205rThen putt it in digestion in Balneo Mariae , for twelve dayes , then
presse out the matter , and it will be of a perfect red cullor , like blood ,
of substance Oyley , and retenous , poure more of the aforesaid Aqua vitae
vpon the ffaeces , and lett it digest for ffower , or fiue dayes more , then
5straine and presse it , that all the essence may be exactly drawne out , so
lett all these extracted liquors , be mixed , and distilled in Balneo Mariae ,
vntill it become a perfect abstract , like Honey , this is a most pretious treasure
in the Fallinge Sicknes , halfe a scruple is the Dose , in Bettony , or
Lauender water ./
10The Essence of mans skull, for the Fallinge sicknes
Apoplexy, Palsey, and such like diseases of the Braine./
Take the Shauings of the skull of a man that was never burried, but dryed
in the Fier, as much as you please, digest it in as much spirritt of wine,
with sage, as will couer it, and sixe Fingers ouer, doe this Fifteene dayes
15then distill it in a Retort, as you doe Aquafortis, when you haue drawen
of the liquor, poure it againe vpon the skull, and lett it digest another
Fifteene dayes, then distill it as before, doe it againe a third time, then
take all these distilled liquors, and mixe them, and digest them for
other sixe dayes, then draw off the spirritt of wine, in a limbecke, and
20there will remaine in the bottome, a currolled Essence. The Dose is,
Fiue, or six graines, in the water of Linden Flowers, and this hath
most certainely the virtues aboue written./
Marcostinus his greate pills of Alloes, which was very much
vsed amongst the Germains, to purge Flegme, choller
25and Melancholly, from all parts of the body and Ioynts./
Take the trew Marum, best saffron, of each one drachme, Agaricke in
Trochisks, the Indian Shurbbs, best myrrh, of each one drachme and halfe
Ammoniacum, three drachms, best Rhubarb, six drachms, lignum Aloes
halfe a drachme, best Aloes three Ounces, The way of preparinge it is thus.
30lett the Ammoniacum be clarified in vineger of Squills, then put to it
the Mirrh dissolued in the vinager of Squills, or Rue, then ad the Aloes
washt in Iuice of Roses, and lemmons, or Cytrons, when they are
incorporated, lett your Trochiskes of Agaricke, and Rhubarbe be dissolued
in white wine vineger, hauinge first beene sprinkled with Cynnamon
35water, and made vp in the forme of a poultis, with the Iuices of Smallage
wormewood, Fennel, succory, Fumetory, and Burnett, then ad the saffron
lignum Aloes, and marum, beinge tempered with pure Rosewater, and
and Iuice of cytrons, putt all these in the still cucurbita, and poure
vpon them, waters of Hoppe Leaues, of Borrage, of Bettony, of Carduus