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<P>A profitable boke declaring dyuers approoued re|medies, to take out &s;pottes and &s;taines, in Silkes, <HI>Veluets, Linnnen and Woollen clothes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>With diuers colours how to die &V;el|vets</HI> and Silkes, Linnen and Woollen, Fu&s;tian <HI>and Threade.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Al&s;o to dre&s;&s;e Leather, and to</HI> co|lour Felles. How to Gylde, Graue, Sowder, and <HI>Ver|ni&s;he. And to harden and make &s;ofte</HI> Yron and Steele.</P>
<P><HI>Very nece&s;&s;arie for all men, &s;peciallye for tho&s;e
<HI>which hath or &s;hall haue any doinges therein: with</HI></HI> a perfite table herevnto, to fynde all thinges readye, not the like reuealde in English hereto|fore.</P>
<P>TAKEN OVT OF DVTCHE, and engli&s;hed by <HI>L. M.</HI></P>
<P>&para; <HI>Jmprinted at London by</HI> Thomas Purfoote, and William Poun&s;onbie. 1583</P>
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<DIV1 N="cloth-dyeing" TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>To make Cloth whiche hath lo&s;t his colour, to returne vnto his fir&s;t e&s;tate agayne.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_TAKE OF VNQVEN|ched</HI> lyme two ounces, of Oake a&s;hes two ounces, of cleare wa|ter two pound. Then meddle the~ well all together, and &s;o let them re&s;t one quarter of an houre, and then doe clarifie that water, and therewith wa&s;h your cloth, and it will returne vnto his fir&s;t colour, and waxe fayre agayne as before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; To wa&s;h a &s;carlet which is grea&s;ie.</HEAD>
<P>Take of whyte tarter wel and finely beaten, foure oun|ces: then boyle it in two pound of fayre water, till the thyrde part be con&s;umed: then take it from the fyre, and let it coole, and then &s;trayne it through a linnen cloth, and when ye will v&s;e thereof, make it then milke warme, and wa&s;h therewith your cloth. Then hang it to drye, and you &s;hall &s;ee it fayre, and returne to his fir&s;t e&s;tate and coloure agayne.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; To make all colours of &s;ilkes which be &s;taynde, to come to their fir&s;t colour againe.</HEAD>
<P>Fyr&s;t take one ounce of vnquenched lyme, and of the a|&s;hes of a vyne one ounce, al&s;o of a&s;hes of an Oake one ou~ce and a halfe. Put all the&s;e into a ba&s;en of cleare water, and meddle them all well togither, then heate them a little o|uer <PB N="2" REF="3">the fyre, and when it is warme, take it of the fyre, and let it clarifie a while, &s;o done, then take a &s;ponge and wa&s;h your &s;taynie &s;pottes therewith, and &s;ee that ye weat no other place, but the &s;potty places only, and &s;o they wil be well agayne.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; To make a &s;ope to take forth greace or other &s;poties what&s;oeuer they be.</HEAD>
<P>Take one pound of roche Allum burnd and made into a fyne poulder. Al&s;o take of the rootes cald flames of Flo|rence (&s;o calde in Dutche) halfe a pound: then beate it in to a pouder. Then take a new layde egge, &amp; of white &s;ope two pound and a halfe, then blend your pouder, and your egge and &s;ope altogether well, and thereof make pellots or bals, and if one egge be not &s;ufficient, then take ii. or &s;o much as &s;hall &s;uffice to make your &s;ayd pa&s;te withal, and when ye &s;hall haue occa&s;ion to take forth anye &s;potte, take fir&s;t of commen water and wa&s;h your &s;pots on both &s;ides withal warme, then take of the &s;ayd pellots, and rubbe al ouer the &s;pottes in the cloth, &s;o done: then wa&s;he out the filth with fayre cleare water, and if there remayne &s;ome part and be not all cleane, wa&s;h it agayne as afore is me~|tioned, till it be all cleane, and &s;o &s;hall ye haue it as fayre as before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Another good way to take forth &s;pots of greace out of any woollen or linnen.</HEAD>
<P>Take fir&s;t a little fayre water, all to weate and rubbe therewith the &s;ayd greace &s;pottes. Then take a quantity of walkars claye, called Fullars earth, and rubbe a little therewith your &s;pottes all ouer. Then rubbe and chafe <PB N="3" REF="3">your cloth one vppon another, &s;o done, take a &s;yluer &s;pone or &s;uch like thing, and &s;crape out the &s;ayde filthie water and greace, and if then it bee not all cleane foorth, doe &s;o agayne as before is mentioned, and then take a little warme water, and all to weate the &s;ayde place ther|with, &s;o done, Then wring and &s;crape it foorth as the other afore. Being then cleane, let it be dryde and it will be well.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; To take away all &s;pottes on coulered Clothes, be they linnen or woollen</HEAD>
<P>If there chaunce by fortune, to fall a droppe of ynke, or any other &s;tayne, vppon any cloth dyed or coloured, or be|ing cleane whyte, woollen or linnen. Ye &s;hall doe as here|after followeth, that is: take of the iuyce of rawe Lem|mons, or the iuyce of a great Orange Apple, which hath a hard pill or &s;kinne, which the Italions call <HI>Pommes Da|dam.</HI> Or if ye will take onlye the egar or &s;harpe iuyce which is in the pouncitron, and &s;trayne it foorth thereof, and with the iuyce yee &s;hall all to rubbe and chaufe the &s;ayde &s;pottye places, and then wa&s;h it with luke warme water, and &s;o then &s;crape out all the filth thereof, with &s;ome &s;poone as afore&s;ayde, or wring it cleane foorth with your handes. If at the fir&s;te time peraduenture it bee not cleane, v&s;e it likewi&s;e agayne the &s;econde tyme, as before, and &s;o your cloth will come vnto as good e&s;tate as at the fyr&s;te, nor this &s;hall not hurte anye coloure thereof.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Another good way to make cleane &s;pottes of greace, out of all woollen clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Take an hearbe called wood &s;orrel, or &s;tubwort, which is green, &amp; groweth in woods, in bu&s;hes &amp; &s;tubs of old trees,
<PB N="4" REF="4">and hath three &s;mall leaues lyke a hart, it ta&s;teth &s;harpe lyke other &s;orrell. Which hearbe ye &s;hall di&s;till in a lym|bee, and &s;o re&s;erue the di&s;tild water in a gla&s;&s;e very clo&s;e, and when you neede to take foorth any &s;potte of greace, then take of the di&s;tylde water, and rubbe therewith all ouer the &s;ayd &s;pottes. Then chafe your cloth one vppon another: &s;o done, take a &s;poone, or &s;ome other lyke thing, and take away the &s;ayd filthie water therewith. Then if it be not all cleane, doe it likewi&s;e agayne as before, with the di&s;tilde water warmed, and then yee &s;hall &s;ee it will doe well, and &s;hewe fayre and cleare as it was at the fir&s;te.</P>
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<HEAD>Another good way to take out &s;pottes out of clothes with a lye.</HEAD>
<P>Take three pintes of water, and put therein halfe a pounde of pot a&s;hes, and &s;tirre it well altogether. Let it &s;o &s;tande the &s;pace of foure dayes, but yee mu&s;t in euerye daye &s;tirre it three or foure times. So done, poure foorth the cleare water from the a&s;hes, and put of galles therin, then it will waxe a greene: but if ye wil haue it a blacke, then put a little &s;oote to &s;oke in fayre water, and put that black water therein. With this warmed, ye maye wa&s;he your &s;pottie places in any place of your clothes, &amp; it will take it forth fayre and cleane.</P>
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<HEAD>To perfume clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Take a violl of Ro&s;e-water, in the which ye &s;hall put eyghteene or twentie graynes of Mu&s;ke, and Ciuet, with a little of Ambergreace, then &s;et all on the fyre, and whe~ it begins to waxe warme, take it from the fyre, and let it coole, and &s;toppe it clo&s;e the &s;pace of two dayes, and when ye will perfume your clothes therewith. Set it on the fyre agayne, and being warme, holde your clothes ouer <PB N="5" REF="4">it, and &s;o it &s;hal receiue the fume.</P>
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<HEAD>To take out &s;pottes out of gownes and clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Take the rootes of <HI>Limonio~,</HI> cald in Latine, in Engli&s;h I take it to be the wild Bete. Take the rootes, and &s;eeth them in water, and with the &s;ame water, wa&s;h the &s;potty places in your gownes or other garments, and it will be cleane.</P>
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<HEAD>To make a &s;ope to take out &s;pottes of oyle and of greace.</HEAD>
<P>Take of good &s;cowring &s;ope, and mixe it finely with the &s;yfted a&s;hes of a vyne, of eche in like portion, the~ put therevnto a quantitie of the powder of burnt allum, and al&s;o of the lies of wyne, beaten into a fine pouder, and put it therevnto, then mixe and incorporate all the&s;e well to|gether, then make thereof &s;quare brickes, or round bals, and when yee &s;hall haue neede to occupye thereof, then take of warme water, and rubbe and chafe all ouer your &s;pottye places, and then rubbe thereon with your &s;ope ball, if then it be not all cleane, then mu&s;t ye take your warme water agayne, and rubbe and chaffe it, as yee did before, and then your &s;ope, and &s;o at length ye &s;hal haue it cleane forth.</P>
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<HEAD>A very good way to take out &s;pottes of oyle out of clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Fyr&s;t ye &s;hal take of the oyle of tartar, and rubbe ther|with on the &s;potty places, and then &s;crape it away incon|tinent agayn, then ye &s;hall wa&s;h it well with luke warme water, and three or foure times with colde water, &s;o then <PB N="6" REF="5">wring it foorth, and &s;ee if all the &s;pots be cleane out, if not, wa&s;h it agayne, &s;o long as you did before, and &s;o the cloth &s;hal be as fayre as it was when it was new, or be|fore any &s;pots came on it. There is al&s;o another way, for to take forth &s;pots with this cyle of Tartar, but becau&s;e I haue not the true knowledge thereof, I wil not here ex|pre&s;&s;e it.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; A &s;ope water to take out all &s;pots.</HEAD>
<P>Al&s;o, &s;ome doe v&s;e to take the water wherein &s;traw|berries had bene &s;odde, and with that water ye &s;hal wete and &s;oke the &s;pottye places, then take fayre water, and wa&s;he out all the filth thereof, &s;o done: take and hang it in the &s;onne to drye, and it will be &s;o cleane as before it was.</P>
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<HEAD>A way to take out yron moles, out of all linnen cloth.</HEAD>
<P>Take and wring forth &s;o much of the iuice of the &s;ow|re&s;t Orange, or Limon that ye can get, then take of the &s;ame iuyce, and rubbe the place of the yron moll therwith &s;o let it dry, and euer as it dryeth in, rubbe it ouer again, thus doe often, and euer as you haue wet it, let it re&s;t and drie in the &s;unne, and at the length ye &s;hall &s;ee it will bee all forth and cleane.</P>
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<HEAD>A way to take out &s;pottes in &s;carlet or veluet, of what co|lour or &s;ort &s;oeuer it bee, not chaunging the colours.</HEAD>
<P>Take a hearbe (called of the &s;urgeons) Saponaria, in frenche called <HI>Foullons,</HI> in Engli&s;h Sopewort, beat them oft, and take out the iuyce, and put thereof on the &s;pottes, <PB N="7" REF="5">then let it &s;o re&s;t the &s;pace of one houre if it be in &s;ommer, but if it be in winter let it re&s;t foure houres, then wa&s;he tho&s;e &s;potty places with fayre cleane water, &s;o &s;hall it be cleane to &s;eeme too, but put once agayne the &s;ayde iuyce thereon. Al&s;o if the &s;carlet be not dyde in the cleare grain then ye may put therevnto halfe of black &s;ope, with &s;o much of the &s;ayd iuyce, &s;o mingle it together, and then frote it thereon, then let it be wa&s;hte in luke warme wa|ter, and then ye &s;hall &s;ee the &s;pots cleane forth. For this way is proouded by experience to be true.</P>
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<HEAD>Another way to take out yron moles out of linnen.</HEAD>
<P>Make a chafer &s;eeth full of water, then take your cloth and wet it with the iuyce of Limons, or &s;ower Oranges, or crabbes, or &s;ower wildinges, and then holde it harde to the &s;ide of the chafer, and euer as it dryeth in, weat it &s;till agayne, till ye &s;ee the moll go forth: for all the&s;e thinges afore&s;ayd are good, but the iuyce of Limons and Oren|ges are the be&s;t. So euer as ye haue weate your &s;pottes with the &s;ayd iuyce, hold it then hard vnto the &s;yde of the chafer, as is afore&s;ayd, thus doe vntill it weare awaye, for this way hath bene proued true often. Or take the boy|ling iuyce of Sorrell, and lay it therin, and rubbe it with the back of a &s;poone till it be out.</P>
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<HEAD>How to take out oylie &s;pottes out of parchement or writing paper.</HEAD>
<P>Take a mutton bone and burne it to poulder, then let it be fyne beaten, then put of this poulder on both &s;ides of your &s;pots, and let it be pre&s;t betweene two hard boordes, the &s;pace of two dayes, then take it out, and ye &s;hal &s;ee the oyle to be cleane gone, be it eyther parchment or paper.</P>
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<HEAD>Another way to take out &s;pottes of paper.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall take off the water willow boughes, and make a&s;hes therof, or a&s;hes of the buds of the vine, with y^e hu&s;ks of greene beanes, &s;teepe them in water a day and a night, then put of the &s;ame water on the &s;pots, then pre&s;&s;e it; and let it &s;o remayne for a daye and a nighte, or as ye &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, and ye &s;hall &s;ee it will doe well.</P>
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<HEAD>A very good waye to take out &s;pottes of clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Take of the rootes of the hearbe called <HI>Gentian,</HI> in en|gli&s;h brome, take and burne of it, and make a&s;hes thereof, and with the a&s;hes make a lie, and with the &s;aid lie, ye &s;hal wa&s;h your &s;potty clothes, and in a &s;hort &s;pace it will take away all the &s;pots therof. Well prooued.</P>
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<HEAD>A good way to take out &s;pottes out of woollen.</HEAD>
<P>Take a&s;he water, and the powder of Allum together, then take of the a&s;hes thereof, and lay it vpon the &s;pottye places on the cloth, and when it is drie: doe &s;ponge it off, and ye &s;hall &s;ee it cleane.</P>
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<HEAD>Another agayn&s;t &s;taines in linnen cloth.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;te take your cloth and rubbe it well all ouer with baye &s;alte, then take an Orange and cutte it in two, and wring the iuyce thereon, and laye the &s;ayde Orange vp|on the &s;pottes al&s;o: and &s;o lette it re&s;t an hower or two, <PB N="9" REF="7">then lay them in a bucke and wa&s;h them, and they wil be fayre and cleane. Or el&s;e ye may lay thereon the iuice of &s;orrell and &s;alte, and &s;o put them into the buck as is afore &s;ayd.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; A way to keepe &s;ilke from &s;tayning in the wa&s;hing.</HEAD>
<P>Take fayre water and &s;eeth it, and being all &s;eething hote, put therevnto of &s;ope and let it &s;o melt therein, then take it from the fyre, and let it coole til it be almo&s;t colde, and then at your plea&s;ure yee may wa&s;he therewith your clothes, and it will &s;coure well, and not &s;tayne your &s;ilke, and after ye haue wa&s;ht them, doe not let them lye weat long together, but lay drye clothes betweene, or el&s;e they he in daunger to &s;tayne: and this way you may &s;aue both Sylke and Golde withoute chaunging of theyr co|lour.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Another verye good way to keepe Golde from &s;tayning.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;te take your Golde and annoynte it all ouer with good Honye, then &s;ette it in the Sunne, and lette it re&s;te the &s;pace of halfe an houre, and nowe and then lette it bee turnde in the Sunne. Then after take and wa&s;he it in the fore&s;ayde &s;opie water, and this way it &s;hall neuer chaunge nor &s;tayne, but keepe colour long.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe to bucke linnen clothes, and to &s;coure oute all &s;pottes of greace.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;te yee &s;hall laye all your foule clothes to &s;oke
<PB N="10" REF="8">in colde water, then driue them as yee doe a bucke of clothes, and when they are well driuen: then &s;hall yee take them all forth of the bucking tubbe, then laye them agayne abroade in the &s;ayd tubbe, without any lye, and e|uer as ye lay them betwixt euery cloth: &s;crape of chalke thinne all ouer, thus when ye haue all layde them: then put of your lye vnto them, and &s;o chaunge your lye twi&s;e or thri&s;e after, then take and wa&s;h them forth, and they will be fayre and cleane without greace and very white withall.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; A good way to keepe linnen fayre 20 yeares without re|mouing, and will not waxe moulye nor rotte.</HEAD>
<P>Fyr&s;t take your linnen in marche (&s;o much as you in|tend to keepe vnremoued) and wa&s;he them, and then drye them fayre agayne. So laye them vp in your chea&s;tes vntill May next following: then &s;hall ye take them oute and wa&s;h them agayne, when ye haue &s;o wa&s;hte them, looke that ye doe then drye them thorowly and well, and then folde them fayre vp, and lay them in your che&s;tes or pre&s;&s;e, and yee &s;hall not neede for to remooue them in twentye yeares after, yet they &s;hall continue drye and well.</P>
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<HEAD>How to &s;ponge woollen clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Take a quart of fayre water, and let it be heat luke warme on the fyre, then take a quantitie of walkers clay and al to cru&s;h it therin, then let it &s;tand vntil it be cleare, then poure that water into another potte, and &s;et it on the fyre agayne, till it begin to &s;eethe: then take of Venice &s;ope, or other good &s;ope, and put thereof into the &s;ayd wa|ter, in &s;tirring it well all about, then take it of the fyre, <PB N="11" REF="8">and all hote, &s;ponge or occupye therewith at your plea|&s;ure, in making it alwayes warme, euer when yee will occupye thereof.</P>
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<HEAD>How to make crane colour Fu&s;tian to be as fayre can|uas as at the fir&s;t.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t for the proofe thereof, take a peece of crane co|lour Fu&s;tian, and take al&s;o as much of the iuyce of Oren|ges, or Limons as will weat the &s;ayd peece thorowe, then let it re&s;t and drie in, and the &s;ayd Fu&s;tian wil be as faire canuas as it was before it was coloured, thus if yee can get &s;o much iuyce of Oranges or Limons for to &s;erue your purpo&s;e, yee maye returne the colour agayne, what quantitie yee &s;hall thinke good, for this hath bene well proued.</P>
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<HEAD>Thinges to keepe moughths from clothes, very good in &s;ommer and other times.</HEAD>
<P>The flying moughths will bee in the beginning of Iune, and continue till Augu&s;t, but they are chieflye from mid Iuly to mid Augu&s;t. The running moughth he will continue in your chea&s;ts all the yeare long, winter and &s;ommer, whiche are greate &s;poylers of geare and other thinges. For the flying moughth. Take the powder made of drye Orange Pilles, and the powder of Elecompane rootes mixt together, and &s;o ca&s;t it among your cloths, al|&s;o perfume in a chafingdi&s;h of coles your clothes there|with. Thus you may v&s;e quarterly, and it will &s;aue the~. Or ye may take the powder of Arras, with the powder of Ginoper, al&s;o the powder of &s;itrinum, ca&s;t among clothes &s;aues them from moughths. Wormewood or Lauendar &s;mall preuayleth. Some v&s;eth oyle of &s;pyke to annoynte their chea&s;ts, and hang it in bladders therein. Some laies <PB N="12" REF="9">the hearbe called Flewort, in Latin <HI>pulicaris,</HI> which if ye lay it in your cha~ber, no flea wil breede, &s;ome takes brim|&s;tone, &amp; perfumes therewith, but for the running mougth I know nothing but &s;trong perfuming, and remoouing your geare.</P>
