202vThe way to make Mercury water and to take the
Quicksilver forth of it.
Take of the best Mercury Sublimate Fower Ounces, beate the Mercury into
fine powder, then take a new pewter dish which never hath beene vsed
5and putt the mercury therein, then take a peece of the best and thickest
Corke you can gett,and with your Corke stirr the Mercury in the dish,
with one spoonefull of the purest runninge water, so continue
stirringe it very quicke, about the dish, still adding a little of
the water, thereto vntill the dish grow very hott, and whereas
10you powred but one_spoonefull att a_time at the first, then poure
three of Fower spoonefulls of water to the Mercury, still stirringe it
very fast, and quicke about, and when you see it is pure white, and
thicke as creame, powre it into a glasse bottle that houlds a Gallon
with a pottle of Faire water, then shake it for the space of
15halfe an hower, and lett it stand vntill night, and then shake it
againe halfe an hower, and so continue shakinge of it twice a
day for Fifeteene dayes together, and so then it is killed, then rubbe
the dish wherein the Mercury was killed with browne paper and
you shall see the Quicksilver, Fall out of the dish, on the table
20or on a sheete of paper, and gather againe into a quicke body./
The Composiction after the Quicksilver is taken forth
to make a Fine, dainty and safe water, to wash the
Face in twice a day, to smooth the Skim and make
it beautifull, and louely./
25Take an Ounce of seed pearle, and disolue it with the Iuce of three
or Fower Lemmons, before a gentle fyer, and when it is dissolued take
oyle of sweet Almonds, Oyle of bitter Almonds, Oyle of Beninasmin, of each
one Ounce, of the Oyle of Tartar three Ounces, mixe all the Oyles
together, and poure them to the dissolued pearle, shakinge them well
30together, then take a quarte of a pound of swee Almonds, and halfe a
pound of bitter Almons, blanch the Almons and beate them very fine
then beate a quarter of a pound of white poppie seeds, and mixe them
together, then putt to your Almons, and seeds, one quarte of Beane Flower
water, a pinte of plantaine water, one pinte of Fumetorye water
35when you haue so done, straine it, and poure it to the Oyles, and pearle
and shake them well together and when you haue done, powre them
all to the Mercury water, then take the whites six new laid Eggs, and