'M l 1^ / ri .,■■■- ^-. 3 1 ^ ^J v^^' '"•■. W?|l THE MY5TERYES OF NATVRE .AND ART . L'Onteinediit jour'C- \r/^e tiurd'ofvtxax.mxiq^. CoCounng, Painting, attd" €rt^rauing , (T/ie fourt/i7f cCivers 6xjieHfnentf,as ^^1 feryicml^/e as Je/t^ntfttf: j?art^J \CoCfectecCancCpartCi ^t&Auth^sJj^ Peculiar Jpractue.ancf ^n vetrlian 1 m-pratei at Loiufon for and l^y amis Cfturchat I TO THE %EAVE% Ourteous Reader^; this enfuing TreatifeV hath, lien by mee a long time, penned, but in a confu- fed and undigefted man-- ner,as I gathered it, pradlifed, or found it out by induftry and experience. It was not in my minde to have as yet ex- poled it to the publique view : but being lollicitedby tneintreaties of feme, and thpfe not afew, to impart to each parti- cular perfon whathis.^fwm moft affe- dted ; I was enforced as well for the fa- tisfying of their requefts, as for the a- A voydance To the ^ader. voydance of many inconveniences, to difpofe in feme order fuch Experiments as for the prefent 1 was content to im- part. Exped: no elegancy of phrafe/or my time would not afford that, ( nor indeed my ielfe to be the tranfcriber.) I endeavored as much as I could, to write in plaine termes, that in regard of the eafinefle thereof it might fuit with the meaneft capacity. The whole boc^ confifteth of fbure parts : The firft whereof treateth of VVater-workes. The fecond of Fire-workes. The third of Drawing, Painting, Graving, and Etching. The fourth and laft part trca^ teth of feverall Experiments, as well fer- viceable as delightfull : which becaule they are confufedly intermixed, I have entituled them Extrayagants. Now my chiefeftayine and end be- ing the generall good, I could wifti a ge- neral] To the Reader, nerali acceptance, but that \s too uncef- taine to expedl: I will content my felfc that I am already certw^ine that thefe my firftand weak endeavours will finde ac- ceptance with fome, and I hope alfo with all honeft and indifferent Readers; as for others, hap as hap may me, it is not to be doubted, but that I (hall fcape as well as many my betters have done before me. Farewell. Your Welhiikry kz To To my friejid the Authour, upon his My- fterics of Nature and Arr. WHe^j I. [can ever with a hnfj eje ihe timdj fruits of thj va(l iftdtiftrj^ Ohferuing h^mthoufiarchefl out the heart Of Knowledge^ through th* t4ntroddenvathi$ of Art i. How eafily thy affive minde dif cries J^aturef obfcu^e and hidden raritks, No greater wonder than thy felfe I finde^ The chiefefl rariifs thy aBiveminde, which fo fore-runs thy age. 7 hy forward faring Buds forth betimes^ and thou art fuhlilhing E'vn in the morning of thy day^fofoone, what others are tolearne till th'afternoone* Nowftnce thy fir ft attempts exposed thm hafi To ptiblickc^nfire^ and the Dy is cafi^ Donht not ofgoodfuccejfe : the early rofe i Thotfi knowfi) isfnatcht at^ evn before it bhweso Climbe higher yet '^ let thy qmkfighted eyes Venture againefdr new difcoveries : NorbetboH rmz^er dike^fo enviotu^ K^$ to detains what ere thou findfiy from us -^ M&i make the world thy debtor . be thotiftill x^s optH' handed to impart thy skiS^ A^s now thou art ; andmay thy teeming braine 3f4ngoften forth fuch lufty Births againe* R*0. iiii^iisiiiii Of If^ater-Ji^or^. T haih been an old faying amongft Philofophers, and otperiencc doth prove it to be true, Non datur yacu^ um^ that is to fay. Nature will not admit of any vacuityj or emptinefle. For fomc one or other of the Elements, but efpccially Ayre, and Water doe infert themfelves into all manner of concavities, or hoUow^neffes, in, or upon theearthj whether they are fuchas are formed either by Art or Nature. For the one it is fo obvious^ and manifeft, as that it needs not any proofeat all As for the otherj (hall make it manifeft unto you by eafiedemonft ration. Let there be gotten a large veflell of glaffe, or other, having befides the mouth another hole (though but a little one) at the top : poure water into the vcflellby a tunneil thruft into the mouth of it, and you (hall finde that as the water runneth into the veflelL a winde will A I come come forth of the littk hole, fufficient to blow out a candle being held over it* This provcth, that before the water was poured into the veffell (though to our fight it appeared to bee empty) it was full of ayre, which forced out of the vef-^ fell as the water ran in ; and the reafbn hereof is , becaufc the water is by nature of a maffie, Tub- till, lubftance j and the ayre of a windy, light, e- vaporacive nature ; The knowledge of this^with the rarifaaion of inclofed ayre, is the ground and foundation of divers excellent experiments not unworthy the knowledge of any ingenious Artift whatfoever* The order of thethings contayned in the firft bookc. Experiments ofdrdmng water iy the Crane. Experiments ofdrawing water by Bngins^ \ Experiments of forcing water by ayrecomfreffei. Experiments of forcing water by En gins. Experiments of producing founds bj ayre and water. Experiments cffroducingfounds by evaf oration of water 6yfire. Experiments ofproducingfmndt by Engins. Experiments ofmotions by evaporatingwater. Experiments ofmotions by rarifyingayre. Of Water- workes. To dra^sp "Skater by a Crane s » Ake any vcflcUjof what bigncs you pleafc, ' fill it with wotcf, then take a Crane/chat is a crooked hollow Canc)onc end wher* of,Ict be fomcwhat longer then the other; put the (hortercndof it into the vcffclioF water, and let the longer end bang out of the veffell, unto which longer end, put your mouth, and draw in your breatJh , and the water will follow ; then withdraw your mouth , and you (hall ftc the water runnc fo long , till it come equall to that end of the Ganc which is within thevcffell. \Anothet. npAke a deepc veffeir, having two loopes on one of the * fides, fill itiiigh full with water : then take a hollow Gane, like unto the aforefiyd, but let there bee faftncd unto the Qiortcr end a wooden diili j put the longer end- B • heercot IhefirflBooke hccrcof through the loopcs on the fidcj and thaecndthathaththcdifli fdftticd unto it into the velTcll of wa- ter, with your tnoutd as you did in the former > draw out the ayre, and you fhall fee that as the water runneth out, the Crane will finke lower and lower, and fo will continue running uniiil the jveffcll bee dra wen empty. Hb^ to make a conceitedpot^ yphich bemgfiUedmth ypater^ wili qfiPjelfe run all oup 5 but not being filled 'SdiU not run out. Ake, or caufcapoc tobeemadeofwhatfalbionbeft liketh your mind, and make a large hollow cane to ftand up in ihc midft thereof 5 having at the bottome 2 or 3 fmall holes ; let the top of this cane be clofe ; then make a hole ih the battomc of the veflell , and put up a little cane hollow at both ends,into the other canc,fo that the one end therof may almoft touch the top of the great cane^anditisdone. Note, that ifyou put into this veflcl fo much liquor, that it fwimraeabove the top of the cane, it will of its ownc accord , run and never ceafc fo long as there is any liquor in the veffell •, but ifyou fill it below tjie cane, it will not run at all of it fclfe; the rcafon whereof is this ; the ay re being the lighter clement, doth afcend into the higher place, but being drawneasin the two firft demonflrations out of the ' Crane,or forced, as in this, by the weight of the water in the vefTel! , the water then tcndctb downewards unto its proper place. Het^ Mi ofWatcr^wm^h^u Bo'^to di^ofe z rve(fels rpon onefooty thdf fo mv-'^ wne may runne out of the mey asvou/hauh. water into the other. LEt A, B, Ci D, be the foot, at each end whcrcof,place a veffellequallin bigneffe, theonctotheother5 as D, E ; alfo let there paffe a hollow cane from the one to the othcr,as A, R, A, the en^s vvherofmuftalmoft touch the tops of the faydc veflels ; in the vcflTcU D , there muft bee a hollow pipe , as F, whereby you may by help of 3 tunnel powr water into the vciTci!: alfo in the veffell E, there muft be a crane, asG. now if you fill the veffelE with wine almoft unto the top of the crane, and af- terwards ftoppe the mouth of tbevcfTclI^ that the ^ayrc may not breath foorth, it will not run of it felfc : but if you put water into the veffell D, thcayrecantayiicdinit, will paffe through the hollow pipe, AjRj A, into the vcffelE, where ftriving for a greater quantity ofroome,ir prcfferh thcwineoutof thc\^eirdlE, (by the crane) anfwcrablc inquantity unto the waccrpowrcd insQthcveSc!! D. 2 s How ^ 7heflrjl Bo^h How to dijpofe i a^ijfeh tipcn one foot ^ the one being empty ^ard the other almoftfuU of mm^andyetfhaU notriinneoiitofthe ^efell ^ mkjfeyouJiSthe empty aielJeHmth "Water :, andj^henthe one [hall run pure wine^ the other fayre neater. T Et there bee 2 veflcls placed upon one foot, having a ■^ hallow cane paffing from one to the othcr(as I taught in the precedent problcme ) but kt there bee 2 crancsas F3 G, one in each vcffell • then fill one of the veflels with ~ wine, but not above the crane, fo it will not runnc of it felfe : but if you powrc water into the other vcffcll, untill it bee full, it will caufe that wine fhall runne out of the one, and clearc water out of the other, 7o make that the ypater conteined in one yeJfeOj^/bal afcend into another rvejJeU placed ahoye it. T Et A, B, Q D, bcea vcfTc!! having a partition in the ^ middle, as E, F, let there be placed upon this vcfTell, a Cylinder of Glaflccleare, and very tranfparant,that will oontayne the fame quantity of water, that one of the par* titions titionswill, nsT,G,H . in the lowermoft partition to- wards the bottomc, let there bee a cockc , and out of the fame vcffcll let two pipes be made to paflc, the one whcr- ofrcachcth almoft unto the top of the Cylinder , iheo- ther mud conse out by the fide of the Cylinder .• alfo out of the upper partiti- on there muft come another pipe. More- over there muft be a hole, through the top of the upper- moft partition as Y. Fill the lower parti- tion at the pipe, alfo the upper partition by the hole Y; note then that if youturn the cockc as the wa- ter runneth out of the lower partition, the water contained in the upper partiti- o wil afccnd throgh the pipe into the glaffc Cylinder. When all the water in the lower partition is runne out at the cocke, then the wa- ter which before did afccnd intothe Cylinder ," will fall backeagaine into the upper partition : after this manner may you compofe anartificiall water clocke, if you note the howresupon the Cylinder, and make the cocke after fuch manner , as that the water may iffue out but by droppes. B3 79 f. The^rft Bmh > make a cup or rveffeHthatfi oft as you take the liqtior out ofit-ifo ofi it jhaU fill it Jelfc^ , but neyerrunne oyer C Vppofe A to bee a vcffell full of water, having a pipe ^ conitning from the bottome , and rifing up into a cup of the juft height that the vcffell is of 5 over the vcffell fild with water, let there be placed another vcffel, as£. From this veffcll muft come a pipe, and reach with in the o- thcrveflcll. Now oucr this vcffeli there bang- eth, as it were, the beame of a fcaici at the one cndc whereof, is faftened a pcece of boord, ha- oing a lea- thernsyled upon tbn top»nt the ether other cndofthisbcamcmuft hang a weight, but not full fo heauic as the peecc of boord Icthercd is. Fill both tbcfe vcffclls with watcr,and the cup al(o ; note ihen,that if you f uckc out the water in the cup by the pipe on the fide of it,the watcrin the vcflcll will come into it, untill it is in bothofequall height : now as the water fallcth downcin A, the pecce of boord that is hanged unto one end of the beamc fallcth after it ( becaufc it is heauier then the weighty and fo giueth way unto the water in E, which runneth into it ; and when the vcffell is filled againc with water, it bcarcth up the faydpccce of boord againft the pipe of :hc vcffell E, fo that the water can run out thereat no longer, except the water bee agaiac drawnequtoflhe cup.* Of drawing water by Engines. T5 Efore I begin with ihcfc , take a word or two by the ^ way* Let it bee a gencrall notion that no engine for water workes of what fortfbeucr, whether for fcruicc, or mecre pleafure, can be made without the help of Succursj Forcers, or Clackcs ; euery of which, I haue orderly ex- play ned both by words and demonftratiue figures. A Succur is a box, which is made of braffe (hauing no bottomc) in the middcft of which, there isa fmall bar go- cth croffe, the faftic hauing a hole in the middle of it ; this box hath a lid fo exaftly fitted unto it, that being put in- to it, no ayre nor water can paffcbetweene the crcuife:this couer hath a little button on the top,and a fcnme that go- cth into the box, and fo through the holcof theaforefayd croffe barre , and afterwards it hath a little button riuctcd on 8 ThenrfiBoGke on it, fo that it may with eafc flip up and downe, but not be taken, orflip quite out. A ForcerJs a plug @f wood cxailly turned and leaihc^ red about i the end that gosth into the bar- ^,,,,,g, rell, isfcaiicircularly concauc. • fM^-. A Clacke is a pccce of Leather nayled ouer any ho!c; hauingape-eceoflcad tomake itiiccloft, fothac the ay re or water in any veflcUmay thereby bee liept from going out. How to harden Leather ^fo cu the fame (ball lafi much longer infuccurs of Pumps ^ then it doth unprepared.' L Ay fuch Leather as is well tanned to foakc in water, wherein there hath bcenc ftorc of iron filings a long time, or elfe in the water that hath lien a long time under a grinftone, into the which fuch yron as hath beene from time to time ground away, h|th fallen and there fetled. The making of a Pumpe to drayo TPater^ OVppofe A B C werca dccpe Wcl,whcreft you woulci ^ make a Pumpe to draw water to the furfaceorfuperfi- cics of the earth. Firft therefore you myft prouidc a pipe of Lead, or a pccce of timber bored through , fo long as will reach unto the bottome of the Well : thatpart that ftandeth in the water muft bee cue with two or three arches, as it were, if it be wood 5 if Leadc, it mufthaue fomewhat .to bearc it a Httlcfrom the bottome, that the water may thereby bee let into the pipe. Towards the bottome bottome of the pipe in the water there muft bee faflncd a fuccur^ alfo another of ihcfc fuccurs muft bcfaftned aboiu two foot abouc the top of the ground ; then haue a bucket fitted unrothe hole of the wood or leaden pipe • lot it bee well leathered abouc, and haue a clackeatthe bottome of if, and lee it bee hanged with a fwecpc as the figure (heweth/ note that after you haue filled thediftancc bctweenc the lower fuccur, and the bucket with water , that if you lift upthcfweepe, it will ^thruft downe the bucket upon ' the water, and preffe it,the wa- ter being preflcd upon by the bucket, bearethup the clacke, jftid comes intothe bucket; then if you pull downe the fwccpe, the clacke fliutteth , aad fo the water remaynes in the backet, which being drawcn upward, there being nothing to follow but water, both the fuccnrs open , and there commeih into the pump fo much water as the buckets drew out. *r^* lO The firfi Booh The making of an Engin, wberehyyou may dra^ m- teromofadeepeWeO, ormomt any^yerwter, to be conveyed to anyplace -within three or jour e miles of the fame. Jlfo it is ufedin great (hips rphich 1 hayefeenc^. CVppofc ABCDtobcadccpeWcll, andEFtobca Oftrone pcccc of timber faftned athwart the fame, a ^ * good way in the water. In this plankc let there bee fattened a pecce of timber with a flrong wheeleinit, as G H;, hauing ftrong yron fpikes droue a- thwart the wheele within the creuife, and ftrongly riuetcdon each fide ,• let them be three or fourc inches diftant from each other* Let there bee likewifc made in the fayde ptanke two holes, in which fct two hollow poftsjthat may reach to the top of the Well, or/omuch higher as you dcfire to mount the wa- ter 5 let them bee madefaft that they ftirre not. In the bottom of one of thefc pofts,thcrc muft be faftned a barrel! of brgflc, as G H5 made very fmooth with- in,andbctwixt thofc two pofls at the top % let there b€e^&|d||||iy^m both another pccct of Water ^works. i r peccc of flrong timb(^r to hoid rhem faft, left they ftart a- iunder \ and in the midft of that make a mortice, and in \t fallen yiirongpeeceot timber with a vvheclelikc to the former mentioned s the pin wiicrcofoughtta bee made faft unto the whceic , and hauea crooked handle to turns about, that by turning of it, you may turne the wheclc alfo. rhcn prouide a ftrong yron chay ne of length fuffi- cient, hauing on cuery third or fourth iinkc apeeceof hornc, thae willcafily goc through the brjffc birrell, and a leather of each fide ofit, but fomewhac broader then the home 5 put this chaync under tht lower whecle in the Well upon both the hollow pofls, draw it oucr the upper wheele,and linkeicfaftand ftraight.Turnthcn the handle round, and it will turnc the chay ne round, whole leathers comtning up the brafle barrell, will beare the wa* tcr before them ^ this goeth very ftrongly, and therefore had nccde bee made with whcclcs and wrought upon by horfcs, for fo the water is wrought up at Broken Wharfc in London. To make anEngin^ which beingpUced in ^ater'^i^ cafltbejame with rviolencei^Mgh. LEtthcrcke prepared a ftrong table, with afwcepcfa* ftencd aj the one end thereof, loHftupanddowncj unto the end of the fwcepe, let there be linked a p-jcce o? yron hauing two rods of length fuflScient ^ let there bee made a hole quite through the midft of this table, whofc diameter let be about fiuc or fix inchesi then prouide two pceces of brafte in forme oi hattes, but let tht; brim of the uppermoft be but about one inch broad, and haue diucrs little holes round about it ^ alfo in the crown of this tnuft C a be ^^ ThefirfiBooke bcc placed alargcfuc- car, and o- ucritabalf ^globe, fro the top of which, muft pro- ceed a hoi* lowtrunke aboute a yard long, and of a good wide Sore 5 thctt take good liquored leather, 2 or 3 times doable, 5c put be- twecne the board and the brims of this, and with diuers lieik fcrews put through the holes of the brirame , fcrcw it faft unto the top of the table. Note that the table mufi bee leathe- red alfo underneath the compaffcof the brimme of the lower brade. Now the lowermoft braffe muft be of equal diameter (in hollo wnefle) unto the other, but it muft be morcfpirall towards the bottomc , and muft haue cy thcr alargcclackcor fuccurfaftnedin it ^ alfo the brim of this muft be larger then that of the uppcrmoft , and haue two holes made about the raidft on each fide one 5 bore then 2 holes holes in the tablc,on each fide of chcbrafle onc,anfwcra- blc unto the holes of the brim of the lower braiTc> throgh which holes put the two rods , of the yron hanged unto the fweepe through them , and riuet them flrongly into the holes ofthe lower braffe. Place this in water, and by mouing the fweepe up and downc, it will with greater vi^ olencc caft the water on high* Experiments of forcing -^aterbyayer comprejfed. I Et there bee a large pot or veffell , hauing at the fide a peeccof wood made hollow , hauing a clackc of lea- ther with a peece of lead upon it, within the veffell alfo let there be a pipe througa the top ofthe veffell, reaching almoft to the botom of it; at the top of which letthercbearoundhol low ball , and on it a fmall cocke of braffe» Note that ifyoufil! the faid veffell halfe. lull of water, and blow^ into the hole of the pipe, at the fide, your brca:h will lift up chc clack, ^nd enter chc vclTcll.but when it is in , it will preffc down the clack ,: blowinto it oftentimes, fo {liaH thpre bc€ a great deale*ofayrc in the vcffd!