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<HEAD>A way for to take out &s;pottes of wollen clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Take and &s;eeth of common a&s;hes in fayre water, and the pouder of Allum together, and then take of the &s;ayde a&s;hes and lay thereof on the &s;pots and &s;o rubbe it in, then let it drye, and when it is thorowly dryde, then take a &s;ponge and &s;ponge it away, as it is declared of the other afore.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; A good way to helpe all &s;taynes in thinne &s;ilkes and woollen clothe.</HEAD>
<P>Take of good &s;trong vineger, and make it luke warme, then dip a black cloth therein, and then rubbe therewith your &s;tainie &s;pots al ouer: &s;o done, the~ take away &s;o much of the &s;ayd fylth as ye can with a &s;poone, as for the re&s;te, ye mu&s;t haue all ready a tailors yron hote, and lay a peece of blacke cloth on the &s;pottes betwixte the yron and the cloth, and &s;o drie out all the re&s;t of the &s;ayd filth with the hote yron, and then yee &s;hall &s;ee it will doe well and bee fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A plea&s;aunt water to pre&s;erue linnen, or any other thing, yielding a plea&s;aunt &s;auour a long time after.</HEAD>
<P>Take 2 pound of &s;pike flowers, as much of ro&s;e leaues, one pound of co&s;t mary, with halfe a pound of marioram, <PB N="13" REF="9">as much of Balnea, two great handfull of Organy or pe|niryall, foure ounces of mace, a quarter of a pound of Ar|ras poulder, let all the&s;e well &s;eke together in red wyne, then put it all into a pot clo&s;e &s;topte that the ayre doe not pa&s;&s;e. Let it &s;tande &s;o the &s;pace of foure and twentie houres, then let it bee put into a di&s;tillitorie, and &s;ee that it bee well &s;topte, (rounde aboute) with flowre, egges, and water, mixte well together, and &s;ee that no ayre do come nor go oute, but at the &s;poute onely. Vp|on the ende thereof ye &s;hall hang a fine linnen cloth with a grayne of mu&s;ke or Ambergreace, within it, vppon the which ye &s;hall alwayes let the &s;poute droppe on, and yee &s;hall &s;ee it will be a pure water for that purpo&s;e, ye &s;hall al&s;o take to the di&s;tilling of the fore&s;ayd thinges, halfe a pounde of baye leaues, &s;o &s;hall this water be good for the purpo&s;e as is afore mentioned.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A good way to wa&s;he a &s;hirte, and &s;aue the Golde or Silke thereon, from &s;taining.</HEAD>
<P>Take a newe &s;hirte fyr&s;te of all afore it be euer weat, and lay the coller and ruffes or &s;ilke in pi&s;&s;e &s;omewhat warme halfe an houre &s;pace, then take it forth, and then wa&s;h him in hote &s;chalding licar, or &s;eeth him, and it &s;hall neuer &s;tayne the &s;ilke. If ye haue not pi&s;&s;e, yee maye take groundes of &s;trong beare or ale, and let the &s;ilke lye ther|in, the night before ye doe wa&s;h it. And this hath bene oft proued very true. But alwayes ye mu&s;t fore&s;ee, that ye hang not your clothes in the hote &s;unne, after they bee wa&s;hte, but laye another cloth thereon betwixte the Sunne and it, or el&s;e the Sunne wyll chaunge both Golde, Siluer and Silke. Therefore it is better <PB N="14" REF="10">to hang them in &s;ome place of &s;hade after their wa&s;hing, if ye can. Al&s;o to &s;ope your water to much, or your clothes is an occa&s;ion to &s;taine both golde and &s;ilkes. A very good way is: fir&s;t to melt your &s;ope in the lycour, and then let it coole, and &s;o to wa&s;h your clothes therein.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Agayn&s;t clothes &s;taynde with wine or vineger.</HEAD>
<P>Take of warme Cow milke and wa&s;h your cloth ther|in, or wa&s;h it in whay and &s;alt, other el&s;e as &s;oone as your clothes are &s;o &s;taynde by mi&s;chaunce of wine or other thinges, doe ca&s;t of &s;alte thereon incontinent, &s;o then it will pre&s;erue it from &s;tayning, whether it bee wollen or linnen.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A very good way to take forth waxe or ro&s;in dropte on &s;ilke, wollen or linnen.</HEAD>
<P>Whereas ye &s;hal haue any &s;uch occa&s;ion to take forth waxe or Ro&s;ine dropt on any &s;ilkes, or other clothes. Fir&s;t ye &s;hall make a pre&s;&s;ing yron hote, or &s;ome &s;yluer &s;poone, with a cole of fyre therein, take eyther of them when they he hote, and fir&s;t whereas any Ro&s;in or waxe is dropt, yee &s;hall fir&s;t rubbe on the &s;ayd droppes of waxe or ro&s;in al o|uer: with the end of a tallow candle, the~ take eyther your yron or &s;poone afore&s;ayd, and holde it thereon, laying a peece of broune paper betwixte your yron and your wax, then after yee haue a little &s;o touched it with the heate, (the waxe and tallow will mingle together, and &s;oke in|to the broune paper) then take it off, and annoynt it with the &s;ayd tallow agayne, and then holde your hote yron, or &s;poone, as before, and thus ye mu&s;t doe, as aften as ye &s;hal &s;ee cau&s;e, vntill it be all cleane forth. If the waxe be dropt thorow on both &s;ides, v&s;e the one &s;ide like the other, and &s;o
<PB N="15" REF="10">ye &s;hall get it cleane: and looke euer that ye &s;hifte youre browne paper to a cleaner place, from the place it was before touched with waxe, and this order keeping, it &s;hall be al wel and cleane. Often proued.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A &s;ope to take out all &s;pottes in woollen cloth.</HEAD>
<P>Take of Venice &s;ope a quarter of a pound, the yolkes of three egges, of &s;alt finely beaten halfe a &s;poonefull, of the iuyce of Betes, halfe a &s;poonefull, or as much as will make it thicke like a pa&s;te, then make them into pretye balles, and let them drye out of the heate of the &s;unne, in &s;ome &s;hadow place, and when&s;oeuer ye will occupy there|of, fir&s;t wet your &s;pots thorowe with fayre cleare water, and then take your ball and rubbe it thereon, and wa&s;h it then cleane forth as is afore mentioned of the other, thus doe, and yee &s;hall &s;ee that they &s;hall be cleane forth, as before.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another for the &s;ame.</HEAD>
<P>Fyr&s;te ye &s;hall take of white &s;ope halfe a pounde, and &s;hread it very &s;mall, then take of the gall of an Oxe, or of a hee Goate, with &s;ome Allum, of eyther of them an ou~ce, take the yolkes of two egges, with a quantitie of fine &s;if|ted a&s;hes, put them altogether in a morter, and beat them, and when they be well mixt, make them into balles, and when&s;oeuer ye &s;hall neede thereof, take of fayre warme water, and rubbe the place all ouer therewith, and then &s;trike with your ball thereon, and then &s;hall ye rubbe cloth vpon cloth, and wa&s;he it then foorth, as afore&s;ayde, and it will be cleane.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="16" REF="12">
<HEAD>Another way good to helpe &s;pottes or &s;taynes.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall fir&s;t take halfe a gall of an Oxe, the older the better, of feny greke made in fyne poulder halfe a pounde, a quarter of a pounde of white &s;ope, a gallon of &s;trong common lye, mixe altogether therein, and &s;et them on the fyre, and &s;eeth them &s;oftly till they be halfe wa&s;ted, and when&s;oeuer ye will occupye thereof, heate it warme, and wa&s;h your &s;pottes therwith, in mixing it often with faire colde water, and it &s;hall doe well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>How to take out &s;pots of white &s;ilkes, or other coloures.</HEAD>
<P>Take of the be&s;t and &s;tronge&s;t Aquavite, three pintes, with the which you &s;hall wete your &s;pottes, &amp; take a new layde egge and beate it, and rub thereon your &s;aid &s;pots, and &s;o &s;et in the &s;onne and let it drye in: this done, wa&s;he it then with a fre&s;h and cleare water, and then wring or pre&s;&s;e the &s;ayd water forth, or pre&s;&s;e it betwixt your ha~ds, and &s;o they &s;hall be cleane, as for cloth in grayne, ye maye wa&s;h the &s;pots well with Allum water, then rubbe cloth vnto cloth, and &s;o wa&s;h it forth with cleare water agayn, and it will be well. If it be not at the fir&s;t all cleane oute: doe &s;o likewi&s;e agayne, &s;o long as ye &s;hal &s;ee cau&s;e of any &s;pots remayne, and &s;o they &s;hal be well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A proued way how to take out oylie &s;pottes out of cloth.</HEAD>
<P>Take of the oyle of Tartar, &s;o much as wil couer your other &s;taynes, and put it thereon, and &s;traighte way take it off agayne, and wa&s;he it then well with fayre warme <PB N="17" REF="12">water. Then take cold water al&s;o and wa&s;h it iii or foure times ouer, after that, in chaunging it &s;till with new wa|ter, this done, you &s;hal &s;ee it will be as fayre as the re&s;t, and as it was before.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to take out all waxe, Ro&s;in or pitche, on Silkes or other clothes.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t take of tallow or other greace (be it &s;alt or fre&s;h) and melte it, and being &s;eething hote, put thereof on your &s;ayd &s;pottes of waxe, Ro&s;ine, or Pitche, then take of hote licor, and hold your &s;ayd &s;pottes therein, &amp; then rub cloth vpon cloth, betwixt your ha~ds. So done, then wring forth the &s;ayd greazie water, and if ye then &s;ee it will not be al cleane forth, &s;erue it &s;o agayne, annoynting your &s;ayde &s;pottes with tallowe or greace, and then doe clean&s;e foorth the grea&s;ye water as afore is mentioned. For this waye hath bene well and often proued, and doeth helpe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; To take foorth gteace out of Silke, Veluet, Mocca|do or others.</HEAD>
<P>Take and heate water and put a handful of cleane fea|thers therin, &amp; then let it coole til ye may &s;uffer your ha~d therin, &amp; lay your &s;ilke abroad, and take your feathers and rub al ouer the &s;pot, then rub therouer with Ca&s;tile &s;ope, and then with your feathers again al vp &amp; down, weting them twi&s;e or thri&s;e, and &s;o rub it vp &amp; down, the~ wring it a little &amp; dry it in the &s;unne or wind: but if it be Veluet, after ye haue &s;o rubde it: the veluet wil lye, then mu&s;t ye take a cloth of woollen, &amp; heat it, the~ annoynt it light ouer with butter, &amp; chafe your cloth together, to rub in y^e but|ter, the~ heat it a little, &amp; rub your veluet vp &amp; down ther|with, &amp; it wil then ri&s;e again, and be as fayre as before.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="18" REF="13">
<HEAD>To take out &s;pottes of cloth.</HEAD>
<P>They take the &s;traight bones in &s;heepes feete that are &s;odde, and drye them and make them into poulder, with the which you &s;hall lay on the &s;potted cloth, layde in the Sunne, and rubbe this poulder thereon till it goe all foorth.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye wooll red.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall put too foure pounde of woollen yearne, tenne ounces of Allum, and &s;eeth it with branne water &s;o much as ye &s;hall thinke good, then take your yearne oute, and put that water out of that Kettle, and put therein agayne three partes of fre&s;h branne water, and one parte of fayre cleare water, then warme it a little on the fyre, then put therein two pound of grening weede, and let it &s;o warme a while, then put therein your wooll, and &s;tyr it wel with a &s;ticke the &s;pace of three howers, but let it not &s;eeth in a|ny wi&s;e, &s;o done, then take out your wooll agayne, and put it agayne into your Kettle, and put thereto half a gla&s;&s;e|full of vn&s;leakte lime, with as much of common a&s;hes, and thereto put your wooll agayne, and &s;tyrre it with a &s;taffe &s;ixe or &s;euen Paterno&s;ter whiles, than take foorth youre wooll, and ye &s;hall haue a fayre colour. But if yee will haue it yet a more &s;anguine coloure, then mu&s;t you putte into your Kettle halfe a little gla&s;&s;e full of more lime, and a little gla&s;&s;e full of common a&s;hes, and thereto put your wooll agayne, and &s;tirre it well &s;till foure or fyue Pater|no&s;ter whyles, then take foorth your wooll and wa&s;h it, and &s;o ye &s;hall haue a very fayre colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to make wooll a fayre red.</HEAD>
<PB N="19" REF="13">
<P>When as your wooll is made red after the fir&s;t maner then &s;hall ye ca&s;t away that licour that is in the Kettle, and put into it fayre water, and put thereto the cru&s;e full of fayre made lye of common a&s;hes, and therein put al&s;o an ounce of Allum, then as &s;oone as it beginneth to &s;eeth, put therein your wooll, and &s;tyrre it well therein foure or fiue paterno&s;ter whiles, then take it foorth and wa&s;he it, and &s;o ye &s;hall haue your wooll a fayre colour. This ma|ner of dying is after the order of Dorneke in Flaun|ders.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye a fayre yealowe.</HEAD>
<P>If ye will dye yealow with wood, take off the wood leaues, and cut off the rootes, then cut them in peeces, and lay them to &s;oke in lye of commo~ a&s;hes three houres, then &s;eeth it a quarter of an hower, till ye thinke it be meetely well &s;odde. Then put therein two quartes of water, and as much &s;tale Vrine of &s;ixe dayes olde at the lea&s;t, &s;o let them &s;eeth together a little, then clean&s;e it thorow a &s;iue, and then put vnto the &s;ame agayne, of lye and Vrine as afore&s;ayd. Then &s;trayne it thorow a fayre cloth and &s;eeth it, and to two pounde of wood take two pounde of Verde|greace, with the lye that ye haue &s;od, your woad and all putting them in your &s;ayd colour, which mu&s;t be medled and well &s;tirred all together. Then &s;hall ye boyle it all a little, and it &s;hall be well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another colour to dye a yealow with wood.</HEAD>
<P>Take and &s;et a pot with water on the fire, and make it warme, then take a&s;hes made of Oken woade, and ca&s;t thereof into the pot with water, and being warme take it from the fyre, and fiyre it well. Then couer it clo&s;e til the <PB N="20" REF="14">next daye. Then poore the cleare&s;t lye thereof thorowe a cloth &s;oftly into another ve&s;&s;el or pan, then take of good wood, and breake the rootes off, and then cut them &s;mall, then wa&s;h &amp; rince them in cold water, &amp; then put the~ into the lie, and there let them &s;oke a night, then take &amp; &s;eethe it, til the halfe be con&s;umed, and when it is well &s;od, then all hote, clen&s;e it thorow a fayre cloth, then mu&s;t yee haue of verdegreace wel &amp; finely beaten into pouder, and blend therof with a &s;poone among&s;t your other &s;tuffe, this mu&s;t be done incontinent therevpon, and al&s;o your lye thervn|to mu&s;t be very &s;trong made.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>How to dye linnen or thread red.</HEAD>
<P>As when ye wil dye anye Linnen or threade red, yee &s;hal take one pound of &s;amfleure, and let it &s;oke halfe a day and a nighte in water milke warme, then put it into a thicke bagge or &s;acke, and therein wa&s;he and rynce it in the riuer till the bagge bee therewith red, then wring the water well foorth, and &s;o take oute your Sam|floure, and &s;pread it vppon a fayre boorde or Table and make (as it were) a little thinne bedde thereof, then &s;trewe thereon of white a&s;hes, in making beddes of youre Samfleure, and when ye haue &s;trewde them with a&s;hes, ye &s;hal take to one pounde of Samfleure, a guarter of a pou~d of a&s;hes, which a&s;hes mu&s;t be burnt and made of the lyes of white Wine, and it mu&s;t be well chafte betwixte your handes, the one again&s;t the other, then make thereof a &s;mall heape, and &s;o let it re&s;t the &s;pace of fyue houres. Then &s;hall ye rubbe it agayne till it waxe warme, then haue readye a fayre ba&s;en, and &s;ette it vnder your &s;tuffe, that it may runne therein, and al&s;o wring out the iuyce thereof into the &s;ayd Ba&s;on. Then ca&s;t therein a pynte of wine vyneger that is very good, then yee maye putte therein a pounde of yearne, and it &s;hall doe well. But <PB N="21" REF="14">to dye your Linnen cloth, ye &s;hall put it in before youre yearne or Fu&s;tian. Then lay it therein a day and a night, then take forth your linnen or yearne, and then put there|in a gallon of a&s;hes of the A&s;he tree, and therevnto youre linnen, yearne, or fu&s;tian, and &s;o let it lye therein halfe an houre, then take it oute and wring it as well as you can, then by and by hang it in the &s;unne, then take that water that ye &s;oked fir&s;t your Samfleure in, and &s;trayne it (as afore&s;ayde) into the ba&s;on vnto the other colour, then put therein a gla&s;&s;efull of Vineger, and then you maye putte therein your yearne, fu&s;tion, or linnen cloth, and doe there|vnto as is afore&s;ayd.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to dye Linnen in a fayre ro&s;e redde colour.</HEAD>
<P>To dye a fayre redde ro&s;e colour of Linnen, yee &s;hall take to euery iiii. yardes and a halfe of Linnen, halfe a <ABBR>li.</ABBR> of good gall nots, and &s;eeth them in fayre water al whole, the &s;pace of ii houres, then take it from the fyre, &amp; poure that water into another ve&s;&s;ell or fatte, then put your lin|nen into the &s;ayd water, and let it &s;oke therein the &s;pace of foure houres, then take it forth and wring the lycoure wel forth. Then take fayre water in a kettle, and &s;et it on the fyre, and put therein a quarter of a pounde of Allum, and when it is readye to &s;eeth, take it from the fyre, and put youre cloth therein as &s;oone as yee haue wrong and &s;traynde oute your gals afore&s;ayde, but lette it drye a night before fir&s;te, and then turne it well therein the &s;pace of a quarter of an houre. So take it forth and wring it well, &amp; then &s;eeth two ounces of Bra&s;ill in fayre water, the &s;pace of two houres, then take that fro~ the fire, and hang another kettle ouer the fire, and putte therein gruys water, &s;o warme it a little, and ca&s;t therein two <ABBR>li.</ABBR> of grening wede, then put your linnen cloth therein, and <PB N="22" REF="15">looke that no Allum haue bene in that water. Then let it lye therin halfe an houre, and &s;tyrre it wel with a &s;taffe and then take out thereof the &s;ayd linnen, ye may then ca&s;t away the &s;ame liquor, and wa&s;h your kettle cleane, and put therein of the cleare&s;t bra&s;ill water and let it wel co|lour therein. Then take your Linnen and wa&s;h it wel in fayre water, then take of fayre water in a panne, with a little Allum and &s;o &s;eeth them both together: and ther|in &s;eeth your Linnen cloth fiue or &s;ixe paterno&s;ter whiles. Then take out the &s;ayd cloth and wring it wel, and after that put the &s;ayd cloth into the kettle of bra&s;ill water, and therein ye &s;hal turne and wind it wel, the &s;pace of a quar|ter of an houre, then take it forth and wring it a little, and likewi&s;e you &s;hall doe with the dying of the Fu&s;tian, but vnto your Fu&s;tian you mu&s;t haue two partes more of Verdigreace and Allum, and that your Fu&s;tian mu&s;t lye therein half a day and a night, then wring it forth, and let it drye, then after yee maye ray&s;e his cotton with cardes meete for that purpo&s;e, if yee wil haue your Linnen more fayrer, ca&s;t in the Kettle with your &s;ayd bra&s;ill, &s;ome lye made of white Lime, then put your cloth therein, then turne and wind it therein the &s;pace of foure pater no&s;ters, and then take it forth thereof and wring it well, and &s;o hang it vp to drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>How to make your branne water, wherewithall you &s;hall v&s;e to dye red.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hal take a hat full of wheate branne, and take &s;o much water as wil go into the &s;mal kettles, &s;o let it haue a welling or two on the fire. Then poure it into a fatte. then take two other kettle fuls of water and warme it, and put it therein al&s;o, but fir&s;t &s;tirre it wel, and &s;o couer it wel. The fir&s;te day you mu&s;t &s;tyre it often, and then it will be the better, then &s;hall ye let it &s;tande foure or fyue <PB N="23" REF="15">dayes till it waxe the riper, and which will be the better for your purpo&s;e, and then ye may occupye as you &s;hal &s;ee cau&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>For an yron moll in Linnen.</HEAD>
