A SHORT DISCOURSES Of the excellent Doctor and Knight, master Leonardo PHIORAVANTI BOLOGNESE upon chirurgery.  
With a declaration of many things, necessary to be known, never written before in this order: whereunto is added a number of notable secrets, found out by the said Author.  
¶ Translated out of italian into English, by john Hester, practitioner in the art of Distillation.  MIEULX VAVLT MOURIR E VERTV I QVE VIURE EN HONCTE 
¶ Imprinted at London by Thomas East. 1580.  
Jacobius Boraston me juxe tenet   


VERO NIHIL VERIUS    

❧ To the Right Honourable his singular good Lord and Patron, EDWARD DE VERE, Earl of Oxenford, Viscount Bulbecke, Lord of Escales and Bladesmore, and Lord great Chamberlain of England: john Hester wisheth health of body, tranquillity of mind, with continual increase of most godly honour.  
TRY, AND THAN trust, saith the old Adage: but I must hope for trust without trial: because as I can compare you, (Right Honourable) to none more fit, than to ALEXANDER the Macedon: So must I humbly request your good Lordship, to imitate that famous worthy: who being sick, was advertised by letters, that his Physician would empoison him. The good Prince notwithstanding being offered the medicine by the accused, first took it, and drank it up, and then gave the Physician the letter of his accuser to read: but perceiving no alteration of countenance in the man, he took good courage, and by that same medicine (although extreme in operation) presently recovered his former health. In like manner (Right Honourable) having translated and gathered together this compendious & short way of chirurgery, as I thought none so meet, to whom I might consecrate these fruits of my travails: So must I most humbly desire your good Lordship to peruse it, and then to make trial of the contents thereof: which being devised and practised by a worthy and famous captain, called signor LEONARDO PHIORAVANTI of Bolognia, doth show both the names and natures of each wound, with the order and manner to cure them in half the time which is or hath been used heretofore, by either ignorant or arrogant Professors and Practitioners of that noble and profound Science, which as they more esteem a great gain to themselves, than a little ease to their pacientes, and a long protracting of the cure for a large payment: So I know although I ease the rich, relieve the poor, and teach the ignorant: yet are there such, which being more wilful than skilful, will bear me a private grudge for this public commodity, and will attempt more then either they can or are able to answer: the which to avoid, I most humbly crave your Honourable patronage, that according to your name and poesy, your name and property may be to protect the truth: So shall both the Translator the less doubt his foes, the Book benefit more his friends, and they both most rejoice of so worthy a Patron. Whose life God prolong with health and increase of honour, and after the course of this pilgrimage finished, install you among his chosen, to reign with him in eternal felicity.  
The most affectioned of all those, which own your L. dutiful service, john Hester.   

To the gentle Reader.  
ALthough divers learned men of no less judgement than Practice, have here before translated and set forth sundry books, containing the most wholesome and profitable precepts of Physic and Chirurgery, wherein they seem to have opened and at large declared all such things as seemed necessary and expedient to be had & known, in this our vulgar English tongue: yet nevertheless, I calling to memory the notable sentence of Cicero: That every man is not all only borne for himself, but chief to profit his native country, than his parents, afterward his children and friends, seeking a means whereby I might profit this my native country, thought it best to translate this little treatise upon Chirurgery, gathered out of the works of the most famous Knight & Doctor, both in Physic & Chirurgery, Master Leonardo Phioravanti, & have applied my whole labour & diligence to set the same forth as truly and as nigh the Authors mind as I could, notwithstanding but there do some faults remain therein, because of divers terms of the Art, the which I am not practised in: of the which if instructions be given, they shall the next impression be amended.  
Therefore gentle Reader, take this book in good part, for therewith thou shalt profit more than of any other that hath been set forth heretofore, because it is only the mere troth, and pure practice approved by experience, and héerewith I make an end, committing thee and us all to almighty God, who prosper us in all our works.  
Gentle Reader, ye shall understand that if GOD prosper me in health, I mean to set out all the works of this Author: which are .24. books, comprehended in eight volumes. In the which are contained the whole art of Physic and Chirurgery, to the honour of God, & the profit of my country.  
From my house at Paul's Wharfe, the. 23. of jannuary.   

The names of the books of this Author.  

A discourse upon Chirurgery, being this book.  
Caprici medicinalle.  
Il compendio dei secreti rationalle.  
Il spechio del scientia universalle.  
Il regiment de la pest. being set forth already, and is entitled, The joyful jewel.  
Il Thesoro de la vita humana.  
La Chirurgia del Phioravanti.  
La Phisica del Phioravanti.    

The Table of the contents of this Book following.  

WHat Chirurgery is. fol. 3.  
What wounds are. eod.  
Of Ulcers, and what they are. fol. 4  
Of Impostumes and their kinds. eod.  
Of Fistoloes and their kinds. eod  
Of all sorts of scabs. fol. 5.  
Of Formicola and his effects. fol. 6.  
A discourse of wounds and other kinds of inward sores. eod.  
An order to use in healing all manner of diseases appertaining unto the Chirurgeon. fol. 7.  
Of medicines to be used in all kind of wounds outward, with ease and brevity. fol. 8.  
To help ulcers of all sorts. fol. 9  
The order to be used in curing Impostumes of divers sorts. eod.  
The order to cure all manner of Fistoloes. fol. 10.  
To help all manner of scabs. fol. 11.  
To help Mal di formica. eod.  
Of the Tow which is laid upon wounds of common chirurgeons. fol. 12.  
Of the digestive with the which they dress wounds after the aforesaid Tow. eod.  
Of the mundificative unguent, wherewith they dress the wounds after they are digested, to mundify them. fol. 13.  
Of their incarnative wherewith they dress the wound after it is mundified. eod.  
A rare secret the which this author did send unto a very friend of his, being the in wars in Africa, the which helpeth all wounds, either by cut thrust, galling with arrows, or hargabush shot, or otherwise. 13  
Of those Unguents that Cicatirze wounds. fol. 14.  
A remedy to help a wound with great speed of our invention. eod.  
An excellent secret to heal wounds of gunshot or Arrows, without any danger. eod.  
A discourse upon old wounds that are not yet healed and their sovereign remedy. eod.  
To dissolve a bruise in short time, when it is new done. fol. 15.  
To help a wound quickly that is in peril of any accident. eod.  
To stop the flux of blood in wounds with great speed. eod.  
another remedy to stay the flux of blood in wound. fol. 16.  
Of our Cerote magno, that helpeth against all sorts of sores and wounds. eod.  
Of our magistral Unguent that helpeth divers sorts of sores. eod.  
To make Oil of Frankincense. fol. 17.  
Of Oil of Wax and his effect. eod.  
To help the tooth ache that is caused of rotten teeth, or that cometh of a dissension of the head. fol. 18.  
Against a stinking breath. eod.  
To help those that have a great cough in the stomach. eod.  
To help those that cannot hold their water. fol. 19  
To help those that cannot make water. eod.  
To help those that have great burning of their urine. fol. 20.  
To help those that have great pain of the Gout. eod.  
A remedy against the pestilence, that preserveth those that use it. fol. 21.  
To help Pellaria, that is a disease which causeth the hair and beard to fall away. eod.  
To help a carnosity in the yard. eod.  
To help a white scall. fol. 22.  
To help those Caruolli that come upon the yard, and their causes. eod.  
A discourse of those sores that come of the Pocks, and how to help them quickly. fol. 23  
The cure of one that had the Pocks in his head. eod.  
The cure of a wound in the head & the hand. fol. 24.  
A great secret particular for the Flux and Dissenteria. eod.  
The cure of one that was poisoned with Arsenic. 25.  
The cure of an ulcerated leg. eod.  
The cure of the Gout on a certain Gentleman. 26.  
Of the causes of the Scyatica, and how ye may help it eod.  
A most excellent remedy to help the Flux of the body, with a certain discourse there-on 27.  
A discourse as concerning Corns in the feet or else where, with their remedies. eod.  
Of an Infirmity of importance, that cometh upon the extremity of the Toe, upon the nail. eod.  
A discourse upon the Hemerhodes, with the order to cure them with most excellent medicines of our invention. fol. 27.  
A great secret to help those that are burst or have the Rupture. eod.  
A rare secret and divine, to help those that are troubled with the Spleen. fol. 28  
An other great secret to help the Spleen with great speed. eod.  
The cure of a certain Spaniard called, Carabasull di Cordonet, the which was troubled with the Pocks. eod.  
The cure of the stitch in the side with retention of urine. eod.  
A cure of a certain Spaniard wounded in the head in Naples. 29.  
The cure of a certain Gtntleman, that had Mal di formica. eod.  
Certain cures that his Author did, when he travailed into Afryca. eod.  
The cure of the Flux, wherewith I holp the Army of the Emperor in Afryca. fol. 30.  
A goodly remedy found out by me, for wounds in the head. fol. 31.  
The cure of one that had his Nose cut off, and set on again. eod.  
The cure of an Arm of S. Giordano Vrsino. fol. 33.  
A great chance that happened at the assault in Afryca. eod.  
The cure of wounds being poisoned, and of other sores. eod.  
A remedy found out by me, against the poison of a Fish. fol. 34.  
Of the taking of Afrika and his destruction. eod.  
The cure of a great wound on that head. fol. 35.  
A very strange thing that happened in the aforesaid year. eod.  
The cure of a Fistoloe in the lower parts. eod.  
Of many that I cured in Naples. fol. 36.  
A cure of Vlcera putrida, the which was in the Arme. eod.  
The cure of Ethesia in the beginning. fol. 37  
The cure of a certain man, wounded in thirteen places. eod.  
Of remedies that help many diseases. fol. 38.  
Here beginneth the order to make divers and sundry medicines of our invention, never found out before by any man. And first to make our Petra Philosophalla, that helpeth against all manner of diseases that happeneth unto man or woman, or any other animal terrestrial. eod.  
To make our Balm artificial, with the order to use it, and wherefore it serveth fol. 40.  
To make our Aromatico, the which helpeth against all manner of infirmities, of what quallytie so ever they be. fol. 41.  
To make our Electuario Angelico, and the order to use it, and in what diseases. eod.  
Of the vigitable Stone, of our invention, to transmute a body of one complexion into an other, and to make him sound for ever. fol. 42.  
Our solyble Siroppe with the order to use it. fol. 43.  
Our Siropo magistrale Leonardo, the which serveth against an infinite number of diseases, and is a rare medicine. eod.  
Our Syropoe against the melancholic humour, and specially where there is ventosity in the stomach. fol. 44.  
Our Potion of Lignum Sanctum, the which is miraculous to dissolve crud, and malign humours, with the order to use it, in the French Pocks, and such like diseases. eod.  
A most marvelous Water and rare, to cause a man to avoid the Gravel in urine, and to mundify the reins. fol. 45.  
To make the water of Lignum sanctum, most wholesome against the Pocks, with a new order. fol. 46.  
Our distillation for the Etesia, the which is of marvelous virtue, and without comparison, with the order to use it. fol. 47.  
Our vigitable Siroppe, the which is miraculous and divine. fol. 47  
An electuary that helpeth the cough, with great speed and ease. eod.  
Electuario benedicto Leonardi, the which purgeth the body without any grief, and is miraculous in his operation. fol. 48.  
An Electuary against the evil disposition of the Liver and Stomach. eod.  
Our magistral Electuary of Sulfur the which serveth against divers forts of infirmities. fol. 49.  
Our Electuario of Consolida magore that serveth for many diseases inwardly. eod.  
Our imperial Electuary for the Mother. fol. 50.  
Pylles against poison the which are of marvelous virtue. eod.  
Vnguento magno Leonardo. eod.  
Oil of Hypericon, the which is most miraculous for wounds and bruises. fol. 51  
To make our Oleum benedictum, the which healeth wounds divinely. eod.  
A magistral Water, the which preserveth the sight a long time, and mundifieth the eyes of all spots. fol. 52.  
To make Oil of Vitriol compound, the which preserveth nature in his strength. eod.  
Oleum philosophorum de termentiva & cera. fol. 53.  
Our magno licore the which is of great virtue. eod.  
Pillole Angelica, the which evacuat the body without any impediment, and are most profitable. 54.  
Pillole Aquilone of our invention. 55.  
Our Quintaessentia solutiva, the which is of marvelous operation in divers matters. eod.  
Our Siroppe of Quintaessence, the which is of marvelous virtue eod.  
Pillole magistrale, the which is good against divers infirmities. fol. 56.  
A compound Aqua vitae, the which serveth against all cold diseases of the stomach. eod.  
A compound Oil against poison, the which is of a marvelous virtue. eod.  
A marvelous Soap that helpeth those which cannot spit but with great pain. fol. 57  
To make the Quintaessence of Honey. fol. 58.  
To make our Elixir vitae or Aqua coelestis. eod.  
To make Aqua real vel Imperiale, the which maketh the teeth white presently, incarnateth the goumes, and causeth a good breath. eod.  
A kind of pill most convenient for the eyes, and comforteth the stomach. fol. 60.  
A discourse upon a composition that preserveth a man or woman in health a long time. eod.  
A marvelous Water to be used of all Chirurgeons in curing of their pacientes. fol. 61.  
To make our caustic. eod.  
To make oil of Antimony. eod.  
A precious liquor above all other. fol. 62.  
A secret of marvelous virtue. eod.  
Our secret of marvelous virtue in act & strength. eod.  
To rectify & preserve the sight of those that are weak sighted. eod.  
Of Lac Virgins, and the order to make it. fol. 63.  
To calcine Tutia, and to bring it into a salt. eod.  
To precipitate Mares, and to bring it into a red powder, called Crocus martis, the which serveth for divers purposes. eod.  
A secret of Turpentine of Cyprus. fol. 64.   
FINIS TABULAE.   

HOW THAT OUR PHYSIC AND Chirurgery is better, then that, the which the Ancients have commonly used.  
THere is no doubt, but that our new Physic and Chirurgery, is better than that, the which the Ancients have used: because it helpeth the sick with more ease and speed, and much more safer, and to show the troth, the Ancients had never knowledge of our Dia Aromatico, nor of Electuario Angellica, nor of our Pillole Aquilone, nor did not make our siropo solutivo, nor yet our magno licore, with a number of other medicines found out by me, the which are written in the end of this book, with the which I have done wonderful cures, as thou mayst read in my Thesoro de la vita humana, and truly most necessary for all professors of this Art, because therein thou shalt find so many goodly experiences, and it would cause the world to wonder thereat. But to turn to our purpose, I say that the Ancients the which had not knowledge of our remedies, they wanted also knowledge of the true Physic, and Chirurgery, as by the experience thou mayst see, I say not this to speak evil of those wise ancient Doctors, that were inventors thereoff, but I say it to say the troth, and many shall be my testimony of this troth. Because in many countries, where our work that are Imprinted are come, they begin to practise after our order. And this order of curing: I repute it not to my science, but a work that God would reveal unto the world, thorough my means, and to show the troth, there hath been none, that hath found the medicines for wounds with so much ease and brevity as I have done.  
Who hath ever found the true Remedy for the Gout, for the Ouartain, for Fluxes, and all sorts of Fevers, as I have done? or what is he that ever brought the whole Art of Physic and Chirurgery into eight small volumes, as I have done? What is he that ever writ of the Pestilence, and of his quality and remedies and orders to be used in the same, as I have done. And if there be any that doth not credit me, let them make experience of all that I have said, and I promise you and swear as I am a true Knight, they shall find more truth than I will write at this time, being as I have said, a work given of God, for a universal benefit of all the world, and forasmuch I exhort every one of the professors of Physic & Chirurgery, to follow this our truth, because they are of so great experience, that it seemeth miraculous unto man, as I have seen many years ago, to my great honour, and satisfaction of the people of the world, & thus doing & working, thou shalt come to know that our Physic & chirurgery is more better & wholesome, then the which hath been used of the Ancients until this present time.  

Certain remedies, for all Captains and soldiers that travel eitherby water or land.  
THere are .3. infirmities, that offend the soldiers in the camp above all the rest, the which are these, Fevers, Wounds, & Fluxes of the body, the which thou mayst help in this order following, with these medicines, that is our Quintaessence of wine, our Balsamo, Magno licore, Quintaessencia solutiva, & Specie Imperiale, & the order to use them is thus. When any hath a fever or a flux, then presently when the disease beginneth, let him blood in one of the .2. veins under the tongue, cutting it overthwart, & this thou shalt do in the evening, then the next morning, take a dose of our imperial powder mixed with wine, and this ye may do without any diet or straight order, that being done, give him .3. morning's together, half an ounce of our Quintaessence solutive with broth. But if it be a flux, and that the Patient is not cured, let him stand in a cold bath of salt water of the Sea .3. or .4. hours or more, and he shall be perfectly holp.  
Then as concerning wounds, as well cuts as thrusts, and as well gallings with arrows, as hargabush shot, and other sorts, thou shalt cure them thus. The first thing that ye shall do to them, is to wash them very clean with urine, and then dry them well, then put there-in our Quintaessence of wine, & presently join the parts together, & sow or stitch them close, than put thereupon 5. or .6. drops of our Balsamo, and upon the wound lay a cloth wet in our Magno licore, as hot as he may suffer it, and this ye shall do the first day: Than the next day follow this order: First put thereon our Quintaessence, and a little of our Balsamo, & then our Magno licore very hot, & never change that medicine, and thus doing the wound shall heal with great speed, and in a quarter of the time, that the common chirurgeons is able to do it, by the grace of God.    

❧ A short discourse of the most excellent Doctor & knight, Master Leonardo Phioravanti Bolognesse, upon chirurgery, with a declaration of many things necessary to be known. Never written before in this order, where unto is added a number of notable secrets found out by the said Author.  
The Proheme.  
IT is to be understood, that when the Almighty creator had made the world, he also created all manner of beasts, as well on earth as in the water, with other fowls, after which saith the holy Scripture, he created man after his own Image and similitude, and to him gave power over all things created, and with the same, grace and reason. Through the which he was apt to rule & have knowledge of all through the spirit of God, as to have knowledge of all things whereunto he gave his mind & understanding, as it is at this present to be seen among men in the world that have knowledge of divers and sundry things, all necessary for those that will live in the world with honour: For some understand the art of husbandry, which was the first art used in the world, for so much as without it we cannot well live as it is plainly seen. There are other that have knowledge in keeping beasts of all kinds apt or meet for man's body, as Goats, Cows, Hogs, Hens, Geese, Horse, Mules, and such like. There are other that have knowledge in Navigation, without the which also the world would be unperfet, as it is seen by experience. There be other that have knowledge in cosmography, whereby they know divers parts of the world whether men may travail. There be other that have knowledge in the art of wars, whereby they may help to defend their Prince and countries, in executing of justice. There be other that understand Astrology, by the which they know the course of Planets and their effects: Other understand the Mathematica, whereby they measure land and all other things: Other study Music, to accord voices together, & other understand Physic to help the diseased bodies of humane creatures, and also annymales of divers and sundry infirmities. There be other that understand Chirurgery, to help all manner of sores that hap unto men: upon which Chirurgery, we will write a brief discourse & pleasant reason, & will leave apart the science that is doubtful, because there is no science in the world wherewith a man may do good if therewith be no practice or experience, as a man may say. The which experience is master of all things, as it is plainly seen, and therefore we will give you to understand which of those parts be best or most necessary in this chirurgery, either to help those that are hurt, or the science, or experience. And we will show the mere troth without any dissimulation or fraud, as I have always done in my works which are Printed, and at this present do intend to do, if almighty God give me grace, and quicken my spirits or wits in writing that which shallbe to his honour, and profit to the world.   

❧ TO THE Reader.  
Having taken upon me to write a brief treatise of chirurgery, in the which I will write the mere verity, & that with as much brevity as may be, because the troth occupieth but little room, for the Philosopher writeth that the troth is such a light as all men do hide, covering it with diverse abuses, as the Poets many times do: for when they writ one of their tales they go about to hide it, and thus to our purpose. Those that writ great volumes cannot choose many times but hide the troth, for in much matter there entereth both good and bad, & therefore I will write no more than is necessary, declaring what chirurgery is, and in what order it should be used with all his accidents, showing what wounds are, with Impostumes and ulcers, how they engender, and when they are engendered, how to cure them and dissolve them. A discourse which will please many because it is only troth, & of great importance: Let every one therefore know that science with experience do appear to be one thing, and at this present every one is certain thereof, that the experience of Physic as well as of chirurgery, cannot be good without science, or Method, as a man may term it. But I say that experience is better than Science, in these two arts, that is in Physic and chirurgery, for science only showeth the virtue the which may be done with practice that hath no theoric. Of which I have written sufficiently in my Capricy medicinalle, Imprinted at Venice, and that this which I writ is troth, I will prove it, for I say, that no can help with the only Method, but always it is necessary that there be some experience or practise therefore those that do delight to understand, let them follow this my short treatise, in the which I will entreat of things most necessary to be known, & will show how easy it is to work in that art, declaring all the dificult matters, so that every one may see and perceive it plain, and afterwards I will show how to make many new medicines, as well for wounds, as for the other sorts of sores, which have not been used neither of old Doctors, nor of new: the which remedies are of such virtue & strength, that the world will wonder at them for their notable quick working, and hereafter I will write what chirurgery is.  
  

¶ WHAT CHIRVRgerie is.  
CHIRURGERIE is both Science and practice, and to say the troth he that will know the composition of man's body, must of necessity have some science, and be Anatomist, although the same Science be a thing to be learned by practice, for I have seen many times those which were unlearned to be expert in the Anatomy of man's body, and those were painters and drawers, the which was necessary for them to know to frame their figures accordingly: and therefore I take not that for science but practice, for science is only that wherewith the causes of every infirmity is found out, and is of small effect to our purpose, because Chirurgery helpeth not only the cause, but also the effect after it is known, and therefore I may say that Chirurgery is no other than a pure and mere practice, and that it is only necessary for the Chirurgeon to know how to stitch a wound well, to mundify an ulcer, and to keep it from putrefaction, and keep it from alteration, so that there run no evil humours unto the place offended, and to know all kind of Unguents that are apt to heal all kind of wounds and ulcers, which thing must be known by practice. And likewise to make all manner of Unguents necessary for Chirurgery, & for that cause I conclude most truly, that our Chirurgery is only practise or experience. And that which causeth me to believe it, is, that I have always seen the most part of chirurgeons, when they should have any case in Chirurgery, they knew not what Unguent would help the sore, cut many times they prove this, and that, and so continue until they have found one, that is convenient for the sore, whereunto it is applied, and therefore this is a certain sign, that they know not by Science there medicines to help the sore, but with experience they search it. Therefore if it be so, it is a sign that I have said the troth, and so conclude that chirurgery is a practice to help sores on men's bodies, and also on beasts, when occasion shall serve.  

