Esprit de
{vitriol} avec celuy de Vinaigre. (in Boyle hand)
Take of good vitrioll calcined to
yellowness'y' altered from 'a' what
quantity you please, and wett it throughly with strong spirit of
<vinegar i>replacing '???e ??rd', and abstract the liquor which will be very flegmatique, ad
siccitatem. Then without takeing the
<matter> out of the
retort'e' at end of word deleted
poure on as much
<fresh> Spirit as before which
<in> distillation will come over flegmatique almost as at
the first.
This doe in all about four times, and at last press the matter left
dry after the last operation, with a strong fire in a sand furnace, and
Reserve'R' altered from 'k'
carefully the Spirit,
<which will be of {vitriol}
& very sulphureous.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
La
meilleure voye pour faire aigril le vin. (in Boyle hand)
Fill halfe a dozen barrells with
<W: (or other fermented>in Boyle hand lyquor) soe
that one third may remaine empty and each of the Barrells may have a pretty
large hole to stand still open in the upper
<parte>, these vessells being kept in a [stove]unclear, or some such warme place for some dayes, a pretty
quantity of liquor is by the tapp to be taken out of the first and without
stiring the vessells to be putt into the second, and some out of that into the
third, and soe onwards, this must bee done from time to time with some
intervall, for the space of about sixe weekes, within which time the operation
may be compleated.
Remember that Crystalls
†that deleted may be obtained in great plenty from the
<liquid>replacing 'lyquid Caput mortuum', Boyle hand<Lees of Wine.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
An od
Experiment about the weight of Zahab. (in Boyle hand)
There was taken a
dramm'e' at end of word deleted, of
Zahab which being mixt with four partes of the other ingredient was afterwards
by the fire
†fire deleted freed from it, and then was very well mixt with about
three times its weight of
<Orpiment>replacing 'the Roman Emperours' Minerall', Boyle hand, from which being alsoe freed there remained a dramm and a halfe
of fine powder which being putt per se in a crucible under a muffle and kept in
a strong heat for two houres instead of looseing in weight encreased a full
<Drachm>replacing 'graine', Boyle hand, (though nothing fell into the crucible) for when it was taken out
it weighed
<twoo>in Boyle hand dramms and a halfe.
†and a graine more deleted
Haveing digested one part of
<{gold}>replacing 'præpared doppy[?]', Boyle hand amalgam'd with
<4 of>in Boyle hand {mercury} for about a
fortnight, (perhaps the longer the better) if you afterwards drive away the
{mercury} and melt downe the remaineing calxe into a body, the mettall will bee
much palear then before, nor will easily recover its colour
<by {antimony}, or>in Boyle hand otherwise then by
the addition of a little, (and there needs but a very little) rose Copper.
Take two parts of
<good> sugar
†of Lead deleted and one of Camphire, powder them and mix them together
as well as you can then distillill them over in Balneo, haveing a care to
preserve very well stopt the liquor that comes over,
<which often, (tho not alwayes)
will be an Oile.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
Take one parte of oyle
<of Albada,>in Boyle hand and two of pure
{spirit of wine} and without digesting them cohobate them five or sixe times at
least,
†which done deleted distilling onely ad melaginem or very little beyond
it; but drawing it somewhat dryer at the last distillation. then dissolve the
almost dry Caput mortuum, in aqua Regis, filtre it and
reduce's' at end of word deleted it to
a thicker consistence, and by some subsequent filtrations and coagulations ad
melaginem bring it to bee very pure
<&> high colour'd.
Take of good
<Miniere de Banasis>replacing 'Mercury sublimate', Boyle hand one pound, and imbibe it at two or three times with two pound
of oyle of Tartar per deliquium, keeping it each time stirring in an earthen
platter till it bee dry. Then take one pound of Crystalls of Tartar and mix
them very well together, and distill them for eighteen or twenty houres by
degrees of fire
†till deleted (makeing it strong at the last) into a receiver halfe
filld with water, to receive the runing mercury, which will be very pure and
genuine.
