The Mysteryes of Nature and Art: Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and InventionBate, John
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The Mysteryes of Nature and Art: Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention
Bate, John
Art -- Early works to 1800; Fireworks -- Early works to 1800; Science -- Early works to 1800; Waterworks -- Early works to 1800
Take two spoonfuls of the juyce of Fennell, and one spoonfull and a
halfe of the juyce of Celandine, and twice as much hony as them both;
then boyle them a little upon a chafingdish of coales, and scum away
the dregs which will ascend, but first let it coole somwhat, and then
let it run through a fayre cleane cloth: then put it into a violl of
glasse, and stop it close. Put a little quantity of this into the eye.
This medicine is approved, and more precious than gold.
_A speedy way to asswage the paine of any scald, or
burne, though never so great, and to take
the fire out of it._
Take old lawn rags, dip them into Runnet, for want of it dip them into
verges, and apply them cold upon the grieved place, shifting them for
halfe an houre together, as oft as they dry: this I have known to give
ease in an instant, and quickly to take out the fire.
_An approved oyle for to heale any burne
or scald._
Take of housleek one handfull, and of brooklime as much, boyle them in
a quart of creame untill it turne unto an oyle; boyle it very gently:
with this oyle a little warmed, anoint the grieved place twice a day,
and it will soone make it well.
_An oyntment, very excellent and often proued,
for the same._
Take a good quantity of mosse scraped from off a stone wall, fry it in
a fryingpan with a call of mutton suet a good while, then straine it,
and it is done. Dresse the grieved part therewith once or twice a day,
as you shall see fitting.
_Another oyntment for a burne._
Take one part of sallet-oyle, and two parts of the whites of egs, beat
them together exceeding well, untill they come to be a white oyntment,
wherein dip the feather of a black hen, and anoynt the grieved place
divers times every day, untill such time as the scales fall off, using
in the meane while neither clothes nor any outward binding. This, sayth
_Minshet_ the authour, though it seeme to be a thing of no estimation,
yet was there never found any more effectuall for a burn than it is.
_An excellent oyntment for a green wound._
Take foure handfuls of Clownes, Allheale, bruse it, and put it into a
pan, and put to it foure ounces of barrowes grease, sallet-oyle halfe a
pound, Bees wax a quarter of a pound; boyle them all untill the iuyce
be wasted; then straine it, and set it over the fire againe, and put
unto it two ounces of Turpentine, then boyle it a little while more,
and it is done. Put hereof a little in a saucer, and set it on the
fire, dip a tent in it, and lay it on the wound, but first lay another
plaister round about the wound, made of diapalma mollified a little
with oyle of Roses. This cureth very speedily all greene wounds, as
saith M. _Gerard_.
_A Balsam of wonderfull efficacy._
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