so remaine in infusion fiuetene daies Then take some Vermillion made in pouder and a little water and mengle it togither with the said pouder then you shall make the Corall with your handes or as you will and let it drie then pollish it with the wheele or turne and it will be like naturall Corall To die Yron in the colour of Gold TAke Alome of Melancie and beate it into pouder then take a little sea water and mingle it togither then heate your yron hote and steepe it in the same water and set it a daie in the sunne and it will haue the colour of Gold For to make Yron strong and faire as siluer TAke salt armoniac and make it into pouder and mingle it with vnsleckt lime than put it in colde water and mixe all well togither this don heate your yron redhote and deepe it in the said water and it wil become as white as Siluer For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the Paper TAke a pound of blewe vitrioll three pound of salt peter and foure vnces of vermillion fiue pound of Alome and stampe them all togither and make thereof a poudre and stille it in some vessell of glasse with a small fire and there will come out two maner of waters the firste white and the second greene If you take a little of the firste and laie it vpon the lefe of Paper writen rubbing it with a greene clothe some what course or roughe it will take awaie the letters from the paper and leaue it as white as if there had neuer ben incke vpon it Also if you take of the said water and heate it and holde a sheete of paper writen ouer the smoke of it it wil become incontinent like as it had ben writen ten yeare before To take a spotte of Oile out of Clothe TAke oile of Tartre and laie it vpon the spot and take it of by and by againe then washe it well with luke warme water and three or four times with colde water and the cloth will be as nete and as cleane as whan it was newe and before the oile fell vpon it To stanche the Bleeding at the nose TAke great Ciche peason and laie them vpon a Tile in the fire vntill they be drie and then make pouder of thē very fine and put of it in his nose and the bleeding will cease To breake botches impostumes cartarres or sores comming in the throte TAke the drie dong of an Asse and of swallowes and make therof pouder and put of it in water or in wine hote and gargel or wash your throte oftentimes with it and you shal be deliuered To take an Yron or arrowe hed out of a wounde TAke the leaues of Palma Christi and stampe thē and at night laie of the iuice or sucke of it vpon the wounde and in the morning you shall finde the wounde so wide and large and the yron or arrow hed so discouered that you maie take it out with your fingers To make that yong Children shall haue no paine or greefe in their teeth TAke an olde Cocke and cut of his combe and take of the blood that commeth of it and rubbe their gommes with it they shall neuer feele paine For to make a cleere voice TAke the floures of an Elder tree and drie them in the sunne but take heede they take no moisture or wette then make pouder of theim and drinke of it with white wine euery morning fasting For to fasten lose teeth TAke Frankensens Mastick and the pilles of Pomegranates asmuch of one as of the other and make thereof a pouder and whan you goe to bed washe your teeth with a little good wine then take of the saide pouder and laie it vpon your Teeth and they will waxe fast and sure in short space For the Emorawdes TAke a Tortese and put him in a pot well stopt vpon the fire and let him alone vntill he be all burnt then take the pot from the fire and take out the Tortese and make him into pouder then first washe the Emorawdes with white wine very hote then laie vpon them some of the saide pouder and in two or three times he shalbe healed For one that hath his Sight troubled TAke the lunges or lightes of a Barrow hogge with all the appurtenances and seeth it in water and whan it is soden let him holde his eies ouer the smoke of it and in three or foure times doyng he shal be cured of that trouble For one that is abroke or brusten TAke of the roote of Symphiton petreon in English Bugle or Camfrey and put of it into the bread that he eateth euery daie and let him eate euery day of the said roote either rawe or roste and it shal be a very healthfull thing for his disease For one that hath his Coddes swollen TAke Rue and stampe it and laie it vpon his Coddes and immediatly thei will aswage their swelling whiche thing is sufficiently proued To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare Sonnes also KNow you that it is a hadde thing for a barraine woman to beare Children and a greate gifte and grace of God to obtaine it bicause the causes of sterilite and barainesse be diuers and without nomber but to make a woman that beareth alwaies Doughters to beare also Sonnes it is a thing very easy and hath good succes and hath ben diuers times proued Wherefore if you will that your wise shall haue male children eate an herbe called in English Mercurie in Italie Mercorella in French Mercuriale or Ferolle whiche hath onely two seedes like vnto the genitories of a manne and make her also eate of it before you company with her and eate both of you the right stones of some beastes and of the skraping of an Elephantes toth To make that the handes shall not chinke nor cleaue TAke a Radishe roote make him hollow within vnto the bottom then take thre vnces of oile of Roses and an vnce of Turpentine or more according to the greatnesse of the Radishe and then couer the said radishe and leaue it in the hote ashes or embers vntill it be halfe consumed than take it out and anoint your handes with it For to make a mans Berde blacke TAke Aqua fortis and a peny weight of fine Siluer and melte it in the saide water by the fire and whā you wil occupie of it anoint the beard at the rootes of the heare with oile of Roses and with a spong wete your beard so that you touche not the fleshe and lette it drie than washe it with lie wherein there hath be mirabolans and Pommegranades sodden To make a woman beare Childrē although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the best remedy that can be founde FIrste cause the woman to be purged well and giue her some water of the baines of Aquario or other mine of Brimstone then lette her eate of the fleshe of
very thinne and of thre partes fill two with oile oliue very good and cleane fill the rest with Roses or the herbe wherwith you will make the oile Than sette the violl or glasse in the sunne and couer it well first and let it so rest three or foure daies than take it out of the sunne and take out al the roses and al the oile and wring them well that all the oile maie come out of them then cast them awaie and put the oile againe into the violl and fill it a newe with freshe roses and set it in the sunne other foure daies Than take them awaie and wring out the oile and put in other freshe roses doyng thus foure or fiue times you shall haue an oile as odoriferous as the roses them selues To make that the Mothes and Vermine shall not eate nor destroie clothes and apparell TAke Wormwoode or Southernwoode the leaues of a Cedar tree and valerian and laie them in your coffers or presses where your clothes be or in the pleytes of your garmentes and you shall see that they will not hurt them bicause these leaues and herbes are bitter of taste and the sauour or smell is very strong whiche the vermine do abhorre and can not abide For to make that wilde beastes shall not hurt you FOr to be assured and safe from wilde Beastes as Wolues Beares and such other like take the grease of a Lion and annointe your selfe therwith ouer and ouer and go hardely wher you will and no beast shall hurte you but as sone as they smell the sauour of the grease they will runne awaie And if by chaunce you meete with a wolfe or other wilde beast ronne not awaie but with a good corage go euen to him that he may smel the grese that you are anointed with all and he will flie For to be assured and safe from Serpentes TAke the suck or iuice of a radish roote and anoint your handes with it then take the Serpentes in your handes and they will not bite nor sting you bicause of the subtilite and finesse of this iuice but will die almost in smelling onely the sauour To take awaie the paine and greefe of the Goute TAke a greate foule called a Vultour in latine Vultur and take the skinne of her righte beele and laie vpon the right foote of the patiēt then take the skinne of the lefte heele and laie it vpon his lefte foote and incontinent you shall see that in halfe an houre the paine will goe awaie Whiche is a meruelous thing For to see wilde Beastes in a Dreame TAke the hart of an Ape and laie it vnder your heade whā you go to bed so that it touche your head and you shall see meruelous thinges and all kindes of beastes as Liōs Beares Wolfes Apes Tigres and other suche like For to make Silke white TAke Brimstone and burne it holde the Silke ouer the smoke of it it will incontinent waxe white Also if you wil haue a Rose of