Take of pure newe waxe so muche as you please, which put into a panne ouer the fire to melte, and being molten, haue by you in a readinesse another panne well glased, and cleane within, filled with verie good and perfecte wine, into whiche poure youre molten waxe, letting it soake and drinke in well, and washe often in the saide wine. After this take the waxe forth, melting it againe ouer the fire, and molten, washe the same againe in the beste wine, so that euerie time melting the waxe, poure it into freshe new wine, washing and soaking it in the same diligently, after wringing it very wet with the hands. And vsed on this wise, both melt and washe againe in the abouesaide manner, and this also do for eighte times togither. Then set the same forth, being a cleare season and ayre, all the nighte throughe, after which put the waxe into a Retorte with a little of _Mumia_, and oyle of _Ypericon_ or Saint Iohns wort, and a little olde Oyle: and although without these it maye doe good, yet mixed with these it worketh farre better, than vsed alone. Nowe to retourne to the former matter this crooked bodye or Retorte set in fine sifted ashes, and a gentle fire made vnder it, vntill all the oyle do runne forth, and in this comming forth of the oile, shall appeare all the foure Elements, as Ayre, Water, Earth and Fyre, whiche will orderly appeare in the receiuer, right maruellous to sée. And the Oyle being thus fullye drawne, worketh miraculouslye in all diseases which procéed of a colde cause, like as we haue aboue taught. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¶ The conclusion to the Reader. Thus (gentle Reader) I haue (I truste) fullye satisfied thy desire in as manye things as are needefull to be knowen. And I committe this my little Booke to thy gentle iudgement: if thou mayste receiue any profite or commoditie thereby, I shal be gladde of it, and if not, yet fauourably let it passe from thee to others, whose knowledge and experience is lesse than thine herein, that they may gather suche things as to them are strange, though to thee wel known before. And thus brieflye I committe thee to God. (∵) [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¶ Certaine Husbandly Coniectures of Dearth and Plentie for euer. The first Chapter. And first consider and marke, that howe the weather is a daye before the day presente, and the daye after the Sunnes entraunce into the signe Aries, and suche like shall the weather be (for the moste parte) in these thrée moneths, as in September, October, and Nouember.