What Wounds are.  
Wounds are those which in Latin is called Vulnus, & of the vulgar Vulnere, and they are of two kinds, that is, simple & compound. The simple are those that are only in the flesh, the compound are those where are cut sinews, veins, muscles and bones, and these are of divers and sundry kinds. And the difference that is among them is, by the variety of the place where they are wounded, and by the difference of the weapon wherewith they were hurt, for some go right, some overthwart, some long, some broad, some are thrusts or stocate, that offend divers parts of the body. The simple are of small importance, because if ye keep them clean and close shut, nature will heal them without any kind of medicine. But those where veins are cut, have need of some Art or practice, with the which they may stop the blood, & in any wise not to suffer the wound remain open, but to sow it up very close, so that the vain may heal. Also those where sinews are hurt are of great importance, and would be healed with great speed, so that the sinews may join with more ease. But those where bones are hurt, are of greater importance, for if the bone be separated from the other, of necessity it must be taken ●●rth, before the wound be healed. So that by this means every one may know what wounds are, and their kinds.   

Of Vlceres, and what they are.  
Ulcers are of divers and sundry kinds, and are engendered of many causes, as hereafter I will show. But first I will write of those kind of Ulcers that are caused of wounds. You shall understand that wounds in what part of the body soever they be, being impostumated, or cancrenated, they change their names, and are no more called wounds, although the original was a wound. For when it is cancrenated, it is called Vlcera corasiva, because it goeth eating and creeping on the flesh. But when the wound is impostumated and full of matter, it is called, Vlcera putrida, that is putrefied, & it is because it is filthy & stinketh. But when it is neither cancrenated nor yet apostumated, but that through some evil disposition the wound is closed, and that there cometh in it evil qualities without alteration, than it is called Vlcera sordida, because therein is evil quality, & it appeareth but a little, but it is evil to heal. There be other sorts of ulcers also, the which are caused of divers & sundry kinds of tumours, & the most evil & mischievous, are those that are of tumours caused of the pocks, for unto those there runneth abundance of evil humours that augment the ulcer, & they be the worst sort, for they can not be healed by themselves, except the body be well purged and evacuated of all the humours that are offensive. There is another kind of ulcer the which cometh of an Impostume, as well hot as cold, and those are more gentle and easy to be helped, if ye know the medicines that are apt to help and dissolve those kind of ulcers.  
These are the three kind of Ulcers that commonly happen unto men and women through divers causes, as it is said before, so that these are the principal causes of those malign ulcers.   

Of Impostumes, and their kinds.  
IMpostumes are a certain kind of tumour that is called in divers manners, because they come in divers places of the body, as those sorts of Impostumes that come in the groin, which in Venice is called Pannoche, in Rome Tencone, in Naples Dragonselly, in Spain Incordi, and the Ancient called them Buboni, and some with other names. There are other that come in all parts of the body, and when they come they cause great pain, and then they ripen and break of themselves for the most part, and these in Naples are called Autrax, and in Rome Chicolini, in Venice un nasito, in Lombardy un bungo, and in Spain un nacido mui viliaco. There is an other kind of Impostume, that is engendered of a contusion or bruise, and is properly called Apostumato pro Amacatura. In the head there grow certain kinds of sores that are called Talpa or Topinare, the which are of small importance, for they may be healed in short time, as it is seen in children's heads that are often troubled therewith, and also in their throats, and for the most part about the ears.   

Of Fistoloes, and their kinds.  
ALl manner of sores that do not cicatrize perfectly and have communication with the inward parts, are called Fistoloes, and we term them in Italian Sofio or Spiraculo, as ye may see by experience, and this is perilous when a Fistoloe closeth, being in the body and specially those fistoloes that are in the fundament, for Nature herself doth engender it for ease. But these fistoloes that come in divers parts of the body are troublesome, but not perilous, also all such sores as tarry long before they be incarnated come to fistoloes, & many times it cometh through long curing, by tenting with their tents, the which are cause that nature maketh a Callow & leaveth the sore so hollow, that it will never be filled with flesh, but so remain hollow, as it is seen easily by experience. There be other sorts of fistoloes in form of a sore, and they be those sores that most commonly come on the legs, the which do purge a long time, and are also very hard to heal, because if ye heal one of them presently, there will rise another hard by it, and that is a kind of fistoloe. There is another kind of fistoloe that is caused of those sores that are upon the bone, the which by his continuance do break and consume the skin and the bone, and these many times remain fistolated, but who so taketh away the cause of the sore, nature itself will prevail mightily and heal it, as may be seen daily by experience, in those that be so troubled. The fistoloes that come in the eyes, are called Fistola Lacrimosa, and they have some communication with the inward parts, and are evil to be healed. Because first the cause must be taken away inwardly, and then nature will heal it by itself, as I have seen by experience, so that these are the kind of fistoloes most known unto all men, and the causes of these fistoloes are two: and for my part I am fully persuaded it is so. The first is of wounds evil healed, that remain Fistolated. The second cause I find to be of sores caused of the pox, and to show a troth, ye shall cure them of the Pox, and their fistoloes will heal of themselves without any other help, as it is daily to be seen:  
There may be many other causes the which as yet I know not, but these two are a sufficient reason, and to be considered of the professors of this art, if they desire to come to any excellency: and therefore I will reason no more of the matter, because the science and my experience will reach no farther.   

Of all sorts of scabs.  
THere be divers kinds of scabs, but I will only entreat of those in which I have had most experience, and will set them forth as plain as I can, that every one thereby may have profit. The first kind of scab is that which is caused of Riplexione of the body, by eating much meat of great nourishment, and then not to digest it, so in that cause nature to ease itself, sendeth forth that humidity, and when it joineth to the skin it ingroseth and causeth an Impostume, and passing to the outward parts it is already corrupted, and so causeth the Pustules, as by experience may be seen, and this kind is a viscous and fat humour with great humidity. There is another kind of scab that is always dry with readiness, and is small, with great heat and itching, and the same in my judgement is caused by much heat of the liver and adustion of blood, and may be healed easily. There is another kind of great scab, that hath a great dry crust on them and they grow big, and the same is of the french pox being new taken. There is another kind like serpigo that goeth creeping, and hath a dry crust, and hath no matter under it: and the same is also of the french pox Inueterated. There are also divers other kinds, the which I will leave at this time, because they are of small importance, and may be helped with those medicines which are fit for the kinds aforesaid.   

Of Formicola and his effects.  
THose kind of ulcers that are commonly called Maldi formica, are so called because they are a kind of maling Ulcers and corrosive that goeth creeping upon the flesh, and maketh many holes that are lifted up on the sides and are red, and these for the most part are caused of the pox as may be seen by experience, and those sores are evil to be healed, because thereunto runneth abundance of humours, the which cannot be resolved but with inward medicines, that is, with exquisite purgations that purify the blood, and that cutteth away the evil humours that run thereunto, & cause great alteration with burning. This kind of sore cometh many times in the head, and when it cometh in that part, it is called Tigna, or the white scalle, and to show that this is the troth, ye may see that those medicines which heal Formicola, doth also heal the white scalle, for this is a kind of the pox, as by the effects ye may plainly see, for if any should say the contrary, I would answer him again that this may well be, because the same infirmity may be taken in the mother's womb, or as soon as the child is borne it may take it of the Nurse that giveth it suck, if she be infected with that disease, so that I conclude it may be so. But there are a number of that kind of disease, which I let pass because I have seen no experience of them.   

A discourse of wounds and other kinds of inward sores.  
Wounds that are within the body, as in the stomach or belly or in Testinalles, in the bladder, rains, or guts: The Milt, liver, Lungs, Heart or other muscles or arteries, as there be a number, I confess to know nothing therein, and I will show you the reason, you shall understand that when a wound doth offend the interior parts, the Physician, or Chirurgeon or great Anatomist what so ever he be, cannot know all those parts offended in the body, for after the weapon is within the body, it may turn and with the point hurt other parts a far off the wound, and offend divers particular parts one different from the other, & therefore I beseech you excellent Chirurgeons, when such a case cometh, how do you know or discern which parts are hurt, but to say that troth, I believe in that case they know all alike, but what should I say of the cure of such a wound, if the Chirurgeon know not where it is, nor of what importance, but worketh by imagination, and if that nature doth prevail, and that the wound doth heal, it is by the good fortune of the physician, so that for wounds inwardly I conclude no other at this time, but will leave it to those that know more than I, and hereafter I will discourse of ulcers and impostumes inwardly what they are and how to cure them with our order: ye shall understand that there are a number of kinds of ulcers and impostumes that may engender inwardly, but it seemeth to me so hard to understand, that I can determine nothing that were true, and the cause is this, that we have seen an infinite of Physicians and Chirurgeons that have visited one Impostumated or Ulcerated, and the Physician could not know the place, and particular of that impostume or ulcer, if that the patiented do not tell him and show him, and cause him to feel with his hand, and this is most true, & therefore if one cannot resolve him of outward things that he may see & feel with his hand, how can he resolve him when one of those accidents is within the body, where the patiented knows not himself, which is grieved. Truly I would gladly know what judgement they would give of that matter, for because if there be any Impostume or ulcer in any part of the body, the sick shall feel great offence and pain, nevertheless he cannot tell where it is, nor what part is hurt, so that I conclude, if that the Patient know not, much less the Physician knoweth, and of this I have made a large discourse in Caprici medicinalle, for as I have said before, in this case I know nothing. Nevertheless when it shall come to his place, I will write a discourse of the order to cure the most part of Ulcers and Impostumes, but touching wounds, I will promiss no more than I have said before. Also I will write excellent remedies of great experience, with the which all wounds, so they be not mortal, may be helped and healed, and also the reasons convenient in that matter.   

An order to use in healing all manner of diseases appertaining unto the Chirurgeon.  
Wounds and all other sorts of sores, are of sundry and divers kinds, as is aforesaid, nevertheless the order to help them is not much different one from the other, if we should say only the troth without abuse. For ye shall understand that Nature is the master of all things created, & the Physician and Chirurgeon are helpers of that Nature, as the Ancient professors of the Art have affirmed. Than seeing this is so, what need we to make so much ado, having Nature that worketh so gently, if it be not hindered by the minister, & therefore if we will speak of wounds, I say that the minister hath three operations to do, and no more, and the rest leave to nature that worketh gently. The three operations that the Master hath to do, are these: To defend the wound so that there runneth no humours to it, and that it putrefy not, and to keep it clean, and when the minister hath done that, letto Nature work that which she will work well, and if any desire to see if it will be so in effect, ye may see by a dog, for if he hath a great wound upon his body, he healeth it without any medicine, only with diet & keeping it clean with his tongue, and this is most true, that those which do help wounds by enchantment, do nothing but keep the wound clean, & cause the patiented keep a diet, & so nature worketh as well on man as on a dog, therefore let none marvel of this authority of a dog, although I approve the like of a Christian. But for so much as it would be good to help Nature, that it might work with more speediness, as husbandmen do and gardeiners, who because they would have Nature to work the better & quicker in their ground, do cast there-on divers sorts of dounges, etc. The which is done only to help Nature to work the quicker, and to conclude, I say that the Chirurgeon should do the same in helping of wounds. But as for ulcers of divers sorts, it were necessary to find out the cause, because they come of divers causes, for when the cause is found, it will be more easy to be helped, because ulcers cannot come but by great distemperance of nature in our bodies, as by great heat or cold, or by replexions of the body. Therefore in this case it is necessary to purge the body: first, to ease Nature which is offended, & to extinguish the superfluous heat or cold that is in the body: That being done the minister or helper of Nature hath three things to do. The first is to mortify or kill the sore, the second to mundify, & the third to incarnate, & then nature will cicatrize it, & these three operations are to be used in ulcers. Also Impostumes are caused of divers accidents, in the which it is also necessary to seek out the cause, whereby to know what purgations are fit to purge the body of the superfluous humours, & then the minister hath .3. things to do in that case. First to bring it to maturation quickly, then when it is ripe and broke to mundify it well, and thirdly to incarnate it, & these are the .3. operations that are to be done in an impostume to help nature to work well, and so following this order thy work shall prove well & go the right way, as hereafter I will show in his place the operations to use in the effect with the order to help them, & also to make thy unguents, showing their quality & virtue, & will prove by reason those things that are doubtful, so that every one shall be satisfied in that matter.   

Of medicines to be used in all kind of wounds outward with ease and brevity.  
Having declared what outward wounds are, it is also necessary to show the order how to cure them, with as much speed & ease as it is possible, & therefore I will begin first with simple wounds that are only in the flesh, without offence of veins, sinews, or bones, although these need no help, but only to join the lips close together, & if need be to stitch them close, & then let nature work, the which in short time will heal them, but if thou by Art wilt help nature, thou shalt anoint them with oil of frankincense once a day. But wounds where veins are cut, have need of present help, and artificial means and sufficient remedies to help it with as much speed as may be, so that the veins cut may join again together, without any great offence of the wound, & that is done in this order. The first thing is to join the parts close together & stitch it well, not as the common chirurgeons do, but as they do use to stitch bags, and when it is stitched close, anoint it only upon the wound with our Magno licore, and lay there-on a cloth wet in the same Oil very warm, then take Hypericon with the seed, Millefolli, Viticella, Ana, and make theroff a powder, the which thou shalt strow upon the wound being dressed, and round about it, for this medicine doth assuttiliate the matter that runneth unto the wound, and taketh it forth with great ease and without pain of the wound, for this is the most sovereign medicine in that case, that Nature with Art may make, & hath been proved a thousand times by experience in divers places. But those wounds where bones and sinews are hurt, have need of great artificie and cunning, because they be of importance. But when the sinews be only offended, it were necessary to stitch them presently, as I have said of those where veins are cut, but not to dress it with Magno licore, but in steed thereof to take our Oleum benedictum, and Oil of frankincense, of each a like, for those Oils do exceedingly comfort the sinews that are cut, and when it happeneth that a sinew hath a puncture or is cut half way, in that case it were necessary to cut it overthwart, because it shall bring no Spasmus to the wound, but if so be than that the bone be hurt, and that there be any part to come forth: it were necessary to leave the wound open, until the bone cometh forth, and then to incarnate it, and this thou shalt do with our artificial balm, for the same 〈◊〉 for wounds, and lay thereupon the Cerote of Gualtifredo di medi, the which healeth it with speed, and so with these orders thou mayst help all the aforesaid sorts of wounds, and the defensive to use in these wounds is this. Rec. Aqua vitae made of pure wine & that will burn all away, and put therein Hypericon, Millifollie, Viticella, Betonica, and then wet a cloth in that infusion and lay it for a defensive round about the wound, and so thou shalt have thine intent to the great satisfaction of the patiented. Wounds in the head, are helped as those are, where the sinews are offended, there are also divers other sorts of wounds which are helped with the aforesaid remedies.   

To help ulcers of all sorts.  
seeing that ulcers are of divers & sundry kinds, it were necessary to know of what kind and quality they are, so that thou mayst help them in form and order convenient, and first I will write of the corrosive ulceras of a wound Cancrenated, mal di Formicola, and other sorts of ulcers that go creeping upon the flesh. The cure of these kinds of ulcers is to apply quickly our Caustike to mortify the evil, the which thou shalt do thus, wet a little bombast in our Caustike, and therewith wash all the sore, & then leave it so open 24. hours without binding it fast, & when 24. hours are past, wash the sore with strong Vinegar & water, of each a like quantity, with charge that there remain none of the Caustike in the sore, than lay thereon butter washed, with a colewort leaf until the asker or dead flesh fall away, then take our Cerote Magistrale, with a little Precipitate strawed thereon, and their anoint it with Magno licore, and lay it upon the sore▪ for this 〈◊〉 helpeth all manner of coralive ulcers without any other help, and every plaster will serve three or four days, taking them off, every 24. hours, and make them clean, and then lay them on again, and as for the filthy ulcer that I have showed off in his Chapter, ye shall dress them only with our Vngento magno. The which without any other help will heal them quickly: But ye must every four days touch them with Aqua fortis, drawn from Precipitate, the which water draweth forth the offensive matter, and leaveth it purified and clean, and in all other sorts of Ulcers, our Balm artificial, our Magno licore, Oil of Wax and Terpentine, the black Cerote of Gualtifredo, di medi, our Cerote Magistrale with Precipitate, are able to help, be they never so evil.   

The order to be used in curing Impostumes of divers sorts.  
THere be many sundry kinds of Impostumes that cometh to man's body, that are caused, of divers sundry accidents, and therefore must be cured by divers orders and with sundry medicines according to his kind, because some Impostume is caused of a contusion or bruised flesh, some are certain grieves, that Nature would discharge herself off, and so sendeth forth that matter, some are caused of cold, other of melancholic humours, and other are caused of corrupsion of the Pocks, and these are the kinds of Impostumes that commonly come, and hereafter I will show the order to cure them, one after another.  
And first of those that are caused of a contusion because it is bruised flesh, for every contusion must be putrefied and brought to matter, therefore make a Maturative and bring it to supperac●●●, and when you know there is matter, presently lance them and dress them with this medicine as well within as without, the which without any other help will heal any great contusion. But you must make the Unguent fresh every day, and with new Eggs, ye shall mix the youlke of an Egg with our Magno licore, and therewith dress them. And as for those Impostumes that come by indisposition of Nature, are certain, Sboryne, a word so called in Italian, by the which nature would prevail, it were necessary to let those have their cures according to Nature, until they break of themselves, and when they are brooken dress them within with this Unguent. Rec. Oil of Roses, ounc. 6. Litarge of gold in fine powder, ounc. 2. Storax liquida ounc. 1. Terpentine, ounc. 2. yellow Wax ounc. 3. mix them and boil them on the fire until it be black, and if it be to hard put thereto more oil of Roses, & make it in form of an unguent, and therewith dress those kinds of Impostumes, and lay thereon the Cerote Diapalma, and therewith will be wrought miracles. Also for those Impostumes caused of cold, ye shall use hot medicines and attractive: the Cerote of Oxicrocijs is excellent in those kind of impostumes, our Balm artificial, or the water, & such like things as are temperate by Nature. But those Impostumes that have their Original of the french pocks, are evil & maling, because their cause is ●●a●ing and evil, and therefore their cure is with great purging, & to let the impostume ripe of himself, & when ye lance it, dress it within, with our unguento magno, mixed thus. Rec. unguento magno, ounc. 2. magno licore ounc. 1. precipitate ounc. semis mix them well together, & therewith dress that impostume, the which will heal quickly & well, and lay thereon our Cerote Magistrale, with this charge that in all the cures aforesaid ye purge the body well, so that the humours run not unto the place offended, and use defensives according to the kind of Impostume, as Oil of Frankincense, of Terpentine, of wax, of honey, Aqua vitae, all these are excellent defensives by themselves, anointing them round about the Impostume.   

The order to cure all manner of Fistoloes.  
FIstoloes as I have said before, are of divers kinds, and caused of divers accidents, and so likewise they have need of divers medicines, and first I will write of those fistoloes that come of wounds evil healed, and that have made a callow in that order that nature cannot scicatrise and so remain fistolated, and the cure of these kind of fistoloes is to put therein a Rupture that doth cut and mortify the callow, and causeth it to fall away, and then with incarnating medicines, incarnate them and scicatrise them and this is the true cure of these fistoloes. But those kind of fistoloes that nature causeth, to ease herself of some accident, commonly do come in the lower parts about the fundament and they be very perilous, and not to be healed as they before were. But they must be with purging the body, stomach, and head, the which is to be done thus. First purge them x. or xii. days with our Magistral Syrup, then give them our Aromatico, and drink thereon a little white Wine, then purge the head with a perfume made of Mirra, and Cynaber, after these things be done ye shall rectify the liver with some decoction fit for that purpose, as of Lignum sanctum, or Salsa peryllia, or such like, that work effect, for this medicine doth also help Fistola lacrimosa, that commonly come about the eyes, or ears. There be other Fistoloes in form of a sore, which must be helped with purging, and lay upon the sore our Cerote magistrale with Precipitate & anoint it with Magno licore, for with this Cerote only may all fistolated sores be healed, for it doth mundify and afterwards cicatrize it, there be also divers such like matters that are cured easily, if ye apply thereunto those medicines that are appropriate.   

To help all manner of scabs.  
THe kinds of scabs be many, and caused of divers causes, and their cures are also divers ways. Those that are caused of replection of the body and of gross blood, the which is caused by eating abundance of such meats as are of great nourishment, the which if thou wilt cure them, it were necessary to purge them with our Siruppe Solutivo ten or twelve days, then give him or her one dram of our Aromatico in the morning fasting, and drink thereon a cup of sweet wine, then let him sweat three or four times, and after anoint him with our Vnguento magno two or three times, & it will heal him of those kind of scabs.  
Now to cure that kind of scab that is red and small, and causeth great itching, you shall make a decoction of herbs that cool the liver and purify the blood, as Borage, bugloss, Endive, maidenhair, Liver-wort, Harts-tongue, Agrimony, Citrach, Succory and such like herbs, then purge with Aloes, the juice of Elder roots, jera pigra solutina, and such like as doth cool the liver and blood, & then anoint them with Vnguento di Litargirio, & therewith you shall help all those kind of scabs. There be also certain great scabs over all the body, the which are very thick, & those are a kind of the Pocks, the which may be helped with giving them our Pillole contra il mal Francese, the quantity is according to the discretion of the Physician, and these pills ye shall take three times every third day, and then anoint them with our Vnguento magno, and he shall be helped. There is an other kind of scab that goeth creeping with a dry crust like unto petigine, and those are the mere Pocks inueterated, and the order to cure them is thus, give them our Sirop against the melancholic humour, because it purgeth the blood and cooleth the liver, and dissolveth that viscous humour that engendereth that crust, that being done give them our Aromatico, & anoint them with our Magno licore, and he shall be perfectly helped in shortt space. There are other kind of scabs that come through great cold, and those are healed only with anointing them with Oil of Frankincense three or four times.   

To help Mal di formica.  
THose be certain ulcers which go creeping in the upper part of the flesh and have many orifices or mouths, and these are caused of the Pecks being inueterated, the which are cured in that order that the Pocks is; and that is this. First, purge the body with▪ our Electuario Angelica, the which purgeth away gross and malign humours, and evacuateth the stomach of choler and phlegm, this being done, cause the patiented to sweat, for that will a subtiliate the humours, and cause them to come forth, that being done, take our Cerote magistrale and strew there-on Precipitate, and then anoint it with our Magno licore, and lay it upon the sore, and there let it lie .24. hours before ye change it, then make it clean and lay it on again, for that Plaster may serve four days, making it clean every .24. hours, and when the Plaster will draw no more matter, you shall use our Vnguento magno, the which will help it in short time. But if it do happen that this order do not cure them, than it would be necessary for them to be anointed with the unction for the Porks, and to anoint them so long till the mouth be sore, and when that sign doth appear, anoint them no more, for he will spit or vapour at the mouth, for twelve or fifteen days, and as soon as he vapoureth, make a bath and wash him well, and wash the mouth with wine and without all doubt it shall help him God willing, now hereafter I will write of certain things which are used of common chirurgeons, with a brief discourse upon them.   

