To make Walls or Floores , that neither Snaile , Weasle , Cat , Mouse , or Weuill , will come neere , to destroy either Corne , or other thing .

Make your walls or floores of what matter or substance you thinke meete , and let them be well dryed , then take clay , and in the tempering thereof put in the fome o● dregs of Oyk that fleeteth on the top of Oyle and mingle them well together , then take wilde Oliue trees leaues & put there among here with plaister your foresaid walls and fl●●res quite ouer and let it drye , then take th● said some of Oyle , and rub it ouer the walls and out of doubt no vermin will approach it .

To take away the good taste or sauour of Oyle .

HAng Oyle in a chimney where smoak● and sut are , and it spoileth the taste o● Oyle , for it will not come neere any heat bu● his owne naturall heat that it hath in it self●

How to order Oxen when they are newly vnyoaked comming from labour .

OF all beasts Oren are most subiect t● hide binding , and therefore as soone a● they be come from their labour and be vnyoaked , you ought to rub their necks where th● yoake touched , with your hand , and to press● downe the ●kinne of their backs , and then t● pull it as if you pulled it from the ribbes , fo● that is a helpe that they shall not be hid● bound .

To glaze pots within .

TAke your vessell which must be well burned , then take red lead as much as you will , and put thereto a tenth part of water , and of Tartar nine parts , then mixe them together , and glaze your pots as the manner is , for this is excellent .

How to know all manner of sores .

IF thou see an Impostume or other sore in what place of the body soeuer it be ;

First , take heed to the colour thereof , and if it be red and nesh in feeling , then it is ingendred of euill blood , and if it be hot and moist withall , the signes where of it par taketh be Gemini , Libra , and Aquary , the Planet Iupiter and Mercury , when the Moone or the Planet be in these signes , or in any of them , vse no medicines to such a sore . If it be red and therewith hard , it is ingendred of heat , and is hot and dry , the signes be dries , Leo , and Sagittarius , the Planets , Sol , & Mars , while the Moone is in these , vse no medicine to the griened place .

If if be white , gray or blackish affirme , saith Hypocrates , that it proceedeth of cold and drinesse , if it be hard and the signes there , unto belonging to Taurus , Uirgo and Capricorne and Saturne , who is cold and dry is the Planet . Whilst the Moone is abiding in one of these signes , vse no medicine to such a disease : but if the sore haue these last named colours , or any of them , and there withall be not hard in feeling but nesh , say that it commeth of a cold moisture , as ingendred of fleame , the signes agreeing thereunto be Cancer , Scorpio , and Pisces , the Planets there , of answering , be Venus and the Moone . Thus easily may any one know whereof any swelling or sore doth come , as Hypocias saith .

To make Gun-powder .

TAke what quantity of Salt-peter you will , and halfe so much quantity of quick brimstone , small coules made of sallow or willow , halfe so much as of brimstone , and if you thinke it conuenient , you may put thereto a little quicke siluer , then being them all to powder , and farce them , and put these in some hote place .

Fiue deuices at Cardes .

HOw to draw out the whole decke of Cauds , and to tell what euery Card● is before you drawe it out .

Take the whole decke of Cards and hold them close together , and neere vnto / your eye , and ouer against you hang a looking glasse , and by it you shall see euery carde , to the amazement of the beholders .

Or thus .

Take a péece of a looking-glasse in your left hand , vn●eene to the beholders , and so you shall performe the same :

Also if you thinke these two wayes too open or plaine , take the cuppe , and put a little drinke in your mouth , stooping downe with your head , let a little quantity fall vpon the table to the breadth of a shilling , then hold your cards as before is said , clo●e to your eye vnder the moisture , and the cards will shadowin such sort , that you may know euery card before you drawe it , and it is so hard to be descryed , that in seuen yeeres you may scantly be perceiued .

Againe if you deliuer to your fellow one Card whasoeuer it be at a venture , and take two next following your selfe , see how many those two are aboue ten , and so many you may affirme that you are more then he , and more then will make him ten , as to make it plaine with an example .

