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fide, a {cale that commieth of laton or white braffe, farre better than that which theredbrafle or G 
copper doth yeeld. Gone : dd sd yeruetlolat aiid svortirsea 
Moreover, there is a devife that fome ufe, namely, toletfirft the nailsand panes of brafle to 
fie wet in the urine of a boy: others, fo foone as the skales bee driven off; bray them,rand after- 
wards wath them in raine waterswhich they ufe to give for the dropfie,totheweight of two drams 
in one hemine of honeyed wine; and befides they make'a liniment with itand.floure,forto ufe 
ne outwardly co the belly, EI. Hut) etude: 1d 703 Jibsbotis i've 
.. Sa fome — Astouching the raft * of braffe, great ufe there is of it in phyfickesbut it commeth afterma. 
_ take to bee ie aeaee , i 
verdeoreace. Ny forts; for firft and foremoft, itis found fticking (in manner of the floure.aforefaid).anto the 
© Brugorafile. ftone or ore out of which brafle is tried,in fuch fort, asit muftbe *{craped from itbefore aman 
can haveit. Alfo itis made after an artificiall manner, by hanging certaineplates of latondriven 
full of holes, and hung ina pipe or barrell over vinegre; but the fame ought tobee clofeicove- 
red and {topped with a lid of braffe, foas the faid plates doe not touch thevinegre sand verely, 
vetdegreace thus made, is farre berter than of skales in the fame wife uféd. Some there bee that 
take veflels of white braffe or laton, and putthem in earthen pans, where they fufferthemo lye 
in vinegre for ten daies togither, and then {crape offthe verdegreace or ruft that is gathered up- 
on the faidlaton, Others there are who cover the faid velfels of Jaton in the refufe of grapesaf- 
ter they be prefled, (skins I meane and flones;,) and after ten daies,as is aforefaid, {crape off the 
verdegreace which they find upon the braffe. There be againe, who take the fine duft which the 
‘ file fetcheth from braffe, and {trew the fame in a veflell of vinegre, ftitring itwith fpattulesorla- 
dles oftentimes in a day, untill it be refolved into the vinegre & confumed: and yetmanythinke J 
it better to worke and ftampe the {aid file-duft with {trong vinegre in a brafen mortar’, forto ga- 
ther verdegreace. Butthe{peedieft way of engendring the faid ruft of brafle or verdegreace, isto 
take the cuttings, parings, or {mall peeces of Jaton plates, fuch as be emploied about coronets, 
and to put them 1n vinegre: and you fhall have divers,who will not {ticke to fophifticat verdegris, 
(fuch efpecially as is brought out of Rhodes) by mixing itandthe powder of marble togither; 
others, with the puimith {tone pulverized, or elfe with gum. But the cunningeft device that they 
have to falfifie it and deceive chapmen by, is to mingle vitrioll among : for all the other deceit 
full tricks bee foone found out by the teeth, becaufe aman fhall fecle the verdegreaceto crath 
and grate becweene them like grit, which he fhall not perceive if it be fophifticat with vitriol] : 
howbeir, this fophiftication alfo and fraudulent caft,may be foone detected and foundoutbyan 
experiment made with a flice or fire-pan of yron made red hote in the fire : for caft upon it the 
right and true verdegreace indeed, it will hold and keepe the owne colour ftill; butif itbee cor- 
rupred with vitrioll, you thall fee it turne red. You may difcover likewife the fraud abovefaid with 
“Otheréed * paper, tempered beforehand and foked in gall-nuts ; for befmeare therewith the verdegreace 
Papyrus. that is falfified, ic will quickely become blacke. The eye alfo will {oone bewray the falihood that 
isufed therein, for if itbee naught, aman fhall perceive it to looke with a weake greene colour, 
nothing full nor freth, But be the verdegreace true or falfe, the beft way is, before itbe emploi- 
ed in phyficke, afterit bee dried, to calcine itupona new earthen pan that never was occupied, 
andin the burning to turne it often with a flice or {pattle, untill fuch time as it be reduced into 
light cinders; andthen atter it is finely pulverized,to lay it up for ufe.Others prepare itafterano- J 
ther fort; they puticin an earthen pot unbaked, and fet the fame into an oven, where they letit 
ftand to beecalcined fo long untill the faid por of clay bee welland throughly baked. Finally; 
* olibanum. there be,thatbefore they ufeverdegreace, put thereto the * male frankincenfe, the beltthat can 
| poffibly be had. | 
* Grece Xmde- © The manner alfois to wath verdegreace before it be occupied, after the fame order as Cad- 
Parr mia is ufed. Beeing thus made and prepared as is abovefaid, it is excellent to bee put into eye- 
teth delachry- falves or collyries, for by a *mordicative qualitie ithelpeth weeping and watering eyes: in which - 
ees mor regard, neceflarie it is that it be wafhed firft with pencils well bathed in hot water, folong untill 
whichalis —_ ithave loft that corrofive qualitie. 
may betaned ~- As ¢ouching Hieracium, acompofition itis orcollyrie focalled,and made in this manner: Mj 
eee Fake foure ounces of Sal Ammoniacke, of Cyprian verdegreace two ounces, of thoemakers . 
eyes procee- blacke, or thar coppetefle which the Greekes name Chalcanthum as much, that is to fay, two 
pingoftome ounces: of Myly ot yellow vitrioll one ounce,and of faffron fix : Letall thefe bee ftamped toge- 
ee ther andtempered in the vinegre of Thafos untill they bee concorporat, and then reduce them 
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