^ which vyiil prcffe fo hard upon the water, ihnz if you turne the cock at the cop, the water in the veffell will fpin out a good while. -C 3 Afidth^Tj J4 lioefirpBooh Another* I Et AjBjC^D, be a great vcffell', having a partition -^^^-^ in the middle 5 kt there bee a large tunncll at the top^ ofit, E, F,whofs neck tnuftgo into the bottom almoftof the lower veffcli .* let thtrc be a hollow pipe a!fo coming out ot the partition, and almoft touch the top of the upper vef. fc!L In the top oi the upper vcffel! let there bee another pipe, reaching from the bottom of the upper veflell, and extend- ing it felfc out of the vcffell a good way : let the top of it hang cucr the tunnell. In the top of the upper vcffell let there be 2 hole befidcs, to be flopped with cork, or othcrwife : when yoa will ufe it, open the cork -hole, and fill thcup- pcr vctlcl with water .- then ftop itclofc againe, and poure water into the tunnell, and you fhall fee that the water in the upper veffell will run out of the pipe into the tunnell againe.and fo will continue running until! all the water in the upper vcffell be run out. The reafon thereof is this; the water in the tunnell prcfflng the ayrc in the lower vcffell, makcthit afcendthe pipe in the partition, and preffe the water in the upper vcffell, which having no o- ther way but the pipe, it runneth out thereat. ne The forcing of water hyprejfure^thai U the naturaH courfe of '^ater in regard of its heaamejfe and thinneffe, artificially contriyedp break out of what image you pleafe, LEt A,B, G, D, bee a ccftcrn placed upon a curious frame for the purpofe, let the bottom of this frame be made likcwife in the form ofa ccftern : Through the pil- lersofthis frame let there paffc hollow pipes from the bottom ofthc upper ceftcra, and dcfccnd to the bottom of the lower ceftern, and then run all to the middle there- of, and joyne in onc> and turnc up into the hollow body ofa beaft, bird, fi(b, or what your fancy moft afFedeth : let the hole of the image whereat the water mufl break out, be very fraall, for fo it will run the longer. Fill the upper ccftcrn with water, and by reafon of the weight thereof it will pafsc through thepipe5,andfpin out of the hole of the image. Experiments of forcing 'Skater hy Engins. LEt there bee an even ftreight barrcll of brafle of what length and bigncffe you pleafe : let the bottom of it be open, and let the top be clofcd, but fo that it be hollow on the outfide like a bafin ; in thcmidft whereof let there bee a ftraight pipe ereftcd, open at both ends, alfo let there beanotherthorujmc at the fide of it, which let bee even with the tOQi^j^BiUL^n the outfide, but fland a little :r tho^jmc at the o^^j^ll^ont i6 The firft Booh little from it on the fioc Having thus prepared the barrcll, fit a good thick board unto it, (o that it may flip cafily up and down from the top of the barrel! unto the bottom, nayle a kther about the edges of it, and another upon the top of it ; on the underfidc of it let there be faftned a good fliffe, but flexible fpring of ftecle,which may thrufl the board from the bottom to the top of the barrel! : let the foot of this fpring reft upon a barrcfaftnedacros the bottom of the barrelUlet this board alfo have tied at the middle a lit- tle rope of length fufficicnt. When you ufc it, bore a lit- tle hole in the table that you (ct it on, to put the rope tho- row, and pull the rope down, which will contrail the fpring, and with it draw down the board : thcnpourc in water at the bafin untill the veflfell be full .* Note then, as you let flack the rope, the water will fpirt out of the pipe, in the middle, and as you puUitflraight, the water will run into the veflcll againe. You may make birds> or di«> vers images at the top of the pipC| out of which the watef may break. Jnotbit ofWater-'9^or}es^ 17 Jnother manner of forcing yoater^ 'thereby the -^a- ter ofany^ring may be forced unto the top of a hill, LEt there be two hollow pofts, with a fuccur at the bottom of each, alfba fuccur nigh the top of each .• lee there be faftncd unto both thefc ports a ftrong pec cc rf timber, having, asitwcrCjabeamcorfcale pinned in it, and having two Iayi||j||H£^cndo^ of f .-.^K i8 ThefirJlBooke both thcfc hollow pofts faften two brafle barrels, made very even and fmooth within, unco thcfc two barrels let there be fitted two forcers, lethered according to art, at the tops of thefe forcers rauft be faftned twoyrons,which muft bee linked unto cheaforefaid beam ; from each port below towards the end of the barrels, let there bee two leaden pipes, which afterward meetinonc^toconduft the water up to the place defir^, which ifit bee very high, there will benced of fomefiiccurs to catch the vva- terasitcometh. 7he defcriptton ofanBngin to force water up to a high place; yeryufifullforto quench fire amongfl buildings. LEt there be a brafle barrcll provided, having two fuc* curs in the bottom of it.' let it a'fo have a good large "^ pipe going up one fide of it with a fuc- cur nigh unto the top of it, and above the fuccur a hollow round ball, having a pipe at the top of it mad^to fcrewano^ thcr pipe upon ir, to direft the water to anyplace. Then fit a forcer unto the barrcll with a handle faftned unto the top i at the upptr end ofthisCoccer drive a ftraaiHto^^^d at the Tovvcr end of Water ^yvorks. ip end a fcrcw nut,at the bottom of thcbarrcll faftcn a fcrcw, andatthebaircihatgocthcrolTcchc top of the barrel), kt there bs another fcrcw nut : put them all in order, and fiiften th: whole to a good ftrongfranfic,thatit may ftand fteddy, and ic i« done. Whcii you ufc it, either place it in the water, or over a kcnncll, and drive the water up to if, and by moving the handle to and fro, it will caft the water with mighty force up to any place you direft it. Experiments of poducing founds by ayer and water. LEt there bee had in a rcadinefle a pot made after the forme of the figure following, having a little hole at the top, in the which fatten a reed or pipe, al- fo another little hole at the bottom : preffc this pot into a bucket of wa- ter, and ic will make a loudnoyfe. Another. T Et there be a cefternof lead or fuch like, having a tun * "^nell on the top : let it bee placed under the fall of a D 2 Conduit, Conduit, and at fl%e onccndofthc top, let there come outof thevcdellafniaUpipc, which let bee bent into a cu p of water, and there will be heard a ft range voice. O vcr this pipe youomay make an artificiall tree with diuers birds made to Rt therein. Ho^ to make that a bird fitting on ^ hafis^ fhaU make a noifey and drink out of a cup ofypa- tery being heldto the mouth of it. PRovidc a ccftcrn , having a^unneil ac the one end of the top, and a little cane com- ing out of the other end of the veffeli % on the top of which let there be a bird made to i\t^ aifo at the botrom oftheceftern, let there I bcc a crane to carry a- f way the water ss ic run- ofWaier-'^orkes. u runneth into the vcflcll. Place this vcflcll with its tunncll under the fall of a conduit of water, and rhe bird will fing . and if you hold a cup of water under his bill, hcc will drink and make a noifc. JdeyiccypberebyfeyeraU (voyces of birds cherping may be heatd. ERcparc a ccftern having divers partitions, one above another ; let them all have cranes in the bottoms to carry the water from one to another ; alfo let each ceftcrn have his fevcrall pipe, all of them coming out attfaetopoftheccftern, on whofe tops let birds bee artificially made, with reeds in them: alfo in the top of the upper ceftern let there bee a tunnelL Place it under the fallofacbn- duit of water, and you ftiill hcare fo many fc- verall voyccs as there are birds. \A dey ice whereby the figure of a manfiandi'^g on a bafis (haU be made to found a trumpet ^ PRcpare a ceftcrn having within> on the !id faftncd a concave hemirpherc, in ^hofe bottom lee thens bic D 3 made zi The (kfi Booh made one or two holes : let there alfo be a hole in the top of the fayd ccftcrn, whereby it may bee filled with watct as occafion krveth. Alio let there bee made to ftand on the top of this ce- flcrn the image of a man holding unto his mouth a trum- pet/this image muft like wife have a (len- der pipe coming out of the ceftcrn unto the trumpet, in this pipe or cane there muftbeacock,nigh unto the tcftern. Al- fo there muft come oue of the concave hcmifphere at the fide of theccftern, a little Qiort pipe, having a clack on it within the veffell- Fill theceflcrn a- bout two thirds full of water, and then cork it up faf^, blow then into the veffell at the pipe on the fide divers times, and the ayer will force the water out of the hemi- fpherc,andmakcitrifeuponihe fides of it j turncthen the cock, and the weight of the water will force the ayer out of the pipe, and fo caufe the trumpet to found. Eercules (hooting at a Dragon^ -s^ho cufoonecu hehathfhotihijfethathim. LEt there be a ccftern having a partition in the midft, in the partition kt there bee a deep fuccur, having a fjnall fmallropcfaftncduntothetopofit : let the one end of the rope eome out of the upper lid of the ceftern, and bee faftned unto a ball, the other part thereof kt it Jbe put under a pulley (faftned in the par- tition j and let it be car- ried alfo out of the up- per ccftern, and be faft- ned unto the armc ef the image, which muft bee made to flip to and againe^and to take hold of the ftringof a ftecle bow that is held in the other hand. At the other end of the ceftern let there bee made an artificiali image q\ a Dragon, through whofc body muft come a fmall pipe with a reed artificially faft- ned in the upper part thereof. No:c then, that when you put up the ball, the image will draw his bow, and when you let it fall, the Dragon will hiffe. Experiments Qf producing founds hj eyapora- tionof'^aurbyayer. 4 pRcparc a round vefTcll of -*- brafTc, or latin, having a croo- ked pipe or neck, whereto faften a pipe ; put this veflcll upou a trevet over the fire, and it wil make a ftirill whiftling noyfe. To H Thefirji Booh To make two images Jacrificing^ and a Dragon hifwg^ p ^epare a ceftcrn having an altar of brafTe or tin upcn -*- ic.ictthcrebcintheccftcrn a hollow pipe turning up out of the ccftcra at each end 4 alfo in the middle within the altar, alfo on the fide of the altar into the body of a dra- gon artificially made, with a reed in the mouth of it. Let there bee two boxes at the tops of the pipes, on the ends of the ceftern , having two crooked pipes or cranes comming out of them. Fill the boxes with water when you occupy it, alfo put fire upon the altar, and the dragon will hiffe,. and the water in the two boxes being wroughtuponbytheheat of the fire comming thorow ^thc pipes, will drop into the fire. Thefe two boxes ought tobeinclofcdinthe bodies of two images, and the two fbort cranes comming out of them in her armes and hands. )enfnents ofWater-y^orhs. ^5 Experiments of producing founds by Engm . PReparca vcffcll after the forme of the figure marked withthc letters A, BjQDi place it upon a frame, as F, Gj H i this veflcll mufl: have a hole in the bottom,with apipcfaftncdinitjasQjtoconvay the water conteyned in it intoaveffellor tub fct un- der it, marked with the letters R, S, T, alfo a frame muft bes faftncd at the top of it, as G, H, L, having fo many bels with little beaters or hammers to them (artificially hanged) as are rcquifit toexpreflcyour dc- defired tunc' Laftly provide z follid peecc of timber, whofc lower part muft bee fitted unto the aforefayd vefTell, fo that it mayeafily flip^'up and down, and fo high as chat its foot retting upon the bottom of the veffell, the upper part thereoi may Hand fomcwhat above all the bels. Note lifcewifc that that part of this wood abouc its bottom or foot muft be cut away about three quarters of ^ an inch. Vpon this wood thus fitted muft bee faftncd feverall pins equall unto each bell, from the top unto the foot thereof, fo difpofcd that they may orderly prcOfe down the inward ends of the hammers of each bell, ac- E cording x^ TbefirfiBooke cording as the tunc gocth .• when youufc it, fill thccc- ficrn afmoft with water, and put ihc fitted peccc of tim. b:r into if, and as the water runneth out at the bottom, it it « 111 p!ay upon the bcls ? note that it were v^ry requi- fitto haac a cock faftned to the pipe on the bottom of the veffeHjxhat therewith you might at your pleafure (lay the water. The like engines might be made to play upon wy aft lings difpofed upon a concavous water, to make themVfickrcfound, but bccaufcthis dcfcription giueth light enough for the framing of diucrs other, I thought good hv^re to omit them. Experiments of motions by rarijying 'Skater '^itb fire. LEc there be an altar having a pipccomming out of it, and entring the body of a hollow ball« let there come out of the fame ball a crane, whofe low- er end make to hang ouer a bucket faflned to a rope, and hang* ing ouer a pulley, of which rope the o- ther end muft bee wound about two fpindlcsjhauingtwo doores faftned unto them, and at the cndofthc fame rcpe let there bee a waight faftned.- So tbcfireonthe altar will can fe the water to diftilj out of the ball into the bucket, which when by rcafon of the - water of Water ^mrku %y water it is become hcuicr then the weigbr, ft will draw it upi and fo open the faid gatts or licclc doores* Bxperimms cfmotmshyrdrifying a^rebyfire, T Eetherebca fotiftdvcffdlofglaffe, or horft> jindon *-th«$ top of it a vcfff U of brsflc, arrd In rhc midft a hol- low pipe fprci»ding it fclfc into foure fcucrall branches at the bot- torn : the ends of two of the branches muft turn up, the ends alio of two muft turn down; upon thefe four^* bran- ches faften a h'ght cord, with (euerall images fee uponit.Rarificth€ayre thcby laying a red-hot iron upon the top of the braflcor tin vefTell, and it will turn the wheele about, fothatyou would think the images to bee living crea' tures. ydnothev^ay. FIrft prepare a round peeceof wood, hauinga brafle boxinthemidft) fiich as they make to hang the ma- riners corapaffe with, but a good deale bigger, round a- bout this pcece of wctodf aftcn divers (hrcds of thin lat trn, \ Handing 28 IhefirfiBooke {landing obliqady or afccw, as the figure doth rcprcfent; round aboi^t thefe fallen a coffin of thin paftbord, cut into fcueraii formes of fifhcs, birds, hearts, or vvhatyou picafc. Prepare a lantern with oylcd parclimcnr, fufficicnt to conteine ir, in the midft of whofc bottom muft beccrefted a fpindic with a narrow point, to hang the paftbord cut into formes upon ; upon each fide let there be a focket for to fet a candle in, alfo let there bee made a doorc in the bottom to put the candles in at, and after to be (hut, and it is dooc. If you fet two candles in the fockcts, the heat of them will turne the whole paftbord of formes round. Amongft all the experiments pncumaticall, there is none more excellent than this of the Weaiher-glaffc : wherefore I haue laboured to dcfcribc the making thereof as plainly as it pofflbly might be. What the Weather -glajfe is. A Weather. glafTe is a ftruflurc of, at the Icaft, two glaffes, foraetimes of three, fourc, or more, ^as occaa- onferueth, inclofing a quantity of water, and a portion of ayre proportionable, bj^whofe condenfation or rari- faftion the included water is fubjca unto a continuall motion, either upward or doi«r;g.vard \ by which motion ofthewateriscommoftly foreftiewn the ftite, change, and alteration of the wcathtr. For I fpeak no more than what mine experience bath ma de jbc bold1:o affirme ^ "■" '^ you of}Vater-'9Porkeu ip you may ("the time of the yecrc, and the following obfcr- uationsundcrftandingly confidcrcdj bee able certainly to foretell the alteration or uncertainty of the weather a good many hourcs before it come to pafle. Ofthefe^eralljorts andjafhionsof Weather-glajfes. THcre arc diuers feuerall faflilons of Weather- glaffes, but principally two. 1 The Circular glaflcr a The Perpendicular glaffc : The Perpendiculars are cither fingle, double, or treble. Thefingle Perpendiculars are of two forts, either fixr or moueable. Thefixtareof contrary qualities 5 either fuch whofc included water doth moue upward with cold, and down- ward with heat, or clfe upward with hcat,and downward with cold. In the double andtreblc Perpendiculars, as the water afcendeth in one, it defcendcth as much or more in the o- ther. In thcmoueable Perpendicular the glaflc being artifi- cially hanged, tgoueth up and down with the wafer. How to make the ypater. * JMuftconfcflc, that any watfr thatisiiotfubie^fl unto putrifa^ion, or Jt^ezing, \<^)ald ferjjc the tiirne, but Art hath tatight to make fuch a water as may bee both an or- n:imcnt to the work, and alfo dc!cfl:ab!e to the eye. Take two ounces o^^digreafc in powder, and infufe E 3 ' '^ ^o The firfl Booh itfolonginapiniofwhitcwincvincgcr, untillit hath a very green colour,then pourc out the vincger gently f rotn thcvardigreafc .• take alfoapint andahaltcof purifidt May-dcw,3nd put therein 6 ounces of Roman vitrcoll in grofle powder, let it (land till the vitrcoll bee throughly diffolvcd ; then mix this with the former water, md ftrain them through a cap paper, and put it into a deane glaiTe well flopped; and Its ready for uk, Jnother. TAkc a gallon of rayn water that hath fetled, infufe therein a day and a night 4 pound of quickly me; ftir it about with a cleane flick oftentimes in tbe day • in the morning pourc the clecrc water off from thclymc, into a braffepan, and addc thereto 3 pound of fal armoniackj let it ftand fiue or fix houres, afterwards flir it about un- till it be ofapcrfeft blew colour, then firaine it through a brownc paper rowled within a tunnell, and refcrne it for your ufe. This water is not fo good for ufc as the former. Ho^ to make the Circular glaffe. FIrft you rauft prepare twoglaflcs, thefafbion whereof let be like unto the figures marked with thclettcrsA,iB, and C, D. The glaffcG« D, is open at both the ends, al- fo in the midciie there is a neck comming up of fuflirjcnt widcncffetoreccine the (ban)c end of the glaffe marked with the icttcrs A, ^ Then fill the glaflc C, D^ third part> with either of the Waters, and diuidc the glaflc into fo many equall parts as ^012 would baue degrees 5 rarifie thi ofWater-^orkes. 