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made of lin-seed-oyl boil'd with a little umber bruised 

 small : I speak nothing here of smalt and byce, which 

 is only done by strewing. 



Green, with verdigriese ground with lin-seed-oyl 

 pretty thick, and then temper'd with joyners vernish 

 in a glaz'd pot of earth (the best to preserve your 

 colours in) till it run somewhat thin ; and just touch 

 it with your brush, when you lay it on, having prim'd 

 it the second time with white. 



There is also a fair grass-green for traillage, priming 

 first with yellow, then with vert de montagne^ or lapis 

 Armeniacus. 



Note, that every primer must by dry, before you go 

 it over again. 



If you will re-vaile, as they term it, and shadow, 

 or vein your stone-colour, there is a colour call'd 

 shadowing-black ; or you may now and then lightly 

 touch it with a little red-lead ; or work with umber. 



It will also behove you to have a good smooth slat, 

 and a pibble mullar well polish'd, which may be 

 bought at London ; as likewise a dozen of large, and 

 lesser brushes, and glaz'd pots; and to grind the col- 

 ours perfectly well. The Spanish-white requires 

 little labour ; the shadowing black, none at all. 



When you have finish'd, wash your brushes with 

 warm-water and a little soap : Preserve your oyl in 

 bladders ; and what colour you leave, plunge the 

 pots into fair-water, so as they may stand a little 

 cover'd in it, which will keep them from growing 

 dry, till you have occasion for them. That you may 

 not be altogether ignorant of the charge and price of 

 the ingredients, which seldom varies : 



Clear and sweet lin-seed-oyl is usually had for 4^. 

 per gallon. 



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