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put it up again, and fo long continue pouring on Wa- 

 ter as the Ley in the Receiver will bear an Egg. And 

 this they call ftrong Ley. 



Keep this by it felf, and pour on cold Water again * 

 and the next will be middle Ley, which you mult 

 know by its Tafte. The laft will be fmall Ley, pre- 

 pared after the fame Manner, which hath fcarce any 

 Tafte at all. 



Take next a hundred Weight of Tallow, put it 

 into the Copper : Put -about fix Gallons of middle 

 Ley unto it 3 then put Fire under the Furnace, and 

 melt it down in the Ley, but fo a§ it 'do not boil: 

 Draw the Fire from under it, and let it ftand for four 

 or five Hours 3 then warm it again, and put in three 

 or four Gallons of ftrong Ley, and fo let it cool again 

 four or five Hours. Warm it again, and, if need re- 

 quire, put in more Ley, which you will know by 

 the Sharpnefs of the Tafte of the Soap : If it be pret- 

 ty ftrong, let it boil until it become like a Jelly. 

 When it is ready for graining, if you dip your Knife 

 into it, and take out fome, and let it cool, it will 

 rowl about your Knife. 



To grain it, or feparate the Ley from the Soap 5 

 put in a Peck of Bay-Salt 3 then keep a Fire only up- 

 on one Side of your Copper, fo that it may boil on- 

 ly on that Side where the Fire is 5 after it hath boiled 

 a little, take out fome of the Ley, and look whether 

 the Tallow be clearly feparated j if not, you muft put 

 in more Salt. It muft boil till all the Froth, which 

 will rife at firft a great Height, be wholly fallen: 

 Then take the Soap out of the Ley with a Scummer ? 

 and put it into a Cheft with a Sheet under, . 



Take an Ounce of Indico, beat it to Powder, put 

 it unto a Pottle of middle Ley in a little Pan, and put 

 unto it fome hot Soap out of the Copper, fo as to 

 make it pretty thick 5 let it boil : And being hot, pour 

 phis into the middle of the Soap in the Cheft. Whilft it is 



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