and of the vertuesthereof. Fol 46 
krom Italy is ofanother forte, Jnthat Countrie are diuers 8 
mynes of vꝛon, ſame of foft pꝛen ⁊᷑ eaſie to wooke, and other 
of hard ¢ ſtrong vꝛon a not eaſie fo Weꝛke. And loꝛ to make 
the ſteele which they lende vs, they vſe it in this ſoꝛte: they 
take ofthe foft vꝛon the quantitic they feente good, and they 
make it in certeyne ſmall thinne planches, then they take 
marble ground ſmall, and allo the ruſt of the yzon graunde 8 
mal æ mingling it al together, they put it into a furnace to The minner 
melt, pꝛepared fo2 this purpoſe, with much quantitie of kin- hom they 
dled coale, they caſt all together into it, ⁊ giueth it a ſtrong „ate Steele 
fire and after they caſt to it fom of the hard Aron that is ſo , ale. 5 
hard, that it cannot be wrought, and with a ſtrong fire it is sg 
al melt, and they make it one peece,of the which they make 
thele barres of ſteele, that they bꝛing to tbeſe partes, in ſo 
greate quantitie the which they call Teele, by reafon it is 
hard to woozke,and ſtrong, t in Latin it is called Chalibs, f 
by reafon of certeyn (mal totene ? z were ſa called, whereas 8 
Doe ſteels lerueth foz many Steele. 
‘pion, and of moꝛe attiuitie, and they make ſtrong t foꝛtiſte 
the toolesofy20n with it to endure the lenger, and may deo 
their work moze quickly, with moze ſtrength e reabines,fo3 
pꝛon, and of tele. D. Paiſter Ortuno, bai 
Well, and not in hort (pecch,but wiſelx, and dilcrectlr. Res 
for would that many people ſhauld bim af theſe a metalles 
fo 4 haue vnder toad that they ſerue fa many ings. Or 
which do buy yꝛon ok mee, are 
