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( 23 ) XVI. To know if a young man be a bachelor or not.

TAKE the feeds of carſſues benedictus, or bleſſed thiſtle, dry them ſo that they may be beat to powder; take the pitch that grows to the ſhell of an oyſter, dry it and powder it likewiſe, and mix it with the other; give of this powder to the party, having drank it. if he be not a true, bachelor, will more frequently than uſual, be obſerved to go and make urin, which he will wonder at himſelf, not knowing the cauſe: but if he has his virginity, no ſuch extraordinary matter will happen.

XVI. How to make love powder, to cauſe any perſon to fall in love with you.

TAKE nettle-ſeeds and juniper-berries, dry them that they may be beaten to powder, or calfine or burn in the fire the claw of a crab, that it may be done the like withal; mix theſe powders finely ſifted together, and give as much as will lie on a ſilver-penny, in any liquor to the party, and it will produce wonderful effects,