<P>To take forth any yron moll in linnen cloth, take a chafing di&s;h with coles, then couer the coles with a pew|ter di&s;he &s;o let it be hote. Then lay your linnen thereon where the moll is, and with a Limon, or an Oringe, but the Limon is better, to rubbe your moll therewith, and &s;till as it dryeth in, lay the iuyce thereon, and &s;til rubbe it &s;o, till it be all cleane, and this way will haue it all out. Oft prooued.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye &s;ilke quoyues in a redde.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall fir&s;t lay your &s;ilke in Allum water, and let it &s;eeth therein, and with branne water al&s;o halfe an houre long both together, then take a little grening weede, and the like of branne water, and let it be made hote, and put the &s;ilke therein, but let it not &s;eeth, but take it oute and rince it in lye, and then in water, and then it wil be fayre and well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye &s;ilke in a &s;anguine colour.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall dye &s;ilke in a &s;anguine, as ye mu&s;t in al &s;ortes take Allum as ye doe grening weede, then mu&s;t yee take a little fayre water, with a little bra&s;ill, and &s;eeth them together. Then take part thereof, and &s;eeth the &s;ilke ther|in, and as that is take~ out, &s;o take an other, and then the thyrd tyme, then put it in lye, and &s;o clen&s;e it, as is afore|&s;ayde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="24" REF="16">
<HEAD>To dye Silke blue.</HEAD>
<P>If ye will dye blue &s;ilke, that &s;ilke mu&s;t then be white, which ye mu&s;t fir&s;t &s;oke in water, and then wring it forth then ye &s;hall put it in your blue dye, and there ye maye make it with a light colour or darke as ye plea&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A fayre greene to dye.</HEAD>
<P>If ye will haue a fayre greene, take a little branne wa|ter, and a little allum, and &s;eeth them together, and when the Allum is molton, put your &s;ilke therein, and lette it &s;eeth the fourth part of an houre. Then take again a little branne water, and a little wood, and put it therein al&s;o, till that it waxe a fayre darke yealow. If ye will haue it more yealower, then put it in the blue dye, wherein yee may make it light or darke as ye plea&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye black &s;ilke.</HEAD>
<P>Take to one pound of &s;ilk, xii. gall nots, and beat them to pouder, then &s;eeth the &s;ilke with the gals in fayre wa|ter, a good halfe houre long, then take of the blacke dye, and therein &s;eeth it another half houre, then take it forth and let it be colde, and then put it agayne into the blacke dye, and let it there &s;eeth another halfe houre, if then it be not fayre: let it &s;eeth therein &s;o long till it waxe a fayre black, then &s;ponge it in the water, and &s;o let it drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A purple &s;ilke to dye.</HEAD>
<P>When ye wil die a purple &s;ilke, ye &s;hal take to one pou~d of &s;ilke, <HI>4</HI> ounces of Allum, and &s;eeth the Allum in com|mon water, &amp; lay the &s;ilke therein, and let it &s;o lye foure <PB N="25" REF="16">houres. Then take to euery pound of &s;ilke, two pound of purple colour, &amp; &s;eeth it together as hereafter is written, which is, ye &s;hal take halfe pi&s;&s;e, and half water togither, &amp; &s;eeth it therein till it waxe cleare &amp; fayre, and the~ &s;po~ge it in fayre water. Al&s;o to eche pound of &s;ilke it behooueth to haue foure ounces of Allum. Al&s;o for red &s;ilke to dye with crap dye, &s;o calde in dutche, which ye &s;hall dye with foure pound of Allum, and al&s;o ye &s;hall dye &s;anguine &s;ilk with allum, and al&s;o yelow ye &s;hall dye with allum.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a good black dye.</HEAD>
<P>Take a pounde of galles, and fourth parte of coperas, and &s;eeth the&s;e together, then put the cloth therein, and &s;tyrre it wel about, then hang it to drie, then prepare your dye as thus, take a good great fat, and put therin a fourth part of Rye meale, and halfe &s;o muche of &s;warfe (of the grind&s;tone, and &s;o much of elder barke, and in like of olde yron, and the &s;cales of yron, as it comes of by the hammer beating, &s;tyrre this all well togither, and &s;o let it &s;tande three dayes or euer ye put your cloth therein, and at eche tyme let your linnen drye afore ye put it therein.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye a greene.</HEAD>
<P>Take a light blue colour and put it into Allum water two houres long, then hang it to the time, there as the wynde may drye it, and then put it into the fore&s;ayd wood and &s;o v&s;e it as it is afore declared.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye a carna&s;ion.</HEAD>
<P>Take purper that is drye, and &s;ay it to &s;oke a night in pi&s;&s;e, then take your cloth that is allomde, and drye &amp; put
<PB N="26" REF="17">it therein, but yee &s;hall &s;eeth the purper twi&s;e in fayre water, then &s;et another fatte by the fyre, and let it &s;eeth, and therein yee &s;hall fir&s;te put your cloth, and then all weate, put it in to your dye, till it be fayre ynough.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a redde carnation.</HEAD>
<P>To make a redd carnation dye, ye mu&s;t dye your white cloth, linnen or woollen, or &s;ilke yearne, to doe it well, yee &s;hall gall and Allome it well. Ye mu&s;t take an hearbe cal|led Foli in dutche, that &s;hall ye finde by ditches &amp; banks, take a pound thereof that is drie, this is in tuftes, and it is hote like wee a&s;hes, and carnation in &s;ight, therewith men doe make a red carnation woollen cloth, with the greene or white, or of &s;ilke, and if any carnation haue lo&s;t his co|lour, or if anye carnation haue lo&s;t his dye, with that ye &s;hall dye it agayne, that it &s;hall not lee&s;e his colour, and to foure elles of cloath, ye &s;hall take a pound gruis, or of that hearbe afore named, whiche ye &s;hall beate to pouder, Then &s;hall yee take lye made of Oke a&s;hes, mixe a parte therewith, and another part of cleare pi&s;&s;e cleare and old, of eche like muche. If ye will haue a light dye, take pi&s;&s;e newe made, and of the fore&s;ayde lye, in like much &amp; there|with ye &s;hall dye, with the fore&s;aid poulder put therein, &amp; as it is &s;od, put in that which ye woulde dye, and &s;eethe it two houres long, and then let it drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye Linnen.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall fir&s;te take to one &s;tone of flockes fyue pound of &s;ope a&s;hes (which are calde in Dutche <HI>Wee A&s;&s;een</HI>) of the be&s;t, with &s;ixteene gallons of water, &s;eeth it together an houre long, and then let it cleare one nighte, then gentlye poure of the vppermo&s;t thereof, and &s;eeth your flockes therein one houre long, and then prooue if your flockes <PB N="27" REF="17">or &s;ilke be ynough &s;od, al&s;o take a little of your Flockes in your hande, and thru&s;t it hard to a redde cloth, al&s;o put it in your mouth, and if it go by and by aparte like a rype apple, then it is ynough &s;od. The~ &s;po~ge it in fayre water, and then putte it in branne water, according to the quan|titie of the woollen cloth, and &s;eeth your Flocks therein, then take it out thereof, and take bra&s;ill and put it in wa|ter according to the quantitye of the linnen, that is to ech elle of cloth foure ounces of Bra&s;ill, and as the bra&s;il hath &s;od a while, then &s;trayne the bra&s;il thorow a cloth, and put it agayne into your Kettle, and your Flocks al&s;o, and let them &s;eeth, then take a Ladle full of lye and put it therin, thus &s;hall ye make it as hye as you will, and if yee will haue it more higher, then put more lye therein, al&s;o for three pounde of Flockes, take foure ounces of Allum, and &s;eeth them together, and if yee will &s;eeth dyde Flockes, take lye of Sope a&s;hes, as before it is written, which yee &s;hall &s;eeth with Sope a&s;hes, then &s;coure it, and lette it drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye cloth with facet Wood.</HEAD>
<P>As ye will dye cloth with faucet Wood, ye mu&s;t make your lye with &s;ope a&s;hes of <HI>Denmarke,</HI> and rayne water, which ye &s;hall let &s;tand three houres long, then &s;eeth it, but the Woad mu&s;t be fir&s;t &s;od in the lye, and when it is &s;odde, let it bee cooled with other colder and &s;harper lye, with the la&s;t lye ye &s;hall put too one pounde of yearne, a great peece of Allum, and put it therein. Then &s;hal ye put that dye into a fayre Kettle or fatte, then take two ounces of &s;pani&s;he greene, which ye &s;hal &s;oke therein two or three houres long, then to&s;&s;e and pu&s;h it vp and downe twi&s;e or thri&s;e, and wring it, and with colder lye put therein, and te&s;&s;e it with a di&s;he too and froe. Al&s;o another manner
<PB N="28" REF="18">is, take a di&s;he full of vnflect lyme, and quenche it with water, then take too di&s;he full of wood a&s;hes, and mixe it with the chalke all together well, and there of yee &s;hall make a good &s;trong lye, and let it three or foure times run thorow the tubbe, then take the faucet woad, and hew or cut it in &s;mall peeces, &amp; ca&s;t it into the lye, and let it &s;eeth therein halfe an houre long. Then put therein &s;ope a&s;hes, and let it &s;eeth another good halfe hower, take it then off, &amp; put thereto &s;pani&s;h greene, &amp; let it boile twi&s;e, or thri&s;e, and then &s;ponge it, al&s;o with three pound of faucet woad, it behoueth to haue two ounces of &s;pani&s;h green, &amp; as the cloth haue bene in the fir&s;t licor, if then it be too broune or too yealow, then put thereto of wyne a&s;hes, &amp; a little allu~.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye woollen cloth &s;anguine.</HEAD>
<P>To dye woollen cloth fayre, ye &s;hall fir&s;t &s;eethe good rye meale in fayre water, and then put it in a fayre tubbe or pan. Then ca&s;t fayre water thereon, and let it &s;o &s;tande three dayes to cleare, then take of that water, &amp; put there|in two ounces of allum, to an elle of cloth, and let it &s;eethe two houres long, then let it hang &amp; coole without wrin|ging. Then put that water forth of the ve&s;&s;ell with the meale, and put therein a pound of the be&s;t grening wede, and heate that al&s;o, but let it not &s;eeth, the~ put your cloth therein, &amp; to&s;&s;e it wel with your hands without &s;eething, and take it forth and put it in a panne with fayre lye, and let it lye therein, and &s;o let it drye, and it will be a red. If yee will make fayrer, you mu&s;t haue of bra&s;ill, take an ounce of Allum and allum it as afore&s;aide in another wa|ter, then &s;eeth two ounces of allum with that bra&s;ill, in branne water made, and as the bra&s;ill haue &s;od a while therein, &s;o put therein of cold water, then take &s;o muche thereof out as will weat your cloth in, and &s;tyrre it well therein, then &s;hall ye take of other dye, vntil the time that <PB N="29" REF="18">it hath &s;ufficient ynough, if yee will haue the &s;ame a &s;an|guine, lay it in fayre lye of Sope a&s;hes, and there it will haue a fayre &s;anguine dye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye woollen yearne, or cloth.</HEAD>
<P>To make this dye, put too foure pounde of woollen yarne, or cloth, two pounde of woad. Put this woad in a Kettle, and ca&s;t therein of fayre water, then ca&s;t agayne halfe a tin di&s;he full of a&s;hes out of the fyre, and as &s;oone as it &s;eethes, put your woollen yarne therein, then let it &s;eeth eyght or nyne pater no&s;ter whiles long, then putte your yarne forth, and put a little water in, out of the ket|tle, and then a few a&s;hes out of the harth, and put your woollen yarne agayne therein: and &s;o let it &s;eeth a good while, if it be a broune blue, it &s;hall be a darke greene, and if it be white woollen yearne, &s;o it &s;hal be a yealow colour</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Agayne to dye woollen yearne.</HEAD>
<P>As ye will dye woollen yarne that is greene, youre yearne ye &s;hall fir&s;t &s;eeth in branne water, whiche is to vnder&s;tand, to foure pound of yarne, ten ounces of Allum, and let it &s;eeth two houres, then wring that out, and put it in the dye thus made. To foure pound of wooll yearne take two pound of woad, and &s;eeth the woad well with hearth a&s;hes, in lye made a day before, &s;o let it &s;eethe the fourth part of an houre, then put the cleare into a cleane fatte or ve&s;&s;ell, then take the fourth parte of an ounce of &s;pani&s;h greene, calde Verdigreace, poulder it well &amp; ca&s;t it therein, and &s;tirre it with a &s;tick or &s;taffe, then put in your yearne, &s;o turne and to&s;&s;e it therein the fourthe parte of an hower, and then let it drye. If it bee not fayre ynough, then put it in agayne, and doe as before,
<PB N="30" REF="19">al&s;o as ye would dye blue woollen yearne, yet &s;hall put it fir&s;t in warme water, then wring it forth and dye it blue, as it is afore&s;ayd.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye with bra&s;ill as red as a ro&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>Take &s;ixe elles of linnen, and thereto halfe a pounde of beaten galles, of the be&s;t: then put it in fayre water, and let it &s;eeth about two houres, but the galles &s;houlde ra|ther be all whole, and when they are &s;odde, &s;et it from the fyre, and put it gently in another Kettle or fatte, and then put your linnen therein, as hote as you maye handle it, and &s;tyrre it therein foure houres long, that done, then wring it well forth, and hang it to drye. Then take foure ounces of Allum, and &s;eeth it with water, and when it is &s;od, take it from the fyre, and put your galled cloth there|in, as hote as ye may &s;uffer it, the &s;pace of a quarter of an houre, then take your branne water and put thereof in a Kettle, and as it is warme, put therein two pound of gre|ning weede, let it the fir&s;t time &s;oke well therein, and let it be well and hote, but not &s;eeth, and then put your cloth therein, and &s;tirre and handle it well at the fir&s;t with your handes, nye halfe an houre with a &s;taffe to&s;t well al about, and wel handled in the dye, and then ye &s;hall take youre cloth and &s;ponge it in water and wa&s;he it cleane. Then take a little allum, and &s;eeth it with water, then &s;hall yee haue two ounces of bra&s;ill &s;odde in light water, and putte your cloth therein fiue paterno&s;ters long. Then &s;hall yee haue two ounces of bra&s;ill &s;odde in light water, and putte your cloth therein, then handle and &s;tyrre it well therein and &s;tirre it well about the &s;pace of a quarter of an houre and wring it not to &s;ore, then drie it. Then if it be not dry ynough, then weate it as before &s;ayde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="31" REF="19">
<HEAD>Howe to make a greene water.</HEAD>
<P>Take ny halfe an ounce of Verdigreace, and cru&s;he it well in a woodden di&s;he, then put thereto the yolke of an egge and too blades of &s;affron, then take of the leaues of &s;purge, halfe a handfull, and beate them in a morter, and thereto ca&s;t a good gla&s;&s;efull of Vineger, and &s;trayne it thorow a cloth. Then take of this &s;tuffe, and put thereof in a di&s;he with the Verdigreace, and &s;tirre it well togeather and make it thinne, that it may be the better to dye, or to worke with a pen&s;ill, or as ye &s;hall &s;eeme be&s;t.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye fayre Linnen with bra&s;ill.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall take fayre water, and heate it ouer the fyre, then &s;hall ye haue the poulder of galles, and put thereof into the Kettle ouer the fyre, and &s;o let it &s;eeth a quarter of an hower: then take it from the fyre, and take another ve&s;&s;ell and put therein &s;o much colde water, as of the o|ther in the Kettle, and put that hote in the Kettle there|vnto. Then put your cloth therein, and &s;tirre it well vp and downe therein, and as ye haue done &s;o a while, then let it lye therein foure houres long in that gall water, then take your Kettle agayne with other fayre water, and &s;et it ouer the fyre and make it hote, then put of Allu~ therein to the kettle ouer the fyre, and as that water is hote, and the Allum melted, yee mu&s;t then haue another ve&s;&s;ell or fatte with colde water, as muche as of the other hote water, and put the Allum water therein, then putte your cloth therein, and &s;tyrre it as afore&s;ayde, and &s;o let it then lye therein foure houres long, &s;o done then yee &s;hall wring it out and hang it to drye, or to drye in the ayre, but let it not bee too drye. Then &s;hall ye take youre bra&s;ill made in poulder, and put it in the panne, and &s;o let <PB N="32" REF="20">it &s;eeth therein, the quarter of an houre, and before that bra&s;ill do &s;eeth, ye &s;hal take wheat flower, &amp; put therein, &amp; mixe it altogether well in a di&s;h, and put it into the Ket|tle before it do &s;eeth: thus done, let it &s;eeth, and as it hath &s;od, then take forth &s;o much of the bra&s;il, as ye may put in your cloth, and &s;tirre it well about, as is afore declared, thus done, let your cloth re&s;t therein a good while, then wring it forth, &amp; hang it to dry, &amp; as it is dry, ye &s;hall take that lycor that it hath layn in, and put that away, the~ take agayn &s;o much bra&s;ill as before, &amp; put that cloth therin a|gayne, and then hang it to dry, and as it is dry, then put it in another lycor, &amp; hang it agayn to dry, &amp; then it is ful done. And to know the quantitie of weight, which is, to e|uery elle of linnen cloth, ye &s;hal take a loot of gall pouder &s;o calde in dutch, and as much of allum, and to eche elle of cloth one ounce of bra&s;ill.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a fayre yealow.</HEAD>
<P>To make a yelow, that ye may worke with oyle, or water ye &s;hal take woad, &s;o much as ye &s;hall plea&s;e, &amp; let it &s;tand to &s;oke a night and a day in lye made with &s;ope a&s;hes, and when it is thus &s;oked, then &s;hal ye &s;eeth it, &amp; couer it clo&s;e &s;o long as it &s;eeth, thus done, then &s;et it from the fire, &amp; put that lycor into another pan, &amp; &s;o &s;trayne it thorow a clea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> cloth, then take the pan &amp; poure the thinne&s;t aboue off, &s;o long til ye &s;ee the dye vndercome with al, then take y^e fore &s;ayd cloth, and &s;traine it again thorow it, into another pan &s;o long as ye think the &s;ub&s;taunce of the woad doe tary in the cloth, til ye thinke that that water is thin ynough to &s;trayne, and then ye may v&s;e it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A fayre Linnen cloth to dye blue.</HEAD>
<P>For to dye a fayre blue, ye &s;hal take a pan of fayre wa|ter,
