þ{a}t þis firy watir breke þe glas, and re{n}ne out
into þe aischen, þanne gadere alle togidere þ{a}t ȝe fynde pastid in
þe aischen / and leye it vpon a marbil stoon as afore, and it wole 28
t{ur}ne into watir. And þis is a greet p{ri}uytee.

[‘Scie{n}ce.’]

[--To calcine gold.--]

[Cut gold into shavings; put it into a crucible with Mercury;
heat it, and it will crumble into dust like flour. Heat it
more till the mercury goes his way; or distil it, and the gold
powder will be in the crucible.]

The sci{enc}e to brynge gold into calx / Take fyn gold, and
make it into smal lymayl: take a crusible wiþ a good q{ua}ntitee
of Mercur{ie}, and sette it to a litil fier so þ{a}t it vapoure 32
not, and putte
þ{er}i{n}ne þi lymail of gold, and stire it weel togidere /

[[* Fol. 15b.]]

& aftirward [*]wiþi{n}ne a litil tyme ȝe schal se al þe gold
wiþi{n}ne þe M{er}cur{ie} turned into erþe as sotil as flour. þa{n}ne
ȝeue it a good fier,
þat þe M{er}cur{ie} arise and go his wey; or ellis, 36


[Page 9: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF GOLD.]