I put the case that I deliuer to my friend standing by , the sixe of Clubs , and I take the two next Cards , which are the Qu●●ne of Hearts , and the foure of Diamonds , I say therefore vnto my friend , or lay a wager with him , that I haue as many as he , as many as will make him ten , and foure pippes to spare , and so is there .

In like manner I deliuer to a stander by two Cards , and take my selfe double the number , to wit foure : I may say in like sort , that I haue as many as he , and as many as will make him twenty , and so many to spars as I haue pippes in my hand aboue twenty .

So likewise deliuering three Cards and taking sixe to your selfe , you may say that you haue as many as he , and as many as will make him thirty , and the odde pippes to spare : and thus you may doe it to many Cards , in doubling the Cards , and respecting ten soeuery Card.

If your familiar friends be in company , you may take three knaues , and lay them with their faces downewards , but let two of them lye together , and the third by himselfe : than say to one with whom you may be bold : Whether had you rather of occasion serued , to make the two Cards which lie together three , or to take part with this one , and make him two ? then will he take the one or the others part , if he take the two , then say to him , here I pray you make them three knaues .

Also if you take the foure knaues , and lay them all together in such sort on the top or bottome , that the standers by perceiue you not , and take three of them , and shew them to the beholders saying , see you these three knaues ? who will answer , yea : then pricke away one of those three that you shewed , and lay the other two in the place where-from you tooke them , and giue the Cards one cut or two : you may then wager with them , that although you cut away one of the knaues that yet three are together still , which they will deny at the first , hauing not regarded what knaue it was you did pricke .

Also if you lay all the coate Cards together , and when you haue so done , came your companion to cut them foure , or fiue or sixe times : you may affirme that by his so often cutting of them , all the coate Cards are together , for being once together , the cutting seldome parteth , which if you perceiue by the bottome Card , cause him to giue them one out more , so shall you haue them all together .

How to know if one Carde be missing what Carde it is .

TAke the Carss and face them , and euer as you tell the pipe , and alwayes at euery ten cast it out of your minde , and count to ten till you come to the end , then maike what number is remaining at the end , and see what it wanteth of ten and that is the Card , and if ten be remaining , you may affirme that ten is missing . And by this way may you bid your friend or acquaintance , to take out of the decke any Card what he will , and yhu will tell him what it is presently : As for example , a friend takes the Ace of the Hearts , and I looke or runne ouer the Cards , and passe all the tenne Cards , and the rest I tell casting away ten euer as I tell , and in the end I finde but nine remaining in tale , therefore because nine wanteth but one of ten , I know that it is an Ace , and I run ouer the Cards againe quickly to see which of the Aces it is , and then I affirme to my friend that it is the Ace of hearts .

To know what Carde one thicketh .

BID your friend think what Carde he will , and then take the packe , and lay the Cards , Carde by Carde into three heaps with the faces vpward , and when you haue done , demand in which heape his Carde is , and that heape lay nethermost , and in this sort doe three times , and at the last time the Card which your friend thinketh will be the vppermost of that heape : marry if you cast them the fourth time also , remembring the Card at the third time , it will not so easily be perceiued .

Another .

SHuffle the Cards , and shew vnto your friend the bottome Card , bidding him marke the Card that he know it well then put the Cards behind your backe , and turne that bottome backeward , that is to say , the backe of that Card to the backe of the decke , then shew him the next bottome Card , and demand if that do his Card , then he will answer no : and in shewing that Card , the other Card is in your sight , whereby you may know the Card as well as he .

Another .

MArke you the bottome Card priuily , and then opening the Cards , bid one draw what Card him liketh , and when he hath drawne the Card and seene it , lay that Card close to your knowne Card , and then giue him the Cards to cut or shuffle , whether he will , and ay that you can tell him his Card , or in drawing know when it commeth out , which easily you may doe , for that it will come either the next before or the next after the marked Carde .

