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[Corrosive water and sal ammoniac will dissolve the gold.]
[*]siluyr wole be dissolued, and not ??e gold: ??a{n}ne ??e haue ??at
oon departid fro ??e to??ir / And if ??e wole dissolue ??e gold to
watir, putte ??a{n}ne yn ??e watir corosyue, Sa?‚ ar{moni}ac; and ??at
watir wi??oute doute wole dissolue gold into watir. 24
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[--How to get out of gold its Quinte Essence.--]
[Put calcined gold into distilled vinegar or purified urine;
set it in a hot sun; a film will soon rise; skim it off,
collect all such in a glass vessel till no more rise.]
The sci{enc}e to drawe out of fyn gold vta e{ss}encia is ??is /
First ??e schal reduce gold into calx, as I tolde ??ou tofore /
??anne take vynegre distillid, or ellis oold vryne depurid fro ??e
fecis, and putte it in a uessel glasid; and ??e liquor schal be in 28
??e hei????e of 4. ynchis; and ??{er}i{n}ne caste ??e calx of gold, &
sette it to the strong su{n}ne in somer tyme, ??{er}e to abide / and
soone aftir ??e schal se as it were a liquor of oyle ascende vp,
fletynge aboue in man{er} of a skyn or of a reme. gadere ??at awey 32
wi?? a sotil spone or ellis a fe??{er}e, and putte it into a uessel of
glas in ??e which be putt watir tofore. and ??us gadere it manye
tymes in ??e day, into ??e tyme ??{a}t ??er ascende nomore / and aftir
do vapoure awey ??e watir at ??e fier.
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