31 the ayrc in the head of the glaffc A, B, by holding it to the fire, which being yet warcne, reuerfc the (hank of it into the neck of the glaffc G, D. Note that if the water do notafc.nd high enough, you maft take the glaffe A, BjOutagaine, and heat it hotter s if it afcend^too highi heat it notfo hot. If it be in the dpg-dayes, and extreme heat of fummer, i and a are good degrees 5 if the weather be m oft temperate, then jald^arebeftl ifafroft, por 10. When you haue hit an indiffcrtnt degree, lute the JQynts very clofe, and fallen a ribben unto the top of the glaffc ^t Tl^efirflBooke glaflctohnng it by. In this glnfTc the water will with cold dfccnd the glaffi A, B, with h^at ic wiil defcend the glafle A, B, andafccndthchorncsoftfacglaffcCD. Hosv to make the Jingle perpendicular glafe, svhofe xpater ajcendeth ^ith coldy and dejcendetkypithheat. pRepare two glaffes after the faftiion of thefe figures ■»• undcrfct, F, G, I, I. Al waycs chufc thofc upper glaffcs that hauc the Icaft heads, clfc they will draw the water • too faft> and prclTc it toolow : alfp let not the (hank of the glaffc bee too wide : it is no matter to bee curious ia cbufing the lower glaffc. Ha- uing prouided both thefeglaffes, make a frame for them a- bout one inch longer than the (hank of the glafle F, G, ha- uing a hole at the top to put the fame thorow.There ought to be a great deale of care had in making the frame fo, that the foot thereof may bee of a greater cempaflTe than the top, to the end that it may ftand firrif, and not be fubjcft to be turned down, which will diftcm- psr ofWater-^orhs. 55 per the whole work. After you have provided the frame, proceed to the making of it after this manner. Put both the glaffcs into the frame, and then divide the (liank of theglaflTcF, G,into fomanycquall parts as you ^would hauc it haue degrees \ write figures upon paper, and pafte them on (with gum tragagant diffolued in faire water 5^ then fill the bottom glaffc 2 thirds with the water, and rarifie the ayre in the glafie F, G, fo often unrill you hauc hit fuch a degree as is mofl fitting for the temper of the weather, put in a little crooked hollow cane for the ayre to paffeinand out at, but let it not touch the water ; then flop it about the joynts of the glaflc with good cement, that nothing may come out. Make an artificial! rock a- boutit, with peeces of cork dipt in glew, and rowled in this following powder, and it is done. The powder for the rock. Take mother of Pearle 2 pound, fmall red Coral I di. pound, Antimony crude 4 ounces, and make a groflc powder of them. To make the fingk perpendicular glaj[e^ afiending ypith heat^ and defcending wiih cold, pReparc two glaffes after the faihionof the figure A, ^ B,andCD: Ictthe glaffc A, B, haue a fmall pinhok at or about the top of all, nnd let thejglaffc C,D,hauc bcfides the hole at the top, another hole at the bottom with a (hort pipe. Prouide fuch a frame for this as yoy did before for the other 4 then put the glaffes into it. faficn the bottom glaffc to the bott om of the frame, liauing a ,F hole . g4 The firfi Booh hole at the bottom, thorow which the pipe of the glaffc C,D, may paflc; fit a cork unto it : then lute the two glaffes together, fo that no a}^rc may palft between the joyning. divide then the (hank into fb ma- ny degrees as you pleafei and figure it as before I taught you, then with the hear of a candle, rari- fic the ayrc in the glaffcQD, and fill it a third part full of water, and then put the cork faft in. Note that if the firfl heat- ing of the glaffc ray fe not the water unto your content, you muft repeat It over and over, until! it doc .• when it is fuflScient, then flop the cork in very firm, that no water may come our, and it is made. How to make the double perpindicuUrglajJe, P ^cpare two glaflcs like unto the figure marked with the letters A, B, the one of them muft have a fmall hole in or about the head thereof Prepare likcwife for the bottom a vcffell of thefafhion of the figure G, H, ha- V ag two mouthes, at each end one, alfo a cockc in the middle, as K ; * divide thenjj^^ of the glafle without of Water ^works. 5 5 the hole in the top, into equall parts, and fet figures upon it • next lute them both faft into the necks of the bottom veflc!!. (But firft remember ro put them in a irame.- ) when the cement is dry turn the cock of the bottom vef- fell, and rarifj the ayre in the glaffe that hath no hole at the top ; then fet the bottom vcffell a little wayintoaveffcll fil- led with water, and it will fuck up the the water as it coo- letb, when the bot* comve{rellisfull,al<- fo the water moun« ted in that top glaflc without a vent, up to a fitting degree* fthc temper of the weather regarded ) then dcpref^ (but gently) the glaffes into the veflcll of water, untill the wa« ter be come up into the glaffe with the vent at the top fuf- ficiently,thati$, fo that inboththcglaffes may bee con- tained fo much water as will fill the (bank of one, and a- bout 2 or J degrees of the other i then turnc the cock^ and take away the vcffcll of water from under them, let them down, and fatten the bottom veffcll unto the bottom of the frame, and make a rock about it, or elfe what other works you pleafe, that the art may notbedifcerncd. Laft- ly, fit figures upon both, butfirftupon that without the F 1 vent, 5 6 ThefirfiBooke vent, beginning from the bottom, and proceeding up- wards, then lay your hand upon the head of it, which will deprcffc the water, which when it commeth ea[U3ll to the degrees, paftc chc fame degree on the place of the wa- ter in the other glaffe with the vent, and it is done. A Fter the fame manner is the treble glafie made ; but /\ whereas in the double glaffe there wasbutoneglaflc that bad a vent at the top, there is two in this, bothwhofc fhanksmoft contain the iufl quanti- ty of wa- ter that the glaffe with- outthevent will Gon- taine.Ifyoi do well ob- fcrue the form of the fubfequent f^ure, you cannot goe amiffe. Sow ofWater-'S^orkes. 37 Bow to make the moyeableperpen- dicularglafe. FIrfl: prepare the glaflc A, B, fill it almoft top-full of wa- ter, provide alfo the glaflc K,L, having a loop at the top of it .- divide it into fo many cquall parts as you would hauc degrees, and on the mouth thereof faflen a thin board, that will eaiily flip in and out of the bottom dafle, make then a waiglit of lead or braflfc fomewhat F 3 heavier J 8 rhepftBooke heavier than both the glaffc and board faflncd thereto j and then tic a little rope to the loop of the glaffc A, B, and the waight at the other end thereof. Ranfy the ayrc contained in the glaffc L, and revcrfe it into the glaffc AaB, filled with water, and hang the plummet over two liccle pulleys faftflcd in a frame made for the purpofe, and as the glaffe K, L, cookth, the water will afccnd the fame, and foby the change of the outward both the glafsc and water will move accordingly. Of the ufe of allthejeyerall forts of Weather-glajfes. ALbeic the formes of Wcathcr-glafses arc divers, ac- cording to the fancy of the Artift, yet the ufe of all is one and the fame : to wit, to dcmbnftratc the ftate, and temper of the feafon, whether hot or cold | as alfo to fore- &e w the change and alteration thereof. 1 Note therefore, that the nature and property of the water in all the glafses that have no vent holes at the top, is, to afcend with cold, and dcfccnd with heat. But in them that have vents, it defcendcthasmuchasitafcend- eth in thefe. 2 The (udden falling of the water is an evident token ofrayne. 3 The continuance ofthe water at anyone degree, is a ccrtaine token that the weather will continue at that fiay it is then at, whether it be fayrc, or foulc, frofl or fnow. But when the water either rifcih or f allcth, the weather wil! then prefently change. 4 The unccrtaine motion of the water is a figne of fickle weather. — The o/Water-iPorkes. 3^ The finglc perpendicular with a vcnt,oiovcth upwards with cold, and down wards with hcati and is quite con- trary in quality to the former, only that it moveth un- certainly in fickle and uncertaine weather, andfcecpeth a conftant place in flayed weather. Thcfcrulcs are all ccrtaine and true ; nowyoumay ac- cording to your ownc obfervation frame other rules, whereby you may foretell the change of the weather the water being at any one degree whatfoener. uiWater-clocky or a Glafe /beting the houre of the day. LEt there be provided a dccpevefsell of earth, or any thing elfe, that will hold water, as A, B,C, D, pro- vide alfo a glafse made after the fafhion of the figure mar* kcd with the letters E, F> G. Itmuft bee open at the bottom, and haue alfoafmall hole at the top, thorow which if you can but put the point of a needle, it is fufficient. This glafse muft not bee fb long as the vefsell is dcepc, by about two inches. Then take a iuft mealure of the length of the glafse K, G, G, and fct it on the infidc of the vefsell A, B. C, D, from the bottom towards the top, and then make a rale round about the vefsell > there muft bee fitted unto this earthen 40 Thefirji Booke earthen vefsdl, a pipe reaching from the top of the outfide thereof, (where there rauft bee a cock unto it) and going to the bottom, where it entreth the famCj and againc ex- tcndcth it felfc almoft unto the circle or mark rafed on the ve($ell A, B, C, D. Fill then the veisell withfayrc water up Co the ra(e, or circle, and turne the cock, and put the glafie into the water, and you (had fee that the glafse by^ reafbnofitsheavinefse, will tend toward the bottom of the vcfsell, but very flowly, byreafoiithat the ayre con- tainedthereinhathfofmalla vent ; turne an houre-glafle, and at the end of each houre make a mark upon the glaiTc equall with the water, and it i$ done . When the glaffc ig quite funke to the bottom of the water, turn the cock, and with one blaft of your mouth at the pipe, it will afcend againe. c4notherfa(hioned one. pReparca vefTell, as A,B,C,D, havinga very fmallcock "*• unco it, whofc paflage ought to bee fo fmall, as that the water might iffue out but by drops. Prepare likewifc a vcffcll, 3sE»F,G; K,havingatoncendofit aplllcrof a foot and a halfc, or two foot high : let there be fitted unto this vcfsell a board, fo that it may freely without ftay, flip up and down/ towards one fideof this board, thcremuft be a good big hole, which muft bee placed under the cock of the other vcflell Then faften unto the top of this board, the image of Time or Death, and pointing with a dart upon the pilicr aforefaid : turn th^n an houft glafle, and at the end of every houijjjiake a figure on the place of ofWaur^works. 4^ ofthcpillcr that the image with his dart pointeth at, and it is made. For note, the dropping of the wa- ter out of the cock thorow the hole of the board whereon the image ftandeth, caufcth the fame to afcend by httle and little. Mark the fi- gures. ^4netber arPificiall Water clocky '^bich may bee fit conyenientlyin a double Weather 'glajje. pjlrftprepareaccftcrn, as A,B, C,D, partition in the -•^middle, let there bee niadc two pipes, the one whereof muft reach out of the upper ccftern, and dcfcend almoft to the bottom of the lowcft ceftcrn, as I, K ; the other muft be a (horc one, and haue a very final! hole, that the water may tifecrcby iiTue cut of the upper ceftcrn but by drops ; ! alfo afthe fide nigh the bottom of the upper ceftcrn, let a fraal! pipe enter. Tothcupperccfternfita board, (with ! a pccce of lead oaylcd upon it to make it fome what heavy) Ifothat'itmayeafilyflipupanddowne in it ; this board muft haue a loop to fallen a rope unto, and you muft fb 41 TbefirfiBooke poyfe the faid board, that it being hung up by a line^may hang cvcn,andlcvc!L Then prepare a box to putouer the ccftern, which ought to (land about fix inches abouc the ceftern. In the top of this box let there be faftned a long pulley with a creuicc to puta fmallrope oucf ^ in this cre- uice it were fitting to fatten fmall pins, to the end that the rope might turn the fayd wheelc as the water falcth from under the board r let the fpindle of this pul. ley come out at one fide of the boxwhcrc- on there is a Dyali drawttjcon^ tayning fo many houres as you would haueltgo for^ unto thiscndofthe fpindle let there bee fitted a needle, or direStor, to (hew the houre, then put a fmall cord ouer the pulley in the box,faftcn one end thereof to the loop of j the board, and at the other end let there bee tied a waight ' '" ' " ' "■ not ofWdter-'^orhs. 4j not quite fo hcauy as the board, then fill the upper ceftcrn with water, and the board will preffc it out into the lower vcflcll, at the pipe O, drop by drop,and as the board fink- cth lower, it will by meanes of the rope upon the pulley, turnc the index /aftncd unto the fpindleofthe pulley a- bout the dyall 5 you may fet it by an hourc-glaffe or Watch): when itls quite do wnc, if you doe with your mouth blow into the pipe at the fide of the ccflicrn, the water will all mount up againe into the upper ceflcrn. ^ypheele 'Schick being turned about '^ it cafteth ypater outatthe^indle. Et A, B,be a tub hauing in the bottom a braflc barrell, 'With a hole open quite through one fide of it .• IctD, E,F, bea whceIe,whofc fpindle muft bee alfo hollow, and haue a hole through one fide of it, fo that being put into the hollow barrell,. both the holes may be equall together. Note then, that fo long as thcfe holes arc equall together, the water will run out at the fpindle ) of the tub, but if you cume the wheelc to another fide, it will not run. G'l p 44 thefirJlBeoke jfipa^er^preffery or the mounting of-^ater by comprefion. LEt there bee prouidcd a barrell of braflc^ of what length and widcncflc you pleafc, let it bee exaftly fmooth within, and very tight at bottom ; unto this bar • rcllfitaplug of wood leathered about) and let there bee nnade diuers fmall boles quite through it, wherein faften diuers formes and Ihapcs of birds, beafts, or fiihes, hauing very fmall pin- holes through them, for the water to (pin out at : you (ball do well to-piake this plug very heavy, either by pouring molten lead into certaine boles made for the purpofe, or clfe by faft- ning fome waight unto the top : fill the barrell with water, and put the plug into it, which lying fo heavy upon the water, it will make it fpin out at the pin-holes of the images placed thereup- on. Haw 110^90 to compofe a great or little peece 0/ Water-'^orke. pfrft prepare a tabic, whcrcupoa ercft a ftrong frame, * and round about the frame make a moat with a leaden ceftern to be filled with water ; let the leaden moat fomc- what undermine as it were the frame, which ought to be built in three ftories, one aboue another, and eucry one leffer than another. Within the middle ftory fatten a very ftrong lack chat goeth with a waight, or a ftrong fpringv the ending of whofe fpindles ought to be crooked, thus Z, whereby diuers fweeps for pumps may bee mo- ued to and againe, whofe pumps muft go do\vn into the moat, and hauefmallfuccurs unto them, and convayan- ces towards their tops, whereat the water may be moun- ted into diuers ceftcrns,outof fome wherof there may be made convayances in their bottoms, by fmall pipes run- ning down into the riuer or moat again, and there break- ing out in the faftiions and formes of Dragons, Swans, Whales, Flowers, and fuch like pretty conceits : out of others the water may fall upon whecles, out of whole fpindles, the water turning round, may bee made to run^ In the uppermoft ftory ofall, let there bee made the forcer by ayrc, as I taught before, or elfe a preffer, hauing at the top, Neptune riding on a Whale, out of whofe noftrils, as alfe out of Neptunes Trident, the water may l>c made tofpin through (mail pin-holes j you may a!fo make di- uers motions about this work, but for that the multitude offigurcs would rather confound than inftruftthc Rea- der, I haue ofpurpofc omitted them. 3 ^/ // 4r THE SECOND BOOKE Teaching moft plainly, and withall onoft cxaftly, the compofing of all manner of Fire- works for Triumph and Recreation. By/.B. •^- LONDON, Printed by rhm^s Harper for Ralph tMdb.g6sj^. ^' j^r^^ To the Reader. Ourteoii^s ^ader , there hath a de* fiflance been occaponed Jince the in- ception of this '^ork^ by reafon of the occurrence ofcertaine Authours-, that contrary unto my knowledge had la-' huredfo fully herein j but after con f deration had Cthatfor the moflpart they ypere but tr an flat ions) I thought it might bee no lefe lawfull and commen-' dahlefor mee than for others^ to communicate unto fuch as are yet defrom of further information, that therein 1 baue beflowed both cofland paines. Not^ithfianding, I hauefo ufed the matter^ as that 3 might not derogate from the eflimation had ofo^ thers to increaje mine o'Svne, ^ead it throughly^ iudge indifferently^ and if thou likeft it^pra£life confiderately. Iftbou art ignorant herein^ f am H z fure Jure it "PhU infiruStthee^ and though well eocperien-^ ced ('SPhich perhaps thou art) I make noquefihny ht that thou mayfifindefomewhat '^phicb thou hafi not heard ofbe/ore) So fare jpell. YourWclIwillcr Of Fire-workcs. Hauccucr found fin conference wiihdi- ucrsdcfirousofinftru£lioninany Art or Science whatfoeucr) that the fumme and chicfcftendofallhath been, to know the reafons and caufcs of thefe things they were defirous to be informed in. Where- fore I thonght good, before I came to the matter it felfe, to fet down fome few Pra^cognita or Principics(as I may fo call them) whereby fuch as arc ingenious, upon occafi- ooymay informe chemielues, ifthcyfland in doubt of the caufeofany thing that is heereafter taught. Certayne Pucognita or Principles y-^herein arecon^ uyned the caufes and reafons of that '^hich is taught in thU Booke. 1 THe foure Elements, Fire, Ayre,Earth,and Water, '^ ^ zvc the prima prhcff /a ( I meane the materialls) whereof cuery fublnnary body is compofcd, and into the which it is at lail diflblued. a Euery thing finding a diffolution of thofc fjatura cAteod^ that is,meanes whereby their frimipU are connc- Scd, and ioyncd together , their lighter parts afcend up. H 5 ward. 54 ThefecondBooke ward, and thcfc that are more grofic and hcauy, doc the contrary. 5 it is impoffiblc for oncand the fclfe fame body to poffcfle at one time two places ^ It followcih therefore, that a dcnfe body rarified, and made thin,cythcr by aftu^ ail or pocentiall fire, requircth a greater quantity of room to be cotiteyncd in, then it did before. Hence it is,that if you lay your hand upon a glaffe, hauing a ftraight mouth rcucrft into a difti of water, it rarifieth the ayrc contayncd therein , ]and makes it breake out thorough the water in bubbles/ AlfOjthat gunpowder inclofed in the barrcll of a gun, being rarified by fire, applied unto the touch- hole, u fceketh a greater quantity of roome, and therefore for- ccihithe bullet oat of the barrcll. This is called violent motion. 4 According unto the ftrength and quantity of a dcnfe body rarified, and according unto the forme and length of its incloforc, it forceth its comprcllcr further ornecrcrathand* Thus much (hall fufficc to hauejfpoken concerning the Prdcognm: Now I will pafle ad majera^ (^ ad magis m- affaria : to wit, thofe neccffary Inftrumcnts,aftd feuerall forts of Ingredients, that ought to be had in rcadines. As for the inftruments they are tbefe 5 Morters and PcflleSjScrces, nlfo feuerall forts of 'Forincr3,Papcr, Parch- ment, Canuas, Whipcord, flrong binding thread,Glew, Rofin^ Pitch, with diucrsvcflells meet to contayncand mingle your compofidonsin. The ingredients likewife arc chiefly (thcfc, Saltpeter, Rochpetcr, Sulpher, Char- coale, good Gunpowder, Filings of fleelt , oyle of Peter, and Spirii of wine. JnfiruHions ofFire^T0orhs1 55 InftruCltom for cbufngyour ingredients CAItpeter is vcrygood^ifthatbcinglaydupop aboard, *^and fire put to , it rife with a flamed ventofous exhala- tion, ray fing no (cum, nor leauing no pearlc , but oncly a blacke ipecke burnt into the boord. The bed brimftonc, is quick brimftonc,or lioc fulphur, and that fort is beft that breakcth whiteft ; if this cannot be gotten, take of the whiceft yellow brimftone. The bcft Coales for ufe are the fallow, willow, hazel and beech ^ onely fee they be well burnt. Eucry of thcfc ingredients m«ft be powdred finely and fearfcd. All kiodcs ofgunpowder are made of thefe ingredients impofed, or incorporated with vineger,oraquauita^, and afterward gray ncd by art.