and ȝe wole, ȝe may distille and gadere it, puttynge þ{er}-vpon a
lembike / and in þe corusible ȝe schal fynde þe gold calcyned and

[A thin plate of gold will do instead of shavings, and Silver
may be treated like gold.]

reducid into erþe / And if ȝe wole not make lymayl of gold,
þanne make þ{er}of a sotil þi{n}ne plate, as ȝe kan, and putte wiþi{n}ne 4
þe M{er}cur{i}e al warm; and ȝe schal haue ȝoure desier / And
in þis same maner ȝe may worche wiþ siluir / Thanne take þe
calx of þese two bodies, and bere hem openly wiþ ȝou; and þ{er}

[To carry these powders about, mix them with pitch, wax, or
gum, melting the mass when you want the metal.]

schal noman knowe what þei ben / And if ȝe wole bere hem 8
more p{ri}uyly wiþoute ony knowynge, þanne meynge hem wiþ
pich melt, or wex, or ellis gu{m}me, for þanne noman schal knowe
it what it is. And whanne ȝe wole dissolue ony of þese calces
by hem silf, putte eiþir by hi{m} silf in a test, or ellis þe pich or 12
þe wex in which þei be{n} y{n}ne; and anoon schal come out verry
gold & silu{er} as þei were tofore.

[--How to separate gold from silver when mixed with it.--]

Now I wole teche ȝou þe maistrie of departynge of gold
fro siluir wha{n}ne þei be meyngid togidere / Forsoþe ȝe woot 16
weel þat þer be manye werkis in þe whiche gold and siluir
be meyngid, as in giltynge of vessel & Iewellis / þ{er}fore