The ^(atftraB aridMorall 



feeing this art in Potofy, I did confider what the S crip- 

 tare fpeakes of the iutt,Colabit eosetfur^abit quail ar^en- 

 *2^ And that which they fpeaEcTnafethcT pan , Sic 

 vTargentumfurgatum terra y purgatum feptuplum. So as 

 topurifiefilver, to refine and clenfe it from the earth 

 and ftone where it engenders, they purge and purifie 

 it feven times : for in eflfedt it pafleth their handes (even 

 times, yea, oftener, vntill it remaines pure and fine fb 

 is it in the word of God , where the foules muftbe (b 

 purified 3 that (hall inioy the heavenly perfection. 



Of their Engines to grinds the metutt, And of their 

 triallofSiher. CHAP. 13. 



TO conclude, thisfubie&offilverandof mettalls, 

 there remaines yet two things to fpeake of, the one 

 is of their engins ana milles, the other of their eflay or 

 triall : I have faid before 5 how they grinde their oiettah 

 for therecevingof the quickfilver,which is done with 

 tiiverfe inftruments and engins , foinewith hories like 

 yntx> hand-milles , others like waFcr-millcs of which 

 two ForteslfHere "are great numbers, but for tEat the 

 ' water they doe vfe commonly, is but of raing,whereof 

 they have not fiifficient bin three months ; jnlKe^care/ 

 Decemberjanuary, and February [for this reafon they 

 have made Lakes and ftanding Pooles^vhich containe 

 ini'circuite about a thoufand and fix hundred roddes, 

 and in deapth three ftades^ there are (eaven with their 

 fluces : fb as when they have ncede of any water, they 

 raift vp a fluce , from whence runnes a little ftreame of 

 water, the which they ftoppe vppon ho!y-dayes. And 

 when the Lakes and Pooles doc fill , and that the y earc 



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