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Chymical memorandums
continued from
January 25[pencil]

Take Regulus of Antimony & {sal ammoniac} ana, pouder them very finely, & haveing exquisitly mixt them, sublime them by degrees in a strong & naked fire, then take as much Nardium as the wholl sublimat amounts to mix them well together & put them into a shallow vessel like the cover of a pipkin & laying that upon the Coals, keepe the matter continually stirring 'till most of the salt be evaporated, & there remaine a purplish powder, of which the Dose is 6, 7, or 8 grains, tho more may be given. It works per diaphoresin, & sometims givs a stool or two.

Take sublimat & Tinn ana, distill them together pro more, with a pritty strong fire, reserve the smoaking spirit for its particular uses, the remaining Caput Mortuum mix very well with its weight or double its weight of fresh sublimate, then distil it again by degrees of fire [ 'W' deleted] giving <yet> at length a vehement & lasting Heate, that you may have a copious sublimate.

Take eight parts of the menstruum siccum & one of the Indian salt, melt them very well together [ '&' deleted] (being first finely pouderd) & then keepe it for use.