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, & sał 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
nyȝte sette it
i{n} a soft cleer eir, or ellis in a coold seler; and þ{er}e
it wole turne into watir / And þanne gadere it togidere i{n} to 16
a strong vessel of glas, and kepe it / This wat{er} forsoþe is so
strong, þat if a litil drope þ{er}of falle vpon ȝoure hond, anoon it
wole p{er}ce it þoruȝ-out; and i{n} þe same maner it wole do, if it
falle vpon a plate of venus or Iubiter, into þis watir, it turneþ 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 þis fier, wiþoute doute it wolde que{n}che anoon a brennynge
sijknes clepid þe fier of helle. And also it wolde heele
eu{er}y cor[os]if sijknesse. And manye philosophoris clepiþ þis 24

[‘sal amarus.’]

[It is also called ‘Sal Amarus.’]

þi{n}g in her bookis ‘sal amarus,’ al þouȝ þei teche not þe maistrie
þ{er}of / If it be so