<PB N="33" REF="20">&amp; hang it ouer the fire, &amp; let it be &s;eething hote, then mu&s;t ye haue a ve&s;&s;ell of halfe an Ame, &s;o cald in dutch, or thereabout, &amp; as your lycor is hote, put thereto 3 pou~d of wheat bran, &amp; 3 pou~d of a&s;hes, &amp; a pound of grening wede, &s;tir al this in the pan, &amp; let it &s;eeth iii. or iiii. paterno&s;ters lo~g, the~ take of floray vnder half a pound, &amp; &s;oke it in faire water, &amp; let it there re&s;t a quarter of an houre couered, the~ take your clean ve&s;&s;el or Ame, &amp; therin put your &s;oked flo|ray, then take the hote lycor ouer the fire, but let it coole or ye put it into the fatte, then put it in and &s;tirre it well, and &s;o couer it wel and clo&s;e, and let it &s;o re&s;t &s;ixe houres long, then vncouer it and &s;tirre it wel about a good while then couer it clo&s;e again, and let re&s;t other vi houres, then vncouer it &amp; &s;tir it as before, &amp; &s;o &s;top it agayn, then vnco|uer it within two or three houres, &amp; looke if the die begin to come, or begin to wax green, if they doe not, let it re&s;t longer and &s;top it clo&s;e, if ye &s;ee it be come, put therein &s;ome of your cloth that ye would dye, and turne it well therein, then wring it out, and let it re&s;t <HI>2</HI> or <HI>3</HI> houres: the~ put in agayn your cloth, and v&s;e it as afore&s;ayd, &amp; &s;o &s;top it well agayn, and let it re&s;t &s;o, two or three houres, til ye &s;hall &s;ee the dye begin to come, &amp; the flower to lie aboue, &amp; to euery going y^e ye go thereto, &s;ee if the colour be greene ynough, or waxe greene, and when ye &s;hall &s;ee it &s;o, ye &s;hal &s;com of the flower with a di&s;h, and then put your cloth a|gayn therein, &s;tir it wel, and wring it forth, then &s;toppe it agayne wel, and thus ye mu&s;t colour three or foure times a day, Then mu&s;t ye take the dye in the de&s;&s;ell, and hang it ouer the fire agayne, and there let it be hote, and putte therein two pound and a halfe of a&s;hes. Then put it in the Fatte, and &s;o lette it re&s;t, but &s;toppe it well and clo&s;e, &s;o let it re&s;t a night, but &s;tirre it once in the nighte with a &s;taffe, and &s;ee in the morning if the dye be come, as afore|&s;ayd, and &s;o put in your cloth agayne, but lette it not lye therein too long, that it coole not the dye, and as yee <PB N="34" REF="21">haue thus dyed it foure times. The~ &s;hal ye make it hote a+gayne ouer the fyre, putting therein two pound of pot a|&s;hes, and &s;o let re&s;t all a might, and &s;tirre one in the nighte as afore&s;ayde, and &s;toppe it clo&s;e, and when ye goe there|to, &s;ee if the dye be come, if it be come, ye may dye, as be|fore, that ye thinke good, and when your colour waxe a fayre greene, then is your dye good and rype, and the flowers will lye fayre aboue, but as it beginnes to waxe yelowe, then it is too rype. Then mu&s;t yee put in more cloth.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>How to dye a fayre Linnen with bra&s;ill.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall take &s;o much linnen as ye will, and to euerye elle of linnen, take two ounces of gall nottes, or xii. nots, the&s;e nots ye &s;hall breake in two or three peeces, then put them in a kettle with water, and let them &s;eeth together, and as they haue &s;od a quarter of an houre or le&s;&s;e, take it of the fyre, and take your cloth forth thereof, and let it a little &s;oke by, but let it not drye. As ye haue thus &s;od it, ye &s;hall take another Kettle with fayre water, and put it ouer the fire, and make it &s;eething hote, Then &s;hall ye to euery elle of cloth, take two ounces of Allum, which yee &s;hall put in the &s;ayde water, and as it is melted, yee &s;hall take the fore&s;ayd cloth, and put it into the &s;ayde kettle to the Allum, &amp; let it &s;eeth together, a quarter of an houre, then take forth of the kettle, and wring it a little, then hang it to drye a little, but not too muche. Then mu&s;t yee haue your &s;od bra&s;ill as thus: yee &s;hall take lye made of wood a&s;hes, but &s;ee it be not too &s;trong. And thereof &s;o much in your panne as will make your cloth weat, then put your bra&s;ill in the panne with the lye, and &s;o lette it &s;eeth a quarter of an houre, then &s;et it from the fyre, and haue ready an earthen panne, and by and by, put your ly|cor &amp; bra&s;iil therein, then &s;hall ye put your fore&s;ayde cloth
<PB N="35" REF="21">therein, &s;tyrre and turne it well therein, but &s;ee that it be not too drye of the &s;ayd Allum that it hath bene &s;od with. Al&s;o to foure gallons of lye, ye &s;hall put le&s;&s;e then halfe a pound of bra&s;ill poulder &s;mall beaten.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a fayre bra&s;ill colour, to worke on cloth or paper.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall take a fayre potte, and put therein a pounde of chalke &s;mall broken, and put thereto a pottle of good Vi|neger, and &s;tirre it well togither. Then let it &s;tand a daye and a night, then poure the cleare&s;t into a fayre panne, and &s;ee that no chalke go therein, then take two partes of the &s;ayd lye, and put it in a fayre pot, and &s;et it ouer the fyre, and &s;eeth it fiue pater no&s;ter long, then take it from the fyre, and put the lycor in to fayre a panne, and ye &s;hall put thereto xiiii. ounces of allu~, and &s;tirre it wel with a &s;taffe, then take the other part, &amp; put it to the &s;ayd bra&s;ill wood, the which ye haue changed, and let it there &s;eeth, as afore &s;ayd, and put that licor into another panne, and put there|to xiii ounces of Allum, which ye &s;hall &s;tirre &s;o well as a|fore&s;ayd, and when ye haue to&s;t it long, put it then to the other, and &s;tirre it well, as ye will haue it drye take a pan and fill it full and &s;et it in the winde eight dayes or more, and there let it drye, &amp; as it is fayre, ye may worke there|with.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Blue Buckeram to dye.</HEAD>
<P>Take three pound of gruis of Turwin, &s;o calde in dutche, and a pound of Mede, a pound of Floray, and to three pound of Sope a&s;hes, take lx. quartes of water, fir&s;t ye &s;hall put your Floray into a fayre fatte, and put there|to tenne quartes of water, and &s;tirre it well altogither, this mu&s;t be &s;o hote that ye cannot &s;uffer your hand there|in,
<PB N="36" REF="22">in the other water ye &s;hall put the gruis, with the a|&s;hes and Mede, and that put together, and &s;o &s;tand, which ye &s;hal &s;tir xii. houres long, and waxing a blue, &s;o ye may worke with it. If it be not blue ynough, &s;o let it &s;tand co|uerd, xx. houres long.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A red to dye with Crampmede.</HEAD>
<P>Take a pound of crampmede, to three elles of linnen, &amp; take a fayre pot with water, and &s;et it by the fire till it be ready to &s;eeth, and put therein two ounces of gals, and let them &s;o &s;eeth together, and then put your linnen therein, and take it &s;ometimes out and in, and at eche time wring it well out. Then take a fayre pot with fayre water, and make it &s;eething hote, then put therein an ounce of Allu~, and &s;o let it &s;eeth wel, then put your cloth in as afore&s;aid. Then take another pot of water, and let it &s;eeth therein til it be red, then take that cloth out, and clen&s;e it al about with a cloth. If ye will haue it more darker then mu&s;t yt haue a lye of vnquenched chalke, with the lyke dye: men with woad a&s;hes do make a red dye or colour, without vn|que~ched lime, in hauing woad a&s;hes in &s;tede of vnque~ched lime.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye blacke Veluet or linnen.</HEAD>
<P>Take of galles and coperas, &amp; &s;eeth them together, and put your linnen therein, if it be gray &s;ilke, then take of el|der barks, and olde yron, and put all in a hearing barrell or ve&s;&s;el. Then take gruis or &s;warfe, this &s;hal be a thur|den dele of the fat, the other two parts &s;hal be fayre water &s;o let it &s;tand three weekes long, &amp; &s;o &s;tirre it often wel a|bout, and put your gray &s;ilke therein, and as this is done, &s;o &s;hall ye hang it to dry, and &s;o put it in agayn, &s;o often til that it be black ynough. In &s;teede of galles ye maye take harkes of Oke, and &s;hoemakers blacke.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="37" REF="22">
<HEAD>To make gray flore.</HEAD>
<P>Take flore and lay it to &s;oke 24 houres, then wring it out thorow a cloth, then take lye of wyne a&s;hes, &amp; &s;pread it 2 houres long on a fayre table, then take the &s;ayd lye, and put it in three ve&s;&s;els, and take the Flore &amp; put it into one of the ve&s;&s;els, Then put it wel forth, then put that Flore in the lea&s;t ve&s;&s;ell, then &s;o in the midde&s;t, and in the fir&s;te, but eare ye put the linnen therin, put in vineger &amp; wring it out.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye &s;ilke red.</HEAD>
<P>Take of good wood a&s;hes, &amp; make a good lye therof, &amp; put therin of willow or facet woad, &amp; barbary wood or yelow wood, &amp; &s;oke them therin an houre, then &s;eeth a quarter of an houre, then put your cloth therein, &amp; put in a little &s;pa|ni&s;h greene, but that cloth ye mu&s;t fir&s;t allum it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a black water to dye with.</HEAD>
<P>A blacke water to dye all maner of &s;ilke clothes, ye &s;hall take halfe a pound of gall nots, and put thereto &s;omewhat le&s;&s;e then a pottle of water, and an ounce of &s;warfe of the grind&s;tone, and a good deale of the fylings of yron, make it &s;eeth, and put thereto a quarter of a pound of coperas, and &s;eeth all to the halfe, and put therein a pounde of gu~me a|rabic, then &s;eeth it till al the gumme be melted. Then &s;et it from the fire, the older it is the better it wil be.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; To make a thicke water to worke on yealow &s;ilke.</HEAD>
<P>Take a pottle of the be&s;t vernice ye can, &amp; put in an ounce of brim&s;tone in fine poulder, &amp; half an ounce of Camphyer,
<PB N="38" REF="23">then &s;eeth it a while, and let it coole, then &s;trayne it tho|row a cloth, al&s;o with this ye &s;hal worke thinne, and this mu&s;t be &s;od with the fourth part of gumme Arabic.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To worke on yealow &s;ilke, white, gray or a|zure colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take a pottle of Conduite water, and a fourth part of Ar&s;enicke in poulder, and two ladle full of woad, cut the woad in &s;mall peeces, and make it &s;eeth as hering, that is &s;oftly, then &s;et it from the fyre, and put therein &s;o much of graynes, as ye put in porrage, and herein al&s;o ye &s;hall put in of gumme of Arraby, &s;o much as you &s;hall &s;eeme good.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a red water.</HEAD>
<P>Take a pottle of fayre water, and a fourth parte of gumme, and halfe a pot of faucet woad (&s;o cald in dutche) and then &s;eeth it together till three pintes be con&s;umed, then &s;et it from the fyre, and herein yee &s;hall put halfe an ounce of &s;pani&s;h greene, and then put in al&s;o of graynes, &s;o much as ye doe in &s;ea&s;oning your pottage.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a red with bra&s;ill.</HEAD>
<P>Take your Linnen to one pound, take a fourth part of Allum, but fir&s;t &s;eeeth allum, then laye your linnen there|in the &s;pace of two houres, then take of beaten galles, and put water thereto, then lay your linnen therein, and put in a quarter of a pounde of bra&s;ill, and an ounce of gumme of Arabie. Then let it &s;eeth a fourth part in, and then put in your Linnen. If you will haue it a redde, then put in no galles.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="39" REF="23">
<HEAD>To make a red water for white &s;ilke or woollen, greene, yealow, violet or azure.</HEAD>
<P>Take a pottle of running water, and an ounce of bra|&s;ill, &s;eeth the&s;e till the halfe be con&s;umed. Then take it from the fyre, and put in &s;o many graynes, as ye put vnto a pot of porage, and a fourth part of gumme. But if ye wil make it a light red, put it into another fat, whereas there is a quarter of a pound of Allum made in poulder, and &s;o let it re&s;t all a night and it will do well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a blew.</HEAD>
<P>Take three partes of Sope a&s;hes, and one parte of vn|quenched lyme, and make a lye thereof, and then lette it cleare, then &s;trayne it thorow a thicke cloth, and yee &s;hall take xv. quartes of the &s;ayd lye, and put thereto a pounde of <HI>Bloemen</HI> (&s;o calde in dutche) then &s;tyrre it all well to|gether with a &s;taffe, and warme it ouer the fyre, &s;o that ye may not &s;cant &s;uffer your hande therein, but fir&s;te your cloth mu&s;t be &s;od in Allum, and al&s;o dryed, then put it in the warme dye, two or three tymes, then after, if yee will haue it black or light colour, &s;o ye may v&s;e it, but before all things your dye mu&s;t be warmed, ere ye dye or colour therewith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a fayre &s;anguine dye.</HEAD>
<P>Take vpon eche elle of linnen, &s;ixe galles beaten into poulder, and then take three gallons of water put into a tubbe, and put the poulder of the galles thereto, &amp; &s;turre them well togither, then laye your linnen therein, and turne and wend it well. Then take and wring it drye out, then let it lye therein agayne two houres long, but at ech
<PB N="40" REF="24">houre ye mu&s;t wring it, as before, and lay it therein again in the tubbe, and as it hath layne two houres, &amp; &s;o wrong out, then take one ounce of Allum, of the be&s;t, and three gallons of water in a Kettle, and make it well and hote re|dy to &s;eeth, till all be well molten, then &s;et it from the fire, and put your linnen therein, &amp; do it as ye haue done before agayne two houres long, then after that take a panne, and put therein two gallons of water, and warme that lyke the other, then take three ounces of bra&s;il and ca&s;t it there|in, agayne let it &s;eeth a quarter of an houre, then take a good quart of water, and ca&s;t it therein &s;eething, and take a quart of that dye, and lay your linnen therein &s;ix or vii. pater no&s;ters long, &s;o that the dye be dronke all in y^e &s;ayde cloth, then wring it forth and handle it well, then laye the cloth agayne in that dye, to&s;&s;e it, and turne it and wend it well therein, and let it lye &s;o long therin as afore&s;ayd, and &s;o wring it out, then take the thyrd colour and lay it ther|in, and let it lye therin a quarter of an houre, and &s;o it wil be well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A light red dye for &s;kinnes.</HEAD>
<P>To dye a fayre light red, take xiiii. drye &s;kins as they come from Antwerp, and put them in the riuer, or in wa|ter two dayes, and two nights, then take them out of the &s;ayd water, and put into a fat, a Kettle full of vnquenched lyme or chalke, and put &s;o muche water thereto, as the felles maye well be couered therein, then &s;turre them wel with a &s;taffe altogether, and put your felles therein, then turne and to&s;&s;e them well, if it be in the &s;ommer, it &s;hall be ynough to lye therein viii. dayes, &amp; ye mu&s;t ech ii. dayes &s;ee vnto them, if it be in the winter, they mu&s;t lye therein a moneth, then take your felles out, and hang them again in the fore&s;aid riuers or water thre dayes, &amp; three nights, then after wa&s;he them well in a tubbe with luke warme <PB N="41" REF="24">water, and &s;tampe them with your feete, then after wa&s;h them agayne in the riuer water as afore&s;ayd, and hang a Kettle ouer the fyre with fayre water, and therin put iiii. pound of Allum, and when it is molten in the water, &s;ee|thing hot, putting in &s;o much water that it may be no ho|ter but your ha~d may &s;uffer therin without &s;calding, then &s;et it from the fyre and put your felles therein, and &s;tirre them well with your hand, &s;o let it re&s;t a day and a night, but as ye go to bed you &s;hall &s;turre them once wel, then af|ter take your felles forth, and wring the water well out, &amp; as your felles do waxe &s;omewhat drye, ye mu&s;t weat them agayne: then take foure pottles of pi&s;&s;e, that is &s;tale, hang it ouer the fyre in a pan, let it &s;eeth well, &amp; &s;cum it cleane &s;o long as any &s;cum will ri&s;e, then put in a pot full of bea|ten lacke, and let it therein &s;eeth a little, and put therein &s;o much Allum as a ha&s;el nutte, and giue it therewith a boyling, then &s;et it from the fyre, and let it &s;o re&s;t till it be cold to &s;uffer your hand therein, then put a gla&s;&s;e ful ther|of in your felles which be readie &s;owd like a &s;ack, &amp; holde it too aboue, &amp; with your other hand hold vnder, and &s;hake it vp and down as ye would bolt meale, do thus &s;o long til the colour hath wel taken the leather, then turn your fels about, but if it be faire ynough let it &s;o be, if it be not faire ynough, put of your &s;ayd &s;ub&s;taunce againe another halfe gla&s;&s;e therein, and &s;tirre it about as before, and then rippe your felles, and hang them to drye in &s;ome hye lofte. And as they be drye, &s;o take and lay them a night in a fat with water, and next day taw them on a &s;harpe tawing yron, vntill they be all workemanly done, then they are well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make leather red.</HEAD>
<P>Take an ou~ce of Allum &amp; melt it in a gallon of water, the~ take a calues felle &amp; &s;preade it on a rame, &s;o it mu&s;t be rub|bed al ouer with allum water fir&s;t, then inco~tinent ye &s;hal <PB N="42" REF="25">&s;trike it all ouer with bra&s;ill water, and let it &s;o drye in, and then &s;trike it all ouer agayne, and &s;o let it drye in like, but the colour or dye mu&s;t be made warme alwaies, when ye rub thereon. But fyr&s;t ye mu&s;t make it weat with cold water, and wring it agayne out, and then &s;tretche it forth on a bord, and &s;o ye may v&s;e it.</P>
<P>The fore&s;ayd bra&s;ill water, ye &s;hall make thus. Take three gallons of rayne water, and put therein foure oun|ces of bra&s;ill woad made in poulder, and halfe an ounce of Wey a&s;hes, calde &s;ope a&s;hes, with a little &s;affron. Then &s;eeth it &s;o long till the third part be wa&s;ted. Then clean&s;e that out, and the pot with rayne water againe, and let the halfe &s;eeth away. Then is the &s;trength all out, and with this la&s;t water ye &s;hall colour fir&s;t, and with the fir&s;t wa|ter ye &s;hall dye or colour la&s;t.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye red felles.</HEAD>
<P>To dye red Leather, ye &s;hall &s;eeth Lack in bene &s;traw, and a cur&s;y pi&s;&s;e, as afore&s;ayd is. Then put therin &s;o much as two great beanes, and then take an ounce of bra&s;il wa|ter, and &s;o let them &s;eeth together.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dre&s;&s;e Felles with golde.</HEAD>
<P>To dre&s;&s;e Felles with golde, take broune red, &amp; grinde it on a &s;tone, with water mixt with chalke, and lyme wa|ter, and therewith you &s;hall &s;trike your felles twi&s;e ouer, then lay your &s;iluer or golde thereon, and let it drye, then &s;hall ye &s;moothe it with a tooth, and &s;o &s;trike it ouer, and then drye it in the &s;unne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To colour greene Felles.</HEAD>
<P>To colour green felles, take &s;pani&s;h greene, and grind
<PB N="43" REF="25">it vpon a &s;tone with wine Vineger, and &s;ome &s;affron tem|per this with gumme water and lyme, and &s;o &s;trike youre &s;kinnes therewith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To gylde on leather.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall ouer&s;trike your leather thri&s;e with whites of egges, and gumme water, then lay your gold thereon, and lick it well and fayre, or the yolkes of harde ro&s;ted egges, mixt with gum water and ground, the red and the graye &s;kinnes ye may verni&s;h them, take a flat ba&s;on, and put fire vnder, and &s;pred the felles thereon, and &s;trike varni&s;he al&s;o ouer the &s;kinnes, where it is coloured, but afore you &s;trike your felles &s;trike it warme on the Ba&s;on, and then let it drye, then &s;mooth the colour all ouer euen, and when it is drie; then licke it, or burni&s;h it with a tooth, and as ye will haue it fayre, &s;o take an end of a tallowe candle, and rub it on your arme from the hand to the elbowe, then &s;trike it all ouer with that parte of your arme, and it is done.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Agayne to colour leather red.</HEAD>
<P>Take the dye for a red leather, and take an ounce of bra|&s;ill, in a nealed pot, and &s;eeth it till the third part be wa|&s;ted, but fir&s;t wa&s;he your leather in Allum water, or in o|ther water, but lette it not lye long therein, &s;o lette it drye, and put it therein, and let it re&s;t two dayes and two nightes on a tack, and then hang that leather in the ayre to drye.</P>
<P>If ye will haue it &s;anguine, take of vyne braunches a|&s;hes, and make lye thereof, and with this lye, &s;eeth your bra&s;ill woad, and &s;o ye may colour red therewith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="44" REF="26">
<HEAD>To colour leather greene.</HEAD>
