Of ^eautifjing Women

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Chap. IT. •

Hew to dye the Hair Red,

B Eciusc there are many men and women that arc roddy Complexions , and havethe Htir of their Heads and Bcarbs Red ; which, should they make yellour-to»oured, they would not agree with their Complexions : To hetp thole also, I(e d wo these Remedies: The Ancients used the decoction of the Lote-Tree raspr,which we call Melo Fiocco: and so they made their Hair Red Or else, by burningthe Fæces of the old Wine,as l laid, they added Oyl ot Mastick thereto, which theyprovided thus to the purpose. They heaped up the ripe Berries of the Maltick-Treeforsomedaye<!,till they Blight wither : then they poured on water, and boy tedthem so long in Brazen Kettles until they brake: they put them in Bags , and pres-sed out the Oyl with a press. With this Oyntment, they kept their Headanoyntedall the night, and so made them Red. Bat how we may

Dye the Hair T{ed

I CHall teach you. There is a Powder brought to us from Africa, they commonlycallAlchena: if we boyl it in a Lye till it be coloured, and anoynt our Hair withit, it will dye them red for many days, that is indelible : but whilst you handle it,take heed you wet not your Nails therewith ; for they will be so died , you cannoteasily make them clean. So also we dye the Tails and Mains of white Horses red.Bur I can easi'y do ir with Oyl of Honey ; for when the clear and Satfiron-colourcdWater* are drawn eff, increase the fire, and the Oyl will come forth, the red.This is ex client to make the Hairs red, and it will dye white Hairs red for manydaye?; and when that tincture is worn eff, the Hairs will siune of a golden colour*Bu when we anoynt our Heads with a Lye,we take a wet sponge with nippers, thatwe may not stain our Hinds or skin of our Heads.

With Herts a -woman Jty'd her hoary Head:

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Chap. III.

How the Hairs are dyed Black.

JT is worth the while, to shew such as are ashamed to seem old, how to dye theirhoary Hxirs black, as if they might grew young again by it. And if we providefor young women we mast do as much for aged Matrons j especially , if ir fall outtear they grow hoary too soon. Of old , they made a decoction of Sage-Leaves,the green Ha-k* of Walnuts,Snmacts, Myrde-berries, Black-berries, Cyprefs-nuts,Rindcsof the Roots of Halm-Tree, aud such-like : for the Rinde of the Root ofHilm-Tree, boyled tali it be soft, and consumed,and then smeered on all night,blacksthe Hair,first made clean with Fullers Earth, Learn therefore

How Gray Hairs are dyed Black.

Anoynt your Hair in the Sun with Leeches that have lain to corrupt in the blackestWine sixty dales, and they will become very black Or else , Let a sextary ofLeeches stand in t wo sextaries of Vinegar in a Leaden Vcflel to corrupt,for sixty daics;and as I (aid, anoynt your Hair. ‘Tlinj faith, It will dye so strongly.that unless theyhold Oyl io their mouths, when they dye the Hair, it will make their Teeth blackalto. But if you would have

hong and BlackJHair ,

Ta're a preen Hard, and cutrmg off the Head and Tail, boyl it in common Oy',»tdano) nt yoor Head with it. You shall have also

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