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B00420	A profitable booke declaring dyuers approoued remedies, to take out spottes and staines, in silkes, veluets, linnnen [sic] and woollen clothes. With diuers colours how to die velvets and silkes, linnen and woollen, fustian and threade. Also to dresse leather, and to colour felles. How to gylde, graue, sowder and vernishe. And to harden and make softe yron and steele. : Very necessarie to all men, speciallye for those which hath or shall haue any doinges therein: with a perfite table herevnto, to fynde all thinges readye, not the like reuealde in English heretofore. / Taken out of Dutche, and englished [sic] by L.M..	Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589.	1583 (1583)	STC 17590; ESTC S126114	50,650	94

ounces of Allum and seeth it with branne water so much as ye shall thinke good then take your yearne oute and put that water out of that Kettle and put therein agayne three partes of fresh branne water and one parte of fayre cleare water then warme it a little on the fyre then put therein two pound of grening weede and let it so warme a while then put therein your wooll and styr it wel with a sticke the space of three howers but let it not seeth in any wise so done then take out your wooll agayne and put it agayne into your Kettle and put thereto half a glassefull of vnsleakte lime with as much of common ashes and thereto put your wooll agayne and styrre it with a staffe sixe or seuen Paternoster whiles than take foorth youre wooll and ye shall haue a fayre colour But if yee will haue it yet a more sanguine coloure then must you putte into your Kettle halfe a little glasse full of more lime and a little glasse full of common ashes and thereto put your wooll agayne and stirre it well still foure or fyue Pater-noster whyles then take foorth your wooll and wash it and so ye shall haue a very fayre colour Another way to make wooll a fayre red When as your wooll is made red after the first maner then shall ye cast away that licour that is in the Kettle and put into it fayre water and put thereto the cruse full of fayre made lye of common ashes and therein put also an ounce of Allum then as soone as it beginneth to seeth put therein your wooll and styrre it well therein foure or fiue paternoster whiles then take it foorth and washe it and so ye shall haue your wooll a fayre colour This maner of dying is after the order of Dorneke in Flaunders To dye a fayre yealowe If ye will dye yealow with wood take off the wood leaues and cut off the rootes then cut them in peeces and lay them to soke in lye of commō ashes three houres then seeth it a quarter of an hower till ye thinke it be meetely well sodde Then put therein two quartes of water and as much stale Vrine of sixe dayes olde at the least so let them seeth together a little then cleanse it thorow a siue and then put vnto the same agayne of lye and Vrine as aforesayd Then strayne it thorow a fayre cloth and seeth it and to two pounde of wood take two pounde of Verdegreace with the lye that ye haue sod your woad and all putting them in your sayd colour which must be medled and well stirred all together Then shall ye boyle it all a little and it shall be well Another colour to dye a yealow with wood Take and set a pot with water on the fire and make it warme then take ashes made of Oken woade and cast thereof into the pot with water and being warme take it from the fyre and fiyre it well Then couer it close til the next daye Then poore the clearest lye thereof thorowe a cloth softly into another vessel or pan then take of good wood and breake the rootes off and then cut them small then wash rince them in cold water then put thē into the lie and there let them soke a night then take seethe it til the halfe be consumed and when it is well sod then all hote clense it thorow a fayre cloth then must yee haue of verdegreace wel finely beaten into pouder and blend therof with a spoone amongst your other stuffe this must be done incontinent therevpon and also your lye thervnto must be very strong made How to dye linnen or thread red As when ye wil dye anye Linnen or threade red yee shal take one pound of samfleure and let it soke halfe a day and a nighte in water milke warme then put it into a thicke bagge or sacke and therein washe and rynce it in the riuer till the bagge bee therewith red then wring the water well foorth and so take oute your Samfloure and spread it vppon a fayre boorde or Table and make as it were a little thinne bedde thereof then strewe thereon of white ashes in