Natural and artificial conclusions. Compiled first in Latin, by the Worthiest and best AUTHORS, both of the famous university of Padua in ITALY, and divers other Places.  
●nglished since, and set forth by THOMAS HILL, Londoner, whose own Experiments in this kind, were held most excellent. And now again published, with a new addition of Rarities, for the practice of sundry ARTIFICERS; as also to recreate WITS withal at vacant times.  
LONDON, ●●inted by Jane Bell, dwelling at the East end of Christs-Church, 1650.   

A TABLE for the ready finding out of every Conclusion and receipt contained in this book.  

THe sundry properties of the Adamant-Stone. 1.  
The secret properties of the egg. 2.  
A Conclusion of an Hasell stick. 3.  
A proper practice to make a Capon to bring up young Chickens. 4.  
To make any Fowl, of what condition soever the same be, to have feathers all white. 5.  
A Conceit to make a Candle burn in the Water. 6.  
To make a Woman that she shall not eat of the meats set upon the Table. 7.  
A proper secret of the Philosophers, to make a Stone burn without fire. 8.  
To make one see fearful sights in his fleepe. 9  
To turn Water into Wine, a proper Sec●et. 10.  
To make a light or Candle to endure burning▪ without going out by any wind, so long as the substance endureth. 11.  
How to make quarters of wood to hang so fast together, that they cannot be shaken asunder without breaking: or to lay Knives or Tobacco-pipes triangular. 12.  
How to make a colour like to gold, in understanding this Secret. 13.  
To make Silver like any mettle, which shall so continue a long time. 14.  
How to stick an Iron or steel Bodkin into the head of either Cock, hen or Chicken. 15.  
To make a Candle that will not go out until the whole substance thereof be wasted. 16.  
How to make Iron soft. 17.  
To make a Sword, Dagger or Knife to cut Iron so easily as Lead. 18.  
How to keep weapons clean and fair for a long time. 19  
A very excellent and easy Conclusion to make steel soft as passed. 20.  
An experienced and apt Conceit, how to make hens lay eggs all Winter through. 21.  
A rare and strange device how to make thy Chamber appear full of Snakes and Adders. 22.  
How to make Letters perfectly appear of the colour of Gold, Copper or Silver. 23.  
How to make any piece of Iron to appear like Gold. 24.  
How to have fresh Roses at all times of the year, sundry ways taught. 25  
How to make beans and other seeds to grow up within the space of four hours. 26.  
To make a Candle of Ice, to burn like unto another Candle. 27.  
How to make Flesh seem to crawl full of worms. 28.  
To make a light in the night time, that all things about thy Hall or Parlour shall appear in sight both black and green. 29.  
How to make roots to have what proportion you will on them. 30.  
How to break a stone with the fist, of the thickness of ones hand. 31.  
To make an herb to grow, which shall have many savours and tastes. 32  
How to make sundry devices or arms or such in a Rose, Carnation, Flower-de-luce, or lily. 33.  
To write what you list on a steel Dagger or Knife. 34  
How to break a new and big Rope with the hands only. 35.  
How to make white Flowers, to become red. 36.  
How to make a hollow Ring to dance by itself, a proper secret. 37.  
To make glue to hold together so hard as a Stone, a proper secret. 38.  
How to make an Apple move on the Table, a proper secret. 39  
To make Roses and other Flowers that be red, to become white. 40.  
How to write Letters on an Egshel, that the same Letters may appear within on the egg. 41.  
How to kill Fleas divers ways. 42.  
How to make a Pot of glass not to sink in the water, a proper secret. 43  
To make a Bottle or a narrow mouth●d pot full of water or milk not to spill or shed forth. 44  
How to make a thin glue, very profitable, a proper Secret. 45.  
How to draw a Ring off: being very hard thrust on, and the finger swelled therewith. 46.  
To make fruits, as Apples, pears, Quinces, and such like, to have what proper form you will on them. 47.  
A Device how to cut a glass; a proper Secret. 48.  
A rare experiment how to walk on the Water. 49.  
How to soften crystal, to imprint what you list thereon, a proper Secret. 50.  
To make a Candle after strange manner to burn, a proper secret. 51.  
How to draw many Candles the one after the other, being laid a foot distance, or more asunder. 52.  
How to cut an Apple into many pieces without harming of the skin or paring. 53.  
How to make a Cup of glass being set in the fire not to burn. 54.  
How to make quicksilver, in a manner so hard as Silver. 55.  
A pretty Conceit, to catch fowls without a Net. 56.  
How to make a Candle to be marvailed at, a proper secret. 57  
How to see many wondrous and strange signs in, an urinal. 58.  
How to make a loaf of bread new set upon the Table to leap off. 59  
How to make an egg fly about, a merry Conclusion. 60.  
How to make an artificial Fire divers ways: which will seem very marvelous. 61.  
How to know a natural precious stone from a counterfeit. 62.  
How to make a Man appear on a flame burning, without any harm. 63.  
A new conceited Conclusion to make a Chamber appear as light by night as by day. 64.  
How to make two dogs fight together, a proper secret.  
How to make a Bitch that she shall not after be desired to be covered with any dog. 66.  
How to cast forth any worm or Snake entered within the body. 67.  
An experiment how to make a blown bladder to dance and skip about from place to place. 68  
How to make a hen run away with great fear. 69.  
How to find a person drowned that hath been sought for. 70.  
How to deal with Iron, many ways right profitable. 71.  
To light a Candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall. 72.  
To take fish by night, 73.  
How to make that no dog shall bark at you. 74.  
A Secret to make Birds come to your Culver-house. 75.  
An excellent conclusion how to put an Apple into a viol. 76.  
To put an egg into a viol. 77  
To make folk seem black. 78  
To prove if a Maiden be clean. 79.  
To know if a sick Person shall die or not. 80.  
To make Salt Water fresh. 81.  
To see by night as by day. 82.  
To kindle fire at the sun. 83.  
To make Flesh cleave in the Pot. 84  
An easy way to take Birds. 85.  
To make silkworms. 86.  
How to take away hairs. 17.  
To fat Hens or Capons. 88  
That one shall not be drunk 89.  
To make a good bait for Fish at all seasons of the year. 90.  
A Conceit to make an egg go up to a spears end. 91.  
A Device to make the Pottage run out of the Pot. 92.  
To make Fish or Flesh seem raw. 93.  
To kill hens or Docks. 94.  
How to make coals that they shall last a great while. 95.  
Ad capiend●m Pisces. 96.  
A receipt, whereby a man shall not be weary of going. 97.  
To make yarn and linen-cloth become white. 98.  
How to make that a Horse may not go through a Street. 99  
To know if a Woman be with a manchild or not. 100  
A true experiment to ease thy feet for going. 101.  
To preserve your teeth fair, white and clean. 102.  
A pretty device to take Fleas. 103.  
How to make abundance of Nails, or other pieces of Iron to hang one upon the other by the loadstone. 104.  
How with a loadstone to make pieces delivered on a shovel-board, to be Dewces or trays at pleasure. 105.  
A new receipt for a cook, how with one Spit, and with one equal fire to keep one Capon raw, the second to boil, and the third to roast. 106.  
To make one that they shall not sleep, or to sleep when you please. 107  
How (by a new secret) to make a pair of bowls to lie as near the jack as you please. 108.  
An excellent experiment, to make artificial Cloves. 109.  
A rare device to make a Walnut, that when you crack it, there shall be biscuits and caraways in it, or a Poefie written in a Paper. 110.  
A neat Conclusion, whether a Man and Woman shall marry or not. 111.  
A Conceit to find whether of the married couple die first. 112.  
An approved Perfume. 113.  
A Conclusion, to find out whether a man shall win or lose at play. 114.  
To make steel or crystal soft. 115.  
How to set a varnish or colour on Iron or steel.  
How to gild upon Iron or steel. 117.  
An artificial experiment, to cast Sugar into the form of either birds or beasts, in whatsoever posture you are disposed. 118.  
A very useful Secret for the making of divers Inkes. 119.  
How to make one speak in their sleep, whatsoever you would demand. 120.  
An easy Conclusion for the making of gum-water, 121.  
How to make a thief afraid to come into your house. 122.  
How to cast a perfect silver colour upon any Copper. 123.  
A spo●tive Conclusion to make a whole Heard of cattle to fly from you or follow you when you please. 124.  
To make hair shine like Gold. 125  
How to make a Receipt that neither Rat nor mouse shall eat or gnaw of your Cheese. 126.  
A very easy and merry Conceit to keep off Fleas from your Chambers. 127.  
How to make of Paper a Bird, Frog, or other artificial Creature to creep on the ground, fly, or run upon a wall or post. 128.  
How to make sport amongst ducks, Hens, or other poultry. 129.  
An easy way to make discord or peace between any parties. 130  
To make a sportive Conclusion with a Cat, by putting her into a small Washing bowl, in a Pond, River, &c. 131.  
How to make a pretty House-sport with a Cat. 132.  
To make a Cat piss out the fire. 133.  
How a Wager may be laid that a cat shall draw a simple fellow over a Pond, moat, &c. 134.  
An approved artificial Conclusion for making of past-hill, white. 135.  
Of an herb which will make one to be very forgetful. 136.  
How to drive away all enchantments, or witchcraft. 137.  
How you may do to serve a Tapster such a trick, that he shall not be able to froth his Cans or Jugs. 138.  
An experiened natural means to preserve your house in safety from Thunder and Lightning. 139.  
A good drink for Travellers, or such like, when they shall happen to want Ale or beer in their inn. 140.  
How to keep beer or Ale from souring in the heat of summer, or when it beginneth to be dead. 141.  
How to take crows, Kites, Magpies or jackdaws alive. 142.  
To hang a Gourd, Cowcumber, or great Apple up in your House, that you may have wheat, Barley, rye or Pease to grow out thereof. 143.  
How to find out a Delusion of the vintner's, in mixing Water with their Clarets and Whites, or honey with their other sweet Wines. 144.  
To preserve a man from being drunk, or make a drunken Man to become again sober.  
The virtue of a rare Cole, that is to be found but one hour in the day, and one day in the year. 146.   
The end of the Table.   
Natural AND artificial conclusions.  