<P>Take an ounce of <HI>Equi&s;etam,</HI> in Engli&s;h hor&s;etayle, it is an hearbe growing in low places or medowes, put ther to of olde &s;tanding water, with a quantitie of Allum pou|der, with a little copero&s;e beate in poulder, &s;o v&s;e it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To culler a blue leather.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t you &s;hal take an ounce of <HI>Endix,</HI> &s;o calde in duche, with one ounce of chalke, and a pottle of Vineger, or good &s;harpe lye, then put all into a ba&s;on, and there &s;lyrre it all well together, fir&s;t your felles mu&s;t be made redy thereto, as afore is declared, then put your &s;tuffe thereon, and &s;o v&s;e it as the other, and it wil &s;hew a fayre blue element colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a fayre red colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take your leather which is allumde before, then take of olde pi&s;&s;e, of &s;uch as v&s;e to drinke much wyne, and let it &s;tand til it &s;tinke, then take the cleare&s;t thereof, and &s;eeth it til the half be wa&s;ted, then take two ounce of lack, with one part of bra&s;ill, a part of Allum, &amp; a part of <HI>Salarmonia|cum,</HI> beate them altogether, and put them into a pot, and &s;et it ouer the fire, and &s;tir it wel with a white &s;tick, vntill the &s;tick waxe red as blood, then take it off, &amp; colour ther|with luke warme.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another fine red colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take halfe an ounce of bra&s;ill poulder, and half a pottle of old water, &s;eeth them together, and &s;cum it well, then take a little allu~, which mu&s;t be fir&s;t kild in clay, fir&s;t take <PB N="45" REF="26">it from the fyre, and then put in your &s;aid allum, &s;o re&s;erue it, and v&s;e it as the other.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a light blue colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take the flowers of the blue bottles among corne, and pick them off, then grynde them on a &s;tone or morter, and put therevnto a little viniger, then temper it with allum as afore&s;ayd, &s;o &s;hall ye haue a fayre blue colour, &s;o may ye v&s;e it incontinent for it will not la&s;t long but chaunge co|lour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a white leather blue.</HEAD>
<P>Take <HI>hengarten be&s;ien,</HI> &s;o calde in dutche, which I take to be the low elder, calde Dane worte, &s;eeth the &s;ayde ber|ries in water, then with your hande &s;tyrre them well a|bout, and al&s;o breake them, &s;o done, then &s;eeth it agayne a while, and &s;o let it coole, and being warme, &s;trike all ouer your leather once or twy&s;e, or as ofte as ye &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, then take of Endir, &s;o calde in duche, and &s;trewe of that pouder thereon, and rub it in, and &s;o it wil do well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way for red leather.</HEAD>
<P>To make your red, take a pound of Mo&s;herumps with a little of vnquenched lyme, then put thereto a pottle of water, and let it &s;tande a night, then take two partes of o|ther fayre water, and a thirde part of chalke water, with a quantitie of bra&s;ill, then put all the &s;ayde &s;tuffe into a lea|den pot, and let it &s;eeth till the halfe be con&s;umed, then it will be well, and ye may v&s;e it as the other.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="46" REF="27">
<HEAD>To make a greene colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take the leaues of an hearbe calde night &s;hade, then &s;tampe or beate it in a morter of &s;tone, &s;o temper it with Allum, and &s;o colour your &s;kinnes therewith, al&s;o ye may take of the greene berries of the greene bery tree (which the paynters v&s;e) &s;tampe them and &s;o let them re&s;t ten or twelue dayes, then &s;trayne them, and put Allum water thereto, and &s;trike your &s;kin therewith, but fir&s;te make it warme, and &s;o v&s;e it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another good greene.</HEAD>
<P>Take one part of the fore&s;ayd lowe elder berryes, and &s;eeth them in &s;ufficient water, then put therein two oun|ces of bra&s;ill poulder, and an ounce of walkers claye, with a pottle of olde water, let al the&s;e &s;eeth a good while toge|ther, then put in your beaten allum, but not afore, &s;o &s;hall it be a fayre colour as the other.</P>
<P>If ye will haue it a more darker colour: ye mu&s;t there|with &s;trike twi&s;e all ouer your &s;kinnes: to haue it a ligh|ter colour, then ye &s;hall mingle it with olde rayne water, and &s;o v&s;e it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To colour blacke Leather after the order in Germanye.</HEAD>
<P>To colour leather black, take a herring barrell, and lay it three fingers thicke in the bottome with elder barkes, then take the filinges of yron, and &s;trawe it all ouer the &s;ayde barkes, then take as much barke of elder agayne, and lay it therein, and &s;o likewi&s;e your filings thereon as before. Doe thus, till the &s;ayd barrell be three quarters filde, and hath taken to the quantitie of foure pottels, or <PB N="47" REF="27">more of the fylinges, then take &s;o much of rayne water as will fill it vp to couer it all ouer, &s;o let it &s;tand a month or that ye doe colour therewith, and euer as it waxeth emp|tye, fill it vp agayne with filinges, and rayne water as be|fore, in letting it &s;tande (&s;o filde) a month after, and al|wayes let the la&s;t couer be the fillings aboue, and when ye li&s;t to colour therewith, vnto three pottles of colour, ye mu&s;t haue iiii. ounces of beaten galles, and two oun|ces of coperas water, then let it &s;eeth together before yee dye, that ye may coulour the better therewith: thus y&eacute;e may v&s;e it at your plea&s;ure.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To colour a white leather.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t take your &s;kinnes and hang them in lyme water, till they waxe &s;upple, or in chalke water, and when they be well &s;oked, if ye will make ha&s;t of them, fir&s;t take of the heere, and clen&s;e it out of the &s;ayde water, &s;o that all the &s;ub&s;taunce afore&s;ayd be taken forth of the felles, and be|ing clen&s;ed then a day or more, then wring the &s;ayde wa|ter all cleane forth, and let them drye, and to vi. felles put not aboue two ounces of Allum, and lette your felles lye therein a nighte and a daye, then wring them and drawe them well vntill they be all cleane, and then v&s;e them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another fayre red colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take a felle or felles, and weate them in Allum water and &s;alt mingled together, and to iiii. ounces of &s;alt, take viii. ounce of Allum to the weating of your &s;ayde felles, and al&s;o two ounces of lyme, then &s;eeth all in two pottles of rayne water, then &s;trayne it thorow a linnen cloth, and wa&s;h therewith what fell ye will, then &s;preade it abroade on the earth, and take a woollen cloth, and with the &s;ame <PB N="48" REF="28">lycor, &s;trike the &s;ayd felles all ouer, and &s;o let them drye. Then they will be ready for to receyue your colour, then after that take at the lea&s;t foure ounces of the lycor of the la&s;t end of a brewing, with two ounces of bra&s;ill poulder, then &s;eeth all the&s;e in two pottles of the lye of &s;ope a&s;hes, with one ounce of Allum, and when it is well &s;od, take it of the fyre, and all to &s;trike your felles therewith, and the~ let it drye, and &s;o they &s;hall be ready and &s;oft withall, and here yee mu&s;te vnder&s;tande with what colours yee &s;hall &s;trike your felles withall, which is, with the red, and with blue, and al&s;o greene, for the&s;e &s;hall chieflye abide and not go off, al&s;o to weat your felles, where linnen yearne hath bene &s;oked in, it will be likewi&s;e very good.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To colour a black &s;pani&s;h leather.</HEAD>
<P>Take of <HI>Pomplemelc,</HI> &s;o calde in dutche, and make it warme, then wa&s;he your felles therewith till the whyte come no more off, neyther forth thereof, and to a &s;mall fell ye &s;hall take foure ounces of
<HI>Venis tot appelen,</HI> &s;o calde in dutche, then beate it a little into peeces, and ca&s;t of fayre water thereon, and &s;eeth it till it waxe &s;oft, &s;o that ye may wring it betwixt your hands, then &s;trayne out the water thereof, if it be too hote, take a broade earthen panne, and put the &s;ayd licor therein, then &s;pread your &s;kinne abrode and dip your felle therein till it be well weat, doe it &s;o iii. or iiii. times, then take good &s;hoemakers colour, or black, &s;o much as ye &s;hal think good, the which ye &s;hal make the fell thorow moy&s;t withal, &amp; put thereto a little vitrial co|poras, then wring it wel forth, &amp; lay it together, and let it dry &s;oftly, then take it or it be thorow drye, and wring it between your hands, for &s;o it will be &s;oft, do &s;o ofte~ times and when it is drye, take of Goo&s;e greace, or hogs greace in a woollen cloth, and rub it therewith too and fro a good &s;pace before a fyre, or by a hote ouen, &s;o rub and chafe it
<PB N="49" REF="28">well in with your hands, that the greace be not &s;eene, Of both, Goo&s;e grea&s;e is the better, then Lin&s;eede oyle, or &s;hoemakers trayne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way for black leather.</HEAD>
<P>To make a black leather, be it &s;heepe or other. Fir&s;t take your leather and &s;tretche it, then &s;princkle it well oute of your mouth with water, then take your tawing &s;tocke, &amp; taw it well therewith, al&s;o rub and chafe it together with your hands as &s;homakers do, &amp; draw it well with your pa+ring yron, the~ put it on your dre&s;&s;ing bord, &amp; &s;trike it with a woollen cloth til it be al euen, &amp; then ye may colour it, &amp; when it is well coloured, then wring the &s;ayd colour oute of your &s;kinnes, &s;o put it in agayne into the &s;ayde colour, &amp; &s;o do as ye did before, at the fir&s;t time it mu&s;t bee alwaye twi&s;e coloured, then hang it in the &s;unne and let it drye, then ye &s;hal take it agayne, not being thorow drye, rubbe it, and &s;o colour it agayne, as before. If yee haue it verye &s;oft: rubbe and chafe it betwixt your handes, euer before ye colour it, &s;o being well dyed and coloured, which at the lea&s;t mu&s;t be v. or vi. times ouer. Thus yee mu&s;te doe for &s;heepe &s;kinnes, which al&s;o mu&s;t be dre&s;t with allum, and when ye lay your colour on them, then take lyn&s;eede oyle, and with a woollen cloth, &s;trike your dre&s;&s;ing yron there|with, and when your &s;kinnes be thereon well tawde, then take of your &s;leight colour or dye out of your fatte al cold, and coloure your &s;kinne therewith once after your &s;ayde lin&s;eede oyle. Then put it together, and wring foorth the oyle and greace therein, and the colour al&s;o, and being wel wrong out, lay it together, and colour it once againe, and being thus coloured three tymes ouer, then take and drye it, and &s;o it is done.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="50" REF="29">
<HEAD>To gilde on Leather.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t ye mu&s;t worke it well, and ouer&s;trike it with the whytes of egges, and gum water beaten togeather, then lay your gold thereon, and &s;trike it well, ye maye temper therewith hard yeolks of egges beaten with gum water. The redde and greene &s;kinnes ye may verni&s;h, as to take a ba&s;on with a &s;moothe bottome, and put coles vnder, and then laye, and &s;pread your &s;kinne thereon, &s;o &s;trike youre &s;kinne all ouer with verni&s;h, but afore ye &s;trike it ouer (on the bottome of the ba&s;on or pan) yee &s;hall fir&s;te rubbe and warme your &s;kinne all ouer on the ba&s;ons bottome, then &s;trike your colour all ouer thereon, and &s;o let it drye, and being drye, &s;mooth it with a &s;leke &s;tone, and &s;o yee &s;hall make it fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a lye to dye a blue.</HEAD>
<P>When ye will dye a blue, ye mu&s;t make a &s;trong lye, and ye mu&s;t take twi&s;e &s;o many a&s;hes with a third part of chalke, then make it &s;eeth foure paterno&s;ter whiles, then ca&s;t thereto of cleane waxe, whiche will make it clarifye the better, then &s;et it ouer the fire, and let it there &s;oke two houres or thereabouts, then put into a pan fiue pounde of woad, and put it to the &s;ayd lye, then hang it ouer the fire, and warme it well without &s;eething, and then put it in &s;ome hearing ve&s;&s;ell, let it remayne there halfe an houre, then ca&s;t therein halfe a pinte of <HI>Zemes,</HI> &s;o calde in dutche, and &s;tirre it well with a &s;taffe, then couer it wel the &s;pace of a quarter of an houre, and then it will be good and redy to dye with, then take of linnen yearne, or woollen cloth, other fu&s;tian or Oyer: to haue it a light blue, put it but once in, and to haue it a little brouner, put it in twy&s;e, and to haue it more browner, put it thri&s;e in, or &s;o long till ye
<PB N="51" REF="29">&s;ee it broune ynough, and when yee haue dyde what yee plea&s;e, let the ve&s;&s;ell re&s;t till another day. If then yee will dye more yearne, linnen or woollen, then mu&s;t the dye be taken out of the ve&s;&s;ell, and put into a kettle, and put ther|to foure quartes of lye, as is afore&s;ayd, &s;o couer it wel and let it &s;tande one houre, then put thereto halfe a pounde of grening weede, and hang it ouer the fyre agayne, and let it colour well withoute &s;eething, then ca&s;t it into the ve&s;|&s;el with a pint of <HI>Zemes,</HI> and couer it well, and let it re&s;t a quarter of an houre, and then put therein agayne to dye what ye thinke good, and colour it as is afore&s;ayde, al&s;o when ye doe &s;et and prepare your fatte, yee mu&s;t haue to e|uery ounce of greening weede, one quart of good lye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To colour or dye a black.</HEAD>
<P>Take a ve&s;&s;ell, and put in colde gall water, then laye your fu&s;tian therein, &s;tyrre it and handle it well therein, and then put it into the black dye, and to&s;&s;e it and handle it well therein al&s;o, and then agayn in the gall water, and agayne in the dye, doe thus &s;o often till it bee dyed y|nough.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye a fayre yealow colour as Golde.</HEAD>
<P>Lay fir&s;t your linnen in allum water foure howers lo~g, then take one part of chalk, and two parts of wood a&s;hes, then make a lye thereof, and &s;eeth your dye therewith, al|&s;o the be&s;t lye to dye with is, to take two partes of wood a&s;hes, and one part of chalke, worke and v&s;e it as yee &s;hall perceiue be&s;t.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="52" REF="30">
<HEAD>To dye Fu&s;tian gray.</HEAD>
<P>Take of hay a&s;hes, and vyne a&s;hes by them&s;elues, and make a lye thereof, then put your fu&s;tian there in the hay lye, and then in the other lye, do it thus &s;o long till yee &s;ee it all coloured ynough, with the&s;e and &s;uch like yee maye dye linnen gray, but yee mu&s;t put thereto a little more of calles.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye blacke &s;ilke or veluet.</HEAD>
<P>Yee &s;hall fir&s;te &s;oke your &s;ilke in gall water an houre long, and then let it drye, then &s;hall ye laye it in the lye of &s;aeche meale, (&s;o calde in dutche) and with a&s;hes of vynes, and lay it therein xii. houres or more, then let it drye wel, and after ye mu&s;t &s;eeth it in black dye two or three times, til that ye thinke it be fayre ynough.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye a &s;ilke that hath lo&s;t his colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take Satten or Dama&s;ke that mu&s;t bee made black, &s;eeth it fyr&s;t in the dye of Oken barkes, then drye it in the wynde, then &s;eeth it agayne in your black dye, and &s;o let it drye alwayes agayne. And if then it be not blacke ynough, &s;eeth it in gall water and black dye, til it be fayre ynough, &s;o let it drye, then rub all ouer with butter, or o|ther greace, and wring it well betweene your handes, then &s;trike it ouer with a fayre woolen cloth, and it &s;o wil be wel.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a gray Fu&s;tian.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t lay your Fu&s;tian to &s;oke the &s;pace of iii. houres,
<PB N="53" REF="30">then to viii. elles of Fu&s;tian, take two ounces of broken galles, and put them into warm water, then put your gal water into another fatte, with eyght quartes of fre&s;h wa|ter, then lay your fu&s;tian therein, &amp; &s;tirre it wel with your handes therein, to&s;&s;e it wel, &amp; wring it forth wel, &amp; laye it therein agayn one houre, &amp; &s;o wring it wel forth, then put it into the black dye, and lay it therein another houre, &s;o wring it wel, then &s;coure it in the fayre riuer water, and then hang it to drye if then it be not gray ynough, &s;oke it agayne in fayre water, and then put into your gall water, and then the black dye, then &s;coure it and drye it, &s;o burle it and dre&s;&s;e it vp, and &s;o it is done.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Black &s;ilke to dye.</HEAD>
<P>To one pound of &s;ilke, take xii. gall nots beaten into a fyne poulder, then &s;eeth that &s;ilke with the galles in com|men water, halfe an houre long, then take of your blacke dye, and &s;eeth it therein another halfe houre, then take it forth, and let it coole, and then put it agayne into the dye, and let it &s;eeth therein another halfe houre, if then it bee not fayre ynough, &s;eeth it therein, til it be fayre, then take and wa&s;he it out of that colour and hang it to drye, and &s;o it is done.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To colour curried &s;kinnes greene, or felles to couer Bookes.</HEAD>
<P>Take the buds of white &amp; black thorn, which ye mu&s;t ga|ther in the moneth of Augu&s;t, when they beginne to waxe rype and blacke, put them in a well leaded pot, the &s;pace of tenne dayes, then put thereto foure ounces of Allum, &amp; boyle them together well, then putte it into a poudring ve&s;&s;ell of Beefe or Porke, and clo&s;e it well that it take no
<PB N="54" REF="31">wynd, then &s;et it a little in the &s;unne, and when ye would colour therewith, take a little of the &s;ayd coloure, &amp; myxe it with &s;ome lye, and warme it, and then &s;trike it on the &s;kinnes, and ye &s;hal &s;ee a fayre colour. Al&s;o take Lincaile, or canker of Latine, hony, and mixe them together in like, and put thereto pi&s;&s;e, &s;o much that it may take colour, and al&s;o &s;tayne the &s;kinne, and then drye it in the &s;hade.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make a yealow colour on &s;kinnes.</HEAD>
<P>Take the rype &s;eedes of Nerprun, &s;o cald in french, dry them in the &s;unne, and when yee will worke therewith, temper it with lye, and with a little allum of the Rocke, and let it re&s;t till it be molten, the whiche will make it to take a yealow coloure, but the lye mu&s;te fir&s;te bee heate a little.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye thread blacke.</HEAD>
<P>Take a quantitie of broken or bru&s;ed galles, and boyle them in water in a &s;mall potte, and when they haue a lit|tle boylde, take out all the galles, and put into the &s;ame pot &s;&oacute; much Copero&s;e as ye haue had of galles, and put therewith a little gumme of Arabye, and then giue it a|gayne another boyling, &s;o let it boyle a little, and with the &s;ayd dye, yee &s;hall colour therein your threed, then take it forth, and ye &s;hall &s;ee it a fayre &s;hining black.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye thread gray.</HEAD>
<P>Take of the &s;ayd black dye, &s;o much as ye li&s;t, and put therevnto halfe &s;o much water, more or le&s;&s;e as yee will haue your colour deepe or light. Then boyle your threade therein, and you &s;hal haue it gray as ye li&s;t, other browne or lighter, other after a mou&s;e dunne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="55" REF="31">
<HEAD>To dye thread in &s;ad purple colour.</HEAD>
<P>Take the barkes of Pomgranads, &amp; the pilles of dryde Oranges, then boyle them in water with a little Allum, as great as a &s;mall nutte, then let it coole, and when it is colde, put your thread therein, and boyle it agayne, and ye &s;hal haue a fayre colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>For to currie a raw Gote&s;kinne.</HEAD>
