]tily by brennynge 16
watir or wiyn [th]an I tau[gh]te you tofore, wherby [th]e wat{er} or
[th]e wiyn schal take to it my[gh]tily [th]e influence & [th]e v{er}tues
of fyne gold.

[Heat calcined gold in a silver spoon and put it in Burning
Water or wine 50 times, as with the florin before.]

Take [th]e calx of fy{n} gold as it is declarid here-aftir in [th]is 20
book, and putte it in a siluer spone, and anele it at [th]e fier.
& [th]a{n}ne caste [th]e cals of the gold in [th]e brennynge watir
or i{n} wiyn .l. times,
as I tau[gh]te [gh]ou tofore wi[th] [th]e floreyn. and

[Your liquor will be better gilt, as the fire and Water or
wine work more powerfully on the grains of gold than on a
plate.]

[gh]e schule haue [gh]oure lico{ur}
by an hu{n}drid p{ar}t bettir gilt [th]an [gh]e 24
had tofore wi[th] [th]e floreyn / Forwhi. fier worchi[th] more strongly

[[* Fol. 14b.]]

and bett{er}e
[*]in sotil p{ar}ties [th]an it doi[th] in an hool plate / And
also bre{n}nynge watir or wiyn drawi[th] out more my[gh]tily bi a
[th]ousand p{ar}t
[th]e p{ro}pirtees of gold fro smale p{ar}ties anelid, [th]an 28

[Wine retains the properties of all liquibles quenched in it.]

it doi[th] fro a
[th]icke plate / And [gh]e schal vndirstonde [th]{a}t wiyn
not aloonly holdi[th] in it [th]e p{ro}pirtees of gold, but myche more
[th]e p{ro}pirtees of alle
liquibles if [th]ei be quenchid [th]{er}i{n}ne. and [th]at

[If Saturn (lead) liquefied be quenched in wine, and then Mars
(iron) be quenched in it, Mars acquires the softness of Saturn.]

is a souereyn p{ri}uite: Forwhi, if [gh]e quenche saturne liquified 32
in wiyn or in comou{n} watir .7. tymes, and aftirward in [th]at wiyn
or watir [gh]e quenche mars manye tymes, [th]a{n}ne mars schal take
algate [th]e neischede and [th]e softnes of saturne / And [th]e same
schal venus do, & alle o[th]{er}e liquibles / or ellis, And [gh]e 36

[Page 8: TO MAKE FIRE WITH NO FIRE. TO CALCINE GOLD.]

[Again, if you quench Mars in wine and put in it Saturn
liquefied, this will be made hard.]

quenche mars in whi[gh]t wiyn or in comou{n} watir manye tymes,
and aftirward
in [th]e same wiyn or watir [gh]e caste saturne liq{ui}fied
ofte tymes, [th]anne
wi[th]oute doute [gh]e schal fynde [th]at [th]e saturne
is m{aad} ri[gh]t hard /
Therfore