I. The sundry Properties of the Adamant STONE.  
FIrst, if any how the Adamant Stone in his hand, under a Goblet or silver bowl, or under a Table, and that the same be moved to and fro in the hand; then in the like manner will the Iron or needle lying in the Goblet, or one the Table, move to and fro and round about. Also the Adamant sometimes with the one corner will draw Iron unto it, and with the other corner put the Iron from it. Also if any anointeth this Stone with garlic, it doth then hinder the Stone from drawing any Iron or Needle unto it, although the Needle should be laid on the Stone. And some write that this Stone will also draw glass unto it, in like manner as it doth the Iron.   

II. The secret properties of the egg  
ANd first, the round egg set under the hen bringeth forth a hen Chicken, and the long egg set under the hen, bringeth forth a cock Chicken. Also the egg with the shell laid to steep in Vinegar for three days' space, doth after so soften it, that any may work the same at length like unto wax. And the same egg afterward laid in the water, doth come again unto the former state. Also, if an egg be painted with sundry Colours, and the same set under a hen to bring forth, she shall hatch a Chicken having such feathers, like unto the colours painted on the egg. Also the egg laid for three days to steep in strong Vinegar, and after for one whole month laid to dry again in the sun, shall after (by degrees) come to the hardness of a stone.   

III. A proper Conclusion of an Hasell stick.  
FIrst, take an Hasell S●cke of a yard long, being new cut off, and cleave the same just in the middle, giving the one end so cleaved unto thy companion to hold in both his hands, and the other end hold yourself in both your hands after such sort, that both the inner parts of the stick may look one right against the other, in the laying down on the ground, and must also be laid asunder unto the breadth of two fingers, in such sort that they may touch together at some one place, by an overthwart manner; and within a while after, you shall see them draw and join together again of themselves. And this understand, that the stick must be new cleaved soon after the cutting up of it, for otherwise this stick worketh not the proper effect.   

IV. A proper practice to make a Capon to bring up young Chickens.  
FIrst, to do this, take a Capon and pull the belly bare of Feathers, and after rub the naked place with Nettles, setting young Chickens under him, and he will then miraculously cherish them, and bring them kindly up. And the rather, if you accustom to use the Capon the like for a time. For by that means he is moved the willinger to cherish, bring up, and feed, yea and to love them so well, as the hen naturally would do. And the reason of this is, in that through the pricking of the Nettles, he is thereby the rather desirous to touch the soft down and fathers of the young Chickens sitying under him.   

V. To make any fowl of what condition soever the same be, to have feathers all white.  
TO do this, take the Eggs and roll them in the juice of the herb called mouse-ear, or in the herb called houseleek, or otherwise in oil (after the mind of Cardanus) and after put the eggs again in the nest, and after the hatching, their feathers shall grow white.   

VI. How to make a Candle burn in the Water.  
ANd to do this, take wax, Brimstone and Vinegar, of each a like quantity; boil these all together over the fire, until the Vinegar appear all consumed; and then after of that wax remaining make a Candle, and you shall see the proper effect as avove is written.   

VII. To make a woman that she shall not eat of the meats set upon the Table.  
TO do this, take a little of the green Bas●ll, and when one bringeth any Dishes of Meat unto the Table, then put the same herb secretly under one of the platters or dishes, that she espy it not and as long as the herb so lieth on the; table, the woman shall eat nothing of that meat in the platter or dish, which covereth the herb.   

VIII. A proper se●ret of the Philosophers, to make a Stone to burn without fire.  
ANd to do this, take Calamit, Brimstone, un●●aked L●me. Pitch, Ceruse, of each of these three Drames, of Camphora one Dram, Asphaltum three drams; all these make in powder, and put the same in a strong pot, well stopped, and after make a fire under the Pot, increasing the same by little and little, until the powder in the Pot become so hard as a stone; and when you will have it burn, then rub the same well with a cloth, and it will burn suddenly: and when you will put the same out, then spit upon it, and after set the same in a moist place, and it will go out.   

Ix.. To make one to see fearful sights in his sleep.  
ANd to do ●his, take the blood of a Lapwing, and therewith anoint the pulses of thy forehead, before thy going to rest, and then after in thy s●eepe thou shalt see both marvelous and ●earefull ●ightes, as Vitalis Medicus writeth. Also he writeth, that if a man eateth in the Evening before his going to Bed of the herb named Nightshade, or Mandrake, or Henbane, he shall see in his s●eepe pleasant sights.   

X. How to turn water into wine, ●a proper secret.  
IF thou wilt convert or turn▪ Water into Wine, then fill a brass Pot with the best Wine, ●etting upon the head of the Pot a limbeck, and distil the Wine out, and the Lees remaining after the distillation, dry them, and bring them into fine powder, which equally mixed with the Water, doth so cause the water to have both the colour and taste of the same wine. And the like unto this may be wrought and done in a Rose limbeck. Also a loaf of Barley Bread hot drawn out of the Oven, and broken into great pieces hot, and laid so to soak in good Wine; which pieces when they shall be well s●ken in the wine, let them dry in the sun, and after ●oke of that bread in fa●re water, and it will after receive both the colour and taste of that Wine.   

XI. To make a light or Candle to endure burning without going out by any wind so long as the substance endureth.  
TO do this, make a week after thy discretion, which infuse in the oil of hemp-seed, and after into molten Tallow, as you would properly make a week or Cotten Candle, letting the same to hang somewhat until it be cold, then light it in the like sort as you do a common Candle, and it will not after go out with any wind so long as the substance endureth. And in like sort may light be made to serve in the night time, if so be that ●ine linen rags be first soaked in the oil of hempseed, and after dipped into molten Tallow; which so bound or wrought on a staff● end, to carry about, or otherwise lying on a staffs end in an iron plate.   

XII. How to make quarters of wood to hang so fast together, that they cannot be shaken asunder without breaking: or to lay Knives or Tobacco pipes triangular.  
TO make quarters ●old and hang together thus without tying, must be done on this wise. First, lay one of the quarters down, as these two letters A. and B. do instruct, on the which lay the other quarter, even as these two letters C. and D. do here represent, and one that C. and D. lay the third quarter, as the letters E. and F. do here express, and in such sort, that E. and F. must lie under A. B. And being then thrust hard together they cannot fall away without breaking, in that A. and B. is stayed and held of E. and F. and E. and F. of C. and D. and C. and D. holden of A. and B. so that none of them can fall asunder, the one from the other. Also that place where B. D. E. is holden or stayed together, and doth the like hold together, as by trial of the same shall more manifestly appear. Also, the more and harder they be thrust rogether, the longer they continue so hanging together. And a like ●riall unto this may be assayed and proved, either with three sticks made flat for the nonce, or with three knives being alike, or three Tobacco-pipes, if they be orderly used.   

XIII. How to make a colour like to gold, in understanding this secret.  
ANd to do this, take of Aloes Hepaticke, and of Salt Nitre, of each s●xe ounces, those grind, and perfectly mix together on a smooth Marble, or other hard stone; that being so laboured together they can after be separated by no means, and after distil the same in a Limbicke of glass well luted about, that you may so draw out all the moist substance that will come. And with this you may gild what you list, understanding how to draw this liquour▪ Also by a shorter way and lesser pain, may you do the like, although not so perfect as the other abovesaid, which indeed is right marvelous. And now this is on this wise: First, take of aloes Hepaticke three ounces, of Rosen six ounces, and of oil of linseed well boiled, a pint and a half, these set over the fire in a pot, and mingle them well together, after strain the same liquour through a linen cloth, putting it into a Pot, which you must stop close, and so keep the same until you have need to gild any thing therewith.   

XIV. To make Silver like any mettle, which shall so continue a long time.  
TO effect this, take half an ounce of aquafortis, and a scruple of quicksilver, and a little of the Tarter made of the white wine, and a little Salt: These put all together in a Pot or earthen Pan, working and labouring the same together over hot embers, which so done, you may after (with this composition) make ●ilver like any mettle you list, and to continue so a long time.   

XV. How to stick an Iron or steel Bodkin into the head of either cock, Hen, or Chicken.  
TO do this, write first these words following, that is to say, Gibell, Got, Gabel, in a S●role, and bind the same about the Bill of the cock, Hen, or Chicken, to colour this secret withal; which so done, then pierce the head of the Bird just in the middle as you can guess, with a very sharp pointed Bodkin; and after set the Bird down, and you shall see the Bird so lustily run away from you, as if nothing were sticking in the head, if the Pullet be big, unto the wonder of such as shall see the same. And now the reason of this is, in that the head and brain of the Pullet, is divided into two parts in the bone, and the bone also doubled in in the midst, so that the Bodkin may easily enter without danger, and of this the brain so pierced, the Pullet nevertheless liveth; which if the ignorant see, they will perhaps believe, and think that the words only doth the same, which is nothing less.   

XVI. To make a Candle that will not go out, until the whole substance bewasted.  
ANd to do this, take the best wax and the purest Brimstone, of each a like portion, which take and melt together, and after make a Candle thereof, which being lighted, set the same in a candlestick to burn. And the same Candle so lighted, will not go out until the whole substance be spent. Thus Cardanus writeth.   

