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Spruce-oaker,of all sorts to prime with, 3 j.per pound. 



Spanish-white, for half a penny : White-lead 3^. per 

 pound. 



Vert-de-Greece, clean and bright, 3^. per pound. 



Black to shadow with, exceeding cheap. 



Joiners vernish, 6d. per pound. 



So as for farther direction ; of white-lead six pound, 

 Span, white six pound, spruce-oaker three pound, 

 vert-de-Greece half a pound, vernish one pound, 

 shadowing-black half a pound, &c. will serve one for 

 a pretty deal of work, and easily inform what quan- 

 tities you should provide for a greater or lesser oc- 

 casion. 



We will next impart a receipt for a cheap black- 

 dye, such yet as no weather will fetch out, and that 

 may be of use both within and without doors, upon 

 wainscot, or any fine timber, as I once apply'd it to 

 a coach with perfect success. 



Take of galls, grosly contus'd in a stone-morter, 

 one pound, boyl them in three quarts of white-wine 

 vinegar to the diminution of one part, two remaining: 

 With this, rub the wood twice over ; then, take of 

 the silk-dyers black, liquid (cheap and easie to be 

 had) a convenient quantity, mix it at discretion with 

 lampblack and aqua ^>itae^ sufficient to make it thin 

 enough to pass a strainer : With this, die over your 

 work again ; and if at any time it be stain'd or spot- 

 ted with dirt, &c. rubbing it only with a wollen 

 cloth dipp'd in oil, it will not only recover, but pre- 

 sent you with a very fair and noble polish. There is 

 a black which joyners use to tinge their pear-tree 

 with, and make it resemble ebony, and likewise fir, 

 and other woods for cabinets, picture-frames, &c. 

 which is this : 



