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ordure,offall, and filthie excrements, but have tried conclufions therein fo many wayes, andlef G 
nothing unattempted. 
Thereisa kindof Spodium alfo made of lead in the furnace, after the fame manner asI_ 
fhewed before, of copper or Cyprian brafle: the order of wafhing whereof,is this ; To putitina 
-courfe linnen cloth, and to Jay the famein raine water, that theterrene fubftance may bee fepa- 
rated from the reft that is transfufed or paffeth through the cloth with the water :and yet the fame 
mutt becribled or ferced afterwards, and beaten to powder. Some thinke it better to wipeand 
{coure off the duft from the Calamine with wings, and then to beat it ina mortar with the moft 
odoriferous wine they can get. | 4 
There is befides, aminerall named Molybdena, which elfewhere I have called Galzna;by 
_ which I meane in this place, the ore or veine thatcontaineth within it, both filverand lead :the 
better this is thought to be, the more that itenclineth to the colour of gold, andthe lefle tharit 
{tandeth upon lead; the fame alfois brittle,apt to crumble, and in proportion of the quantitie 
not verie weigtiein hand : the fame, if it be boiled with oile, will in colour refemble liver. There 
isakind of Galena likewife that fticketh to the furnaces of goldand filver:burthis (whereof 
now fpeake) they call Metallica,that is to fay,the Minerall: and verely the beft of thiskind,is that 
which is found in Zephyrium: the markes whereof are thefe ; If it have little or no earthin it, 
norbe any waies ftonie? the fame is burnt, calcined, and wafhed, neither more nor lefle than the 
‘ _ droffe Scoria. Much ufed this minerallis inthofe un@tuous liniments or falves called Lipare, 
a ven all devifed.as lenitive and refrigerant, for ulcers: alfo it entreth into plaftres which are* not mordi- 
thoughtthar Cant: butbeeing applied to any fore in tender or delicat bodies, and in the fofteft parts, icdoth 
ee jee heale faire, and skin throughly. The compofition of which plaftres, is after this manner; Take 
and'for aisméte COtCE pound weight of this minerall lead Molybdena, put thereto of wax one pound, and ofoile 
Mussread aiem- three hemines; which done, incorporatall togither (according to art) into the forme of anem- 
he hath vote plaftre. Now if it fo fall out that the patientbe an elderly bodie, there would bean addition put 
lated wichout trereto of the lees ormother of oile olive. This minerall may be tempered alfo to right good 
| ee _ purpofe, with litharge of filver,and the drofle of lead,andthen it isa moftexcellent medecine 
tietothe” (to beinjected by aclyftre) for the dyfenterie or bloudie flix; for the tinefine alfo, which isan in- 
place, ordinat defire ro the {toole without doing any thing ; provided alwaies, that the belly be fomen- 
ted befides with hot water, 
There isanother mineral befides, called Pfimmythium, which is all one with Cerufezand 
this, the furnace and mine of lead oredoth yeeld: but thebeft of this kind is brought fromthe. 
I{land Rhodes, The manner of making it, isthis: Take’ the fineft peeces thatare fcraped from 
lead, let the fame be hung over a veflell of the ftrongeft and fharpeft vinegre that poifibly:can 
be had,that they may diftill thereinto:and looke what of it is falne into the faid vinegre,muft be 
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dried afterwards, ground into powder, and fearced;and then afecond time itoughttobeerems 
pered with vinegre, and fo reduced into feverall trochifques, to be dried in the Sun during Sum- 
mer, There is another way ofmaking Cerufe befides this ;namely,to put lead into certaine pots 
or pitchers of vinegre well andthroughly ftopped, that no aire goe out, and therein toletitreft 
for ten daies {pace togither:after which time, totake it forth, and {crape from itthe mouldineffe 
or vinewing that doth furre or gather abourit: which done, to caft it in againe|into the faidvef, 
fels, continuing fo untill fuch timeas the leadbee confumed tonothing. Now that which hath 
been thus {craped fronv it, they take ‘and beat intopowder, they ferce it alfoverie fine, calcineit 
over the fire in apan, ftirring and mixing it togither with little flices or pot-ftickes, untill fuch 
time as it wax red, and be like unto Sandaracha. After all this, they wafhit in freth water folong 
untill thatall the groffenefle be {coured off: which whenit isdrie,in likemanneras before, they 
digeft ivinto trochifques. This Cerufeferveth to the fame purpofes that the reft-abovenamedy 
Conely of all the other itislighteft in operation) and befidesferveth tomake anexcellent blanch 
for women ,that‘defire a white complexion‘ bardeadly itis,being taken inwardly in. drinke slike 
aslitharge alfo. This cerufe thus made, as white'as itis, in cafe it’beiafterwards burntagaine; tar= 
nethtobe reddifh.: . 2 gH: Gti] nt vet tossseicls brig: lisiovensely bina gags 
‘ Astouching Sandaracha, Ihave'alreadie fhewed in manner allthat concerneth the nature: 
of it?howbeit,this would be noted over andabove, that itis found inthe mines as well of filver: 
as'of gold :the redder it is, and of amore ftrong and violenefmell, the better mentakeitrobes 
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