XVII. How to make Iron soft, a proper Secret.  
ANd to do this, take the juice of the Hemlo●ke, and quench the Iron in it, being well beated three or four times, letting it there remain every time until it be thoroughly cold. Also Cardane writeth, that if you take oil, putting into it molten Lead seven times together, and after quench your Iron red hot into that oil, for four or five times together, and it will so make the same soft to work,   

XVIII. To make a Sword, Dagger, or Knife to cut Iron so easily as Lead.  
OF this thing Hermes writeth, if a Sword, Dagger or Knife, being only Iron and fashioned, and being red hot, if the same be afterward quenched into, the juice of the Radi●h, mixed with the liquour of the fresh worms of the ground, or rather the water of Artely distilled, being before somewhat bruised: such a Sword, Dagger, or Knife, saith he, shall after have such a strange edge, if the same red hot be quenched four or five times in it, that with the same you may cut Iron so eas●ly as if it were Lead. Also he writeth, that if steel be often molten in the furnace, and be purified, until the sam● be so white as Silver in a manner, and then after of the same fashion, graving Instruments with their edges and points orderly, like as to the Art of graving belongeth; which Instruments being red hot, quenched after into the juice of Radish, and the distilled water of the worms of the earth, mixed together: Or else with the water of the worms, drawn through a clean linen Cloth; so that there be so much of this water, as of the juice of the Radish, and then those Instruments quenched four or five times, in the abovesaid liquour; And after will the edges and points of the Instruments be so hard, that you may cut and grave in any stone and Iron, so easily as the same were Lead.   

XIX. How to keeqe weapons clean and fair for a long time.  
ANd to do this, take barrow's grease, common oil, new wax, Ceruse, of each a like, these temper togethee very well over a soft fire, until they be thoroughly incorporated, and after you have so done, anoint the burnished weapon with this ointment, and it shall so continue in the same brightness, In secula seculorum. And there cannot be a greater Secret invented, for the keeping bright of Weapons than this is, if these words be well understanded.   

XX. A very excellent and easy Conclusion, how to make steel soft as passed.  
Do thus: take the gall of an ox, man's urine, verges, and the juice of the Nettle, of each of these take a little quantity, and mix them very diligently together; then after quench the steel red hot in this liquour, four or five times together, and it will after become so soft as passed: and this is a right proper and necessary secret to be understood of all such Workmen as do any matters in steel, as graving and such like, if these words be well marked.   

XXI. An experienced Conceit, how to make Hens lay Eggs all Winter thorough.  
TO do this, take the tops of the Nettles, when they begin to come unto s●ed, and dry them: which so dried, give a little of the same, with Bran and hempseed mingled together, to your Hens, and they shall every day after lay you an egg apiece.   

XXII. A rare and strange Device, how to make thy Chamber appear full of Snakes and Adders.  
TO do this, kill a Snake, putting the same into a pan with Wax, and let it so long boil, until the same be thorough dried; and of that Wax make a Candle, lighting the same in the Chamber; and within a while after shall appear, as though there were a thousand creeping in thy Chamber.   

XXIII. How to make letters appear of the colour of Gold, Copper or Silver.  
ANd to do this, take very clear crystal, and word the same into marvelous fine powder, on a Marble Stone, and after mix the same powder with the white of an egg, until this be so prepared to write with: and after with this confection, write what letters you will letting the fame dry: and after rub a Gold Ring, or any piece of Gold on the same letters, and all the letters shall appear like Gold. And in the like sore may you make the Letters appear like Silver or Copper.   

XXIIII. How to make any piece of Iron to appear like Gold.  
ANd to do this, take four butte● of Raine water▪ into which put ten Drams of Roach alum, and ten Drams of ointment, of Roman vitriol, and Salt Eemme, of each one an ounce, and a scruple of Coppera●●; and these boil together▪ after put therein a quart of Vinegar and▪ Ta●●er, and ●ommon Salt finely beaten to powder, of each three ounce●, all these inc●●p●●ate again over a soft fi●e very well▪ and after occupy the same which maketh a colour like unto Gold.   

XXV. How to have fresh Roses at all tim●● of the year sundry ways taught.  
ANd first if you will have fresh Roses at any time, so well as in the month of May, then gathe● the buds half o●●n in a manner, in the Evening, when as the sun is set and touch them not with thy hand in the ga●hering, but with a sharp knife properly ga●her them, after lay the Roses upon a board, letting them to lie abroad in a fair night, all the night through, and then after have in readiness a new earthen▪ Pot well glazed within and without▪ into which put the former Roses before the sun be un in in the morning, and stop close the mouth of that Pot with clay being mixed with Horse dung and flocks, all tempered well together before, whereb● no air of the Ru●● may pas● or breathe forth. After, set the same pot into the ground, covering it in dry sand; and let no moist place be 〈◊〉 about the same. And now on this ●ase may you have fresh Roses at any time of the y●r.  
Also, take of the rosebuds in the springtime, when they begin first to open, and put those into a green Cane yet growing; cleaving the same by little and little, until you may handsomely put in those buds; and after 〈◊〉 that place with a thread, stopping the same about, that no air breathe out; and after, cover that piece of the Cane or ●ee●, so ●●und and stopped about, under the earth, bowing down the same stalk by little and little, that the same break not; and cover the same well with the earth, letting it there remain so long as you li●t: and when you be m●nded to ha●e them forth, then cleave the Cane by little and little, that you spoil ●ot the buds; and after set them in the Sun, or in lukewarm water, and they shall be open ●nd fair in a s●ort space, as in the midst of 〈◊〉.  
Also, if you will have dry Roses to become fresh, then take a new glazed pot, and wet the same within with Rose-water, and after shut that pot with the Roses very close, letting it so to stand for five days, and they shall be fresh.   

XXVI. How to make Beans and other seeds to grow up in the space of four hours.  
ANd first, to make Beans grow up in an hours space, take the Beans, and put them in hot oil; let them there remain for eleven days, and after dry them. And when you will make proof of them, then set the Beans, and go to dinner; and by that time you rise again from the table, and go look on them, you shall find them grown up well a s●an high. And the like you may do with Gourds.  
And now to make the Gourds grow up in the space of four hours, both with leaves and flowers, take the seeds of the Gourd, and let them lie in the blood of a ●anguine young man, and let them there remain for Fifteen days, in a moist place, and in a pot well stopped; and after take them forth, and let them be dried well in the sun: and when you will sow or plant them, then take a dish-full or two of good earth, and dry the same well; after wet the same with a little fresh water▪ and after have warm water, pouring the same upon this earth until it become sufficient soft, and then plant your seeds in it▪ and within three or four hours after you shall have Gourds grown up together with leaves and with flowers.  
And the like may you do with the 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉, and divers other green seeds.   

XXVII. To make a Candle of Ice to burn like unto another Candle.  
TO do this, make a Candle of Brimstone, which with the Powder of a coal smeared about, and after in the Winter time drown the same in water, but cover the head of it with a paper, and after hang the same at the mouth of some gutter which droppeth fast, whereby it may so be covered with half a finger thickness of Ice in the Morning, and after being lighted, it will then burn unto the wonder of such as shall see the same. Also take pure wax and fine Brimstone purified, of Earth alike: melt these together, making thereof a Candle; and after take the powder of a C●ale finely beaten, and Brimstone the like in powder, these sift through a Serfe or linen Cloth, and after heating the Candle, smear the said Candle about, so long until it have (as it were) a thick crust round about the same, like unto the thickness of the back of a Knife: which after cover about the ●ead of it with a Paper, and then hang the same at the mouth of a Gutter, which droppeth fast, until the Ice cover it about a finger thick, then light the same, and it will burn like as if it were all ●f wax.   

XXVIII. To make flesh seem to crawl full of worms.  
ANd to do this, take Harpe-strings, and cut them into very short pieces, which straw upon meat, being taken hot out of the Pot, and those pieces will then move and stir about, like unto living worms.   

XXIX. How to make a light in the nighttime, that all things round about thy Hall or Parlour shall appear both black and green.  
TO do this, take the black juice or ink of the Fish named Cuttle, and the like quantity of verdigris: these mix well together, putting the same into a Lamp, and dipping a week in that liquour; then light the same, putting out the other Lights in that room, and then shall all things round about that place, and the walls also, being white, appear both black and green, unto the marvel of such as shall see the same.   

XXX. How to make Roots to have what proper form you will on them.  
TO do this, take such green Roots which ●e big, like as be the Briony-roots, Radish-roots, and Rape or Navew-roots, and of any of these Roots carve and ●ut as you li●t, and after put the same into the earth, letting it there so long remain, until the same carving be covered with a skin. And on such wise may you make the counterfeit Mandrakes, in fashioning in the Briony-root, as both Mattheolus and Cardane do write, the form of a man with a penknife; and setting the same Root again into the earth, with the head of the Root turned downward, and a little Barley put under it, which after will cleave and hang fast into the head of the Root, and appear like unto hair growing out of the same.   

XXXI. How to break a stone with the fist, of the thickness of ones hand.  
ANd to do this, first raise the edge of a flat stone upright from a plain board; or rather, from a big smooth stone, in su●h sort, that it stand of itself, without any under-bearing or help; and after, with thy fist sna●e hastily or quickly that part standing upright, w●●th falling together fl●● on the plain board or stone: doth to break in so many pieces. And if the fist be fr●●● li●r smi●●en, than the end of the stone toucheth the boards in the falling, 〈◊〉 that stroke in vain: and breaketh not the same at that time. And in like manner may● Life be eas●ly broken with a small and easy stroke of the hand, 〈◊〉 that through the weight of the stone in the falling and help of the quick stroke, it doth of this so lightly break, even as it were done with the vehement stroke of a 〈◊〉.   