Of the Tow which is laid upon wounds of common chirurgeons.  
THe pleggits of Tow which is laid upon wounds when they are first stitched is made in this order. Rec. The white of an Egg, Salt, and Rose-water, and beat them together, and when the wound is stitched, they lay it thereon, because the blood should stint, and the wound remain shut, so that it may be helped with more ease. Now touching this, I will show the reason why they use it in their first cure, ye shall understand that every like desireth his like, to succour him or keep company with him, and therefore the Ancient, our ancient professors of Art, willed the white of an Egg to be occupied in wounds, because it is a substance of flesh like unto the other flesh, and to declare the troth I will prove it by natural reason, for ye shall understand that the white of the Egg is that part which engendereth the flesh, the skin, and the feathers of the hen, and the yolk engendereth only the guts and other entrails of the animal, then seeing the white is that which engendereth the flesh only, it is like unto flesh, as it is said before, than the salt is a material which preserveth all things from putrefaction, as is seen by experience daily, and for that consideration it was put in this composition to preserve the flesh, the Rose-water by nature is cold and dry, and by his coldness defendeth the inflammation, and by his dryness is repercussive & mitigateth, so that these are the reasons why the said Tow is laid upon wounds, but I would to God that such things were used as by their excellent operations would help and heal from the beginning to the latter ending, & to leave of such trifling orders.   

Of the digestive with the which they dress wounds after the aforesaid Tow.  
AFter that the tow is taken away from the wound they dress it with a composition called digestive, because it disgesteth the wound although this medicine be somewhat scrupulus & against science, & the reason is this, ye shall understand that when a man is wounded, the place before was sound, and therefore being wounded, our true duty is to help the same wound and not to digest or rot it, as commonly all chirurgeons do, for by rotting of it in that order, it is perilous, and more dangerous to be cured, as is daily seen by experience, and this no man can deny. But now I will follow our regiment in showing what this digestive is, the which is made thus.  
Rec. The youlke of two Eggs, Terpentine washed ounce 1. Oil of Roses ounce s. mix them in an Unguent, and this is the digestive wherewith they dress it until the sore have made quitter or matter enough, and then they use to dress it with medicines much differing from the same, but I marvel much at the diversity of this matter, that this digestive being applied to a putrefied ulcer, worketh divers effects, for it healeth it divinely: and moreover, ye shall understand that if it be applied unto when they be incarnated, it will scicatrise them marvelously, for truly these are things worthy to be known, and he that understandeth the reason I account him to be wise, for if this digestive be laid on fresh wounds it putrefieth and rotteth them, again being laid on a filthy sore it doth mundify and heal, and then if it be applied on a wound incarnated, it Scicatriseth it and healeth, for this I have done divers and sundry times, the which is to be wondered off.   

Of the mundification unguent wherewith they dress the wounds after they are digested to mundify them.  
WHen wounds are come to digestion and that they purge, always they change unguents, and they apply Vnguentes that have virtue to mundify the wound and make it clean, so that it may the better incarnate, and that unguent is called properly a mundificative, the which is made of Barley flower & is the mundificative they use 8. or 10. days to-gether for if the wound were not well mundified, it would never incarnate-well so that this unguent is most necessary in that operation in respect of the ingredience.   

Of their incarnative wherewith they dress the wound after it is mundified.  
WHen that the wound is mundified, so that, thereunto cometh small quantity of matter, than it is necessary to apply unguentes that incarnate, so that they may cicatrize with more ease, and this kind of incarnative is in the most use among the common chirurgeons, the which is made of Terpentine, Wax, and Franckenscence, and a little Oil of Roses mixed of the fire, and this is their incarnative.   

A rare secret, the which this author did send unto a very friend of his, being in the wars in Africa, the which helpeth all wounds, either by cut, thrust, galling with arrows, or hargabush shot, or otherwise.  
THe first thing that ye shall do is to wash the wound very clean with urine and than dry it very well, then put there-in our Quintaessence of wine, and presently join the parts close together, and stitch or sow them well, but in any wise sow nothing but the skin, for otherwise it would cause great pain, than put thereon five or six drops of our Balsamo, and upon the wound lay a cloth weate in our Magno licore, as hot as he may suffer it, and this do the first day, than the next day follow this order, first put thereon our Quintaessence & a little Balsamo, and then our Magno licore very hot & never change this medicine until he be whole▪   

Of those unguents that Cicatrize wounds.  
THe unguents that cicatrize wounds after they are incarnated be of divers kinds, although they work one effect in cicatrizing or causing a skin. The digestion that is written off before, being applied upon a wound incarnated, it doth cicatrize it with speed, the like doth Diachilon & unguentum de tutia. The Cerote called Gratia dei, although these be sundry compositions one differing from another, yet in effect they serve all to this cicatrisation as ye may see by experience, & this they do because they be temperate and of good qualities and so they help nature to work more quielitier, and they are called helpers of nature. But these kind of unguents that work by themselves, as Vnguento Apostolorum, the caustic, Aegyp●●atum, the rottery & such like unguents as work with violence, and suppress nature, and do that which nature cannot do by itself without help, but all those unguentes that are not violent, neither in heat or cold, are apt to cicatrize wounds, and all sores, that are mundified and incarnated.   

A remedy to help a wound with great speed, of our invention.  
Wounds of divers and sundry forts are very perilous of life, but to help them quickly because the patient may take no harm, ye shall use this secret, wash the wound with our water of balm, and cleanse it well, and lay thereon clothes wet in Oil of Frankincense made by distillation, and therewith thou shalt heal any great wound in short time, as I have proved divers and sundry times, in sundry causes.   

An excellent secret to heal wounds of Gun shot or Arrows without any danger.  
IF thou wilt help the aforesaid wounds it were necessary first to join the parts close too, and wash it with our Aqua celestis, and lay thereon our Oleum balsami, & therewith thou shalt save the lives of many wounded persons.   

A discourse upon old wounds that are not yet healed and their sovereign remedy.  
WHen that wounds are evil healed and that they impostumate, and that the arm, or leg, or other parts where they were wounded is indurated and full of pain, thou shalt use this secret of our invention never known before of old nor new writers, for it is of great virtue and many times proved: first ye shall wash the wound well and make it clean round about, then wash the wound with our Quintaessence, and make it to fume, because our Quintaessence doth open the powers, and asuttiliateth the matter, and causeth the humour to come forth, that being done, anoint it all over with our Magno licore, & thus doing, before three days end he shall feel great ease, and in short time it shall be helped because this medicine taketh away the hardness and healeth the wound, and comforteth the place offended.   

To dissolve a bruise in short time, when it is new done.  
THese are called contusions, unto the which nature sendeth quickly great quantity of humidity, and in that place, it causeth Impostumation: But if our chirurgeons would be diligent and quick, all contusions might be helped with great ease in short time, and therefore if thou wilt work miracles in that cure, use this our means, and it will turn to thy great honour, and the remedy is this.  
Rec. Liquid Varnish, pound .3. Yeolow wax, ounce. 4. Common ashes, ounce .6. Aqua vitae rectified, pound. 2. Put all the aforesaid matters in a Retort of glass, and distill it with a gentle fire until all the substance be come forth, the which will be Oil and water, the which ye shall separate, and keep them, and when occasion serveth, anoint the bruise therewith and lay thereon a cloth wet in the same, for this is a miraculus medicine experimented & proved by reason, for an experiment without reason is as a man without clothes, and therefore if thou wilt know great & rare secrets never written before, look in my Spechio del scientia universalli, and in my Thesoro del vita humana, and there-in thou shalt find strange things, proved by reason and experience, the which books God willing, I mean to set forth in the Englsh tongue to the profit of my Country.   

To help a wound quickly that is in peril of any accident.  
Wounds in some parts of the body are very dangerous of life, and specially where sinews be cut or pierced, or veins or muscles hurt, or bones broke, and by an infinite of other particulars, which being open or evil healed, the patient may be in danger of life, because the wind entereth in, and they cause paints and inflammation, and therefore to avoid all these aforesaid matters, so that the wound shall have no detriment, use this remedy. First join the parts close together, and put therein our Quintaessence, and lay there-on a cloth wet in our Balm, and bind it fault that the air get not in, for it is very hurtful, ye shall understand that these are two of the excellentest medicines that may be found, because our Quintaessence doth assuttiliate the blood, and taketh it forth, and taketh away the pain, & the Balm doth warm and comfort the place offended, and will not suffer any matter to run thereunto by any means, for this is most true, as I have proved divers & sundry times, and always have had good success.   

To stop the flux of blood in wounds with great speed.  
WHen there is any great flux of blood in wounds by reason of some ●●eyne that is rut, and that the chirurgeons would shop it, it were necessary to stitch it well, but not as the common chirurgeons do with wide stitches, but stitch it very close and hard, and put therein our Quintaessence, and upon the wound strew the blood of a man dried in powder, and lay upon the blood a cloth wet in our Balm artificiaill, very warm, and upon that bind the wound with ligaments very strait, and every day twice, wash it with our Quintaessence, and round about anoint it with our Balm, and also cast thereon our secret powder for wounds, and that do morning and evening, every day without opening of the wound, and in that time the wound will remain well, and the-veynes will be in a manner healed so that they will not bleed, giving you charge that the wounded man-kéepe no diet, because the virtue being weak, ●elaueth the veins, and that causeth the flux of blood.   

another remedy to stay the slux of blood in a wound.  
WHen there is a great slux of blood in a wound, the perfectest remedy, is to stitch it very close, then take man's blood being dried and made in powder, and cast it upon the wound, and bind it somewhat strait, and so let it remain .24. hours & when ye unbind it, take heed that ye remove nothing, and cast on more dried blood upon the wound▪ anoint it round about with our Oleum Philosophorum de Terpentina & Caera, and bind it up again other 24. hours, & then bind it gently, and anoint the wound with Oil of Frankincense, & so in short time it will be whole, giving, thee great charge that ye put in no tent or such like, and then thou shalt see miracles.   

Of our Cerote magno, that helpeth against all sorts of sores and wounds.  
THis Cerote is of great virtue, and healeth all manner of sores and wounds if it be spread on a cloth and laid there-on, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Galbanum. ℥ .1. Ammoniacum. ℥ .2. Oppoponax. ℥ .2. Aristolochia longa. ℥ .1. New wax. ℥. 18. Five Myrrha, Olibanum, Verdigrese, ana. ℥ .1. Bedellin. ℥ .2. Gum of the Pr●in● tree. ℥. ●. Lapichemarites. ℥ .2. Terpentine, Frankincense, of each. ℥. 4. Oil of wax. ℥. 3. Beath all those that are to be beaten, and searce them finely, and keep every one by himself, then dissolve the gums in distilled Vinegar, according to Art, and then vapour away the Vinegar again, & strain the gums through a cloth, then take the wax with as much sweet oil and melt them on the fire, & when they are melt, put thereunto ounce .2. of Litarge of gold finely seared, and stir them continually until it be boiled, the which ye shall know by this token. Put a feather there-in, & if it be boiled enough, it will burn strait ways, or else let it boil until it burn it, then take it from the fire and let it cool a little, & than put in the guns & stir them well together, & set it on the fire again, & it will rise with a great noise, & therefore let it boil until it do fall down again, that take it from the fire & put thereunto all the aforesaid powders, and stir it until it be cold, and therewith thou shalt work marvelous cures, if it be made well, according to Art.   

Of our magistral Unguent that helpeth divers sorts of sores.  
THis Unguent is appropriate for many kind of sores because it comfortech the sore & taketh away the pain and draweth the matter from the lower parts or bottom of that sore. The which matter is cause of the pain, it keepeth it also from accidents, giving you charge that it be made artificially, for otherwise it will not be of so much virtue, and this is the Unguent.  
Rec. Litarge of gold, ounce .4. Oil of Roses, pound 2. Boil them in a Copper pan so long, as if ye put a feather there-in, it will burn it, than it is sodde, then put thereto of new Wax, ounc. 6. Storax liquida, ounce 2. common bunny, ounce 3. then let it boil a while until they be well incorporated, them take it from the fire, & put thereto Olibanum, Mirra, Mercury Precipitate, Oil of Wax, Oil of Terpentine, Oil of Frankincense, ana ounce 2. mix them well till they be incorporated, then put thereto pure rectified Aqua vitae, ounces 4. and mix them well, and then it is ended: & this is of my invention, wherewith I have done very strange cures.   

To make Oil of Frankincense.  
TAke a retort of glass, well luted, and fill it half full of Frankincense, & for every pound of Frankincense put thereunto ounces 3. of common Ashes finely serced, then distill it in sand, and the first that cometh forth will be water, the which willbe clear, then increase the fire, and there will come forth an Oil of the colour of a Ruby, the which keep close in a glass, the first water is of marvelous virtue in divers operations, but one miraculous experiment I will not leave to write off, because it is a thing very necessary, & is this. For those that have chilblains, or kibes, or chophes in the hands or feet that cometh through cold, ye shall first perfume the parts that are sore over the fume of hot water, so that they may sweat, then dry them and wash them with the aforesaid water, and put on a pair of gloves, and in short time they shall be whole, it helpeth also the white scall and scabs, and such like things. The Oil serveth in many operations, and specially in all cold diseases, if they be inwardly, give thereof every morning one scruple to drink, and if they be outward anoint. Also it helpeth all manner of wounds be they never so great.  
If ye anoint them therewith, and keep them close from the air: And in any wise use no tenting to keep them open but wet a cloth therein, and lay it thereon, and in short space they will be healed, also it dissolveth a bruise in short space if ye anoint it often therewith, this oil serveth also for painters to make varnish.   

Of Oil of Wax and his effect.  
THis Oil of Wax is marvelous excellent, for so much as it serveth for the most part against all diseases: which Oil Raymond Lulli doth approve to be a more heavenly and divine medicine then humane, and is most rare for wounds, but it is not good for common chirurgeons because it helpeth a great wound in x. or xii. days at the most, but as for small wounds it healeth them in 3. or 4. days anointing only the wound therewith, and lay there on clothes wet in the same. Also this oil worketh miracles against divers diseases inwardly, if ye give thereof one dram with white wine, & as for those whose hair & beard do fall away it is a rare thing and of great profit, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. A retort of glass well luted and put therein what quantity of Wax you will, so that it be not half full, and for every pound of Wax put thereunto 4. ounces of the powder of bricks, than set it in a forneyes, and give it gentle fire until all the substance be come forth, the which oil will be congealed hard, the which is his perfection, for if you will distill it so many times that it congeal no more, it will be too hot & sharp, and not to be used within the body in any wise, but the first distillation you may use safely inwardly and make Vntions for any kind of disease where need shall require, and always it will be good, and do no hurt in any wise in any disease, and therefore this Oil ought to be had in great regard of all men.   

To help the tooth ache, that is caused of rotten teeth, or that cometh of a dissension of the head.  
THe teeth being rotten or corrupted always causeth great pain and many times it cometh of a dissension from the head and such like humours as Cattars, Erisipella, but let it come of what cause it will I will show a remedy of great importance, and it is very short, ye shall take our Aqua realle and hold it in your mouth a good white and then spit it out again, and this ye shall do for three days together every day once, then afterward it were necessary to wash your mouth in the like manner with our Aqua balsami for the space of a month, & so the tooth ache shallbe taken away with ease, for this is our secret and may be used in all times of the year.   

Against a stinking breath.  
THe breath may stink through many causes, as by ulcers in the mouth or by corrupt and rotten teeth, and sometime it cometh of the stomach, and that is evil to be helped, and therefore if thou wilt help these thou must use divers remedies, and first to help those that have their mouths ulcerated, ye shall give them a quantity of our Pillole aquilone, and then let them wash their mouths with our Aqua realle, and so the ulcers shallbe helped, and the mouth shall not stink. But when the stench cometh of rotten teeth, use the aforesaid remedy or medicine that is written, for the tooth atche, the which will make the teeth as white as snow, and will acke no more, but when the stink cometh from the stomach, it were necessary to purge the body with our Syrup Solutivo, six or seven days, and then to take our Aromatico, that being done, take rectified Aqua vitae & the water of honey and Oil of Terpentine of each a like, mix them well together, and every morning drink thereof, ounce swemis fasting, for the space of a month or there about.   

To help those that have a great cough in the stomach.  
THe cough doth come of divers and sundry causes, but let it come of what cause it will, it always offendeth the stomach and the head, for always when the stomach is offended of necessity the head is offended, because it hath communication with the stomach, so that the stomach is cause of the pains in the head, and therefore it is necessary to help the stomach first, & that thou shalt do with our Pillole aquilone the which is written in this book following, and if so be you cannot take pills, take our Aromatico, this being done, if there be no fever, give him every morning 1. ounce of our electuary magistrale per la toss, and every night anoint his stomach with Magno licore, and also his head and nostrils, but if it happen that the aforesaid things help it not, then take blood of the liver vain, and purge the body with our Syrup against the melancholic humour, and so by the grace of God they shall remain healed.   

To help those that cannot hold their water.  
THis proceedeth of two causes principally, the first is of superfluous heat of the body, through the which heat, nature doth assuttiliate too much that humid part, and continually doth send it down into the bladder. The second cause is, that the powers are too much relaxed or opened, by the which operation the urine doth pass without retention, and these are the two causes why the urine cannot stays, and this cometh commonly to young children, because they are very hot of complexion, and the order to help them, is this.  
Give them our Pillole Aguilone three times, the quantity is from one dram, to one and a half: that being done, ye shall make them a decoction of Hisop of the mountain, and put therein sugar, & this they shall use ten or twelve days at the least, for this mundifieth the place offended, and disposeth it to solution. Then after this is done, ye shall give him for ten days together half a dram of Mastic with a little Plantain water, for this is hot and restringeth the powers, and engrosseth the Urine, and so the Patient shall remain whole of that infirmity, by the virtue of the aforesaid three medicines, and it is a very easy cure and sovereign for that purpose. But sometime there happeneth a flux of urine somewhat like this, and it is not of the aforesaid causes, but of causes much different from them, for this is in men and women of age, and this I find to be caused of the Pocks that causeth the flux, and they void certain threads which some call Gonorea, and the remedy thereoff is only with great purging and sweeting, and then to anoint them five or six nights with our Vnguento magno, & keep them warm in bed until ye have ended to anoint him, and then go to the stowe, and he shall be helped of that infirmity.   

To help those that cannot make water.  
THe urine is stayed through divers and sundry causes, and the principal are three, of the which one is the stone that engendereth in the bladder, for always it hangeth down in the neck of the bladder, and stoppeth the Meat● or powers that the urine can not pass, the which grieveth the patiented marvelously. The other is caused of gravel or gross and viscous humours that cannot pass the powers, and so cause that retention of urine with great pain. The third is caused of an obstruction or restriction of the powers or cunduites, where the urine doth pass, and so keepeth the urine within, with great pain so that these be the three chiefest causes of the retention of urine.  
The cure of the first cause which is the stone, is to purge them well, and then to use our most sovereign remedy that is written in this book following, the which is of great virtue to break the stone, as I have proved many times, but when this medicine is not able to break it, than it is necessary to cut it forth, & this is all concerning the first cause.  
To help the second cause, it were necessary to use purgations that purge the reins well, & then to give them our Aromatico, and then to anoint the reins six days every day once with Vnguento magno, and with this medicine thou shalt help him perfectly.  
To cure the third cause it were necessary to purge with aperative things, & then to anoint his reins and under the members and belly with our Balm artificial, and give him to drink the powder of Hog lice or Centum pedes, that are found under stones, and by the grace of God he shall be perfectly whole.   

To help those that have great burning of their urine.  
THe burning of the urine may come of divers & sundry causes, but I find four principal, of which one is the stone in the bladder being great or small. The second cause is a certain heat the which corrupteth the place where it passeth and carrieth forth as it were certain long thirds the which causeth that burning. The third cause is a certain viscousnesse the which holdeth to the bottom of the Urinal, and it will not well break, and this is called Gonorea. The fourth cause is certain fluxes of Urine caused of some kind of the Pocks, as ye may see by those that use company with evil women and take harm, for presently this burning cometh, and therefore this showeth me plainly to be the Pocks that causeth that burning of urine.  
But if thou wilt help the aforesaid four causes thou mayst do it with ease having the true Art of a good Physician, and the remedy of the first cause coming of the stone, is to take it forth of the bladder.  
The second cause, is to be helped with purging with our Siropo solutino, & then after that, to use our oil of Vitriole compound taking thereof every morning .1. ounce, and so they shall remain helped.  
The third cause is helped with taking every tenue days a quantity of our Aromatico, and so with this only remedy they shall be helped.  
The fourth cause is helped with medicines appropriate for the Pocks, and to anoint them with Vnguento magno.   

To help those that have great pain of the Gout.  
THe Gout is a corrupt and malign infirmity, and properly engendered of corruption, as it is plainly seen in those that are troubled therewith, & to prove it to be true, Nature doth show it well, because you may see how great the alteration is of that accident, & seeing that humour is caused of a windy humour and alteration of the blood, as is seen by experience, I believe the same disposition hath his original and beginning of the stomach, for so much as all those that are troubled with that disease, the first sign that appeareth unto them, is a great pain in the stomach .3. or 4. days or more before the grief cometh, and then the pain increaseth exceedingly, so that by the said sign, I judge this accident cannot proceed of other place then the stomach, and to affirm it better, ye shall understand that those which are troubled therewith, can find no better remedy then to evacuate the stomach from all corruption, and therefore if thou wilt help them of that accident, the first thing that ye shall do is to give them a quantity of our Aromatico in the morning fasting, and drink there on a little white wine, that being done, it would be necessary to make a fomentation with Nettles, that be well boiled in water, and then to anoint them with our Balsamo artificiato, and so for that time the Gout will be gone, and will remain away for a long time.  
But if God permit me life, I will hereafter set forth the order to help the Gout, that it shall never come again, with a certain order to be observed in the same, found out by this Author, and hath been proved an infinite number of times in divers places, & on divers noble men as ye may well understand in his Thesoro della vita humana.   