Take the Caput mortuum of our
<Ens {copper}>replacing 'draff', Boyle hand and haveing suffer'd it to run per deliquium, and coagulated
the salt drive it over with a strong fire, and then takeing out the Caput
mortuum, suffer that also to run per deliquium into
a'n' at end of word deleted†odd kinde of deleted liquor
< of a deep lovely
greene>insertion in line in Boyle hand
Take good Spirit of Salt and putt to it a little good oyle of
vitrioll unite by cohobations, and by the same way bring over with this mixture
the
<Butyr.
{antimony}>replacing 'unctuous ingredient of the menstruum Catholicum', Boyle hand
Dr
Faustus's disciple assur'd me that by the helpe of the Engine to which
belong the accumilated receivers, he had drawne in 18 houres
[BP 25, p. 73] from quick coales fourscore pound of flegmatick
spirit of salt which by rectification afforded him halfe the weight of good and
strong spirit, but which would not worke upon crude gold.
Take vitrioll calcined to whiteness 2 lb decripitated salt lb
i {half}, Nitre (very dry) lb i{half}
; reduce all to a fine powder and haveing mixt it exactly with lb
ii of Antimony proceed to your distillation
<of Butyr
{antimony}ii without
sublimate>insertion in line in Boyle hand
Take Brandy two quarts, good Sea Salt lb ii
oyle
†of Turpentine deleted lb i distill them together
<To clarify oyles & make it
swimme over {spirit of wine}>insertion in line in Boyle hand
I found that putting the same
Ingredients in the same proportion of them, whereof I
obtaind'd' altered from 'e' a Past
greene like an Emerald, I could not by the Addition of a Reasonable proportion
of zaphora obtaine a zaphinine color, but a greene, which seem'd to be
ascribable to the color of the Lead &c
{Recipe} 5 handfulls of the Inner Barke of Elder or of the
<greene> Leaves, & boyle it in 5 pints of water boyle
them away till a 5th be consumd then take a peice
of Castle soape {ounce} ii, & stir it about in the
Liquor till the Lather as water dos with a wash Ball, in this Liquor wet a
cloth throughly & wring it out againe, & lay it warme upon the part for
[ab{superscript t}] 1/2 an hower twice a day. Tis an
often approvd Remedy against the Erisipilas
{Recipe} 2 parts of the Menstruum Siccum, & one of the Body to be
dissolvd
<(viz. cheefly Talc>in Boyle hand let the first be
reducd to finer parts by farr then the second, which
<ought>replacing 'often', Boyle hand to be
<
be beaten or pounded>replacing 'præpard' but negligently, more solito &
when the first begins to boyle then put in the second by degrees, & as
soone as you have left putting all) in, have
†rea deleted a care to stirr it about very nimbly & througly, to
make an Exact mixture, which being cold, must be taken, & powdred &
dissolvd in the Italian menstruum validum
<viz {aqua fortis}>insertion in line in Boyle hand.
{Recipe} Magnesia Philosophica well calcind among quick
†coals deleted coals, & dissolve it in {aqua regia} or
<rather in our Polyra of Albada>replacing 'else our corrosive menstruum Corrosivum', Boyle hand The Blood-red solution evaporate ad siccitatem dissolve it in our
[sp{superscript t}.] of Bread rectyfyd, evaporate that ad
siccitatem, & dissolve 15 gr. or a {scruple} i of the
Powder in {ounce} iiii of our [aqua] sicca, & let them be decocted together
<with>replacing 'by' a good fire, for about 4 or 5 howers
<(q an non Dayes)>insertion in line in Boyle hand
Dr. S.
affirm'd to me that Barnet water sent to
my
Lady G. stunck & recovering againe retaind[re]crease in page its
<Minerall> Tast ....approximately 7-8 characters the
drink with successe.