making beddes of youre Samfleure and when ye haue strewde them with ashes ye shal take to one pounde of Samfleure a guarter of a poūd of ashes which ashes must be burnt and made of the lyes of white Wine and it must be well chafte betwixte your handes the one against the other then make thereof a small heape and so let it rest the space of fyue houres Then shall ye rubbe it agayne till it waxe warme then haue readye a fayre basen and sette it vnder your stuffe that it may runne therein and also wring out the iuyce thereof into the sayd Bason Then cast therein a pynte of wine vyneger that is very good then yee maye putte therein a pounde of yearne and it shall doe well But to dye your Linnen cloth ye shall put it in before youre yearne or Fustian Then lay it therein a day and a night then take forth your linnen or yearne and then put therein a gallon of ashes of the Ashe tree and therevnto youre linnen yearne or fustian and so let it lye therein halfe an houre then take it oute and wring it as well as you can then by and by hang it in the sunne then take that water that ye soked first your Samfleure in and strayne it as aforesayde into the bason vnto the other colour then put therein a glassefull of Vineger and then you maye putte therein your yearne fustion or linnen cloth and doe therevnto as is aforesayd Another way to dye Linnen in a fayre rose redde colour To dye a fayre redde rose colour of Linnen yee shall take to euery iiii yardes and a halfe of Linnen halfe a li. of good gall nots and seeth them in fayre water al whole the space of ii houres then take it from the fyre poure that water into another vessell or fatte then put your linnen into the sayd water and let it soke therein the space of foure houres then take it forth and wring the lycoure wel forth Then take fayre water in a kettle and set it on the fyre and put therein a quarter of a pounde of Allum and when it is readye to seeth take it from the fyre and put youre cloth therein as soone as yee haue wrong and straynde oute your gals aforesayde but lette it drye a night before firste and then turne it well therein the space of a quarter of an houre So take it forth and wring it well then seeth two ounces of Brasill in fayre water the space of two houres then take that frō the fire and hang another kettle ouer the fire and putte therein gruys water so warme it a little and cast therein two li. of grening wede then put your linnen cloth therein and looke that no Allum haue bene in that water Then

A profitable boke declaring dyuers approoued remedies to take out spottes and staines in Silkes Veluets Linnnen and Woollen clothes With diuers colours how to die Velvets and Silkes Linnen and Woollen Fustian and Threade Also to dresse Leather and to colour Felles How to Gylde Graue Sowder and Vernishe And to harden and make softe Yron and Steele Very necessarie for all men speciallye for those which hath or shall haue any doinges therein with a perfite table herevnto to fynde all thinges readye not the like reuealde in English heretofore TAKEN OVT OF DVTCHE and englished by L. M. ¶ Jmprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote and William Pounsonbie 1583 To make Cloth whiche hath lost his colour to returne vnto his first estate agayne TAKE OF VNQVENched lyme two ounces of Oake ashes two ounces of cleare water two pound Then meddle thē well all together and so let them rest one quarter of an houre and then doe clarifie that water and therewith wash your cloth and it will returne vnto his first colour and waxe fayre agayne as before ¶ To wash a scarlet which is greasie Take of whyte tarter wel and finely beaten foure ounces then boyle it in two pound of fayre water till the thyrde part be consumed then take it from the fyre and let it coole and then strayne it through a linnen cloth and when ye will vse thereof make it then milke warme and wash therewith your cloth Then hang it to drye and you shall see it fayre and returne to his first estate and coloure agayne ¶ To make all colours of silkes which be staynde to come to their first colour againe Fyrst take one ounce of vnquenched lyme and of the ashes of a vyne one ounce also of ashes of an Oake one oūce and a halfe Put all these into a basen of cleare water and meddle them all well togither then heate them a little ouer the fyre and when it is warme take it of the fyre and let it clarifie a while so done then take a sponge and wash your staynie spottes therewith and see that ye weat no other place but the spotty places only and so they wil be well agayne ¶ To make a