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congealed or seded Bur wherefore acid; things should dissolve them, we maythus guess the ReasonAa Egg laid in any Vinegar some time , will wax soft, andhi> shell will aiss-lve. Also Lead, which is the toughed and heaviest, if it be laidin a Vessel ot Vinegar, and closed up,will dissolve,and become Ceruss. By the famemeans, Copier, which is of a more solid Niture, if it be ordered as the fo'mer,wist melt, and bet omeVerdegreese. Likewise Pearl, as hard as Flint, wr.ich nei-ther iron or fire can dissolve of themselves, when they are heat by the hre, andthen sprinkled with Vmegar,break and distolve. Therefore, when we fee thesethings done befoie our eyes, we may infer by the fame Reasons, that the Stone maynaturally be dissolved by acide things, through the sharpness of their juice. Thusfar Vurttvtui. The place where the Vein is now to be found, is called com-monly Francolile, about a mile from Theano, and runneth along the way co-wardiRome.

To strengthen the Stomach,

We will not omit a wonderful Ovl, which helpeth concoction, and taketh away theinc inations to vomit: it is thus made: Pour half a Pint of the best Oyl into a bratsPot, tinned within, and of a wide mouth : then cake fifteen pound of Romane-Mint, and beat it in a Marble- Mortar, with a VVooden-Pcstie, until it come to theform of an Oyn> ment; add as much more Mint and Wormwood , and put theminto the O 1: mingle them,and stir them well: but cover the Pot lest any dun shouldfall in; and let them stand three dayes, and infuse : then set them on a gent le fire,and boyl them five hours for fifteen dayes together, until the Oyl ha e extracted allthe venue of the infused Herbs : then strain them through a Linen-cloth in a press,or with your hands, till the Oyl be run deer out: then tike new Herbs, beat them,and put them into the strained Oyl; boyl it again, and strain it again: do the lamethe third time; and as often as you renew it, observe the same course until the Oylhave contracted a green colour: but you must separate the juice from the Oyl verycarefully ; for if the least drop do remain in it, the Oyl will have hut small operati-on, and ihe whole in- ent is lost. A certain sign of perfect decoction, and of thejaie being consumed, will be, if a drop of it, being cast upon a plate of iron red-hot,do not niss. At last, Take a pound of Cinnamon, half a pound of Nutmegs, as muchMiitick and Spikenard, and a third part of Cloves : pouto them severally - and be-ing well seirced, put them into the Oyl, and mix them with a Wooden-stick. Thenpour it all into an Earthen Vessel glazed within, with a long Neck, that it may ea-sily be sour, and stopt close ; but let it be of so great a capacity , that the third part©fit may remain empty. Let it stand fifteen days in the Sun , alwayes moving,andshaking it three or four times in a day. So set it up for your use.

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Chap. VII.

That a Woman may conceive.

Here are many Medicines to cause Conception spread abroad , because theyare much desired by Great Persons. The Ancients diJ applaud Sage veryraucb for this purpose.: AndinCoptus after great Plagues, the Egyptians thatsurvived , forced the Women to drink the juice of it, to make them conceive, andbring forth octen. Salt also helpeth Generation : for it doth not only heighten thePieafures of Ventu , but alsocaufeth Fruitfuloefs. The Egyptians, when their Dogsare backward in Copulation , make them more eager by giving them Salt-meats.It is an Argument also of it,That Ships in the Sea , as Plutarch witnesseth , are al-wayes full of an innumerable company of Mice. And some affirm, That Female-Mice will conceive without a Male, onely by licking Salt. And Fish wives are in-satiably leacherous,and alwayes full of Children. Hence the Poets feigned Ventu tobe born of Salt or the Sea. The Egyptian Priests ( faith the fame Author) did mostReligiously abstain from Salt and Salt-meats, because they did excite to lust, andcause erection.