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Jan. 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.>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 necessaryaltered 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