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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09740	A discovery of subterraneall treasure viz. of all manner of mines and mineralls, from the gold to the coale; with plaine directions and rules for the finding of them in all kingdoms and countries. And also the art of melting, refining, and assaying of them is plainly declared, so that every ordinary man, that is indifferently capacious, may with small change presently try the value of such oares as shall be found either by rule or by accident. Whereunto is added a reall experiment whereby every ignorant man may presently try whether any peece of gold that shal come to his hands be true or connterfeit [sic] ... Also a perfect way to try what colour any berry, leafe, flower, stalke, root, fruit, seed, barke, or wood will give: with a perfect way to make colours that they shall not stayne nor fade like ordinary colours. ...	Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640.	1639 (1639)	STC 20000; ESTC S100866	25,150	76

weight of Allom 12. graines of Tartar finely beaten put all into a Tinne vessel which is better than earth lead or copper set it on a Trivet to dissolve the Allom upon a gentle fire as soone as it beginneth to boile take a peece of white wollen cloth well scoured with Sope fullers earth or Lee or altogether to take out the grease of it being wel washed out with faire water then dryed in the aire or Sun not by the fire the cloth must weigh but halfe an ounce then tie a thrid to the end of the cloth when the liquor beginneth to boile then put in the cloth let it boile an houre then take out the cloth let it coole wash it in two or three waters then take any berry leafe flower stalke root fruit seed barke or wood and bruise them wel put them in faire water and boyle them with a gentle fire to extract the tincture then put in the cloth formerly prepared which wil shew what Colour they will give To make the Float Boyle an Hogs-head of water then cast in a Bushell of wheate Branne then draw the fire then let it stand three or foure dayes till it grow sowrish But for small tryalls a little will serve observing proportion betweene the Water and the Branne A proportion must be observed in the allowing of all stuffes before they receive their colours First the proportion of Allom to the water which is one of Allom to 16. of water and floate Secondly the proportion of the Tartar to the Allom which is one of Tartar to 4. of Allom Thirdly the proportion of Allom to the Cloath which is one of Allom to five of the Cloath Note that all silkes must be Allomed cold or else they will lose their luster The way to finde what tincture is hidden in any vegetable or in any part thereof Take the vegetable being cut green stamp and grind the same as if it were to make iuice thereof then presse out the superfluous moisture the remainder make up in Balls and lay them up together that they may gather a little heat but let them not heat too much for then they will turne to dung these being sufficiently fermented must be dryed and afterwards used as Oade is used Another way as Indico is made Make a pit with Timber and boards about a foote deep and as wide and as long as you please being well clayed in the bottome and sides then fill this pit with any vegetable cut greene then put as much water to it as wil cover the herbes let it stand exposed to the Sunne two or three daies then with a plugge at the bottome draw out all the water and cast it away then fill the pit againe with fresh water and when it hath stood the like time draw it away as the former this do so often till you find that the herbe will be easily brought into a mussilage then it must be trod and beaten with wodden instruments like rammers til it wil come al to a mussilage then it must be taken and wrung through haire Sives like Cassia Fistula extracted to keepe the stalkes and great Fibres for passing through afterwards the Mussilage or pappe that passeth through must be dryed in the Sunne and so formed into Cakes like to Indico Another way Take the vegetable cut greene and stampe and grind it then take an Hogs-head and fill it with halfe water and halfe bruised herbes set it out of the Sunne with the bung hole open two or three inches till it firment and worke like Wine or Beere after it hath done working the Herbes will sinke which at the first did swimme and the liquor will grow a little sowrish then let it be set abroad in the Sunne and brought into vinegar as wine and Beere is brought into vinegar and then that colour can never bee stained with other Vinegar or Vrine because it is sufficiently impregnated and his appetite satisfied with his owne proper Vinegar when his substance is thus turned into Vinegar the cleare Vinegar must be drawne from it the remainder must be used as the former Indico and some water to that to bee sure to fetch out all his tartarous mussilage must be put to the Vinegar and dryed away in the Sunne and so they come like Indico In tincturamtartarizatam