A remedy against the pestilence, that preserveth those that use it.  
THe pestilence is a certain corrupt humour the which is cause of the evil disposition of the air that is corrupted, and poisoned, and it is so contagious that in 36. hours it corrupteth the body, & causeth them to die, and therefore if any will defend them from that infection they may do it by the help of God and the Physician with these medicines, the first thing is to confess ourselves unto almighty God, and to pray heartily unto him, and then as concerning physical medicines, three things are to be used, which may save the lives of many. The first thing is to evacuate the stomach, the second to sweat, the third unction. And touching that first, ye shall use every 3. days our Pillole aquilone for they evacuate the contagiousness and will not let it corrupt the body. For the second ye shall cause them to sweat by artificial means, for that evacuateth a certain matter very apt to corrupt. And the third is to anoint all the body with our Balm artificial, for that preserveth the body, and defendeth it from the contagiousness, so that by these 3. means men and women may be preserved from that violent death.   

To help Pellaria, that is a disease which causeth the hair and beard to fall away.  
THis Pellaria is a certain kind of fantastical infirmity the which we by practice do know the cause, the which is by using company with women corrupted with the pocks, and by the same practice we see that those whose hair doth fall away, do fall into great infirmities of the pocks, although not all, yet the most part, and therefore if thou wilt help that accident, it were necessary to purge them with our Siropo Solutivo, 8. or 10. days together, that being done, give them our Aromatico, and then anoint the place where the hair is fallen away every evening with our balm artificial, so that with the use of these three medicines the patient shall remain perfectly whole of that matter, because the syrup purgeth the whole body universally, and the Aromatico purgeth the stomach and the head, and the Balm comforteth and defendeth the place where the hair is fallen, so that it shall fall no more, for this I have proved an infinite of times. You shall understand that there be two other kinds of Pellaria the which will not be helped in the aforesaid order, for the one cometh of a great fear, & the other cometh because they have had Mal di massuca, and their heads be corrupted by that means, and for these two I know no remedy but to let nature have her course.   

To help a Carnosite in the yard.  
THe Carnosite that cometh in the yard hindereth the urine so that it cannot pass, and groweth in the mouth of the bladder, and is a kind of matter engendered in that place, the which is much like unto an Emerode that cometh in the neck of the intestine about the fundament, and because it is a gross and ulcerated matter the urine passeth with difficulty and great burning, the which is very painful, unto those that have it, but if thou wilt help that inconvenience it were necessary to purge the body well, and to keep a diet, and to drink the Decoction of Hypericon made with hunnye, and use to eat dry meats as much as is possible, and then make certain little Wax Candles of Wax and Frankincense, and then make this unguent.  
Rec. Read lead ounce 1. white honey ounce 1. butter two ounces, white Wine as much as will suffice to incorporate them in a liquid form, on a soft fix, and then take ten quills that hath blood in them out of the wing of a young Pigeon that is fat, and therewith stir the unguent when it boileth, and when one quill is dried take another, and so change them until the Wine be consumed, and then it is made, and when thou wilt occupy it, take one of the said Candles of Wax and upon the end put of this unguent, and put it into the yard until it touch the Carnosite, and this thou shalt use day, by day until the Candle pass without any impediment, and then the patient shallbe helped, for this is most true, and I have proved it an infinite of times to my great credit and content of the patiented.   

To help the white scall.  
THis disease being so odious, is a corrupt humour the which is not only in the head as many do think, but it dependeth of the inward parts and hath communication with the head, and this humour is like unto the Fume, for continually it vaporeth up, and when it can ascend no more because it is hindered in the skin, than it settleth and engrosseth and causeth the head to break forth in that grievous order as is seen. But I will show a secret to help it, so that it shall never come again, and the order it thus. You shall give them our Siropo Solutivo 8. or 10. days together, that being done give them our Pillole Aquilone three times, the which pills must be taken every three days once, that being done, take Sinaber finely beaten, two ounces, Olibanum, Mura, ana one dram, mix them together, & divide it into 5. parts & make thereof five perfumes in five mornings, and cover their heads with a cloth so that it touch not the head, then let the powder be cast on by little and little until it be spent, upon a chasing dish of coals, and so let them stand covered one hour without moving, and this do every one of the times, that being done anoint the head for the space of a month with Oil of Wax and Terpentine, and they shallbe helped, for this is a remedy that cannot fail, for I have proved it an infinite of times, in Palermo, in Mesina, in Naples, in Rome, and in Venice, and always I have had good success to my great credit, and profit of the diseased person.   

To help those Caruolli that come upon the yard, and their causes.  
THose Caruoli that come upon the yard, are of diverse kinds, as by reason and experience thou mayst see, but the most part are taken by using the company of lewd & corrupt women, infected with the pocks, and those are the worst kind, for they are the first original of the pocks, & of those caruollis come Pannochie or botches, & certain great scabs, Pellaria, aiches, & tumours, & an infinite of other evil effects & these are the first kind. There are another kind the which commonly come of their own accord by reason of heat, and those are easy to be holp, and are not perilous or painful. There is an other kind, the which is as though it were scorched or burnt, the which cometh thorough debilytie of the yard, & having company with women, and these are also of small importance.  
The first kind are certain Ulcers that come upon the end, and some upon the proper substance of the yard, & some upon the skin, and the order to cure them is thus. Ye shall mortify them within & without with our caustic, and when they are mortified, ye shall dress them with our Magno licore, and they shall be whole quickly.  
But ye shall well note, that many times after they are healed afore xu days do pass, there will come a certain alteration in the throat, so that they can scarce swallow their meat, and this alteration many times endureth viii. or x. days, and than it resolveth by itself, and that is a certain sign of Pellaria.  
And therefore if thou wilt avoid that inconvenience that the hair fall not off, assoon as ye feel any of the a aforesaid griefs, then presently take a quantity of our Electuario Angelica, and then take our Siropo magistrale .4. or .5. days, and anoint thy head ten or xii. days with our Magno licore, & so by these means thy hair shall not fall. Because our Electuario Angelica doth evacuate the stomach, and cleanseth the head, & drieth up the matter, the which is already alterated by that diseases. Also our Siropo magistral, doth evacuate the body, and purify the blood, and slaketh the fury of the disease. Our Magno licore preserveth the hair from drying and falling.  
There commenth many times, after those Caruoli are healed certain Impostumes in the groin, of the which we will speak off in an other book particularly. The other kind of Caruolli that come upon the yard, are holp only by washing them with some bath that is restrictive and comfortative. The other kind which is like scorching or burning, are holp by keeping them clean, and anointing them with a Lineament of Tutia camphorata.  
And thus I make an end, giving to understand to those that practice, how that they may avoid that disease called Pellaria or falling of the hair or beard, for this is one of my secrets, whereof I mean to write a great number if God permit me.   

A discourse of those sores that come of the Pocks, and how to help them quickly.  
THe Pocks as I have written of divers times, being a putrefied and corrupt disease, the sores coming thereoff, of force must be of his nature, that is corrupt and stinking, therefore if thou wilt help them and take away their pain quickly thou shalt use three operations, the first is to give them our Pillole Aquilone, and then to wash the sore with oil of Sulphur, & then lay thereon our Cerote magistrale, with Precipitate, and anoint it with Magno licore, and therewith thou shalt help them quickly, because those Pills are appropriate for that disease, & the oil of sulphur draweth forth the filth from the senter, & the precipitate draweth forth the gross matter, so that of force it must heal.   

The cure of one that had the Pocks in his head.  
BEing in Naples, among all other that I cured, there came unto me a Spaniard called Il signior Diego di Menas, a man of the age of .36. years, of complexion choleric adust, the which had the Pocks, and in his forehead he had a certain tumour the which had perished a great part of the skull, and was open, and he had been taken in hand of divers men, & none could do him good, I seeing that took him in hand, & gave him our Siropo solutivo .8. or .9. days together, afterward I gave him our Aromatico, and then gave him the roots of Cina in decoction, and then perfumed him with Olibanum, Mastic, Myrrha, & Scinaber, and so by these means he was holp of the infirmity, but the bone remained bare, & I laid thereon our Cerote magistrale, and so in short time, the bone did separate of his own accord, and one day I took it off altogether, and was so great that it covered the fourth part of the head, than presently this signior Diego went abroad, showing what was taken from his head, as divers can testify.   

The cure of a wound in the head and in the hand.  
THere was a certain Gentleman called Gionan jacopo Veniciane, the which had a great wound on the head, and in one of this hands, the which being taken in hand of divers chirurgeons, was brought to a very evil case by reason of great alteration in the wounds, and the Physician that had him in hand, was one called Realdo polumbo cremense, the which dressed his head with Wine and Oil, and the hand with Turpentine and Oil of Roses. Than I being in company told him, that it were good to change those medicines, because in wounds of the head, those medicines were not convenient, for the oil being crud putrefieth, and the wine is repercussive, and will not suffer the putrefaction to come forth, that the oil engendereth, and for that reason the said medicine would not be used.  
And as for the medicine for his hand, I say that the Turpentine is not convenient, for where there is offence of skin, veins, sinews, and bones, Turpentine is not good, because it is hot and putrifactive, by means of the Oil, and causeth inflammation, and therefore it ought not to be used.  
But if thou wilt help the head and hand both, ye shall use a kind of medicine that comforteth the place offended, and that doth assuttiliate the matter and incarnate, to the which the said Realdo answered and said, my reason was good, if I could find remedies that will do that effect, the which I sent for to my house, and used them in this order.  
First, I did put our Quintaessence into his wound in the head being cold, and then a little of our Balsamo cold, the which seemed strange to Realdo, and then I laid there-on our Magno licore, and upon the cloth I laid a little of our secret Powder, and the like I did to the hand, and so in .14. days the wounds were whole, to the great marvel of a number.   

A great secret particular for the flux, and dissenteria.  
THe fluxes of the body are no other but a distemperance of Nature, and are of two kinds, the one is caused of an evil quality and distemperance of the liver, and that is called Flusso epatico. The other is caused of great heat, Fever, and distemperment of Nature, and this is called Disenteria, that is, a distemperment of the guts, & both these sorts are hard to be holp of the ancient doctors, as it is well seen by experience, of those that practice, for they will help them with repression and restrictives, but that is not the way if we shall believe Galen, the which writeth, Fluxus Fluxus curate, the which is most true, for I have cured a thousand of the flux with giving them our Aromatico, and three or four dosses of our Siropo Solutivo, therefore Galen saith true.  
But the Disenteria is cured with giving them our Electuario, Angelica, and then every day after dinner stand in a bathe of water of the sea cold, two hours at the least, and so in this order thou shalt help any crud kind of Disenteria in short time and with great ease, use this as a secret.   

The cure of one that was poisoned with Arsenycke.  
THere was a certain man poisoned with Arsenycke given him in a mess of rice pottage, in an evyning at supper, and as soon as it was in his stomach he began to groan and sweat, and vomit, in such order as it was strange to see, and it happened that at the said time there was a learned man in the house, who seeing this man in that case susspected him to be poisoned, and so sent for me, and when I came, the poor man was almost dead, then presently I called the wife of the house and told her that her husband would die, and that she should have the Law for poisoning of him, but if that she would tell him what poison she had given him perhaps he might recover him again, with many words more, so to conclude she told him that she had given him two grains of Arsenycke in Rise pottage, then presently I called for a cup of Sack, and caused him to drink, and then he vomyted and went to the stool, and then I anointed him with our Oil of Hiperecone, and Scorpiones, all the body over, and still caused him to drink that he might evacuate that poison, but all his mouth and throat remained swollen, and he did spite great abundance, and I caused him to use that ungnent, and every morning gave him Theriacle with wine & every three days, I gave him a quantity of Pillule Aggregative, and last of all I caused him to use Aqua vitae compound, and so ere forty days he was perfectly whole, and rid of a terrible disease the which he had afore he was poisoned.   

The cure of an Ulcerated leg.  
THere was a certain man of the age of six and thirty years, of complexion choleric and sanguine, the which had his left leg all ulcerated, in such order that the Physicians and chirurgeons of the city would have cut it off, but in any wise I would not consent thereunto, but took it in hand, and gave him first our Magistral Syrup, in the morning eight or nine days together, and in the mean time I washed the leg with Wine wherein was boiled Mallows, Consolida maiore, Cardus benedictus, and Honey, and then wet clothes therein and laid them on twice a day, than I caused him to use a decoction of Lignum vitae and the bark with jua artetica, Cardus benedictus, Pollipodi, Ripontico, Wine, and Sugar, and his common drink was wine and water boiled on the feasts of the same, and this he used four and twenty days than I perfumed him with Cinaber three times, and ere three months were passed he was perfect whole, for his disease came of the Pocks, and those sores are commonly called Mal di formica.   

The cure of the gout on a certain Gentleman.  
IN the aforesaid year, in the month of August I was called to visit a noble Gentleman called Ill seignor Don Christofalo della roca, a man of five and thirty years, of complexion choleric and sanguine, the which was sore troubled with the gout, and because it was in the beginning of August, our ancient Doctors have for bodden to take any solibell medicine in that time. In respect of the Caniculare days. Nevertheless I called Armellio, and Leonardo Testa, two excellent Physicians, the which gave their counsel to take no medicine, never the less I proved that the gout was extreme hot, and for that I ordained a cold Syrup to mitigate the superfluous heat, the which was made of liverwort, Hearts tongue, Dates, Raisins, Figs, Sugar, and Succorye water, and Aromatised it with Musk and Rose water, of the which he took every day four ounces, and for the alteration of the gout, I washed it three or four times a day with our Aqua deal Balsamo, because it penetrateth and openeth the powers, & a suttiliateth and drieth the humour offensive, also I ordained him bread of Barley, because it cooleth the blood and is of good digestion, and caused him to refrain from all fat broths and his drink was temparate, and to this one of the Doctors did agree, but the other would not, never the less the Gentleman was content with my advise, than I began to give him the aforesaid decoction, with our solible Quintaessence, and there with he had every day two or three stools, and I washed the gout three or four times a day with our Aqua Balsami, and the first day he began to feel ease, and the second he felt more, so that in seven days all his pains was taken away, and then I applied thereunto our secret of secrets, for that kind of disease, the which in three days delivered him: then I caused him to use certain medicines to defend the gout for coming again, and so he continued whole to his great satisfaction.   

Of the causes of the Scyatica, and how ye may help it.  
THe Sciatica is a disease so called, because it cometh in that place of the body called, Sio, and is caused of an evil quality and gross humores, that are stayed in that place, because they cannot pass down, and this is seen by experience daily, for where that pain is, there is alteration, and the cure thereof is with Glisters, Vomittes, Purgations, and Unctions, because the Glister doth evacuate those places next unto it, and so easeth the humour, the vomit cleanseth the stomach, the purgaciones do evacuate the body downwards, the unctions dissolve the wind, and so by these means thou mayst help the Scyatica, as I have done many times to my great honour, and satisfaction of the patiented.   

A most excellent remedy to help the flux of the body, with a certain discourse there-on.  
IF thou wilt help the flux of the body, it were necessary to know first from whence it proceedeth, for he that knoweth not the cause, is less to be credited to cure the effect, and therefore I will show thee what the flux is, and from whence it cometh, & then I will show the order to cure it, also to make the medicines.  
The flux of the body is caused of a superfluous heat conceived in the stomach, the which make a continual solution inwardly, as ye may see by experience of those that are troubled therewith, for so long as the cause is not taken away, all their meat doth turn into that matter, the which if it be so, that is true which I do say, that the fluxes are a distemperance of the body, caused of hot and corrupt humours in the stomach, and therefore if thou wilt cure it, it were necessary to extinguish the heat and to take away the corruption, the which thou shalt do with the redness of mart Militare, written in this book following, for that is the most sovereign remedy that can be found. But first ye shall take twelve grains of our Petra Philosophalla, with half an ounce of Mel Rosarum, and then take for four mornings together one scruple of the redness of Mart, with half an. ℥. of sugar Rosat, & therewith thou shalt work miracles,   

A discourse as concerning corns in the feet or else where, with their remedies.  
THis callowes matter, is a certain hot humour, of the which Nature would discharge herself, and when that humour is driven forth of Nature, it goeth unto the lower parts, into the end of the toes, for in that extreme part of the toes, that skin that is called Epiderma, is hard, and will not suffer it to pass or exalare, and there many times it ingendeth a tumour in the skin with great hardness, and many times that tumour doth increase and cause such pain, that it doth not only hinder their going, but hindereth them from sleep in the night, and this kind of tumour is called commonly calo or Corns in English, and I thought it good to call them Crest, because they are always growing, and is of great importance among the chirurgeons, for an infinite number of persons are troubled therewith, & therefore I will show thee our secret to help them quickly, and with great ease, which secret was never known afore of any. First, ye shall pair them with a sharp knife until the bottom, and there ye shall find a certain thing like matter, but if ye find no matter, ye shall pair it until the blood doth appear, than touch it once with oil of sulphur, and then dress it with our Balsamo artificiato, once a day until it be whole. Keep this as a secret.   

Of an infirmity of importance that cometh upon the extremity of the toe, upon the nail.  
THere are many men that are troubled with a certain infirmity under the nail of their great toe, the which seemeth as though the nail grew in the flesh, the which is not so, but the flesh groweth over the nail, and although this seemeth to be a thing of nothing, & that the Ancients have had small consideration thereof. Nevertheless it is an infirmity of great importance, and to be considered of, because many are troubled therewith, & specially men of authority, & in specially those that are troubled with the Gout. I call to remembrance, that in the time that I was in Naples, I cured a great number, & specially those that were of great authority, to my great honour and profit. The first thing that I did I cut the nail on that part which was grieved, and took it away the which was done easily and with little pain, the which thing being done, I touched it with our Caustike, and so let it remain three days together, an than I dressed it every day with our Magno licore until it was whole, the which was in short time.   

A discourse upon the Hemerhodes, with the order to cure them with most excellent medicines of our invention.  
THe Hemerhodes are a certain kind of evil tumour, caused of the blood in the veins Emorodiale, and these come always in the extremity of the Intestinals about the fundament, & some of them cause great pain, & some of them do burn excessively, or do scald. The which cometh thorough the quality of the good & evil humours. As ye may see by experience how that some have such burning that they cannot rest in the night, the other have such pain that they cannot sit, the other are so scalded that they cannot abide it, ye shall understand this infirmity is more painful in one complexion than in another, and the cure thereoff is difficile. Nevertheless it may be cured, and the order is this.  
First take our Aromatico, then take our Siropo solutivo three or four days, then take our perfume three or four times on the fundament, that being done, anoint the place with our Balm artificial, for that drieth and taketh away the pain altogether, and so the Patient shall remain perfect whole.  
There is also a great secret in the tooth of a Horse-fish if it be worn on a man's finger, to take away the Hemerhodes, the which tooth I have known proved at the least .7. or .8. times, for I have a ring made theroff and have used it.   

A great secret to help those that are burst or have the Rupture.  
THis is rare secret, never known afore of any man, and in specially for those that have not been burst long time, & that the Rupture hath not yet made a callow, and the order to cure it, is thus.  
First ye shall give them our Aromatico, every ten days once, and every morning fasting give them one ounce of fine Tartar beaten in powder with water or wine to drink, and likewise in the evening two hours afore supper give him as much, and his bread shall be Biscuit made of Rye, also he must wear a truss made fit for that purpose, and use this remedy.  
Rec. Rectified Aqua vitae without phlegm, ounce xii. Rosen of the Pine tree that is dry, Ohbanum, Mastic, Sarcocolla, ana ounc. semis. Mix them altogether, and with this water wash the Rupture every day twice, and then cast there-on presently the powder of a herb called Bislingua and Balsamina, ana, and than wet a cloth in the said water, and lay it there-on, and bind the truss very hard, and keep thy house with as much ease as thou mayst and strain not thyself in any wise, and thus within .100. days thou shalt help any great Rupture, keeping the aforesaid order.   

A rare secret and divine, to help those that are troubled with the spleen.  
THe milt is alterated & cometh hard, by reason of a superfluous humidity, the which it receiveth, by the evil disposition of the liver and longs, and therefore if thou wilt help it, it were necessary to use medicines abstersive and drying, & to give them our Aromatico once, and then to use this electuary, the which is of marvelous virtue, in that operation.  
Rec. Squamma ferri one ounce, Scolopendria, one ounce, Spignarde, Lapis Lasuly, ana, two scruples, Cinnamon, ounce half, beat them fine and make thereof an electuary with purified honey, according to art, & theroff take every morning a spoonful, & as much at night, two hours before supper, & anoint the place where the milt lieth, with our Balsamo artificiato, & so by the grace of God and means of these medicines, thou shalt be helped quickly.   

Another great secret to help the spleen with great speed  
THe milt as is a foresaid, is grieved thorough abundance of humidity he which it receiveth, and therefore thou must only seek to dry that humidity, and for that purpose, I will show thee 2. great secrets, wherewith thou shalt work miracles, and are of great reason and experience. The one is to be let blood under the tongue in one of these 2. veins: that is, on that side where the milt lieth, that being done, ye shall take Mustard & mix it with the urine of a boy, and lay it between two clothes, and lay it on the sore place one night, and than if it be not well, use it still until it be helped, for this I have proved an infinite of times.   

The cure of a certain Spaniard called, Carabasall di Cordonet the which was troubled with the Pocks.  
THis soldier being of the age ot two and thirty years, was mightily troubled with the Pocks with extreme pains and sores, among the which he had all his thigh so eaten away as though he had been gnawn with dogs, with most extreme pain, and the way that I cured him was thus. I gave him 12. grains of our Petra Philosophalle, with Sugar Rosate, the which caused him to vomit and to evacuate downward, of the which he found great ease, that being done, I prepared him our decoction of Lignum sanctum solutive, the which is written off hereafter, with a certain drink made with wine and Lignum vitae, and this he used five and twenty days, and then I anointed, him with our unguento Magno, and in the space of forty days he was perfectly helped to the sight of all men.   

The cure of the stitch in the side with retention of urine.  
THere was a certain gentleman called, Marco di Chiuffune of the age of six and thirty years, the which was troubled with a terrible stitch in the side, and had proved many medicines & none did him pleasure, the which after, I took him in hand, I gave him our Aromatico, and after that the pain slacked, than I caused him to anoint all those parts with the Oil of Nutmegs, and the Oil of Eggs mixed together, and so he remained quite whole, for in this order I have cured an infinite of persons to my great honour.   

A cure of a certain Spaniard wounded in the head in Naples.  
THere was a certain Spaniard called Zamora, of the age of four and thirty years, of complexion cholorike and sanguine, the which was wounded in the left side of the head, with inscition of the bone, also ye shall understand, that in Naples the air is most evil for wounds in the head, by reason that it is so subtle, and for that cuase the doctors did fear the cure, nevertheless I dressed him with out Magno licore, and Balsamo, artificiato, keeping the wound as close as was possible, anointing it only upon the wound, and so in fourteen days he was perfectly whole, to the great wonder of a number, of chirurgeons of that city.   

