The nature & effects of the new-found well at Kinghorne: declared by William Barclay, Master of Artes and Doctour of Physicke, and written in a letter to my lord the Earle of Dumfermeling, and Chancellar of Scotland Barclay, William, 1570?-1630? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A03942 of text S114925 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 1405). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 6 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A03942 STC 1405 ESTC S114925 99850146 99850146 15332 2240868101

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To mine approoued Friende Andro Hart.

MASTER HART , beeing at KINGHORNE , bearing company to my deare and sickly Nephew , who is come thither to craue helpe from this recently laureate Master Doctor , the new-found , much celebrated Well , I haue penned a little Discourse , containing in a Letter To my Lord Chancellar , the Nature and Effectes of this Water . But I am wonderfully importuned , either writing or diting Copies of the same . For the which cause I sende to you , as to a Common Father of Letters , the principall piece : that you maye giue it the Cognissance of your Characters , and a patent Pasport vnder the Seale of your Presse . So constrained to cut short , by the clamour of Mariners calling to the Tide , I take my leaue at Leith this 8. of August , anno 1618.

Your most affectionate friende BARCLAY , Doct. Med.

THE NATVRE & EFFECTS OF THE NEW-FOVND WELL AT KINGHORNE : Declared by William Barclay , Master of Artes and Doctour of Physicke , AND Written in a Letter to my Lord the Earle of Dumfermeling , and Chancellar of Scotland .

EDJNBVRGH , Printed by Andro Hart , ANNO DOMINI 1618.

TO MY VERIE HONOVRABLE LORD , My Lord the Earle of Dumfermeling , and Chancellar of Scotland . MY LORD ,

I Knowe how little leasure the Affaires of this Kingdome doe afford to your L. and I know how large a Discourse the Argument of this Letter doeth minister : Therefore I shall not distract your L. busied attension ; neither shall I extende this purpose , but according to your L. intelligent judgement I shall contriue an obscure and intricate subject to a compendious narration .

This latelie found , and newlie-knowne , too-too long vnknowne Well , Si fama didicit jam non mentiri . This Well is so blazed abroade , and our Physicians , not without cause , are so loath to open their mindes concerning the same , that I , imboldened both by your L. countenance and Vnderstanding , haue taken the hardinesse to breake the yce , and show to your L. so much as I can perceiue , touching the causes and nature of this Water , and of the effects and vertues thereof , that the rest of my more learned Collegues may bee encouraged to dye their exercised Quilles in this wholsome Liquour .

IT is a mixed water by the continuall flowing thorow a Mettall , from whence it hath contracted a spirituall energie , and a certaine Mercuriall subtile substance : To be short , The Mettall which hath communicated force and efficacie to this water , is Tinne . The reasons of my conjectures are taken from three heads : 1. From the substance of the water : 2. From the effectes thereof : 3. And from the adjacent circumstances . From the water it selfe are manie pregnant reasons : As that the water being a compound , and mixed bodie , it carrieth no sauour or taste of anie thing , but of pure water ; which argueth none other Mettall but Tinne : For anie other Minerall , or Semi-minerall , except Golde and Siluer , would bewray it selfe , by taste or colour . But Golde it is not , neither is it Siluer , which I affirme by the effectes : For all Physicians , both Dogmatickes and Spagyrickes , receiue Golde and Siluer amongst their cordiall Medicamentes , and not amongst the Nephritickes : But this water is by experience Diureticke , and asswadgeth euidentlie Nephriticke dolours , wassheth the vreteres , and the bladder : which effects the Paracelsians attribute to Saturne . I neede not to draw the consequent which willingly folowes the premisses . More , this water being distilled , or exhaled , leaueth in the bottome of the Alimbecke a Salt vnsalt , that is , a matter white like Chymik salt , which is vnsauorie , and somewhat inclining to sweete , much like to the matter which the Alchimistes drawe from Tinne , and call it Saccharum Saturni .

Nowe secondlie , from the effectes I prooue it to be Tinne , Because the whole fornace of Paracelse keepe as a great secret in their Philosophicall extractions , That Saccharum Saturni , that is to saye , the salt of Tinne is the onelie speciall thing to cure an vlcere in the kidneyes , because it is diureticke , and so carrieth to the afflicted part , and then it is detersiue and drying , which qualities doe cure an vlcere , and which qualities wee finde in this water .

Lastlie , from the adjacent circumstances , wee reason this way : It is not vnprobable , that there should bee Tinne in that part , because it is a Mettall familiare , and domesticke to this Yland , the best of Europe being found in ENGLAND . And the channell of the water , in that clift of the Rocke where it floweth , hath participated of the tincture of Tinne , as appeareth to euerie one that beholdeth : The Rocke it selfe notwithstanding being as it were imbrodered , and pessimented with white laces of cleare and chrystalline stones .

AS Towardes the effectes of this Water , There are two thinges to be said , 1. What it might doe , beeing Physicallie vsed : 2. And what it hath done , beeing Vulgarlie abused . For the first I will superceede , because I am loath , at this time , to trouble your Lordship for the other .

This water is experimented to bee verie aperitiue , and serueth verie much for the washing away of Sande , beeing taken in such quantitie as maketh a speate : ( Neither hath it beene founde that an exceeding great quantitie of it hath done anie harme ) And it bringeth downe little stones from the kidneyes , and expelleth them also from the bladder . Yet it is not tried to haue force to diminish or demolish a conformed and solidated stone in the bladder , albeit it hindereth the intollerable doloures of the pitiable grauels , and quencheth the burning heate of their water , and causeth them make water without painfull dropping . It is very detersiue , for the which quality it louseth the belly of some . It is also very drying , and in this respect it bindeth the belly of most part of Drinkers : as we remarke the same accidents fall out in the vse of Milke : For the croudy part bindeth some , and the serous or wheyish part louseth others . Nowe joyning these two properties together , to deterge and to dry , it maketh a soueraigne remedie for all internall vlcers , also for this detersiue qualitie , it is good for the sight , because it taketh away all clouds or blots , which effuscate or dimme the Cornea tunica , and causeth the Species intentionales to passe more purelie & clearelie to the humor christallin .

I adde thus much more , That there is not a more daintie Fairde for Ladies : no not Oleum talci , which is so curiouslie euer sought , and neuer found . It plaineth & polisheth their faces , and taketh away all blots and furrowes , and leaueth no frumples in their Skinnes , with greater securitie and honour , than the venomous Sublimatum , or Cerussa , which they so frequently abuse , Because this water hath the most spirituall operation of Mercurie , quintessenced from the Tinne : which I confirme by two reasons : The one is , because it is sudorifick , & procureth sweate in aboundance , beeing drunken some number of dayes consequently . The other is , because the temperament of it is hote , albeit it bee actuallie colde . The heate appeareth , in that it procureth to the eyes first a smart , and next a great itch .

Lastly , this is a soueraigne and vnicke remedie for that disease in Women , which they neuer acknowledge to be a disease , while it bee almost past remedie : and more than a disease , when Physicians haue none helpe , but only sorrow to heare their complaints , and the regrate of their lamentable negligence . So ceasing to prosecute this warsh matter of water , I will neuer cease to continue

Your L. most humble and obedient seruitour BARCLAY , Doct. Med.