How to smell out the foure Aces , or foure knaues being blindfolded .

RUbbe the edges of them with a little beaten pepper , and you may easily smell them from the rest .

How to know whether one take vp a King Card , or a Queene , being absent in another roome .

THis tricke requireth the helpe of another , who must be in that roome , and when the Card is taken vp , he must first speake , and aske his fellow what it is , and if he see that the king is taken vp , then must he aske his fellow short , saying what is t ? but if the Queene be taken vp , he must aske his fellow saying , what is it ? And 〈◊〉 by the demand may he that is in another roome tell iustly ▪ whether of them a stander by doth take vp , to the wonder of the beholders .

How to keepe Wine from sowring .

WHen you feare that your wine will be sowre , by reason of thundring or lightning , haue alwayes Looke seeds in store for the same purpose , then pound some of them in a morter , and put into your vessels of wine , and it will preserue it from being sowre .

How to keepe Ale or Beere in Summer from sowring .

TAke a handfull or two ( according as the quantity of your vessell is in bignesse ) of the hearbe called Mugwort , and being well washed , and after well drained from the water , put it into your vessels of Beere and Ale , and it will not sowre , a matter of small cost and greatest profit .

To make Oyle de Bay .

TAke gréene Bay leaues , and stampe them with oyle , and cleane swines greace , and being well stamped together put it into an earthen pot , and so let it stand to rot for the space of forty dayes at the least , and stop it very close , then at the forty dayes end , set it on the fire , and boyle it with a soft fire , and put thereto the iuyce of parsley , then straine it and keepe it very close .

How to make Ginger bread .

TAke two pound of scummed hony , twelue peund of flowre , put thereto ginger beaten in powder , pepper , cloues , and mace , in powder , and make into what fashion you will , and bake it as you would dee bread .

How to close or ioyne together a sword , dagger , or knife , being broken a sunder .

TAke an Adamant stone and burne it in the fire till it be red without , then shaue off that red into a dish ▪ take also two gads of stéele broken into foure peeces , vineger a scruple , perdegreece an ounce , then put your steele , viueger , and verdegreece into a stillitory of glasse , and let them still to water , and then mingle the powder of your burnt Adamant with the water and ●o put it into a violl , and kéepe it for your vse .

Or else thus .

TAke Tinne and melt it , and then put thereto as much Mercury , and mingle them well together so that you may make powder of them both , then take the powder of the Adamant , as much as of either of them , and mingle all these together , then take salt and Romane Uitrioll , and still a water of them , and keepe it in a glasse well stopped . Now you corrosiue water being made , take your blade that is broken , and lay it vpon a plaine boord , being sure , that both the broken peeces lye as euen together as may be , then lay a threed euen about the same , and ihen put ware about the threed , and when thou hast done , draw away the threed , and lay of your powder in the place where your threed lay , and put a little of your corrosiue water vpon your powder , Factum est .

A water to gild vpon steele or iron .

TAke an ounce of Argoll , two ounces of salt , an ounce of Alome , a quarter of an ounce of verdegreece , and grinde them well together , then put thereto a pinte of vineger , and so let it stand a little season , and with that water maist thou gild on what metall thou wilt .

To make any gilt thing as hie coloured as the Angell Noble .

TAke Sal armoniacke , and Uerdegréece , made in sottle powder , and put in pisse , or in vineger till it be thicke like pappe , then lay there of vpon thy ring , or other thing whatsoeuer that gilt is , and lay it ouer a very small fire till it moke , and then put it in some close thing , and couer it till it be cold , & expertum est .

How to gild with small cost .

TAke a quart ofred wine , and see the it with brazell to a pinte , then take gold-foile the Price of foure pence and put thereto , then heat thy siluer red hot , and quench it therein , and it shall finely gild .

How to couch gold vpon a cloth .

TAke Bole-armoniacke and Close , and so grinde them together , and lay it ouer the cloth some what warme , and ere it be dry , touch there on thy gold , & so let it dry throughly , and then maist thou begin to burnish it .