diuers colours holde him ouer the smoke of Brimstone burning and it will be red white and Cremsine and wil be faire but it shall lose his sweete sauour To make an herbe growe that shal haue many and diuers odours and sauours TAke one graine of lettise seede one of succorie one of alexanders one of basille one of a leeke and another of persely and plant them all togither in one hole so that one touche not another and you must plante them in horse donge or Oxe donge or of any other beaste so that there be no earth at all there will growe an herbe that shall haue the smell of Lettuse Alexāders of Succorie of Basil of leekes and of Perslie and this is a thing proued To make an Apple or ball that prouoketh sleepe TAke wild Poppy the iuice of Mandragora and leese of wine asmuch of the one as of the other and a little ciuet and of all this make a rounde ball and hold it in your hande and smell to it and it will make you sleepe wonderfully To make a barraine woman beare children TAke of these little seafishes with many feete called in Latine Polipi or Polypodes and roste them vpon the embers without oile and let the woman eate of them and it shall profite and helpe her very muche hauing in the meane time the company of a man To make heares growe vpon a bald hed TAke oile of Tartre and warme it and rubbe your hed with it or other places wher you will heare shall growe and within viij or ten daies the heares wil come furth as thicke as before and not onely make those heares to grow which be fallen but also maketh other to encrease more then there was afore and whiche is more if you rubbe the paulme of your hande with it heares will growe there as well as in any other place To make a water that dieth or coloreth copper into the colour of Golde TAke the gall of a male gote and another of a female gote and a little Arsenick asmuch vntill you se there is inough and distille al togither and wete and temper your copper in this water but let the copper be first well skoored and incontinent it will turne into the colour of Gold To make oile of Brimstone TAke ten egges and seeth them till they be hard then take of the shels and caste the white and them awaie so that there remaine nothing but the yelke whiche you shall stampe and take asmuche brimstone by weight and make thereof pouder and mengle all well togither and so distill it with a slowe fire and it wil be very good For to make salt Armoniac TAke a pounde of mans bloode and two pounde of the bloode of an Oxe or other beaste and sixe pound of well water and mingle all togither than streine it with a linen cloth very harde straigte and set it on the fire where you shall leaue it vntill the water be consumed and that which shall remaine wil be good salt Armoniac For to make Borase TAke two vnces of Alome and temper it with two vnces of salt Alcall whiche menne vse to make glasse withall then put it into some vessel of tinne and seeth it with a sougth fire the space of halfe an houre and than take out the water and take two vnces of salt Gemma beaten in pouder and asmuche of salt Alcall and two pound of virgin Honny and a pound of Cowe milke amd mingle all togither with water and set it three daies in the sunne and it will be made For to make Corall TAke the Hornes of a white male Goate and make thē very cleane then take a good sharpe knife and skrape them finely that the skrapinges maie be like pouder then take pieces of Ashe and burne them and of there ashes you shall make lie which you shal straine three times in a linen clothe and put the skrapinges of the horne into it and mixe it well togither and let it
make figges ripe quickly idem To make Hennes laie egges all the winter idem To make a glewe or paste that howeth as faste as a naile idem To take awaie all maner of spottes idem To cause that a womannes breastes waxe not greatâ— or swellyng idem pag. 2. To pourge honie without fire idem To stenche the menstruall blood of women idem To kepe roses freshe all the yere idem For the same idem To take or dissolue a boile or kernell in the griue or the wrestyng of a sinewe idem To dresse and trimme Oliues in one daie Fol. 13. To preserue and kepe Peches or other fruict idem To cause merueilous dreames idem To make a woman beare children idem pag. 2. To heale and cure horses of the scabbe idem To heale the kynges euill a desease called in Latine Struma idem To make one that is poisoned to vomite the poison To make a candell that cannot be put out idem To make a candell of ice to burne Fol. 15. To make that