from quick coales fourscore pound of flegmatick spirit of salt which by rectification afforded him halfe the weight of good and strong spirit, but which would not worke upon crude gold.

Take vitrioll calcined to whiteness 2 lb decripitated salt lb i {half}, Nitre (very dry) lb i{half} ; reduce all to a fine powder and haveing mixt it exactly with lb ii of Antimony proceed to your distillation <of Butyr {antimony}ii without sublimate>insertion in line in Boyle hand

Take Brandy two quarts, good Sea Salt lb ii oyle †of Turpentine deleted lb i distill them together <To clarify oyles & make it swimme over {spirit of wine}>insertion in line in Boyle hand

I found that putting the same Ingredients in the same proportion of them, whereof I obtaind'd' altered from 'e' a Past greene like an Emerald, I could not by the Addition of a Reasonable proportion of zaphora obtaine a zaphinine color, but a greene, which seem'd to be ascribable to the color of the Lead &c

(The yellowish greene grasse, called Turtle grows at the Canana Islands, & near Jamaica & thither the Turtles resort)

{Recipe} 5 handfulls of the Inner Barke of Elder or of the <greene> Leaves, & boyle it in 5 pints of water boyle them away till a 5th be consumd then take a peice of Castle soape {ounce} ii, & stir it about in the Liquor till the Lather as water dos with a wash Ball, in this Liquor wet a cloth throughly & wring it out againe, & lay it warme upon the part for [ab{superscript t}] 1/2 an hower twice a day. Tis an often approvd Remedy against the Erisipilas

A lb i{half} of Salt of {tartar} to a Gallon of Brandy & proceede <to rectify it>replacing 'and as you know', Boyle hand