Another manner of way .

TAke water and chalke and grinde them well together , then straine it thorow a cloth , and then put it into a horne , and doe thereto some reare of egges , and then stirre it well together , & set it ur some moist place , and the longer it standeth , the better it is , Expertum est .

How to graft a vine vpon a vine .

TAke and cleaue the stocke of a vine , as you doe other trees , and put the graft in the clist , and stop it well with ware and binde it fast .

How to helpe a tree that is long before it beare fruit .

TAke an anger or wimble , and bore a hole so deepe as the pith of the tree at the least , then take a pinne made of some dry hard timber , but see that you make it somewhat greater then the hole at the one end , and then take a hatchet or hammer , or any such like thing , and see you driue in the pinne so forceably , that you cleaue the stocke a little , then take some waxe , and stoppe the cliffe close , and rest assured it will beare fruit the yeere following .

How to haue Peaches sooner by two moneths then other .

GRaft your Peach on a Mulbery , or on a Uine .

How to haue Plums all the Summer vnto Alhallontide .

GRaft one in another in the Sorbery tree , and in the Mulbery tree .

How to make Medlers and Cherries to abide vntill the new come .

GRaft in a Mulbery tree as is aforesaid , and wet your grafts in hony , and put thereto powder of cloues .

How to keepe a Rose flesh a moneth and more .

YOu may vse it euery day , and in the night put it into hony , and it will continue long , as hath beene often proued .

To haue fruit without blossomes .

GRaft vpon a Ftigge tree , and the fruit that conuneth thereon will come without blossome .

To haue fruit that will indure two yeere .

GRaft on a Warden , or vpon a Quince tree .

To haue fruit without chore .

TAke a graft , and set it into the stocke at both the ends , so that the graft may grow like an halfe hoope .

To haue Cheries at Alhallontide .

GRaft Cherry-trée grafts vpon a Mulbery tree , or vpon a sage stocke , and the cherries that come thereon , will indure vntill the time aforesaid .

To haue Medlers sooner by two moneths , and also greater than others .

TAke your grafts and then wet them in hony , and then graft them either vpon a Mulbery tree , or on a thorne .

To haue ripe Peares very soone .

GRaft your Peares vpon a Hawthorn , and you shall haue early Peares .

To haue Peares very late .

Graft vpon a Warden tree .

To haue Wardens betimes .

GRaft vpon a Mulbery , or vpon the Quince tree .

To haue Mulberies very soone .

Graft vpon the thorne .

To haue them late .

Graft them vpon the Medier tree .

To haue a halfe Peare , and a halfe Apple to grow together .

TAke two grafts , the one of the Apple tree , and another of a Peare tree , and cleaue them in such sort , that you may finely ioyne the one halfe of the Apple to the other halfe of the Peare , but it must be done so closely , that no water enter into them , and the fruit that commeth of them , will be of tallage both of the apple and the peare .

The principall thing for grafting of any thing , is euer throe or foure dayes before the change of the Moone . And for planting , the day of the change , and the two next dayes following are best for any thing .

How to make letters of gold .

TAke gumme of Almonds and grind it to powder , then temper it with Uermillion as finely ground : let your gumme be dissolued in the white of an egge , and mingle them all together , and temper them in such sort , that you may write therewith , and when you thinke it conuenient , vse thereof with your pen , and the letters that you make , will soeme to be of gold . Probatum est .

How to make a Serpent flie from a man .

LEt him approch neere to a Serpent naked , and he will fly from him , whereas being clothed , he will leape vpon him , and the fasting spittle of a man killeth him : wherefore when a Serpent is in danger , he wriggleth himselfe to saue his head wherein lyeth his heart .

The nature of the Rauen.

THe property of the Rauen is to haue such a delight in her owne beauty , that shee vouchsafeth not to giue her young ones food , vntill she see wherether they be blacke of colour or not .