The Qbaos,

have not suspected it. Uliffes attempting to know what the Trojans did, clothed incounterfeit garments, and his face changed, did all he would, and was not discover-ed. Homer .

With many fears he did transform his face ,

In servants clothes, as.from a beggars race.

He went to Troy, - — -

And when he desired to know what Penelope and her suters did, he transformed him-lelf again. I shall shew how this may be done many ways , by changing the Garments, Hair, Countenance, Scars, Swellings; we may so change our Faces, tha cin some places it may rife in bunches, in other places it may link down. And first,

How to dye the Flesh.

But to begin with the colouring of the Flesh. The Flesh may be dyed to last so long,or to be soon washed out. if you will have it soon wash'dcff, Steep the shells ofWalnuts, and of Pomegranates in Vinegar, four or five days; then press them forthby a Press, and dye the face ; for it will make your face as black as an Ethiopian, andthis will last some days. Oyl of honey makes a yellow colour, and red, and it willlast fourteen days or more. The fume of Brimstone will discolour the face, thatit will shew sickly, as if one had long kept his bed, but it will be soon gone. But ifyou will have it last many days firm, and very hardly to come off: use water of De-part, that seperates Gold from Silver, made of Salt-Percr and Vitriol, and especiallyif it have first corroded any Silver ; this will last twenty days, until the skin be chan-

ged.

But if you will

Change the Hair l

I taught elsewhere how to do this: yet I will take the pains to do it again. Oyl ofhoney dyes the Hair of the head and beard, of a yellow cr red colour; and this willhold a moneth. But if they be hoary, white, or yellow, we may dye them blackwith a strong Lixivium, wherein Litharg is boiled. Also, it will notably alter theCountenance,

To adde or take off Hair ,

An Unguent used in Stoves and Hot-houfes, is good for that purpose, made of Or-piment andquickLime; for this will presently make the part bald, so the eyelidsand eyebrows being made smooth, will strangely metimerphise a man. We can al-so make the Hair grow iuddenly , with water of honey, and the fat of an eel andhorse, as I said. One may thus

Make his face swelled, pressed down , orfttU of fears,

Nothing doth more deform the visage then the stinging of Bees. We can make scarswith caustick Herbs, by applying them, and letting them lye cr. for a little time. Tu-mours and Cavities are made by ufingto the part milk of Tithymal, as to tie Mouth,Nose, Eyes, especially where the skin is off, that by this remedy alcrc the face isdeformed; so ycu may do the Cods and Testicles: water of Camharides smeeredon, doth presently cause bladders and humours. Turbith beaten, and boiled, andanointed on, makes all swell where it toucheth, chiefly the Testicle?. The powder-of the Yew, doth so exnlcerate the skin, that the people will think the man is mostmiserable, and in a sad condition. The remedy is the juyee of the Poplar, or theoyl of Poplar. The fume of Brimstone and burnt straw, will discolour the face, asHypocrites do, who by such means alter their countenance. Mingle together thefeces of Aquafortis one ounce, Pickle and Curcuma,of each one drachm, with Oyl tothe form of an unguent, and anoint your face, it will make it black. When you willwash it with cold water, it will come to its former compaction. Comedians andTragedians, when they Acton the Stage, they smeer their faces with Ices of Oyl tochange them, that such as are their acquamancc may not knew them. Because thestioging of Bees, Wasps, Hornets, do so change the face, making the Nose, Mouth,

and