201rSpoone over the Fyer, and it will turne to a pure cleare Oyle, then
take some of the Indian lake, and scarlatt berry, tempered as before
and putt it into the palme of your hand and drop two drops of the Oyle
into it, and with a peece of alome temper it, and this will enter so farr
5into the skim, that it will beinge laid on, not alter, or change the
cullor in twenty days, therefore you must be very quicke in puttinge
it on the Face, least you putt to deepe a cullor, or that you make some
spotts where you laye it on, to deepe, for it will not out in twenty
days, and this is approved./ >
10To make the Tinglas powder to smoth the skim, make
it white and beautifie the skin and Face, vsed by the La: Ca:/.
Take Fower ounces of Tinglas from the pewterers, or Apothecary who best
knows which is the right, pound it very small, and putt it into a very
stronge glasse bottle, that will hould aboue a pinte, sett it vpon Embers
15of wood, or Charcoale, in a chimney, then putt to it one pinte of the
best aqua fortis, lett it stand vpon the Embers, till it hath done smoakeinge
and boylinge, then take a new well glased earthen pott, never vsed
that will hould a Gallon, fill it fall with the purest pumpe water
then putt into that Gallon of water, one handfull of pure white salte
20stirr it well with a cleane white sticke, vntill the salt be dissolued
then poure of the aqua fortis from the powder, and putt the powder
to the salte and water, which will make it looke very white, then
stirr it very well about, lett it stand close couered with a cleane
linnen cloath vpon the top of the pott, for the space of Fower and
25twenty howers, then powre away the water vntill you come to the white
which will remaine in the bottom of the pott, this must be shifted
six times one after another into fresh water, when it is well settled
which wil_be once in two howers, then againe poure of all the water
very cleane, vntill you come to the white in the bottome, then putt
30the white into a little earthen pan, with a lip in it, to filtre the
water as cleane as you can from the powder, then make a coffin of
pure white paper, Fower double, putt the powder in to that coffin
then take a warminge pan, and kindle a little gentle Fyer, (for it
must not be to hott) in the pan, and sett the coffin vpon the couer
35of the warminge pan, and couer that coffin also with a cleane
white paper pricke full of holes, and lett it stand till it be through
drye, then grinde it vpon a Marble stone, very small, and putt it