The cure of a certain gentleman that had Mal di formica.  
THere was a certain Gentleman Neapolitan, the which was called Ill signor Giovan Francisco Gaetavo, of the age of 38. years, the which was marvelously tormented with a sore arm and a sore leg, called mal di formica, and he was of complexion choleric and melancholic, and these sores went creeping upon the flesh, healing in one place and breaking in another, and in his arm he had nine sores, and in the leg fourteen, and this Gentleman had sought help the space of 2. years & could find none, and had twice taken the diet, and yet could find no help, the which Gentleman I took in hand, and the first thing that I gave him was this, one ounce of Gerapigra Galenie with twenty grains of our Petra Philosophalle, the which provoked both vomit and siege divers times, that being done, I gave him our Siropo Solutivo, xii. mornings together, that being done I gave him a medicine with our Petra Philosophalle and Eleborus niger, the which caused him also to vomit and purge downwards, that being done I caused him to make a syrup of Lignum sanctum, and the bark, jua Artetica, and Cardus benedictus, in the which I put seven pound of wine, and one of Sugar, and then I caused him to make a drink with water, wine, and honey to drink continually, and that I caused him to use five and twenty days, and then I anointed him with our Vnguento Magno, five times without fire, the which unguent caused him to spit a boundance of filthy matter, and at the last it caused him to spit blood, than I caused him to make a bathe the which is written in our Regiment of the pestilence, called the joyful jewel: I laid on the sores our Cerote Magistralle, and thus with in 38. days he was perfect whole.   

Certain cures that this author did when he travailed into Afryca.  
IN the year 1550. he travailed into Africa, and there he was chosen by Il. S. Don Pietro di Toledo vicere di Napoli, to be Physician unto the camp under Don Gracia his son, and so in the year .1551, in the month of May he departed from Naples with all the army of the Emperor, Carolo quinto, D. Austria, & so having a prosperous wind, arrived in Barbary by a certain old city called Monasterio, and there gave an assiege, & took it, without any remission or ransoming, & made slaves of all those that were left alive, and it remained utterly destroyed, but not without great mortality of our Christian soldiers, and beside those that were killed, there was a great number wounded the which were brought into the Galleys, and carried to the isle of Sicilia in a certain city called Trapano, the which say they, was builded by a great Idolater called Tarpos, and there in the hospital those wounded persons were left, with certain chirurgeons that were under my jurisdiction, & with certain medicines of my invention, and so in short time the most part were holp, and then the army returned unto Naples again, and refreshed them with new men and victual. And then on the .15. of june, we set up sail and sailed, and when we were in the midst of the gulf between Naples & Palermo, there happened a great misfortune, the which was thus.  
In the Galley of Signor Giordano Captain general of the Galleys of the Duke of Florence, it happened that he being at the table with divers captains & gentlemen, & as they were at dinner, a certain Captain being grieved with an other, multiplied words, and took a loaf of bread & threw it at his face, without any reverence or respect of the said General S. Giordano. That being done, the said General rise from the table & took him by the bosom, & gave him 5. stocadoes in the breast the which pierced within the body, and there he fell for dead, that being done, the said General repent himself of his rashness, and presently sent for me being in the Galley of Don Gracia, to come and dress him, and so my General caused me to do with all diligence, and when I came, this poor Captain lay as though he had been dying, nevertheless I dressed him with great diligence, and the medicines which I used were these. First I put in to the wounds, of our Quintaessence, and upon the wound I dressed it, with ur Balm artificial, and gave him a vomit, the which caused him to cast great quantity of blood, and then every morning I gave him half an ounce of our Aqua Balsami, & thus within two days after we arrived at Palermo, the captain was perfect whole, to the great marvel of a number. After that we departed from Palermo, and went to the city of Trapano, where the rest of the galleys were, and there continued .4. days, and then on Saint john's even, we went to an Island called Fanignana, and there kept the feast of Saint john, and then we departed with all the army, and went on the side of Africa, and on Saint Peter's day we landed in the Gardens of that city, and there began to offer battle, and there remaining about .24. or .25. days, the army began to be infected with a certain kind of flux, whereof a great number died, every day. My Generalll seeing that, called me, and asked if it were possible to find some remedy for that flux, unto the which I answered willingly, and said, I would devise by the help of God some remedy, because it was my duty, aswell as for th' health of the soldiers of the Emperor, the which thing I did in short time thorough the whole camp: as I will write hereafter in the next chapter.   

The cure of the flux, wherewith I holp the Army of the Emperor in Africa.  
BEing as I have said afore in the camp, where they were marvelously tormented with a flux, & many died thereoff, and could find no help, although they had medicines. Than I which had the experience in hand, began to laugh to myself, & the remedy wherewith I holp them all, was this. First, I caused them to eat well, & than on the morning, I gave them a vomit, and then every day after they had eaten, I caused them to go into the water of the Sea, and there to remain 4. or .5. hours, and so doing within .4. or .5. days they were holp, for I swear as I am a Knight, that if I had not been there, the whole army had died of that flux, for of .14. or .15. thousand that were there, there was not left, 2. thousand but they were infected with tha flux or distemperance of the liver, caused of superfluous heat, the which heat distempereth the stomach, & causeth the continual flux: ye shall understand that our vomit doth evacuate the stomach of the putrefied humour, & the salt water cooleth the heat, & restraineth the flux, so that by these means they were holp.   

A goodly remedy found out by me, for wounds in the head.  
Wounds in the head, were very perilous in that place, so that if a .100. were hurt in the head, it was not possible to recover ten and that came thorough two things, the which were much contrary in that region, for the day was so hot, that it burned all things, and the night to the contrary so extreme cold, that it was intolerable, & not to be credited, & so by this distemperance when Craneum was uncovered that the air might touch it, presently they died without any help, than I seeing that, began to consider of the matter, desiring to find some mean to help them, & so studying, it came in my memory, that the air was cause of their death, as it was in troth.  
Than presently I commanded all those chirurgeons that were under my jurisdiction, that they should not meddle with any wound in the head without my presence, the which thing was done, & as many as were wounded, the first thing that I did in steed of cutting or lancing or discovering, according to the common order, I joined the parts & sowed them close & dressed them upon the wound with our Quintaessence, & with Balsamo and Magno licore, and so in short time the most part were holp, and there died none so desperate as they did afore, and therefore to my judgement, this was a good invention, and never used of any afore, and this order of curing is very natural, for Nature doth show it in herbs, plants, and stones, how that they cannot stand does united: then much more our flesh cannot stand does united, without great torment of the Patient, for until it be joined together again, it is unpossible to be holp, then seeing that is true, it is most natural for the wound to be joined together, and to use those medicines that where they be applied, will not suffer the humour to come thereunto, nor putrefy the place that is hurt, and seeing it is so, as by experience is seen, we must believe this to be a natural and most wholesome remedy, so that I affirm that the joining of the parts of the wound in the head and other parts of the body, is most sovereign and of great satisfaction to the sick, for they never feel pain, nor have no fever nor other sort of accident, for of those I have cured a great number with good success.   

The cure of one that had his nose cut off, and set on again.  
IN that time when I was in Africa, there happened a strange case, and that was thus.  
A certain Gentleman a Spaniard that was called Il Signior Andrea's Gutiero, of the age of xxix years, upon a time walked in the field, and fell at words with a soldier, and began to draw his weapon, the soldier seeing that, struck him with the left hand & cut off his nose, and there fell down in the sand, than I happened to stand by, and took it up, and pissed thereon to wash away the sand, and stytched it on again very close, & dressed it with our Balsamo Artificiato, and bound it up, and so let it remain viii. days, thinking that it would have room to matter: nevertheless when I did unbind it, I found it fast conglutinated, & then I dressed it only once more, & he was perfectly whole, so that all Naples did marvel there at, as is well known, for the said S. Andrea doth live yet, and can testify the same.   

The cure of an arm of S. Giordano Vrsino.  
AT the same time, the said S. Giordano Vrsino, and S. Antamo Savello Romano, and S. Astor Baglione, with divers other, took their horses, & rid about two miles from the camp, and there perceived certain Mores on horseback, the which did assault these gentlemen, and one More with his lance, did thrust thorough the arm from the elbow through the shoulder, than the said S. Giordino returned to the camp with great pain, and presently I was sent for, and when I had seen it I put therein our Quintaessence, and upon the wound I laid our Balsamo and Magno licore, and bound it strait, and so left it, and in five days it was whole and sound, and than went to the assault most valiantly, as many can testify, because he was general of Firenze.   

A great chance that happened at the assault in Africa.  
AT the same time, there was a Gentleman Florentine that was with the said S. Giordano Vrsino, that was called Milllematti, the which fought with his sword and target, and defended many shot of calivers and such like, at the last one pierced his target, and struck him upon the breast, and bruised him marvelously, and yet broke no skin, and therewith all he fell to the ground for dead, and the carrier of dead men or Becamort, as they call them, would have buried him in a mine, I then being present caused him to be brought to the tent of S. Astor Baglione, and there I put our Quintaessence into his mouth, and that caused the blood to liquifie and come forth at the mouth, and laid upon his stomach a plaster of Ashes and Oil, as hot as he could abide, and that I changed morning and evening, and always I gave him of our Quintaessence to drink, so that in short time he was holp, and yet liveth in health: and this was one of the most strangest things that ever I saw, that a pellet of a Calyver could not break the flesh, and that came by certain words that the said Millematti did carry written upon his breast, as he persuaded me afterward for the said. In verbis, & in herbis, & in lapidibus sunt virtutes, etc.   

The cure of wounds being poisoned, and of other sorts.  
WHile that wars dured in Africa, many times the Christians were poisoned with venomous Arrows and such like, for the Mores commonly when they fight against the Christians, they stick the heads of their arrows in a Squill and poison it with the juice, and when those arrow heads or other weapon goeth into the flesh of a man, it causeth so great burning that it bringeth Spasmus, and so in short time they die. And until this time there hath been no other medicine found, but to cut away all the flesh that the weapon hath touched, or else to cauterize it two or three times with a red hot iron, to extinguish the venom, but I thorough the grace of God have found the true and perfect way to help them quickly and with great ease, and without detriment of the wounded, and the remedy is this, ye shall put our Quintaessence into the wound, and lay there-on our Magno licore, the which are two medicines that kill the poison of the Squille, and therefore if any will prove this to be true: To see the experience, take a péese of a Squilla, and scratch it with thy nail, and then put thy finger into thy ear, or scratch any other place that ye may touch the flesh, and presently thou shalt feel a terribell bourning, and to quench it, presently take of our Quintaessence, and wash the place therewith, and presently the pain will cease, and therefore use this as a secret, for therewith I have cured a great number.   

A remedy found out by me against the poison of a fish.  
WHen that I caused so many sick of the flux to go into the sea whereby they were holp, there was a certain kind of fish that as soon as they touched the flesh of a man, presently it inflamed and the poison so increased, that in two or three days, it caused corrosive sores, the which caused many to die, and many were stonge with that fish the which never could find help, I than seeing that desperate case, upon a time visited a young man being a Roman, the which was hurt on the cods and yard, with such a spasmus that it was wonderful to behold, and having a glass full of my Quintaessence in my hand, I opened the sore and washed it therewith, and presently the pain ceased, then afterward I dressed it with an unguent made of the fat of the fish, & so there with he & a great number more were holp in short time, and these are secrets of my invention.   

Of the taking of Afrika and his destruction.  
IN the year .1551. the 11. of September about the 19 hour the general asault was given to the city of Africa, and in the space of 2. hours it was taken, and destroyed by the soldiers of Carolus Quintus, Emperor, where at was slain a great number of both parts, and there was such a number hurt that it was to be wondered at, the which were healed with our Magno licore, and Balsamo, and when the city was taken and all ended, the Galls remained there all September, and the fourth of October every man went to serve at their ports appointed, and so we turned to Naples to pass the Winter, but yet we remained but a while, for there was occasion to go to Sienna, the which rebelled against the Emperor, & so we went with Don Pietro da Toledo the which died after at Firenza, etc.   

The cure of a great wound on the head.  
IN this year .1551. in the month of November, there came unto my house a Spaniard, the which was called Giovan Ruiz di Zamora, the which had a great wound over the ear, on the left side that reached half over the head, with great fracture of the bone, the which I presently stitched with diligence, and put there-in our Quintaessence, and upon the wound I dressed it with Magno licore, and Balsamo, and made a gentle ligature with a piece of silk, and sent him home to his lodging, and commanded him to come again the next day about the said hour, & those that were about me, fell a laughing at my words, and said that he would die of that wound, because I let him go forth in the air, to the which I answered that he might safely go forth, and so the next day he came again, and I took off the lygament, but not the cloth, and thereon I put of our Quintaessence and Balm, and so in three days I touched it not, and then I took off the Lygament again, and dressed it upon the cloth, and let it remain until the .8. day, and then I opened it and took away the cloth and found the wound so healed that ye could scarce perceive any scar, and many said that it was unpossible to be healed, for it would come to impostumation, nevertheless it remained perfectly whole, for. 5.or .6. months that he remained in that city, in the which time I cured a great number in the same order that were wounded in the head, to the great wonder of those that dwelled in Naples, for they count all wounds in the head to be mortal, because the air is so pestilential, for as soon as it toucheth the skull it corrupteth the wound.  
But using our order thou mayst safely help them, so that the wound be not mortal, for by keeping it close shut it is preserved.   

A very strange thing that happened in the aforesaid year.  
THere was a certain young Mariner of the age of 26. years, the which was called, Francisco di Giovanni Raguseo, of the isle of Mezo, the which being in fight fell down, and the other that fought with him cut him over the side and back a handful long, insomuch that a piece of the Milt was cut overthwart, than he was carried to a Chirurgeon, and he stitched him up, than the next day I was called, and there I found the wound not well stitched, the which I ripped up again, and found the belly full of blood, and when I saw that, I caused divers to make water, and therewith I washed him, and with taking forth of the blood, there came a piece of the milt that was cut, the which I washed, and gave it to a Mariner that stood by, and the Patron of the ship took it from him and carried it away, than I stitched him up again and left a little hole or orifice beneath, where the matter might come forth, and dressed him with our Quintaessence, with Balsamo, and Magno licore, and in the space of .22. days he was whole perfectly.   

The cure of a Fistoloe in the lower parts.  
IN the year .1552. in the month of March, I was brought unto a man of the age of forty years of complexion, choleric, and melencholicke, the which had a Fistoloe in the lower parts, the which was of this Nature, that it had alterated the cods, the member, and all the parts thereabout, with xi holes infistolated▪ at the which xi he made water with great burning & intolerable pain, & which are accident of a fever in manner continual, the which Patient had been taken in hand of divers & none could do him pleasure. Than the first thing that I did, I gave him our Aromatico, that being done, I gave him twelve days together our Quintaessencia solutivo, that being done, I gave him a quantity of our Electuario Angelica, a than he used one of my secrets, the which I will not write in this place, that being done I caused him to spit with one of my confections, written hereafter, and so by these means he was perfectly whole.   

Of many that I cured in Naples.  
IN that time that I remained in the famous City of Naples until that year .1555. in the month of February, & then I thought it good to go to Rome where at this time I cure a number of persons, & have holp so many by the help of God, the which if I should record them it would be sufficient to fill a great volume, for there came such a number to my door, that the people wondered thereat, & with .4. medicines compounded by me, I holp in manner all of every disease, & the medicines were these, one Pill made with our Petra philosophile, Elbero negro, Olio di sulpho, Olio dimelle, mixed with marchpane, & made in pills. The second remedy was soluble pills, made with Aloe hepatico, coloquintida, Sienna, & oil of vitriol, made in paste with sugar, & common honey, The third remedy was a unction, made with Sage, Rosemary, Wormewoode, Rew, Mint. Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Mastic, Frankincense, Terpentine & wax with common oil. The .4. remedy was our Quintaessence, & these .4. remedies, I gave unto those people to help their griefs: & I willed them that took these medicines to eat well & of good meats, & so always they praised these medicines, the which was not without great reason, because the pills first evacuate the stomach of all impediments, a leaveth nature eased, the second pills evacuate the body of the corrupption.  
The Unction comforteth the stomach, and helpeth digestion, and mitigateth the pain. The Quintaessence comforteth the stomach, causeth good digestion, purifieth the blood, and comforteth the head, so that be these aforesaid reasons, ye may understand that these four remedies may help against all indispositions inwardly, and for cause of those remedies those people honour me like a Prophet, and always have had me in great reverence, as long as I remained among them.   

A cure of Vlcera putrida, the which was in the arm.  
IN the year aforesaid & in the month of August, there came to my hand a certain Gentleman of the ambassadors of Portugal, that was called, Il signor jari, a man of the age of .32. years of complexion melancholyke: the which had a putrefied ulcer about the left shoulder, that he had carried above three years, and was a big as a hand, and very déeps the which could not be healed of the common chirurgeons, nor yet be eased of his pain, than I reasoning with this Gentleman, told him that the cause of that sore, was corrupt and putrefied blood, and by that means the liver received evil qualities, and that if he would be holp, the cause must be removed, the which was hard to be done, because the blood must be evacuated a little, and then the stomach must be evacuated of moist matter that offendeth it, and hindereth digestion of the meat, and will not suffer good blood to engender, than it will also be necessary to evacuate the body downwards, that the corruption sendeth no up his vapours to the upper parts of the body, and hinder the cure of the ulcer, all this being done, it were necessary to evacuate the humour between the skin and the flesh; by sweat, so that all the parts of the body may remain purified, and so by these means the ulcer may easily mundify, incarnate, and scicatrise, and shallbe a perfect cure, to the which thing the Gentleman was willing, for he had as willingly died as lived, and so in the name of GOD I took him in hand, and the first thing that I gave him was a vomit that purged the stomach, and took away great part of his pain: then I purged him with our Quintaessencia Solutivo, eight days together, that being done I made him a fomentation, that caused him to sweat well, and to spit abundance, than I caused him to be let blood under the tongue, and then I anointed all the ulcer with our caustic, the which mortified all the filthiness therein, and then I dressed it with Magno licore, and our cerote Magistralle, and so with these remedies in short space the said Gentleman was cured, to the great marvel of the said Ambassador, and all those that saw it, by reason of that cure came another of the same house unto me called Il seignor diego jaimes the which was troubled with a difficulty of urine, the which troubled him mightily, the which I gave three times our Petra Philosophalle, and once the juice of Elder barks, and he was holp: I cured another in the same house of a fever with our Oil of Honey, and with Balsamo: The Ambassador like wise being troubled with the gout, willed me to take him in hand the which I did, and cured him so that in three years after which I continued in Rome he never felt pain, and of these cures I holp an infinite in Spain, as is well known to the inhabitants thereof.   

The cure of ethesia in the beginning.  
I●●he year 1555. in the month of March, there came to my hands a young man of Milayne the which was a painter, of the age of five and twenty years, the which was fallen into a spice of etisie, and did spit much blood with a continual fever, the which I cured in this order.  
First I let him blood under the tongue on the right side, and after that I gave him a quantity of our Aromatico with Plantain water, because the bleeding taketh away the superfluous blood of the breast, the which nature sendeth forth by itself, and the Aromatico with plantain water is cold and dry, which are most necessary for that disease, for they evacuate the stomach, repercute and mitigateth that alteration, those things being done, I caused him to use our Quintaessence solutive to evacuate the body in respect of the putrification already conceived within the intestinalles, also I caused him to use the Quintaessence of the flower of flowers, and I anointed his stomach with Magno licore, and also he used our Electuary of Althaea, and so by these means he was holp perfectly.   

The cure of a certain man wounded in thirteen places.  
IT happened that a certain man called Alessandro Oresice, was wounded afore my lodging in 13. places, and there fell for dead, and then by a certain friend was brought into my lodging, and there I laid him upon a table and took of his clothes, and sowed all those wonndes which were to be sowed or stitched, and dressed him with our Quintaessence, and Balsamo, and Magno licore, and our secret powder, and so by those means in 15. days he was perfect whole.   

Of remedies that help many diseases.  
THere are diverse and sundry diseases, and they be holp with divers and sundry medicines, therefore I will make a note only of those the which are most used.  
And first I will write of those remedies that help the fevers of all sorts, the which are these, the syrup of Burrage, Buglos, Endive, Cicory, Hops, Fumitori, rhubarb, Cassia, Scamony, Sine, Barley water, syrup of Scytrones, and such like.  
The remedies that help the pocks are these, Aloes, Coloquintida, Turbit, Hermodactilis, Scamony, Precipitate, Oriola, Olivella, the unction of Mercury, Lignum sanctum, Cina, Salsa perilla, the perfume of Scinaber, a stove of herbs, our Ceroto Magistralle, and such like things, those remedies that help the cough, are Enula Campane, Garlic, Sulfur, Honey, Lapaciolle, the Oil of Sulfur, and such like, those remedies that help the scabs are the juice of Aureola, Sulfur, Litarge, Aqua Realle, Roch Allome, those that are troubled with pains in the body, may use Genciane, Nutmegs, Dictamus albus, Euphorbio, those that are wounded shall use Terpentine, our Balsamo, Magno licore, Aqua Balsamo, Elixir vitae, Ceroto magistralle, Oil of Hiperconie of our invention, and such like: Those that provoke urine, are that flowers of meadows, Alcakengi, Hogs lise, Cantarides, & such like, & therefore I will not trouble you further because I have written sufficiently in my other books in sundry places, and hereafter I will write of divers, and sundry medicines of our invention never found out afore of any man.    

