454-, The fifteenth Booke of 



which is a vctmin that annoieth iheepe.For to gather an oile thereofjthc mimtv is to iccth the G 

 feeds in water , the oile willfwim aloft, and fo it is fcummed off. But in ^Egypt (where there is a - 

 biindancc thereof)thcy never ufe any fire or water about it , only they corns it well with faltjand 

 then prefleout the oilejwhich is very fulfome and naught to be eaten, good only for lamps. 



The oile of AlmonelsjWhichfome call Metopiunys made of the bitter Almonds dried ,ftarn- 

 ped^and reduced into a malTe or lumpe, which being fprinkled and foked with water ^ and then 

 beaten againe in a mortar jis put into a prefle or milljand the oile drawne thereout. 



There is an oile made alfo of the Bayjtogither with the oile of ripe olives readie to drop from 

 the tree. Some take the Bay berries onelyj&: thereout prefle oile de-Bayes : others ufe the leaves 

 and nothing els rand there bcagaine, who with theleaves takealfothe rindof the Bay berries; 

 yea and put thereto Storax Calamitajand other fwect odors. Now for thispurpofej the Lawrcll H 

 with broad leaves^growing wild, and beating blacke berries^ is the beft. 



Like unto this oile,is that which they make of the blacke Myrtle 5 and the broad leafed kind 

 thereof is the better : the berries of it ought to lie infufed iirft in hot water^and afterwards to be 

 boiled. Someleeth thetendereft leaves that it hath in Oikfolive, and then ptelTe them forth . 

 Others put the leaves firft in the oiIe,and then let them ftand confeded in the funne ^ and thcr§ * 

 take their ripening. 



After the fame manner is the oile made of the garden Myrtle? but that of the wild which 

 hath the Imallerfeed is the better: and this Myrtle feme call Oxymyrfine, others Chmix- 

 *i,indivifibic, myrfine ^ and fome againenameit forthefmalnelfej * Acaronj forfhort it is and full of little 

 rr„S" braunches. I 

 cut. Moreover,there be oiles made of the Citron and Cyprelie trees : likewife of wallnuts which 



they call Caryinon : alfo of the fruit of the Cedarjnamed Cedrela^on. 



Scmblably of the graine called Gnidium, to witjthe feed of Chamelsea and Thymcl2ea,well 

 cleanfed and ftamped. In like manner of the Lentiske.As for the oile Cyprinum, how it fnould 

 be made of the ^Egyptian nut and of Ben for to (erve perfumersj hath been iliewed before. The 

 Indians (by report) doe make of Cheftnuts, of Sefame feedj& Rice. The people Ichthyophagi 

 as they live by eating filli only/o they make bile of fifhes. And in cafe of neceflitiCj otherwhiles 

 men ufe to draw an oile out of the berries of a Plane tree alfo, beeing fleeped in water and fak, • 

 which ferveth for lamp oile. Yea and there is an oileraade of the wild vine Oenanthe^as we have 

 faid alreadie in the ircatife of Ointments. ' K 



As touching the oile which the Greekes call Gleucinum, it is made with new wine and oile- 

 olivCjboiled at a foft fire.Others there be that let the wine confume all into oile,and without any 

 fire at alljdoe compafle the vc0ell wherein this compofition is made, with the cake and the r e- 

 fufeofgrapes when they be prq^edj and cover it all over for the fpace of 22dayeSj(bas twice?, 

 day they be all mixed throughly togither. Some there be who put thereto not only Majorani, 

 but alfo the mod precious andexquihte odours that they can meet withall: and our common 

 fencing-halls and places of publicke cxercifes be perfumed with thefe fweet oiles, and doe imell 

 of them ; but fuch they be as are the cheapeft of ail other. 



Over and befides, there is made an oile of Afpalathus,fwect Calamus,Baiilme,Iris or flour- 

 de-lis, Cardumomc or graines of ParadifejMciilot, French Nard, Panace, Marjoram, Elecam- 

 panej and the root of Cinamon, taking all thefe and letting them lie infufed in oile, and fo pref 

 fingout the juice thereof. So is oile Rofat made of Rofes: the oile of Squinanth of thelweec 

 ruQi, which is moft like to the oile Rofat. Likewife of Henbane^LupineSjand the Daffadill. The 

 Egyptians get great ftore of oile out of Radiih feed, or the grade called Gramen (which is 

 Dcnt-de-chien or Quich-graffe) and this oile they call Chortmon. After the fame manner the 

 Sefamc-feed doth yeeld an oile 5 as alfo the Nettle, which in Greeke they call Cnecinon^ or ra- 

 ther Cnidinum. As for the oile of Liliesjit is made in fomc places,whcre they feare not to let ic 

 ftand abroad in the aire infufedtu take both funne and moon-iliine, yea and froftie weather. 



They that inhabit between Cappadocia and Galatia, do compound a certaine oile of hearbs 

 growing among them jwhich is a loveraigne remedie for finewes either wounded orotherwife 

 gricvcd,and they call it Selgiiicum :it is much in effed like to that oile which is made in Italic of 

 Gumsjby the people Eguini, 



Now for the oile of Pitch, which they call Picinum,it is made of the vapours and finoke that 

 arife from Pitch whiles icboilethj and received in fleeces of vsooll fpreadovei the pots mouth 



wherein 



