off the thin substance, and then it will be as bright as any Silver.

I verily believe, that our common Glew wil do the like, keeping of it in a dry roome.

RECEIT. XLI. An excellent Cement for broken Glasses, China Dishes, or Cups, and such like.

TAke one part of Virgin-wax, and two parts of the teares or cleere drops of Mastick, melt them together, and Cement therewith. But the better is, if you beate the whitest Fish-glew or Ising-glasse with a ham­mer till it begin to be clear, and then cut the same into very small and short pieces, and dissolve and melt the same over a gentle Fire with Aqua-vita: Then let one that standeth by, hold both the pieces that are to be Ce­mented over a Chasing-dish of coales till they be warme, and during their heat, lay on the dissolved Glew with a fine Pencill; then bind the Glasse with Wyre or Packthread to keepe it steadie, and so let it remaine till it be cold and dry.

RECEIT XLII. How to grave Armes, Posies, or other devises upon Egges, which may be served at a Table.

MElt Suet prettie warm, and dip in your Eggs in this manner; hold the Egge betweene your Thumb and your Fore-singer, and quickly dip one halfe therein, and hold it in your hand till it be cold, and then dip in the other end that it be thinly covered all over; then take a little Bodkin or Needle, and grave in the Suet what Letters or Words you please; Then lay the Egge thus ingraven in good Wine-Vinegar, or other Vinegar in some stone Pot or Vessell for the space of six or eight houres, or more, or lesse, according to the strength or sharpnesse of the same, then take out the Eggs, and in hot water dissolve the Suet from the Shels; then lay the Egge to coole, and the worke will appeare to be gra­ven in the shell of a Russet colour. And if the Egge lie long enough in the Vinegar af­ter it is so graven, the Letters or Works will appeare upon the Egge it selfe being boyled, [Page]and so you may serve them up at the Table. And if you care not to loose the meat, you may pick out the same, when the shell is through graven, and you shall have a strange peece or work performed on the same.

RECEIT XLIII. How to make Wax, either Red or Greene.

TAke to one pound of Wax in Summer three ounces of the cleerest Turpen­tine; but if you make it in Winter, take foure ounces of Turpentine, melt these to­gether over a soft fire, stirring them with a stick, and when they are well melted toge­ther, take it off and let it coole a little: And then mixe with the same the red root of Anchusa, or Vermilion ground an ounce, and an ounce of sweet Oyle; stir these well together againe over the fire, then take it off to coole, and poure it into cold water, and then upon a wet boord and your hands wet, you may roale it into what forme you please. Instead of Vermilion, you may take three times as much Red-lead, but that is not so good.

If you will make Greene Wax (instead of Vermilion) take the like quantitie of Ver­digrease.

RECEIT XLIV. A pretty way how to cast off Flowers in Waxe, of divers colours.

CAuse a Stick to be turned round at one end, (somewhat Taperwise) like the fashion of a Poking-stick, lesser, or big­ger, (according to the bignesse of the Flower you intend to cast) and at the smaller end thereof, with your knife, cut dents or nicks in the same, long-wise as you see here in the Figure:

The let­ter A, signifieth the Stick, the letter B, signifi­eth the Flower: Then take a lit­tle panikin, and in the same melt your Wax with a gentle fire; and when it is mel­ted take it off; [Page]and then take your Stick (having a Porren­ger of faire water by you) and dip the end into the water, and then shake off the water, or suck it off, and then dip the stick into the Wax, and sodainly put it out againe, dipping it into the water againe to coole it; and then you may take off your Flower and lay it by; and in this sort you may make as many as you please. For Yellow Flowers, melt Yel­low Wax; for Red, Red Wax; for White, White Wax; for Green, Green Wax: Now for stalks for your Flowers, you may stick in a small Wyre, or a Bent of a Raison-fraile, or the like. You may have the coloured wax readie made at any of the VVax-Chandlers.

RECEIT XLV. How to make a Bunch of Grapes with Greene Wax, that will seeme to be naturall.