XXXII. To make an herb to grow, which shall have many savours and tastes.  
TO do this, first take one seed of the lettuce, one seed of Endive, one of smallage, one of the Ba●ll, one of the leek, and of the Parsley, all these put together in a hole in ●●ich sort, that one ●eede may touch another: but this remember, that you plant these together in the dung of an Horse or an ox, without any earth at all with them. And then after of these seeds shall grow up one proper herb, which will have so many savours and tastes, as there were seeds sown together.   

XXXIII. How to make sundry devices or arms of such like in a Rose, Carnation, or Flower-de-luce, or lily.  
TO do this, take Sal armoniac grind● the same on a Marble Stone, with fine Vineg●r, and a little Sugar-candy, and keep the same in a narrow-necked Pot or glass, and after take your Rose and dress the Leaves, fastening them with red wax, that they may so lie plain and even: which so done; then take a fine pencil, with the liquor drawing on the leaves, what proper matter 〈◊〉 arms you list, and after let the same dry of itself, putting upon of the leaf-gold, or the leaf silver: and after pressing it lightly or gently down with Bombasse, and that which sticketh not then fast, falleth of● in the doing, and so your work● will remain ●rim and fair.   

XXXIII. To write what you list on a steel Dagger or Knife.  
TO do this, take an ounce of saltpetre, and an ounce of green Copperas; beat these grossly together, and after put the same into a strong battle of glass, distilling a water of it; which water use on this wise: First, take yellow or red Wax, stretching the same upon the Dagger or Knife, so far as you will draw or write thereupon, unto the thickness of a paper leaf, and somewhat more; after, draw or write therein what you list, drawing or writing unto the steel; and than fill that hollow drawing or holes with the distilled water, which within a day and a night will have eaten it sufficiently. And the like may you draw and do on any other piece of steel.   

XXXV. How to break a new and big Rope, with the hands only.  
TO do this, take and fasten the one end of the Cord or Rope, either ●ith a nail driven fast into it, or about ● strong hook of Iron, and after wind 〈◊〉 same three or four times, or of●ner, ●out thy hand, and the other end of the ●ord or Rope wind about by the top of 〈◊〉 Palm, ●etwéen the forefinger and he ●umb, that the one part of the Cord ●●y reach unto the Nail, and the head, 〈◊〉 other end, unto the bottom of the Palm, by which it must be again wind●● about, and after that winded again ●nce or twice about. And this so done, ●hen with a vehement p●uck and force ●●ay in the same part by which it is so ●●der-winded, or r●n with the Cord, for ●hat the substance of the Cord or Rope which is under, both defend, that the ●●nd can take no harm by the hasty and ●trong pull: and take heed that the utter-●ost fold of the Cord ●●ide not 〈◊〉 thy ●●nd. And to conclude, this 〈◊〉, that in the n●●hty and hasty pluck together, the one fold of the Cord doth to cut the other in sunder▪ and then especially, ●hen as that part shall be set soft, which is between the hand and the nail, and that both the hand be strong, and then pluck outright and quick. And now if   

XXXVI. How to make white Flowers, like as the lily, white Rose, and such like to be red.  
Tub, where you mind ●o plant your white Flowers to become re●, and after they be so planted in the 〈◊〉, then let them not be watered at any time with any other water then this, which is made on this wise: Lake water, putting therein a certain● quantity of Brasill finely 〈◊〉 and boil the same unto a third part, which water after take, and being through cold● water by little and little the same Earth▪ as both at morning and evening and water it at no time with any other water then this▪ until you see that the same water first have taken effect.   

XXXVII. How to make a hollow Ring to dance by itself, a proper secret.  
TO do this, take a Ring round about hollow, into which put quicksilver and stop the same fast that it run●e no● forth: After h●●re the Ring somewhere in the fire, or let it 〈…〉 the fi●e, and be●ng 〈◊〉 lay the 〈◊〉 on a Table or stool, which by and by after will begin to dance of itself, until it be cold again.   

XXXVIII. To make Glue to hold together so hard as a stone: a proper Secret.  
ANd to do this, take unstekt lime, and quench the same with Wine, and beat the same into fine powder, mixing therewith both Figs and swine's grease, and after labour them well together: for this (as Pliny writeth) passeth the hardness of a stone. Also, take Greek Pitch, resin, and the powder of Lyle-stones; these mix together: and when you will occupy of the same, than heat it over the fire, and work therewith▪ for when the same is cold, it holdeth them together so hard as any nail. Also, take of Spuma ferri one pound, of Lyle-sheards two pound, of unstekt lime four pound, of Oil of Linséed so much as shall suf●ice to prepare and work them together: for this Glue is marvellous strong, and indeed neither feareth nor yieldeth to water nor fire.   

XXXIX. How to make an Apple move on the Table; a proper Secret.  
TO do this, take an apple and cut the same in the midst, and in the one half make a round hole, putting therein a black beetle, and so lay the half on the Table, and it will then move.   

XL. To make Roses and other Flowers that be red, to become white.  
ANd to do this, take Brimstone beating the same into fine powder, which powder burn on a new oil-stone, holding such red flowers or Roses over the smoke of it, whiles it so burneth, and they will after become white; and on this wise you may make your Roses half white and half red, or one leaf white, and another red, by a cep of paper so cut for the nonce.   

XLI. How to write letters on the eggshell, that the same Letters may appear within on the egg.  
TO do this, take a little quantity both of galls and Allome, which work together with vinegar, and after write with this liquour what you will on the shell, and that dried, lay then the egg in urine, else anoint the egg about with wax, unto the thickness of a Paper or somewhat more, and with a fine bodkin write deep letters, that the holes may be open, and the letters apparent, into the which holes pour of this liquour, and when the same is dried on the egg, than seeth the egg until it be hard, and after lay the same to soak in sharp vinegar, through the which soaking the letters will so pass through the shell, that the letters may be easily discerned on the egg after the shell is pulled off from it.   

XLII. How to kill Fleas divers ways.  
FIrst, to gather all the Fleas of thy Chamber into one place, anoint a staff with grease of a fox, or hedgehog, and lay the staff again where you list in your Chamber, and it shall so gather all the Fleas by it. Also fill a dish with goat's blood, and set the same by the bed, and all the Fleas will come to it round about. And the like will they do by the blood of the hedgehog. Also take the fat of a Goat, and anoint what you list therewith, and set the same under your bed, and all the Fleas will gather unto the same. Also take lupins or flat beans, and boil them in water with wormwood, and that water sprinkle well about the Chamber, and all the Fleas shall avoid that Chamber. Also take an Apple of Coloquintida, and infuse the same in water, and in that water boil wormwood, which cast about the Chamber, killeth all the Fleas. And the like doth the Peach leaves, or Vervine, or Coliander boiled in water, and so cast about.   

XLIII. How to make a Pot of glass not to sink in the water, a proper Secret.  
TO do this, first fill a glass Pot full of Water, or Wine unto the brim, for otherwise it sinketh down, and is drowned in the setting of it in the water: the reason of which appeareth by this demonstration. Imagine that the Pot be D. whose neck is A. B. C. that vacant part of it A. B. in that A. B. doth bear above water, through the very air which is contained therein; and the weight of the glass A. B. draweth toward the centre, and A.B. C. can not descend by straight line down, for that it shall labour in vain. And therefore the signifier D. voweth in that D. when as wine is set in the water, it resisteth not, and therefore A. B. doth descend until it come unto the upper face of the water, but when A. B. shall be in the upper face of the water, the part E. is then drowned, in that it is the nether part, and all the neck of the pot.   

XLIIII. To make a Bottle or a narrow mouthed pot full of water or milk not to spill or shed forth.  
TO do this: take a Bottle or narrow mouthed Pot, and fill the same unto the brim, after cover the mouth with a Paper, and then turn the mouth downward on the mouth of an other Pot, and nothing shall shed forth, as by a trial in filling the one Pot with milk, and the other may be seen.   

XLV. How to make a thin glue, very profitable; a proper Secret.  
TO do this, take the glue made of fishes, beating the same strongly on an Anvil, until it be thin, which after lay to soak in water until it becometh very soft and tender, which will be within five or six hours, and then work it like passed to make small rolls thereof, which when it is like unto paste, stretch it or draw it out very thin, and when you will work with it, then put of the same into an earthen pot with a little fair water over hot embers, and skim the same very clean, and let it so seeth a little while, after work with the same, keeping it still over the hot embers, until you have done with it, for so it fasteneth and bindeth the stronger. And in such sort, that it fasteneth pieces of glass together.   

XLVI. How to draw a Ring off, being very hard thrust on, and the finger swelled.  
IF either man or woman hath thrust a Ring so hard on their finger, that he or she cannot draw the same off, through the swelling of the finger: then thread a needle, and draw the same under a Ring, and wind the thread about the thread on the other side, and so often wind the thread about, and diligently consider that the whole joint and part of the finger, lying or being between the joint, and the Ring, be covered about with the thread, and that no part be ●eene of the skin, through the close covering of the thread, and even draw the Needle again under the Ring, and wind the thread like about on the other side, and that speedily, whereby the Ring drawn and removed on the thread by little and little may so pass over the joint and come off. But whilst you are in the doing of this, make no tarriance or delay, for that the finger doth so lightly swell, that without great pain the Ring cannot be drawn off.   

