[th]e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles may 4
be brou[gh]t into wiyn or watir; but myche more my[gh]tily into
brennynge watir good and p{re}cious.

[--To make fire without coals, lime, light, &c.--]

The sci{enc}e to make a fier, [th]at is, wi[th]oute cole, w{i}t{h}oute
lyme, wi[th]oute li[gh]t, worchinge a[gh]ens al maner scharpnes or 8
acc{i}ou{n} of visible fier,
ri[gh]t as worchi[th] [th]e fier of helle / And
[th]is p{ri}uytee is so v{er}tuous,
[th]{a}t [th]e v{er}tu [th]{er}of may not al be
declarid. And [th]us it is maad. Take Mercurie [th]{a}t is sublymed

[Mix equal parts of sublimated Mercury, Salt, and Sal
Ammoniac, grind them small, expose them to the air, and
they'll turn into water, a drop of which will eat thro' your
hand, and make Venus (copper) or Jupiter (tin) like pearl.]

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w{i}t{h} vit{ri}ol,
[*]& co{m}e{n} salt, & sa[l-] armoniac .7. or .10. tymes 12
sublymed / and meynge hem togidere by euene porc{i}ou{n}. and
grynde it smal, and leye it abrood vpon a marbil stoon; and by
ny[gh]te sette it
i{n} a soft cleer eir, or ellis in a coold seler; and [th]{er}e
it wole turne into watir / And [th]anne gadere it togidere i{n} to 16
a strong vessel of glas, and kepe it / This wat{er} forso[th]e is so
strong, [th]at if a litil drope
[th]{er}of falle vpon [gh]oure hond, anoon it
wole p{er}ce it [th]oru[gh]-out;
and i{n} [th]e same maner it wole do, if it
falle vpon a plate
of venus or Iubiter, into [th]is watir, it turne[th] 20

[If it could be moderated it would cure the disease Hell fire,
and every corrosive sickness.]

hem into lijknes of peerl. who so coude rep{ar}ale & p{re}p{ar}ate
kyndely [th]is fier,
wi[th]oute doute it wolde que{n}che anoon a brennynge
sijknes clepid [th]e fier of helle. And also it wolde heele
eu{er}y cor[os]if sijknesse. And manye philosophoris clepi[th] [th]is 24

['sal amarus.']

[It is also called 'Sal Amarus.']

[th]i{n}g in her bookis
'sal amarus,' al [th]ou[gh] [th]ei teche not [th]e maistrie
[th]{er}of / If it be so
[th]{a}t [th]is firy watir breke [th]e glas, and re{n}ne out
into [th]e aischen,
[th]anne gadere alle togidere [th]{a}t [gh]e fynde pastid in
[th]e aischen /
and leye it vpon a marbil stoon as afore, and it wole 28
t{ur}ne into watir. And [