sope to take forth greace or other spoties whatsoeuer they be Take one pound of roche Allum burnd and made into a fyne poulder Also take of the rootes cald flames of Florence so calde in Dutche halfe a pound then beate it in to a pouder Then take a new layde egge of white sope two pound and a halfe then blend your pouder and your egge and sope altogether well and thereof make pellots or bals and if one egge be not sufficient then take ii or so much as shall suffice to make your sayd paste withal and when ye shall haue occasion to take forth anye spotte take first of commen water and wash your spots on both sides withal warme then take of the sayd pellots and rubbe al ouer the spottes in the cloth so done then washe out the filth with fayre cleare water and if there remayne some part and be not all cleane wash it agayne as afore is mētioned till it be all cleane and so shall ye haue it as fayre as before ¶ Another good way to take forth spots of greace out of any woollen or linnen Take first a little fayre water all to weate and rubbe therewith the sayd greace spottes Then take a quantity of walkars claye called Fullars earth and rubbe a little therewith your spottes all ouer Then rubbe and chafe your cloth one vppon another so done take a syluer spone or such like thing and scrape out the sayde filthie water and greace and if then it bee not all cleane foorth doe so agayne as before is mentioned and then take a little warme water and all to weate the sayde place therwith so done Then wring and scrape it foorth as the other afore Being then cleane let it be dryde and it will be well ¶ To take away all spottes on coulered Clothes be they linnen or woollen If there chaunce by fortune to fall a droppe of ynke or any other stayne vppon any cloth dyed or coloured or being cleane whyte woollen or linnen Ye shall doe as hereafter followeth that is take of the iuyce of rawe Lemmons or the iuyce of a great Orange Apple which hath a hard pill or skinne which the Italions call Pommes Dadam Or if ye will take onlye the egar or sharpe iuyce which is in the pouncitron and strayne it foorth thereof and with the iuyce yee shall all to rubbe and chaufe the sayde spottye places and then wash it with luke warme water and so then scrape out all the filth thereof with some spoone as aforesayde or wring it cleane foorth with your handes If at the firste time peraduenture it bee not cleane vse it likewise agayne the seconde tyme as before and so your cloth will come vnto as good estate as at the fyrste nor this shall not hurte anye coloure thereof ¶ Another good way to make cleane spottes of greace out of all woollen clothes Take an hearbe called wood sorrel or stubwort which is green groweth in woods in bushes stubs of old trees and hath three small leaues lyke a hart it tasteth sharpe lyke other sorrell Which hearbe ye shall distill in a lymbee and so reserue the distild water in a glasse very close and when you neede to take foorth any spotte of greace then take of the distylde water and rubbe therewith all ouer the sayd spottes Then chafe your cloth one vppon another so done take a spoone or some other lyke thing and take away the sayd filthie water therewith Then if it be not all cleane doe it likewise agayne as before with the distilde water warmed and then yee shall see it will doe well and shewe fayre and cleare as it was at the firste Another good way to take out spottes out of clothes with a lye Take three pintes of water and put therein halfe a pounde of pot ashes and stirre it well altogether Let it so stande the space of foure dayes but yee must in euerye daye stirre it three or foure times So done poure foorth the cleare water from the ashes and put of galles therin then it will waxe a greene but if ye wil haue it a blacke then put a little soote to soke in fayre water and put that black water therein With this warmed ye maye washe your spottie places in any place of your clothes it will take it forth fayre and cleane To perfume clothes Take a violl of Rose-water in the which ye shall put eyghteene or twentie graynes of Muske and Ciuet with a little of Ambergreace then set all on the fyre and whē it begins to waxe warme take it from the fyre and let it coole and stoppe it close the space of two dayes and when ye will perfume your clothes therewith Set it on the fyre agayne and being warme holde your clothes ouer it

