A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 40
Howe to drawe a profitable Oyle out ef Waxe, for ſundrie vſes. Cap. xl.
The Oile of Waxe, is myraculous and diuine in workyng, bycauſe it ſerueth in a manner vnto all griefes. Reymond Lully {{bl|greatly commendeth this Oyle, approuing it rather as a celeſtiall and diuine remedie, and that this in woundes, doeth worke moſte miraculouſly, which for his maruellous commoditie, not ſo well to be allowed of the common Chirurgions, bycauſe this pretious Oyle healeth a wounde, be the ſame neuer ſo wide and bigge, being before wide ſtitched vppe, in the ſpace of tenne or twelue dayes at the moſte. But thoſe whiche are ſmall, this Oyle healeth in three dayes, by annoynting onely on the cuttes or woundes, and laying after linnen cloutes, wette in the ſaide Oyle, vpon the woundes. For inward diſeaſes the ſaide Oyle worketh myraculouſlye (if that you miniſter or gyue a dramme at a time in white Wine to drinke) and ſtayeth alſo the ſheading of haire, either on the head or beard, by annointing the places with this Oyle. Beſides theſe, it is miraculous in the procuring of vrine, being mightily ſtopped, and helpeth alſo ſtitches and paine in the loynes, by drinking the like quantitie of the Oyle aboue taughte in white wine.}}
Now the making and drawing of this oyle, is on this wiſe: firſte take a body of glaſſe, named a Retort, which ſtronglye lute aboute with clay and flocks, diligently tempered togither with ſalte water: after the body is thus fenced and thoroughe drie, putte in a pounde or more of pure newe waxe, ſo that the ſaide waxe filleth not aboue halfe youre body, and to euerye pounde of Waxe, poure in foure ounces, of the pouder of redde bricke, finely bruſed, whiche after ſet into an earthen potte, filling it rounde aboute with fine ſifted aſhes or ſande. After this, ſet the potte with the bodye in it, on a fornace, making a ſofte fire at the firſte vnder it, and after encreaſing a little more your fire, diſtil them ſo long, vntill all youre Oyle be come, whiche after a while wyll congeale in the receiuer: but it maketh no greate matter, although the oyle ſo doe, for it is neuertheleſſe in his perfection. Bycauſe that if you ſhoulde diſtill it ſo often ouer, vntil it will congeale or ſtiffen no more in the receiuer, then ſhall you make it ouer hotte, and ſo quicke in the mouth, that it is not poſſible by anye meanes to drinke it downe. But being once diſtilled, you maye either giue it in Wine to drinke, or annoint with the Oyle on any place of the bodye where you will, whiche will always doe good, and hurte in no manner.
And in conſideration of theſe aboue taught, you maye euidently learne and perceiue, that this myraculous Oyle oughte to be hadde in greate veneration of the common ſorte.