XLVII. To make fruits, as Apples, pears, Quinces, and such like to have what proper form you will on them.  
TO do this, counterfeit on a piece of wood, being in bigness to the fruit which you desire, what form you will? Or else cut Roman or other fashioned letters in it, to express (if you list) some proper words; which so done, then make a mould with water and chalk, unto the thickness of thy little finger, the same part into just the half. And when this mould is dry, which soon drieth, separate then the same from the wood with oil before. And when you have gotten off the mould from the wood, and parted it in two just halves, then take the same mould, and bind it most close unto the fruit, being grown unto his half bigness, and let it so continue until the fruit be come unto his full bigness, and then take the mould away, and you shall see the trial of the former taught.   

XLVIII. How to cut a glass; a proper Secret.  
TO do this, stéep a thread in oil and Brimstone mixed together, and compass the glass with the thread, in the place where you would have it parted, and after kindle and light the same, and often do thus, until the place be hot, and after compass the same with a thread wet in cold water, and it will part so clean asunder, as if the same had been cut with a sharp pointed Diamond.   

XLIX. How to walk on the Water.  
FOr to do this, take two little Timbrels, and hind them under the soles of thy feet, and at a staves end fasten another; and with these you may walk on the water, unto the wonder of all such as shall see the same: if so be you often exercise the same with a certain boldness and lightness of the body.   

L. How to soften crystal, to imprint what you list, a proper Secret.  
TO do this, take the blood of a Lamb, and the blood of a Weather, mixing these together, after take the crystal Stone, heating it in the fire burning hot, and then quench it in the blood, which after will become as soft as passed, then with a copper Print work therein what you list, and after set the same abroad in the air, and it will come again unto the former hardness.   

LI. To make a Candle after a strange manner to burn; a proper secret.  
FOr to do this, first make a week of silk, and infuse the same in the oil of Hempséed, and when the week shall be sufficiently soaked; role the same in Snow, until it be of the bigness of a great Candle, whereby it may so be well wrought together, and after light the same, setting it in a stick, and it will give the like light as a wax Candle. Also make a Candle of Parpen Stone and wax together, about the which roll Snow▪ and the Snow will burn until it be all wasted. Also take Snow, and mix therewith the powder of Camphire, and of the same make a Candle, and it will burn being lighted.   

LII. How to draw many Candles the one after the other, being laid a foot distance or more asunder.  
FOr this, take Brimstone, Orpiment, and oil, these labour together, and make thereof an ointment, after take so many Candles as may well serve your Table, which lay on the Table a large foot asunder, and all a row, the one behind the other as long as you lift to lay them, yea, an hundred may you lay down on this wise a length, if you lay them straight, then ●ake a long thread, and anoint the same in this ointment, which after lay along on the Candles, and after drawing the foremost, all will follow by order.   

LIII. How to cut an Apple into many pieces without harming of the skin or paring.  
TO do this, take a most fine needle, with a small thread, and thrust the same by little and little under the paring, and thrust it in again right against the place, until you have so gone round about the outside of the Apple. And this also remember that you thrust the needle through the paring at straight corners one against the other of the Apple, and this so often do until you come again unto the first place where you began.  
And if so be you would divide the same in six or eight pieces, then draw the thread again by a like distance, always taking heed to divide the Apple under the skin, and when you have thus done with the Apple, and the pieces y●t covered with the skin, then draw out the ends of the thread, and you shall after divide the Apple within without harming of the paring or skin into so many pieces as you list. And when you have thus drawn out, and taken the thread quite away, you may keep the Apple so long as you think requis●te.   

LIV. How to make a Cup of glass being set in the fire not to burn.  
AND to do this, take what Cup or Pot of glass you list, and séethe the same in common oil, by the space of five hours, and after take it forth, and it will be then made so strong that the said Cup of glass or pot, will endure the heat of the fire.   

LV. How to make quicksilver, in a manner so hard as Silver.  
ANd to do this, take the strongest vinegar, and whites of eggs well beaten together, and three ounces of quicksilver, unto one of the other: these first distil together in a Limbeck well luted, and in that distilled water put the quicksilver, and it will be after so hard, that you may work it with the hammer. Also take quicksilver, and wash it in the distilled water of man's blood, and every time you wash the same, let it dry, and in the end it will come to be so hard as silver.   

LVI. A pretty conceit, to catch fowls without a Net.  
TO do this, take arsenic, putting the same in water, and in that water boil wheat, or any other grain, and cast the same forth unto Fowls, and so many as eat thereof, will not be able afterward to fly away. And take the juice of Celidone, and infuse wheat in the same, letting it there remain for three days, after give the same to fowls to eat, and such as eat thereof you may after take with the hand. Also take wheat, putting it in wine lees, and let the same remain there eight days, after that put it into the juice of Celandine and horehound, to steep, which so done, then give of the same ●nto the fowls to eat, and such as ea●e thereof cannot fly away.   

LVII. To make a Candle to be marveilud at. A proper secret.  
ANd to do this, take four ounces of salt Nitre, six ounces of fine frankincense, three ounces of brimstone, six ounces of oil, and six ounces of the milk of Cataputia; all these beat fine, and mix together, after take three ounces of wax, and make them a Candle of altogether, in the end of which candlestick, stick deep a needle, and after set the same in a narrow mouthed glass full of water, and you shall see after what the same will do.   

LVIII. How to see many wondrous & strange signs in an urinal.  
And to see these, take a new and clean washed urinal, into which power either clean water, or other running water, after take the white of a new laid egg, and a little Saffron binding it in a clean linen cloth, after that power a little of the water into a dish, and put the cloth with the Saffron into it, so long until it have coloured it somewhat, and being on this wise, then beat the white of the egg with this water seven or eight times with thy finger, and then pour the same into the urinal, and you shall after see in it Towers, castles, Hills, and many other strange sights.   

LIX. How to make a loaf of bread new set upon the Table to leap off.  
TO do this take a Quill, filling the same with quicksilver, and stopping it close, thrust the same after into ● hot Loaf, new drawn out of the Oven, and the Loaf will by and by dance upon the Table.   

LX. How to make an egg flee about: a merry Conclusion.  
TO do this, take a goose-egg, and after the opening and cleansing of it, take a Bat that flieth in the Evening, which put into the shell; then glue it fast about on the top, and the Bat will fly away with it; which perhaps will be thought of some to fly about in the air of itself.   

LXI. How to make artificial Fire divers ways; which will seem marvellous.  
ANd first, to make a flame of fire to pass suddenly out of the mouth of a pot full of water, take an egg, making a hole in the head, and draw out all the substance of the same: which so done, then fill the same with the powder of Brimstone and un●●ekt Lime mixed to●ether, shutting the mouth with Wax, and so let it fall to the bottom of a Qu●●tpot full of water, taking quickly your hand away, and suddenly will issue forth a flame out of the mouth of the pot. And also, if thou wilt spit fire out of thy mouth without pain, and to do thee no harm, take the powder of the Willow-stick, finely beaten and ●er●ed, with the which ●oyn a little new Silk, making it sound up, like unto a ball; into which ●ut this powder, wrapping the silk well about it; and after, put within it, with the powder, a little fine Flax, and then properly stitch it up round about: which so done, then cut it open a little on the one side, putting a quick coal or a light Candle unto it, to set it on fire a little: then put it again into thy mouth, holding the same softly with thy tooth, and turning also the part cut inward in thy mouth; and when thou wilt spit fire out, then hold the ●all strongly in thy mouth, and blow, and the lookers on shall see then a great flame i●sue forth of thy mouth, and do thee no harm at all. Also, to make fire fly up in the air, T●●e tow, and wet the same in Aqua vitae; and after put fire to it, and blow the same away, which after will fly up in the air, and burn.   

LXII. How to know a natural Precious Stone from a counterfeit.  
TO do this, rub the same on Lead; and if it change the colour, than it is counterfeit; if it change not, than it is a natural Stone. Also, if the Stone have like unto a Bladder within, than it is counterfeit.   

LXIII. How to make a Man to appear on a flame burning, without any harm.  
FOr to do this, take Brimstone, Or●iment, and common Oil; of these make an Ointment, with the which anoint thy garments all about, and thy head and hands; and after light the same, and it will burn all at once, without harm. Also, take juice of adder's tongue, the juice of March-Mallows, or other Mallows, and the white of an egg; these mix together, anointing therewith all about thy body; and then cast the fine powder of Brimstone on the same, setting it over a fire, and it will strangely bur●●, and yet neither harm hands nor garments which shall be anointed therewith.   

LXIV. A new conceited Conclusion, to make a Chamber as light by night as by day.  
TO do this, take that part which shineth of the Night worm, and bruise them well; which after set in hot Horse-dung in a Glass stopped, and let it there so stand for fifteen days; and after, distil the same in a Limbeck of Glass, with a soft fire: the which water so drawn, stop close in a narrow-necked Pot of crystal-glass, and h●ng the same in the entry of the house, and it will so give a very bright light.   

Lxu· How to make two Dogs fight together: a proper Secret.  
TO do this, take the Seelifset of the Wolf, and cast the same between two Dogs; and they shall so long fight together, as they lie there between them: and when you will have them to cease fighting, then take them away.   

LXVI. How to make a Bitch ●hat she shall not desire to be covered with any Dog.  
ANd to do this, take Bees, and prepare them orderly, which after give unto the Bitch with bread, or with meat, and she will not after suffer any Dog to touch her.   

LXVII. How to cast forth any Worm or Snake entered within the body.  
ANd to do this, boil the herb Basil over a soft fire, in Vinegar; which so boiled, give unto the patient to drink, and it shall cast the same up forthwith. And if the same be a Snake entered within the body, than you may take writing Ink, and good Wine, mixing them together; which after drink, and it will cast up whatsoever evil be in the body.   

