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