fruicte shall take what forme or facion you will idem To make that rootes shall haue what forme you will idem For to write letters vpon a mannes body or face â–ª that shall neuer be rubbed out idem pag. 2. For the same but somewhat easier idem To make one haue a good memorie idem To make that no dogge shall barke at you Fol. 17. To make all thynges seme blacke and greene in the night idem To die hearâ— into a grene colour idem To dresse or to kepe freshe in Somer idem To make an instrument called Cauterium wherewith sores are burned whiche shall raise the skin without any grief or pain idem pagi 2. To make steele cut yron as it were leade idem To make redde ynke idem For the same and easier Fol. 19. To make bones soft idem To kepe Grapes freshe all the Winter idem To make Melons or Conconibers ripe before their season idem To take awaie the holes or markes of the small Pockes idem pag. 2. To make â—he handes white idem To make an odoriferous and swete smellyng grease that kepeth the lippes and handes from chinkes and chappes and kepeth them moiste soft Fo. 21. For a swete suete called in Frenche and Italien Pomade in Latine Pomatuâ— idem To make that flies shal not tourment or trouble houses in Somer idem To kepe Figges grene all the yere idem For to make that Pomegranates shall not â—pe fo 23. For to kepe wine swete all the yere idem For wine that will not kepe long idem To cause that wine shall not be to strong idem pa. 2. To make vineigre idem To make vinaiger with water idem To make vinaiger with perished wine or wine that is marred idem To take awaie the sauour of the mouldines or putre faccion of the wine Fol. 25. To make wine haue a good odour idem To make that Lekes shall be greate idem To make tadstooles or Musheroms growe in a. idem To make that all maner of codware shall seeth quickly idem To haue grene flowers all the yere idem pag. 2. To make corne to growe greater then thei are wont to doe idem To make that fruictes shall not rot vpon the tre idem To make letters that cannot be read vnlesse the Paper be put in water idem To make letters that cannot be read but at the. fo 27 To make that Aqua vite shall receiue all the vertues and strength of medicines idem To make that a woman shall eate of nothyng that is set vpon the table idem To make oile of roses or other odoriferous her idem To make that the Mothes and vermine shall not eate nor destroie clothes and apparell idem pag. 2. To make that wilde beastes shal not hurt you idem For to be assured and safe from serpentes idem To take awaie the pain and grief of the goute fo 29. For to see wilde beastes in a dreame idem For to make silke white idem To make an herbe growe that shall haue many and diuers odours and sauours idem To make an apple or ball that prouoketh idem pa. â— To make a barrain woman beare children idem To make heares growe vpon a balde hedde idem To make a water that dieth or coloureth Copper into the colour of golde idem To make oile of Brimstone idem For to make salt Armoniac Fol. 31. For to make Borace idem For to make Corall idem To die yron into the colour of golde idem pag. 2. For to make yron strong and as faire as siluer idem For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the paper idem To take a spot of oile out of clothe idem To stanche the bleedyng at the nose Fol. 33. To breake botches impostumes Cartarres or sores commyng in the throte idem To take an yron or arrowe hed out of a wound idem To make that young children shall haue no paine or grief in their teeth idem For to make a clere voice idem For to fasten lose teeth idem pag. 2. For the Emeraudes idem For one that hath his sight troubled idem For one that is abroke or brusted idem For one that hath his coddes swollen idem To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare sonnes also idem To make that y e hands shall not chink or cleaue fo 35. For to make a mannes beard blacke idem To make a woman beare children although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the beste remedie that can be founde idem To make a woman labouryng to bryng foorthe 〈◊〉 childe that cannot be deliuered idem pag. 2. For to make teeth that one ake to fall out Fol. 37. A remedie for the fallyng sicknesse idem Against the plague idem For the same idem pag. 2. For the putrefaccion of the teeth idem For the stinkyng of the breath and to make the teeth white idem A water to make cleane teeth idem An other water to whiten teeth Fol. 39. To take awaie the smell of Garlike Leekes or idem A