"Swice", in the old English, signifies a neck.
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Dwarfe-elder (ebulus) at Box, &c. common enough: at Falston and Stoke
Verdon, in the high waies. The juice of ebulus turnes haire black; and
being mingled with bull's fatt is Dr. Buller's remedie for the gowte.
The best way to dye haire browne is to take alhanna in powder, mix't
with fair water as thick as mustard: lay it on the haire, and so tye
it up in a napkin for twelve houres time. Doe thus for six dayes
together, putting on fresh every day for that time. This will keep the
haire browne for one whole yeares time after it. The alhanna does
prepare the hair and makes it of a darke red or tawny colour. Then
they take "takout", which is like a small gall, and boyle it in oyle
till it hath drunk up all the oyle; then pulverize it, and mix it with
water and putt it on the haire. Grind a very little of alkohol, which
they use in glazeing of their earthen vessels, in a mortar with the
takout, and this turnes the haire to a perfect black. This receipt I
had from my worthy and obligeing friend Mr. Wyld Clarke, merchant, of
London, who was factour many yeares at S{an}cta-Cruce, in Barberie,
and brought over a quantity of these leaves for his own use and his
friends. 'Tis pity it is not more known. 'Tis leaves of a tree like a
berbery leafe. Mr. Clarke hath yet by him (1690) above half a peck of
the alhanna.
Dr. Edw. Brown, M.D. in his Travells, sc.
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