{Recipe}
<our Dersinum>replacing 'the minerall you know', Boyle hand, & haveing heated it red hot quench it in a strong
Lixivium of Potashes, then pouring off the Liquor dry the remaining powder,
heat it againe, quench it as before, this repeat 30 times the oftner the better
then grinding the minerall upon a Porphyry to an impalpable powder, which then
will not be difficult it will be fit
<to be easily melted>replacing 'for ash', Boyle hand.
The same minerall being alchoalizd upon a Porphire, & mixt with
twice its weight of fine Potashes
<may be>replacing 'is', Boyle hand thereby brought to fusion
†may be &c deleted.
Calcine
<{gold}>replacing 'prepard Copper', Boyle hand with {sulphur} & {mercury}, dissolve it in
[sp{superscript t}] of manna of Calabria, 3 or 4 times
rectifyd 'tis
<happily> administred in malignant Feavers.
< This
Sp. of Manna a French Dr
that comm to me he saw bring the Calx {gold} over the helme>insertion in line in Boyle hand.
To obtaine a Regulus [antimonii] simplex wee tooke 2 pound of {antimony},
Nitre & Tartar {ana} lb i,
<&> Charcoale {ounce} ii
<ad {ounce} ix{half} of good Reg.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
To obtaine the red [sulphur] of {antimony}, we tooke {antimony} lb
ii nitre
†lb ii deleted three pound, sea salt {ounce}
vi, & one Ounce & a halfe of charcoale, these were
exactly mixed by parcells & put in about 1 spoonefull
<at a>replacing 'by'time's' at end of word deleted, &
after kept in a strong fire, for about one hower & a halfe. The red
[sulphur] is usually
in the middle, & sometimes also a small Reg[ulus]tear in page< This {sulphur} is gently
vomitive &, if rightly made, an excellent
>insertion in line in Boyle hand
{Recipe} [aqua] sicca
<i.e. vitri contusi)>in Boyle hand {ounce}
viii, plumbi {ounce} v, nitri {ounce}
iii misce
<
This keep it a (short) while in fusion till it looke
like an Amethist This is an almost universal matter for gems>insertion in line in Boyle hand
one of the best & most Esteemd Surgions of London, affirmd to me
that he & others had cured as many as had yet come to their hands of the
falling sicknes, if they were such that their fit sensibly began at any
certaine place, as at the Toe [?e]unclear, by makeing ([p{superscript r}missis] præmittendis) an Issue in the next
convenient place.
To make
†the ab deleted such a glass the common one.
Calcine {gold} by amalgamating it with 6 parts of mercury, &
driveing the {mercury}
....approximately 7 characters hole in page away[a] & sprinkle
this præcipitate upon the ....approximately 9 characters tis in
fusion.
The Glasse Master
informd[ infor]tear in page me that
ordinarily [he] mingled
<about> 60 weight [of] good
Borellia (for the ....approximately 10 characters loe 10 pound more
with 100 pound of sand ....approximately 15 characters weight[wei] of glasse.
<And he usually reckons
the 100 in the operation.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
{Recipe} [Caput Mortuum] of {aqua fortis} & crude {nitre} ana,
flux them together, pour out the Mixture, dissolve it in faire {water}, &
then expose it to
<to the light & twilhow changeable Colors almost like the
Lign. Nephrit.>insertion in margin &c. Frequently
dissolve {sal ammoniac} in {water}, filtrate it &
†diss. it deleted coagulate it againe.
{Recipe} minium, pumice-stone {nitre} ana
<& they will quickly> melt
†them deleted together. To
<harden>replacing 'heighten' glass adde to
†'it deleted 3 parts of it, one of the Madagascar stone. {Recipe} Potashes
2 parts, the Madag. stone calcin'd 1 part
<& the flux will melt it.>insertion in line
{Recipe} i pound of
the Republican salt, & 4 times it weight of Tilma distill of the Liquor
from the other Ingredients at medietatem or a litle beyond, then pour back the
abstracted Liquor upon the remaining one & when they are reconjoynd
†about deleted againe about 1/2 as formerly, this doe in all 6
or 7 times, then draw off what what come with a moderate
fire & keepe it by itselfe, & if the two remaining Liquors that will
swime above one another seperate by a Funnell the Supernatant, whereof make a
soft past by imbodying it with powderd Brick, & haveing with a good fire
gradually administred brought it over into a red Liquor proceede there with
according to the authors directions. The Dose is from 20 to about 30 drops. By
the same operation
†s deleted you'l find, that the [sp{superscript t}] that first came over & is colourlesse, is
much of the same nature with the insipid Tirsus of
<Dr Pelagius>replacing 'Pelagius', Boyle hand & by the same you will also find the filtrated salt to be
much purifyd.