principall remedie for the flixe or laxe idem For to make that heares shall not growe idem A verie profitable reamedie for the hardnesse of womennes breastes after thei be brought a bed idem For Apostumes Botches Cankers or other Swellynges idem pag. 2. To make womennes milke encrease idem To knowe whether there bee any water in the wine or no. idem To make vinaiger idem To make drie vinaiger whiche maie be carried wher a man will idem An other composicion for the same fol. 41. To make rose vinaiger very swete and odorife idem To make vinaigre of graine idem A preseruacion in tyme of Pestilence or plague and against all venime or poison and bityng of a madd Dogge idem Against stinkyng vermin called Puneises idem pa. 2 To pourge coler and fleame idem A remedie to kepe flies from fleshe idem To kepe fleshe all
therof a plaister whiche you shal laie vpon the stomack of the pacient or vpon his belly and he shalbe greatly eased of his disease To make that Antes or Emettes shall not eate the figges vpon the tree TAke a kinde of Onyons called in latine Cepa Scylliticae stampe them with Barrowes grease or lard and anoint the foote of the plant a haÌ„dfull or two of height and the Antes will not goe vp into the tree and this must you do in Marche To make Hore heares blacke TAke mulberie leaues vine leaues the leaues of a redde figge tree and boile them with raine water and washe your head with it and the heares wilbe blacke For the tooth ache TAke the rootes and leaues of Chickwood and boile them in water with the whiche you shall washe your mouth and hold it in your mouth a certaine space and it will take awaie your paine To destroie Lise and other small beastes that do wast and marre the herbes in gardins LEt a woman that hath her flowers walke three or foure times in the allees and all the vermine will fall doune deade A remedie for Deafnesse IF a man be Deffe by some accident and not by nature take the iuice of Colewortes mixte with warme water and droppe it into his eares and he shal finde a meruelous ease and remedy Against the stinging of Scorpions TAke Penniriall either drie or greene and stampe it with good wine and make thereof a plaister which you shal laie vpon the wounde or stinging of the Scorpion and he shal be safe and healed A remedy that the Sunne shall not hurt you shining vpon your head whan you go any Iornaie IF you put a little branche of Penniriall in eche eare the Sunne shall neuer make your head ake whan it shineth vpon it A remedie for the Horsnesse of the voice IF by colde you be Horse take Penniriall and seeth it in water and take of it at night whan you go to bed a dishefull somewhat hote with a little sugar molten in it and doing this three or foure times you shalbe ridde of your Horesnesse and haue a clere voice A remedie for them that can not pisse TAke fiue or sixe leekes and frie theÌ„ in the oile of ScorpioÌ„s and then stampe them and make of them a plaister and laie it vpon their coddes as hote as they maie endure it Also the beard or heare of Leekes will doe the like if ther bee dried and made in pouder and giuen theÌ„ to drinke in white Wine and will make the grauell and small stones to come out To make a baite to ketch wilde Geese and wilde Duckes and all other sort of foule TAke the seede of Belenge and the rootes also and steepe theim in water the space of a daye and a night with the seedes than seeth the said thinges with the water that thei were steeped in so that the seede maie well drinke and soke vp the saide water than laie the said seede or graine in the places where wilde Duckes and wild Geese are wont to rest and they will eate this graine or seede thus prepared and therupon will sleepe as they were drunke and in the meane time you maie take them with your haÌ„des â–ª but there must be a great quaÌ„tite of this Belenge specially for wilde Geese This maie also serue to take al other maner of foule that go togither in sholes or coÌ„panies Men vse to seeth this graine with brimstone and laie it in the places where birdes and foule are wont to feede and al that eate of it wil fall doune and die but to kepe them that they die not you must giue them to drinke oile oliue and shortly after they will reuiue againe To make that Dogges shall neuer be madde and a remedie for them if they be madde beyng bitten of wilde Dogges or wolues IF you cut of the Dogges taile within thirty or fourty daies after he is whelpt he shall neuer be madde onles he be bitteÌ„ of some madde dogge or wolfe for if he be bitteÌ„ you