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10
Make with Sublimat and Kursella a thick oil like that made the
common way with {antimony}, poure upon this
<pure> Sp. of wine till it swim 3 or 4 fingers above it,
digest it for some dayes, and then destill them off
[ 'for' deleted] by degrees with a heedfull care, and imploy the
acidulous
<(not corrosive)> menstruum upon Coralls &c.
To one part of calcin'd English Talck add 2 (or one) of Tacola,
melt this fusible mixture with Durca and though they will not incorporate the
Durca will be much wash'd and innobled thereby.
Take the white stone that
Paracelsus commends so
much
<(I.E. white Pebbles>[in pencil ] reduce them without
calcination to fine pouder, put this in to an iron or other strong Cucurbit in
a stoopeing posture, Let the head be of glass, give a very strong fire and
dephlegm well what comes over
< tis to make a spirit of
[R?oals.][unclear]>[insertion in line in unidentified hand]
Take kursella very exquisitly calcined, and melt about 2 parts of
it with one of Durca they will not well incorporate together, but yet the
colour will be much improved, without makeing the body immalleable.
< tis to make a new metal well
coulered and not britle.>[insertion in line in unidentified hand]
Take very well calcind kursella, calcine it by casting in by degrees
about thrice its weight of good Nitre, then mix with it a pritty quantity of
pouder'd charcoal to facilitate the fusion, (which
[ 'twill hardly be' deleted] 'twill be difficult and not absolutly
necessary[altered from 'necessira'] to
make perfect) after which you may take the reduc'd body and proceed with it as
if it were Quatrum,
[ 'by the' deleted] according to the same manner you may handle Vinetum
Paracelsi.
< tis to cople tin and Zinck.>[insertion in line in unidentified hand]
If you mix Tura or a little Cursella with Barakid you may with
Ormum somewhat reduce it, but the best way is to keepe it an hour or better in
a strong heat with 3 or 4 times its
[approximately 3 characters tear in page] heat of good
Dakilla well made and preser[approximately 3 characters tear in page] from the Air
< to reduce Lune.>[insertion in line in unidentified hand]