YOu must get a little stick turned round at the end, about the bignesse of an Arrow; and then have your Vessell of green wax mel­ted, (as was shewn in the former Receit,) dipping your stick in the same about the third part of an inch deepe, and it will be almost in the fashion of an Acron-Cup, make [Page]a good many of them. Then take an Egge, and make a little hole in the bigger end of the shell, lesse then a pennie, and get out the Yolke thereof, and dry the shell: Then with a piece of your green Wax hold it to the fire, rub or daub the shell therewith thinly all o­ver; then hold the shell in your left hand, and with your other hand take up first one cup, holding the same a little neere a Candle to warme, and quickly stick it on your Egge, and so doe with all the rest of the cups, till you have fil'd it all over; they must be set something close together. Now when you have thus done, take a little stick, about the bignesse of the tag of a poynt, and tye a Packthread in the middle thereof, and then put the stick into the hole of the shel, and so hang it up: You may cut leaves like Vine leaves in greene Paper, and fasten them to the string or stalk above the Bunch: I have made some Womens teeth to water at this Conceit, they seeme so naturall to the eye; and these Grapes will last all the Yeare.

RECEIT XLVI. How to Grave and Inlay colours into Gold, Silver, Iron, or Copper, to shew like Ammell.

FIrst cover your Mettall with a crust of warme wax, and when it is cold, with a fine sharp Bodkin draw or cut out the shape or proportion of what you please, either Letters, Flowers, Borders, or Scutchions, of a reasonable largenesse; then poure upon the same emptie places (which you have Ingra­ven upon the Wax) some few drops of strong water, or Aqua-Fortis, and let them lie a­while; and when you find them deepe enough Graven, mingle Orpiment and Mastick mel­ted together for a Yellow colour; and Ver­milion and Mastick for a Red; and Bice and Mastick for a Blew; and Ceruse for White; and Ivorie burnt for a Black. Now when your Mastick hath bin melted with any of the aforesaid Colours, let it coole, and then beat the same into powder, and lay the same powder within the graving, and after lay the Mettle upon a small Charcoale-fire till the Mastick be melted, and it will remain fast and firme therein a long time.

RECEIT XLVII. How to Inlay Boxes, Cabinets, or other things with hard Waxe.

WIth a Pen draw upon your Box any thing what best pleaseth your fancie; as Birds, Beasts, Flies, Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Trayles, Anticks, Letters, &c. Then take a little Knife ground sharp at the point, and cut or grave out the work prettie deepe which you have drawn with your Pen upon the wood; when you have so done, lay upon the same some Red or Green Hard-wax, and with a hot Iron melt and rub hard the wax al over into the crevices or works which you have cut out, and so let it coole; then take a knife and scrape away the wax to the boord, and then you shall have your worke which you drew to be inlaid very perfectly in the colour of your wax, as though it were drawn with a Pen, and will never wash nor weare off: When you have scrapt it cleane, hold it a little to the Fire, and it will fetch a glosse on the wax, and make it to shew the pleasanter.

RECEIT XLVIII. How to harden the white of Eggs into an Arti­ficiall Gum, fit for many uses.

SEparate the whites of Eggs cleane from the Yolks, and beat the whites very well into a cleare Oyle or Water, and when it is setled, skim off the froath; then put the same into Bladders, and hang them in a Chimney corner, where fire is usually kept to dry, and in a few daies the same will become as hard as Gum Arabick: in hot weather you may hang your Bladders in the Sun to dry; This Gum may be used instead of other Gums; and with it you may varnish Prints, or other things that are washed in Colours.

RECEIT XLIX. How to make a true South Sun-dyall, to be pla­ced upright against a Wall, or on a Poale.

I Intend not to speake of the multiplicity of Geometricall and Artificiall sorts, and making of Sun-dyals, (of which many in­genious [Page]Artists have copiously written;) but onely a Mechanick way of two sorts, for the benefit of some who would be glad to know how the houres of the day passe away.

