30pTo make fire in þe Aire
Take Brimstone ounce j. Willow charsoal ounce ij. Salt
Nitre pound j. Compound these well together and it is made.
5 A Water to make þe Face red.
Take Aq. Vitæ and red Sa^u^nders in fine per os: put these in Infusion for 24 hours. when you will use it wash þe face
first with fair water, then dry it well and then use of
of this water.
10 To take out Letters out of Paper without
þe Paper, and þat no body can perceive.
Take of Common water ounce iv. Roch Allom in fine per os:
ounce j. put in infusion for 3 days, then strain it and keep it:
then take of Sepatinge water ounce j. Venice Cerusse 8 grams
15in per os: and so leave it for 2 hours together. harts horn
burnt gram 8 Then take of Gloves Leather ounce ij semisse and boil
it in pound j ss of water, so long till it become Jellye,
and this must be a little warm. The manner to use
it. Take some Cotton upon a Sticke and dip it in the
20Cerusse water, and rub gently þe Letters, ‘till you
perceive them quite taken out, then touch with þe
other water and c.
A Mixture for Fire Works.
25Take of Gun per os: grossly powdered pound xij. Salt Nitre
grossly per os: pound ij. Brimstone in fine per os: pound j. Willow
Charcoal in per os: pound j ounce vj. Assa fætida ounce ij. Verdigrease, Arsenicke, Copperas a ounce j. Iron Shales
ounce j. Turpentine ounce iij. Greek pitch and black pitch
ana pound semisse ol. of Petre, ol. of Linseed ana ounce iiij.
30Rosin ounce vj. Aq. Vitæ as much as shall serve, wherewith make a Past.