<P>Take a gotes &s;kinne raw, and put it in warme water, and let it re&s;t there a day, then &s;crape and clean&s;e it very cleane, and take away all the fylth thereof, and to fini&s;he it, take water, and &s;et it ouer the fyre, and put therein a handfull of fatte, and foure ounces of roche Allum, then &s;tyrre all together til it begin to boyle, then &s;et it from the fyre, and let it re&s;t til it be cold, then take an egge, and beate it with a little Oile oliue, this done put your gotes felle in the &s;ayd water, and &s;tirre it well al aboute with your handes three or foure times, and &s;o it &s;hal be in good ca&s;e and wel curried.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye &s;kinnes in a blue like azure.</HEAD>
<P>The wooll being cleane taken off, and the felle wa&s;hed cleane in fayre water, &s;o wring it al out, then take the be|ries of the greening tree, as paynters v&s;e, and the berries of elder, &s;eeth them together in water of Allum, then &s;trayne that water, &s;o let it re&s;t, then poure away the vp|permo&s;t, and &s;trayne the re&s;t agayne, then let it drye, and wa&s;he with that cleare water, but &s;ee that your felle bee cleane: then take your colour, and &s;trike your felle al ouer therewith being warme, and &s;o let it drye, &s;o it will bee a good blue.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="56" REF="32">
<HEAD>To dye &s;kinnes with Madder, called Kubea tincto|rum in Latine.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t &s;&eacute;e that your &s;kinnes be readye wa&s;hed and wrong cleane, and &s;o layde abroade, then &s;hall yee weat it all o|uer with the lyes of whyte Wyne, wherein baye Salt haue bene boyled, and &s;o wring foorth that agayne, then take the a&s;hes of the &s;helles of Creuis, or Sea crabbes, and temper it with the fore&s;ayde water and &s;alt, and ther|with rubbe your &s;kinnes and wa&s;he them well then with cleare water, and wring him, take ruddle &amp; te~per it with the &s;ayd lies, and rub it al ouer therewith, &amp; &s;o with y^e &s;aid a&s;hes, thus wa&s;h &amp; wring it three times, if it be not then well, ye &s;hal giue him a colouring with bra&s;ill, and your Madder mixt together with the &s;aid water or lies, or that &s;ome tartar haue bene &s;od in, which mu&s;t be made warm, when ye lay your ruddle, &s;o leaue it a night, then putte on your Madder, mixt with allum or lyes, or allum cativum &s;tieped in water, al&s;o you may adde vnto it, the &s;hering of &s;carlet take~ out of the boyling lye, which is al&s;o good.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A good greene to greene&s;kinnes.</HEAD>
<P>Take fir&s;t and clean&s;e your &s;kinnes, annoynt and &s;oke them well in cold water, then take the berries of the &s;ap greening tree, and being rype about Michaelmas, take &amp; &s;tampe them, and &s;o let them re&s;t iii. or iiii. dayes, then put therto of rayn water a little, and then boyle them with a &s;oft fire, in &s;tyrring them &s;till, then if ye will haue it lighte greene, put to but a little allum, &amp; the &s;adder green put too the more allum in the boyling and boyle it but a little, the~ ye may fold your &s;kinnes in the midde&s;t, and rub him on both &s;ides therewith, and then with a little poulder of al|lum, then take a&s;hes burnt of &s;heepes dung, and all ouer <PB N="57" REF="32">rub your &s;ayd felles therwith on both &s;ides, then rub him with the &s;ayd colour agayne all ouer, &s;o wa&s;he him with fayre water and let him &s;o drye, but finely wring him out, then &s;pread him, and ca&s;t of the fore&s;ayd thinne colour, all ouer the felle, and &s;o let him dry, &amp; it wil be a fine colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A &s;leighter greene with the &s;appe berrie.</HEAD>
<P>Let your &s;kinnes be fir&s;t annointed, &amp; wel wa&s;hed, and &s;o wrong forth, and then &s;tretch them as the order is, then take of the &s;ame &s;ap berries afore&s;ayd, let them be &s;tampt with roche allum &amp; water, and a little boyld, and therwith giue your &s;kinne a &s;troke or two al ouer, &amp; then let it dry, then giue him a colouring with yealow, made of the &s;ayd berries, &s;od with allum water, and agayne of &s;affron, then let it dry&eacute;, and ye &s;hall &s;ee a fayre colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another greene for &s;kinnes.</HEAD>
<P>Your &s;kinnes being annoynted, wa&s;hed and &s;pread, ye colour him with the fore&s;ayd &s;appe greene, and put vnto it a few weat a&s;hes, and rub the felle al ouer therewith, &amp; being wa&s;hed and wiped agayn, &s;trike him ouer with In|dian colour, &s;od with roch allum, then let it dry, the~ &s;trike him ouer with the fore&s;ayd yealow, and &s;o ye &s;hal haue a fayre excellent greene colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To dye a crimo&s;ine colour.</HEAD>
<P>Scrape hard &s;ope, and &s;o melt it in commen water, &amp; put your &s;ilk in a linnen or thin canuas bag, and &s;o put it into the Kettle to the &s;oped water, &amp; let it boyle &s;oftly halfe an houre &s;pace, but &s;tur it ofte for burning, then wa&s;he it in &s;alte water fyr&s;te, and after in fre&s;h water, for ech pound of &s;ilke, take a pound or more of allum, layde &s;ufficyente <PB N="58" REF="33">in colde water, and therein put your &s;ilk without the bag, and let it re&s;t therein viii. houres, then take and wa&s;he it in fre&s;h water, then wring it, &amp; put it in the pan to y^e crim|&s;ine colour, being wel &s;tampt &amp; cleane, take iiii. ounce, and boile it with &s;o much water as wil couer your &s;ilke foure fingers aboue in water, and to ech pounde of crimo&s;ine co|lour, put too three ounces of galles in fyne pounder, or in &s;teede thereof yee maye put in halfe an ounce of Ar&s;enic, which is not very whole&s;ome becau&s;e of the fume, nor the water thereof, and when it boyleth put in your &s;ilke as a|fore prepared, &amp; there let it boyle a quarter of an houre, then wring it a little, and drye it in the &s;hade, and &s;o it wil be fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To die a black after the common &s;ort of the coun|trey women.</HEAD>
<P>They take &s;o much water as wil couer the ho&s;e, or o|ther cloth, but fir&s;te they al to &s;trike their ho&s;e or cloth, with &s;wart of the grind&s;tone, then they laye alder pilles fir&s;t in the bottome of the ve&s;&s;el, &amp; thereon lay your cloth or ho&s;e, and then pilles thereon agayne, then lay your ho&s;e thereon, &amp; pilles thereon agayn, &amp; then couer al with wa|ter, &s;o let them boyle &s;oftly two haures &s;pace, and turne your cloth often therein, then &s;ee if it be black ynough, if not, take new &s;wart, and pilles, and v&s;e them as yee did at the fir&s;t, and &s;o boyle them agayne til they be black, then &s;coure and wa&s;he them out, and it is done. Some women doe take (in &s;teede of alder) plumtree pilles, &s;ome blacke thorne, and &s;ome yong oken pilles, and oke apples greene, and &s;o dyes with them in like ca&s;e, or the tender &s;hewts of brachryers, or greene walnut hu&s;kes, al the&s;e are good in &s;ommer to dye with.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="metal-working" TYPE="part">
<PB N="59" REF="33">
<HEAD>How to harden Jron and Steele, and al&s;o to &s;often, to &s;owder, and to gylde.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Yron or &s;teele as fofte as copper.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_TAke a chalk &s;tone vn&s;lect, with as much allum,</HI> fir&s;t &s;tampe the Allum verye fine in a morter, then take your chalke and mingle therewith, then &s;pread it half a finger, or a finger thick, on a linnen cloute, and wrap your yron therein, whiche yee would haue &s;oft, and lay it in the midde&s;t of a fyre, &amp; there let it lye an houre or more, till the fyre is out and bee all cold of him&s;elfe without any other thing done to it. Then &s;hall ye take out your yron or &s;teele, and it will be as &s;ofte as it were right copper in his hardne&s;&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to &s;often.</HEAD>
<P>Another way for the &s;ame, take only a white fyre turffe, and lay your yron or &s;teele in the midde&s;t thereof, and lay it in the fyre, and let it lye there &s;o long, til the fyre do go forth, and waxe colde of it &s;elfe, then take it out, and it &s;hal be as &s;oft as neede &s;hall require.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Yron &s;ofte.</HEAD>
<P>Take the water, or the iuyce of Rafany, which I take to be the Rape, then heate your yron hoce, and quenche it therein, and it &s;hal become &s;oft agayne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="60" REF="34">
<HEAD>Another way to make yron &s;oft.</HEAD>
<P>Take of Sope a&s;hes, and vn&s;lect lyme, of eyther alyke, then make a lye thereof, whiche lye yee &s;hall &s;trayne nyne tymes thorowe a &s;trayner, then take other yron or &s;teele, and lay it therein one night, and it will be &s;o &s;oft ye may ea&s;ilye cutte it, will yee then haue it harde agayne, &s;o quenche it in colde water, and it &s;hall waxe harde a|gayne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to make yron or &s;teele &s;ofte.</HEAD>
<P>Take the yelow flowers of Marigoldes, with the &s;tele and blo&s;&s;ome, &s;tampe the flowers, and &s;trayne it thorowe a cloth, and put that iuyce into a pot, then take the yron or &s;teele that ye will make &s;oft, and as red hote as yee canne doe &s;leke it in that iuyce, and it will bee as &s;ofte as Cop|per.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to &s;often.</HEAD>
<P>Al&s;o take &s;lecken and long wormes out of the earth, of eche alike, and a thyrd part of falte, then take an earthen potte, and make it full of holes in the bottome lyke to a &s;iue, then take the &s;alt, and &s;alte the wormes into the pot. Then take another potte, and &s;et it vnder that pot, then will that &s;alt melt with the wormes, and runne into the o|ther potte, and that in the vnder potte yee &s;hall keepe, then lay a &s;tone on that pot, and make it to &s;eeth well, and &s;cumme it &s;o long as any &s;cumme will ry&s;e, then take it from the fyre that it may coole, then &s;cumme that off a|boue, then make your &s;teele red hote as fyre, and &s;o quenche therein, which yron or &s;teele a man may bow like as it were copper: then to make it hard, heate it red hote, <PB N="61" REF="34">and quenche it in colde water, and ye &s;hal thinke it were fine &s;teele.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make yron &s;oft.</HEAD>
<P>Take an hearbe calde in Latine, <HI>Vngula cabellina,</HI> it is a clote, cald in Engli&s;h of &s;ome Colts foote, or Buls foote, take and make a water therof, and make your yron redde hote, whiche yee will haue &s;ofte, then quenche it in the &s;ayde water, and it &s;hall become &s;ofte, that yee maye v&s;e it for your purpo&s;e, and &s;o harden it agayne as the o|ther.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to &s;often.</HEAD>
<P>Take Slecken &s;o calde in duche, and &s;tampe it with &s;trong wyne Vineger, then make your yron or &s;teele red hote, that yee will haue &s;ofte, and quenche it in the &s;ayde iuyce, and then it &s;hall bee &s;ofte like the other, and to make it harde agayne, wherein to quenche with colde wa|ter as before.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Steele or Chri&s;tall &s;ofte.</HEAD>
<P>Take of vnquenched lyme, with as much of &s;ope a&s;hes, &amp; thereof ye &s;hal make a lye after this maner, whiche is, yee &s;hall &s;trayne it thorow a &s;trainer ix. times, then take your &s;teele or cri&s;tall, and lay it a night therein and a daye, &s;o it &s;hall be very &s;oft, if ye will haue it hard agayne, &s;o quench it in cold water as the other afore&s;ayd.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to &s;often yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take your yron red hote, then quenche it in Lin&s;eede Oyle, doe this &s;o often till ye &s;hall perceiue it to be &s;oft <PB N="62" REF="35">ynough, and another is, take the blood of Eeles, and make your yron hote, and quenche therein.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Agayne to make yron &s;oft.</HEAD>
<P>Take of clay, and lappe it round about your yron with a weat cloth, then lay it in a hote fyre of coles, or in a fyre of white turffes, &s;o lette it lye till hee coole by him|&s;elfe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another to &s;often yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of an hearbe calde in latine <HI>Marubium,</HI> in Engli&s;h Horehound, with the iuyce of <HI>gherwe,</HI> &s;o calde in duche, which I take to be Henbane, and al&s;o the iuyce of Radi&s;h, and mixe them with Aquauite, then quenche therein: and when yee will haue it harde agayne, then make it red hote as before, and quenche it in colde water.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make yron as &s;ofte as leade.</HEAD>
<P>Take and make blacke flintes into a fine pouder, and grynde it well vpon a paynters &s;tone, the~ put it in an yron panne, and make it red hote, then ca&s;t it on a marble &s;tone, till it be nye colde, and then agayne make it red hote, then let it coole, and grynde it &s;o long till it cleaue to the &s;tone and grynder lyke clay, then put that in a gla&s;&s;e, and &s;et it vnder the eaues of a hou&s;e, where the &s;unne commeth not nye in the day, then the night after take out the water, that ye &s;hall finde in the gla&s;&s;e aboue thereon, then take that pouder, and grinde it with the water, and put it in a &s;tillatory, and let it &s;tille out the halfe, then reuer&s;e the water agayne vpon the poulder, and &s;till it agayne with a &s;oft fire, then take and &s;eeth that water till the halfe bee wa&s;ted, &s;o done: then take &s;ome yron blade that is newe <PB N="63" REF="35">broke in two, &amp; put it together &amp; holde it &s;o a little while, then take of the water which was &s;od to the halfe, &amp; with a fether lay it fyr&s;t on the one &s;ide of the blade, and when that water is colde, then lay it on the other &s;ide, and it wil &s;owder fa&s;t with that water.</P>
<P>And with this water ye may make &s;teele as &s;oft as lead, or butter, &amp; to make thereof with tooles, as in waxe what ye li&s;t. Al&s;o this water is a &s;ouerayne thing to helpe the goute, if therewith it be annoynted where the greefe is, &amp; it wil &s;oone remedy it. With this water ye may make let+ters on yron or &s;teele, to write with a water thereon with your pen. Then after take of the vn&s;odden water, and put thereto &s;ome &s;affron, and grynde it together, and then draw thereon what ye will with other water, and &s;o let it drye, which &s;hall &s;eeme a fayre colour like golde, thus ye may mixe and grynde any colour ye plea&s;e with your &s;od|den water, and it will &s;hew in like fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make Steele or yron &s;oft.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of Hemloc, &s;tamp and &s;trayne it, then put vnto it of neates Oyle, and &s;o warme it, and beeing warme, make your yron or &s;teele red hote, and quenche therein, and then heate your yron agayne three or foure times, and &s;o quenche therein, til ye &s;ee your yron become &s;oft, and bow like leade, al&s;o ye may take oyle, and droppe into it molten leade three or foure times, &amp; therin quenche your yron or &s;teele al&s;o.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make yron or &s;teele &s;o &s;oft that ye maye ea|&s;ily wreath it.</HEAD>
<P>Take the gall of a Bull, or of an Oxe, and mixe it with Vernice and pi&s;&s;e, with the iuyce of Nettles, eche of lyke quantitie, then make your Steele or yron red hote, and &s;o <PB N="62" REF="36">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page"> <PB N="63" REF="36"> <GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="64" REF="37">quenche therein, and ye &s;hall &s;ee experience.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make yron &s;oft another way.</HEAD>
<P>Take Saluiter, Vitrioll, in poulder made and well beaten together: then yee &s;hall di&s;till them in a Lymbec of gla&s;&s;e. Then take the &s;ayd di&s;tylde water, and your y|ron which ye would haue &s;ofte, lay it therein a day and a night, then take out your yron, and couer it in hote hor&s;e dongue, the &s;pace of fifteene dayes, then worke therewith and ye &s;hall &s;ee experience. Al&s;o in making your yron red hote, ye may quenche it in Oxe dongue, or Cowe dongue mirt with honye, and Oyle olyue. Then heate it and &s;o often, quenche therein, and ye &s;hall &s;ee it will be &s;o &s;ofte, that ye may make or worke with it at your plea&s;ure.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another good way to &s;often yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take hony and &s;cymme it cleane, and then take of fre&s;h new gotes pi&s;&s;e, a quantitie of roche Allum, as muche of Burras, al&s;o of Oyle olyue, and &s;alt in like portion, then mixe them all wel together, and make your yron red hote, and &s;o quenche therein.</P>
<P>Agayne, when ye would &s;often any yron or &s;teele, fir&s;te holde it ouer the flame of the fyre til it be hote, the~ &s;tryke it ouer with &s;uet or other greace, then holde it ouer y^e fire, and let it dry in, do &s;o twi&s;e or thri&s;e and it will be &s;oft.</P>
<P>Al&s;o take of horne and &s;crape it vpon leather, and put thereto Salarmoniac, and pi&s;&s;e thereon, then turne your yron theron being hote, til it hath con&s;umed your leather and &s;tuffe, and &s;o it will be &s;oft.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e take of Salarmoniac, of vn&s;&s;eet lyme, of eche like, of Venis &s;ope more then both the other, &s;tur all well together, and lay your &s;teele therein, and make it moy&s;te <PB N="65" REF="37">with Vineger, &s;o let it re&s;t therein, foure dayes, and work therwith, ye may v&s;e final peeces &s;o, but for greater, take cow dongue, whites of egges, and clay, temper it with vi|neger, and lay your &s;teele therein.</P>
<P>Another, take &s;alt, wyne &s;tone, of ech in like portion, tem+per it with clay altogether, and &s;o lay your &s;teele therin, &amp; &s;o lay it in the fyre, the &s;pace of two houres, then take it forth, and let it coole of it &s;elf, and it will be &s;oft.</P>
<P>Agayne, take of &s;ope and vn&s;leked lyme, of eche in lyke portion, and of Salarmoniac &s;omewhat le&s;&s;e, and work &amp; make a pa&s;te thereof, then lay your yron or &s;teele therin, &amp; &s;o lap it round with clay, and lay it in the fyre, and heat it red hote, and then take it forth and let it coole of it &s;elf, as the other afore&s;aid, and then ye may worke therof at your plea&s;ure.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A poulder to &s;often mettals.</HEAD>
<P>Take iiii. parts of looking gla&s;&s;e, of galles, of other gla&s;&s;e, of &s;alt, of ech one part, beat &amp; myx them all well to|gether, &amp; iii. parts of y^t &s;ame pouder, &amp; i. part of your met|tal, and melt them together, and &s;o v&s;e it as ye plea&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make yron harde.</HEAD>
<P>To make yron hard, yee &s;hall take the di&s;tilde water of Varuen, and heate your yron red hot, and quench it there|in, do thus viii. or ix. times, and ye &s;hal &s;ee it very hard: al|&s;o another, which is, take the greene iuyce of Marubium, cald in Engli&s;h horehound, with the iuyce of radi&s;h, mixt with &s;ome Aquauite, &amp; your yron being red hote, quenche therin or take the &s;ayd horehound, and dry or burn it, and then make poulder therof, &amp; mixe it with much &s;alt, &amp; har|den therewith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="66" REF="38">
<HEAD>Another way to harden yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take of Antimonia, Callamint and Copero&s;e, beat ech by him&s;elfe to poulder, and then &s;trew therof on your glo|ing yron, and &s;o heate it agayne, and all to &s;meare it with the&s;e poulders agayne, then temper it with this iuyce fol|lowing. Take the iuyce of Celondine, as much of y^e roots as blades, till x pounde waighte, and &s;tampe the~m, and &s;eeth the iuyce to &s;ixe pounde, and when yee will &s;ea&s;on any mettall, quenche in the &s;ayd iuyce of Celidon, and it &s;hall be hard.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To harden hammers and knyues.</HEAD>
