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Founder

The metal whitens the more it is melted, because the
tin does not go away but rather mixes in more. And, by holding it
a long time in the fire, the filth is eaten away, which makes it
brittle. If you want to chase away the tin from the
copper, after it is well hot, throw in saltpeter often.
This only & not the fire separates it, & purifies it, & eats
the filth away. The metal is cast very neatly. The
copper is prone to swell, but because it is soft, it can be fixed
with a hammer.


Medicine for the stomach which heats it and unstops the
liver

Take Take wormwood powder, dissolve it
in capilli veneris syrup or preserves, & make
with it an opiate that you will take once a week on
a host soaked in wine. Then you will be able to drink a
finger of sufficiently tempered wine. This
dissipates the phlegm & the winds which arise from it. You can take
six pepper grains & grate their rinds such
that they are smooth, & swallow them without chewing. This benefits
the stomach without heating the liver.


Leaves for the gemstones

Once made, one ought not to keep them in any case of iron
or metal, for this stains them, but in some box of


For keeping candles from dripping and making them white

Having made them, put into the moldfresh water well
beaten with bran, which should not at all be cleansed of its
flour, so that the water becomes white. And dip your
candles in that, then leave them to dry. And do thus two or three
times.

