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./.