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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Bate, John

Bate, John

Art -- Early works to 1800; Fireworks -- Early works to 1800; Science -- Early works to 1800; Waterworks -- Early works to 1800

_A Salve for all sores._

Take a pound of sheepes-tallow, and a pound of Turpentine, and a pound
of Virgin waxe, a pint of Sallet oyle, a quarter of a pound of Rosin:
take also Bugle, Smallach, and Plantaine halfe the quantitie of the
other, or so much as will make a pint just: boyle all these together
upon a soft fire of coales, alwayes stirring it till a third part be
consumed; then take it from the fire, and straine it through a new
canvas cloth into an earthen pot.

                            _For Bleeding._

Take a blacke Toade in May, drie it betweene two tile stones, and hang
it in Sarcenet about the parties necke.

                          _To procure sleepe._

Take Betony, Roseleaves, Vinegar, Nutmeg, and the crummes of Rye-bread:
put this in a cloth warme to the poll of the head.

                            _For the Cough._

Two handfuls of last Saverie, steepe it five dayes in white wine
vineger, put into the vineger halfe an ounce of Pepper, at the five
dayes end draine out the vineger, and as soone as the bread is drawne,
set them in a Pewter dish into the oven, and stop it up, and let them
stand all night. In the morning take them out of the Oven and powder
them. Take of this powder and drinke it with Sacke, so much of it as
will lye on a three-pence.

                       _A Gargill for the Vvula._

Take a pint of good strong Ale, and as much Sacke, and a good quantitie
of long pepper, and bruise it grossely, and boyle it from a quart to a
pinte, and let the parties gargle their mouthes, and throats as warme
as they may suffer it.

If the pallat of the mouth be downe, it will fetch it up.

                  _For Deafnesse very excellent good._

Take the hoofes of the Neats feet after they be sodden, and hold them
in a cloth so warme as may be to your eare, divers times together one
after another: they will last to be warmed in the same they were sodden
in some three or foure dayes without sowring.

                                _FINIS._

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                          Transcriber's note:

    Variable capitalisations and hyphenations in the original have been
    retained.

    Unusual and multiple spellings in the original have been retained.

    All scribal abbreviations have been expanded.

    All instances of 'VV' standing in for 'W' have been changed to 'W.'

                              First Booke

  _Title Page:_

    Comma inserted after 'workes,' "The first of water workes, The"

  _To The Reader:_

    'me' changed to 'be,' "hap as hap may be"

  _How to harden Leather:_

    'grinstone' changed to 'grindstone,' "under a grindstone, into"

  _Experiments of forcing water by ayer compressed:_

    'hol' and 'low' joined, "a round hollow ball"

  _Experiments of forcing water by Engins:_

    Full stop added after 'side,' "from it on the side. Having thus"

  _Experiments of producing sounds by Engins:_

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