In it you have the Sun fixed in our Heaven.]
be hool, and wexe glad, and be ??ong. And ??us ??e haue oure 12
heuene, and ??e su{n}ne in him fixid, to ??e conseruac{i}ou{n} of mannys
nature and fixaciou{n} of o{ur}e heuene, ??{a}t is, oure q{ui}nte
e{ss}ence.
[???science.??™]
[--How to gild Burning Water or Wine more thoroughly.--]
The sci{enc}e how ??e schule gilde more my??tily by brennynge 16
watir or wiyn ??an I tau??te you tofore, wherby ??e wat{er} or
??e wiyn schal take to it my??tily ??e influence & ??e v{er}tues
of fyne gold.
[Heat calcined gold in a silver spoon and put it in Burning
Water or wine 50 times, as with the florin before.]
Take ??e calx of fy{n} gold as it is declarid here-aftir in ??is 20
book, and putte it in a siluer spone, and anele it at ??e fier.
& ??a{n}ne caste ??e cals of the gold in ??e brennynge watir
or i{n} wiyn .l. times, as I tau??te ??ou tofore wi?? ??e floreyn. and
[Your liquor will be better gilt, as the fire and Water or
wine work more powerfully on the grains of gold than on a
plate.]
??e schule haue ??oure lico{ur} by an hu{n}drid p{ar}t bettir gilt ??an ??e 24
had tofore wi?? ??e floreyn / Forwhi. fier worchi?? more strongly
[[* Fol. 14b.]]
and bett{er}e [*]in sotil p{ar}ties ??an it doi?? in an hool plate / And
also bre{n}nynge watir or wiyn drawi?? out more my??tily bi a
??ousand p{ar}t ??e p{ro}pirtees of gold fro smale p{ar}ties anelid, ??an 28
[Wine retains the properties of all liquibles quenched in it.
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