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.





Choice Secrets made known.


_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