LXVIII. How to make a blown Bladder to dance and skip about from place to place.  
TO do this, put Quicksilver in a Bladder, and lay the Bladder in a hot place, and it will after skip from place to place, without handling.   

LXIX. How to make a Hen to run away with great fear.  
FOr to do this, take the head of a Kite, and tie the s●me a●●ut a hen's neck, and she shall never ●ease running here and there, until you hav● taken away the same from her neck: and when you will take the same ●rom her ne●k, she will t●en move from you nothing at all.   

LXX. How to find a person drowned, that hath been sought for.  
TO do this, take a white lo●f, and cast the same into the water, n●er the suspected place, and it will forthwith go directly over the dead body, and there still abide; by which you may well find the dead body.   

LXXI. How to deal with Iron many ways right profitable.  
FIrst, to make Iron as soft as passed, take Vitriol, and salt Ni●re, of ●ach alike, beating these to powder; which after distil in a Limbeck of Glass; and in this Water lay your small pieces of Iron for a day and a night; which after cover in 〈…〉 dung for fifteen days, and the same will become very soft, like unto ●aste: and with the same Iron you may make seals, or g●ave, or otherwise imprint what you list on Iron, so easily as into Earth: and you may also beat and work the same Iron so easily as Lead. Also, make a Water of Roch-Allom, as is abovesaid, and in the same Water quench your Iron seven times, and it will make the Iron so easily break as Glass, and to make powder thereof. Also, quench the Iron in the dung of an Ox or Cow, tempered. with Honey, oftentimes, and it will become so soft, that you may work the same like Lead, with the hammer. Also▪ take salt ammoniac well beaten, and mix the same with uns●ekt Lime, and temper the same with cold water, like unto a thick Broth; and in this water temper the Iron, and it shall after become white, fair, and very strong. Also, take the juice of the Herb named Palma Christi, and with the same anoint thy hands; and thou Mayst after handle Iron fire●hat, without harm. And the like may youd● with the juice of Hemlock.  
Also, take red arsenic, and red Allom, of each alike; these grind into fine powder, mixing the ●ame with the juice of Seng●●en, or House-leek, and the gall of a Bull, and anoint thy hands with the same; and thou Mayst after handle burning Iron; and anointing thy feet, thou mayst go on hot Grates of Iron, or coals, without any danger.   

LXXII. To light a Candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall.  
TO do this, take and put Brimstone to the mouth of an Image, and take a burning Candle, and blow it out; an● ere the week be out, set it to the Images mouth, and it will burn. And so ye may do against a Glass.   

LXXIII. To take Fish by night.  
TAke a Lantern of Glass, and put a burning Candle in it, and set the Lantern on the water, and the Fishes will come to light. Or else take Nettles and Housleek, and make juice of them, and put it in a Pond, and all the Fishes will gather there: and if your hands be anointed therewith, you may take them at your pleasure.   

LXXIV. How to make no Dog shall bark at you.  
TAke an Herb called Serpentine; and by virtue thereof, no Dog shall bark at you.   

LXXV. How to make Birds come to your Culver-house.  
CAst Barley steeped in Honey, where they do feed; and they will gather to your Culver-house.   

LXXVI. An excellent Conclusion, how to put an Apple into a Vial.  
HAng the Vial on the twig of an Apple-trée, and put a young Apple in the mouth of the Vial, and it will grow therein. And so ye may do with Grapes, or other fruit.   

LXXVII. How to put an egg into a Vial.  
STéep the egg two days and two nights in Vinegar, and then roll it on a Table softly, and it will stretch as Wax; and then may you put it in the Vial, or draw it thorough a Ring.   

LXXVIII. To make folk seem black.  
Put Oil-Olive in a Lamp▪ and put thereto fine powder of ground Glass, and light it; and all that be above it, will seem black as Egyptians.   

LXXIX. To prove if a Maiden be clean.  
Bum Mother-wort▪ and let her take the smoke thereof in at her nose; and if she be corrupt, she shall presently piss, or else not. Otherwise, take grey Neti●es while they be green, and let her pi●s on them: if she ●e no Maiden, they will wither forthwith; otherwise not.   

LXXX. To know if a sick person shall die, or not.  
TAke grey Nettles, while they be green, and put them into the patient's urine: and if they remain green, he shall live; and if they wither, not.   

LXXXI. To make Salt water fresh.  
TAke Clay, and put it into a bag, and strain it thorough until it b● clear, and it will be fresh.   

LXXXII. To see by night as by day.  
ANoint your eyes with the blood of a Bat; and by this means you may effect your desire.   

LXXXIII. To kindle fire at the Sun.  
TAke a very bright basin, and put a new Looking-glass therein, and set the basin in the hottest Sun, and lay about it very dry tow, small ●hop●ed, and the tow will take fire with the heat of the Sun.   

LXXXIV. To make flesh cleave in the Pot.  
TAke Dwall or Nightshade, and stamp it well, and put it in the Pot with meat, and the meat will cleave together.   

LXXXV. An easy way to take Birds.  
Put Barley in the juice of Rue, and Vinegar, and cast it where the Birds do haunt or come; and as soon as they have eaten it, they cannot fly: and then ye may easily take them.   

LXXXVI. To make silkworms.  
TAke the brain of a Calf, and put it in a pit of Mader, and let it lie three weeks, and they will breed of the brain, and ye may feed them with Mulberries.   

LXXXVII. How to take away hairs.  
ANoint the rough place with the blood of a Bat, after that it is shaven; and hair shall never grow there.   

LXXXVIII. To fat Hens or Capons.  
MAke a deep pit in the earth, and make therein a b●d of dung, and a bed of Nettles; and do so, till it be full, and there keep your Pullen, till the herbs begin to g●ow; and than let them out: and w●t●in a short while, they will be very fat.   

LXXXIX. That one shall not be drunk.  
DRink the juice of Yarrow, fasting, and ye shall not be drunk for no drink: And if ye were drunk, it will sober you. Or else 〈◊〉 the marrow of 〈◊〉 fasting, and by this means ye shall not be drunk.   

XC. To make a good bait for Fish, at all seasons of the year.  
TAke Wheat-flower, and Tallow of a new-slain sheep, and the glair of an egg, and beat them all together, and vait them all therewith.   

XCI. How to make an egg go up to a Spears end.  
EMpty the egg at a little hole, and fill it full of May-dew, and stop the hole close with a little Wax and Parchment glued, that the dew go not out. Then stick a spear in the earth, in the heat of the Sun, and lay the egg by the Spear, and it will mount to the top thereof, by the heat of the Sun.   

XCII. To make Pottage run out of the Pot.  
TAke soap, and cast thereof into the Pot, and it will run over.   

XCIII. To make Fish or Flesh seem raw.  
TAke the blood of a Wat, or of a Kid, and dry it, and keep 〈◊〉 from the air; then cast on Fish or Flesh that is hot, and it will seem raw.   

XCIV. To kill Hens or Ducks.  
CAst to them the seed of Henbane, and (having eaten thereof) they will fall down as they were dead.   

XCV. How to make coals to burn a great while.  
MAke powder of S. John's Wort; and when the coals are wasted, and the fire near out, cast it thereon, and let it lie.   

XCVI. Ad capiendum Pisces.  
REcipe luce Mullage, vel scolares sortas collectum ci●ca medium Maii. Quando Luna sit plena, distemperata cum nigro sale, & serva in Olla terrea; & quando vis occupare, unge manus tuas, & lava in aqua vel loco ubi sunt Pisces.   

XCVII. That a man shall not be weary of going.  
DRink of the juice of Mugwort, and bear the herb about him, with the herb Pedelion and Crowfoot.   

XCVIII. To make Yarn and Linen cloth become white.  
TAke a Herring-barrel, and fill it nigh full of good Ale-dreggs, and stop it fast: but ye must have a good dish-ful of parched beans, and put them in a linen bag, and very hot put them to the dregs, till they be cool; and shut it fast, for the space of a quarter of an hour. Then take two pound of Allom, ground to subtle powder, and cast it therein; and let it lie four days naturally well closed: then wash your Yarn.   

XCIX. To make that a horse may not go thorough a street.  
TAke the guts of a Wolf, and lay them overthwart the street, and cover them with earth or sand, and he will not go that way as long as the guts do lie there. Probatum est.   

C. To know if a Woman be with a man-child, or not.  
TAke a di●h, and put water in it, and then let her milk her breast into the water; and if it be a man-child, it will fleet; and if it be a woman-child, it will sink.   

CI. An easy Experiment to ease thy feet for going.  
ANd to do this, take the leaves of Plantine, and stamp them well, and strain them, or otherwise preserve the juice thereof, and anoint your feet therewith, and it will remove away the grief. Also, upon the going of any great journey, if you put within each of your shoes or boots a leaf of Plantine, it will both cool and refresh your feet, and likewise make you hold out mainly in travel.   

CII. To preserve your Teeth fair, white, and clean.  
FOr the fair and neat keeping of the Teeth, take Barley-meal, Honey, and Salt, and mingle them together, and use therewith to rub your Teeth at sundry times, especially in the Morning; and (by this means) they shall become very fair and white.   

CIII. An easy Device to take Fleas.  
ANoint a Pot with the grease of a Buck, and set the same on your Bed, and all the Fleas will gather thereunto. Or else the grease of a Goupil, and anoint the place of the house therewith where ye would have them come, and they will be drawn thither. Or else take leaves of Dan, and lay them under your Coverlet, or where ye will; and when they be among the leaves, they cannot come away by any means.   