* The Saltpeter is the Soul, the Sulphur the Life, and the Coales the Body ofit.The beft fore of powder may be diftinguifhcd from others,by thcfc fignes .• L If it be bright atrd incline to a bicwifli colour* % If in the handling it proue not moyft but auoy- dcth quickely. 3 If being fired, it flafb quickly, and leauc no dregs nor ietlings behindcic. A deyiceto try theflrength of diyers forts \^ 0/ Gunpowder. I Pfo be you hauc at any time diners forts of Gunpow- der, and it is your defii etc know which of them is the flrongcfl, then you muft prepare a boxj as A, B, being fourc inches high, and about two inches wide, hauing a lirl 56 Thejecond Booh 'id ioy ntcd unto it. The box ought to be made of iron, braffc, or copper, and to bcc faftncd unto a good thick plankfjnd to haue a touch-hole at the bottom, as O, and that end of the box where the hinge of the lid is, there muft (land up from the box a peece of iron or braffe, in length anfwerablc ijnto the lid of the box .• this peccc of iron muft haue a hole quite through it, towards the top, and a fpring, as, A, G,mufl bee fcrewed or riuetcd, fo that the one end may couer the fayd bole. On the top of all this i. ron, orbrafle that fiandetb up from the box , there muft bee ioynted a peece ofiron(made as you fee in the figure) the hinder part of which is bent down, wards and entreth the hole chat the fpring couereth ^ the other part reftcth upon the lid of the box. Open this box lid, and put in a quantity of powder, and then fhut the lid down, and put fire to the touch hole at the bot-* torn, and the powder in the box being fired, will blow the box lid up the notches more or lefle, according as the ftrcngth of the powder is .' fo by firing the fame quantity of diuers kindes of powders at feucrall times, yofl may know which is the ftrongeft. Now perhaps it will bcc cxpcacdihat I Qiould fpeakof the making of Saltpeter, Gunpowder, Coales, with the refining of Sulphur : but bccaufe they are fo commonly to bee had, and to bee bought at better rates than I know they can bee made by sny that intend it for their priuate ufe, I haue forborne if: Thcrcarediuerslamfure that would willingly bcc in action.' of Fire^works. 5^ aAion : I haue thought Hccing therefore to fee do woe che collcftion of naturall Sa!tpetcr,which is a kindc of white cxcrefccncc growing upon ftonc-wals, and (as I haue fccne great ftorc) in the arches of ftone -bridges. Firft fhcrcforegather this white excrcfccnce, and addeuntoit Quick lyrae, and Aflies, mingle them, and put them into a halfe-tub that hath a hole to draw the liquor out at ^ then put into this halfe-tub warm water, and let itftand untill all the peter be diflblucd • let it then drain out at the hole by little and little>and if the liquor be not cleerc, double a brown paper, and put it within a tunnell, and ftrainc the liquor through it. Then boylc it andfcumit untill it bee ready tocongcale, neither too hard, nor yet too tender ; then take it from the firc,and put it into (hal- low veflcls, cither ofearth or brafle ; fct them in a cold place two or three daycs, and it will (hoot intoific]es,and this is called Rocbpetcr. Thus much for the ingredi- ents. Now I am come unto the Formers, the number whercofl cannot certainly determine, becaufe itdepen- deth upon the variety of each particular perfons inucnti- on. Now that I may formally proceed, I will firft make fomediftinftionofeachkinde in generall ; and then I will fpcak of euery particular contained in each generall. Fire- works arc of 3 fort?. I Such as operate in the ayrc, as Rockets, Serpents, Raining fire, Stars,P€tards,Dragons,Fire-drakes,Feinds, Gyronels, or Firc-vvhedcs, Balloons. a Such as operate upon the cartb,as Crackers, Trunks, Lanterns, Lights, Tumbling bals, Sauciflbns, Towers, Caftles, Pyramids, Clubs, Lances, Targets. I Such as burn in or on the water, as Rockets, Dol- phins, Ships, Tumbling bals. I Part j8 Thefecond Booke Part of richer of the three kindcs arc (imple , arid part arc compounded j part alfo arc fixed, and part raoueablc, Fiift I will treat of the diuers compofitions, and then of the For raerss Coffins, and manner of compofing eucry of them. Of the diyers compofitions of fire yt^orkess FIrft of the compofitions of fire workes, for theayre § and therein firft I will (pcakc bfthecdtapofitionsfor rockets, bccaufe that all moucablc fireworkcs haue their motion from the force of them accordingly applied. Qmpofitionsfor ^ckets ofaOfi^esj according un^ totheprefcriptionofthenotedProfeJforsy as M^ Makhus, Mr Nortotis and the French Juthour-^ Des tt^xtz- tiones Mathcmati^ucs. ..-g*-^ ji Qompofitionfot ^ckets of one omce^ TAke of gunpowder, faltpeter and charcoale, of each one ounce and a halfe, mingle them together, and it IS done. Note heerc, as I told you before , that all your ingredients ought to be firft powdred by themfelucsjand afterwards mixed very well together. A Compofitionfor Rochts oft»o and three ounces. TAkeofgunpowdcrfowre ounces and a halfc/alrpecer one ouncc,mix€ them together. A Compoftion/or ^ckets off cure ounces. TAke of gunpowder fowre pounds, falcpeter one pound, cbarcoale fowre ounces , mingle them toge- ther. ^Compoftionfor Rockets offo^re ounces. TAke of gunpowder fowrc poundes , faltpctcr one pound, charcoale fowre ounces, brimftone halfe an ounce, mingle them together. A Compofition for aU middle Jii^ed ^ckets. TpAkc of gunpowder one pound, two ounces of char- * coalcs. mingle them. A Compofitionfor Rockets offiyeor fix ounces. TAke of gunpowder two pound fiuc ounc€S,of faltpcter halfca pound, ofcharcoale fix ounces, of brimftone and yron fcales, of each two ounces, mingle them. 1 % A ^o The jecondBooke ACompojmonfoY Rockets often or tmehe ounces. TAkc of gunpowder one pound and one oancc, fatrpc- tcr fo wre ouftces^brimftonc three ounces and a halfc^ charcoak one ounce, mingle them* A Compojitionfor Rockets of one pounds or two. TAkc of laltpetcr twcluc ounces , gunpowder twenty ounces, andcharcoalc three ounccs,qoickcbrimfl:one andfcales ofy ton, ofeach one ounce, mingle them, ^.Qompoftionfor (pockets of eighty nine and tennepounds* T^Akefaltpetcr eight pounds, charcoale two pounds -^ I wcluc ounces , brimftone one pound fowre ounces. Note that no praftitioncr (how exaft focucr ) ought to relie upon a receipt, but firft to trie one rocket, and if that be too wcakc addc more gunpowder , if it be too ftrong let him adde more charcoale untill hce finde them flic ac- cording unto his dcfire. Note that the charcoale is only to mitigate the violence of the powder , and to make the taylc of the rocket appeare more beautiful!. Notealfb that thcXgiallcr the rockets bc,they need the quicker receipts, and that in ^cgr rockets, there necdeth not any gunpow- der at a!!. The 1 ofPire-'^orUs^ £i The CompoptionfoY middle fi^ed Rockets mayferye for Serpents^ mdfor rayningfire^or elje the re- ceipt for Rockets on thegroundy '^bich foUowethheereafter. Compofitions for Starves. TTAkcfaltpcter one pound, brimftonc halfc a pound, -*- gunpowder fowrc ounces, this muft be bound up in paper or little raggcs, and afterwards primed, Another receipt for Starrest 'J'Akcof faltpeter one pound, gunpowder and brimfton of each halfe a pound s thefc muft be mixed together, and of them make a pafte,with a fufficient quantity of oile of peter, orelfc of fayre water . of this pafte you fball make little balles, and roll them in drie gunpowder duft ; then drie them, and keepe them for your occafions. Another. Take a quarter of a pinte of aijud vita , and diffbluc therein one ounce, and a halfe of camphire, and dip ther- in cottcn bumbafl, and afterwards roule it up into little baHes ^ afterwards rowle them in powder of quick brim- ftone, and rcferue them for ufe. I 3 K^mther ^t tbeficondBeoke Mother receipt for Starrest -thereof you may make fiends and diyers apparitions according unto yourfancie. Take gum dragant, pat it into an yron pan, and roft it in the embers 5 then powder it, and diflfolve it afterwards in dquatiu , and it will become a jellie, then ftraine it ; diflolve alfoeamphirc in other aqua vita. Mixc both thefe diflolutions together , and fprinkle therein this fol- lowing powder. Take faltpeter one pound, brimftonc halfca pound, gunpowder three pound, charcoalehalfe a pound 5 when you have mingled and flirred them well together , roixe themwellwkh theaforefayd jelly, and then make it into little balles, or into what faCbion elfeyoa plcare,then cool them in gunpowder duft, and keepe them for ufe. Compofitions for receipts of firexoorkes^ that operate upon the earth* FOr Rockets there ncedeth onely gunpowder finely beaten and fearced. Likewifefor all the other forts, fearced gunpowder willfcrue, which may be abated, or alayed with charcoal duftatyourpleafure. Compofitions for fireworkcs that burneupon, or in the water. L>/ Receipt for Reckas thdt burne uf$n the water. TAkc of faltpctcronc pound,brimftoncllalfc a pound, gunpowder halfc a pound , charcoalcs two ounces. This compofition will make the Rockets appcare with a great fiery taylc. If you defirc to have it burnc clearc, then take of faltpcter one pound , three ounces of gunnc- powder, brimftone halfe a pound. A Receipt fifac$mpofition that wiUiurnerdnd feed upon the water, y Akcmaftickc halfeapound, white Frankinccnre,gum fandrake,auickeli(iie, brimftone, bitumen, camphire, and gunpowder, of each one pound and a halfe,rofin one pound, faltpeter fowrt pounds and a halfe, mixe them ail together. o in faire water 5 cutitintodiuers pceccs, rowle it in mealed gunpowder, or powder and fulphur ; then dry them in tbeSun,andrefcruethcminabox where they may lie ftraightj to prime Starrcs, Rockets, or any other fire- works- K ffitp ^6 Ihefecond Booke f Ho^ to kncf^ the true time ^ that any quantity of fib- red Gun-match thatJhaU doe an exploytat a time de fired. TAke common gun-match, rub, or beat the fame a \iu tie againft a port to foftcn it ^ then either dip the facnc in fait peter water, and drie it againc in the Surinc, or clie rub it in a little powder and brimftone beaten very (mallj and made liquid with a little aqua vit£ , and dried after- wards s trie firft how long one yard of match thus prepa- red will burne, which {uppofei:o be a quarter oi an howr^ then fowre yards will be a iuft howre. Take therefore as much ohhis match as will burne fo long as you will haue it to be ere your worke (bould fire, binde the one end un* to your worke, lay loofe powder under , and about it lay the reft of the match in hollow , or turning fo that one part of it touch not another, and then fire it. MVater called hq^^tiiA^nsr TT Ake old red wine , put it into a glaftd vcilel!, and put into it of orpment one pound , quickc fulphur halfe a pound, quickclirae a quarter of a pound ; mingle them very well, and afterwards diftill them in a rofewater ftill : a cloth being wet in this water will burne like a candle, and will not fc€ quenched with water. The Formers arc inftrumcnts wherewith the coflfns ior the fireworkes arc made and formed, whereof in or- der ^and firft for Rockets tfaaif operate in the ayre. The Formers for Rockets confift of two parts, reprefentcd by ^ter two nescjigures following, the uppermoft whereof rcpre- ii ^ of Pire-^orkes. 6y rcpf cfcntcth the body of the Former, which muft bee made of Ma- ple, Walnut tree, or of other clofe & well fca- foncdwood, fcven in- ches, wanting halfea quarter in length, tur- ned cqually,and cxad- ly hollow quite through, the diameter oi whofe hollowneflc, reprefcnted by the line at the top marked at each end with a, c, muft bee one inch and a quarter ^ the breech of the former is repre- fented by the lowcft figure, the upper part wherof, muft be made reenter the body of the Former^the height f" of the whole breech, ' bcfide the broach is 3 inches and a halfe ; it entreth the body of the Former, one inch and three quarters; the topofit muft be made like a halfe nutmeg, in the midft whereof (as K 2 Mr, ^8 IhefecondBooke Mr. (Jl^dlthusand des rureamnes Mdthematiques) there rauft bee taftncd an yron broach two inches aad a halfc loHg ; then put the breech into the body,and pierce them both quite through as the figures doc reprefent at G and H 5 then make a pin as K, L; topinnc them both toge- ther, which muft bee made to takeoucatpleafure .• then mar kc both the body and breech neere the faid hole with this * or any other marke , that you may thereby kncvf how to fit them afterwards. The ofJPire-'^orhs. 69 The next figure marked with M, N, docth cxprcflfc both the parts of the Former pinned together ; unto this Former there muft be made one Rowlcr exprcfled by the figure A i aUo two rammers expreffed by the figures G H^thcy muft all of them bctutned very even and finootbj to W let the diameter of the thickneffe of the rowlcr apreffcd by the line on the top marked 1 1, be three quarters ofan inch, let it be eight inches long from tl, to 2 , and have a bole bored in the very midft of the end , (0 wide and fa K 3 decpc 70 TheficondBooke deep, that all the broach of the former may enter the fame : this is to rowlc the coffin of paper and upon. The firft rammer noted with the figure G, muft bcc feuen inches and a haUe long, from 3 to 4, and haue a hole at the end of it, as the rowler had ^ this rammer is to ram thecompofition into the former (hauing the coffin in it) until! it bee raj fed aboue the broach. The fecond rammer noted with the figure H, muft be fiue inches and three quarter long from j to 6, and it muft haue no hole atthe topasthe other had 5 it fcrueth toram thecompo- fition into the coffin, when it is oncerayfcd aboue th^ broach. The diameter of the thickneffe ofthefc tWit rammers muft be a thought Icffe than the diameter of the rowler, to the end they may not hurt the coffin, being dri - ucn in. Now to make the coffins you muft take paper, parchment, or ftrong canuaffc, rowle it hard upon the rowler, fo often until! it will go ftiffe into the body of the Former .* then thruft it rowler and all through the fayd hollow body of the Former ; put then the broach of the formers breech into the hole of the rowler, and with 2 pecce of ftrong packthred choake the coffin within halfe an inch of the rowlers end (which you may do beft, and withmofteafc, ifyou firft dip the end of the coffin into fayre water,fo that it maylbe wet quite through)a(tery6u haue choskcd the coffin, you muft thruft the breech of the former, the coffin alfo wirfi the rowler in it, up into the body of the former ; then pin the breech faft to the body of the former with thepin,tand on the rowler giueoncftroakortvvowitha mallet lightly, then unpin the breech, and with the rowler thruft the coffin out of the bottom of the former, lay it by imti!! the end be dry. Thus you tpav at Icifure times make diuers coffins ready to o/Fire''»orkesl y^t to ufc upon any occafi«n. The following figure exprtC fcth an empty coffin. (W((mmmmm(mmm(«mmmmm(mmm^f((m(mm(m(m Take one of thcfc coflSns, purjt into the Former, and take the compofition for middlc-fized rockets ^mentio- ned before) and put thereof fpoonfuU after fpoonfull, un- till you haye filled the coffin unto the top of the former, after the putting of eueryfccondfpoonfull into the cof- fin, with a mallet giuc two or three blowes upon the head of the rammer, that the compofition may bee well rammed into the coffin : euery third or fourth driuing M. Norton wifticth (if the rockets are to be fired in three or foure dayes ) to dip the rammer in gum-dragant, and camphir^iflolued in fpiritof wine,orgood4^»- watds the mouth of the other, and lee the ftouple tb^|» primeth the onc,enter the breech of theothcr^boih kiit& sire cxprcffed by the figures , the uppermoft whereof rife- prefcnteth thefingleone ; A B fignifieththe Rockctj ^ E^ the cane bound unto it, through which a ropepaflcili The lower moft reprefenteth the double Rocket • A | " ' fignifieth "ofFire-^ories. 77 fignificth one Rocket, andC D another* E thcftouplc that primcth the one,and cntrcth the breech of the othcr^ the cane that the rope paffeth thoroughjis fuppofed to bo'behinde the two Rockets. ^ Bo-^to make Gironeh^orfire^ihecUs. r THe making of fire wheeles confifteth onely in the pla- . cing of Rockets, with the mouth of one towards the I tayle of another, round about certainc moveable wheels^ I wherefore I thinke it fufEcient only todcfcribc the divcr- l City of their faQiions which follow. L3 Horf 1 (''///• o/Fire'-^orhV. How to make flying Dragons^ 79 THc flying Dragon isfomcwhat troublcfomclp. com- pofc i it muft be made cy thcr of dry and light wood, or crooked-hnc plates, or of thin whalebones covered with Mufcovie glaffe, and painted over. In the body thereof, -there muft bee a voydc cane to paffc the rope through i unto the bottomc of this cane muft bee bound one or two large Rockets, according as the bigncfle and weight of the Dragon (hall require ; the body muft bee filled with divers petrars, that may confumeit, and a fpatUing receipt muft be fo difpofed upon it , thatbein^ fired , it may burne both at che moutb and at the tayie ehcreofs 8o The fecond Booh thereof 5 then hang the wings on in fuch wife , that they may (hake as the Dragon runncs along the line; you may difpofe divers fmall ferpcnts in' the wings ^ markc the fi* gurc. How to make fire Drakes. ■y Ou muft take a pcecc of linnen cloth of a yard or •^ more in length 5 itmuftbcccut after the forme of a pane of glaffe^ faften two light ftickes crofle the fan!?,iK) male it fiand at breadth ; then (meare it over with linfced oyle, and liquid varnifti tempered together, orelfewetit withoyk of peter , and unto the longcft corner faflen a match 0/ tir^ works. Sr match prepared with falcpctcr water Xas I have taught before) upon whkh you may faftcii divers crackers , of Sauciffons^ betwixt every of which , bindc a knot of pa- per (havings, which will maSe it file the better ^ within a quarter of a yard of the cloth, let there bee bound'a peccc of prepared ftoupcll, the one end whereof, let touch the cloth, and the other enter into the end of 'a Sauciflbn: then tic a fraall xope of length fuBScienc to rayfe it unto what heightyou (hall defirc,and to guide it withall ; then fire the match^and rayfe it againfl the windein an open ikld jand as the match burneth, it will fire the crackers, andffaficiffons, which will giveJivcrs blowes inthc ayre; and when the fire is once come unto the ftoupell, that Vill fire the cletb , which will (hew very flrangclyand fcarcfully. n \\\ $fPire-'»9rhi. Ho'pp to makeBaHoones , aljo the morter Peece todijchargethem. THc diameter of the hollowncflc of the morter Peece muftbcencfoot, the longer it is the further it will carry. Let the diameter of the hollo wneOc of the fackc be the third part of a foot, and halfc a foot deepc r it muft have a fquare foot , and a portfire to firew into the boc- tome of thcfackeonthefidcont ; this portfire is tobe made like a cane about three inches long, and have a bot- tome fodcrcd unto the infide of the fere w,which bottome rauft be pierced with a fmall touch- hole. This morter peece maybe made of yron^ red copper, or for a necdc M % with 2^ IhefecondBooke with paftbord, armed with cord, and glewcd oucr, but the lack, and foot of it muft bcc made of wood, and the paftbord mortcr mud bccnaykdfaft upon ir. A Ba!