<P>To harden all maner of edge tooles, ye &s;hal take hor&s;e dongue, and then make your Kniues or other tooles redde hote, and &s;o quenche it therein, al&s;o to take the filinges of yron or &s;teele, and they will harden al&s;o, or take &s;hoes and burne them till they be black, and make a pouder thereof, and take of that poulder, with the like quantitie of &s;alte, then &s;traw it vnder and aboue your fyles, whiche &s;hall bee layde in a &s;quare yron, couered with a lid of yron, ye &s;hall &s;traw your pouder thick theron, and then &s;hut it. This ye &s;hall make red hote altogither in a hote fire, and quicklye quenche it in cold water, and &s;o let it coole therein, and it will be good and hard.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To harden another way all kinde of tooles.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of Penta&s;ilon, that growes in heathes, which is a fiue leaued gra&s;&s;e, calde of &s;ome &s;ynke foyle, with &s;o much of the iuyce of Wormewood, keepe this in a ve&s;&s;ell of gla&s;&s;e. Then take
<HI>Pieren</HI> (&s;o calde in dutche) and &s;tampe it and &s;traine it thorow a cloth, and al too &s;trike o|uer <PB N="67" REF="38">with this, your yron being red hote, and as it dryeth in, &s;trike it &s;o agayne, and it wil make it hard.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another good to harden yron or &s;teele.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of an hearbe, called <HI>Nigil Romana,</HI> in Latine it is calde <HI>Melanthia,</HI> and make your yron red hot, and quenche therein. Agayne, to make yron &s;o harde that it will cut all other tooles, make it red hote, and quenche it in the iuyce of Mou&s;e eare, whiche is called in Latine <HI>Pilocella.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To harden yron &s;o hard as &s;teele.</HEAD>
<P>Take Snayles, and the fir&s;t drawne water of a red die of the which water being taken in the two fir&s;te moneths of harue&s;t, when it raynes, then &s;till it, or taken in the end of May, then heate your yron red hote, and quench it ther|in, and it &s;halbe as hard as &s;teele.</P>
<P>Al&s;o take <HI>Fimus humanus,</HI> the dongue of men, &s;till it in a Lymbec, &s;o that no water come therevnto it, and that it maye bee &s;omewhat drye when ye &s;tille it, and take ye heede of his &s;auour, the water ye &s;hal di&s;til twi&s;e in a new gla&s;&s;e, in Balneo mary, that is, one gla&s;&s;e within another in a pot of water.</P>
<P>Ye may do the like, &s;til mens blood of a man of xxx. yeres and of &s;anguine complexion, warme and moy&s;t, and being of a mery nature, and plea&s;aunt, and whole &amp; &s;ound of bo|dy, &s;uch a man to be let blood in the midde&s;t of his age, and that hath plenty of blood, di&s;til of his in the midd&s;t of may or in May. And thus by proofe, and al&s;o the water of mans dong, if it be wel and rightly &s;tild, heate your yron glow|ing hote, and quenche in that water, &s;o it wil make it as hard as &s;teele. But if that water be not rightly &s;tilde, the yron wil not harden therewith, but bee as &s;oft as it was before.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="68" REF="39">
<HEAD>To make yron or &s;teele hard.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of Varuen, cald in Latine var bena, and &s;trayne it into a gla&s;&s;e, and ye wil quenche any yron, take thereof, and put to of mens pi&s;&s;e, and the di&s;tilde water of wormes, &s;o mixe altogether, and quenche therein &s;o farre as ye will haue it hard, but take heede it be not too harde, therfore take it forth &s;oone after, and let it coole of it &s;elf, for when it is well &s;ea&s;oned ye &s;hall &s;ee golden &s;pottes on your yron.</P>
<P>Al&s;o the common hardning of yron or &s;teele, is in cold wa|ter, &amp; &s;now water, &s;o when the edge &s;hall &s;eeme blue after his hardning, &s;ignifieth a good &s;ign, and a right hardning.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make &s;teele hard, and to cut well.</HEAD>
<P>Take an hearbe calde oxe tongue, or langdebefe, &s;eeth it in water, both the rootes and leaues, then make your yron or &s;teele red hot, and quench therin and ye &s;hal &s;ee experi|ence. Al&s;o take the yelo flagge, cald in Latine <HI>&s;patula faeti|da,</HI> &s;ome doe call it &s;purge wort, take with it Varuayne, of eyther like quantitie, then &s;eeth them together in fayre water a good &s;pace, and then let them &s;tand and cleare til it be cold, then heate your yron or &s;teele red hote, &amp; quench therein.</P>
<P>Yee maye make mu&s;tard, and put vineger vnto it, and quenche your mettals therein. Al&s;o ye may take the iuyce of earth wormes, with the iuyce of hou&s;leeke, beate them together, then &s;trayne them, and quenche therein, or take of mens heare, and heare of bea&s;tes, and &s;eeth them in wa|ter til the water wax reddi&s;h colour, the~ let it coole, &s;trayn it, and quench therein.</P>
<P>Al&s;o &s;ome do quench in the iuice of radi&s;h, &amp; the iuyce of &s;mallage, mixt together, and the fyne poulder of ro&s;in, put
<PB N="69" REF="39">therin, and therein quenche your mettals. Agayne: they take the iuyce of Veruin, and the iuyce of an hearbe calde Dragons blood, and of &s;craped horne, with halfe &s;o muche &s;alt, the iuyce of earth wormes, and the iuice of radi&s;h, put al the&s;e together afore&s;ayd, and therein quench your met|tals, this way afore&s;ayd are very good to make your met|tals &s;o hard as ye would de&s;ire, &amp; make them whole, fayre, and bright withal.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To make yron hard without any crackes, clefts, or warpinges.</HEAD>
<P>Take fir&s;t &s;uet or tallow of a bea&s;t, and melt it, then put it in &s;ome pot, or &s;ome other ve&s;&s;ell, whereas colde wa|ter is, and this molten &s;uet mu&s;t be a finger thicke vppon the &s;ayde water, and when ye will harden any thing, ye mu&s;t put it downe &s;oftly thorow the &s;uet, into the &s;ayde water, and the quenching fir&s;t in the &s;uet, and then in the Water, it doth &s;aue it withoute cracke, clefte, or war|ping.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to harden yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of Varuin, and take of land wormes in the field, after the plough, or a nights in gardens, and put a pinte of tho&s;e wormes into a leaded pot, then put vnto a good handfull of &s;alt, then &s;tur them wel, and &s;o there will come a water of them, and that water &s;traynde vnto the water or iuyce of varuin, and when they bee together, yee &s;hall quenche therein. This way is good for al wea|pons.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A way to harden Pikeaxes, Fyles, or other tooles.</HEAD>
<P>Take the iuyce of Radi&s;h, the iuyce of Cadloc, the iuice of
<PB N="70" REF="40">great worms, a quantitie of gotes blood, mix altogether, &amp; your weapons being ground, quenche therein, &amp; likewi&s;e your yron, to make it hard. But to harden, Mayles, Ares, Knyues, and &s;uch, is to quench in the iuyce of radi&s;h, al&s;o men oft tymes to make files hard, do quenche in Lin&s;eede oyle, or with &s;crapt horne, or with gotes blood.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To harden tooles to hew all other.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall gather of fielde &s;nayles, or hou&s;e &s;nayles, with their &s;helles, then &s;tampe them a little, and di&s;til them in a Lymbec, and in that di&s;tild water, harden your &s;teele or y|ron, but if ye wil haue it very hard, ye &s;hal take &s;ande, and brym&s;tone, and grinde them together, and &s;o &s;trewe it on your yron or &s;teele being red hote, and then quenche it in the &s;ayd water, and they wil be very hard.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A way of hardning of Augars, Per&s;ars, and &s;uch like.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hal take of mens vrine old and cold, with the iuice of varuen, and the iuice of wormes, of ech like quantity, then &s;tur it wel altogether, and &s;o quench your mettals therin, &s;o farre as ye wil haue it hard, then let it coole &s;oftly of it &s;elfe, till ye &s;ee &s;pots like golde ry&s;e thereon, then take it out of the &s;ayd water, and they wil be wel.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;et a colour or Verni&s;h on yron.</HEAD>
<P>To verni&s;h yron or &s;teele, take the gall of a Calfe (and your yron or &s;teele being cleane verni&s;hed,) take &amp; &s;tryke with a cloth your gall thereon, and then let it drye in the &s;unne, and it will &s;hew like a gold colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="71" REF="40">
<HEAD>To colour tinne, or copper, or to colour the buckles of gyrdles, and &s;uch.</HEAD>
<P>Take of Lin&s;eede oyle &s;o much as ye li&s;t, &s;et it on the fire, and &s;cymme it cleane, then put therein of Amber, and of Alopaticum, in like portion, then beat and &s;tyrre it wel altogether, with the oyle ouer the fyre, till it waxe thicke, then take it from the fire and couer it clo&s;e, then &s;et it in the earth three dayes, and when ye li&s;t to occupy thereof, &s;tryke your mettall al ouer therewith, and &s;o let it drye as afore&s;ayde in the Sunne, and &s;o yee &s;hall haue a golden colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>How to gylde vpon yron or &s;teele.</HEAD>
<P>Take a quantitie of wyne &s;tone, with as muche Salar|moniac, and like of Verdegrece, and &s;ome &s;alt, then &s;eethe altogether in whyte wyne, then &s;tryke all ouer your burni&s;hed yron or Steele, and let it burne in the &s;unne as before, and ye may gyld thereon with commen gold as the order is: and &s;o it wil be fayre and good.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To gyld yron with a water.</HEAD>
<P>Take of water or running water, for iii. pound of wa|ter, take two pound of roche allum, and an ounce of vitriol Romayne, and a peny weight of verdegreace, of &s;alge~ma three ounces, one ounce of Orpement, then boyle al the&s;e together, and when it begins to boyle, put in &s;ome lyes of tartre, and bay &s;alt, of euery halfe an ounce, make it &s;eeth, and being &s;oo a prety while, take it from the fyre, and the~ &s;trike your yron therewith, then let it drye agayn&s;t the fire, and being drye, burni&s;h it, and it wil be fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<PB N="72" REF="41">
<HEAD>To gylde gn yron another way.</HEAD>
<P>Take iiii. ounces of oyle lyne, of Tartre or wine lyes two ounces, and two ounces of the yeolkes of harde ro&s;ted egges &s;tampt, of Alio Cicotrinum one ou~ce, a quarter of a dragm of &s;affron, then boyle all the&s;e in an earthen pot a good &s;pace, &amp; if the oyle of lin&s;eed couer not al y^t &s;ub&s;tance, put therto &s;ufficie~t of water, then annoint your burni&s;hed yron therewith, and it wil &s;hew as the colour of golde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To ca&s;t a &s;iluer colour on copper for buckles of har|nes and &s;uch.</HEAD>
<P>Take of wyne &s;tone, of allum, and of &s;alt of ech like quan|tity, then grynd them altogether on a paynters &s;tone, and put thereto a leafe or two of &s;iluer, and &s;o grynde it well with the re&s;t of your &s;tuffe, &s;o done, then put it in a leaded pot of earth, and therin put your copper a little while, &s;o done, then &s;crape it with your wyar bru&s;h, then ye &s;hal &s;ee if it be well, if not, let it remayne therein long, and &s;o wil it be fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To gylde yron as Gold&s;miths do, with quicke &s;iluer, and gold foyle.</HEAD>
<P>Take vitriol i. ou~ce, allum ii. ou~ce, &s;alarmoniac i. ounce, then beate the&s;e into poulder, and boyle it in commen wa|ter, the~ take your burni&s;hed yron, &amp; all to weat it with the &s;ayde water, &s;o then lay your goldfoyle theron, &amp; dry it a|gayn&s;t the fire, then burni&s;h it as men do, &amp; &s;o it wil looke fayre, but if ye wil gylt with gold mixt with quicku~luer, as gold&s;miths do, ye &s;hal put in a dragme of verdigreace, with half ounce of <HI>Sublimatum,</HI> &s;o boyle them together, &amp; let your yron boyle in the &s;ame water, but being &s;o great <PB N="73" REF="41">ye cannot, then rub it therwith, &amp; heat it to receiue better the colour, with quick &s;iluer and gold, &amp; when yee haue &s;o heated your yron, ye may gyld with the &s;ame gold &s;o mixt and then fume it with a fire lampe, or brim&s;tone, or waxe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A good way to burni&s;h yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take an ounce of Alopaticum citrinum, an ounce of Am|ber, then mix and beate them togither into a poulder, then &s;et it ouer the fyre of coles in a earthen pot, &amp; make it not to hote at the fyr&s;t, but when it is molten, put thereto a quantitie of &s;eething oyle, and &s;tur it al wel together with a &s;tick, then let it re&s;t, take it from the fyre and coole, and &s;o keepe it, and with this ye may verni&s;h at plea&s;ure, as ye do other mettals.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;owder on cold yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take two ounces of Salarmoniac, two ounces of &s;alte, two ounce of wyne&s;tone made in poulder, ii. ounce of clock &s;pyce, &s;o calde in dutche, vi. ounces of looking gla&s;&s;e, beate all the&s;e, and mingle them well together, then put them in a linne~ cloth, &amp; lay it round, a finger thick with good clay, which clay mu&s;t be wel tempered. Then put them in a lea+ded pot of earth, &amp; couer it with another like pot of earth, then &s;et it &s;oftly on glowing coles, &s;o let it &s;oftly warme, and by little &amp; little encrea&s;e your heat, till the &s;aid &s;tuffe be al glowing hote and run, &s;o done, then let it coole from the fyre, then take it forth and breake it &s;mall, and &s;o grynde it to a fyne poulder, and when yee will &s;owder a|ny yron, yee mu&s;te make it fa&s;t on a borde, and &s;ee that the ioyntes be &s;ette clo&s;e together as ye canne, and fir&s;te lay a paper vnder your yron, and put of the &s;ayd poulder a little betwixt the &s;ayd ioynts, and al&s;o vpon al the ioynts, then wrappe it all rounde with claye, &s;auing aboue,
<PB N="74" REF="42">which yee &s;hall leaue open to &s;owder at, then take of the poulder of Burras, and put it in wine luke warme, or A|quauite, and &s;o let it melt therein, &s;o done, take of the &s;ame wine, and with a feather &s;trike on the ioynts aboue which ve vncouered, then it will begin to &s;eeth, &s;o when it lea|ueth &s;ething, it is then whole &s;owdred and &s;ound, then be|ing &s;o, take of your clay, and &s;uch roughne&s;&s;e as doeth re|mayne on the ioynts, which ye &s;hall not fyle of, but grynd it of, and thus it &s;hal be wel.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to &s;owder warme on yron or &s;teele.</HEAD>
<P>Take of gu~me water, and beate therewith &s;ome hearbes, which hearbes, it &s;hall not &s;kil what, and make it thick as a pa&s;t, and when ye wil &s;owder any place, &s;trike thereon, or lay it on the ioynte, then rub it thereon with &s;ope, and then holde thereto a fyre cole, and it will runne. Then wa&s;he of the &s;ayde dough, from the &s;owdred place, and &s;o it wil be fayre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;owder on Copper.</HEAD>
<P>Take an ounce of Coperas, halfe an ounce of whyte Ar&s;enic, which is calde whyte Orpemente, then make your Coper to runne, and diuide your Ar&s;enicke in two parts, then ca&s;t one part into your copper, and &s;tir it well all together, and then ca&s;t in the other parte of your Ar&s;e|nic to your copper, and &s;tir it wel altogether, &s;o done, ca&s;t it on a &s;tone, and &s;pread it thin, and when it is colde, beate it into a fyne poulder, and v&s;e it likewi&s;e, as the other be|fore mentioned.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To &s;owder on Latine.</HEAD>
<P>Ye mu&s;t fyle your lattine cleane al ouer, then put the
<PB N="75" REF="42">ioyntes clo&s;e together, and thereon &s;crape quicklye youre burras, &s;o ye &s;hal &s;ee it wel and &s;ure &s;owdred.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another &s;owder to &s;owder on yron.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hall &s;et your ioynts of yron as clo&s;e as ye maye, the one vnto the other, then lay them &s;o in glowing coles, and then take of Venis gla&s;&s;e, made in fine poulder, and youre yron being red hote in the fyre, ca&s;te the poulder of your gla&s;&s;e thereon, and &s;o it &s;hall &s;owder of him&s;elfe, and bee very &s;trong withall. And if ye clap it in clay as afore&s;ayd ye &s;hall not do ami&s;&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another good way to gylde on yron or Steele.</HEAD>
<P>Take one ounce of Orgall, or Orgyrs, in dutch &s;o na|med, with a thyrde part of Vermillion, and a fourth parte of Bolearmoniac, with as much of Aquauite, then worke and grinde them altogether on a &s;tone with lyn&s;eede oyle, &s;o done: put therevnto &s;ome of the &s;tone calde <HI>Lapis Cala|minaris,</HI> the bigne&s;&s;e of a hazel nutte, and grynd therwith in the end, three or foure droppes of Verni&s;h, &s;o take it off the &s;tone, and &s;trayne it thorow a linnen cloth into a &s;tone potte, for it mu&s;t bee as thicke as hony, &s;o keepe it, and &s;trike it whereon ye li&s;t, and &s;o let it dry, and then ye may lay your golde, or &s;iluer thereon, as afore&s;ayd.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A Varni&s;h like golde, for tinne, Siluer, or buckles of copper.</HEAD>
<P>Ye &s;hal haue &s;mall pots well leaded, then put therein vi. ounces of Lin&s;eede oyle, one ounce of Ma&s;tick, an ou~ce of Aloepatieum citrium then make them altogether in fine poulder, and then put them into your &s;ayd oyle, &amp; couer it <PB N="76" REF="43">with &s;uch another pot, whiche pot aboue yee &s;hall make a &s;mall hole in the bottome thereof, wherin ye &s;hall put tho|row a &s;mall &s;ticke, with a brode ende beneath, to &s;tur the o|ther pot withall, and when the pots are &s;et iu&s;t together, one to the other, ye &s;hal clo&s;e the~ al about with good clay, and couer them al ouer al&s;o, in leauing but the hole open aboue, with the &s;tick to &s;tir the other pot, &s;o done, &s;et them ouer the fyre, in &s;tirring it ofte, as it doth &s;eeth, like pain|ters verni&s;h and when ye will gylde therewith, poolli&s;he your mettall fyr&s;t all ouer, and then &s;trike the verni&s;h all ouer thereon, and then let it dry in the &s;unne, if it lye too thinne, &s;trike it ouer agayn &s;o often as ye &s;hal think good, and &s;o let it drye betwixt your &s;triking and then ye &s;hall &s;ee it will do well.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A way to graue on yron or &s;teele, or other kynde of weapons.</HEAD>
<P>Take cole of a wille or &s;allo, two partes of Vitriol or Copares, two parts of Salarmoniac, worke and beate all the&s;e together well with Vineger, and make it thick like broth, and when ye will eate or graue any thing withall, draw fir&s;t thereon with this thing following. Take Ver|milion, &amp; lin&s;eede oyle mixt all together, then dry it, &amp; late it ouer with your pa&s;t a finger thick or more, and the war+mer it is, the &s;ooner it will graue and eate, but &s;ee too it, it burne not, and when it is dryde well, doe off the &s;ayde poulder, and clean&s;e the ca&s;ting out, then take two partes of &s;pani&s;h greene, calde verdigreace and a part of &s;alt, the~ beat them together in a morter, and put vnto it &s;trong vi|neger, and do as it is aboue&s;ayde, or take Vitriol, Allum, &s;alt, Lapis calamynaris, viniger, and &s;allo cole, and make it as the other afore&s;ayd, or take two parts of vitriol, and a third part of &s;alarmoniac, and grind them wel al together on a &s;tone with vrine or pi&s;&s;e, then laye it on as it is afore|&s;ayde,
<PB N="77" REF="43">but ye mu&s;t lay it cold on, and &s;et it then foure or fiue howers in a &s;eller, or low coole place, for it wil be the better.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A water to eate or graue on yron or &s;teele.</HEAD>
<P>Take of verdigreace, of Mercury &s;ublyme, of vitriol, &amp; of Allum, of ech a like, then beat them &s;mal, &amp; &s;o put it into a gla&s;&s;e, &s;o let it &s;tand half a day, &amp; &s;tyr it often, then &s;trike it al ouer with wax, or yealow lead, mixt with lyn&s;eed oyle, or