Here beginneth the order to make diverse and sundry medicines of our invention, never found out before by any man. And first to make our Petra Philosophalle, that helpeth against all manner of diseases that happeneth unto man or woman, or any other animal terestryall.  
THere hath always been a great questioning among the Philosophers, whether that one medicine might help against all diseases or Noah. The which I affirm, and will approve with sufficient reason that the Petra Philosophalle made of our invention, may help against all the infirmities that cometh unto man's body, and two only reasons I will show thee with brevity, the first of them is this, that all sorts of infirmities have their Original and beginning of the stomach, and to know the troth ye may see manifestly, that if the body be never so little infermid the stomach is also grieved: For ye may see how the anymalles terestryall, never help themselves of other infirmity than of the stomach, and when they will help themselves, they eat herbs, the which causeth them to vomit, and this doth signify that they have no other infirmity, than the aforesaid, so by the experience of the animalles I approve that the infirmity is caused of the stomach, and this is the first reason. The second is, that all the medicines, where in our Petra Philosophalle is put, as soon as they are come into the stomach, it draweth unto it, all the evil humours of the stomach, and also of the whole body, and mixeth with them, and so Nature sendeth them forth by vomit or by siege, or both, and so the stomach shall be evacuated of that matter, and the body remain free from all impediments of infirmities, so that by this reason I affirm, that our Petra Philosophalle may help against all sorts of infirmities, and to know the troth, I have proved it by experience, in all manner of infirmities, and always have found it to do much good unto all men, and hurt none unto my knowledge, and the order to make this Petra Philosophalle, is thus.  
Rec. Sal niter, Rock alum, Vitriol Roman, of each two pound.  
First dry the Vitriol in a earthen pan, and then beat it to powder, and mix it with the other matters, and put thereunto four ounces of Sal gem, than put it in a gourd with his head, & a receiver, well luted, and distill it in a wind furnace, so that ye may make fire with wood, and at the first make small fire, and so increase it according to Art, and always lay wet clothes on the head and receiver, and that thou shalt do because the spirits of the water shall not fly away. Ye shall understand that in the beginning of of your distillation, the Receiver will wax red like blood, and then turn white, and at the last, when ye give it strong fire, it will turn red again, and those are the pure spirits of the Aqua fortis, and then at the end, the Receiver will turn white again, & then it is ended, then let it wax cold, and then keep it in a Glass close shut, to make our Petra Philosophalle.  
Than take Mercury. lib. 1. Quick lime, ounces .6. Soap, ounces .4. Common ashes, ounces .3.  
Mix them together in a mortar of stone, & then put them into a Retort, and distill it with a strong fire until all the Mercury be come forth into the receiver▪ then take it forth, and keep it in a glass, to make thy composition, the which is made thus.  
Rec. The water that thou madest first, and put it into a gourd of glass being well luted, and then put in thy Mercury that thou didst distill afore. After that, take Steel in thin plates, ounce .1. Iron also in thin plates, ounce .2. Fine Gold in leaves, the weight of two French crowns, and put them altogether in the glass, & presently set on the head, for it will begin to boil, and cause red fumes like blood, the which thou shalt receive in a receiver, and presently set thy glass in the Furnace and give it fire until all the water be come forth with the fume. Them let it cool, and keep that water close in a glass, then break the other glass that stood in the fire, and in the bottom thou shalt find our Petra Philosophalle, the which thou shalt grind finely, and searce it in most fine powder, and then wash it well with Vinegar distilled, and dry it again, and at the last wash it with Rose-water, and dry it very well, stirring it continually over the fire, then keep it as a precious jewel close in a Glass.  
For the order to use it, I will write hereafter, in sundry places: Ye shall understand that the water the which ye distilled away from the stone, will serve for the same purpose again: But ye must take but half the quantity of the aforesaid matters, and when ye have distilled it again from the stone, ye shall preserve it, for an infinite number of purposes, as I will show thee hereafter.  

To make our Balm artificial, with the order to use it, and wherefore it serveth.  
THis Balsamum hath all the virtues of the natural Balm, although not in quality, yet in virtue, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Venice Turpentine, pound .1. Oil of Bays, that is perfect without mixture, ounces .4. Galbanum, ounc. 3. Gum Araby, ounc. 4. Olibanum, Myrrha elect, Gum hedera, of each, ounces .3. Lignum Aloes, Galingal, Cloves, Consolida minore, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Zedoaria, Ginger, Diptamnum album, of each, ounce 1. Musk of Levant, Ambergres, of each one dram.  
Beat all those aforesaid things together, & put them into a Retort of glass well luted, and put thereto .6. pound of Rectified Aqua vitae without phlegm, and so let it stand viii. days, and then distill it by sand, and there will come forth a white water mixed with oil, and so keep thy fire small, until there come forth a blackish Oil, then change thy receiver, and set thereto an other, and increase thy fire until all the spirits be come forth, than separate the Oil from the black water, & keep them by themselves, & the like shall ye do by the first water. The first water that is white, is called Aqua del Balsamo, and the Oil separated from that is called, Oleum del Balsamo. The second water that is black is called Mater Balsami, and the Oil separated from that water, is called Balsamo artificiato, the which would be kept as a precious jewel.  
The first water is most excellent to clear and preserve the sight of the eyes, also the face being washed therewith, it maketh it very fair, & preserveth it youthfully, it keepeth back age, it breaketh the gravel in the reins, and provoketh urine the which is stopped is our Aromatico, because it evacuateth the stomach by vomit, and the body downward, and his operation is such, that it doth in manner help any crude sort of infirmity, and the quantity is from one dram, to two drams, and may be taken in broth, in wine, in water, or mix it with any pills, or potion, giving you charge, that when ye put it in any potion that ye leave none in the bottom, of the cup where ye drink it out, because the Petra Philosophalle is heavy, and will remain in the bottom, for if that remain it will not work at all, giving you also charge that the said day that ye give this medicine, that ye let the patiented drink as much crude water as the will, and give them little meat to eat that day, and this is the order to use this medicine.   

To make our Electuario Angelico, and the order to use it, and in what diseases.  
ELectuario, Angelico romano, is so called, because it was compounded of me in the city of Rome, in the time of the Pope Paulo quarto, and because this composition worketh sodeinelye, I called it Angelico, and is most excellent against many diseases, it is good against all sorts of fevers, giving it Perminorativo, and for the stitch in the side it is most rare, because it taketh away the viscocitie in the stomach, and openeth the powers, and is good against the gout, for if they take it every third day once, in ten days they shallbe hope, it is also good against the cough, Catarrh, and for the milt, and for those that have the pocks, or the running gout, and such like influences, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Safran, Lignum alleos, Cinnamon, red Coral ana three drams, Elleborus niger, without preparation, two ounces Electuario de succo rosarum, Mesue, that is not too much boiled, vi. ounces, Sugar rosate viii. ounces, Musk of Levant one dram, Petraphilosophalle three ounces, our Quintaessence, of wine, two ounces, purified honey as much as will suffice to make it in form of a Lectuary, mix them on a small fire in an earthen pan, and when it is made, keep it in a vessel of glass, for any other vessel will not be good: This Electuary ye may mix with any sollible medicine, but ye must take it fasting, the quantity is from two drams to four drams. Ye shall understand that this in manner reviveth the dead by his great virtue, as hath been seen many thousand times, in Venice, & in Rome, most worthy of memory, and therefore if any Physician desire to get fame in the world, let them use our Electuario Angellica, the which worketh miracles on the earth.   

Of the vigitable stone, of our Invention, to transemute a body of one complexion into another, and to make him sound for ever.  
THe way to make the vigitable stone is rare, and his virtues are infinite, and without comparison, & the cures that are done therewith are so miraculous, that the world will not believe them, although it be the mere troth, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Tartar of white Wine that is thick and shining, Turpentine that is clear and pure: The herb called Aloes that hath leaves as long as an arm, and dented on both sides, and some call it semper vive, take of each of these one pound, and stamp them together, and put them into a urinal with a head and receiver, and distill them in a wine furnes until all the substance be come forth, then take the fesses out of the glass and grind them with the said water, and then distill them as thou didst afore, and always at the last give it a strong fire that the fesses may remain well burnt, then take out the fesses again and grind them with the water as thou didst first, and distill it again, and this thou shalt do 15. or twenty times, until all that water be consumed, & that the fesses remain white like salt, then lay that fesses on a smooth stone in a moist place, and it will turn into water, the which keep in a glass close shut, and that is the water of the vigitable stone, the which water is of so much virtue, that one scruppell there-of being put into ij. ounces of julepe of violets, and given to drink to any that is infirmed or evil complexcionated, in less than four and twenty days he shallbe holp of any grivous disease, and this must be taken in the morning fasting when the stomach is empty, for than it worketh better his operation.  
This is also an excellent remedy against the worms, giving it in the a foresaid manner, it mundifieth the liver, and drieth the humidity of that milt, it dissolveth the cough, and Cattares, it provoketh urine where it is let, with divers other virtues, the which I will let pass until another time, for if I should write them all, they would not be credited, and therefore we Physicians should not rest to practise in all things that seemeth to us convenient, and I promise thee truly that he which shall occupy this thing, shall work miracles on the earth, and win great fame and honour. ye shall understand that this is the stone that the Philosophers have long sought to fix their medicine mineral, so that making the projection they join the medicine with metalling bodies, and not to go away in sum, because this stone resisteth all great fires without consuming, and fixeth Sulfur and Orpiment, so that they shall abide the fire, & maketh them white, if ye make projection therewith on Copper, or on Latin, it will turn it into the whiteness of pure silver, & that I have seen with my eyes, so that ye may see of what importance this vigitable stone is, the which worketh such goodly transmutations, as well in mettalling bodies, as in human bodies, and therefore it is to be accounted off, because it may save the life of many that use it in their medicines.   

Our solyble siroppe with the order to use it.  
SOlyble siropes made in decoction are very wholesome and of great faculty, & specially in the crudite of humours, and the reason is this: because it disperseth the matter, and evacuateth it with great ease, and without danger or trouble of the Patient, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Sage, Rosemary, Wormwood, Cicory, Cardus sanctus, Nettles, Organy, of each a handful. Figs, Raisins, Dates, sweet Almonds, Sal gem, ana ounc. 4. Coloquintida, Aloes hepatica, Cinnamon, Mirabolani citrini, ana ounc. 2. Common honey, two pound.  
Stamp them all grossly, and put them to infuse in eighteen pounds of fair water, then boil it till half be consumed, then strain it, and distill it by a filter, and aromatise it with two caretes of Musk and a pint of Rose-water, and then it is made, the which ye shall keep in a bottle of glass close stopped, the quantity is from four ounces to six ounces.  
In Winter you shall take it very warm. And in the Spring and Autumn, ye shall take it but warm. In Summer ye shall take it cold, for this purgeth the gross humours of the body, and hurteth not the stomach, ye may use it in a fever .4. or 5. days together, and it will help it. In crudity of humours, as the French Pocks, Gouts, Cattares, Doglie Artetiche, and such like matters, where there is no accident of Fever, ye may take it ten or xu days together, & cannot hurt by any means, for it purgeth most excellent, it is given against the Cough, against flux of the urine, & pains in the head, and carnosity in the yard, for the Hemerhodes, and in sum it is good against all diseases caused of corrupt humours, for it hath such virtue, that it draweth from all parts, and evacuateth the humours intestinall, for of this Siroppe I have had great experience, in such persons as were in manner banished and had lost their taste, and presently using this, they came to good temperature, and I have used it an infinite number of times, in persons that were ulcerated, and full of sores, evil bandeled of Fortune, and of the infirmity, and finding no means to cure them as they should be, I gave them this Sirop fourteen or fifteen days, and then they were cured, with a number of other things the which would be too long to write, and therefore I would wish every one to use this, not only in the aforesaid matters, but in all other diseases.   

Our Siropo magistrale Leonardo, the which sarueth against an infinite number of diseases, and is a rare medicine.  
THis Sirop is solutive, and very pleasant to use, and cannot hurt in any wise, the which is seldom seen in other medicines, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. The leaves of Sine, ounces .2. fumitory, maidenhair, Hartes-tongue, lyver-wort, Epitemun, Ellemo, Pollipo of the Oak, the flowers of Burrage, of bugloss, Lycories, of each ounces .3. coloquintida, Elleborus niger, Aloes hepatica, Mirabolani Indi, ana ounc. 1. Proynes .14. Sebestien .12. Tamirise. ℥ .1. Stamp them grossly, and infuse them in ten pounds of fumitory water, then boil it until the consumption of the third part, and then strain it, and in that which is strained put these things: Sirop of Stecados, pound .1. Saffron, one scruple. Mel rosarum, ounc. 6. Rectified Aqua vitae, ounc. 4. Musk, dram .1. The muslege of marsh Mallows, ounces .4. Benjamin, ounce 1. Rose-water, ounces .3. And then it is made, the which ye shall keep in a glass close stopped, & keep it in a temperate place, and this you must take warm, the quantity is from two ounces to four ounces, and it is a most safe medicine to be used without keeping of any diet. It helpeth those much that have Pellaria, scabs, Hemerhodes, and such like diseases, and may be given unto a woman with child, without any danger, when she shall have occasion to use any.   

Our Sirop against the melancholic humour, and specially where there is ventosity in the stomach.  
IT were necessary for those that will make this siroppe, to be expert in the Art, for it would be made with great diligence, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Water of fumitory, of Hops, of Wormwoode, of Maiden hair, of each five pound. Then with this water thou shalt make a decoction with these things that follow.  
Rec. Pollipodium of the Oak, one pound, Sine leaves, Epitimum, ana ounc. 4. Cordial flowers, two handfuls. maidenhair, one handful. Lycoris, Raisins, Cinnamon, of each ounces .2. The .4. Cole seeds, ounces .2. Make thereof a Decoction according to Art, and strain it, then take four pound of that Decoction, & put thereto, the juice of Burrage, of bugloss, of Hops, of each ounces .2. Common Honey, ounces .6. Then with white Sugar, make a Syrup in good form, and aromatise it with Musk and Amber, putting thereto, one ounce of Plyris without Musk, and then it is made. The quantity is from three ounces to four ounces in the morning warm, and fast there-on, at the least three or four hours, for this purgeth marvelously the melancholycke humours and all other gross humours, and dissolveth wind, and comforteth the heart, etc.   

Our Potion of Lignum Sanctum, the which is miraculous to dissolve crude, and malign humours, with the order to use it, in the French Pocks, and such like diseases.  
Because the Pocks is a disease contagious, putrefied, and corrupt, and worketh many evil effects, as I have written in my Caprici medicinalle, therefore it were necessary to prepare most excellent and rare rememdies to dissolve the same, which medicines are infinite.  
But in this Chapter I will write one, that purgeth the crude and viscous humours downwards, and doth assuttiliate the gross humours, and drieth all sorts of subtle humours that offend Nature and sendeth them forth by sweat, it drieth the melancholic humour, and dissolveth choler, and is most wholesome for those that are troubled with that disease, because it drieth much and dissolveth the disease, with many other good effects, as by experience thou mayst see, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. The bark of Lignum sanctum grossly beaten pound .1. and lay it to steep in xiv. pound of fair water 24. hours, then boil it until four pounds be consumed, then put there to, polypody of the Oak, two ounces, Cicory one handful, Aloes epatike four drams, and let them boil for an hour: Then put thereunto the leaves of syve, Epitemum, ana, ounce 1. Coloquintida, dram 6. Sugar, ounce 8. then let it boil till half be boiled away, and that there remain pound 7. then strain it, and put it in a glass with 12. grains of Musk, and keep it very close stopped, and this is the syrup the which ye shall take twice a day, that is morning and evening, then make this drink following the which shall be the common drink at all times, to your meat.  
Rec. One pound of Lignum sanctum, Raspead, and steep it in x. pounds of whit wine that is ripe, and let it boil an hour, them put thereto xv. pound of fair water & let boil a little more, and then strain it, and keep it in a glass bottle, for this is to be used all they day time, and the order to use these is thus. First when any feeleth himslefe grieved with the pocks or any such like disease, he must keep his bed at the least xx. days, and use to take of the first syrup or potion every morning a good draft being as warm as he may suffer it, than kéever him well with clothes that he may sweat as much as he can, then take off the clothes by little and little, and dry him with warm clothes, & so let him repose for two hours, and then let him eat and his meat must be dry, as Biscote, roast-meat, Raisins of the Sun, Almonds, and sometime a raw egg, & his drink at meals, a and all the day beside shall be the last made with wine & water, them at night give him of the first syrup as ye did in the morning, & cause him to sweat, & then dry him, and this order thou shalt use xx. days together not coming forth of thy chamber, & by the grace of God thou shalt be holp of any such grievous infirmity, as I have seen the experience thereof an infinite of times, to my great honour, for it may be occupied in all complexions, with safety, as by the ingredience thou mayst see.   

A most marvelous water & rare, to cause a man to avoid the gravel in urine, and to mundify the reins.  
THe gravel in't he reins of the back is caused, and engendered of great heat, & dryness in those parts, as thou mayst plainly see by those which are troubled therewith, for heir reins is so hot that they cannot abide any heavy garment to lie there-on, and they always make their water with great pain & burning: therefore if thou wilt help that infirmity, it were necessary to refrigerate the reins and moisten it with good juice, & take away that burning of the urine, & so in that order the patient shall be holp, and this thou mayst do in short time, and with great ease with this remedy.  
Rec. The seed of small Lemons, the seed of Oranges, ana one pound, Saxifrage, pound vi. Balm, Scolopendria, Pellitory of the wall, Sparagus, Crisoni, Isope, Fenel roots, Parsely roots, ana, ounce 6. stamp them altogether & make them in form of aliquid unguent with the juice of Lemons, them distill it in a common tin stillytory being luted until the matter, remain dry, them keep that water in a glass close stopped, & when ye will occupy this water, ye must first purge the body of the crude & viscous humours, & likewise evacuate the stomach of choler & phlegm, that being done thou shalt take every morning & evening vi. ounces warm, & it would be necessary for those that take it, to use a diet, & to refrain moist & cold meats, & use only dry things & so this water shall help those aforesaid griefs, as I have proved divers times.   

To make the water of Lignum sanctum, most wholesome against the pocks with a new order.  
COmmonly they use to take the water of Lignum sanctum, against the pocks, the which surely is most wholesome, but it must be taken in good order and form, and must be made with great discretion, and not as they use it now adays, for they give it some 3. or 4. times, & never the better, although the would be sufficient enough to help themm and therefore I would wish every one that will use this water to take it in such order as it ought to be, the which I will show thee hereafter.  
Rec. Lignun sanctum Rasped small, pound 1. the bark being beaten. ℥ .3. infuse them in 12. pounds of fair water one night, & the next morning put therein li. 1. of honey, the which is put in, because it is aparative & warm, a helpeth to provoke sweat, and causeth it to have a good taste, then boil it till half be consumed, then put thereto Cardus sanctus. ℥ .4. strong wine pound 3. then boil it until a third part be consumed, and than it is made, that strain it, & take forth the Cardus sanctus, & put thereon 20. pounds of fair water, & li. 1. of honey, & let it boil until 4. pounds béeconsumed, and strain it and keep it in a glass bottle, for this is the common drink to drink all the day long, & the order to take it is thus: first afore ye will take this water it were necessary to take our Siropo Solutivo .7. or .8. days, after the take of our Electuario Angelica, ℥ s. that being done in the name of god take this potion of Lignum sanctum in this order, take in the morning at the appearing of the day, ounce 8. very warm as ye may suffer, & presently lay clothes on him, and cause him to sweat 2. hours, & then dry him with warm clothes, and so let him remain 2. hours, & then give him to eat, & his meat shallbe Biscote, Raisins, Almonds, & sometime a little roast-meat, and no other: then in the evening about the 22. hour, ye shall give him the said syrup as ye did in the morning, neither more nor less, and cause him to sweat, and about the 24. hour give him only Biscote and Raisins, and the other common drink that was made last, giving you warning that ye make this drink fresh every third day, because it shall not hurt the stomach, and every week once ye shall take a pill of mart millitare, and that day thou shalt eat birds flesh, because of weakening, also ye shall take very great heed to one thing, & that is this, if it happen that at the beginning of this cure, there cometh a fever or other accident unto the patiented, that in any wise ye leave not the cure, but follow the order, for that is a certain sign of health, for many times I have given this water and unto some in the fourth or 5. day the fever came, and tarried many tames, x. or xii. days, and then the fever went away with the corrupt disease, and all for company, and so in short time they were cured, so that as I have said afore when that sign appeareth, & is delivered it is a certain sign of health: Also I will advise thee of another thing, and that is this, if the patient cannot sweat, ye shall anoint him all over with the Oil of Quinces, the which will cause him to sweat a pace: For without sweat the cure will not be perfect, and this order thou shalt keep at the least forty days together, within the chamber so that there come no air in, for it will hinder the cure.   

Our distillation for the Etesia, the which is of of marvelous virtue and without comparison with the order to use it.  
Saving written sufficiently of the quality of the Fever Etike and his cure, in my Caprici medicinalle, here I will write of nothing but the order to make this precious Licore, with the order to use it, as well for that disease as for other such like, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. A young Hen that hath not yet laid Eggs, and pull her quick, and then take forth her guts, only and stamp her in a stone mortar, and put thereto as much crumb of white bread as the flesh doth way & stamp them together, and put thereto a handful of fresh scabious, and as many leaves of gold as weigheth a French crown, than put thereto as much water of Mortella as all the aforesaid matter doth way, & so leave it one night, and then distill it in a urinal of glass, with three pound of strong wine, in Balneo Marie, until the feses remain dry, and then it is ended.  
Then for every pound of this distillation, put thre-unto one ounce of the water of Honey made according to our order, and keep it in a glass unstopte that the strong savour may go away, & the order to use it in the Fever Etike I have written in his chapter, this serveth alsofor those inward causes the which are most troublesome, a for those that have a burning fever, also for women that have a fever in their childberth.   

Our vigitable Siroppe the which is miraculous and divine.  
THis Sirop is one of my 7. secrets with the which I have done many miracles many times, in divers operations, on many infirmities, and have been so chary of it, that I meant never to set it forth in my life time, but yet I considering what great benefit it might be unto the world, I thought good to set it forth that every one might be served according to his pleasure: and the like I will do of many other secrets of great importance, the which shall be dispearced among my books, and the order to make this Siroppe, is thus.  
Rec. Lignum aloes, Riopontico, Eupatorio, Red Saunders, of each ounces .2. Beat them & make thereof a decoction in good form, & with four pound of this decoction make a sirop, & put thereto these things following, whiles it is hot, Saffrane, one scruple. Ginger, one dram. Musk .2. Carrots. The solution of our Petra Vigitabile, ounc. 3. Cloves, Nutmegs, of each one scruple and a half, that keep it in a glass close shut, and this is our vigitable sirop, the which worketh miracles in divers infirmities, for by his nature it purifieth the blood mundifieth the liver, comforteth the heart, preserveth the stomach, provoketh urine dissolveth gravel in the rains, it helpeth the cough, & helpeth digestion, & quieteth all the humours in the sick person, with divers other virtues, the which I will leave till another time. This may be taken with broth, with distilled waters, or with any decoction or medicine fasting, the quantity is from one dram, to two drams, and happy shall they be the which shall use it.   

An Electuary that helpeth the cough, with great speed, and ease.  
THe Cough is caused of a cattarus humour, and coldness of the stomach, and therefore if ye will help it, it were necessary to have a remedy that doth ripen the cattare, and mollify the stomach, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Enula campana, ounc. 4. Marsh mallows, xii. ounces. Quinces xvi ounces. But if ye cannot get Quinces, ye may take Marmilade ready made, and boil it in fair water with the said roots, until they be dry then stamp them in a mortar, & strain them thorough a strainer, then take for every pound of that matter .2. pound of white Honey, and boil them together, but boil them not to much, then take it from the fire, and put thereunto for every pound of the aforesaid matter, one scruple of Saffran, and one dram of Cinnamon, and two ounces of sulphur, and one scruple of Lycoris, and then incorporate them well together, and aromatise it with Musk and Rose water, & this ye shall use morning and evening, for this is of so great virtue that it is to be wondered at, because the mallows do moilifie, the Enula campana doth warm, and causeth digestion, & comforteth the stomach, the quinces are cordial & warm, the sulphur is a great drier, the which destroyeth the evil humours of the body, the saffran comforteth the heart, the cinnamon is stomachal, the lycoris is mollificative, & disgesteth the matter, so that of force this Electuary must help any kind of cough, except it come of the pocks, for than it will do small pleasure, as I have proved.   