- ioonc muft be m3dcorcanuaiIerowkde;ghtor ninetimcs Dpon a Forracr, it muft bee made fa> that it will eafily go into the mortcr pccce ^ .into this Balloonc you may put Rockets, Serpents Srarrcs, Fiends, Petards, and one or two Sauciffons to breake the Balloonc ; then choak it up with cord, and primeit with a little cane rammed full of a flow compofition ^ filUhe ftock of the morterpeece full of whole gunpowder, then fcrcw on the portfire,0, then put the Balloone down to the bottom of the morter with tlic cane that primeth it, downward into the flock ; then with tallow or greafc flop the chinks between the Bal- loone and the mortcr, and it is ready to bee difcharged, which you may do by putting fire to the portfire, and while that burncth,retrcat out of harmes way. A, the figure of the morterpeece with its portfire. O, B,C, a Balloonc ready made. D, an empty coffin for a Balloone. Of Fire-works for the earth. How to make ^cketsfor the earfb} T He moulds for thcfe Rockets for the earth are not madclikcthofcfotthcayre,bccaufethat it is requi- red that thcfe fhouldlaft longer, andhaue a more gentle motion : obferuc therefore the following directions for the making of them, which may fcrue for alloccafions, without any alteration for bigger or IciTcr. Let the dia. meter of Fire-lporhs. S^ meter oftheir hollowncfle bcc halfcan inch, let their hol- lo wncfic be five or fix inches long, let the rowler for to r<» Wiethe coffins on, bee the third part of an inch thick^ and let the rammer to charge it bee a thought IclTc, let the breech bee three quarters of an inch long, and let the breech enter halfc an inch into the mould, then fill it with the compofition proper for it, obferuing thofc rules in the ramming it, a« you did in ramming rockets for the ayre ; when you haue filled it within an inch of the top of the mould, double down a quarter of the coffin, beat- ing it with three or fourc ftrokes of the mallet ; then with a bodkin pcircc it in two or three places, and then put in the quantity of a piftoll charge of whole gunpowder^then double down the halfc of the coffin, giuing it a gentle blow or t wo with the mallet, and with a ftrong packthrcd choak the reft of the coffin, and what rcmaincth after the coffin is choaked, cut it o^ and it is made. Hoyo to make Crackers. IT is well known, that euery bdy *&h ixiakfe tbefe, there-' fore I think it will be but labonr loft, to beftow time to dcfcribc their making : only thus much, if you would make a Crackcrtogiuc forty, fifty, ;a hundred, or two hundred blowes, one after another, then binde fo many Crackers upon a ftick, fo that the end of the one may ioyoc to the mouth of the^oibcrr TTHcfe you may make of paftc-board, paper, or wood, -*-' and of what bigncffeand length you pleafe, and ram M 3 them 8<$ ThefeeondBooke them full of tfic compofition of Rockets for the earth ; if you would have them to change colour , then alter the compofition that is, put in two or three fpoonfulls of the compofition of Rockets for the water , and ramme that 'in,then put in two or three fpoonfulls of the compofition of Rockets for the ayre, and ramme that in , then put in two or three fpoonfulls of gunpowder duft , and ramme that in, doe fo till you have quite filled it .then tie a hot- tome ofleathet" upon it, and pierce it and prime it with fl;oupcll s after the fame manner may you make lantcrnes dnd lights. Ho'SP to mak€ tumhling bah. MAke a ball of canvas, and faflen in it a doubleRoc* ket for the earthy you may ftuffe the reft of the ball with a fiow compofition of two parts charcoale duft,and oncpart of gunpowder dufl, mingled together , and put divers pecrardsamongft it. H0W'toim^Sauci(fonT. SAnciflbns are of two forts, ey ther to be placed upon a frame , orfuch like , and fo to bee difcharged with a trayncof gunpowder, or d(e to bee difcharged outofthe raorter-peece. The ftanding SaucifTon is thus made ^you muft roll paper or canvas, nine or ten times upon a roller ^as A, B, and^ehoake the one end of it .• fill it then with whole of Fire^i^orhs. 87 whole gunpowder » and then choakc the other end alfo^ then cover all the Sauciflbn with cord, and glew k over ; then pierce one end of ic^ aad prime it with a qaill filled m B i^h^r^:^:^££:£^iv^^^ |( with gunpowder daft; place itopoaa forme having a a hole for the quill copaflc thorough ; then fire it by^a traine of guopowdcr'lajd under the frame, it will givea s:eporclike a caaoa.'Qurkc the figure JF F. H0W S8 Tbefecond Booke Bov^ to make the flying Saucijfon to be deliyered out ofthemorterpeece, MAkcacoflin for this, as you did for the for- mcr^ firft, fill it alraoft with whole gunpowdcfj then put upon that gunpowder duft, which you muft rammc hard into the coffin^ fo that it may bee one finger thickc . then choake it clofe » and arme, and prime it as you did the jfbrmer. It is rcprcrcnted by the figure, K M. ih iO^ How to make afire ff^ord. YOnmuftmakeafword of woodc, having a dccpe * channcll in the backe of it, wherein place firft a Roc- ket for the ground 5 then two or three fcrpents uprights (with their raoothes inward j let theftoupeli that primcth thp of Fire-works. 8^ the Rocket come under the mouth of thcferpents,fo that being kindled, it may fet chcm on fire, and enter the brccch of the next rocker, fo fill the channell quite full with rockets and ferpents,binde the rockets faft into the channell, but the ferpentsmuft be placed fo, that being once fired, they maylflyout of the channel!, and it 16 «iade : mark the figure G, P. The defeription and making of three forts of FiMances. TO make the firft Fire^Iance, Xvhofc figure is noted A, you muft make -a hollow trunk of what length or bigncfle you pleafe, either of wood, paper, or paftbord rowkd on a ro wier, and armed with tome cord and glew: firft put into the bottom of whole gunpowder about one or two fingers thick ; then ram upon it a paftebord pcir- ced wich a little hole in the middle, hauing a quill faftned in iCj which quill muft be filled with a flow compcfition, or elfc with gunpowder du ft ; this quill muft ftand up in the lance two or three inches ; then fill the cof5n up to ttic top of the faid quil! with ftarres, and flrevv among the ftarres fomc gunpowder duft, then put paftebord ouer them, having a hole for the quill faftned in the former bottom of paftebord to paffc ^ then upon this paftebord N * ram ^Q The Jkond Booh ram gunpowder dufl one or two fingers thick, then pat a jow of icrpcnts in, and in the midft of the fcrpents put a cancopenat both ends, and filled with gunpowder duf? » this cane muft be fome what longer ihm the fcrpents, and it muft pafle through a paftcbord, which muft bee put o - uer ; then put fomc more gunpowder c'uft, and ram it in . upon it, and upon that put-anothr row of fcrpents, with a cane in the midft of them filled mth a flow compofiti- on, and upon them put gunpowder duft, or clfe a flow? compofition, ramming it in till the lance bee full ; then put a paftebord upon ir.and in the midft of thepaftebord put a little cane filled with a flow compofition, then fa- flen it upon a ftaffc of what length you will, and it 13 made. To make the fecond f ire-lancc, you muft prepare a . fe trunk likcunt6 the former, firft ram in the bottom |f it T fomcofthc compofition of rociets for the earth abdui two fingers thick, then put a paftcbord upon it, having a I petard faflnedinthc middeft 5 this paftebord muft bcti pierced in three or foure places, round about the petaro, f that thereby the powder that is rammed ouer the paflc> bord may take fire .• then ram in fome more compofitioi upon th^^pctard, about two or three fingers thick, tbii another petard, then more compofition, fo doing qnpfl you have filled the trunk : then faften it upon a ftafre,ar|id and prime it as you did the former, it is reprefcnted by the figure noted B» To make the third Firclance you muft haue a trunk aifo, which muft bee rammed full of a flow compofition^ of two parts charcoale duft, and one part gunpowder duft well mixed, prime it as the former, then boredivers hples round^bput it, frotD the top to the bottom, into c^ very of Ptre-y^orhs. 91 very of which holcsgtcwafauciffon, oraferpcnt, or a little ball filled with gunpowder duft,and having a petard w in the middle; cither ©ftheftmuft bee well primed, and their primed cads muft be towards the ioflde of the lance. 92 The feeond Booh fothataj the lance bumcth downward, it may orderly give fire unto the fauciffonSrbals, and fcrpents : the fi- gure Dreprefcntcth a lance having three rowes offer- pcnts, three r owes of bals, and three rowes of fauciflbns, Mned round about it« ThsdeJcripPion and making of tm forts ofFire-clubs. ^O make the firft you muft make an ovalt ball of pafte- bord, canvaffc, or parchment glcwed together, which you muft firft fill with a flow compofition,ram it in, and then bore divers holes roundabout it,and putfhercin fcr- pents, fire bals, or what you will •• faftenitupon a ftafFc, and prime it in the top with a cane filled with a flow compoficion : this is reprefentcd by the figure A, A, To make the fecond you muft fill divers canes open at both ends fandof a foot long, or more, or leffe, as you thin k fit) with a flowcompofition, and bindc them upon a ftaffe offoure or five foot long 5 prime them (o that one being ended, another may begin : you may prime them with a ftouple or niatch (prepared as before) make an o* ficrbaskctaboutitwithaholeinthc very top to fire it by,anditisdone. The figure F,F,reprefentcththeftaffe, with the canes bound upon it. The figure marked G, reprefenteth the fiaffe having a basket wrought overit. mw o ^4 The fecottd Booh Hotfi tomakeaFire^targeti Mi Ake a Target efoficr twigs, or clfc of light wood ,& •binde upon it divers canes filled with a very (low compofition : the canes muft bee open at both ends, and primed with ftoupte} that one may give fire unto ano* ther : in the midft of all you may £t up a large cane alfos if you pleale, which y w may fill with the fame compo* fition as you did the others. Mark the figure LM^JOr T Of Fire -works for the water. H0P to make Rockets for the ^ater. He di«netcr of hollowneffc of the mould for Rockets thatfwimon the water, muft be one inch, and eight inches inches long : let the brcceh enter into tlic body of the Rocket one inch, and it muft hnvc no broach at all in ir. Let the diameter of the thicktKf/e of the rowfer bee three quarters of an inch, the ranrmer muft be 3 thought leflcr; then ram it full of ihc compofition of Rockets for the welter ; joy ne to the upper end of it aSauciflon : then co- uer it ail over with melted pitch, rofio, wax, or tallow, to the end that the water may notfpoyle the coffins ; aadta make it fioat along the water, binde a rod about two foot long,asyou did unto the rockets for the ayre : now if you would have the rocket to change his aftions, (thatis, to fwim one while above the the water, and one while un- der the water) then put into ir in the filling, one fpoon- full of compolirion, and ram that in; then onefpoonfull of whole powder, and ram that in ^ and then another of compofition, and after that another of whole gaapow- der, fb do untill you have filled it quite. If you would have it change colour, then fhift the compofition divers times, (that is, put in onefpoonfull ofthc compofition of rockets for the water, then another fpoonfull of the com- pofition of rockets for the ayre, or rochpeter and gun- powder mixed; tfntil! you have filled it. Ho^ temake a Rocket that JhaUburne a good yphilein the^^^nter^ and then mount up into the ayre, pirftyoolhall make a rocket for the water, and binde *• untothc lower end a ftick about two foot and a halfc long, having a large hole in the end thereof.' then tieu)ti- toic (but !oofly,fo that itmay cafily (lip out) a rocket for the 9<5 TiefemcfBhy thcayrcj and let the ftouplcthatprimcthfot the rocket for the aj^rc, enter into the breech of the water rocket, then let the end of the rod of the rocket for theajre enter into the hole ofthc rod ofthc rocket for the water .- be- fmearc then both the rockets with tallow, greafe, or wax, oranyoyle colour that the water may not jpoyte the coflSnsofrfie rockets; then bangafione at the bottom of the ft«khat hath the hole in it, to make it fink down into the ^ter 5 then fire the water rocket, and caft them into the water 5 the fired rocket will burnc in the water, and being confumed, will giue fire unto the other rocket, which being looflytyed, will flip the bond, and mount up into the ay re. This is rcprefentcd by the figure G,G. The floating rocket mentioned before,is cxprcffcd by the figure noted I, K, Th ofFire-'^orhs. 97 Ike dejcription and making of t^o forts of fire bah fortheivAter, pOr to make the firft, you muft make a ball of Canvas, -■• aboutthcbigncfiTcof a Foot-ball, or bigger if you plcafe, and faften in it a double Rocket for the water : if you will, alfo you may ftuffe the reft of the ball,%h the compoficion that will burnc under the water, and cut holes in the fides, and therein faften other bals, and pc- trards in them : then cover the ball over with Tallow, Pitch, or painting, except the place where the Rocket js primed, and it is done- It is rcprefcnted by the figure no- ted with A 5 and it will tumble up and downeinthc wa- ter. O To 8 The fecond Books Totaakc the fccond firc-ba!l, you rauft M make a ballofOinvas, Paftcboardjorfuch likc^and cut a wide hole in the top of it, and place in ic a channdl of Tinnc pierced in divers places; fillthe channcll with thccorapo* fitions of Rockets for the water- againft every hole tbcr* of» place a petrard.* cover it with a covcr,pitch it over,and prime it, then ballaft ic with leade,or a ftone, that the vent may buEJie upwards, and it js done. It is reprelcnted Ijy the figure B. Ho'Vp to make a Dolphm. YOu muft make tl?c body of it of Pafteboard glued to* gether,fill the body with thccompofition of Rockets lorthe water, pierce it in the back with divers little holes, wherein offire '9Pork€s. pp wherein put ScrpcDts^bcfracarc the body all oner with the following pap; Take gunpowder duft, fourc ounce?, camphirCjandfulphur, or brimftonein powder, of each one ounce, make thctn into a (oft pap with oylc of tiles, then binde unto it a large Rocket foi" the water, which Rocket muft be armed (as afore) that the water may not hart it; then ballaft it with a wy re, hauing at each end s piece oflead of weight fufficicnr, audit is done, Markc the figure. I might haue becne infinite in the defcribingof fiach like with Ships, Towres, Caftles, Piramidcs. But confi- dcring that it would but increafe the price of the booke, and not better your under ftanding; fince all coofift of the former workcs, which are foplainely dcfcribcd, as that themoft ignorant may eafily concciue thereof, and (if any whit ingenious) thence contriuc others, of whatfe- fliion they lift. #/^/^. "Oa i '# f^ T H F THIRD BOOKE Of Drawing, Limming, Colouring, Painting, and Graving. A5^ By /. B. L O NB O N. Printedby Thomas Hakpek, forRA£PH Mab^ /o^- THE THIRD BOOKE of Dmwing^ Paintingr Limniing, "^^ Graving, He ATtofDram0g is in it fdfc moft excellent, and moft worthy com* mcndations in whofocvcr it is ; yea it is an Art fo ncccflaric unto all in- genious Artifts^ as that in no wife they can be without it, and my felfc hauc found it to bee true , that the light of a good draugtit is more unto an-ingeniouspcr- fon, then a whole Chapter of Information 5 Wherefore I have, according unto my knowledge and prailifc there. in,faithfuliy penned the fame ^ for the ufeofallfuch as bearc afici^ion unto the Art, and arc dcfirous to be in- wltruftcd therein .• And for that divers perfons cannot at- taine unto it, or perhaps are loath to beftow any time to pradifc it .• whereby they might come to a rcquificc per- feftton .• for fuch I have fet downe certainc dire^flionsa and thofc fo facile, and cafic ; that perfons altogether un- skilful!, may (having a patterne) workc very well- But before 104 Thethird Book^ before I begin, it bchooveth that I. prcfcribc what things arc to be had in rcadinefle to workc withall : firft there- fore provide good fmooth and clearc paper, divers plum, metsmadeof bIackcleade,ok£r,orblatke chalkc,or cl(c Charcoals made of Atti, Sallow ,or Bcech,fplitin fundcr, and pointed '^alfo a wing : having provided thefe your implements, you (ball thus begin to worke. Firft, ict the thingjWhofe pourtrature you intend to takcftand before you, fo that the light be not hindred from falling upon y. it, and with a pointed pcece of charcoalc draw it rufti- cally^ which when you have done, confidcr a while whe- ther ail the parts thercofarepropQrtionabIe,and whether it carry the femblancc of the thing that you drew it from, which if it do not, wipe it out with your wing, and begin ^ anew : but if it be faulty in one part oaely, wipe oncly |^ that part out, and draw it againe- whenfocver itiiketh you, or that you have fodrawnc it, that you can findcno great fault in it : wipe it over gently with your wing, fo that you may perceive the former ftrokes.* then with your blackechalke, or blacke lead plummets; draw it asper- feftly, and as curioufly as you can, and (hado w it accor- ding as the light falleth upon it ; This way is workcman like, and the mofl: difficult of all, yet by a little pra&kc may eafily be attained unto.fb that the perfons fland well affcdcd unto the Art. Inftead of white paper, you may take light coloured blew paper, and draw upon it with charcoalc, and white cfcalkcpointcd,which will flbcw vr« ry wel; but note, that after you have made your draughr^ youmuft wet it in fairc water ,and Ictit dry ofit felfe:this will make the drawing to hold faft on , which would othcrv^qfe eafily be wiped off. This may ferveforf xh as are contented to take fome paincs toattaine fo noble a Science: ScicnccBut for others there arc divers other helps, which folio win order. JEfoift? to take the pirfeEt draught ofanjprintedy or famed Figure. TAkeafticctcofVcnicc (or in flcad ihercofj of the fineft white paper that you can get: weticariouer with cleane fillet oyle: then wipe theoyle off from the paper, as cleanc as you can, fo that the paper may be dry, otherwifeit will fpoyle a printed pifture by the foa- king through of theoyle.- hauing thus prepared your pa- per, lay it upon any painted or printed pi^ure, and you (hall fee the pifturc through the fame more perfcaiy ap- pearing, then through glaffe, and fo with a blackc lead pen, you may draw it oucr with cafe,and better firft with a foft char-cole, and then with a pen. After that you hauc thus drawne the pi£lure upon the oyled paper, put it up- on a (heete of cleane white paper, and with a little ftickc pointed,or (which is better) with a feather taken out of a S wallowes wing; draw ouer the picture againe, and fo you (hall haue the fame very prettily and neatly drawne upon the white paper, which you may fet out with co- lours, as (hall be taught hereafter. Another way. HAving drawne the pil 1 r k ;^»1^V\ 1 fe ^ X(^A^^ %fM ^ ^># a < A have finilhcd the whole ; ftill obfcrvingthe order of the fquares as they ftand in cither; then drawitoucr with a pen,in which fccond drawing of it over, you may cafily mend any fault: when it is dry, rub it over with the crum P2 of io8 Tie third Booke of white bread, and it will take off all the blackclcad ftrckes, and your draught oncly will rcmaine fairc upoa the paper or parchment. Here I might have entred into difcourfe of drawing paralcls, perpendiculars, making of fquares^ and fuch like/ but to dcalctruclyj was as loth to trouble my fclfc,as to wearieyou: you (ball necde oncly to provide a ruler of thin braffc or copper, havinga erode thwart one end of it;the charge will not be much,nor the ufe tedious: the figure followetb, noted A, B^ B Let a, b^ r, d^ be a line given, whereon to ercS a per- pendicular or plumb line : lay the ruler fo^ that the crofe B □•■■■■■^•a aa I iBBBSHBiaiBtaaaaasia over the end of ie,my lye full upon the Linei then draw a Lime by the fide ofihcrutej atidic is^one. OfDrayping. 