A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..
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A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..
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Imprinted at London :: by Edward Allde.,
1586..
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Magic tricks -- Early works to 1800.
Puzzles -- Early works to 1800.
Amusements -- Early works to 1800.
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"A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B07761.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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¶ To make a Candle to burne a proper secret.
FOR to doo this, firste make a wéecke of Sylke, and infuse the same in the Oyle of
Hemp séed, and when the wéecke shal be sufficiently soked, role the same in
Snowe, vntil it be of the dig∣nesse of a great Candle, whereby it maye so be well wrought
together, & after light the same, setting it in a sticke, and it will giue the like light
as a Wax Candle. Al∣so make a Candle of Purpen stone & waxe together, about the which role
Snow, and the Snowe will burne vntil it be all wa∣sted. Also take Snowe, and mixe therwith the
powder of Camphire, and of the same make a Candle, and it will burne being lighted.
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