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{Recipe} grosse peeces of {sulphur} [part] i & calx vive [parts] ii boyl them (continually stirrig) till the {sulphur} be dissolvd; [filter]unclear, a vapor ad sicc. add a 20th part of sal Decrepit. & distill over a red Sp.

{Recipe} 2 [parts] Clay & one {sal ammoniac} distill & cohobate

{Recipe} {sulphur} (vel florum [eius]unclear) sacch ana [digere]unclear per 10 vel 12 ....approximately 4 characters illegible &c

[Rr]unclear the fromage [movir]unclear made up with sifted Ashes

A Colorless stone kept 12 or 18 days, in hot scales of steele (but not red hot) gave it the color of a faire Aigue marine.

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{Recipe} {ounce} {half} of pouder'd savine stibium (i.e., crude'ru' altered from 'ur' {copper} {drachm} ii oare (the yellow) {ounce} vi all exactly powderd & mix incorpor with yell'y' altered from 'w' wax {ounce} {half} [res. pini]unclear {drachm} ii