109 J ^ and cro(]cd into cquall Iquares with Lute ftrings,and figured at the end ot cacb firing : this frame muft have a footjwhcrdn it muft be made to he lifted higher or lower as occafion fcrveth; alfoyou muft divide your paper that you are to draw upon into fo many equal fquarcs as your frame containeth : having the like figures at the endsof each line that there is on the frame ^ before this frame muft be placed a ftylc or bodkin having a little glaffe on thctopofitfortodirctathc fight. Note now that the nearer any thing commeth unto the Center, the lefTerit appeareth : hence it is that a Townc of a mile, or more long, or a huge great Gaftlc, at a diftance may be com- prehendedi and that eafily within the limits of (b fmall a frame i By the ftile direft your fight from one part to a« noihcr, beginning at one fquare,and proceeding through the reft in order as they lic^ Marke well the followiflg figure. no Tk (bird BQoke, 4 I o/Dra'SPing. Ill Hot^ to make a Desh ; by meanes whereof you may dra'^Oy and that mofl exactly mthgreatfacilitie any printed pf^ure^ orjollid Image. FIrfl let there be a frame made, and with hinges Ice be joy need unto a board of cquall breadth unto it; let this frame alfo have tviroftayesat the top, at each end one, by mcancs whereof the deske may be raifed higher, or lower, as need (hall require 5 then faften to the frame a pcecc of pure cleareglalle fitted thcrcuntOiand it is fi- nifticd. The figure followeth. 7be Dcthi The manner of ufing this Deske is thus. If the pidure that you intend to draw be a printed one, then firft faften* ■ it next unto the Deske with waxc, pafte,or fuch like : up- on it faftena(hcctoffairepaper:lfitbe in the day-time place the backeot ic towards the Sunnej if it be in the night that you worke, place a lampe behinde it , and fo you (hall fccpcrfcaiy every (even thcleaft) ftroake of thcpiaure, which with yourpenne you may draw as acuratcly. *<» HZ The third Booh acurateljt as any Limraer whatfocvcr. If it be a fotid pc€cc,then place it bchindc the Dcske>bctweenc the light and the D^skc ; then faftcn a (beet of cicanc white paper upon the Dcske j raife then, the Deske higher, or lower untill you ice the perf eft flbadow of the image through your Deske, and paper, and then draw thepoftureof the Image, and (hadow it afterwards (without the Deske) as light falleth upon it. jfn eafe v^ay to take the natutaU , and Ihely fhape of the leafe of Any hurhi or tree, which thing pajjith the Art ofmin to imitate with Pen or PenJilL "Clrft take the leafc that you would have, and gently * bruife thoribs and veines on tbebacke fide of it, after- wards wet that fide with Linfced-oyle, and then preflc it hard upon a pcece oi cleane white paper, and fo you ftiall have the pcrfed figure of the faid leafc, with every veine thereof, fo exaftly exprcft as being lively coloured, it would fccme to bee truly naturall, by this we learne, that Nature being but a little adjuvated or feconded with Art,can worke wonders. Now for the farther information of fpch as arc defirous of excmplarie inftruftion, I have fct downc in order fol- lowing the delineation of the proportion of fuch things as in my iudgemenr fcemed moft ncceffnrie for young be- ginncrs,j?nd thofc infucbcafic dcraonflrations as for the mofl part they confift of cquail fquares, and require no more for their right underftanding, then diligent obfcr- vation , I might have filled a whole Booke of fuch like; but having confidered that what I had done, was a fiiflS- cient ground for a farther proccfSon, I thought fitting to leave each pcrfon to the cxercifc and pra^ifc of his beft /nvention. /ft t^v 1 ► \ //r 1 >v rn v^ A^ ^ v^- N '-^^o- Sv ^> r ^ I q * ^^ m / thought fiUtng to give you a word&r two^when^^ fore I have mt made the croffi pricked lines to^fAJfe through the figure t. The rsafon is, i bccaufc the figure would have bcenc thereby lorn what defaced* i becaufc fomc chufe rather to draw without fucfa rules i 3 for others with a ruler and black lead plummet they may crofle the figures through, and with white bread cruras take out the fame againeatpleafurc. / Of Painting. Hcprincipallend andfubjed of this Arr, \s to fet out things both in proportion of parts, and livclincffc of colour. For the former, the proportion of parts, I have given fufficient information for the meancft capacitiein the precedent part of thistradat: now therefore I will fpeake of the other, the colouring or fetting out in colours. But firft providea frame or Eafc! called by Artifls, which is very neceilary to workc upon, cfpccially in greater pieces of worke; the forme whereof followcth. Tf^e Ea/e/. f k\L OfPaynthg. Alfoyou mufl provide divers linlelhcls to put your colours in, alfo penfils of all forts, both for priming and other : a ligbc ruler of oncfoocanda halfe, or two foot long ? and colours of all forts ground very fine upon a porphireor marble. Having provided thefe, you (hallfct to workc, obfcrving the fubfcqucnt dircdions. Painting may be performed either with water colours, or with oylc colours. Firfl I will fpeake of water coloursj wherein I (hall ob. fcrve two things. Firft, the divcrfitie of colours, and preparations. Se- condly, their mixture, and manner of laying them on the ground. Firft of the fitft, the diverfitie of colours and their pre- paration. Colours are either fimple or compounded, meerely tinftures of vegetablcs,or fubftances of minerals,or both.* the fimple colours are fuch as of themfclvcs, being tempe- red with the water or oyle, doe give a colour. The com- pounded are fuch, whofe ingredients do exceed the num- ber of one. Vegetables are rootes, iuccs, berries, and fuch like things as grow out of the earth. Minerals are fuch as arc dig'd out of the earth, as earth, and ftones, &c. All which follow in order, as well their preparations, as de» fcription. FirfJ note that every colour to be ground,ought firft to be ground with the gall of a neat : then let them dry of themfclvcs in a cold place, afterwards grindc them with gumme water for your ufc. Now I am come to the fccond thing obfcrvable (to wit j the mixture and laying the colours on the grounds, which is thus; your colours prepared for ufe, ought to be tempered accordigg unto diredion, ftill obfcrving a meane: Oj Painting 120 mcanc: and to that end, niixc them by little and little, til' the colour plcafc you; firftyoumuft lay on the ground colour, and let it dry throughly : then with afmall pen- fill, prickc on thcfccond colour, elfe it will be apt to run abroad, nor can you worke it fo well, to make it fccroc liuely,a3you may by pricking it one,rpeciaIly in fmall peeces. If you arc to paint oucr maps, or printed piftures that hauc writing in thcrojthey ufe to lay on the thinncft co- lours, and alwaies before you lay any colours upon pa- per, wet the backe fide of it with faire water, wherein ftoreof Allumhathbcencdiflblued, and let it dry of it fclfc; after wet it againe, and let it dry : doe it the third time, for this will ftrengthen the paper, that the colour (hall not finke through it, and moreouer it will make the colour (hew the brighter, and laft, the better. To make Gum water to temper your Colours rpith. TAke cleane water, and put into it of gum Arabickc a little, and let it flanduntill the gumme be diffolued. Now you muft haue a care that it be neither too thicke, by reafon of the Gumme, nor yet too thin : for with the one you cannot worke well, and the other will not binde the colour faft. A Purple colour. TAkc two pound of Hcidlebet, t\^o ounces of Allum, halfe an ounccof a(bes of Copper, halfe a pound of vvatcr^put them into a Skillet, aad let them boylc till a R third 1*2. The third Booke. ihird bcconfumcd ; when it is cold, ftrairie it into a cicanc veffdl, and let it ftand a whilc,thcn ftrainc it into another, and then let it ftand till it be thicke enough, A Crane Colour. Youmuftoaelygrindeblacke Lead with Gum water. Br0rvncCol0Mr. TTAkcgood brownc, and grindc it with Gumme wa. ^ tcr: his falfc colour is made with two parts brownc, and a third part white lead, fad it with the fame browne« Hajre Cdour. TakeVmberorSpanifla browne, grindc it, temper k with Gumme water, Boyle Mulberries with Allum. o<» Emeranld C clour. "It Ake Vcrdigrecfc, and grindc it firft dry, and put unto * It a little off he Gall of a neat/ alfbof Saffron,and the Juyce of Rew, of each a iictic : grindc them together, and put them into a (hell, and let it dry there .• when you would ufc it, grindc ic againc with Vincger Or Vcrjucc, and a little ncats gall diffolved in-eithcr oi them. His falfc ^olouris two parts grccnc,and a third ccrufc ; itmuft bcc faddcd . with a good greenc. ■ A OfPiinting. laj AUctlitgreine. This colour is compounded of red and greene. AbUckeCfihur. pirft you muft lay on a light blackc, mingled with white lead, and afterwards when it is dry, fad it with good blacke^ for fad blacke. roixe Indie Baudias with Guramc water. A marble or 4^e colour. This is compounded of blacke and white. A rujftt orfadBrorvnu This colour is made by compounding a little white^ w ith a good quantity of red. A browne Uler^. Take two parts of Indie Baudias, and a third of cerufe and temper them with gumme water. ABraj[e Colour* This is compounded of Maflicot and Vmber, AgoldyehwforArmes. TAke Orpmcnt, antMafticot, grindecach by them- fcives: but in grinding of the Mafticot, adde a little Safifron,and workc with them. Note you may alay your R2 Orp- 114 The third Booke O rpraent with chalkc, and faddc it with br ownc of Spain orOkeidcLukc, J^ure. T Ake of white lead fourc ounces, oi Indicum t wo oun- ces, put them into a leaden pot with vinegar ; boyle them wcH , and that which fwimmcs on the top is the colour. ^ ^purple or Violet Qokur* THis is a compounded colour, and it is made either by mixing a quantitie of Azure, and a portion of Turnlole ; or clfc by mixing a quantitie of cuflets and & quantilie of Azure,^ Sangtdne or Blood -colour ^ THis is likewifcfl compounded colour>and it is made by mixing a good quantitie of Cinapcr with a little ^lackc. Orange-tawny* ^His colour is compounded of a bright rcd>and a brighe yellow; T^His colour is made by mixing red lead and Mafticot •^together. of Painting. x^5 A Qanationi or Fle/b^calour. FIrft you rauft lay on a white colour tempered with gumme.Wiiter,and when it is dric you muft go it over againc with Vermillion or lake , or elfc you muft temper cerufe and vermilleon together ^ and being dry ^go over if againe with lake or vermillion* A Peach Colour. t This is compounded of Cerufe and Vermillion, sASkie Colour. This colour is compounded of vermilleon and azure. A Blood red. His colour is made of Cinaper,and afterwards fad- dcdwith Vermilleon at the fides, orclfc with a browne colour. A bioudy colour, grinde Ginaper, Lake, and Cinaper tops, put them into good water, and if they be too light, put to them a little Turnfole. jiLincoln-greene. THis colour is compounded of a good grcene and Saffron. A P(ffpift*jaygreefte. This colours compounded of azure, an4 mafticor. R 3 . ^ / ' i"t 126 the third Bookel J good yeU^rp. XAkc Saffi'on, or Cambugium^and temper it wkhgum-, water, Sad if with Vcrmillcon, \l4 frhleorbUcke. ^ Akc a Torch,hold it under a latty a Bafon,temper that blacke with gumme-water. A velvet'hlackt. BVrneharts-hcrne on a Colliers hearth; then grindeit with the gaul of a neat, put it into a fliell ^ and let it dry in the (hade .• when you would ufe it, grinde it againe with gummc water. To write gold with Fen or ftnfil. y Ake a (hell of gold, and put a little gum- water unto it, and temper it together, and then you may write with it as with other colours. To make Azurt^ or bifi fadder. 'pAkeblcwTurnfoIc, wet it in gum-water , 'and then wring ic out, and mixc it either with Bife, or elfc over- fliadow the Bifc with it. Hed Colour. •T^Ake Vermillion, and temper it with gummc water: * His falfc colour is two parts vermillion, and a third partccrofe. ^ ^f^^tber I ofPaintmgl 127 Afiother Red. XAkc ruffct,and temper it with gummc- water, clay it with ccrufc, and fad it with it f elfco Another Red. TpAlcG Braffill in groflc powdcr,allum in powder: ftccp ^ thcraingum watcranightandaday:thcQftraineir, andkccpcitforufc. A greene Colour* TAkc Copper plates,put thctn in a copper pot,& put diftilled vineger to thcra.-fct them in a warmc place till the vinegar become blew , then pat it out into another leaded pot,and poure more vinegar into it again^ let it ftand fo till it become blew; this do fo many times till you thinke you have enough : then let it ftand till it bethicke, Tfi make good Inh* TAke two handfuls of gauls^ cut each gaul into three or loure pccces, poure into them a pint oi becreor wine, then let it fiand eight houresj ilrafne it from the gauls, and put vitreoll therein, and to ihc vitreoll a third part of gummc , fet it on the fire to wanne^but lee it not feethc.and it will be good Inkc, and ofthcfc gauls you may make Inkefoure or five time^ more. T^ ixS TbemrdBooke TofeetheBraJiU. TAke anounccof Brafill, wclvc ounces of bccrc, winc,or vinegar, put it in a new pot, let it ftand a night 5 and in the morning fee it on the fire, and let it fecthc till halfc be conftmed ; then put into it two peny worth of allum beaten togcther,and as much beaten gum-Arabicke .• ftirrc them well together, and let them fccthc againei if you defirc to have it fomewfaat darke, then fcrape a little chalke into it when ft fcctheth; let it not feetheover the pot ; when it is cold ftf aine it through a cloth.and put it into a glaflfe well ftopt. AurumMuficum. Ake one ounce of Salarmoniack, one ounce of quick- filver of counterfein, halfc an ounce of brimftone, bruife the brimftone, and fet it on the fire, but let it not be over hot fleftitburne) then take the Salarmoniacke,^ and the quickfilver being in powder; mixe them well to- gethcr, then mingle with them the brimftone- ftirre them well, and quickly with a ftickc till the brimftone become hard, then let it coole, grindc it on a ftonc, and put it in a glaile well ftopt with W3xc,3nd fet it in a pan with a(hcs; make a fire under it, and let it ftand halfc sl day in that manner (but not over hot) till a yellow ftnokc rifcth on ir, and when the yellow fmoke is gone it isprcpared, ArgentumMuficum* y* Ake an ounce of Tynnc, melt it, and put thereto one cnccof tartar, and one ounce of quickfilver, ftirre them 0/ Painting, up thctn well till they be cold then beat all in a mor(cri and grindciton aftonc. ccmpcrit with guramc-waicr, and write therewith, and afterward polilhit. To mite a gold colour. ']pAkc a new hcnncs cggc, make a hole ^i one end, and let the fobftancc out, then take the yolke without the white, and fbure times as much in quantitie of quickfil- ver 5 grinde them well together , and pat them into the fhell^ftopthe hole thereof with chalkc, and the white of an cgge, then lay it under an hennc that fiticth with fixe more, let her fit on it three weeks, then breake it up, and write with it. To 'Write tphhgold out of a PenfiL TTAke honey , and /alt a like quantitie,grinde them well, * and puttothemaleafe of gold, with a little white of an eggej put it into a muffell (hell, and let it purifie^ then temper it with gumme-water, and write with it, pol- li(b it. Or elfc grinde a leafc of fil ver,or gold, very (mall with gummc- waterjand wafh it in a muflell (hell as aforefaid. To temper ji^yre of Bife. TTAke Azureor Bife, and grinde it on a ftonc with * cleane watery then put it in a broad glalTe,Gr Qielljand when it hathfteoda while all the dregs will fleet abovC;, and the cleane coloar will fall to the bortorr e^then pourc out the water with the dregs, and pourc the azure in S cleane i|0 Ths third Booh ckane water agains ; then ftirre the colour and water to- gether, and let it ftand, and fine, and after that pourc out ?he water, and dregs againc : db thus till it be well pur- ged j then grindeit agsine on a ftonc with gumme- water, and put it into a hornc, or ftielli when you paint or write, ftirre it, and let the ftickedrop inio.thcpeB,for it will (inke to the bottorae as lead. ToiemperTurnJok. TrAkcTurnfo!e,and wet it once or twice in clears wa- * tcr, and let it lye till it be well flecpcd 5 then wring it into a diQi till the colour be good,and fad; with this you may flourilb red letters, or veftures» and this colour ftiall be darkcdyfadded, or renewed withblacke inkc. To make colourings called Vernix : to yarni/hgold^ filvcfy cr any fither colour on veUem, paper ^ timhr, ^0ne\ fyc. TT AkcBengcwinc,and bray Ft well betwixt twopapers, ^ then put it into a viol, and 'pourc on it Aquaviu^ that it may ftand abouc the bengewinc three or iourc fin- gcrs,and let itfteepefoa day or two- then put to it for halfe a viol! o^Aqaaviu Hue or fixe chieucs of Saffron flenderly ftamped 5 this done, ftrainc it, and with a Penfil vernifti therewith any thing gilded, which will become bright and fliining, drying it ftlfe immediately, and will continue the brightnefle many yearcs j But if you will Vvarniftion filuer , then take the white that is found in Bengewine and drcffe it with Aqua vita as afore, leauing out the Saffron , and the faid vcrnifli made with thcfe onely OfPmting. i|i ondy U very godd to vir nidi all thltigt at wdl paliitedi ai notpaint'edsfaritmakgthTabksef VValftui trie nnd Hebetie t@ glift^r if It bee \M m th^j undatlmhir thingSj as Iron, Copper, op Tin giljedjor roci i^ mak^di bright, preferveth and aidcth the colour, and drycth in- continent without taking duft. To make a double f^e to lay gold of fiber on an em- - boffedgromd. TAkc Venice Cerufc, white lead, plaifter of an old Image, or chalke.any ofthefe made in fine powder, and ground with the white of an eggc, and a little water: this will make a good bottome to lay filver on. But when you ufc any ofthefe to lay under gold, put to it alittIeSaffron,putnottoo much water; mingle it after difcretion> and looke the fize be thickc (landing : put the fize thus tempered, in a home or (hell in fomc Ccller, or ihadowed place, where itraayftand moyft fcvcn daycs, till it be perfe to my knowledge, hath been a thing cau- fing no fiuall admiration among divers that have not un- dcrftood the caufc of it. Hoyp to make fiye orfx dice of the ordinary big- nefe ofdice^fucb as you may game ^ithalUand fuch as would be taken by their lookes to bee ordinary dice^ dndyetaUofthetn to rveigh not above one grain. TAkca peece of Elder, and pith it, lay the pith to dry, and then make thereof with a (harp knife five or fix dice, and you (hall findcit true that I hauc fayd. To lay gold on any thing. '^Akered Lead ground firft very fine, temper it with linfccdoyle: write with it, and lay leafe gold on it, let itdry,andpolli{hi:. A a 3 Ta 152* Extrayagams. To lay gold onglajje. GRinde Chalk, and red Lead, of each a like quantity, together, temper them with linfecd oyle, lay it on ; when it is aimed dry,lay your Icafcgold on it, when it is quite dry polifti iu To makeyron asfoft as leady TAke black flints, powder them very finely j then put the powder in an iron pan, and make it rcd-hot,then caft it on a marble ftoncj till it be almoft cold , then make it red-hot againe, and let it cook, and grinde it fo long till it cleave to the ftone,and grinde as it were day 5 then put that in a glafle, and fet it under the eaves of ahoufe, where the Sunne commeth not nigh in the day, then the night after take out the water that you (ball iindc in the glafle above the powder, then take that powder and grindcit with the water, andputitina ftillatory, and let it ftill out the halfe; afterward pourc the water againe on the fayd powder, and ftill it againe with a foft fire ; tlien take and fecchethat water till thehalfe bee wafted, then take fomcironbladcthat is new broke, and put it toge- ther, and hold it fo a little while ; then take of the water which was fod to the half,and with a feather lay it firft to the one ddt of the blade, and when the water is cold, lay it on the other fide, and it will foder fafl: with this water- and with this water you may make fteele as Toft as lead. It is likewife a fovcraigne water to help the gout, being anoynted where the gricfe is, for it giveth eafc very fpee^ dily. ExtTAyagmts. i^j To colour tifh or copfer^ 9Jc. of a golden colour. 