CIV. How to make abundance of Nails, or other pieces of Iron, to hang one upon the other by the Loadstone.  
FIrst, take a Nail, and knock it a little way into a Bean; then touch the head with a Loadstone: then put the point of another Nail to that, and it will hang. Then touch the second Nail on the head, and put to the point of a third: and so you may do till you come to the ground, let the beam be never so high, to the great admiration and amazement of all the beholders. This Conclusion, and natural dependency, may be further amplified and extended with other several pieces of Iron or steel, which have only formerly been touched with the Loadstone; whence cometh their contingency.   

CV. How with a Loadstone to make pieces delivered from your hand on a shovel-board, to be Deuces or Trays at pleasure.  
YOu must have Pieces of your own, in which you must drive points of needles, and then break them off smooth and neat: Then, at the end of the Table (close by the Box underneath) cover a Loadstone, and there your Pieces will rest. But be sure than you do throw as near the Tables end as you can: so shall you with the more convenience and the less suspicion effect your desire.   

Cvi A new receipt for a Cook, how, with one Spit, and with one equal fire, to keep one Capon raw, the second to boil, and the third to roast.  
PRovide a long Spit, and put thereon three Capons, Chickens, pigeons, or what you please, (Only three:) then make a long fire, and lay them thereto, and let one turn the Spit: Then, on that you would keep raw, pour continually cold water; and on that you would boil, pour scalding liquour; and that which you would desire to roast, baste it with Butter, and so bread it.  
Let A be the raw Capon, whereon pour cold water. Then let B be the boiled Capon; on which pour scalding liquour. And let C be the roasted; which expose to the fire, and baste with Butter. This is (being punctually performed) a very pretty Secret. But be sure you have in readiness provided sever●l pans or vessels to receive each basting or liquour by itself.   

CVII. To make one that they shall not sleep, or to sleep when you please.  
IF you lay the heart of a Crow or Bat upon a party you would not have to sleep, the said party shall take but little rest. Also, the head of a Bat brought to powder, and bound to the right arm, doth the like. But if you put the same upon the stomach of one that is asleep▪ it is said that the party will not awake till it be taken away.   

CVIII. How (by a new Secret) to make a pair of Bowls to lie as near the Jack as you please.  
DIvers men peg, and put in pegs of of Lead into their Bowls on their wheeling or running side: Now in stead of those leaden pegs, kn●ck in points of nails, or else horse-nail heads very neat and handsome, so that it doth not make the Bowl to rub.  
Then in the toe of your shoe (Beforehand) put a piece of a Loadstone, and then throw your Bowl as near the jack as you can: when the Bowl is out of your hand, run before it, and with that foot draw before your Bowl; and it will follow it: then, where you would have it lie, quickly take away your foot, and there the Bowl rests.   

CIX. An excellent Experiment to make Artificial Cloves.  
TAke what certain quantity you will of the finest Gum-Dragant, and infuse it in Rose-water: then strain it, and beat it in a mortar with a little fine sersed Sugar: then take of the powder of Cloves, and beat it amongst your paste; and when it is somewhat stiff, take it forth, and roll it somewhat small, to the form of Cloves, and likewise cut them to the length of Cloves: Then take a knife, and cross the heads, and print them with natural Cloves: and being so in the right form of Cloves, dry them in your Oven or Stove, and serve them.   

CX. A rare Device to make a Walnut, that when you crack it, there shall be biscuits or Caraways in it, or a poesy written in a paper.  
TAke a quantity (as you think meet) of Paste-royal, white, being beaten with Gum-Dragant, and mix it with a little fine sersed cinnamon, and that will bring your Paste to the right colour of the Walnut-shell: then roll it thin; and having a mould of a Walnut-shell which is in two halfs, print it therein; and being moulded before, put what you please therein, and so close it up, and dry it; and when you are disposed, present them thus formed to any company of your friends, or strangers, at your pleasure. This Device will seem marvellous to all who are not by their own usual practice and profession enured to the forming and moulding of sundry Devices and Experiments of this rare and strange nature.   

CXI. A neat Conclusion, whether a Man and Woman shall marry or not.  
TAke the number of the man's name, and three; and likewise of the woman's, and divide them asunder by Nine: if the man's name exceeds the woman's, they shall marry; otherwise not.   

CXII. A Conceit to find whether of the married couple die first.  
TAke the number of the Marriage-day, as what day of the month it was, and the number of the sign that the Moon was in on that day: Then divide these by Thirty; and if the number remaining be even, the Woman shall die first; else not.   

CXIII. An approved Perfume.  
TAke Rose-water and Vinegar, of each a like quantity as you please, whereunto likewise put a proportionable quantity of bayleafs, and Cloves, and let these boil all together in a Pot, or rather in a Perfuming-pan; and this will yield about the house a most excellent savour, and sweet perfume.   

CXIV. A pretty Conclusion, to find out whether a man shall win or lose at play.  
MArk the name of the Man, and one for the place on the one party, and the number of the day, and the age of the Moon on the other party: Divide each number by Nine; and if the man's number exceed the other, he winneth; or else not.   

CXV. To make Steel or crystal soft.  
TAke a quantity of ●nquenched Lime, and as much soap-ashes, and thereof make a ●y after this manner. Strain it thorough a Strainer nine times: then take your Steel or crystal, and lay it therein for a night and a day, and it will be soft: if you will have it hard again, quench it suddenly in cold water.   

CXVI. How to set a varnish or colour on Iron or Steel.  
ANd to do this, take the gall of a Calf, and after let your steel or Iron be clean vernished over: then take the gall, and stick it thereon with a cloth; and so let it dry well in the sun, and it will appear plain like a gold-colour.   

CXVII. A pretty Device, showing how to gild upon Iron or Steel.  
ANd to effect this, take a quantity of Wine-stone, with as much salarmoniack, and the like of verdigris, and some Salt; then séethe all together in White-wine: then strike all over your burnished metals; let it burn into the same, and ye may gild thereon with common gold.   

CXVIII. An artificial Experiment, to cast Sugar into the form of either Birds or Beasts, in what posture you are disposed.  
TO effect this Secret, take to what quantity you will of the finest Sugar, being clarified, and boil it until it will roll betwixt your fingers: Then take your moulds, being double, having lain in water two hours before, and stop them close with lome or paste, lest the Sugar should come forth: and then cooling your Sugar a little, pour it into your moulds; and let it so stand, until it be fully cooled: Then open your moulds, of what form soever; and having taken them forth, you shall find them alike shaped, according to the figure of your mould, whether of Man, Bird, or Beast, &c. So you may, for further ornament, afterward gild or paint them; and so prefer them to the service of your friends, at any Feast or Banquet, or otherwise bestow them in gifts, as you shall find best occasion of their acceptance.   

CXIX. A very useful Secret for the making of divers Inks.  

1. For the Golden Ink.  
TAke crystal beaten, and temper it with the white of an egg, and write; and when it is dry, rub it over with a gold Ring.   

2. For Silver Ink.  
Take Black-lead, temper it with Eum-water, and write upon a black paper; and when it is dry, wipe it with a linen cloth, and it will shine like silver.   

3. For Yellow Ink.  
Take Saffron and Argil, and temper them with Gum-water, and it will appear a perfect Yellow.   

4. For Green Ink.  
Take verdigris and Argil, grind them together on a Marble-stone with a Moller: then temper it, and it will produce a perfect green colour.    

CXX. To make one speak in their sleep whatsoever you would demand.  
TAke the tongue of a water-Frog, and lay it on the head of one that is asleep, and it causeth them to speak in their sleep. Also the heart of a Toad, or night-Crow, or the fat of a Hare put upon the breast of one that is sleeping, causeth them to tell whatsoever shall be demanded of them: whereby pretty sport may be raised to the demander and others, when the party is awaked.   

CXXI. An easy Conclusion for the making of Gum-water.  
TAke to the quantity of a dish-full of fair water from the Conduit, and put thereto an handful of Gum, and let it stand three days; after which, temper it well; and when you have occasion to make use thereof, you shall find it perfect to your desire.   

CXXII. How to make a Thief afraid to come into your house.  
IT is credibly reported, that the Gall of a Cow, hid in some pri●ie or unknown place, will fear and astonish any that shall adventure to approach that place.   

CXXIII. How to cast a perfect Silver-colour upon any Copper.  
TAke of Wine-stone, of Allom, and of Salt, of each a like quantity: then grind them all together on a painter's stone; and withal, put thereto a leaf of Silver, and so grind it well with the rest of your s●uff: Having so done, put it in a Leaden pot of Earth, and therein put likewise your Copper a little while: then scrape it with a wire Brush, and you shall see the strange alteration thereof. But in case it come not, upon the first view, is its perfect change, you must let it lie a while longer th●rein, till it cometh to a more absolute colour of Silver.   

CXXIV. A sportive Conclusion, to make a whole Herd of cattle to flee from you in a Field, or follow you when you please.  
AS thou passest at any time thorough the Field, having about thee either a cloak or Coat; approaching before a Herd of cattle, suddenly s●oop down forward, and run backward at them, and they will flee from you, as so many Lambs from a Wolf: but presently again change your posture, and walk upright, and they will all follow you with wonder: But do the like again, (as before) and they will still be startled therewith, till you surcease, and leave them. This you may do to the fiercest Bull, Cow, or Ox, and daunt them.   

CXXV. To make Hair shine like Gold.  
TAke Colwint stalks, dry them, and burn them, and with their ashes make lie, and wash therewith your hair.   

