And ??us it is maad. Take Mercurie ??{a}t is sublymed
[Mix equal parts of sublimated Mercury, Salt, and Sal
Ammoniac, grind them small, expose them to the air, and
they??™ll turn into water, a drop of which will eat thro??™ your
hand, and make Venus (copper) or Jupiter (tin) like pearl.]
[[* Fol. 15]]
w{i}t{h} vit{ri}ol,
[*]& co{m}e{n} salt, & sa?‚ armoniac .7. or .10. tymes 12
sublymed / and meynge hem togidere by euene porc{i}ou{n}. and
grynde it smal, and leye it abrood vpon a marbil stoon; and by
ny??te sette it
i{n} a soft cleer eir, or ellis in a coold seler; and ??{er}e
it wole turne into watir / And ??anne gadere it togidere i{n} to 16
a strong vessel of glas, and kepe it / This wat{er} forso??e is so
strong, ??at if a litil drope ??{er}of falle vpon ??oure hond, anoon it
wole p{er}ce it ??oru??-out; and i{n} ??e same maner it wole do, if it
falle vpon a plate of venus or Iubiter, into ??is watir, it turne?? 20
[If it could be moderated it would cure the disease Hell fire,
and every corrosive sickness.]
hem into lijknes of peerl. who so coude rep{ar}ale & p{re}p{ar}ate
kyndely ??is fier, wi??oute doute it wolde que{n}che anoon a brennynge
sijknes clepid ??e fier of helle. And also it wolde heele
eu{er}y cor[os]if sijknesse. And manye philosophoris clepi?? ??is 24
[???sal amarus.??™]
[It is also called ???Sal Amarus.
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