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The science to drawe out of antymony, ??at is, m{er}casite
of leed, ??e v^te e{ss}encie, is a souereyn maistrie, and a p{ri}uytee
[Put powdered antimony into distilled vinegar; heat it till
the vinegar is red; take away the red vinegar, and put fresh;
take that away when red. Put the red vinegar into a distiller,
and 1000 drops of blessed wine shall come down the pipe;
collect this; it is an incomparable treasure.]
of alle p{ri}uytees / Take ??e myn of antymony aforeseid, 16
and make ??{er}of al so sotil a poudre as ??e kan / ??anne
take ??e beste vynegre distillid, and putte ??{er}inne ??e poudre
of antymonye, and lete it stonde in a glas vpon a litil fier
into ??e tyme ??at ??e vynegre be colourid reed. ??anne take ??{a}t 20
vynegre awey, and kepe it clene, and putte a??en ??er-to of o??{er}e
vynegre distillid, and lete it stonde vpon a soft fier til it be
colourid reed. & so do ofte tymes. and whanne ??e haue gaderid
al ??o{ur}e vynegre colourid, putte it ??anne in a distillatorie. and 24
first ??e vynegre wole ascende; ??anne aft{er} ??e schal se merueilis:
for ??e schal se as it were a ??ousand dropis of blessid wiyn
discende doun in maner of reed dropis, as it were blood, by
??e pipe of ??e lymbike / ??e which lico{ur}, gadere togidere in a 28
rotu{m}be / and ??anne ??e haue a ??ing ??{a}t al ??e tresour of ??e world
[[No{ta}.]]
may not be in
comp{ar}isou{n} of wor??ines ??{er}to / aristo{t}le sei?? ??{a}t
it is his lede in ??e book of secretis, al ??ou?? he [*]telle not ??e name
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