'J^Akc linfced oyIc» ftt it on the fire, (cum if Iclcanc, then put therein of amber, and aloe bcpaticum, a like quart- tiiy,thcnbeatandftirall well together with the oylc till it wax thick ; then take it off, andcovcritclofe,andrctit in the earth three daycs : when you would ufc it, ftrikc your mctall all ouer therewith, and lb letir dry, and it will be of a golden colour. To gild iron with a -^ater. fAke running water g pound, rochallum ^ pound, and Roman vitrcdl one ounce, of vardigreafe one penny waight, faltgcm three ounces, orproent one ounce, boylc all thefe together, and when it begins to boyle, put in lees oftartarandbayfalt) of each halfe an ounce ^ make it ftethe, and being fod a pretty while, take it f rom.the fire, and ftrikc the iron over therewith, then let it dry againft the firC; and then burnifh it. Tofideroniron. CEt your joynt eif iron as clofe as you can, then lay ^thcm fo in a glowing fire . then take of Venice glaffe in line powder, and the ironbeing red hot, caft the powder thereon, and it (hall fodcr of it fclfe. If you clap it in clay, itwilibethcfurerway. 154 Extrayagants. To gild on iron orfleele. TAke one ounce of argall, three drammcs of vcrmilc- oniand two drams of bol armeoiack, with as much aqua vitaf, then work and grinde them all together on a ftone, withlinfecdoyle . having fodone, put thereto lapis calaminarisasbig as a hazcll nut, and grindeithere- with in the end three or foure drops of varnilh ^ take it off the ftone, and ftrain it through a linnen cloth ioto a ftone pot, (foritmuftbecasthickashony^ then ftrike over your iron therewith, anS let it dry, and then lay your gold or filveron,asyou woulddoijpon the varnifti. ^ yarnijb like gold, for tin^^her^ or copper m TAkefmall pots well leaded, then put therein fix oun- ces of linfecd oylc, one ounce of maftick, one ounce of aloes epaticum ^ make them altogether in fine powder, and then put it intoyourfayd pot, and cover it with fuch another ; yet in the bottom of the uppermoft pot make a rmallholc, wherein put a fmallftick with a broadend beneath toftir the other pot wiihall, and when the pots arc fet juft together, clofe them all about with good clay, and couer them all over a!fo,Ieavidg the hole open above to ftir the other pot with the ftick; fctit over the fire, and ftir it as often as it feetbeth, and when you will gild, pollilh yourmctall over fiift,and then ftrike this over the ractall, and let ic dry in the Sunne. To Boctrayagants^ 155 To lay Golden Iron^ or other mcttalU Tx^kc liquid VarniftiJ.i.TurpcntinCj&oyle of Lyn- feed, of each an ounce- mixc them all together ; with this ground you may gild on any mcttali, firftftrikingic upon the raettall, and afterward lay on the gold orfil. ver. When it is dry, polifb it. To make Ice that ^iU melt in fire y htnotdiffohe in Water. TAkeftrong water made with falcpeter, allum, and oyle of tartar, of eacbj one pound. Infufc them to- gether, then put into them a little aqua ardens^ and it will prcfently coagulate them, and turne them into ice. J[ cement as hard asfione^ TAke powder of Loadftone,and offlints^a like quan- tity ot either, and with whites of egges, andgumme dragant, make paQciand in a kw dayes it will grow as hard as a ftonc. To make Paper yvayed like unto marble. TAkc divers oyled colours, puit the n PveralTy in drops upon water, and ftirre the wafer light!) , and then wet the paper fbeing of fome thicknefle) with it,and it wilfbe waved like a marbles dry them in theSun^ Bb To 15^ Eootrayagams. To make Copper or Braj[e haye the colom of ftber "^r^ Akc SalArmonUcke^ allum, and fair, of each a like i quantity, and with a little filings of filvcr, let all be V mixt together, then putihera into the fife, that tfiey maybe hot, and when they (hallccafe to fmokc, then with the fame powder raoyftned with fpittle, rub your Copper or Brafle, Bo'^^to makeglcvptoholdthings together a^fafi TAke of the powder of tile fheard, t^o pound,unflakt lyrae, foure pound, oylc of Lynfced, a fuflScicnt quantity to temper the whole mtxure y this is marvellous ftrong. To make a thimeglew. Thk^ gluten fifcis^ bcate the fame ftrongfy oa an An- vilt, tillit be thin- after lay itiofoke in water,i^otilI it be come very foft and tender : then virorkc it like pafte, to make (mall rowles thereof, which draw out very thinne, and when you will workc with it, putfomeofit intoan earthen pot, wit6alittlc water, over the embers, and skim the fime very clcane, and let it fecth a little while, theit worke with the fame: keeping it ftill over the fire.With this glc w you may faftcn peeccs of glaffe toge- ther. I Fxtrayagants. 157 To make Iron hay e the colour of Brajfe. Fir ft, poiilh it well, rub it after with aquafortis^ wher- in the filings of braflc arc diffolvcd : the like may bee done with Roman vitrioll diffolved in vincger and fairc water, of each a like quantity. * To make wood or bone red for eyer, TAke the powder of Brazill, mingle it well with railkc, bat fo, that it be very red, and put therein, cither wood or bone, letting it lye in eight dayes, and it will looke red for ever; Hoyp mth one Candle to make as great a light y as a. iUrmjt§ftX9oor three of tbefivte bignejfe. CAufe a round and double glalTe to be made, of a large (izei and in fafhion like a globe, but with a great round hole in the top, and in the concave part of the up- permoflglafle, place a candle in a loofe fockcr, and at the fan^e hole or pipe which muft be made at tbe fide thereof^ fill the fame withipiritof wine,or fomc other clcercdiftil- led waterthat will not putrific, and this one candle will give a great and wondcrfull light, fomc what refembling the funne beames* ,- . A Cement for hrokenGlafes. BEatc the whitcft Fifli glcw with a hammer,till it begin to waxc clecre, then cut the fame into very fmall pie- ces, fuffering the fame to diflolvc on a gentle fire, in a lea- Bbi dcd 158 Extrayagmts, ded pan, with a few drop^ ofaqtta viu^ then !ct fomc o* thcr that ftandcth by, hold both the pieces that arc to bee cemented, over a chafingdiQi ofcoks»tiIl they be warme: and during their heat, lay on the diflolvcd gicw whh a finepcnfi!! i then bindethc glafle with vvyre or thrccd^ j^nd let it reft till it be cold. M admirahkfecret of reprefinmg the a^ery forme §fPUnts,hy their afbes.fhilofofhtcdujpreparcdifpo* ken of by Qucrtitanus 4;?^ Angelus fala^- TAkc faith hcc, the fah both the fixed and the volarill alfo. Take the very fpirit, and the phlegmcof any herbe, but let them all be rightly preparcdjdiffolve xhtvn^ and coagulate theni, upon which if you put the water ftil- led from May dew, or elfc the proper water of the hcrbg you would have appear ,cl6fe them all very well in a glafle for theparpofc,and by the heat of embers, or the natu- ral! heat of ones body, at the bottome oi tbe glafle, the very forme and Id^a thereof will be rcprefcnted .• which will fuddenly vanifhaway, the heat being withdrawne from the bottome of the glafle. As I will not argue the im- poffibility of this experiment, folvjouldbc loth to em- ploy mine endeavours, until! I vvercexpm therein. j4 dervicc to hendglajfe Qinei . or make any fmaU worke in Glaffe. LEc there be a vefl^ell of Copper about the bignefleof a common Foot-ball, as, A,let it have a long Pipe at the top as G. which muft be made fo that you may upon occafion fcrcw on lefler 5 or bigger vents made fat the Extraipagants* 3^^ the pur pofc. Fill this one third part with water, and fct ic over a fornacc of coals, as ^,G,U^ I, and when the water bcginneth to heat, there will come a ftrong breath out of the nofe of the veffell,that will force the flame of a lampc placed at a convenient diftaiKC as Ks if you hold your glaiTe in the extentionof the flame it will melt (iiddenly; fo you may worke what you will thereof. There are that inflcad of this globe n«kc ufe of a Pipe.as A, faftned in a ftickc as, F, of which I have made ufe,but hold iinotfb convenient for thofc that arc not accuftomcd thereunto. Bb 3 K^n 1^0 Extra%iidnts^ Jn exceHeut Water for any Morphue>,or/cur^i- nejjeintheFac^. ^Akcof quickc Sulphur 3. ounces, blackc Sopc.thc ranked and illeft favoured that can bee got; bindc them up in a cloth, and hang them in a pint oi the flron- geft wine- vineger for the fpacc of nine dayes •, herewith wafh the Morphue in the Face or eKcwhcrc, and let it dry in of itfelfe. This Water will for the prefent fliainc thfi face with a y.clow coUour, which will wcarc away in time. H0i^ Ufofttn Iron. TTAkc of Allum,fel Armoniackc, Tartafj alikcquan- dtic of cither, pu: them into good vineger , and fet them on the fire : heat your Iron, and quench it therein. A good Qementfor broken gUjfes. y Ake raw filkc, and beat it with glafTe, and mixe them together with the whites of Egges. Another. XAke of calcined flints, quickc fyme, and common fait, of each a like quantity: mingle them all together with the whites of Egges ; then take a linncn cloth and fpread it over with this mixture, and put it upon the fraflure, and let it dr^i afterwards annoint it with Linfeed oyle. ExtrayagantsM i6i How to caufe that the fame quantitie both ofp:^^ . der and (hot dif charged out ofthefamepeece yhll cany clofer, or more futttring^ np Akc the quantitie of a pcafe of Opium, and charge it •* amongft thcfl30t;and this will make the (hot to flic clofcr together then other wife it wouW. This 1 had of al Sea-man, who had made triall hereof, as he faid,and un- to whotn I fold fomc for the fame purpofe. "^ ABaitetoatchTiJhwth, j/u- TAkc CacculM W/^ I fs. Henbane-feeds, and whea- ten flower, of each a quarter of an ouncc,hivc honey as much as will m^ke them into pafte. Where you fee mod (lore of Fjfti in the River , cafl: of this pafte into it in divers little bits about the bignclTe of barley corncs, and anon you (hall fee the fi(h fwimmc on the top of the watcr,fome reeling to and fro as drunkcn,others with their bellies upwards as if they were nigh dead s fbthat you may take them either with your hands, or a fmall net at the end of a flickc made for the fame ufe. Note hcrc,thatif you put the Fi(hthatyou thus take, into a bucket of fairc and frcfh water, or if itraincafccr that you have caft this j^ur bait into the water, they will re- vivcand come tothcmfelves to yout admiration • and this was told mc by a Gentleman of good credit, thac • hath often made ufe thereof. I have heard that thefi:inkingoyIedr3wneoutof the roots of PoHpody of the oakc by a retort , mixed with Turpentine,^nd hive-honey , and being atrointcd upon it g i6t Extrayagants. the ba't will draw the fifli niightily thereto, and make them bice the fafter : and I mylfelfe have fccne fifties, as Roches, and taken in the dead time of Winter with an angle, bay ted one!y with palie made of Wheatan flowre, but it hath bccne in the morning , and when the Sunnc hath ihined. Ho-^p to 'Sorite 'Without inke that it may not bejeene^ unlejji the paper he wet with water . TAkc fomc Vitriol, and powder it finely, and temper it wichfairc water in any thing that is cleane, when it is diffolvcd, you may write whatfoevcr you will with it, and it cannot be read, except you draw it through water wherein feme powder of galls hath beeneinfafedjand fo it will (hew as blackc as if it had bcene written with inke. Bo^to make'^ohiteletters inablacke Feild. TAkc the yelkc of a new layd egge,and grinde it upon a marble with faire water, fo as you may write with . it : having ground it on this wife, then with a pcnnc dipt into it, draw what letters you will upon paper, or parch- ment, and when they are through drie, blacke all the pa- per over with inke ; and when it is drie, you may with a knife fcrape all the letters of that ySh wrote with the yelkc of the eggc, and they will (bew faire and white. Bow to fodder upon Silver ^ ^raffe, or Iron. 'J'Hcre arc two kindcs of Sodder,to wit,hard Sodder, and foft Sodder.The foft Sodder runneth fooncr theft the Extranpagantsl i^3 tfac hard .• wherefore if a thing be to be (bdcrcdin two places, which cannot at one time well be performed,thcn thcfirftmuft be fodcred with hard fodcr,and thcfccond with fof t: for if the firft be done with fof t, it will unfoder againe before the other be fodercd . Note, that if you would not have your fbder to runne over any one part of the pcece to be ibdcred^you rauftrub over that part with chalkc that you would not have it runne upon . Note likewife that your fodcr rauft be beaten thinnc, and then laid over the place to be fodercd, which muft be firft fitted together, and bouAd with wyeras occafion (hall require. Then take Burras, powder it, and temper it with water like pap,andIayitupon the fbder, and let it drie upon it by the fire : Afterwards cover it with quicke coals,and blow them up, and you (hall fee your foder run immediately : thenprefcntly take it out of the fire, and it is done. Hard Soder is tbm made. TAke a quarter of an ounce of filver, and a three penic weight of copper, raclt them together,and it is done. Soft Soder is thti^s made. •pAkc a quarter o(j^ ounce of filver, and a three pcnic weight of farafTc, melt them together, and it is done. Bo^ to gild Siherftr Brajje{mtb skater-gold, pirft take about |. ii. of quicke filver, put it into a little ''• melting pot, and fet it over the fire,and when it begin- Cc ncih 1^4 Extrayagams. ncthtofmoke, put into it an angdoffine gold? then take it off prcfently for the gold will prcfcntly be diflol- vcd in the qiikke fil i/cr,which if it be too thinncyou may through a pcecc of fuftian llrainea pare of the quicke- filvcr from it. Note like wife that your fil ver, or brafTe^be- fore you go about to gild it,muftbc boylcdia argol,and bcare, or water , and afterwards fcratcht with a wyer brufh ; then rub the gold, and quicke filver upon it, and k Will cleave unco it, then put your filuer or braffeupon quicke coalcsuntill it begin to (moke; then take it from the fire, and (cratch it with your wyer bru(h; Do this fo often titl you have rubd the quickc-filver ascleanc off as youcan^then (hall you perceive the gold to appearc of a faint yellow colour, which you may make to (hew fairc with fal armoniackc, bole armoniacke, and v^rdigrece ground together,and tempered with water. Hosp to take the JmoaU of Tobacco through a gU^e of water. Flrft fill a pinte glaffe with a wide mouth, almoft full of {aire water.- (illalfoa pipe of Tobacco, and put the pipe upright into the glaflfe of water, fo that the end of the pipe may almoft touch the bottomc of the glaflfe: then Mkeanothcrcrookedpipc,andputit into the glaflfe, but let the end thereofnot couch the water: waxe then the mouth ofthe glaffe, that no ayrc xmf come in nor out, but at the pipes: then put fire unto the Tobacco,- and fucke with your mouth, at the end of the crooked pipe, and you (hall fee tifc fraoakeof the Tobacco penetrate th^ water^ and breakc out of a bubble, and focome into jour mouth?' To.-: 1 EKtrayagants. 1^5 To colour lsnd it will be white. To make Saltpeter. T Akc quick lyme, and pourc warm water upon it, and let it ftand fix daycSt ftirring it once or twice a day r take the cleare of this, and fct ic in the Sunne untill it bee wafted, and the Saltpeter will rcmainc in the bottom. *> HowtomakeCoraS* Tp Akc of red Lead gi ound,| . i .vermilion finely ground, * I fs. unquenched lyme, and powder of calcined flints, of each | ¥)• thefc powders muft bee tempered ^ with a Lixivium that is made with quick lyme and wine: addeunto the whole a little fait ; then make thereof what you lift 5 then boylctbcm in linfecd oy!c« Ho'^tomakePearlesofChalh TAkcfome Chalk, and put it into the fiie j theiv.ti|. lie untill it break : tcmpcrit then with the whiter of i'gs. Then make of it divers faftiions of Pearlcs, both Cc 3 great ^' i68 Extraragants. great and fmall .• wet them being dried, and cover them withleafc go!d,and they are done. jfn approved and excellent plafter for ach in the raincT ofthebdck^ crin any other f art xvhatfoever, TAke one pound of black Sope, and foure ounces of frankincenfe,and a pinte of white wine vincgcr : boylc all together upon a gentle fire, untill it be chick ; fprcad it then upon a lethcr, and apply it unto the grieved place. If the ach bee very great and fervent, then adde unto ie a little aqud viu^ and it will be much better. jin excellent oyntment for the Shingles^ Morphea, Tetters ydifd Riffgwormes, TAke a quarter of a pound of fopc, and mingle with it two drams of the powder of black Ellcbor, litharge offilver in fine powdcr,two ounces, vardigrcafc halfe an ounce, and a quarter of an ounce of glaffe in powder, and as much quickfilver, make them all into an oyntmcnt by flirringthem well together i wherewith any ont the grie- ved parts. This is approved and true. An Extraioagants. \6^ An excellent Balfne^pv^ater for grteyatts fore eyes^ tvhich ccmmeth cither of outward dccidtfit^or of any inward canfe* TAkctwofpoonfuIsof thcjuycc of Fcnncli, and one fpoonfulland a halfc of the juycc of Celandine, and twice as much hony as them both ^ then boylc them a little upon a chafingdilhof coales, and fcum.away the dregs which will afccnd,but firft let ic coolc fom vvhat,and then let it run through a fay re clcanc cloth : then put it into a violl of glade, and flop it clofe. Put a little quanti- ty of this into the eye. This medicine is approved, and more precious than gold. A f^eedy ypay to ajj^age the paine of any fcald^ or burne^ though mverfo great ^ and to take the fre out of it. TAkc old lawn rags, dip them into Runnct, for want of it dip them into verges, and apply them cold up^ on the grieved place, (hifting them for halfc an houre to- getheci as oft as they dry ; this I have known to give eafc in an inftant, and quickly to take out the fire« An approyed oylefor to beak any burne or fiald. TAkeof houflcekone handfull, andof brooklime a$ * much, boylc them in a quart of crcamc until! it turne unto 170 Extraya^antsl uQto an oylc ; boylc it very gently : with this oy Ic a little warmed, anoint the grUved place twice a day , and it will foone make it well. Anoyntmentj loery excellent and often proued^ far the fame. ^Ake a good quantity of molTe fcraped from off a ftone wall, fry it in a fryingpan with a call of mutton fuet agood while, then firaine ic, and it is done. DrcQe the grieved part therewith once or twice a day, as you {hall fee fitting. Another ojntmentfor a hurne. 