Electuario benedicto Leonardi, the which purgeth the body without any grief, & is miraculous in his operation.  
THis Electuario benedicto, is compound of our invention many years ago, & is so called because of his marvelous operation, & the order to make it, is thus.  
Rec. Of a certain kind of fruit called of some, Spina merula, of other Spini ceruino, with his berry they make a kind of sap green, take of these berries when they be ripe, and stamp them, and take thereoff, the juice and strain it by a filter, and for every pound of the afore said juice ye shall put therein these things, Cinnamon, Safarne, Cloves, Nutmeges, Ginger, ana dram 1. Sena, aloes, ana dram .3. mix them well together and set it in the sun till it be dried like a paste, and than make it liquid again with these following.  
Rec. Rose water, our Quintaessence, ana ounces 2. for a pound. Musk 2. carretes for a pound, Myrrha dram .1. for a pound. Incorporate all the aforesaid things together, and set it in the sun until it be thorough dry and may be made in powder, of the which ye shall take what quantity ye will, and mix it with as much honey purified, and that is our Electuario benedicto, the which purgeth the body without pain, and preserveth the stomach, purgeth the head, and helpeth putrefied fevers, with divers other things the which I will not write at this time. Ye may keep this Mixture 6. months after it is mixed with honey: the dose is from half an ounce to a whole ounce. ye may take them in Pills in broth, in a lectuary, or in Wine, or how ye will, and always they shall make his effect well.   

An Electuary against the evil disposition of the Liver and Stomach.  
THe Liver is troubled with divers and sundry causes: but for the most part it is of heat: For the heat showeth some out-warde sign as is seen by experience, for their Face and Nose are red, they have heat in their Legs, chaps in the palm of their hand, and feet. It engendereth Fluxes in the body, burning of Urine, running of the Rains, and such like effects. And the order to cure them is thus.  
Rec. Citraca, Scolopendria, Epatica, Eupatorio, ana 3. ounces, beat them in fine powder, Lignum aloes three drams, Safrane 2. scrupules, Cinnamon, two drams, white crude honey one pound and a half mix them and incorporate them together without fire, then take thereof morning and evening 1. ounce at a time, but afore ye begin to take this electuary, ye shall take a quantity of our Electuario Angelica, and then in short time they shall be holp as thou mayst well see by the ingredience that goeth into this composition.   

Our magistral Electuary of Sulfur the which serveth against divers sorts of infirmities.  
AS the fire hath virtue to heat and dry material things, so hath the Sulfur virtue to warm, and to dry the humidity and coldness of our bodies, for I have occupied it divers & sundry times, and all ways have seen divers and sundry good effects, but for the better commodity, and more ease to use it, I have compounded this Electuary, the which thou mayst use with ease and benefit unto a number, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Very fine Sulfur that is without earth, and make it in fine powder, one pound, Cinnamon half an ounce, Safran one scruple, Ginger 2. drams. Musk dissolved in rose water .2. Carrots, white honey crude as much as will suffice to make it in a lectuary with out fire, then keep it in a dry place: and this ye shall use in the morning fasting, and his quantity is from four drams to seven. This drieth up scabs, proveth urine, breaketh the stone in the reins, it helpeth the cough, drieth up the watering of the eyes, causeth a good appetite, with divers other things the which I will leave to the experimentors.   

Our Electuario of Consolida magore that serveth for many diseases inwardly.  
THis Consolida magore, is a herb so called, because of his effect that it doth in healing of wounds, and other places of the flesh separated, for if ye eat thereof it will help the rapture, and all sorts of wounds penetrating and ulcers of the longs, it drieth the milt and such like effects, but because thou mayst use it more commodious, I have compounded an Electuary the which is excellent and rare, and is made thus.  
Rec. The root of Consolida magore, one pound, & boil it in water until it be consumed, then stamp them in a mortar and pass them thorough a strainer, than put thereto as much white honey as the matter weigheth and boil them on a small fire until it be come to the form of a Lectuary, and when it is boiled put thereto these things.  
Rec. The shells of Pomgarnades in fine powder, one ounce, Lignum aloes, vi. drams, Mirra, mastic, Sarcocolla, Sanguis dragonis in grain, ana two drams Cinnamon, one dram, Musk of Levant dissolved in Rose water, one Carrot, then incorporate them well whiles it be warm: Ye shall note that the body must first be well purged are ye take this electuary, and ye must also keep a diet that the medicine may work the better, for this helpeth all the aforesaid diseases inwardly as is said afore: ye may use it implaister wise upon wounds, and on broken bones, and use it inwardly, and so the patient shall remain holp. With this I have seen man of great age holp, that were burst below, and wounded from one part to the other, and also broken bones and bruises, the which if I should write them, it would not be credited.   

Our imperial Electuary for the Mother.  
THis Electuary for the Mother, is by Nature temparate hot, and by his heat provoketh Menstrua, & comforteth the Matrixe, and all other weak parts of what causes so ever it be, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Cinnamon elect, one ounce, Nutmegs, Maces, Cloves, ginger . ana, one dram, Calsie line, dram vj. Marmilad .12. ounces Lignum aloes, 4. drams, red Sanders, 2. drams, Aqua vitae well rectified 3. ounces, fine Musk two Carrots, purified honey 2. pound, then make thereof a Lectuary according to art, the which is most excellent against the indisposition of the mother: But first ere ye begin to take this medicine, it were necessary to take a quantity of our Pillole Aquilone, and then to take this Electuary in the morning fasting thereon, 4. or fine hours, the quantity is from half an ounce to an ounce, also that time that ye eat this Electuary, ye shall eat no evil meats, as hogs flesh, fried meats, or baked meats or such like as might hinder the operation of the Electuary: This Electuary ye shall use at the least 40. days together, & so thou shalt see marvelous effects theof, as I have done a thousand times in Cicilia, in Naples, and in Rome, and also in Venice, and all ways it fell out in one order, and yet the regions are much different one from another, & the inhabitant are contrary of complexion, nevertheless this medicine wrught always one effect in operation, as well in one place, as in another, & therefore I approve it to be a most blessed medicine and of great experience.   

Pills against poison the which are of marvelous virtue.  
THese pills are of such experience against poison, as is not to be believed, and the order to make them is thus.  
Rec. Imperatrice, Bistorta Tormentilla, Valeryana, Dittamo bianco, Carlina, Aristologia rotunda, Gencyana, Agarico electo, Salgem, of each a like quantity, beat them in fine powder, then take the juice of garlic, and of onions as much as will make it into a paste, also put into the juice one dram of Safrane, then let the said paste being mixed dry in the shadow, and then beat it into powder again, & mix it with the aforesaid juice in good form, and keep it in a vessel of lead until thou hast need, and when thou wilt occupy it, take thereof 4. drams and make there of pills with Siropo Acetoso, in good form, the which thou shalt give unto him that is poisoned and in short time thou shalt see miracles of that medicine: for all the aforesaid simples in manner alone is sufficient to deliver one that were poisoned, but being mixed together it worketh greater effect.   

Vnguento magno Leonardo.  
THis Vnguento magno is so called by reason of his great virtue & operation, for it worketh so strange in some diseases, that it in manner reviveth the patient, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Otnegra oviu. 6. ounces, oxymel squilliticum half an ounce, mix them together in a earthen dish until the Otnegra oviu. be become like ashes, than it is deifitrom, than put there-on two ounces of vinegar, and wash it well, until it remain pure and clear, then take, Olibanum, half an ounce. Cerusae, ounc. 1.  
Beat them fine, and mix it in a stone mortar with as much Magno licore, as will serve to incorporate them well, them put thereto the Otnegra oviu. & mix them very well together, that being done, put thereto Auxungia porcina, ounc. 8. And mix them all together, and then it is made, the which keep in a vessel well glazed, for it will keep a long time without corruption, and is apt to help those that are lame, full of pains, and sores and swellings, pains of the eyes, the stone in the reins, and such like matters, it helpeth all manner of French Pocks, if ye anoint them therewith until their gumbes be sore, and then leave. But ye shall note that the body must first be well purged afore ye anoint them. This unguent cooleth all corrosive ulcers, and helpeth them in short time, it helpeth all pains in the eyes, if ye put it there-in, & taketh away all burning with speed, and to be short, it helpeth those diseases in most short time, so that it is to be wondered at.   

Oil of Hypericon, the which is most miraculous for wounds and bruises.  
THis oil of Hypericon compounded by us, is of great virtue, in divers and sundry accidents and specially in wounds, for it helpeth them without any pain, although the veins sinews, or bones were hurt or cut, and that in very short time, it preserveth the wound from corruption, and taketh away the pain, & incarnateth & cicatrizeth, as by experience thou mayst plainly see. It dissolveth contusions, and is most marvelous against poison.  
It helpeth against any crude sort of venomous fever, if ye anoint all the body therewith, leaving no part, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. The flowers, leaves and seed of Saint john's wort, as many as ye will and stamp them together, and put them in a glass, with as much strong white wine as will cover it well then set it in the sun, x. days together, then put thereto as much pure salad Oil, as the herbs and the wine doth way, then let if stand in the Sun other ten days, giving you warning that ye way your oil before ye mix them, that being done put thereunto for every pound of Oil .2. ounces of Turpentine, and one dram of Saffrane. Of Nutmegs, Cloves, Myrrha elect, of each half an ounce. Frankincense, ounce .1. Viticella, ounc. 2. for every pound.  
Stamp them altogether, and put them into a great glass, and set it to boil in Balneo Mariae, with a head and Receiver close shut, and to know when it is boiled enough, is that there will ascend no more vapours into the head, and that will be within .24. hours or thereabout, then take forth the glass being yet hot, and strain it, and keep it in a glass close shut as a precious jewel, ye shall note that this Oil must always be occupied very warm and in any wise tent no wound but wet clothes therein and lay it thereon, & thy cure shall prosper well, for this I have proved a thousand times in divers places.   

To make our Oleum benedictum the which healeth wounds divinely.  
THis Oleum benedictum serveth chief for wounds in all parts of the body, and in specially for wounds the head, if there were fracture of bone, and offences of the Pannicle, and in other places where sinews were hurt, or muscles or veins, or in any other noble place of the body, with this Oleum benedictum, & with our vigitable Quintaessence thou mayst help them easily and in short time, without any danger or detriment of the wounded person, as is said afore, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. The whites of Eggs being hard sodde in water, ounces .12. Clear Turpentine, ounces .14. Pure Myrrh, ounces .3. Mix them and put it into a Retort of glass and give it gentle fire at the first, and then increase it according to Art, until all the substance be come forth of the Retort, the which will be both water and Oil, the which separate, and keep the oil by itself in a glass as a precious jewel, for this worketh miracles in wounds of what sort soever they be, moreover it causeth hair to grow on the head or beard, the which were fallen away, and that it doth in short time by only anointing the place therewith, also if any have a stitch in his side, and retention of urine, let him take a Glister, wherein he shall put a little of this Oil and he shall be holp, and this effect it doth because it drieth mightily, that alteration made in the secret parts of the reins inwardly, where no local medicine can be applied.   

A magistral water, the which preserveth the sight a long time, and mundifieth the eyes of all spots.  
IF thou wilt make a water that shall have virtue to preserve the sight long, and to mundify the eyes from all spots, that are therein, it were necessary that therein were simples that are preservative, and mundificative, as I will show thee hereafter.  
Rec. The best and strongest white wine that thou canst find, pounds .12. New bread well risen, pounds 4. Celandine, Fenell, Cipolla squilla, ana ounc. 4.  
Cloves, half an ounce. Stamp them and then distill them altogether in a gourd in Balneo Mariae, until ye have received v. pound, the which keep by itself, for that is most excellent against pain in the eyes.  
Also if any drink every morning for a month, the quantity of one ounce, it will help him of any grievous Infirmity. Also I never applied this Water to any thing, but always it did great pleasure.   

To make Oil of Vitriol compound, the which preserveth nature in his strength.  
THe order to make this composition is thus.  
Rec. Four pound of fine Sugar. Riopontico, lib. 1. Rhabarbaro, ounc. 1. The flowers of Mercury, one pound.  
Stamp them altogether, & make thereoff a paste, that being done, take pure rectified Aqua vitae without phlegm, four pound. And put them altogether in a Retort of glass close stopped, then set it in warm horse dung six days, then take it forth, and distill it in Balneo Mariae, until there will come forth no more substance, than take forth the fesses in the Retort, and put it in a canvas, and press it forth very hard. Than take bugloss water, fumitory water, Scabious water, of each six ounces. And with the said waters wash well the fesses and press it forth again as hard as ye can. Then cast them away, and distill that water by a filter, until it be clear, then mix it with the first that was distilled by Balneo, then take the best Oil of vitriol that ye can get, and for every pound of the said matter, put there unto half a scruple of the said Oil of vitriol, and keep it in a glass close shut. This composition I have caused to be used in the summer time, and yet continually do use it, whereof I have seen great experience, it provoketh a good appetite unto those that have lost or spoiled it, it helpeth the milt, It dissolveth the pains of the head and teeth, with many other virtues the which I will not write at this time, it preserveth old men in their strength and lustiness, so that it hath been a thing do be wondered at, and the order to take it is thus. Ye shall take half an ounce in the morning fasting as it is, and fast there on 4. hours at the least, and that day eat but little meat but let it be of good nourishment, and who soever followeth this order long, shall live in perfect health of body, as I have seen divers and sundry times.   

Oleum philosophorum de termentiva & cera.  
THis Oil of Turpentine and wax, is a most precious Balm, and his virtues are infinite, because it is made of simples in manner uncorruptible, and is most miraculous for those that are corrupted or strooken with the pestilence, because it is most penetrative, and of nature drying, and comforteth all weak parts in man's body of what infirmity they be, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. New yellow Wax. ℥ .12. clear Turpentine, ℥ .18. Bengimine. ℥ .2. Fine rectified Aqua vitae, ℥ .30. common Ashes, ℥ .6. mix them & put them into a retort of glass well luted, and then distill it in a wind fornes, until all the substance be come forth, & in the receiver thou shalt find 3. things, the first is the water, the second oil, the third phlegm, that which thou shalt separate one from another, & keep them close stopped in a glass, the which is most excellent in time of the pestilence, as well for unction, as for to help the sores, for if ye put it in a sore or botch that is broke, presently it taketh away the pain, & being mixed with other of our medicines as I have showed in my regiment of the pestilence, it helpeth them with great speed. If any anoint all his body with this Oil twice a month, it will preserve him youthful and in health a long time, it preserveth also dead flesh or fish that is put therein from corruption, also if any be wounded in any part of the body, let him anoint it with this Oil 4. or 5. times, and it shallbe whole: Also if any cannot make water, give him 2. drams of this Oil to drink, and presently he shall make water, it is also good against the stitch in the side and pluresse, and worms, and the cough & catarrh, & against the pestillent fever, & such like in disposition, if ye drink a little thereof, it hath a number of other virtues the which I will leave unto the experimentors.   

Our magno licore the which is of great virtue.  
THis is of my invention, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. sweet salad Oil, xx. pound, white wine, 2. li. boil them together until the wine be consumed, them put it in a vessel of stone, and put there unto these things following.  
Rec. The flowers of Rosemary, 3. li. Lignum aloes, ℥ .6. Olibanum, Bedellinum, ana. ℥ ten then stoup it very close, & bury it in the ground, 4. foot deep, & this would be buried in the beginning of August, & there remain until the month of March, them take it forth of the ground, & set it in the Sun, & put thereto these matters following. Sage, Rosemary, Rew, Betony, Millyfolly, Comfery roots, Tamaro, Viticella, ana, one handful, galangal, Cloves, Nutmegs, Spignard, Saffarne, ana, ℥ .1. Sarcocolla, Sanguis Dragonis in grain, mastic, ana ℥ .2. aloes epatike, Rasa di pino, ana, ℥ .8. yellow Wax, Auxungia, ana, ℥ .18. colophony, 1. li. Hipercone with the seed & all, 2. li. Musk 1. dram. Mix these all well together, & boil them in Ballneo until the herbs become dry & have no more substance, than it is boiled, then take it forth and strain it, & put there unto for every pound, 6. drams of our Balm artificial, & when the month of September cometh, put thereunto 2. li. of the fruit of the herb ralled Balsamina, the which are red, & then it is ended, the which thou shalt keep in a glass close shut, for the older it is the better it is, & is of such virtue, that it helpeth the Etici, & Hidropsie, if ye give them every morning 4. drams, with 1. ℥. of syrup of Roses warm the space of 40. days, as I have proved: And this is the true & perfects unction, that helpeth the Petocchie, a disease so called in the Italian: If any were wounded & had cut veins, sinews, & bones, let him join the parts close together, and dress it with this Oil very hot upon the upper parts, & in short time it shallbe whole, with out any alteration, it helpeth also the white scal if ye anoint it therewith: It helpeth coldness in the head & Cattares, if ye anoint it within the nostrils at neight when ye go to bed, if ye anoint the stomach therewith it causeth perfect digestion of the meat, it provoketh urine where it is let thorough carnosity or Gonorea, or such like matter, it causeth hair to grow, it preserveth the heard black, & is good against worms, & all these experiments are true, & proved of me divers & sundry times in that aforesaid infirmities, and also in divers other the which I leave until another time: Ye shall note that if ye anoint any all over that is grieved with the pocks with this Oil, it will increase his pain, & so by that means ye may know whether he be infected or no.   

Pillole Angelica, the which evacuate the body without any impediment, and are most profitable.  
IT is most necessary that all kind of Piltes, should be well prepared & artificially handled, because they shall make no alteration in the stomach of those that take them, and therefore I will write a kind of pill of our invention, and are called Pillole Angelica, Leonardo, the which may be used in any kind of infirmity, and may be given to a woman with child without danger, for they dissolve the body without trouble, they purge choler and phlegm, and purge partibus along, & are good against all pains, they dry up ulcers in all parts of the body, it dissolveth the Cattarrus humour and in manner all fevers, and the order to make them is thus. Rec. Coloquintida, ℥. 4. & put it in 1. pound of pure rectified Aqua vitae without phlegm, & there let it remain 3. days, them strain it hard into a clean vessel, and put therein Aloes epatike, Mirra, Eleborus niger, ana. ℥ .1. Beat in fine powder, and mix them like a paste, than set it in the Sun until it be almost dried: Than put thereto Saffarne, Cinnamon, yellow Sulfur, ana, 4. drams, & mix them well together, and let them dry altogether, then make it into a paste with white crude honey, & keep it in a vessel of lead, for that is best, the quantity is from one dram to two drams, for these are Pillole preparate, that may be taken with out keeping of diet, & they do purge all humours hanging in the body, & preserveth the body from putrefaction as I have seen the experience thereof divers times.   

Pillole Aquilono of our invention.  
THese Pills are above all other in operation, as the Eagle is above all other bides, and therefore I thought good to call them Pillole Aquilone, and the order to make them is thus.  
Rec. conserve of Damask Roses made with Honey, ounces .3. Lignum alos, dra. 1. Oil of vitriol .12. grains. cinnamon elect, two scruples. Petra Philosophalle of our invention, half an ounce. Sugar candy, ounces. 2.  
Mix them and make thereoff a paste with Siropo acetoso, and keep them in a Glass. The virtue of these pills I will not write at this time, but only I say they help against all sorts of infirmities, & hurteth none in any wise, the quantity is from one dram to two drams in the morning fasting, but ye may not gild them in any wise, but drink after-them a cup of water or wine, to carry them down, then sleep there-on, and that day eat little meat, and light of digestion.   

Our Quintaessencia solutiva, the which is of marvelous operation in divers matters.  
THis Quintaessentia solutiva evacuateth the body with great ease & without any detriment, & it purgeth all parts of the body, that are troubled with gross & viscous humours, it resolveth swellongs & taketh away the pains, it preserveth the sight, and killeth worms, and causeth a good appatite, with many other good qualities, the which I will leave at this time, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Lignum aloes, Cinnamon, Turbite, Aloes hepatica, ana ounc. 1. coloquintida, ounc. 2. Cloves, Saffran, of each three lcruples. Musk of Levant one dram. julep of Violets, one pound.  
Mix all the aforesaid matters together in a glass, and put there-on two pound of our Quintaessence, & so let it stand .12. days and then strain it, and put it into a vessel of glass close shut, this may be taken with broth, wine, or with what sirop or potion ye will, the quantity is from two drams to four drams in the morning fasting without keeping of any diet at all, and it shall work well without trouble at all.   

Our Syrup of Quintaessence, the which is of merualous virtue.  
THis sirop is of marvelous virtue as is seen daily by experience, and the order to make it, is thus.  
Rec. Of that pure rectified Aqua vitae whereof we make our Quintaessence, ounces .12. Oil of Sulphur, Oil of Vitriol, of each one dram. Oil of Tartarus perfect ounces .2. julep of Roses, pounds .4.  
Musk, carretes .2. Saffran one scruple, Cinnamon, one dram.  
Mix them together, and keep them in a glass, for his virtues are innumerable and in manner reviveth those that are half dead. It helpeth the fever in short time, if ye use it. This sirop may be mixed with any kind of potion that is given to the sick, and may be given alone in broth, wine, or water, or in what sort ye will, the quantity is from two drams to four drams, and héerewith I have done miracles, as thou mayst read in my Thesauro dela vita humana.   

Pillole magistrale, the which is good against divers infirmities.  
THese Pills are of great virtue, and specially against all kind of pains coming of corrupt humours, for they purge the putrefied humours, and preserve the body from corruption, and the order to make them, is thus.  
Rec. Olibanum, Mastic, Myrrha. Sarcocolla, Aloes hepatica, Elleborus niger, Saffran, Turbit, coloquintida, ana q.v.  
Stamp them finely, and for every ounce of the aforesaid matters, put thereunto .2. carretes of musk, and than incorporate it with honey of Roses, and Aqua vitae of each alike, and this paste thou mayst keep for .6. months, in a vessel of lead, the quantity is from 2. drams to .3. drams, in the morning fasting, & drink there-on a little wine. These Pills are most excellent to take away the pains of the Gout, and to preserve a man from it, they are also good for those that have the French Pocks, because they evacuate the gross and viscous humours, & maintain the body in good temperature, & using them in those diseases, it preserveth the body in good temperature. They are also good for women that are troubled with pains of the Mother, and retention of their terms, for these are aperative & provoke them, and purgeth the matrice of all impediments contained therein, they serve against the Megram & all pains of the head, & also against all kind of putrefied fevers, as I have seen the experience thereof sundry times.   