Take a piece of good writing Paper, and rub it over with Linsed Oyle, and hang it to dry in the Sun; when it is through dry, take and lay it over this Print of the Dyall (or some other of this nature,) that you may see the houre lines through it, holding of it safe from stirring, (which may be done by pin­ning it to the margent,) then at the Center by the Letter A, stick a Needle or Pin upright, and laying a streight Ruler close to the Pin, draw all those houre lines which you see through the Oyled Paper; then take off your Paper, and when you would mark out a Dy­all, doe thus; Get a board of what size you please, that is smooth plained, and will not warp, drawing a streight line just downe the middle thereof, and lay this Paper thereon, and then put your Pin through the Center hole toward the top of the streight line on the board, and put another Pin toward the bottome of the line which is your 12 a clock line, (these two Pins keepeth your Paper steadie;) Then with a small Bodking prick a hole through every houre line of your pa­per [Page]into the board, and then take it off; Then stick in your Pin into the Center hole of the board againe, and laying the Ruler close to the Pin, and close to each hole in the board, mark and draw your houre lines; (And note that you may extend these houre lines to what length you please, according to the bignesse of the board;) And then figure it as you see in this example following.

Now for the Cock or Stile of your Dyal, it must be set in the 12 houre line, and must be just equall in height from the boord, as the triangular Figure marked with B shew­eth; the line with pricks is but to direct you which side must be next to the boord: The Stile may be made of a thin iron Plate, and Simond in, or of stiffe Wire; the upper end of which must be put just to the Center by A, equall to the 6 houre line: when this is done, you must get some Painter to paint it in Oyle Colours, and so set it up.

RECEIT L. How to make an Horizontall or Flat Dyall, to stand upon a Post, or other place.

THis dyal may be made into sundry forms, either foure square, sixe, or eight squares, or round, as you please, and it is to be placed on the head of a Post, either in Garden, Yard, or at the outside of a Glasse-window where the Sun commeth: behold the Forme.

You must note, that the houre lines of this Dyal doth varie from the former, and so doth the Stile in height: But you must work with this as in the other with your oyled Paper, to draw the houre lines, and to make a line just in the middle, for your 12 a clock line. The Center of this Dyall is hard by the letter C, and must be more neere the middle then the other, because it containeth more houres thereon, for the other will serve but from 6. to 6. but this from 4. to 8. You may make this Diall in Stone, Wood, or Mettall; And remember to make the height of this Stile or Cock according to this triangle marked with the Letter D. for it must be higher,

as you may per­ceive by this si­gure. You may make Simmon for to fasten the Stile, with Ro­zen, powder of Brick, and some. Chalk, mingled together: and with a hot Iron melt it into the crevise.

RECEIT LI. A pretty way to make a Sun-dyall on the seeling of a Room or Chamber, whereby you may know the time of the day as you lye in Bed.

IF you have any Window South-East, or South which is best, and that is for your turne: In the lower Post or Frame of the in­side of your Window, about the middle, fa­sten with wax a little round piece of Loo­king-glasse, or other glasse, about the bignesse of a two-pence; (you may cut it round with an old pair of Sizers;) But if you place it high­er in your Window on a little ledge, it will be the better;) as you may see here in the Figure;) setting it levell with the Horizon; and the reflection of the Sunne in the Glasse will shew on the seeling the houre of the day; the Center of the Dyall must be perpendicu­ler to the Glasse; This Dyall must have no Stile, and it must be made like the last Hori­zontall Diall: You may draw the Circle, houre lines, and figures with a Pencill or coale; the black spot is the peece of Looking-glasse; [Page]The Dyall is the Seeling.

RECEIT. LII. How to make a Candle-Dyall, whereby you may know the houres of the night.

