Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane : in twenty books : wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences (1658)
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615 · London : Printed for Thomas Young, and Samuel Speed ... · leaf 247
Women, how , by the An of Decking them fc Ives and Painting , if the y be ashamed of their foul and fwart Complexions , they may make themfe/ves Fair and Beautiful. Some - things that feemed befr to me in the Writings of the Anticnts , I have tried , and fet down here : but thofe that are the bell… … good. But before you dye them, Preparing of the Hair mud be ufed, to make them fit to receive atindture. Add to the Lees of White- wine as much Honey that they may be foft , and like iotne thin matter : itneer your Hair with this, let it be wet all night : then bruife the Roocs of Celandine , and…
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