'J^Akc one part of fallet-oylci and two parts of the whites of cgs, beat them together exceeding well, un- tillthey come to be a white oyntment, wherein dip the feathcrofablackheB, andanoynt the grieved place di- vers times every day, untill fiich time as the fcalcs fall off, ufing in the meane while neither clothes nor any outward binding. This, fayth CMinJhetiht authour, though it feemc to be a thing of no eftimation, yet was there never found any raorecffcduall for a burn than it is. An excellent oyntment for a green '^ound. X Ake foure hand f uls of Clo wnes, Allhcale^brufc it, and put it into a pan, and put to it foure ounces of barrowcs greafe^fallet-oylc halfc a pound» Bees wax a quarter of a pound, Exttalpagantsl 171 poundj boyic them all untillthc iuycc be wafted 5 thcrf ftraineitiandfccitoverthc fire againe,and put unto it two ounces of Turpentine, then boyle it a little while more, and it is done. Put hereof a little in a fauccr,and fct it on the fire,dip a tent in it, and lay it on the wound, but firft lay another plaifter round about the wound, made of diapalma mollified a litde with oylc of Rofcs.' This cureth very fpeedily all grcenc wounds , as faith M; Gerard* A Balfam ofwonderfuU efficacy. ' Ake Burgundie pitch, brimftone, and white frankin- cenfe, of each one ounce : make them into an oynt- ment with the whites of cggcs ; firft draw the lips of the wound,orcut,asclofeas you can, then lay on fomeof this fprcad upon a cloth, and fwathe it ouer afterwards. ^n excellent healwg Water -^ '^hich wili drie up any old for e^, or heale any greene wound, TAkc a quarter of a pound of Bolcarmoniacke, powder It by it fclfe, then take an ounce of Cam- phire, powder it alfo by it felfe ; alfo take foure ounces of white Coppras in powder : mixe the Cop- pras and Camphire together, and put them into a melt- ing pot, and fct them on the fire, until! they turne unto water; afterwards ftirre it untill it come to be as hard as a ftone; then powder it againe,and mixe it with the Bolc- armoniacke: kecpe this powder clofe in a bladder, when yon would u(c it, take onepinteand ahalfc of faire wa- ter, fct it on the fire, and when it is even ready to boyle, Dd put jyt Extrayagants^ put into it thrccfpoonfulsof the powdery then take it ofF from the fire, and put it into a glaflc,and let it ftand untill itbeclearcatthetop,then take of theelearcfi, and walh the fore very warme there with^and dip a cloth foure dou- ble in the fame water, and binde it faft about the fore with a rowler, and keepc it waimc .• drefle it thus twice a day. AWaterforaPifiHU ^ Ake one pint of white wine, i ounce of juycc of Sagc^ three penie weight of Boracc in powder, Camphirc in powder the weight of foure pence : boylc them all a prct- tie while on a gentle fire, and it is done : WaQi the Fiftula with this water, for it is certainly good, and approved to be true. J Water for the Toothache. TAke ground ivic,falf, and fpcaremint, of each an handfull: beat them very well together, then boilt them in a pint of vineger^ ftraine it, and put a fpoonfull ofit into that fide that akeih, and hoW downc yourcheckc. JnotherWatera}proyed for the fame. TAke red rofe leaves halfe a handfull. Pomegranate- flowers as many, two gaulcs fliccdihinne .• boylc them all in three quarters ot a pin? of red wine, and halfcapintoffairc water untill the third part be wafted: a:ben ftraine it,and hold a httle of it in your mouth a good whilCi Extraioagants. ,^3 while : then fplt it out, and take more. Alfo if there be any fwclling on your checkc , apply the ftrainings be- twecnctwo clothes as hot as may be (ufFcred. This I have knowne to do good unto divers in this Citie, whea as they have bcenc cxtrcamely pained. To make a Water for tbe eyef. yAke Ufts CaUmmnris, and burne it in the fire nine times, and quench it in white wine , and beat it into powder, and when you ufc it, put it into rofc- water, and drop the water into the eye. For Deaf enejfe. TAkc agood quantitieof Camomill, and two hand- fulsofgreene Wormewood, and fccthe them in a pot of running water till they be very well foddcn, and put a funnell over it, and let thefteamc go up into the care, and then go to bed warme, and flop your care with a little blacke wooll,and a grain of Civet .• do this morning and evcning,and with Gods aflGflance you (hall findccafe. ^n excellent EleBuaryfor the Cough -^Coldy or againjl Flegme. TAke of Germander, Hiffope, Horchound, white Maidcnhaire , Agrimony , Bettony , Liverwort, Lungwort, and Harts-tongue, of each one hand- full; put thcfi to nine pints of water, and let them boyle to three pints ; then let it coole and ftraine it. To this Dd 2 ' iuycc ,y4 Extralpagants. juycc put of clarified honey halfe a pound, fine powder of Liquorice Sue ounces, fine powder of Enulacanapana toot three ounces, boylethera to the tbickneffc of an E- leauary. Takeofthisat.any tinae,but fpccially in the morning fatting, as alfo at night when you go to bed, or two houres after fupper^the quantitieof a Wallnutor Nutmeg. Aruery exceUentJaheto heale.-sv^O proyed^ for ' any old fore y or new -^pound. TAkc ofWaxe,Rofin,Sheeps fuet, Turpentine, of each a likequantitic, Sallet oylealfo as much; mixe chem all together, and take the juyce of Smallach, of Planten, of Orpin, of Bugloffe, of Comfery, of each a like quantitie ; (ct them boyic untill the iuyce of the hearbes be confumcd; and in the fccthing put a quantitie ^ of Rofe- water, and it will be a very good Saluc. AJoyeraigne Water to heale agreene wounds and to flanch blond. TAke a pottle of running water, and put thereto foure ounces of Allum, and one ounce of Copras, and let them feethe to a quarr,3nd then ftraine it, and kecpe it in a g!afrc,and wafh the wGund,and wet a cloth, and lay to jbcforc^and with Gods hclpc it will foone be healed. For Extrayagants. jy^ FortheBytingof^madDogge. TAke brinc^ and bathe riic wound : then burne Ch^ ret wine, and put in a little Mitbridate, andfo lee the patient drinke it; Then take two live pigeons, cut them through the middle, and lay them hot to his hand if he be bitten in thearmes.Ifin his legges, to. (he folcofhis feet, JnOykforanyjicb. TAke a pound of un waflied butter, and a handfull of red mints, and a handfull of camomill, a handfull of rew,two ounces of oyle of Exeter : flamp the herbs to a juycc, and boyle them with the butter ; firaine them ♦ in a cloth, and rub them out very well .• this fb done, take the oyle of Exeter,gnd put to them, and ftir them well to- gether, and put them into a gaily pot, and where the ach is anoint the place againft the fire, and lay a browne paper on it, and wrap a cloth about the place, and keepc n warmc ; proved to be excellcni. Toflanch the bleedingqfa cut. 'J' Ake a peece of a felt hat, and burne it to a coalc • beat it to powder, and put ic in the cut, and it willftanch thebleeding prcfently. Or elfe apply linncn rags that in thefpringof the yeere have beene often wattied in the fperm of frogs, andaftcrward dried in theSunne. D d 3 J^or 17^ Extra')^agantsl For ^rt ague^ to hee lajdto the "Siprifis. Take a handful! of foot, a fpoonfull of bay fait, balfe a fpoonfull of pepper ; brufc them together, and tem- per them with wo yelks of egs ; fpread it on a doth, and JayiitothcwriftSa Almond milkefir the cough of the lungs. TAkc foorefpoonfuls of French barly well wafhed^and boy le itin three wine pints of faire water, unto a pine andahalfe • then eakeitfromthefirei and let it coole^. and fettle 5 then take the clcerc liquor, and ftraine there- with a quarter of a pound of fwect alnsonds blanchcd,and beaten • thenfctitonthefirc,andIetitboylea while till it begin to grow thick ; then beat two yelks of egs, and putthem to it j ftirre them well together, and put to it as much fine fugcr as will fwecten it, and a fpoonfull of da- mask rofe water, and fo let it boyle a while longer, till it be as thick as good creame ; eat of it warm twice or thrice a day, but at breakfaft efpecially. Forajcaldhead^' TAke a pintc of running water, and as much Mercury as a good walnut, three or foure branches of Rofcma- ry 5 boyle thcfe all together till a third part be boy led a- way. way, or thcrcabout^and every morningand evening wafli the infeftcd place with forae of this water cold, and a quarter of an houre after or Icffc anoint the place with lampoyle, and every iHorning after the firft drcflGng try to pull up (ome of the hay re as eafilyas you can •• have care where you fet this water, for it is poyfon: If you (have the head, and apply a plafter called Emplajirum Cephaimm cum Eufhorhio^ it is alfo excellent. For to heale a red face that hatb many fimpUs. Proved. TAke foure ounces of barrowesgreale and as much oyle of bayeSf halfean ounce of quickfilver killed with jafting (pettlc, then take t\iro fpoonfuls of wildc taofie water, or honi(uckle water, and let all be ground in a mor- ter three houres at the leaft, untill you fee nothing of the quickfilver, and fokeep itclofe ina glaffe • the older, the better • and when you go to bed anoint the face, and look that you keep it from your eyes. To '»a(h iheFAcCi if it begiyen to beat. TTAke Snailcs, beat them Qiels and bodies together? * ftccp them a night'in new milkc: then ftitl them with the flowers of white Lillics; T4 1^ Extrnrpogmtsl tomakeVfquehach. TAkc a gallon of the fmallcft j^^udviu you can inakc,put it into a clofc vcfTcU of ftoncj put there- to aquart of Canary Sackc, two pounds of Rai- fons of the Sunnc ftoncd, but not wafhcd, two ounces of Dates ftoned, and the white skinnes of them pulled out, two ounces of Cinamon grofTely bruifcd, fourcgood Nutmegs bruifcd, foure good Liquori(h (licks {liced,and broifed, tyc up all your Spices in a fine linnen cloth, and put them into your Jqua viu, andtye up your pot very clofe, and let this infufe a wecke, (Hrring it three times a day, then let it runne through a jelly bagge clofc cover- €di kccpe it in glaflc bottles. To make Jflmond Butter. T Alee two pound of Almonds, and blanch them, and let them lye all night in cold water : then grinde them in a mortar very fmall , and put in a blade of Mace or two; then ftrainc it through a ftrong cloth as neare as you can, that the mitke be not too thin, and let it fcethe a prettle while ; then put in a little Rofe- watcr, and a little fait when you take it ofFthc fire, and ftirre it ftill : then take a biggc cloth very cleane,and let two Bxtralpagants. \y^ ewohold it 5 then you rauft take the milkc and caft it round about the fides of the cloth that the whay may come from it ; then with a fauccr put it do wne from the fides: then knit the cloth, and hang it up untill it have left dfoppingj then take it forth,andfcafbn it with fine Sugar and Rofc-watcr. To make leHyfor one that is in a Qonjumpion^ or troubUdwitb a Uoftnc^t. TAke thefcetofaCalfe , and when the hairc is cleane fcalded off, flit them in the middle, and cut away all the blacke veincs, and the fat, and wafli them very cleane, and fo put them \^ a buc- ket of faire water, and let them lye fourc and twcntie houres, and in that time theoftner you ftiift them in faire water it will be the better ; then fet them on the fire in two gallons of water, or fomcwhat lefiTe , and let them boyle very foftly, continually taking off the ftumme and hi which ri^cthjand when the liquour is more then halfc boyled away,putin o it a pinteanda halfe of white wine, and asitboylcththcre will cornea fou!efcummeuponit, take it off ftill cleane, and when the lelly is boyled e- nough, you may know, for your fingers will ftickc to thefpoonc^ then take it from the fire , and with a Cul- lender take out all the bones and flcfli, and when the Idlyisalmoft cold, beat the whites of fixe Egges, and put into if, and fet it on the fire againe, and fo let it boyle Ee till i8o Bxtrayagants^ till it be clcarc: then ftrainc it through a cleanc cloth intoaBafon,androlet it (land all night long . the next rooming put it into a skdlct, and put to it a pound of Su • gar,halfc an ounce of Cinanfion broJccnin pecccs, one ounce of Nutmegs, an ounce of Ginger bruifcdjand a good quantitie of large Macc^boylc all thcfc together till it taftc of the Spices as much as you dcfirc, and when it is almoft cold, take the whites of fix cgs, and beat thcrn, and put into it, and fetit on the fire, and when it rifeth wildeit in halfe a pint of white wine; then flrain is througha jelly bag. To flay the flux. TAkcDatc flon€s,,andbeatthcm to fine powder, and take the quantity ofone of them, and drink it with poffctdrink, orbcercj ofethcfc two or three mornings together, and after as ofteaas you findc occafion ^ this is very good. In the month of May gather of the rcddcft Oak leaves you can get, and flill them, and when need rcquircth make pap thcrcof,miDgl€d with milk or fine liower/uger, snd cjnamom, as oft as your ftomack ferveth tocat if. TO Extrxt>agant5\ i8i To make green Ink. 1" akc grccnc bice and grindc it with gum water, and if you will have ic a fadder green, put a little faifroa to the grinding. To make blew Ink. 'Ae fine flower, and grinde it with a little chalk, and allura, and then put it in a vioU, For an Jgue. HTAke a handfull of hartftong that growcth in the field, * and a handfull of bay fait, and beat them both to- gether in a mortcr, and lay this to both the wrifts. A '^atergood againfl theplangsy or to begirven after a fur fet, TAke red Sage, Cclendine, Rofcmary, Hearbegracc, Wormwood, Mugwort, Pimpernel), Dragons, Sca- £e 2 biou5> 182* 'Sxtrayagants, bious, Egrimony, /?e, binding it on with a linnen cloth. For For the Rheume in the Eyef. TAkc the white of an Eggcandfo much Bolearmo* niackc as will thicken it, andfpread it on 2 round plaiftcr of (hceps leather, and lay it on the temples on chat fide the Rheume is. The Oyntmentforthe Jame. TAk^ Lapis r«/A^ and burnc Ic in a fire-ftiovcH of quickecoales, quench it in a poringerof womans milke,dofohalfeafcore times, then grindeitina cleane morter till it be very fine powder, then mingle it withftcfli Barrows greafe till itlooke ruffet; anoint your eyes with a little of it when you go to bod. For Deafenejft TAkcRew, and rub it bctweene the palmes of ycffi: hands untill it be fo brufcd that you may make there- 1 88 Extrmagmts. of atcnii thcndipidnfvrcctftllctoylc, and pucincach care one, forhat you may pull them forth againe, This ^ofi for fcvcn or eight dayes, and change the tent every day. Take a quarter of a pinte of Angelica water, otCarJf^ Btnedtc^H'S water, and of white wine, of either a like quantity : mingle tbem together, dividing the fame into two equall parts ; drink it in two feverall mornings : then the next night after the taking of the fecond draught of water, take thcfilhofanoyftcr, and put it into a fayre linnen cTorh, and ftop the fame into the eare that is thick . eft of hearing, and lie on that fide as long as you can .• in the morning pick that eare as cleane as you can , and after that take a draught of the beft ale you can get, with a toaft of houftiold bread toafted very dry, areafonabic quantity of nutmegs j ufe the fame every morning for five or fix dayes> fading afterthc taking hereof two houres, every time you take it. For the cough ^fthe lungs. TAkc two handfuls of Rofcmary, and ftrip it of the ftalk,oneof HifTop, and feethe them in a pottle of running water, till it come to a quart, and then put a quarter ofa pound of fine fugar, and let it feethe a little, and fcum it, drink it morning and evening. Extrayagantsl 18^ jiprejent remediefor aB manner aches^and bruifesmtbe Bcncs. TAkeagood quantitic of Wallwort, and accr- tainc quantity of Balmc, and Smallacb,and (lamp them, and take a pound of May Butter, and tem- per them very well together, then make them into round bals, and let them lye for the fpacc of eight dayes after, and then ftampe them againc as you did before / then take ity and fry it, and flraine it, and put it into an earthen pot: This will hcipe the bruife, be it never (b blackc. For burmng-t or fc aiding* TO takeout the fire , beat onyons very fmall , and binde them to the place. To hea!e it , take halfe a pound of ftiecps fuct, as much (beeps dung, aquar- ter ofa pound of the inner rindc of an Elder tree, and a little Houfleeke: fry them altogether, and ftrainc it, and ufeitasap!aiftcr,ormakc3fereelothof it, and apply it to the grieved parr. For Burfineffe ofoldy er young. 'Akc nine red Snailes, lay them bctwccne tv^o tyles of day, fo that they creepe not nor (lide away, and 1^0 ^tr4ya^mti\ bake them in the hot embers, or in an oven, tH! they may be powdercdjthcn take the pov/der of one of the Snailcs, and pat it in white wine,and let the patient drinke it iti the mormng at his rifing, atid faft two houres afcer, and atinke thefe nine Snailes ifi eigfateenc dayes,that is, every other day one. Andifthcfickneffebcfoold that it will not heale in eighteencdayes, begin againe , and drinke other nine Sn3ilcs,and he fhall be whole. Probatum e/}. A Sahe for aU fires. TAkcapound of fliecpes-tallow, and a po^nd of Turpentine, and a poand of Virgin waxc, a pint of Sallct oylc,a quarter ofa pound of Rofin .• take alfo Bugle, Smallach, and PUntainc halfe the quantitic of the other, or fo much as will make a pint juft : boyle all thefc together upon a foft fire of coales, al waycs ftirring it till a third part be confumed; then take it from the fire, and ftrainc it through a new canvas cloth into an earthen pot. Vor Bleeding. TAkca blackc Toade in May, dric it betwccnc two tile ftotics, and haog it in Sarcenet about the parties acckc. To To procure fieepe^ T^ Akc Betony, Rofe leaves, Vinegar, Nutmeg, and the -*• crummcsofHye bread; put this in a cloth wannc to the poll of the head. FortbeQougb, 'yWohandfuls of laft Saverie, ftccpc it five daycs in white wine vinegcr , put into the vineger halfe an ounce of Pepper , at the five dayes end drainc out the vinegcr, and as foone as the bread is drawee, fet them in a Pewter difla into the oven, and ftop it up, and let them (land all night. In the morning take them out of the Oven and powder thero.Take of this powder and drinkc it with Sackc, fo much of it as will lye on a three-pence. A GargiUfor the Fyula. 'P Ake a pint of good ftrong Ale, and as much Sacke, and a good quantitie of long pepper , and brui(c it gro(rcly,and boy Ic it from a quart to a pinte, and let the parties gargle their mouthes , and throats asv^armeas ihcymayfufferit. If the pallac of the mou^th be downe,it willfetch it up. Ffj For Jps Eixtra'pagants, For Dc^fnep yery exceUent go9d. TAkc the hoofes of the Neats feet after they be fod- den, and held them in a cloth fo warme as may be to your care, divers times together one after ano- ther ; they will laft to be warmed in the fame they were fodden iafonie three or foure daycs without fowring. FINIS. 0. fcA/i c f6jf , # 4^ t^RE- %-f GETTY CENTER UBRARY • " l^