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it doi?? fro a ??icke plate / And ??e schal vndirstonde ??{a}t wiyn
not aloonly holdi?? in it ??e p{ro}pirtees of gold, but myche more
??e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles if ??ei be quenchid ??{er}i{n}ne. and ??at
[If Saturn (lead) liquefied be quenched in wine, and then Mars
(iron) be quenched in it, Mars acquires the softness of Saturn.]
is a souereyn p{ri}uite: Forwhi, if ??e quenche saturne liquified 32
in wiyn or in comou{n} watir .7. tymes, and aftirward in ??at wiyn
or watir ??e quenche mars manye tymes, ??a{n}ne mars schal take
algate ??e neischede and ??e softnes of saturne / And ??e same
schal venus do, & alle o??{er}e liquibles / or ellis, And ??e 36
[Page 8: TO MAKE FIRE WITH NO FIRE. TO CALCINE GOLD.]
[Again, if you quench Mars in wine and put in it Saturn
liquefied, this will be made hard.]
quenche mars in whi??t wiyn or in comou{n} watir manye tymes,
and aftirward in ??e same wiyn or watir ??e caste saturne liq{ui}fied
ofte tymes, ??anne wi??oute doute ??e schal fynde ??at ??e saturne
is m{aad} ri??t hard / Therfore ??e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles may 4
be brou??t into wiyn or watir; but myche more my??tily into
brennynge watir good and p{re}cious.
[--To make fire without coals, lime, light, &c.--]
The sci{enc}e to make a fier, ??at is, wi??oute cole, w{i}t{h}oute
lyme, wi??oute li??t, worchinge a??ens al maner scharpnes or 8
acc{i}ou{n} of visible fier, ri??t as worchi?? ??e fier of helle / And
??is p{ri}uytee is so v{er}tuous, ??{a}t ??e v{er}tu ??{er}of may not al be
declarid.
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