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Rh by annointing the places with this Oyle. Beſides theſe, it is miraculous in the procuring of vrine, being mightily ſtopped, and helpeth alſo ſtitches and paine in the loynes, by drinking the like quantitie of the Oyle aboue taughte in white wine.

Now the making and drawing of this oyle, is on this wiſe: firſte take a body of glaſſe, named a Retort, which ſtronglye lute aboute with clay and flocks, diligently tempered togither with ſalte water: after the body is thus fenced and thoroughe drie, putte in a pounde or more of pure newe waxe, ſo that the ſaide waxe filleth not aboue halfe youre body, and to euerye pounde of Waxe, poure in foure ounces, of the pouder of redde bricke, finely bruſed, whiche after ſet into an earthen potte, filling it rounde aboute with fine ſifted aſhes or ſande. After this, ſet the potte with the bodye in it, on a fornace, making a ſofte fire at the firſte vnder it, and after encreaſing a little more your fire, diſtil them ſo long, vntill all youre Oyle be come, whiche after a while wyll congeale in the receiuer: but it maketh no greate matter, although the oyle ſo doe, for it is neuertheleſſe in his perfection. Bycauſe that if you ſhoulde diſtill it ſo often ouer, vntil it will congeale or ſtiffen no more in the receiuer, then ſhall you make it ouer hotte, and ſo quicke in the mouth, that it is not poſſible by anye meanes to drinke it downe. But being once diſtilled, you maye either giue it in Wine to drinke, or annoint with the Oyle on any place of the bodye where you will, whiche will always doe good, and hurte in no manner.

And in conſideration of theſe aboue taught, you maye euidently learne and perceiue, that this myraculous Oyle oughte to be hadde in greate veneration of the common ſorte. Rh