CXXVI. How to make a 〈◊〉, that neither Rat nor Mouse shall eat or gnaw of your Cheese.  
THe Weasel, the Rat, and Mouse, are at such deadly hatred one with the other, as that, if you ●ut the brain of a Weasel into the 〈◊〉 or Curds whereof you intend to make your Cheese, neither Rats nor Mice will ever came to taste or eat thereof.   

CXXVII. A very easy and merry conceit, to keep off Fleas from your beds or chambers.  
PLinie reporteth, that if when you first hear the cuckoo, you mark well where your right foot standeth, and take up of that earth, the Fleas will by no means breed, either in your House or Chamber, where any of the same earth is thrown or scattered.   

CXXVIII. How to make of paper a Bird, Frog, or other artificial creature, to creep on the ground, flee, or run upon a wall or post.  
TAke a piece of Paper, and cut it with a knife or cizers into the form of the Figure before, (or what other you please:) then take a little piece of Wax, Pitch, or other glutenous stuff; and on the backside, where you see the letter A, place it: Then warm it at the fire and stick thereon a Fly, Beetle, or what other such small voluble creature you shall think fit: and you shall hereupon behold a very pretty conceited motion, with content sufficient, and a kind of pleasant admiration.   

CXXIX. How to make pretty Sport amongst Ducks, Hens, or other poultry.  
FOr the effecting of this Conceit, take a piece of thread about some two foot long; and at the one end thereof, tie a little piece of Red cloth, or of some other colour that is light; then, at the other end, tie a piece of the pa●i●● of cheese so big as they may well swallo●, and throw it amongst them, with other meat▪ and they that take it down, (as one of them will) will thereby make pretty Sport.   

CXXX. A way to make Discord or Peace between any Parties.  
MAny learned Authors do relate of the strange operation which is to be found in the stone of a mad Dog, and how the same, being put into drink, is said to move a great dissension between those Parties who shall happen to drink thereof. The like (on the contrary part) may be averted concerning the validity which consisteth in the heart and brains of the turtledove, viz. that if any do in their drink or otherwise partake of either, they shall thereby be inclined to peace, and moved with true affection.   

CXXXI. How to make a sportive Conclusion with a Cat, by putting her into a small Washing-bowl in a Pond, Thames, or other River.  
BRing forth a small Washing-bowl, and put therein a Ca●: then shove the Bowl and Cat into a great Pond, the Thames, or other River, (in a calm:) when you have so done, manage your Spaniels or other Dogs that will take the water, or be apt to bait a Cat, and you shall have dainty sport: For the Dogs with their feet will turn the bottom of the Bowl upwards; the Cat being in the water, will still flee to her little Pinnace she first boarded, namely, the Washing-bowl; betwixt which will appear a terrible Sea-fight in fresh wat●r.   

CXXXII. How to make a pretty house-sport with a Cat.  
CAtch your Cat, and take a Hawk● bell, or the like: then tie a thread to the bell; and about half an inch from the bell, tie a knot: then bind it fast to the end of her tail, and let her lose; whereby you shall see pretty sport.  
Also you may take Walnut-shells, when the kernels are out, and put therein a little ●rum of Pitch, and warm them against the fire: then shoe her on all her four feet: Then put her into a dark room, and she will never rest quiet, but keep herself so trampling, that the noise thereof, to those that only hear, not knowing what you have done, will seem strange, and indeed delectable.   

CXXXIII. How to make a Cat to piss out the fire.  
TAke a Cat▪ and, with a glove on your hand, hold all her four feet together: then hold her head fast between your legs: when you have so d●ne, go to the fire, and hold up her tail, and you shall see her spout forth presently.   

CXXXIV. How a Wager may be laid, that a Cat shall draw a simple fellow over a Pond, Moat, &c.  
TAke a long Rope, and tie it about the fell●ws middle very fast: then get the other end of the Rope on the other side of the Pond: when you have so done, tie the Cat with a small packthread to the Rope. Now you must imagine, that the Rope must reach a good way from the Cat, and put it thorough some bushes or weeds, behind which you must have two or three Confederates, (so that the fellow see them not.) Then, when all is ready, one must whip or beat the Cat, and then your Con●orts must pull the Rope quickly over: and when he is come to the shore, they may 〈◊〉 convey themselves away; for he will ha●e small mind to eye them.   

CXXXV. An approved artificial Conclusion, for the making of Paste-royal, white.  
TAke of your finest Gum-Dragant, and infuse it in Rose-water; which (being dissolved) strain it thorough a fine linen cloth, and beat it with a little fine sersed Sugar: it will require beating the longer, because by this means it grows the whiter: When it is grown somewhat stiff, (as it will do by adding Sugar unto it) then take it forth, and put it in your mould very thin, and dry it in your stow, and you will find it useful for best occasions.   

CXXXVI. Of an Herb which will make one to be very forgetful.  
SOme do write, that there is a Tree or Herb called Lutos, that if any do eat the fruit thereof, they shall quite forget all sorrow; nay, it will make them forget their own country and birth.   

CXXXVII. How to drive away all enchantments, or Witchcraft.  
ALl Beasts do naturally detest the female-Pimpernel, but not the male, as sundry Authors affirm. And it is credibly witnessed, that this Pimpernel, laid under the threshold of the door, driveth away all manner of enchantments and Witchcraft.   

CXXXVIII. How you may serve a Tapster such a trick, that he shall not be able to froth his Cans or jugs.  
PRovide but in readiness the skin of a Red Herring, and at some time or other, when the Tapster is absent, do but rub a little on the inside of his Pots, Cans, or juggs, and he shall not in any wise be able to froth them for a long time after, although he would. This is a Conceit to cozen the Tapster, when he would cozen you.   

CXXXIX. A natural means to preserve your house in safety from Thunder and Lightning.  
AN ancient Author reciteth (among diver● other Experiments of Nature which he had found out) that if the herb 〈…〉 Syn●reen do grow on the hou●● 〈◊〉, the same house is never stricke● with Lightning or Thunder.   

CXL. A good Drink for Travellers, or suchlike, when they shall happen to want either Ale or Beer in their inn.  
TAke a quart of good fair Water, and put into the same some half a dozen spoonfuls of Wine-vinegar; or, for failing, as much Aqua vitae, a little Sugar, Borage, time, and Rosemary: then brew them well together out of one pot into another, and you shall find it a good and wholesome drink, especially in Summer.   

CXLI. How to keep Beer or Ale from souring in the heat of Summer, or when it beginneth to be dead.  
TAke Mugwort, and put it into Ale or Beer in the heat of Summer, so that you put in a quantity according to the proportion of your Drink: for the greater quantity requireth also the greater quantity of this Mugwort.  
Otherwise, put a handful or two of Oatmeal, or else of ground Malt, into your vessel of Ale or Beer, and afterward stir the same well together, and let it settle a little, and it will become fresh. Or else put into the vessel the roots of Ireos, Organy, and Barberries.   

CXLII. How to take Crows, Kites, Magpies, or Jackdaws, alive.  
TAke any piece of raw Flesh, or Liver of a Beast, and slice it into small morsels, that they may swallow it: then take the powder or slices of Nux vomica, and (making holes in the flesh) put it into the same, and lay it where they haunt; and presently after they have eaten of it, they will take to a tree as soon as they can, and suddenly totter and fall down; where you may with your hands easily take them: but they will quickly recover again.   

CXLIII. To hang a Gourd, Cucumber, or great Apple up in your house, that you may have Wheat, Barley, Rye, or Pease to grow out thereof.  
TAke a Gourd Cucumber, or great Apple, and with a skewer or butcher's prick, make holes therein a little way, and in those holes put the slender ends in of Wheat, Barley, or Rye, so that they may be buried: Then take a packthread or Brown thread, and tie it cross the Gourd, and so hang it up in your house, and, in short time, your seed of these several sorts will sprout and grow forth, and (for the Conceit) seem very rare.   

CXLIV. How to find out a delusion of the Vintners, in mixing Water with their Clarets and Whites, or Honey with their other Sweet Wines.  
IF you suspect your French Wines (as Clarets or Whites) to be mingled with Water, (which you may partly perceive, by the thinness about the verge or brink of the Glass;) the best way to find out the delusion thereof, is, to put a Pear pared into the Glass; and if it doth swim aloft upon the Wine, it is a pregnant evidence that the Wine is perfect, and unmingled; but if it sink to the bottom, then of a certain Water is mingled therewith.  
If you likewise have any suspicion of your Sweet Wines, (as Canaries, Maligoes, &c.) that they should be mingled with Honey; you may find out the trick in this manner: Take a few drops of the Wine, and pour them on a hot plate of Iron, and the Wine will soon dissolve, but the Honey remain and thicken.   

CXLV. To preserve a man from being drunk, or make a drunken man to become sober again.  
HE that will preserve himself from being drunk, let him drink, in a morning fasting, salad-oil; or eat the marrow of Pork fasting.  
Otherwise, if a man (being drunk) would become sober, let him eat Coleworts, or drink a good draught of Vinegar, or wash his privy members therewith.   

CXLVI. The virtue of a rare Cole, that is to be found but one hour in the day, and one day in the year.  
DIvers Authors affirm concerning the verity and virtue of this coal, viz. That it is only to be found upon Midsummer-Eve (being the Eve of Saint John the Baptist) just at noon, under every root of Plantine and of Mugwort: The effects whereof are wonderful; for whosoever weareth or beareth the same about with them, shall be freed from the Plague, Fever, Ague, and sundry other diseases. And one Author especially writeth, and constantly averreth, that he never knew any that used to carry of this marvellous coal about them, who ever were (to his knowledge) sick of the Plague, or (indeed) complained of any other malady.  
FINIS.   

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July 26. 1688. Rob. Midgley.