Hair

To make the hair blond like gold
To make the hair blond like gold
To make the beard, hair, body hair and human flesh the finest black
To make hair and body hair grow
To make hair grow and beards long
For the same
To hold in hair that is falling out, either because of illness or from any other cause that may be
How to remove hair so that it will never come back

To make the hair blond like gold
Take 4 ounces of the herb called Great Centaury [Centaureum erythreum], 1 litre alum of dregs [potassium bitartrate?], 2 on. Arabi [gum Arabic?], 1 on. rock alum, 7L. well water and mash well and make an elixir of it and boil until 1/3 is left; then strain and with this oil the comb and comb the hair under the hot sun and first wash your head & rub well then comb in the said manner, this will make your hair resplendent as gold.
a Far biondi li Capelli come oro
Piglia erba detta Centaura mazor on 4 Lume de fezza L. una arabi on 2 lume de rocca on 1 acqua de pozzo L. 7 et pista bene et fanne lissia et fa Bollir che cali la terza parte; poi colela et con quella ogne el pettine et li capelli pettinando Al sole caldo et prima Lavate la testa; et sciugate Bene poi pettina Al modo detto; che verranno li capelli como oro resplendenti.

To make the hair blond like gold
Take roots of ivy and shave them well and mince them into tiny bits and make them into water in the alembic and with this water wash the head with a sponge and in 8 days [your hair] will [be]come like gold.
A far li capelli biondi come oro
Piglia Radiche de ellera et radile bene et tritale menute et cavane acqua per lanbicco et con ditta acqua bagnia el capo con una spognia et in otto giorni veniranno come oro.

To make the beard, hair, body hair and human flesh the finest black
Take fresh walnut peelings, powdered gall and wild melon. Grind them together and leave them for one or two days. Then put them in an alembic to distill. And with this water wash wherever you want to make it a very fine black.

To make hair and body hair grow
Take barley bread and salt and take as much of one as the other and toast them and grind them to a powder, then take bear fat and mash it and mix well and oil the place where you want hair to grow.
A far nascer Capelli et pelj
Piglia pane de orzo et sale et carta tanto de uno quanto de Laltro et brusali et fanne polvere poi habbi del grasso de orso et pista et incorpora Bene et ogne El loco Dove voli che nasceranno

To make hair grow and beards long
Take borax water, fumitory water, water of plantain and with this water wash where you want and take a comb comb and comb very well and you will see effect.
a far venir li capelli et la barba longa
Piglia acqua de Boraso, acqua de fumusterra, acqua de piantagine, et con questa acqua bagna dove voli et el pettene et pettenate benissimo et vederai lo effetto.

For the same
Take bark from the inside of elm root [Ulmus fulva?] and grind it and boil it for a long time in water and it will rise to the top like fat, and lift it and save it and anoint where you want to make hair come and grow, and also for beards and the hair on the head, the eyelashes, beard and every place that hairs have fallen out from illness or burning. This is for the same: make a powder of green lizard and leeches, put them together with raw honey and anoint every place where you want [hair] to grow.
Ad idem
Piglia el scorzo interior della Radice Delolmo et pesta et falla Bollir longamente in acqua et venera de sopra come grasso lievalo et salvalo et ogne dove volj che fa venir et nascer Capelli et barba et peli in testa in Cegli (‘nelle ciglia’) in barba et omne loco se bene fossino caduti per malatia et per scottature Questo medesimo fa la polvere della Lucerta verde ed De sansuga (‘sanguisuga’) fatto incorpora inseme con mele crudo et ogni el loco dove voli nasca.

To hold in hair that is falling out, either because of illness or from any other cause that may be
Take lye ash made of the dove’s droppings and wash the head with it as often as you need to, in order to confirm that you never again need to be afraid of hair falling out.

How to remove hair so that it will never come back
Take 2 ounces of quicklime, 1 ounce of arsenic, and as much rock alum as you could fit in a chestnut, and grind it all together in a powder very well, then knead with gold … paste it where you want the hairs to fall out. Leave it for the time it takes to say two ‘Our Fathers’ then wash it off.