fixam Ide occulto in manifestum And whereas Barkes Woods and Rootes are of a drye composition and will not ferment of themselves with water like greene Herbes or vegetables therefore they must be well ground or thinne shaven and there must bee added in stead of Water Iuice of Grapes Peares Apples or Wort made of Malt or other graine into which the Wood Barke or Rootes must be put let them ferment together and afterwards be turned into Vinegar then the cleare Vinegar must be extracted be residue of the tincture must bee extracted with fresh water and both of them must be breathed away in the Sunne as before and so brought in his perfect tincture By this which hath beene declared in this Chapter it may appeare to every one having an inquisitive disposition what is the true naturall cause why some colours are fixed and wil not staine with vinegar urine nor yet fade with the Aire which hath in it a certaine acetosity or sharpe aiery salt of the nature of vinegar which those tinctures draw to them which have not their appetites fully satisfied before with such spirituall or aiery salts and this is further manifest for that all such tinctures which are most firme fixed are not subiect to staining or fading being tasted upon the tongue may be felt somewhat sharpish or sowrish And the cause of this appetitive and attractive vertue in colours is no other but the very same which is betwixt the Load-stone and Iron for take the Load-stone and burne it till all his blew vapour be exhaled and then he will draw no more Iron thereby shewing plainely that it was that aiery salt tincted with the venereall or vegetable greennesse which the iron thirsted after to satisfie his thirsty and drye nature and constitution which he got by his calcination and fusion And the like attraction may be discerned by the intellectuall eyes in anything that is strongly burnt so that all his spirits are exhaled as Lime will draw the aiery substance to him and thereby quench himselfe Also Tartar burned and laid in the Aire will draw the sharper part of the aire to it and thereby dissolve it selfe and in summe all corporeal substances the more they have lost their spirituall parts by naturall or artificiall operation the stronger is their Attractive vertue Now in stead of filling the Readers head with Proclamations I will conclude my Booke with giving case to his memory by prescribing what necessaries he is to provide for the accomplishing of his severall designes in his Voyages or Plantations whither his occasions shall draw him And first for him that will onely trie his fortunes in the searching for Mineralls He will neede nothing but two or three Pipkins two or three Vrinalls an Iron Picke-Axe wel steeled a Spade and a Crow of Iron if he will be at the charge thereof but there is no great necessity also if he bee not acquainted with the severall Oares of mettalls it will be convenient that he take with him a little peece of every sort of Oares or so many severall kindes as he can get And for him that would proceede further to trye the value of them himselfe he must provide these things following A Grate of Iron of a foote broad some Bricks two paire of good hand-bellowes a paire of Tonges some Lead Salt-Peter Sandiver Borax Flanders melting Pots a ring of Iron for the Test an hatcher or hand-saw to cut wood some good Aqua fortis Weights and Scales and if any man be not active handed he may have a man for a trifle to shew him the Manuell practice in a day before he goe his voyage And for him that will search for Dying stuffes hee may see in the last Chapter what things he shall stand in neede of Also the other Chapters may be perused whereby every one may be the better accommodated for their severall enterprises FINIS

again upon the silver till such time as that it had carryed up all the silver from the bottome of the glasse into branches like trees then I melted downe the silver and sined it and parted it with Aqua-fortis and had divers graines of pure good gold abiding all tryalls but the quantity would not pay for halfe the charges and labour I made the Regulus thus I took 4. ounces of Iron in stub nailes and made them red hot in a crusible and then I put to it 8. ounces of crude antimony and melted it downe and when it was well and thin melted I let it coole in the pot so knockt off the regulus from the lop or cynder which lay upon the top of it then I did the like with 4. ounces of Copper in thin plats then I mixed equall parts of these two and melted them 3. or 4. times every time casting into the pot halfe an ounce of salt peter as it was in melting to purifie it till it was pure bright almost like silver but yet brittle so that I could beat it in a Morter to fine powder The yellow silver that was like yellow horn did Amalgam with much difficulty grinding with salt and vinegar and some of it was lost doe what I could but the first silver was water silver which I bought at the refiners out of which they had taken all the gold before this did Amalgam very easily