Take salt of {tartar} & calcind pebbles {ana} {ounce}
i, of salt of {antimony} gr. 10. & this salt which
alone
willaltered from 'would' yeild in
good {spirit of wine} a red Tincture that is only a sudorifick, without purging
other way. This salt I say in this mixture gives a lovely & intense greene.
Mr H. answerd me
that he manifestly found the fritta that
†was deleted is kept till be 3 or 4 months old to worke better as they
call it: ie: to melt more easily & make more clearer glasse then the
Fr[itta that]tear in page is recently
made
†largely illegible due to damage caused by hole in page and bottom of page torn off....approximately 10 characters Lump of Valla, & in a very large vessell
....approximately 5 characters Charcoale make a Cavity cap
....approximately 3 characters of re
....approximately 7 characters t, then covering this Cavity with
....approximately 7 characters [co]ale
& the great charcoale with other coal
....approximately 10 characters Kindle them at the furthe
....approximately 20 characters the fire comes near the
....approximately 25 characters [re]duce
the Coals into ....approximately 28 characters what was put into
....approximately 30 characters
{Recipe} Albana, & with a strong & pure Lixivium
præcipitate out of it as much as you can, which you must then dulcify by
Ablutions, & calcine, sublime the Calcinatum with an æquall part of
pure sal Armoniack, & ....approximately 3 characters need be
dissolve the Sublimate in Alchool of wine
An Ingenious
Friend of mine has a myne o ....approximately 5 characters extent
under ground, which invited me to ask his ....approximately 6 charactersson
(an Inquisitive young Gentleman) whether he did observe some subterraneall
springs. that is, some that so run under ground as not to be taken notice of to
appear above ground, to which he Answerd affirmatively
Both he
& his Father also
apart inform'd me that they had observ'd in their owne mine that
†their spr deleted a subterraneall
Spring's' at end of word deleted did
†reg deleted usually grow turpid upon a westerly wind & run very
clear upon an easterly;
†wh deleted
They also
both of them informd that they had lately opend a mine wherein as soone as the
Diggers began to worke, the steames of the Oar or stone
†whereon this deleted that their instruments stricke upon, doe in a
short time make them so sick, as to force them (for a while) out of the mine,
workeing [vi]olently with them both upwards &
downwards.
†largely illegible due to damage caused by bottom of page torn off{Recipe} of the
†domesticall deleted Calx
<of
Valla>in Boyle hand of the Republican salt
†æquall deleted....approximately 4 characters of
each one part, of sal Armoniack two parts of
....approximately 7 characters parts[pa],
mingle the 3 first of these Bodys very well
....approximately 17 characters moderately in a glasse at the fire
....approximately 20 characters times thus hot, put to it the fourth
....approximately 22 characters them in a Retort in a Sand
Furnace
{Recipe} Zaphora & Tabdala, or else Tacola about æquall parts
melt them together well, & then cast them upon plumbum Philosophicum, which
will be thereby made more hard & compact.
Take Tin fil'd to a very fine powder, & mingle it with an
æquall weight of Barachide also reducd into very minute Parts mix these
powders together, & melt them downe into a Masse which you may use with
Vitrum Saturni.
Sir W. S.
told me that in his Tin mines he found the Tin oar of difficulter fusion in his
Furnace then Iron oar ....approximately 3 characters for
†both deleted
Both he
& his son likewise
answerd me that the Ashes of the fuell they
use's' at end of word deleted
sometimes runs by the force of the fire into a black glasse; of which they
promisd [me] a sample.