ONe Winters evening sitting by the fire, me thought there might be some device [Page]for a Candle-Dyal; At length it came into my head; I made a little foure square frame of Wood, of a piece of a thin Trencher, ma­king the inside thereof fit for the bottome of a Candle-stick to stand in, which I did ordi­narilie use; on two sides of the square I faste­ned a little piece of Wyre, not a quarter of an inch long; and just where the Candle-stick should stand, on a Table or Boord, I made two little holes with a Bodkin for the ends of the two Wyres to goe into, and then I set downe my Candle and Candle-stick into the square: Having thus done, I made another long Frame like the Frame of a Picture, and pasted halfe a sheete of white Paper therein upon a thin boord, and so hung it up against the wal: Then in the Seeling I fastened a smal Pulley, and on that Pulley I had two little Plummets of Lead, one broader at the bot­tome then the other, and tied them to a piece of Packthread at each end, and so hung them in the Pully, (as you may better apprehend by the Figure;) The broadest Plummet I pulled down till it gave a shadow on the lower end of the Paper in the Frame on the wall, (which is now the 1. and 7, a clock line) and where the broad bottome cast a shadow I made a speck with my Pen, and then [Page]turn'd an Houre—glasse,

and when that was runne out I made another specke, which is the 2 and 8 line, and so of the rest; By these divi­sions, you may with a paire of Compasses divide the rest of the houre lines upwards: You must pull down the broad Plummet and set it at any time to the houre you please, as by this, it shewes that it is halfe an houre past 4 or 10 of the clock. You must remember to have your Candles alwayes of one size or weight, as of the eights, or twelves in the pound, or such as you usually burne: You may take away your Candle and Candlestick out of the square Frame if you have occasion, [Page]and then set it downe in its place againe which keeps all right. I have placed the Fi­gures at each end of the houre lines, as from 1. to 7. on the first side; and then from 7. to 12. on the other side. Note, when it is just 7. on the first side, then pull down the Plum­met to 7. on the other side, which I hold to be the best way.

RECEIT LIII. How to keepe Cherries, Pears, Nuts, or other fruit a yeare, as fresh as they came from the tree.

When they are pretty ripe, cut off the stalks, and put them into an earthen pot wel leaded, and then cover them well with ho­ney; then stop the pot with pitch or waxe, that no ayre may enter in, and then put the pot in some sellar or coole place, burying it well in sand, and so let it remaine till you use it.

RECEIT LIV. How to make Grapes, and other Fruit to have no stones or kernels.

IT is said, that if ye do plant or set the smal­ler end of the twig of a vine somewhat deep into the earth (which will take root) that those Grapes that will grow thereon shall have no stones. The like effect hath Peaches, Apricocks, Damsons, Cherries, and other Stone-fruits, if the small ends of the cyons be grafted into the stocks. Also, if you bend downe both the ends of an Apple or Peare-tree cyon, and graft them on both sides of the stock; and the next year when they have growne, cut the Cyon in the middle, and one shall beare fruit with kernels, and the other none.

RECEIT LV. How to make yellow Roses grow, and to make Trees and other things grow green all the yeare.

I Have been informed, that if you will graft a white Rose upon a Broomstalke, [Page]or on a Furzon bush, that the same will bear yellow Roses, but they will have no sweet sent.

Also, if you will graft a Rose or other thing upon a Holly-stock, the leaves of the same will grow green all the yeare.

RECEIT LVI. How to make Apples, Peares, and other Fruit of severall colours, and to give them a dainty taste of spices.

IF you will give a pleasant colour to your Fruit, doe thus: For a red, boyle Brasill, Turnesoyle, or Sanders; and for a yellow, use Saffron, or Turmerick: Now to give them a dainty taste and smell, you must beat Cloves, Mace, Cinamon, and Nutmegs to powder, and mixe them with the water of your colours with some honey. Then with an auger bore a hole in the biggest part of the tree, unto the middle, something sloping downwards; and then poure your water and spices into the hole, then with a pin made of the same wood or tree, beat it hard into the hole, and saw off the end, and [Page]wax it about: This must be done in winter before the spring, because when the sap ri­seth, the colour, sent, and taste also ascendeth with the same.