then I strained it to a Ball through a Leather skinne and so mixed it with the yellow sublimate that was tincted yellow with the tincture of Iron and Copper The proportion of the quick-silver to the silver was 5. or 6. parts to one If any one doubt the truth of Alchimy he may be satisfied by this triall but in stead of gaine he shall pay for his learning by going away with losse I doe not deny but there are workes of lesse losse and charge yet none of them lucrous by reason of the change of times For if any one will uphold me as good a lease or purchase of land as I can prove by credible records hath bin had in former times for an ounce of gold I will undertake to make an ounce of gold by Art to pay for it and yet have a good bargaine But the difference of times hath confounded this Art as may appeare more plainly beneath First in ancient times a mans worke was not worth above a penny a day which now is worth two shillings sixe pence a day as may appeare by ancient records for buildings and the like so that there is thirty to one losse in the workmanship Secondly then coales vessels other things necessary for these affaires did cost little in respect of the charge now Thirdly when the gold was made it would then have bought thirty or forty times as much either lands leases victuals or workmanship as now So that I conclude that then the owners of this Art might gaine 30. or 40. for one and yet now they shall lose extreamly The cause that moved me to search so much into these affaires was because I saw by the bookes that so divers men in divers ages and in divers Countries did agree in one tale wherby I conceived it unpossible to be a lye now I conceive it might be true but that the times have made an alteration CHAP. 10. Wherein is shewed the operations for some of the inferiour Mineralls AS for these base Minerals viz. Cinabar naturall Antimony Sulphur Auripigment Arsenick Talcum Muscovy glasse Emery and many other things of like nature because they are of small value and not worth the seeking for on set purpose I will omit further to discourse of them if any man shall find them or any of them by accident let him use his owne pleasure skill and industry in the proceeding of them Neverthelesse because Cinabar naturall may containe much quick-silver which is very usefull for many things may prove as beneficial as a good mine of mettal especially if it shall be found in great plenty I wil therfore shew the refining separating purifying of the same in smal proportion so that if it shal be found a profitable work then the finder thereof may proceed to a greater work The first thing then to be done is to consider of the weight therof if it be very ponderous reddish in colour and ful of cleare streakes shining almost like the streaks of Antimony then it is a good signe of a rich Mine The first trial to be made thereof is to weigh a peece thereof and so put it into a gentle fire for an houre or two in such sort that it may onely be red hot then to let it coole and to weigh it againe so by the lightnesse thereof being compared with the former weight you may iudge somewhat of the richnesse thereof Then take a pound thereof beat it into fine powder mingle it well with as much unslect Lime put it into a retort of glasse luted with Potters clay and some horse dung well beaten and tempered together then set it in a little furnace in your Chimny corner force it with fire 12. houres let it be kept red hot the last 4. houres and let the nose of the glasse enter into another glasse filled almost full of water in such manner that the vapours of the Cinabar must needs enter into the water for the better condensation thereof into quick-silver This done separate your quick-silver in the bottom of the water and drie it and weigh it if you find the quantity considerable then you may proceed in this manner First make an hole in the earth with very good tempered clay that wil hold water and let it be narrow in the bottome and wider and wider above to the toppe to the breadth of 2. or 3. or 4. yards then fill the Pit with water lay over it barres of iron of sufficient strength and thicknesse to beare the burden that must lye upon it and let them lye so neare together that the stones wood cannot fal through then lay thereupon a leere of drye wood and a leere of your red stone not broken small and so doe againe till it be a yard thick or more then give fire to it on the wind side and goe away out of the danger of the fumes till you see a far off that the fire is finished and burned quite out Then repaire to your worke and let out the water through a pipe of Lead which should be formerly laid almost at the bottome of the Pit into another pit neare to it made so deepe that it may receive the water and in the bottome you shall finde great store of Quick-silver if the Mine was good The water may be pumped up againe to serve the next day for the same use and you need but to take up a few of the bars of Iron every day to goe downe into the pit to take out your Quick-silver