put the cleare into a cleane fatte or vessell then take the fourth parte of an ounce of spanish greene calde Verdigreace poulder it well cast it therein and stirre it with a stick or staffe then put in your yearne so turne and tosse it therein the fourthe parte of an hower and then let it drye If it bee not fayre ynough then put it in agayne and doe as before also as ye would dye blue woollen yearne yet shall put it first in warme water then wring it forth and dye it blue as it is aforesayd To dye with brasill as red as a rose Take sixe elles of linnen and thereto halfe a pounde of beaten galles of the best then put it in fayre water and let it seeth about two houres but the galles shoulde rather be all whole and when they are sodde set it from the fyre and put it gently in another Kettle or fatte and then put your linnen therein as hote as you maye handle it and styrre it therein foure houres long that done then wring it well forth and hang it to drye Then take foure ounces of Allum and seeth it with water and when it is sod take it from the fyre and put your galled cloth therein as hote as ye may suffer it the space of a quarter of an houre then take your branne water and put thereof in a Kettle and as it is warme put therein two pound of grening weede let it the first time soke well therein and let it be well and hote but not seeth and then put your cloth therein and stirre and handle it well at the first with your handes nye halfe an houre with a staffe tost well al about and wel handled in the dye and then ye shall take youre cloth and sponge it in water and washe it cleane Then take a little allum and seeth it with water then shall yee haue two ounces of brasill sodde in light water and putte your cloth therein fiue paternosters long Then shall yee haue two ounces of brasill sodde in light water and putte your cloth therein then handle and styrre it well therein and stirre it well about the space of a quarter of an houre and wring it not to sore then drie it Then if it be not dry ynough then weate it as before sayde Howe to make a greene water Take ny halfe an ounce of Verdigreace and crushe it well in a woodden dishe then put thereto the yolke of an egge and too blades of saffron then take of the leaues of spurge halfe a handfull and beate them in a morter and thereto cast a good glassefull of Vineger and strayne it thorow a cloth Then take of this stuffe and put thereof in a dishe with the Verdigreace and stirre it well togeather and make it thinne that it may be the better to dye or to worke with a pensill or as ye shall seeme best To dye fayre Linnen with brasill Ye shall take fayre water and heate it ouer the fyre then shall ye haue the poulder of galles and put thereof into the Kettle ouer the fyre and so let it seeth a quarter of an hower then take it from the fyre and take another vessell and put therein so much colde water as of the other in the Kettle and put that hote in the Kettle therevnto Then put your cloth therein and stirre it well vp and downe therein and as ye haue done so a while then let it lye therein foure houres long in that gall water then take your Kettle agayne with other fayre water and set it ouer the fyre and make it hote then put of Allū therein to the kettle ouer the fyre and as that water is hote and the Allum melted yee must then haue another vessell or fatte with colde water as muche as of the other hote water and put the Allum water therein then putte your cloth therein and styrre it as aforesayde and so let it then lye therein foure houres long so done then yee shall wring it out and hang it to drye or to drye in the ayre but let it not bee too drye Then shall ye take youre brasill made in poulder and put it in the panne and so let it seeth therein the quarter of an houre and before that brasill do seeth ye shal take wheat flower put therein mixe it altogether well in a dish and put it into the Kettle before it do seeth thus done let it seeth and as it hath sod then take forth so much of the brasil as ye may put in your cloth and stirre it well about as is afore declared thus done let your cloth rest therein a good while then wring it forth hang it to dry as it is dry ye shall take that lycor that it hath layn in and put that away thē take agayn so much brasill as before put that cloth therin agayne and then hang it to dry and as it is dry then put it in another lycor hang it agayn to dry then it is ful done And to know the quantitie of weight which is to euery elle of linnen cloth ye shal take a loot of gall pouder so calde in dutch and as much of allum and to eche elle of cloth one ounce of brasill To make a fayre yealow To make a yelow that ye may worke with oyle or water ye shal take woad so much as ye shall please let it stand