The thirteenth BoDke of 



of ail : confidcringjth^t nothing groweth more rife in all places. Which was the caufe,{hat the G 

 fimple mixture of Oile Rofate^wiihout any foph iihcation berides^continued for a loug timc^ha- 

 ving the addition of grape Verjuice^ the flower of Rofes^ the Saffron, Cinnabarisor ShJ^^ 

 Calamus^onie^Squinanth^thc flower of fait called Spcrma-ceti, or els in lieu tbereofthe root 

 ofOrcanetjand Wine.The oile or ointment of Saffron was after the fame fortmadejby putting 

 thereto Cinnabaris^Orcanet^and WincSemblably is to be (aid of the oile ofihefweet kOenia- 

 j<?ranj wherein was mixed grape Verjuice and fweet Calamus . This eompofixion was fmgularly 



^samfuchm, ^^gjj ,^3^2 Gyprus and at Mitjflene, where great ftorc of fweet *Majoran groweth. There bc€ 

 other oiles likewifc which are not of fb good reckoning^namelyjof Myrtles and Baiesj^which re- 

 ceive a mixture with the addition ofMajoranj LiIlics,Fenigreek J^yrrhe,Cafia5Spikenard5Squi- 

 nanthjand Cinnamon. Moreoyerjof great Quinces and the leifc calieil Mala Stuitheajis made i| 

 the oile Melinumjwhercof we will fpeake hereafter : which the perfumers ufe in their ointments, 

 by putting thereto ^rape Verjuice, the oile Cyprinum, the oile Sefaminc, Baulme, Squinanth, 



*St4/!nm). Cafia^and Sothernwood. As touching the oile of ^Lillies^which is the moft fubtile and thinneft 

 ofall othcrjit is made of LiUies^Ben/wect Calamus3Hdnie5Cinnamon>Saffron5Myrrhe,& Af- 

 palathus. Alfo the forefaid oile Cyprinum is made of the flowers of Cypros^of Verjuicje.,Carda- 

 monum, CalamuSjAfpalathuSjand Sothernwood.Some there be that put moreover unto this 

 oilcjMyrrhe and Panace.Thc Sidoniaris are excellent at the making of this comp.ofuion: & after 

 them the iEgyptians/o that they put not in Sefamium oilcFor it wililaft ^ keep good full foure 

 years.-and if u begin to loofe iheliiielljit is quickened and refreflied againwith CinnamonoNow 



*'Teiinuf». as touching the ointment of ^Feni-greekejit is made of frefh oile, CyperuSjC alamuSj Meliiot, 



Feni-grecke,Honie3oile of Quincesjihe greater & the leife fweet Marjararii, This was of higheft I 

 ' ' reputacionjin the 6i.kso^Mmw£ier the Comicall poetJB ut long after there fuccccded into the 

 fame place ofcrcditjthe ointment Mcgaliumjfo called forthe great glorie that it eariearand this 

 was compounded of the oile of BenjOr Baulme liquor/weet Galamus^SquinanthjEalme- wood; 

 Cafia,andRofin.In the making hereofjthispropcttie it had byitfelfe^ihatall the while it was a 

 compounding and feethingjit ihould ever and anon be venjed ^and fhifted out of one vcffell in- 

 to anoiherjiintillthefmeli of it were gone* Which ncvertheleffeitwouldrecoveragaine after it 

 was once cold^ Moreover/ome liquors there be of themfelves,that without any other mixtures 

 may fervc and go for noble fweet ointments* Among which^that ofMalabathrum is the chccfe : 

 next to it the Flower de Luce of Selavonia 5and the great fweet Marjaram of Cyzicum, Howbcit 

 the Hearbarifis love to be putting in fome few fpices befides, as well in the one as the other : but K 

 fome make choife of one thing,lome of another to entermingle withall. They that take delighs 

 to have their mixtures moifcompoiindja dde unto either of thofe abovcnamedjHoniejtbc floui: 

 ofSaltjgrapeVerjuicejtheleavesofAgnusCaftuSjandPanacejandgencraliyallthat beftrange 



^ and forraine, to make their compofitionsfeemc more wondeifull. To the oile or ointment o£ 



*carlota(fkms! Cimiamonjthcre goeth the oile of Ben, Baulme wood/weet Calamus^Squinanihjtlje *ftuit or 

 feeds of BalfamanunijMyrthejand Honie AromaticalLThis is of all other the thickeil oinimenK 

 in fubihnce.The price of thiSjis from 5 5 deniers to 300 the pound. As for the ointment Nardi- 

 numorFoliatimij itiscompoil'dof theoileof greene Olives or grape Verjuice, of the oile of 

 Ben, of Squinanth, Coflus, Spikenard, Amomum, Myrrhe, and Baulme , Howbeitathis point 

 would not be forgotten in the making of this compofition, thatitisaveryeafie matter to fo« 

 phiflicatc itjby reafon that there be no fewer than nine hearbes or fimples which we have decla- 

 redjthat come ncare to the Indian Spikenard, and may bee taken for it. Finally,to quicken and 

 fbrtifie the fent ofall thefc ointments, there mufl nofparebeemadeof Coilusand Amomum^ 

 which of all other drugs pierce into the nofthrils>and caft a firong fmelLTo make them thicker 

 and morepleafant,there would be good flore of Myrrhe put in ; but to have them better for the 

 ufe of Phyfickejand more mcdicinable,it is good to feafon them well with Saffron. As for Amo- 

 mumjof it felfe aloneit caufeth all ointment's viiherc it commeih to bee moff quicke and pene- 

 trative : infomuch as it caufeth headache Some for to fpare eofl^thinke it fufficient to aromatize 

 onely thefe ointments with thole drugs which are fb deare and precious, either by fl:rewing chc ^ 

 powder, or fprinckling their liquors among, whereas the reft of the ingredients be boiled i but 

 fuch eompofitions bee nothing fo effedualljas when all be fodden and fermented together. As 

 for Myrrhe itfelfe,it maketh alone a precious ointment without any other oile,l mean that on- 

 ly of the liquor Sta<^^.e : for otheiwife it is exceeding bitter and unpleafant , If it bee mingled 



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