53vuineger upon A gentle fire of Coles, that the
gums may bee melted; And when they bee thro-
-ughly melted, pour out the sam hott into A bag
And wring and press the sam that they may bee
5well clensed from the dregs; which dregs must
bee Cast Away, then take the said Lyquor soe
strayned out and lett itt boyle in A pott till the
uineger bee boyled Away and utterly Euapo
-rated, And in the boyling you must Continually
10ster itt, without seiseing, least the gums bee bur
-ned, keepe this uerry clean and close Couered,
that nothing fall into itt, then take of oyle of
olliue 2 pound, of new bees wax halfe A pound
And Lett them bee putt into Another earthen
15pott well Leaded or glased, such A one As is
of A sufficient bignes, sitt the sam ouer A fire
of Coles, and lett them melt softly, and by Leasure
Att length put into itt Lythargie beaten into
smale powder, A pound, and halfe, sterring itt
20Contynually with A stick, or Spatula or such
Like, by Little and Little untyll the things bee
throughly mixed togather, And the matter
bee of A Tawny Cullar, After-wards take of
the A foresaid gums that were first boyled
25the quantety of A Hazell nut, or less, and putt
the sam into the said matter, and soe by Little
and Little Att seuerall tymes put into itt such
A Like quantety of the fore said gums Att A
tyme, tyll All of the said Gums bee put in
30And bee well mixed, with the other things and
melted, But you must take heed with All =
Least the matter bee ouer much heated, doe
boyle ouer And run into the fire, for itt is
uerry hott of itt selfe, Afterwards put in
35to itt, the thinges following, take of the two
Kinds of Aristolochia Rotandum, Calimana-
-ries, mirh, franckyncence, of euery of them
one ounce beaten into fine powder, that may
bee made to powder, And put them into the
40said matter and pour upon the same one ounce
of oyle of Bays, And Lastly put there in :4:
ounce of pure fine uenice Turpentyne, Lett
them boyle then ster them About Continually
with uerry great dilligence, and when you would
45know when itt is sufficiently sodden, put A
Little there of in Cold water, And if itt bee =
not soe soft, that itt cleaues not to ye fingers: