I give the title in extenso:—
A new booke of destillatyon of
waters, called the Treasure of EVONYMVS,
&c. Translated (with great dilligence
and labour) out of Latin, by Peter
Morwyng, felowe of Magdaline
Colledge in Oxforde.
Emprinted at London by John Day, dwelling
over Aldersgate, beneath Saynt Martines.
1559.
May not be out of place.
The author, in his preface to the reader, thus remarks:—
The art of destillation (which they call Chymia, Alchimia, Alkimia, Chemia Suidas calleth it, and Alchemia) hath inuented many profitable things for mans lyfe, and in Phisick also certain marueilous thinges, and prase-worthye, if a man prepare them right and diligentlye.
After further remarks on the “art of destillation,” the author relates the following