RECEIT LVII. How to know precisely on the Seeling of a Cham­ber, which way the wind blowes at all times.

THis conceit did I see in King James his Bed-chamber at White-hall: the Cham­ber was an upper Room, having a Vaine or Weather-cock of iron placed above the top or tyles of the house, which had a long stem of iron, which did reach from thence through the Seeling of the Chamber; upon which Seeling was pointed a Marriners com­passe, with the two and thirty winds there­on: Now the lower end of the stem of the Vaine came through the Center of the com­passe, unto which was fastened an index or needle (like to those in an ordinary Dyall) which doth presently shew how the various wind doth shift from place to place, which you may continually know precisely both night and day.

RECEIT LVIII. How to keep drink quicke and fresh, that begin­neth to be sower and dead.

IT is good to put a handfull or two of ground Malt into your vessell (if it begin to faile) and stir the drinke and the Malt well together, and this will make it to work afresh, and become good againe; likewise if you adde new strong drink to the old, the dead drink is forced for to work againe to a new head. Some doe bury their vessell of drinke in the ground for four and twenty houres, and thereby recover it. Others doe throw into the vessell a handfull of salt: it is also good to tilt your vessell before your drink behalfe out and then it wil draw fresh to the latter end. But the best way is to put a handfull, or more, of Oat-meale into your vessell, when it is first laid into the Seller or Butterie, whereby it will alwayes carry a quick and lively taste.

RECEIT. LIX. An excellent way for baking of Bread, that it shal not be hard crusted, nor yield so many crums.

GOe to the Plate-worker, (such as ma­keth ordinary Dripping-pans,) and cause him to make a Pot, or Pots of his lat­ten plate, which may containe halfe a peck, or greater, or lesse, as you please, according as you meane the bignesse of your Loafe shal be; Let this Pot be made with a bottome at the lower end, and open at the top, almost like a Peaker, as you may see here by this Figure;

And when it is done, take a little Butter, and annoynt the insides of the Pot therewith, and when your Dow is mol­ded put it into the same, (not full to the top,) and thrust it down hard to the bottome, and then set it into an Oven amongst o­ther bread, with the lesser end downward; and when it is baked it will easily [Page]come out; This Loafe will have no hard crust, nor crumble as other Loaves doe, and wil shew smooth, standing like a Sugar-loafe upon the Table, and in a little compasse.

RECEIT LX. A dainty strong and glistering Morter, or Plaistering, for Seelings, or for Wals.

IT is said, that in Italy they much use this Conceit for the Plaistering of their Seelings, Floors, or Walls, which is by mix­ing and well tempering together Oxen and Cowes blood with fine Loame or Clay, and it will be very strong and binding substance, and being well smoothed, it will glister, and become very hard.

Some few, (but choice Physicall Receits, &c.

RECEIT LXI. Of the great vertues of Crocum Martis, fit to be used at this time, for the Bloody-Flux, which so much now reigneth in the Army.

THis Crocum Martis, is a powder which you may have at the Apothecaries; this a­mongst [Page]all other Medicines in the world, is the most excellent that can be found against the Bloody-flux, giving it in this order. Take an ounce of Conserve of Roses, and one scru­ple of Crocum Martis, and mix them toge­ther; then let the Patient eate it in the mor­ning, and fast thereon two houres; and this (by the grace of God) wil help him although he had it never so long, or never so sore. It is also given above all other Medicines, in the latter end of a Dropsie; and also against the Flux of Menstrue, and against bleeding at the nose, and all other Fluxes whatsoever; It helpeth those that spit blood: It is excellent to stop the Flux in Wounds, and to heale them and dry them, if yee strew the powder thereon.

RECEIT LXII. Of the rare vertue and operation of the Quin­tessence of Honey, for many Diseases; with the Oyle of Wax.

YOu must understand, that Honey is rather a liquor Divine, then Humane, because it falleth from Heaven upon Hearbs and Flowers, and is such a sweete thing that the like cannot be found upon the earth. This Quintessence is of such vertue, that if a­ny be almost dead, and drink two or three Dramms thereof, he will presently recover. If you wash any wound therewith, or other sore, it will quickly heale. It is excellent against the Cough, Catar, or paine of the Milt, and many other Diseases. It helpeth the Falling-sicknesse, the Palsie, and preser­veth the body from putrifaction.

The Oyle of Wax worketh in Wounds most miraculously, healing them, be the same never so big and wide, (being before wide stitched up,) in the space of eleven or twelve daies; But smaller wounds, in three or foure daies, by annointing the same therewith, and lay­ing a cloath thereon wet in the same. More­over, for inward diseases it is excellent; [Page]It provoketh Vrine which is stopped; it hel­peth stitches, and paine in the loynes; if you drink one dram thereof in white-wine, it helpeth the cold Gout, or Sciatica, and all other griefs comming of cold.

RECEIT. LXIII. Of the manifold Operations of the Oyle of Cynamon.

THis Oyle is of a miraculous nature, for it pierceth through the flesh and bones, being very hot and dry, and is good against all cold and moist diseases, being comforta­ble for the head and heart, working the same operation on a dying man as the former: To be short, this Oyle is of such operation and vertue, that if a man drink never so lit­tle, he shall feele it worke to his fingers and toes end; therefore it pierceth through the whole body, helping all diseases that come of cold and flegmatick humours: It avay­leth much with women in travell: it dri­veth away the Measels and spots if the face and hands be annointed therewith: it war­meth the brest, and helps the cold Cough: it consumes al cold fluxes that proceed from [Page]brain and head, and causeth quiet sleepe. In briefe, this Oyle may be used in stead of the naturall Balme for many diseases.

RECEIT. LXIV. How to distill and make Oyle of Rosemary flowers, with its vertue.

TAke Rose-mary flowers and stamp them, then put them into a glasse with strong wine, and stop it close, setting it in the Sun for five or sixe dayes, and then distill it with a soft fire, and you shall have both water and oyle, which you must separate, keeping the oyle close in a glasse, whose vertues are these.

It helpeth against all paines in the head, although they have continued seven years, it comforteth the memory, and also preserveth the eyes, if you drink now and then a drop or two, & put another into the eyes: it hel­peth those that are deaf, if it be put into the ears, and also drunk with good wine: it ope­neth all stoppings of the liver and milk, and helpeth against the dropsie, and yellow Jaun­dize: it breaketh wind, and easeth Cholick, and rising of the mother: it is also excel­lent against the Pestilence, or those which [Page]have drunk poyson, if they drinke of this Oyle, and lay them down to sweat: It com­forteth the heart, and cleanseth the blood, and maketh a man merry, and causeth a good colour: It helpeth those that have the Can­ker and Fistula, and such like. And to be briefe, it helpeth all the diseases of the body that come of cold and moist humours, al­though they were never so evill.

RECEIT. LXV. How to help Deafnesse, and to expell wind from the Head.

TAke five or six drops, or more, of the Spirit of Wine, or good Aquavita in a spoone, and holding down your head on one side, let one poure the same into your Eare; let it continue there about the space of halfe a quarter of an houre, still holding your head aside that it run not out; and then you shal heare a most terrible noyse and rumbling in your head, which is the wind; then turn your head aside, & the water wil run all out againe very hot: Now when you have done thus much on one side, you may doe as much on the other; but be sure to keepe your head [Page]warme after you have done. This I have of­ten proved, and found ease thereby.

RECEIT LVI. How to give ease, and to helpe the raging pain of the teeth, without drawing

THis is also performed with the spirit of Wine, or good Aquavita (as you have read in the former Receit) by pouring it into the ears, especially on that side where as your paine lieth; but after that you have let the water run forth of your ears, then with more of the same water (against a fire) you must rub and chafe your cheeks, and under your jawes, and behind your ears, stroking of them upwards with your hands toward the neck, to drive back the humours; for it is no­thing else but a cold rheume that distilleth from the head into the Gums which causeth the pain: Therfore be sure to keep the head very warm when you have done.