must giue him to eate the space of thirty daie continually Hennes dunge with breade or other meate laiyng vpoÌ„ the place so bitten a plaister of the rootes of wild Roses and put a collaâ— of it about his necke and in the wound some Garlike or Onyons stampt and if you be nighe vnto the sea caste him into it euery daie twise or thrise so that he maie thorowly washe and continue so the space of twenty daies bicause the sea water hath a vertue against the madnesse of Dogges To make that flies shall not vexe or trouble Dogges TAke the greene outward shale of Walnuttes and stampe them and anoint the dogge with it where the flies vexe him and specially in the eares and the flies shall not tutche him A remedy to keepe Dogges from Flees RUbbe the Dogges ouer with oile oliue and they will die incontinent or els take the roote of Belenge and seeth it water with the which you shall washe the Dogges and if there be any flees they will die or if you take the iuice of the leaues of it and rubbe them with it twise or thrise The like effect will the water of Toruisque worke if you washe the Dogges well with it but true it is that thei muste be washed afterward with cleane water for if the dogge should tutche that water with his tonge it wold hurt him bicause it is very venimous To purge Dogges whan they be sicke IF dogges haue any wounde you must heale theÌ„ with molten pitche mixte with oile oliue and rubbe the wounde euery daie with it If thei be otherwise sicke you must purge them in giâ—ing them drink whey of goates milke This don seeth a shewes head skin and heare and all and put a little Giâ—ger in it and make them eate it hote with the broth and al togither To heale mangy Dogges IF you kill a calf take the blood of him hote and smâ—re it vpon the dogge where he hath the disease and whan that is drie plaster him ouer againe with calues blood warme as it is whan it commeth from the calfe this must be done diuers times And theÌ„ washe him well with lie made with the ashes of the shrubbes or twigges of Vines It shall be also good to caste him some time into the fattes or tubbes wher they die cheuerell and there washe him well for that clenseth meruelously some washe Dogges in the water that mirre hath bene stioped in It shalbe good also to take a little good plaster of Paris with asmuche of the seede of Alegreâ— and stampe them wet togither and mingle them with molten pitche and anoint the Dogge with that whiche is also good for menne To â—ake wartes from the handes TAke earth and kneth it with Dogges pisse and laie it vpon the Wartes and they will drie vp and consume awaie To make the Teeth white TAke Goates horne and burne it and make therof pouder and rubbe your teeth with
thing is that he be made to vomite in giuing him drinke oile oliue and lie made of the Ashes of the shrubbes of vines or of the braÌ„ches of a wilde peare tree with salt and vinaigre tempred with water Hennes Egges also be good beyng drunke with Vinaigre tempered with water And these remedies be good for any man that hath drunke Plaster or eaten any thinge that choketh or him to whome some manne hath giuen menstruall blood to drinke as wicked wemen some time doe To be assured and safe from all Sorcerie and Enchantement TAke Squilla and tie it vpon the principall gate or doore of your house and you shall assure all the inhabitantes in it from all sorcerie and enchantmentes Also this Squilla assureth and kepeth al plantes and trees that are about the house where it is planted or set from all noisomnesse and infection of the ayer Against lightning and tempest IN the place where there is tied the skinne of a beast called in latine Hyena or of a Cocodrille or of a Hyppopotame or of a sea Calfe or seale the lightening tempest and thonder will neuer fall there nor likewise vpon a haye tree nor figge tree To keepe that fruites shall not fall before they be ripe IF you tie wilde Figges vpon the trees in your Garden from the whiche your fruite falleth it shall not onely not fall doune but also these figges will keepe them safe To keepe that wesels and other like beastes shall not eate nor destroy Poultrie RUbbe your Pultrie with the iuice of Rue or herbe grace and the Wesels shall do them no hurt also if they eate the Lunges or lightes of a Foxe the Foxes will not eate them To make Flaxe as softe as Silke TAke what quantite of Flaxe you will that is good and faire kembe it as ready to be sponne Then take freshe and recent Calues dunge as muche as will suffise to paste ouer the saide flaxe