With powderd & crude Tin make an æquall mixture with the
Powder of Quatrum, made by Calcination or otherwise, & mix one part of each
of these with 2 parts of Adarum, melt them very well together & the masse
will be exceeding black.
{Recipe} pibble stones & haveing reducd them to
†very
so small deleted powder, mix them with an æquall weight
of finely pulverizd [sulphur] then burne the [sulphur] quite
† deleted[away]unclear & mix the remaining Calx
with an æquall weight of fresh sulphur, which burne away againe as before
this doe in all 4
† deleted times, giveing the last
time a smart fire at the end of the operation & then reserve the remaining
powder for use
†largely illegible due to damage caused by bottom of page torn offThe [Cacovian]unclear....approximately 18 characters sulphur as
form[ed] ....approximately 19 characters
were
†changd deleted....approximately 20 characters wardly
& in ....approximately 22 characters
{Recipe} good Venereall Vitrioll & haveing dissolvd it in faire
water & filtrated it, præcipitate what you can with a strong &
clear Lixivium. This præcipitate you must filter, but not dulcifie, &
when 'tis very dry, & very finely powderd, elevate as much as you can with
the sweet sublimate
<(I suppose Barâca)>in Boyle hand, &
then digesting it with Alchool of wine abstract the Liquor
†from the remaining deleted & if need be the sweet sublimate from
the remaining substance.
The Christalline Calx
<I suppose that of English Valla>in Boyle hand
will last long, & not be impair'd but rather Advantagd by some sorts of
open Aire, three days & night will make it very good, but the longer t'is
kept in the fire the more saline & strongly Alchalizate it grows, &
yeilds a Cremor almost like Tartar, & by often putting water on it, &
after Digestion & Decantation renewing it, it will dissolve & wash
almost all away.
{Recipe} vitriol calcin'd ad flavedinem, & have in readynes, a well
heated mortar & Pestle to receive it as soone as so calcind, & haveing
in this mortar reducd it to very fine Powder put that hot as it is into a Bolt
head, & presently pour upon it a sufficient quantity of Alchool of wine
Digest them together for 12 or 24 howers:
<& you will have a red
(or reddish) Tinct. of Vitriol, Anodyne, & of
great vertu.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
†largely illegible due to damage caused by bottom of page torn off....approximately 3-4 characters....approximately 3-4 charactersle Retort you
may put 2 po[unds]
....approximately 10 characters<for to make Ens
{copper}is>insertion in line in Boyle hand....approximately 13 characterscture, & have near a lb.
....approximately 25 characters done with a ver[y] ....approximately unknown, remainder of page
{Recipe} good Lead oar finely powderd, & haveing well mixd it with
thrice its weight of Common sublimate distill it in a Retort, & observe
what proportion of the oar will be elevated, & what changes will be producd
therein.
{Recipe} [Caput] mortuum of Vertdigres, &
haveing abstracted from it some common sublimate leave the remainng matter very
finely powderd to run in a Celler per deliquium, which you may cast upon
afterwards Japan Copper actually in fusion.
For the makeing of the Sylver Pills the proportion is {drachm}
v{half} of flower to {ounce} i
{scruple} ii{half} of the Salt of Lune. If the Pills be
dexterously made of these Ingredients two of them about the bignes of Peas will
weigh about 9 or 10 graines.
Mix minium Antimony, glasse & Talk in a certaine propo[rtion] ....approximately 4 characters by fusion
reducefinal 'e' altered from 'd'
them into a Regul[us]
....approximately 9 characters ards easy, to proceede;
†& deleted
†largely illegible due to damage caused by bottom of p. 92 torn off....approximately 30 characters not so ....approximately 30 characters the
....approximately 30 characters[BP 25, p. 93] the
†said deleted Dung a
<Beane (or other Seed)>replacing 'Faba Ægiptiaca', Boyle hand to which apply a moderate heat, & then observe the Event.