to soke a night and a day in lye made with sope ashes and when it is thus soked then shal ye seeth it couer it close so long as it seeth thus done then set it from the fire put that lycor into another pan so strayne it thorow a clea● cloth then take the pan poure the thinnest aboue off so long til ye see the dye vndercome with al then take the fore sayd cloth and straine it again thorow it into another pan so long as ye think the substaunce of the woad doe tary in the cloth til ye thinke that that water is thin ynough to strayne and then ye may vse it A fayre Linnen cloth to dye blue For to dye a fayre blue ye shal take a pan of fayre water hang it ouer the fire let it be seething hote then must ye haue a vessell of halfe an Ame so cald in dutch or thereabout as your lycor is hote put thereto 3 poūd of wheat bran 3 poūd of ashes a pound of grening wede stir al this in the pan let it seeth iii. or iiii paternosters lōg thē take of floray vnder half a pound soke it in faire water let it there rest a quarter of an houre couered thē take your clean vessel or Ame therin put your soked floray then take the hote lycor ouer the fire but let it coole or ye put it into the fatte then put it in and stirre it well and so couer it wel and close and let it so rest sixe houres

laye it therein agayn one houre so wring it wel forth then put it into the black dye and lay it therein another houre so wring it wel then scoure it in the fayre riuer water and then hang it to drye if then it be not gray ynough soke it agayne in fayre water and then put into your gall water and then the black dye then scoure it and drye it so burle it and dresse it vp and so it is done Black silke to dye To one pound of silke take xii gall nots beaten into a fyne poulder then seeth that silke with the galles in commen water halfe an houre long then take of your blacke dye and seeth it therein another halfe houre then take it forth and let it coole and then put it agayne into the dye and let it seeth therein another halfe houre if then it bee not fayre ynough seeth it therein til it be fayre then take and washe it out of that colour and hang it to drye and so it is done To colour curried skinnes greene or felles to couer Bookes Take the buds of white black thorn which ye must gather in the moneth of August when they beginne to waxe rype and blacke put them in a well leaded pot the space of tenne dayes then put thereto foure ounces of Allum boyle them together well then putte it into a poudring vessell of Beefe or Porke and close it well that it take no wynd then set it a little in the sunne and when ye would colour therewith take a little of the sayd coloure myxe it with some lye and warme it and then strike it on the skinnes and ye shal see a fayre colour Also take Lincaile or canker of Latine hony and mixe them together in like and put thereto pisse so much that it may take colour and also stayne the skinne and then drye it in the shade To make a yealow colour on skinnes Take the rype seedes of Nerprun so cald in french dry them in the sunne and when yee will worke therewith temper it with lye and with a little allum of the Rocke and let it rest till it be molten the whiche will make it to take a yealow coloure but the lye muste firste bee heate a little To dye thread blacke Take a quantitie of broken or brused galles and boyle them in water in a small potte and when they haue a little boylde take out all the galles and put into the same pot só much Coperose as ye haue had of galles and put therewith a little gumme of Arabye and then giue it agayne another boyling so let it boyle a little and with the sayd dye yee shall colour therein your threed then take it forth and ye shall see it a fayre shining black To dye thread gray Take of the sayd black dye so much as ye list and put therevnto halfe so much water more or lesse as yee will haue your colour deepe or light Then boyle your threade therein and you shal haue it gray as ye list other browne or lighter other after a mouse dunne To dye thread in sad purple colour Take the barkes of Pomgranads the pilles of dryde Oranges then boyle them in water with a little Allum as great as a small nutte then let it coole and when it is colde put your thread therein and boyle it agayne and ye shal haue a fayre colour For to currie a raw Goteskinne Take a gotes skinne raw and put it in warme water and let it rest there a day then scrape and cleanse it very cleane and take away all the fylth thereof and to finishe it take water and set it ouer the fyre and put therein a handfull of fatte and foure ounces of roche Allum then styrre all together til it begin to boyle then set it from the fyre and let it rest til it be cold then take an egge and beate it with a little Oile oliue this done put your gotes felle in the sayd water and stirre it well al aboute with your handes three or foure times and so it shal be in good case and wel curried To dye skinnes in a blue like azure The wooll being cleane taken off and the felle washed cleane in fayre water so wring it al out then take the beries of the greening tree as paynters vse and the berries of elder seeth them together in water of Allum then strayne that water so let it rest then poure away the vppermost and strayne the rest agayne then let it drye and washe with that cleare water but see that your felle bee cleane then take your colour and strike your felle al ouer therewith being warme and so let it drye so it will bee a good blue To dye skinnes with Madder called Kubea tinctorum in Latine First sée that your skinnes be readye washed and wrong cleane and so layde abroade then shall yee weat it all ouer with the lyes of whyte Wyne wherein baye Salt haue bene boyled and so wring foorth that agayne then take the ashes of the shelles of Creuis or Sea crabbes and temper it with the foresayde water and salt and therwith rubbe your skinnes and washe them well then with cleare water and wring him take ruddle tēper it with the sayd lies and rub it al ouer therewith so with the said ashes thus wash wring it three times if it be not then well ye shal giue him a colouring with brasill and your Madder mixt together with the said water or lies or that some tartar haue bene sod in which must be made warm when ye lay your ruddle so leaue it a night then putte on your Madder mixt with allum or lyes or allum cativum stieped in water also you may adde vnto it the shering of scarlet takē out of the boyling lye which is also good A good greene to greeneskinnes Take first and cleanse your skinnes annoynt and soke them well in cold water then take the berries of the sap greening tree and being rype about Michaelmas take stampe them and so let them rest iii. or iiii dayes then put therto of rayn water a little and then boyle them with a soft fire in styrring them still then if ye will haue it lighte greene put to but a little allum the sadder green put too the more allum in the boyling and boyle it but a little thē ye may fold your skinnes in the middest and rub him on both sides therewith and then with a little poulder of allum then take ashes burnt of sheepes dung and all ouer rub your sayd felles therwith on both sides then rub him with the sayd colour agayne all ouer so washe him with fayre water and let him so drye but finely wring him out then spread him and cast of the foresayd thinne colour all ouer the felle and so let him dry it wil be a fine colour A sleighter greene with the sappe berrie Let your skinnes be first annointed wel washed and so wrong

your yron to make it hard But to harden Mayles Ares Knyues and such is to quench in the iuyce of radish also men oft tymes to make files hard do quenche in Linseede oyle or with scrapt horne or with gotes blood To harden tooles to hew all other Ye shall gather of fielde snayles or house snayles with their shelles then stampe them a little and distil them in a Lymbec and in that distild water harden your steele or yron but if ye wil haue it very hard ye shal take sande and brymstone and grinde them together and so strewe it on your yron or steele being red hote and then quenche it in the sayd water and they wil be very hard A way of hardning of Augars Persars and such like Ye shal take of mens vrine old and cold with the iuice of varuen and the iuice of wormes of ech like quantity then stur it wel altogether and so quench your mettals therin so farre as ye wil haue it hard then let it coole softly of it selfe till ye see spots like golde ryse thereon then take it out of the sayd water and they wil be wel To set a colour or Vernish on yron To vernish yron or steele take the gall of a Calfe and your yron or steele being cleane vernished take stryke with a cloth your gall thereon and then let it drye in the sunne and it will shew like a gold colour To colour tinne or copper or to colour the buckles of gyrdles and such Take of Linseede oyle so much as ye list set it on the fire and scymme it cleane then put therein of Amber and of Alopaticum in like portion then beat and styrre it wel altogether with the oyle ouer the fyre till it waxe thicke then take it from the fire and couer it close then set it in