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it the hair that you intend to colour; then let the hair be 

 boiled softly till half the liquor be wasted, and then let it 

 cool three or four hours, with your hair in it: and you 

 are to observe, that the more copperas you put into it, the 

 greener it will be; but doubtless the pale green is best. 

 But if you desire yellow hair, which is only good when 

 the weeds rot, then put in more marigolds; and abate 

 most of the copperas, or leave it quite out, and take a 

 little verdigris instead of it. 



This for colouring your hair. 



And as for painting your rod, which must be in oil, 

 you must first make a size with glue and water, boiled 

 together until the glue be dissolved, and the size of a lye- 

 colour: then strike your size upon the wood with a bris- 

 tle, or a brush or pencil whilst it is hot : that being quite 

 dry, take white-lead and a little red-lead, and a little coal- 

 black, so much as altogether will make an ash-colour; 

 grind these altogether with linseed-oil; let it be thick, 

 and lay it thin upon the wood with a brush or pen- 

 cil: this do for the ground of any colour to lie upon 

 wood. 



For a green, take pink and verdigris, and grind them 

 together in linseed-oil, as thin as you can well grind it: 

 then lay it smoothly on with your brush, and drive it 

 thin : once doing, for the most part, will serve, if you lay 

 it well ; and if twice, be sure your first colour be tho- 

 roughly dry before you lay on a second. 



Well, Scholar, having now taught you to paint your 

 rod, and we having still a mile to Tottenham High-Cioss, 

 I will, as we walk towards it in the cool shade of this 

 sweet honeysuckle hedge, mention to you some of the 

 thoughts and joys that J^ive possessed my soul since we 

 two met together. And these thoughts shall be told you, 

 that you also may join with me in thankfulness to the 

 Giver of every good and perfect gift, for our happiness. 



