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these drugs melt in a new earthen pot, &
when it is melted, you will pass it in a clean cloth
& you will see a beautiful varnish.


Another varnish

Take one ounce of spike lavender oil &
heat it over coals, & then take a half ounce of
sang dea
Raiec
& grind it coarsely, and then put it into the spike
lavender oil, & then mix it with a stick until you
see that it is melted, and then put it in a glass vial.
And when you want to use it, heat it little by little over the
coals. And before laying it, lay a coat of glue very
clear, & then lay it with a pinceau.


For making red varnish

Take vermillion & soak it with gum water as well
as with other water, and make it like the other varnish,
& mix this other water like the other varnish, and
then lay it down as before to make three green.


For making green trwood

Take very strong vinegar, salt, &
rainwater, and one needs to put it all together with
verdigris, and put it in a new earthen vessel
with your wood, & put it in some very warm horse
dung for the space of eight or nine days.