An Ingenious Person of my Acquaintance assurd me that he & a
Friend of his did by meanes of a certaine Imbibition & other helps obteine
from one graine of space of 5 characters 4 stalkes, & some of them had Ears.
To
alcalizate Bâcalis, & melt Talc. (in Boyle hand)
Remember the
<Bâcalis>replacing 'soure liquor', Boyle hand imbued by Copper & Lapis Calaminaris, remember also the
Result of one part of Talk two parts of
<Adarum>replacing 'its proper Menstruum', Boyle hand & a proportion of salt petre to facilitate their intimate
Union:
< for hereby the Talk may be
brought to fusion & made dissoluble in {aqua fortis}>insertion in line in Boyle hand
(Onobrichys is that which in France they call
<La> Lucerne & grows well in poore & sandy grounds,
wherein it shoots its root very deepe, but it ought to be renewd within 10 or
12 year, because the stalkes
<doe at last> grow too stiffe & woody for the Cattle to
feed [on] with appetite, But what the french call
Cinfoine'C' altered from 'c' &
preferrefinal 'e' altered from 'd'
before the Lalucerne is the Trifolium calld in Latin fænum Burgundiacum,
which will continue 15 or 20 years in the same ground, but requires richer
& fatter soyle then the other)
†largely illegible due to damage caused by bottom of p. 93 torn offDr Morrison being askd by me what he
thought ....approximately 12 characters Plants assignd by
Bauhinus in
....approximately 7-8 lines, remainder of page[BP 25, p. 94] by an Ingenious Friend to make some Tryalls, & that
these [marets]unclear haveing been before sowne in a very
leane & sandy soyle being by the Dr. made to grow in a rich soyle, &
very plentifully dungd became 10 or 15 times bigger then his Friends
[Marets]unclear, in so much that when the Dr showd him
them, he would not believe them to be of the same kind.
Remember the
Ianian'ni' altered from 'm' parting
water made of salt of {tartar}, sal Armoniack, & one or two Ingredients
more reducd to a Viscous Liquor
Take of
Venice'ice' altered from 'us'<glass & pumice-Stone>replacing '& the fusible stone', Boyle hand æq. parts (or else 2 of the latter to one of the former)
& keepe them 2 or 3 days in a glasse house fire, till they be colliquated
into an Opacous masse.
{Recipe} æq. parts of calcin'd Tin & Minium, & melt them
together by various Degrees of fire.
<To
to exhibit variety of Colors.
Tis applicable to other Metals employing A calcind
metall employd first & then the same Metall crude lively variss
colors.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
Dr Morrison
told me he had by some Industry & watching a right season, been able both
to gather the seeds of divers Plants that some call Turgifoetæ (as
[Fer]unclear....approximately 4 characters &
some other Plants of ....approximately 5 characters &c that are
....approximately 17 characters ceed, & also
....approximately 40 characters, remainder of entry
†largely illegible due to damage caused by bottom of page torn off....approximately 9 lines, remainder of page< turne
into a red præcipitate, of this red powder take 2 parts, of
sacc.
{lead}ni
the Inflammable substance divided by Gum
well mixd into a
Bolthead, & that into a sand Furnace, where giveing them such a heat as
well serve to make
infusion for 8 or 10
days.>insertion in margin, writing parallel to long edge of page
{Recipe} sylver & Tin reduc'd to fine powder, (but without
Calcination) mix equall pa[rts]
....approximately 15 characters which you may afterwards imploy in the
Art of Dyeing.
{Recipe} 2 parts of ....approximately 15 characters with one
part of
† deleted
nitre, & put into this mixture one part of
<Valla>replacing 'Orient Minerall', Boyle hand very finely powde[red]
....approximately 15 characters about 3 days, & minerall will
dissolve in the menstruum, & tinge ....approximately 3 characters
with a faint but pleasant blew.
....approximately 12 charactersium of {tartar} & {nitre}
to be well purifyd, & that divers Operations of Alcalys especially[especia] that of the [rake]unclear)
& varying the ....approximately 15 characters