114vThe Essence of wine or the Philosophicall tinture of wine

of which a few dropps will turne a greate quantitye

of water into wine./.

Take sacke as much as you please lett it putrifie in Horse dunge, for forty

5dayes, then diftill it in balneo Mariæ, and there will come off a stinkinge Oyle

with the spirritt, and the Fæces or dreggs remaine in the bottom, then

separate the Oyle from the Spirritt, and Keepe them severally, then

take the Oyle, and digest it as before, for forty dayes, then diftill it as

before, and it will come off, of a good smell, take the Christallis of the Faces

10and then calcine them for the christallis is the volatill salte which

you must dissolue in water, three, or Fower times still, Filtringe it

betwixt, you must likwise gett off as much salte, as you can from the

calcined Fæces by washinge them in diuers waters, and then Filtringe

of them, putt both your salts together, then poure vpon them the spirritt

15and lett it putrifie in Balneo, Mariæ, vntill the salts be dissolued, then

circulate them together vntill they are congealed into a blacke powder

which putt into s glasse, into hott embers, and make about it a good

Fyer, it will first grow white, and afterwards perfectly red, then powre

vpon it the aforesaid Oyle, and leane them in digestion for some few

20daies in balneo Mariæ, and thus your Oyle shalbe of a high red color

of which some few dropps will turne a pottle of water into perfect

wine./.

An vnguent for sore Eyes, called vnguanturm

nihili, very Excellent./

25Take lapis calaminaris prepared, fowre Ounces, Tutty prepared two Ounces,

white Copperis, halfe an Ounce, Camphire two drachms white Corrall in

powder three drachms, Hoggs grease one pound, white waxe one Ounce

make all into an Oyntment./

Vnguentum Enulatum, or Elicampane Oyntment

30to make./

Take Elicampane rootes steept in vineger one pound, Hoggs grease,

sallett Oyle, of each one pound, yellow waxe one ounce and halfe quicke=

=siluer killd in fastinge spittle, and Iuice of Lemmons, one Ounce

washt Turpentine two Ounces, common salte halfe an Ounce, lett the waxe,

35the Hoggs grease, and the Oyle, be first melted together, then ad the pulpe

of Elicampane, and Quinksiluer, then the salte, and afterwards the

Turpentine, and make vp all into an Oyntment./.