To lay golde or siluer on syse.

FIrst cut the leaues of gold or Siluer in peeces with a sharpe knife, or a knife made of a great reede vppon a little bord as broade as a trencher couered with a calues skin raysed or vnderstuffed with wooll or floxe or else vn∣stuffed▪ then shalt thou with a pensill weat lightlye on thy mouth weat thy syse, so it be a little moyste, and then weat thy pensill agayne in thy mouth on the same wise, and touche thy golde or siluer that thou hast cutte by a corner lightlye, and laye it on thy syse, before made a little moyst, and then thou shalt take the tayle of an hare, of a conney, or a peece of cotton & lightly presse it down on thy syse, & when thou hast thus done, let it drye vntill it be wel dryed, then burnishe it: for if thou shalte burnishe it weate thou shalt rubbe of all, and when it is well dryed, take the tuske that thou doest burnish with and drie it, and heat it well on thy cheeke, then burnish thy golde firste softlye, and then harder vntill it shine, but burnish it not ouer long, for dreade of apparing. And when thou haste well burnished it, then take a white woollen cloth or an Page  [unnumbered] hares foote, and rubbe all away, saue it which cleaueth to the sise, & if ther be any place faultie, so that the gold faile for drynesse of the syse, then weat it agayne and lay on the golde, and dry it and burnish it as you did before.