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space of fifteen days. Next you will
break it from quite far away & with a long stick without
looking at it &and with your face hidden, you will put it where you
want, or rub a little in a running river or on a tree or
on a plant that is on the bank.


Another for waters

Daot ni a top with
quicklime, which will consume all this powder afterwards, &c.



Damascus steel

Distil earthworms separately &
horseradish leaf separately, & mix these two
waters, as much of one as of the other, & temper in
this.


For knowing the course one takes on the open sea

Soak a ferlin in oil, then attach it to the
stern of the ship such that it dips in the water,
& it will make a trail that will show for ten leagues
because the water is parted wherever the oil
has passed.


For casting

Chalk most recently taken from the quarry is good
for lead. One ought not grind wet, but rather grind finely while
pestling or scraping through a sieve. Thus for pumice,
which one ought not grind with water, nor corrupt its natural
state. Lead should be slightly mixed with tin, in order
only to give it strength, and two partsoftinfor of lead for of one of
tin or more.

