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

Take þe calx of fy{n} gold as it is declarid here-aftir in þis 20
book, and putte it in a siluer spone, and anele it at þe fier.
& þa{n}ne caste þe cals of the gold in þe brennynge watir
or i{n} wiyn .l. times, as I tauȝte ȝou tofore wiþ þe 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.]

ȝe schule haue ȝoure lico{ur} by an hu{n}drid p{ar}t bettir gilt þan ȝe 24
had tofore wiþ þe floreyn / Forwhi. fier worchiþ more strongly

[[* Fol. 14b.]]

and bett{er}e [*]in sotil p{ar}ties þan it doiþ in an hool plate / And
also bre{n}nynge watir or wiyn drawiþ out more myȝtily bi a
þousand p{ar}t þe p{ro}pirtees of gold fro smale p{ar}ties anelid, þan 28

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

it doiþ fro a þicke plate / And ȝe schal vndirstonde þ{a}t wiyn
not aloonly holdiþ in it þe p{ro}pirtees of gold, but myche more
þe p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles if þei be quenchid þ{er}i{n}ne. and þat

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