To Dye Silk a Sanguine Colour.
Take a pound of Green-weed, as much Allom, bruise them and pour on them fair water, add half a pound of Rasped Bra∣sil, set them over a gentle fire, well to mix them, then put in the Silk, suffering it to seeth
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Take a pound of Green-weed, as much Allom, bruise them and pour on them fair water, add half a pound of Rasped Bra∣sil, set them over a gentle fire, well to mix them, then put in the Silk, suffering it to seeth
therein then, and so continue it, by strengthening your Dye and dipping till you perceive the Colour has taken well; after that rinse it in Leys, Wood-Ashes, or Oak-Bark, and so clear it with fair water, dry it, and press it.