Whereas the professor hereof, Iacobus Maximinus, borne in Italy, and lately come out of Germanie, hath attained vnto the demonstration of the making of foure most strange and rare artificiall stones, and a sweete ball, and the true vertues thereof: and the names and colours of euery stone The first, is the moraccolocius stone is white: the famous amethist is the redde stone: the famous safaris is the purple stone: the safonya, which is the straw coloured stone, &c. Maximinus, Iacobus. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A07305 of text S101436 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 17697). 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. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A07305 STC 17697 ESTC S101436 99837250 99837250 1565 2240895528

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A07305) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 1565) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1387:14) Whereas the professor hereof, Iacobus Maximinus, borne in Italy, and lately come out of Germanie, hath attained vnto the demonstration of the making of foure most strange and rare artificiall stones, and a sweete ball, and the true vertues thereof: and the names and colours of euery stone The first, is the moraccolocius stone is white: the famous amethist is the redde stone: the famous safaris is the purple stone: the safonya, which is the straw coloured stone, &c. Maximinus, Iacobus. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1622] Imprint from STC. A quack medical handbill--STC. Dated and signed at foot: 1622. October the 24. Your louing friend, Iacobus Maximinus. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. Iacobus Maximinus is a pseudonym. eng Quacks and quackery -- Early works to 1800. Lapidaries -- Early works to 1800. eebo Whereas the professor hereof, Iacobus Maximinus, borne in Italy, and lately come out of Germanie, hath attained vnto the demonstration of the making o Maximinus, Iacobus 1622 1 771 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.97 C The rate of 12.97 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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The first , is the Moraccolocius Stone is white : The famous Am●thist is the redde Stone : The famous Safaris is the purple Stone : The Safonya , which is the Straw coloured Stone , &c.

THE Moraccolocius stone is white , it is very good to helpe the Canker in the mouth or throat , and all euils that come of Blood or rhewme : it must be dissolued in white wine , it helpeth in thrée washings , with Gods helpe . Probatum est .

2 It is approoued helpe for the Tooth-ach , and all rotten and stinking Téeth : put this stone to the hole or aking tooth , and it brings foorth the worme , and rhewme , and is present helpe ( with Gods helpe ) and maketh the mouth swéete . Probatum est .

3 It is good for a stopping , or a stuffing in the stomack with any kinde of flegme or glart , or heart-burning , and heart-aking , take it fasting in halfe a pinte of Béere , or Ale , and it is present helpe . Probatum est .

THE famous Safonya stone , is the straw coloured stone , it is very good for the cornes in your féete and eares , soaking your cornes in warme water , and then pare them , and shaue some powder of the stone , and it helpes them sodainly , the powder being layd thereto . Probatum est .

2 Make this stone into powder , and mixe it with oyle of Bayes , and it will kill the itch , and make no Lice shall trouble any one if the body be annointed therewith . These stones haue béene prooued , and haue holpen many one in this Citie of London . Probatum est .

The Professor hereof doth make a swéet Ball of diuers colours , which is good to take off the Morphew , and all spots , and Sunburnes , and cleareth and beautifieth the face , if you wash it in the mornings , and rub it with a stammell cloath . And this Ball will take out staynes out of any woollen or silke in faire water to be washed . Probatum est .

THE famous Amothist stone is red , it is good for the paine in the huckle-bone , or shins , take the stone , beat it to powder , and mixe it with Swine grease , and annoint it by the fire very well , and it is present helpe , it takes away the paines and swellings . Probatum est .

2 Make a playster of this Oyntment , and lay it to the stomacke , or to the nauell of Children , and it brings away the Wormes , both Chest-wormes and other , in foure and twenty houres . Probatum est .

3 Dissolue this stone into foure spoonefuls of water , and snuffe vp part of a spoonefull at the nostrils , and hold somewhat betwixt the tooth , and let the rhewme voyd out , and it helps the paines of the head , and the hearing , and the Megrim , and sore eyes , and brings away the rhewme out of all parts of the head . Probatum est .

4 This red stone is very good to stanch Blood : put it to the bléeding place , or weare it about the necke . Probatum est .

THE famous Safaris stone is the purple stone , it is very good to helpe the shaking Palsie and the shaking Ague , and all shaking of the Ioynts . Sowe this stone in a little silke bagge , and weare it about your necke , and with Gods helpe it is holpen in twenty dayes . Probatum est .

2 This stone is very good , and a present helpe for the Crampe : sowe it in a little bagge , and weare it about your necke . Probatum est .

The Professor hereof , doth make a blew stone , which is good for the gréene sicknesse , and procureth vrine , and causeth the stone to voyde , and doth expell the winde in the body : you must take it in the morning with Posset-Ale , foure mornings together , and deuide it into foure parts . Probatum est .

1622. October the 24. Your louing friend , Iacobus Maximinus . God saue the King .