A compound Aqua vitae the which serveth against all cold diseases of the stomach.  
THis Aqua vitae, aromatised with simples of Levant, is of most excelletn virtue, and by the ingredience thou mayst perceive, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Rutmegs, Cloves, galangal, Cardamonum, Cubebes, Maces Cinnamon, Ginger, Saffran, Ohbanun, ana. ounc. 1. Beat then finely and put them in a gourd of glass, and put there-on sire pound of pure rectified Aqua, vitae, and so let it stand six days, then distill it by sand, and there will come forth a red water, the which is most precious against all infirmities caused of cold, it mundisteth all sorts of sores, and helpeth all wounds without pain. It causeth a good memory, it helpeth the cough, and maketh the heart merry, with divers other virtues, that which I leave to the experimenter.   

A compounds Oil against poison, the which is of a marvelous virtue.  
IF thou wilt help those that are poisoned, it were necessary to have remedies of such virtue, that are apt to the solution of the poison, for the poison worketh those three effects, as is said afore, in the Chapter of the effects of poison, wherein it is written, how that it is necessary to keep the blood liquid, so that it congeal not in the veins, and likewise to let or stay that water which cometh to the stomach, and to let that alteration or inflammation, as we may term it. And all these operations, are necessary to be done with most excellent Remedies, in the which there entereth part of poison, for the Proverb saith, that one poison killeth an other, and that I will approve in this Chapter, and the order to make this composition is thus.  
Rec. The oldest Oil that thou canst find, pound one. Aloes hepatica, ●liabarbaro, Spico nardo, Myrrha, Tormentillae, Dictanum album, Gentiana, Bistorta. Consolida magore, Rubia di tintory, ana, ℥. half. Theriaca, Methridato, ana, three drams, quick Scorpions to the number of 60. First put the quick Scorpions into the Oil, & let it boil in Balneo, Marry 4. hours than put thereunto the other matters, & let them boil altogether other four hours, then strain it & keep it in a vessel of glass close shut, for truly this is a divine Oil for that accident, in the which ye see entereth Scorpions, the which are venomous, and yet his poison is wholesome for those that are poisoned.  
The like ye may see by those that are burnt with fire, for the best medicine that they can find is to burn that place again: Also ye may see that when great quantity of blood cometh forth of a wound, the Chirurgeon presently letteth him blood in another place to turn the same. Seeing then that these are true, it is also true, that one poison doth kill another poison. And by this reason I approve, that if ye exstingush the poison it were necessary to be done with his kind, nevertheless it must be prepared so that the matter be not altered, and become hurtful unto the poisoned person, & the order to use this Oil against poison is thus.  
When that a man is poisoned presently anoint all his body with this Oil, and give him thereof to drink two drams with white wine Vinigar, morning and evening, and God willing thou shalt help any poison be it never so strong: It he be poisoned with Subblimate, or a Diamond, this remedy will not be good because they are not poisons, but are deadly mineralled, the which by no means can be digested or their evil effect mitigated. Therefore when one is poisoned with Subblimate, his remedy is no otherwise, but to make him baths of Vinegar, and let him drink milk enough, and eat butter, and drink Siero.  
For this is the true remedy, as for an example when that a sore is mortified with a rottorye made of Subblimate, or Arsenic, presently it causeth great altealteration, for the which there is no excellenter remedies than Vinegar, Butter, and Milk: Than seeing that these remedies are so profitable to be used outwardly there is no doubt but that they will do the same effect inwardly: Also it would be necessary to cause them to vomit every day once at the least, to keep the stomach evacuated of that matter, so that it come not to choke the infected person, or infect the sinews, so that the party remain not lame, for a long time after as is daily seen in divers places.   

A marvelous Soap that helpeth those which cannot spit but with great pain.  
THis composition is called Saponea nostra, because it is made of Soap, but not of that Soap the which is in the Apothicaries' shopes in Venice, but this is a confection, the which being eat every morning a little quantity, it helpeth those that spit with pain, it openeth the stomach, and breaketh that evil matter contained therein, and casteth it forth at the mouth with the spittle, and so leaveth the patient well disposed and merry, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. White Venice Soap, and beat it in powder, ℥. 1. pure Maisticke 2. drams, Cinnamon, liquors, ana, one dram, fine Sugar as much as will suffice to make it in tables according to art, that which are most strange, nevertheless marvel not there at for I will show the reason, so that every one shallbe satisfied.  
ye shall understand that the first ingredience being the Soap, is made with the Lie of Soda and Calkes, the which things do dry and mundify all sorts of Vlcere Sordid, and cooleth them: Also there in is Oil olive, the which is one of the most excellentest liquors in the world, for this of itself is able to cut that matter from the stomach, and to mundify it, than in this compound there is Mastic, the which is most excellent for the stomach, and draweth down from the head, than the lycoures, and Cinnamon are aparative & comforteth the stomach, so that all these being mixed together, of force it must help against these infirmities of the breast, and the quantity thereof is from .2. drams to half ounce.   

To make the Quintaessence of Honey.  
THis Quintaessence hath all the virtues of the Quintaessence of wine, and is made in this order, & is rather to be counted a divine remedy than humane.  
Rec. The purest Honey that ye can get, the which is not mixed with any thing 2. pound, and put it into a gowrd of glass, with his head and recever close luted, and give it first a gentle fire until there appear certain white feumes in the head, the which will turn into a red water, by laying of clothes wet in cold water, upon the head and receiver, than keep in thy fire according unto art until all the substance be come forth the which thou shalt keep in a glass close shut, and in short time it will turn into the cooler of a Rubyne, than distill it seven. times in Balneo mary, and it will lose his red colour, and be of a very pleasant smell, and remain in the cooler of gold, and this Quintaessence dissolveth gold & maketh it potable, and also all manner of jewels that is put therein, also if ye give two or 3. drams to any that lie a dying, presently it will recover him again, as the Quintaessence of Wine doth: If ye wash any wound or sore therewith it will heal it quickly: It is good against the cough, catarrh, and pains of the milt, and many other sorts of diseases the which I will not write at this time, for few or none will believe his great aparation or virtue. If ye distill it 20. times with fine Silver, it will restore the sight unto those that are almost blind. Moreover I have given this 46. days unto one that had the Palsy and he was holp quickly.  
It helpeth also the falling sickness, and preserveth the body from putrefaction, so that by these means we may see that it is a celestial remedy given unto us by the almighty God, and therefore I would wish some virtuous men to take a little pains in making of this precious liquore, and they shall see such wonders thereof that the world will marvel there at, as I have proved many times, to my great honour and profit of the patient. For many times I have given it the sick that no man did see me, and presently they thought I had wrought by enchantment by reason of his great virtue, and therefore all men that profess Physic and Chirurgery, aught to be provided of this liquor and such like for their commodity, and profit of the patiented.   

To make our Elixir vitae, or Aqua Caelistis.  
THis Elixir vitae is a medicine of such virtue and strength that it helpeth in manner against all diseases that cometh to man's body, for those that are hot it cooleth, and those that are cold it warmeth, and that it doth by his proper quality and virtue, for this I have proved a thousand times, and have used it against sundry diseases, and always have had good success, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Ginger, Zedoaria, galangal, Long Pepper, round Pepper, junipyr berries, Citron peels, Orange peels, Sage, basil, Rosemary, Mint, Margerome, bay berries, Penyrial, Gentian, calamint, the flowers of Elders, red Roses and white, Spica nardi, Cubebe, Lignum aloes, Cardamomum, Cinnamon, Calamus aromaticus, Germander, Sticados, Camepitcos, Meligette, Mace, Olibanum, Aloes hepatica, the seed of Mugwort of each two drams, Figs, Raisins, Dates, Almonds, Grains of the Pine, of each .6. ounces. Pure white Honey, pound .1. Musk of Levant, one dram. Fine sugar, pound .4.  
Mix them altogether, and infuse them in five pound of pure Aqua vitae without phlegm, and so let it stand .8. days, than distill it in Balneo Mariae, until the fesses remain dry, then take that, and sercolate it in a Pelican, in horse dung .40. days, them take the glass with the fesses, and distill it in sand, until all the substance become forth, the which will be red like blood, and stinketh of the fire, and is thick, the which must be sercolated as the first, and this is the fiery part, the which is of marvelous virtue, insomuch that it reviveth those that are at the point of death, & therefore I will write of some of his virtues, that which I have proved.  
The first water distilled by Balneo, being taken every third day one dram, preserveth the body in prosperous state, and defendeth from many sorts of diseases. It helpeth all sorts of wounds, if ye wash them therewith .3. or .4. times, and is most excellent against all impediments in the eyes, if ye put there-in one drop and preserveth the sight a long time, so that ye shall not need to wear spectacles. If a young woman doth wash her face therewith oftentimes, it preserveth her a long time in that state. If ye use to drink this Elixir it provoketh Venerous ades, and disposeth women to be delyved with divers other virtues, that which I leave to the experimenter.  
The last water the which is red, is excellent good against the pains of the mother if it be drunk. It dissolveth also the Plurissie, if ye give theroff two drams and anoint the parts grieved therewith. It helpeth the pains of the Collyke, and hardness of the milt.  
It is also good against pains in the teeth and stinking breath, and many such like things. It helpeth all manner of Fevers, and the reason is, because it drieth up all the evil humours that offendeth Nature as well within as without, so by this reason it is apt to help all sort of diseases. If any were sick & could not speak, let him take one dram of this, with one dram of the first, and presently he shall speak most miraculous to see, for this I have proved a thousand times to my great honour and content of the Patient, and therefore I would wish all those that profess Physic or Chirurgery to be prepared of this liquor, and such like, for their own profit, and health of their neighbour.   

To make Aqua real vel Imperiale, the which maketh the teeth white presently, incarnateth the goumbes, and causeth a good breath.  
THe teeth being black rusty and full of filth, and the goumes putrefied or corrupt, are the w 〈…〉 things that may be seen in man or woman, and are 〈…〉 very unwholesome, and the remedy to make the teeth white and to help the goumes, is thus. Make this water, and use it in the order as I will show thee.  
Rec. Sal gemma, Roch alum, Brumstone, of each .2. pound. Borax, ounces. 10. Pearl beat fine, Coral, ana ounces. 2. Pure dististilled Vinegar, ounces. 4. Put all the aforesaid matters in a gourd with his head and receiver and give it fire according to Art, & and at the last there will come forth a white water like Milk the which after it hath stood a while, will wax clear. Ye shall understand that this water is above all other waters in the world to help ulcers in the mouth, & to incarnate the goumes, & to make the teeth white, & causeth a good breath in those which are troubled with the aforesaid matters. For of this water I have made great quantity: & hath been carried into Spain, into Almany, into Poland, into Constantinople, & in divers other countries, as though it had been a divine thing, and not material.  
For truly his experience doth cause the world to wonder at it, the use héere-off I have written in this book, and hereafter I will write it again in some of my-bookes where occasion shall serve to use it in cures.   

A kind of pill most convenient for the eyes and comforteth the stomach.  
THose Pills which comfort the stomach, by force must help the sight, for when the stomach is filled with malign humours, it distempereth those parts that are about it, and the fumes that ascend up to the head, moisteneth Nerui optici of the eyes, and by this cause the eyes are offended, therefore it were necessary for those Pills that help the eyes also to comfort the stomach, the which must be done by, evacuating the matter hanging by vomit, and the order to make these Pills, is thus.  
Rec. Marchpane made with sugar & almonds, dram .1. Petra Philosophalle grain. 10. Elleborus niger. grain. 6. Diagridij .3. grains, Mix them well in a mortar in form of a paste, and make thereoff .5. Pills, and those thou shalt take in the morning fasting, for they are of so much force and strength that they help not only the eyes and stomach, but in manner all diseases, because they cleanse the stomach, and evacuate the body, the which two things are most necessary in all diseases.   

A discourse upon a composition that preserveth a man or woman in health a long time.  
IF thou wilt make a pass that shall have virtue to preserve whole bodies, and to help the sick, it were necessary to look out simples that have virtue to do it, and when thou hast found out those drugs that have virtue to preseve, thou mayst put thy trust in them: the which I discoursing by the way of reason, and conferring it by experience, have found out a number of drugs that are friends unto our nature, and preserveth it, of the which I will show thee some that are of great importance, the which may be approved of reason and experience, and are these.  
Rec. Aloes hepatica, Olibanum, Myrrha, ana ounc. 2. Beat them in fine powder, and make them into a paste like a salve with rectified Aqua vitae, then dry it in the Sun, then beat it into powder again, and make it into a past with our Oleo deal balsamo, & than thou shalt have a past of most marvelous virtue, for if ye take theroff every morning one dram, it will preserve him long in health, it is most excellent for those that be wounded or have any sore upon them, because it keepeth the sore from putrefaction as by the ingredience thou mayst perceive.   

A marvelous Water to be used of all Chirurgeons in curing of their pacientes.  
IT is necessary for the Chirurgeon in the cure of wounds and sores, to help the body, aswell inwardly as outwardly, to take away the evil qualities and corruption of the humours, and to preserve it from putrefaction, and then the sore will heal with little help, and in short time, and that thou mayst do with this Water, the which is uncorriptible and of great experience, and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Of that Aqua vitae where-of we make our Quintaessence, pound x. and put there-in these things following. Cinnamon, Lignum aloes, red Sanders, Cardus benedictus, ana 3. ounces, Cloves, long Pepper, Callomus aromaticus, Saffrane, ana 2. ounces, Almonds, Grains of the Pine, Dates, ana 4. ounces. Melegette ounce 1. fine Sugar, pound 4. Musk 4. carrots: let all these stand in a long necked glass, close stopped, 8. or 9 days, and then distill it in Balneo until ye have received 5. pounds, the which keep close stopped in a glass, as a precious jewel: than distill the rest in sand, until the fesses be dry, and that will be a red Water, and will stink somewhat of the fire or smoke, the which also keep in a glass: for in time it will lose his stinking smell, and be most precious. The first Water is of such virtue, that it helpeth all putrefied ulcers, if yóe dress them therewith. The second is also perfect, that if any man drink every morning 2. drams, it will so preserve him, that it were unpossible he should have any infirmity. For of this Water I have made great experience in many kind of diseases, and specially in the pleurisy and petechie. etc.   

To make our caustic.  
ALthough I have written this caustic in my Regiment of the pestilence, called now in english, A joyful jewel. Imprinted by William Wright, dwelling under saint Mildredes Church. Nevertheless, I thought good to write it in this place, because every one hath not both these books: and the order to make it is thus.  
Rec. Arsnike crystalline, Shall armoniac, Sublimate, ana, boil them being finely ground in as much strong vinegar as the matter weigheth, until two third parts be consumed, and that there remain a third: then keep it in a glass close shut unto thy use. As I will show thee in divers places when occasion shall serve.   

To make oil of Antimony.  
Rec. Antimoni and calcine it until it will smoke no more, and that it be of a grayish colour, and always as it cluttereth, stamp it again: then take as much common ashes as the Antimoni, finely seared, and put them in-to a Retort well luted, and give it fire according unto art, till all the fumes or spirits be come forth: giving you charge that your Receiver be very great, lest all break. This Oil is of marvelous virtue against Ulcers: if ye give thereof 4. grains with any sirop, it helpeth the fever presently. It helpeth Phistolowes: and to be short, it is most wholesome in divers things. But it were necessary for the Chirurgeon to be expert in the use thereof, and to mix it according to his work. And therefore he that cannot use it well, it were better to let it alone: because it is a perilous thing unto the unskilful, and precious unto those that know how to use it.   

A precious Liquor above all other.  
THis is the most precious Water that may be made in the world, and his virtues are such, and so many, that they cause the world to marvel at them. The Mirra and Aloe with Varnish and with as much of our Quintaessence, being mixed, the which without fire ashes and coals, cannot be separated, and when the Air, the Water, and Earth, are separated, each of them shall be apt to mitigate pains, dissolve humours, help wounds, dissolve pains within the body, and such like matters. This Water I have used divers times, and caused the world to wonder of his operations, and so shall every one do that desireth to follow the right way, and that will be a child of art. Thou shalt understand that I would have written this plainer, but that I writ it to those that have judgement both of the quantities and virtues: because pearls are not for swine.   

A secret of marvelous virtue.  
Rec. A new brick forth of the kill, and break it in small pieces like a Nut, then lay them in the fire until they be red hot: then take them forth and quench them in sweet salad Oil, then take them forth again, and lay them in the fire until they be red hot: then quench them again, and this ye shall do at the least five times, and at the last time take them forth, and put them in-to a glass with Aloes, Frankincense, and Myrrha, and distill it according to art: then separate each liquor by himself, and therewith thou shalt work wonderful cures, if thou knowest how to use it and whereunto.   

Our secret of marvelous virtue in act and strength.  
THis Unguent is of marvelous virtue, and was never made by any afore, neither ancients nor of our time, the which unguent helpeth putrefied Ulcers in the legs, so that it is to be wondered at: for it worketh divers operations, it mortifieth the evil, mundifieth, incarnateth and cicatriseth, the which things to the professors of the art seemeth hard: Nevertheless, it is true, as I have proved and infinite of times: and because the world should have it, I have written here the receipt.  
Rec. Of our Magno licore, and oil of mastic made at the Apothecaries, and put them into a vessel of copper, with as much Litarge as ye shall think good, and so let it stand a good while on the fire, and put thereto of our Cerote magistrale, and incorporate them well together, and so of yellow, it shall become black: then take it from the fire, and put therein Mercury precipitate, and stir them well until it be cold, and here-with thou shalt work wonders. It would be necessary for him that will make this receipt, to consider well of the ingrediences of the compositions, the which are written in this book.   

To rectify and preserve the sight of those that are weak sighted.  
IF thou wilt rectify and preserve the sight in those that are weak sighted, of what cause soever it be: thou shalt make this Water, and use it according to this receipt.  
Rec. Fenell seed, the flowers of Rosemary Rew, Celendine, Cardus benedictus, Staveseager, Eufrage, Eufrage, of each a handful, Cinomon, Nutmegs, sweet Almonds, of each one ounce.  
Stamp all these grossly, and infuse them in xxx pound of pure white wine, then let it stand .4. days, and then distill it in Balneo, until-ye have received .4. pound, the which keep close by itself, and when thou wilt occupy it, put thereoff one drop into the eye, when ye go to bed, and in the morning when ye rise. And thus using it, it will preserve the sight a long time.   

Of Lac Virgins, and the order to make it.  
THis Lac Virgins, is a solution of Satorne and Sal gemma, the which is a thing most necessary, for the Chirurgeon to use, and the order ot make it, is thus.  
Rec. Lytarge of gold as much as ye think good, & beat it in fine powder, than put there-on strong distilled Vinegar, and so let it remain two or three days, stirring it every day, then boil it until half be consumed, then let it repose two or three hours, and the vinegar will be clear and of the colour of gold, then pour it forth into a glass, and keep it, then take Sal gemma and rain water, ana, and dissolve it on warm ashes, and when it is dissolved, keep it in a glass, and when thou wilt make Lac Virgins, take of each of these solutions alike, and mix them together, and thou shalt see a strange thing. For as soon as they are mixed together, they will turn to a white Unguent like Ceruse or white lead, the which serveth in divers causes according to the intention of the Chirurgeon. The solution of Lytarge by himself, with as much Oil of Roses being mixed together, maketh a delicate Unguent, an refriscative the which cicatrizeth ulcers with great speed.   

To calcine Tutia, and to bring it into a salt.  
THou shalt dissolve thy Tutia in this water following.  
Rec. Sal niter, Roch alum, Vitriol, Scinaber, ana lib. 1. Beat them together, and distill them according to Arte. Then take that water, and put there-in thy Tutia, and let it dissolve upon the warm ashes, and when it is dissolved, vapour away the water until it remain dry, the which take forth, & put it into an earthen pan unglased and calcine it with a strong fire. Then dissolve it in distilled vinegar, and when it is dissolved, vapour away the vinegar, & the salt will remain in the bottom, the which serveth much for Tinture, & to make a Lineament for the eyes, the which is most precious and rare, for if ye mix a little theroff with Hogs grease and Camphir, and then put it into the eye, it helpeth them with such speed, that it is to be wondered at, and not without cause. For his Nature is to give light and to heal things imperfect. The Tutia mixed with Borax and with our Varnish that we guild leather with, and given in projection upon Venus' molte, it causeth it to be in colour not much differing from Sol, of the which thou mayst make strange things, for he that knew the virtue and quality of Tutia, aswell in Alchimi, as in infirmities, were to be counted a wise man.   

To precipitate Mares, and to bring it in to a red powder, called Crocus martis, the which serveth for divers purposes.  
REc. Sal niter refined, Roch Allom, Vitriol Romain, ana, and thereoff make a water according to Art, with all his spirits, and in that water dissolve thin plates of Iron or steel, and when it is dissolved, vapour away the water, until it remain dry in a red powder, then take it forth, and calcive it in a Furnace of reverberation .24. hours. Then keep it to thy use, until thou knowest more thereoff, for it is wonderful in his operation, as I will show thee here after.   

A secret of Turpentine of Cyprus.  
THe Turpentine of Cyprus is a kind more finer than our Turpentine, and without comparison, & of more virtue than ours is, and this the Doctors say, doth dissolve pains and preserveth the body, if it be taken inwardly: because they say, that Turpentine is an uncorruptible Gum, the which is most true. But in that Gum there is one part thick & gross that hindereth his operation, and he that can separate this gross part from the noble parts, shall do great wonders therewith: It is needful then with the fire and the means of our Quintaessence, to make the separation of the Elements, the which are .4. Water, Oil, liquor, and Earth. The Water is profitable, the Oil is perfect, the liquor is noble, and the Earth that remaineth is spoiled & of no substance, & with those things thou mayst do high and great cures, when they are applied according as they ought to be, because many good and profitable things thorough the want of perfect application in time and place many times do hurt, and to show the troth I will show thee an example of wine the which is a precious liquor, the which being drunk in the morning is hurtful to many, to eat meat betwixt meals is not good, and many such like things, that when they be not done with order do hurt, and therefore it is necessary for those that will understand that matter to be of a good intelligence, as well in making it, as in using or applying it to the sick.    

IF any be disposed to have any of these aforesaid compositions ready made, for the most part he may have them at Paul's Wharfe, by one john Hester practitioner in the Art of distilliations, at the sign of the Furnaises.  
FINIS.   

 blazon or coat of arms MIEUL X. VAULT. MOURIR-EN. VERTV. QVE. VIURE. EN. HONCTE.  
¶ Imprinted at London by Thomas East. 1580.