The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemont, by him collected out of diuers excellent authours, with a necessary table in the ende, conteyning all the matters treated of in this present worke. Englished by Wyllyam Warde

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Title: The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemont, by him collected out of diuers excellent authours, with a necessary table in the ende, conteyning all the matters treated of in this present worke. Englished by Wyllyam Warde
Author: Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 1565.
Publication: Printed at London :: By Roulande Hall, for Nycholas Englande,; 1562.
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Subject terms: Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.; Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
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To soder all thynges, and fyrst yron.

TAke an vnce of salte Armoniacke, an vnce of com∣mon salte, an vnce of Tartre calcined, an vnce of belle metall, three vnces of Antimonium: stampe wel all together and sift or bolt it: this done put all in a linnen cloth, and wrappe it rounde about with pot∣ters claye well prepared the thickenesse of a fynger and let it ware verye drye: than put it betwene two pot shardes vpon a small fyer, and let it heate by litle and litle. Afterwarde make the fyer greater, vntill your whole masse become red and melt together: than let it so coole, and after make it into a pouder.

And when you will soder any thing, laye the two pee∣ches that you wyll soder vpon a table, as nere the one to the other as you can, but you must laye some paper vnder the peeces.

This done, cast of the said pouder betwene the ioyn∣tes, and a litle vpon them: than make some cruste of potters, but yet so that it be open aboue: after this put some Borace in whote wyne vntill it be al consumed, than with a lytle feather rubbe the sayde pouder, and incontinent it will beginne to boyle and seeth: and when you see it boyle no more, it is a signe that the so∣dering and consolidation is made. And if there be any excrescence or risyng vp, you must diminishe it by rub∣binge it, for it wil not be fyled.