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To {ounce} i of Baracle take 5 or {ounce} vi of Banasis, & grind them together till they be exquisitely mingled, put the powder into a Crucible. & add to it by degrees, as much as the mixture weighs or thereabouts, of pure Ormum then separate the metall thus purifyed & mix with it a convenient quantity of fine Lune & of the Volatile Regulus made in the form of Globes with oyle, melt them together in a Crucible, & with an equall or double weight of Lead procede [secundum artem]

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largely illegible due to damage caused by hole in page caused by spilled acidTake of Vagalus well burnt and then e deletedexposd a while to the Air, and of Banatu finely pouderd and well incorporated with it æquall parts Decoct them well together and haveing separated <the Regulus>replacing 'what they will afford', Boyle hand beate it to fine powder, and with Tacula make ....approximately 5-7 characters of a sublimat which will be <perhaps>....approximately 13-15 characters on the bottom, but from deleted afterw[ards]....approximately 10 characters enough with this sublimat mix an ....approximately 10 charactersweight[we] of Salt of tartar upon the w....approximately 11 characters both of good Quicklime and ....approximately 11 characters well[we] incorporated them, put them ....approximately 10 charactersd a furnace capable of give[ing]....approximately 7 characters fire and proceed [secundum artem]<: tis I think Negerus of antimony.>insertion in line in unidentified hand

largely illegible due to damage caused by hole in page caused by spilled acidTake ....approximately 5 characters Barachid[B] one part of <Baquilla>replacing 'Taquella', Boyle hand two p. ....approximately 7 characters distill[dis] them ad siccitatem and put all the ....approximately 6 characters over[ov] upon half a part (or quarter of a part if it be very weak) of Baracle: Let it evaporate away with a pritty quick fire, and <mix>replacing 'cast' the remaining powder upon deleted with Quatrum in fusion in its proper vessel. < and try what you will be able to obtain by Cupellation >insertion in line in unidentified hand

Take of Taquema <+>in red well dry'd and pouderd one part <>replacing 'or' two of the American stones <+>in red very finely pouderd and mix'd[m]hole or tear in page with the other one part keep them in fusion for about an hower. < tis to obtain something that is like it from A Mea>insertion in line in unidentified hand

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Take of barachid and Ornum æquall parts or thereabouts, put them together into a Crucible over which invert an other with a hole at the bottom, these being luted together keepe them in fusion for a full hower and then the work is done

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Take one part of the minerall, you know <(viz {antimony} or {lead})>in pencil in Boyle hand and 6 or 7 of Coramen or the Venetian Salt melt them together in a brisk fire and separate