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??i{n}g in her bookis ???sal amarus,??™ al ??ou?? ??ei teche not ??e maistrie
??{er}of / If it be so
??{a}t ??is firy watir breke ??e glas, and re{n}ne out
into ??e aischen, ??anne gadere alle togidere ??{a}t ??e fynde pastid in
??e aischen / and leye it vpon a marbil stoon as afore, and it wole 28
t{ur}ne into watir. And ??is is a greet p{ri}uytee.
[???Scie{n}ce.??™]
[--To calcine gold.--]
[Cut gold into shavings; put it into a crucible with Mercury;
heat it, and it will crumble into dust like flour. Heat it
more till the mercury goes his way; or distil it, and the gold
powder will be in the crucible.]
The sci{enc}e to brynge gold into calx / Take fyn gold, and
make it into smal lymayl: take a crusible wi?? a good q{ua}ntitee
of Mercur{ie}, and sette it to a litil fier so ??{a}t it vapoure 32
not, and putte
??{er}i{n}ne ??i lymail of gold, and stire it weel togidere /
[[* Fol. 15b.]]
& aftirward [*]wi??i{n}ne a litil tyme ??e schal se al ??e gold
wi??i{n}ne ??e M{er}cur{ie} turned into er??e as sotil as flour. ??a{n}ne
??eue it a good fier,
??at ??e M{er}cur{ie} arise and go his wey; or ellis, 36
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and ??e wole, ??e may distille and gadere it, puttynge ??{er}-vpon a
lembike / and in ??e corusible ??e schal fynde ??e gold calcyned and
[A thin plate of gold will do instead of shavings, and Silver
may be treated like gold.
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