_To make gelly of Raspis the best way._
Take the Raspis, and set them over the fire in a Posnet, and gather out
the thin juyce, the bottom of the skillet being cooled with fair water,
and strain it with a fine strainer, and when you have as much as you
will, then weigh it with Sugar, and boil them till they come to a Gelly,
which you may perceive by drawing your finger on the back of the spoon.
_To dry Fox Skins._
Take your shee Fox Skins, nail them upon a board as strait as you can,
then brush them as clean as you can, then take Aqua Fortis, and put
into it a six pence, and still put in more as long as it will dissolve
it, then wash your skin over with this water, and set it to dry in the
sun; and when it is dry, wash it over with the spirits of wine; this
must be done in hottest time of Summer.
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_To make true Magistery of Pearl._
Dissolve two or three ounces of fine seed Pearl in distilled Vinegar, &
when it is perfectly dissolved, and all taken up, pour the Vinegar into
a clean glass Bason; then drop some few drops of Oyl of Tartar upon it,
& it will cast down the Pearl into fine Powder, then pour the Vinegar
clean off softly, then put to the Pearl clear Conduit or Spring water;
pour that off, and do so often untill the taste of the Vinegar and
Tartar be clean gone, then dry the powder of Pearl upon warm embers, and
keep it for your use.
_How to make Hair grow._
Take half a pound of Aqua Mellis in the Spring time of the year, warm a
little of it every Morning when you rise in a Sawcer, and tie a little
spunge to a fine box comb, and dip it in the water, and therewith
moisten the roots of the Hair in combing it, and it will grow long,
thick, and curled in a very short time.
_To write Letters of Secret, that they cannot be read without the
directions following._
Take fine Allum, beat it small, and put a reasonable quantity of it into
water, then write with the said water.
The work cannot be read, but by steeping your paper in fair running
water.
You may likewise write with Vinegar, or the juyce of Lemon or Onion; if
you would read the same, you must hold it before the fire.
_How to keep Wine from Sowring._
Tye a piece of very salt Bacon on the inside of your barrel, so as it
touch not the Wine, which will preserve Wine from sowring.
_To take out Spots of Grease or Oyl._
Take bones of sheeps feet, burn them almost to ashes, th
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