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ANd to doe this, take the strongest Vineger, and whites of Egges wel beaten together, and thrée ounces of quicksilver, unto one of the other: these first distill together in a Limbeck wel luted, and in that distilled water put the quicksilver, and it will be after so hard, that you may worke it with the hammer.
Also take Quick-silver, and wash it in the distilled water of mans blood, and every time you wash the same, let it drie, and in the end it will come to be so hard as silver.