Natural Magick.

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C H A P. X.

How women (ball make their Faces very clean to receive the Colour,

B Efore any thing be used to make the Face beautiful, it must be made very cleanand fit to receive it : for oft-times women have excellent Waters and Re-medics brought them,but they have no operation: wherefore the matter is,that theymust first prepare their Face, This is the best

‘Preparation of the Face.

Bind Barley-Meal-Bran in a Linen-cloth, and let it down into a Pot full of water,andlet it boyl till a third part be remaining, and press out the juice: with this decoctionwash your face,and let it dry: then bruise Myrrh, and mingle it with the white of anEgg, and burn it on hot Fire-sticks,orred hot Tiles,and receive the fume by a tunnel:let the narrow part of it be toward the Face,and the broad to the fire: cover the headwith a Napkin,that the smoak flie not away; and when you have received sufficient ofthe smoak,rub your Face with a Linen-cloth: then use your Remedy to anoync yourFace, I shall fbew you • - * ■

One that is stronger.

When the skin must be cleansed or made white, you must cleanse some parts of yourFace from skins that will not let your painting Oyntments stick. Powder an ounceof Sublimate very finely : put it into a Pot that is glazed, and cast into it six whitesof Eggs, so beaten, that they are turned into water: then boyl them on hot Embers,till they grow thick: put them into a Linnen-cloth that is loofiy weaved, and pressthe water out of them with your hands,and wash your Face with it: then mingle Ho-ney, whites of Eggs, and the aforesaid water together, equal parts : put some in yourpalm, and rub the place you would make white, with the palms of your hands : thenboyl spelt l and when it is boy I'd,take the fumeof it by a tunnel: then rub yodr Facewith'a course Linnen-cloth. Others wash their Face with water, wherein fine flouris boyled, :

Char. XI.

How the Face may be made Very Jose.

T He next .Beauty of the Face and Hands, is Tenderness,which is procured by fatthings; and chiefly by Milk, and principally of Afles: for it takes off wrinkles,and makes the skin white and soft. And therefore, it was not for nothing,thir PoppaaSabin-t, Hero's wife, had always five hundred Asses with her : and in a Bath with afeat, she soaked all her body with that Milk. Wherefore if you would have' Tour Face made soft and whitej

Steep crums of Bread in Whey or in Milk; then press it out, and with that water washyour Face ; for it will wonderfully white your Face, and make the skin fair. Or,take six Glasses of Milk , steep crumbs of Bread in it five hours : take ten Lem-mons, make clean the Pills,and cut the Body of them into thm stices : then shaketen whites of Eggs; bruise an ounce of Campbire, Aliom Sauharinum, two ounces ;mingle them all, and distil them , and set it in a glazed Vessel close covered, in theSun; and then set it Up for your use. Here is one stronger

For the same purpose.

Boyl two Calfs Feet in water; first make them clean j then boyl the water till half beconsumed ; put it in Rice one pound, and boyl k well: let crums of Bread steepin Asses Milk or Goats Milk, with ten whites of Eggs bruised with their Shells : di-stil all at a gentle fire 5 add to the water a little Camphireand Borax: put into a glazedvessel,two yong naked Pigeons, with their guts taken forth,and put in as much Milk-as will cover them ; and add one ounce of Borax; Turpentine, three ounces; Catn-phire, one ounce; five whites of Epgs: put on the cover, and distil them ■ for it is fatthings that make the Face soft. I shall say more, when I come to speak of making thebauds white anci soft j the reason is the fame for both. Chap.