I have been certified (but how true it is I know not) that three teeth taken out of a dead mans skul, and sowed it into a clout or part of Leather, and worne about them, [Page]which were much subject to the Tooth-ach, it gave them present ease, and they never were troubled with the same so long as they had those Teeth about them.

RECEIT LXVII. A dainty Receit for curious Artists, or others, to strengthen and comfort the eyes.

THis Receit I had of a curious Ingraver, and my Friend; who every morning, before he went to work, in the corner of his Handkercher, (or a clean linnen Rag,) did put a few drops of Aqua-vita, and with the same did wipe the corners of his Eyes, Eye­browes, and Temples, which did keepe back the Rheume, and greatly did strengthen and comfort the Eyes; of which I have often made tryall, and found much comfort.

RECEIT LXVIII. Of Fractures, which are Bones broken; and also of Dislocutions, or Joynts displaced, with their cure.

MAny times it happeneth that Legs, Armes, and Fingers are broken, or out [Page]of joynt, and the Partie so hurt is void of helpe; by reason they have no Chirurgion neere them; Therefore for the reliefe of such Persons, I have here set downe some directi­ons by which they may be eased of their paine: But I would not wish them to trust to too much of their own skill, if they have a­ny expert Chirurgion neere hand to do it.

If a Legge or an Arme be broken, then have a care to place the Member in the same manner as it was before, which you shall doe in this manner.

Take a Towell and make it fast above the place where it is broken, and then take an o­ther Towell and fasten it underneath the place where it is broken; then cause two men to pull those two Towels, that they may thereby extend or stretch out the Member; and when the Member is stretched forth at length, place the broken Bones as they were at the first; and so by little and little let them slack their pulling: Then have a Cloth rea­dy, so big that it may compasse the whole Member, wet this Cloth in whites of Eggs, and Oyle of Roses mingled together, and lay it on the grieved part; then roule it about with a linnen Rouler, of foure fingers broad, and two yards long, wet the Rouler in water [Page]and vineger mingled together: First, roule it about the fracture three or four times, then downward, and then upward, and so fasten it: then roule it with another Rouler, in the same manner; on these place thin splints of light wood, armed well with tow, one fingers breadth from each other, and bind them on with tape: then place the member on some soft Pillow for twenty dayes; but if a pain full itch doe arise, open and foment the place with warme water, and then an­noint it with Vnguentum Album, and roule it up againe.

If that a finger be broken, roule it with a convenient Rouler, and splint it, and use the means aforesaid.

RECEIT LXIX. A pretious Salve for all those that have had any member out of joynt, called Jeremy of Brunswicks Salve.

THis famous Chirurgion, with this salve, hath healed those that had formerly their members out of joynt, or those that had bin wounded, and could not stirre or bow the member where they had the hurt: For by [Page]this Salve did he bring many stiffe and croo­ked Joynts againe to their former strength, to the great admiration of all men, both Chirurgions and others.

RECEIT LXX. How to order and dresse a wound when it is first hurt, with their remedie.

First remove all such things as are in the wound, as clotted blood, wood iron, or the like; then dry the blood with a cloath or spunge, and wash it with cold white wine, and apply some unguents or Balmes to the same, and on that a plaister fit for a wound; [Page]then roule it gently, and in good forme, for that helpeth to hasten the cure.

If the wound be of any length, you may stitch it in three or more places, but be sure for to leave a place at the lower part thereof for to purge it selfe thereby.

RECEIT LXXI. Au excellent Vnguent or Lenament for greene wounds, especially for those in the head

Take of the best Turpentine an ounce and a halfe, and as much of Gum Elemi, of Ca­pons grease an ounce; melt these at the fire, and mingle them. When you use it, melt it, and annoint the edges of the wound, and dip a pledget of lint in it, and apply it to the wound, and then lay a plaister on the top of the same, and roule it gently.

