The secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemount Containyng excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidents, with the manner to make distillations, parfumes, confitures, diynges, colours, fusions and meltynges. ... Translated out of Frenche into Englishe, by Wyllyam Warde.

❀The fyft earth, and the most parfyt.

TAke mutton bones, but if you take those of the heade, they will be better, if not, take of what part so euer it be, and burne thē vpon the coales or in some furneis, vntil they waxe very white: than stampe them, and sifte them. This doen, you shall put the poulder in some yron panne, or other thinge, amonge the coales, so that it may burne well, than put to it a good handfull of tallowe, styringe it with some yron, in suche wise, that all the tallowe maye be bur∣ned with the saied poulder, leauynge it soo on the fyre

yet halfe an howre. Than take it oute and braye it, and burne it agayne, sprinklynge, and brayinge it often tymes as you dyd the other, vntill it be verye fine and small, and than shall it be perfit, and will serue for many foundinges or meltinges.