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be in Oyl, you muft firft make a fize 

 with glue and water, boiled together 

 until the glue be diffolved, and the 

 iize of a lie colour ; then ftrike your 

 fize upon the wood with a brittle 

 brufh or penfil, whilftitis hot: that 

 being quite dry, take white lead, 

 and a little red lead, and a little cole 

 black, fo much as all together will 

 make an <vfh colour, grind thefe all 

 together with Linfeed oyle, let it be 

 thick,and lay it thin upon the wood 

 with a brufh or penlil, this do for 

 the ground of any colour to lie up- 

 on wood. 



For a Green. 



Take Pink and Verdigreece, and 

 grind them together in Linfeed oyl, 

 as thick as you can well grind it, 

 then lay it fmoothly on with your 

 brufh, and drive it thin, once doing 

 for the moil part will ferve, if you 

 layitwel, and be fure your firft co- 

 lour be thoroughly dry, before you 

 lay on a fecond. 



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