and lette it be well washed after it hath remained fiue or sixe houres so soked and couered with the dunge and it will be as softe as silke maie be sponne as fine as a man will To heale the paine of the Head TAke Maioram and presse out the iuice of it and let the pacient take of it into his Nose To heale lippes that be clefte and full of chinkes by meanes of colde or winde TAke gomme Arabike and Dragant asmuch of the one as of the other and make pouder of it and incorporate it with Oile of Violettes and anoint your lippes therwith To heale handes that be full of Chappes by colde or winde TAke mastike frankences newe waxe and oile of roses make of all this an vnguent or ointmeÌ„t and anoint the chappes or chinkes of your handes and they will immediatly be hole To grinde Golde and Siluer TAke the cutting or paringe of beaten Golde the value of halfe a croune than take some gomme Arabick asmuche as two beanes and stiepe it in so little water that it skant becouered ouer and leaue it so a night than braie it a little vpon a marble stone and put to it the Golde by litlle and little and incorporate it well with the gomme Then braie it slightly the space of two houres in gathering it vp vnder the stone that grindeth it for in spreading it abrode much of it is lost and with a pensill weate the Golde rounde about for seare lesse it should drie for you should lose it bicause of the gomme that maketh it to drie vp Then you shall take half an vnce of salt peter whiche you shall put in a little câ—fer or casket of yron and put to it so muche water that it maie be scant couered and boile it on the fire skimming it well then straine it with a double linen cloth and thicke and let it coole and it will congele and be white Then braie it with the Golde the space of an houre and a halfe and than it is grounde This don take it vp with a fine pensill and putte it in a cuppe or goblet of glasse and resolue all into water Than must you haue ready three or foure cuppes of Glasse for to empty the water in from hand to hand then put the water vpon the Golde and with the ende of your finger washe it well with the Gomme and salt peter and you shall empty the water from hand to hand into the cuppes of glasse Also you muste haue ready some shelles cleane and drie for to put it in and the Golde beyng well washed in the cuppe or goblet let there be a little water in it and sturre the Golde with a pinne and you shall empty by little and little in the dishe all that quantite whiche you thinke you will cut of and make thereof suche measure that you maie haue your money againe And you must knowe that there is alwaies half in half gotten vpon it And in emptiyng it mixe it well togither to the ende that the course maie goe to the bottom and mingle it not with the fine for you should do hurte vnto your worke and your selfe wronge but keepe it for you maie grinde it ones againe and whan it is in the dishe you shall holde it ouer a flambing cole not letting it rest still but remouing it faire and softly and it will waxe drie seeme fayrer to the eye And thaÌ„ kepe it from all filth dust To make faire Verdegrise after the newe facion TAke strong Vinaigre and viij vnces of the siling or skales of Copper well made cleane from all dust foure vnces of Baye salt two vnces of it and than facion what bede stones you will make the hole of them little and lette them drie well in the sunne and if you bake them in an ouen they wil dure longer and will be stronger Than giue them a light colour with hole armenick the white of an egge laie siluer foile very fine vpon them but weate it first with water and then polish theÌ„ with a dogges tooth and make them glister and shine Then take the shearinges or paringes of parchement that be white and not colored or painted and washe them with luke warme water and boile them in a newe potte vntill they be well sodden and somewhat ingrossed waxen to a substance or body then straine them finely and whan you will occupie them about your worke lette them be luke warme Than take your Perle and put it vpon the ende of a needle or some other fine or smal yron to the intent the hole be not stopt and so plonge it into the said parchemeÌ„t glue take it out quickly againe and turne it round that the glue maie not rest in one place of it but that it maie be of like thicknesse rounde about the Perle and if it appeare not thicke inough vnto you dippe it in againe and it will shewe better that is to faie the whitnesse will shine vnder the glue will make a certaine