the earth three dayes and when ye list to occupy thereof stryke your mettall al ouer therewith and so let it drye as aforesayde in the Sunne and so yee shall haue a golden colour How to gylde vpon yron or steele Take a quantitie of wyne stone with as muche Salarmoniac and like of Verdegrece and some salt then seethe altogether in whyte wyne then stryke all ouer your burnished yron or Steele and let it burne in the sunne as before and ye may gyld thereon with commen gold as the order is and so it wil be fayre and good To gyld yron with a water Take of water or running water for iii. pound of water take two pound of roche allum and an ounce of vitriol Romayne and a peny weight of verdegreace of salgēma three ounces one ounce of Orpement then boyle al these together and when it begins to boyle put in some lyes of tartre and bay salt of euery halfe an ounce make it seeth and being soo a prety while take it from the fyre and thē strike your yron therewith then let it drye agaynst the fire and being drye burnish it and it wil be fayre To gylde gn yron another way Take iiii ounces of oyle lyne of Tartre or wine lyes two ounces and two ounces of the yeolkes of harde rosted egges stampt of Alio Cicotrinum one oūce a quarter of a dragm of saffron then boyle all these in an earthen pot a good space if the oyle of linseed couer not al that substance put therto sufficiēt of water then annoint your burnished yron therewith and it wil shew as the colour of golde To cast a siluer colour on copper for buckles of harnes and such Take of wyne stone of allum and of salt of ech like quantity then grynd them altogether on a paynters stone and put thereto a leafe or two of siluer and so grynde it well with the rest of your stuffe so done then put it in a leaded pot of earth and therin put your copper a little while so done then scrape it with your wyar brush then ye shal see if it be well if not let it remayne therein long and so wil it be fayre To gylde yron as Goldsmiths do with quicke siluer and gold foyle Take vitriol i. oūce allum ii oūce salarmoniac i. ounce then beate these into poulder and boyle it in commen water thē take your burnished yron all to weat it with the sayde water so then lay your goldfoyle theron dry it agaynst the fire then burnish it as men do so it wil looke fayre but if ye wil gylt with gold mixt with quickūluer as goldsmiths do ye shal put in a dragme of verdigreace with half ounce of Sublimatum so boyle them together let your yron boyle in the same water but being so great ye cannot then rub it therwith heat it to receiue better the colour with quick siluer and gold when yee haue so heated your yron ye may gyld with the same gold so mixt and then fume it with a fire lampe or brimstone or waxe A good way to burnish yron Take an ounce of Alopaticum citrinum an ounce of Amber then mix and beate them togither into a poulder then set it ouer the fyre of coles in a earthen pot make it not to hote at the fyrst but when it is molten put thereto a quantitie of seething oyle and stur it al wel together with a stick then let it rest take it from the fyre and coole and so keepe it and with this ye may vernish at pleasure as ye do other mettals To sowder on cold yron Take two ounces of Salarmoniac two ounces of salte two ounce of wynestone made in poulder ii ounce of clock spyce so calde in dutche vi ounces of looking glasse beate all these and mingle them well together then put them in a linnē cloth lay it round a finger thick with good clay which clay must be wel tempered Then put them in a leaded pot of earth couer it with another like pot of earth then set it softly on glowing coles so let it softly warme and by little little encrease your heat till the said stuffe be al glowing hote and run so done then let it coole from the fyre then take it forth and breake it small and so grynde it to a fyne poulder and when yee will sowder any yron yee muste make it fast on a borde and see that the ioyntes be sette close together as ye canne and firste lay a paper vnder your yron and put of the sayd poulder a little betwixt the sayd ioynts and also vpon al the ioynts then wrappe it all rounde with claye sauing aboue which yee shall leaue open to sowder at then take of the poulder of Burras and put it in wine luke warme or Aquauite and so let it melt therein so done take of the same wine and with a feather strike on the ioynts aboue which ve vncouered then it will begin to seeth so when it leaueth sething it is then whole sowdred and sound then being so take of your clay and such roughnesse as doeth remayne