RECEIT LXXII. How to make a soveraigne Oyle or Balme for all wounds, simple, or contused.

TAke three pound of common Oyle, two pound of turpentine, wheat that is clean­sed five ounces, Saint-Johns wort a pound, Valerian, Cardus-Benedictus, of each four­teen ounces; bruise the hearbs, and infuse them in white wine six or eight houres, then put thereto the wheat and oyle, and boyle them on an easie fire, till the wine be consu­med, then straine them, and put the turpen­tine in, and then boyle them againe on a soft fire to perfection.

RECEIT LXXIII. An excellent Emplaster, which is good for all wounds or Vlcers

TAke Deers suet foure ounces, Rosin, and Perrosin of each a pound and a halfe, white wax and Frankincense of each foure ounces, Mastick an ounce; melt the wax and [Page]suet, and powder the Gums, and put them to­gether; and when they be melted strain them through a piece of Canvasse; then adde to them a pottle of white wine, and boyle them al to the consumption of the wine, with con­tinuall stirring; and then take it from the fire, and when it is almost cold, put thereto foure ounces of turpentine washed in white wine, and of campher powdered two oun­ces; then make roules of it, and keep it for your use.

RECEIT LXXIIII. An other excellent Plaister for wounds in the Brest, or other parts.

TAke Pine-Rosin that is fresh, cleare and sweet a pound, Oyle of Bayes, and tur­pentine, of each two ounces; Gum Elemni sweet and good foure ounces; melt the Rosin and Gum together, and stirre them well, then put in the Oyle and Turpentine, and let it boyle, with continuall stirring, and then straine it, and reserve it for your use in a close pot.

When you use it, spread it on a piece of leather bigger then the wound by three fin­gers [Page]breadth, and make a hole in the middle of the leather for the corruption to runne forth: this doth it without tent or pledget: Dresse it twise a day in the summer, and once a day in the winter.

This Plaister is good for all wounds in the breast, or other parts, for it draweth the hol­low parts of all wounds, and strengthneth the parts, clearing them from unnaturall matter, and dryeth all wounds caused by thrusts.

RECEIT LXXV. Of the generall significations of sicknesses, either present or neer at hand.

THese following Presages and tokens of sicknesses, are worth the observation of all men; First, to prepare themselves for God, if he be pleased to call them; otherwise that they may in time before they be too much spent, have the counsell and helpe of learned and expert Physicians.

RECEIT LXXVI. Of the signification of the severall colours of some Vrines.

THe Colours and Symptoms of Vrines are many and various, as are the disea­ses; and therefore ought to be judged on by the learned: but thus much in briefe.

Red and thick Vrine, betokeneth sanguin.

Red and thin betokeneth melancholly.

White and thick, signifieth flegme.

White and thin betokeneth melancholly.

The highnesse of the colour signifieth heat, but the pale, black, or green, betokeneth cold

Also, the grosnesse or thicknesse of the Vrine signifieth moysture; the clearnesse or thinnesse dryth.

Vrine of the colour of bright Gold, or of the colour of Gilt, signifieth perfect digesti­on or health.

Red as a red Apple or Ch [...]rry, or base red [Page]like role Armonack, or red like glowing fire, betokeneth excesse of digestion.

Clear and white like water, or gray as a horne, or white like whay; or the colour of a Camels haire, signifieth lack of digestion.

Pale like to broth or flesh sodden, betoke­neth the beginning of digestion.

Citrine colour or yellow, or subcitrine or paler, signifieth the middle of digestion.

Colour of a beasts liver, or of dark wine, or green like to Coleworts, sheweth adusti­on of humours.

Vrine of a leady colour, or black as inke, or black as horne, or darke above and cleare beneath, betokeneth feeblenesse of nature, mortification and death.