<HI>lii&s;en &s;mout,</HI> &s;o cald in dutche, and &s;trike thereon with y^e water in y^e gla&s;&s;e, &amp; let it &s;tand half a day, but if ye write or lay thin that the water may eate it the &s;ooner, which yee &s;hal couer al the yron or &s;teele thin with wax, and to draw theron what ye li&s;t with a pen&s;il in the wax, vnto y^e grou~d, then &s;trike your water al ouer, and &s;o it &s;hal eate on your grauen places, or lay theron Mercury &s;ublimatu~ in your grauen places, and put therevnto vineger, and &s;o let it re&s;t half an hower after, and it wil do wel.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another water to eate on yron or &s;teeele more &s;tronger.</HEAD>
<P>Take an ounce of Verdigreace, halfe an ounce of Allum Plumo&s;um, and half an ounce of Salarmoniac, as much of wyne&s;tone, and halfe an ounce of Vitriol, and as muche of common &s;alt, let al be &s;mal beaten, &amp; &s;o put together, &amp; put thereto of &s;harpe viniger, &amp; &s;o let it &s;tand an houre, and when to graue or eate any thing therwith, it mu&s;t be fir&s;t graue~, &amp; ye &s;hal write with <HI>Liifen &s;mout,</HI> or yelow colour, then let it drye, and then make your fore&s;ayde water hote in a leaded panne, and let it &s;tande ouer the fyre, and hold your yron and &s;teele ouer the panne, and poure of that hot water thereon with a ladle, that the re&s;t may fall agayne into the fore&s;ayde panne, thus mu&s;te yee doe &s;till a good
<PB N="78" REF="44">quarter of an houre, &amp; this doing, the take a&s;hes or vn&s;&s;ect lyme &amp; rub it, &amp; looke, of that ye would haue eaten, if it be clean or not, if not, draw it agayn with your yelo matter, &amp; then poure on your &s;aid water, and &s;o ye &s;hal haue it wel.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>To lay gold vpon yron or other mettall.</HEAD>
<P>Take of liquid varni&s;h i. <ABBR>li.</ABBR> of Turpentine and oyle of lin|&s;eed, of ech i. ounce, then mix the~ wel altogether, and &s;o re|&s;erue it, on this ground ye may gild vpon any mettall.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>Another way to gild on yron.</HEAD>
<P>Take of bolearmoniac, &amp; white gu~me, of ech one ounce, the~ put it into a pot of earth wel leaded, &amp; let it &s;eeth ther|in &s;oftly with a fyre of coles, &amp; put therin two ou~ces of lin|&s;eed oyle, &amp; whe~ it doth rope like a thread, it is then a &s;igne it is ynough &s;od, with which ye maye v&s;e to gylde as is a|fore declared, by the&s;e and &s;uch practi&s;es in mettals, yee may finde out the like of other hereafter.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>A water to eat on mettals.</HEAD>
<P>Take an ounce of Saltpeter, an ounce of copero&s;e, beat them together, and put them into a double gla&s;&s;e, &amp; di&s;till a water thereof, then take yelow or red wax, and &s;preade it thin as paper on what mettell yee will, or weapon, then draw theron to the ground with a pen&s;il of &s;teele or other, then all to &s;trike it ouer the drawne places with the &s;ayde water di&s;tyld, &s;o let it remayne xxiiii. houres, which water will eat on your yron or &s;teele &s;ufficiently. The like waye ye may doe with other &s;ort of mettals.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<TRAILER>Finis.</TRAILER>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="index">
<PB REF="44">
<HEAD><HI>The table of all the principall thinges</HI> in this Booke.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<HEAD>A.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AZure colour to worke on. <HI>39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Azure another to worke with. <HI>39</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>B.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Black dye after the countrey manner. <HI>58</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Blacke &s;ilke to dye fayre. <HI>24</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Black &s;ilke or Veluet to dye. <HI>53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Blacke water to dye withall. <HI>37</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Blacke &s;pani&s;h leather to dye. <HI>48</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Black &s;ilke to dye. <HI>53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Black thread to dye. <HI>54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Blue colour to make. <HI>39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Blue linnen to dye. <HI>33</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Branne water to make, <HI>22</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Brazil to dye a red. <HI>30</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Brazill colour to worke on cloth. <HI>35</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Buckeram to dye blue. <HI>35</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Buccking of linnen clothes to &s;coure well.
<HI>9</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>C.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Carnation dye to make. <HI>26</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cloth &s;taynde to helpe. <HI>1</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Crampmede to make red. <HI>36</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Crane colour Fu&s;tian to dye. <HI>11</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Crimo&s;ine colour to make. <HI>57</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Currying of raw Gotes &s;kinnes. <HI>55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Colouring of Tinne, Copper, and &s;uche. <HI>71</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>D.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Dying a fayre yealow. <HI>32</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dying linnen red. <HI>21</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dying with facet woad or willow woad. <HI>27</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dying after the countrey &s;ort. <HI>58</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB REF="45">
<LIST>
<HEAD>F.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Fels how to dye redde. <HI>43</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels how to dre&s;&s;e with golde. <HI>42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels to colour greene. <HI>44</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels how to curry and colour raw. <HI>55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels how to dye blue. <HI>55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels how to dye with Madder. <HI>56</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels how to dye a fayre greene. <HI>56</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fu&s;tian to dye in a graye. <HI>57</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fels how to dye greene with &s;appe berries.
<HI>52</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>G.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Gownes &s;potty to helpe. <HI>5</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Golde kepte from &s;tayning. <HI>9</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gylding on Leather. <HI>50</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gyld on yron or &s;teele. <HI>71</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gylding another way</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gylding on yron with quick&s;iluer. <HI>72</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gilding another waye on yron or &s;teeele. <HI>75</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Grauing on yron, &s;teele, or other weapons.
<HI>76</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Grauing with a water on yron or &s;teele. <HI>77</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gilding another way on yron. <HI>78</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gold laying on yron or &s;teele. <HI>78</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Graye Florey how to make. <HI>37</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Greace to take out of Veluets or &s;ilkes. <HI>17</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gray thread how to dye. <HI>54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Greene to dye fayre. <HI>24</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Greene another colour to make. <HI>25</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Greene water how to make. <HI>31</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Greene a good colour to make. <HI>46</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Greene another to make.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Greene with &s;appe berries to make. <HI>57</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>H.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Hard yron to make. <HI>65</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of yron another way.</ITEM>
<PB REF="45">
<ITEM>Hammers and Kniues and other tooles to harden.
<HI>66</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of all tooles of yron. <HI>66</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of &s;teele or yron.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of yron as hard as &s;teele. <HI>67</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of yron another way.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of &s;teele to cut well. <HI>68</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of yron without crack or warpe. <HI>69</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning another good way.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of axes, files, and other edge tooles
<HI>69</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of tooles to hew all other. <HI>70</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hardning of awgars, per&s;ars, and &s;uche.
<HI>70</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Iron moules to take forth of linnen. <HI>6</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron moules out of Linnen another way. <HI>7</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron or &s;teele to &s;often. <HI>59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron another way to &s;often. <HI>59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron to &s;often with a water. <HI>59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron to &s;often another waye. <HI>60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron or &s;teele to &s;often. <HI>60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another way to &s;often yron. <HI>60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another way for the &s;ame. <HI>61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another &s;oftning of yron. <HI>61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron, &s;teele, or Chri&s;tall to &s;often.
<HI>61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another way to &s;often yron. <HI>61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another way for the &s;ame. <HI>62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron to make &s;oft as leade. <HI>62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron or &s;teele to &s;often. <HI>62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>To &s;often Iron, ea&s;ily to cut it. <HI>63</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron to &s;often another way. <HI>63</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another good way to &s;often yron. <HI>64</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Iron how to verni&s;h and colour. <HI>64</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>K.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Keeping of Linnen long and good. <HI>1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB REF="46">
<LIST>
<HEAD>L.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Leather how to gyld on. <HI>43</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather how to dye red. <HI>42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather to dye red another. <HI>42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather how to colour greene. <HI>44</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lether how to colour a blue. <HI>44</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather another fayre blue. <HI>55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather to dre&s;&s;e after the maner of germany
<HI>46</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather felles all white to make. <HI>47</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lye to make to dye a blue. <HI>50</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lye to make to take out &s;pots. <HI>4</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Linnen to dye in a fayre red. <HI>20</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Linnen to pre&s;erue with a &s;weete water.
<HI>12</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Linnen how to dye with bra&s;ill.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Another fayre dye with bra&s;ill. <HI>31</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Linneu to dye with bra&s;ill another way. <HI>34</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>M.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Mougths to keepe from clothes. <HI>11</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Moles of yron to take forth of linnen. <HI>6</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>O.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Oyle &s;pots to take out of clothes. <HI>6</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Oyle &s;pots another way to take out of cloths</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>P.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Parfumes to make for clothes. <HI>4</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Parchment &s;potty to help. <HI>7</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Paper &s;potty to clen&s;e. <HI>8</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pouder to make to &s;often mettals. <HI>65</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Purple &s;ilke to dye. <HI>24</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Purple &s;ad colour to dye. <HI>55</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Q.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Quoyes of &s;ilke to colour red. <HI>23</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>R.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Red &s;ilke how to dye. <HI>37</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Red water how to make. <HI>38</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="46">
<ITEM>Red to dye with Bra&s;ill. <HI>38</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Red light dye for &s;kins. <HI>40</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Red colour fayre to make. <HI>44</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Another fyne red to make. <HI>44</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Red leather how to colour. <HI>45</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Red to dye a fayre colour. <HI>47</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Red thread to dye. <HI>20</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>S.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Scarlet greazie to helpe. <HI>1</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Scarlet with &s;pots to helpe. <HI>6</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sanguine dye fayre to make. <HI>39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shirts to wa&s;h for &s;tayning. <HI>13</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Silke lee&s;ing colour to helpe. <HI>52</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Silke how to dye a fayre black. <HI>53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Silke how to dye in a &s;anguine. <HI>23</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Silke &s;taynde how to helpe. <HI>1</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sope to take forth greace &s;pots. <HI>2</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sope agayn&s;t &s;potty woollen to helpe. <HI>15</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sope another for the &s;ame. <HI>15</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sope to take out oyle and greace. <HI>5</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sope water to helpe all &s;pots. <HI>6</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spots or &s;taynes in clothes to helpe. <HI>16</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spots in white &s;ilke or other colour to helpe.
<HI>16</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spottes in coloured clothes or others. <HI>2</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spots of greace to take forth. <HI>3</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spots to take out of clothes. <HI>8</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spots in woollen to take forth. <HI>8</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sponging of woollen cloth fayre. <HI>10</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spots in woollen a ready helpe. <HI>12</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Syluer colour on copper for buckles. <HI>72</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sowdering cold on yron. <HI>73</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sowdering yron another way, <HI>75</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sowdering on warme yron or &s;teele. <HI>74</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>&s;owdering on copper. <HI>74</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="47">
<ITEM>Soudering on Latine. <HI>74</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Staynes in linnen to remedy. <HI>8</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Staynes on &s;ilke or woollen to helpe. <HI>12</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stained clothes w^t wyne or viniger to helpe.
<HI>14</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>T.</HEAD>
<ITEM>To colour Leather black after the order of Germany.
<HI>46</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Verni&s;h like gold, for &s;iluer, tinne, or Copper.
<HI>75</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Verni&s;h on yron to make. <HI>73</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Veluet being &s;potty to helpe. <HI>6</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Veluet to dye in a blacke. <HI>36</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Veluet how to dye black or &s;ilke. <HI>52</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>W.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Water to worke on yelowe or other colours. <HI>38</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Water to eate on yron or &s;teele. <HI>77</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Water another to eate on mettals. <HI>77</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>War to take from clothes. <HI>14</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Woollen to dye in a &s;anguine. <HI>28</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Woollen cloth to dye in colours. <HI>29</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Woollen greene yearne to dye. <HI>29</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Y.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Yealow to dye fayre. <HI>32</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Yealow to dye it fayre. <HI>19</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Yealow a golden colour to dye. <HI>51</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Yealow fels how to colour. <HI>54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Yealow dye to dye with woad. <HI>19</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Yealow to worke on with red water. <HI>38</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="47">
</DIV1>
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