<page>147v</page>
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<div>
<id>p147v_1</id>
<figure>+</figure>
<head>Gect de <m>cuivre</m> allie de <m><figure>☾</figure></m><lb/>
qui est co{mm}e <m>soubdure</m> fort basse
<comment> This appears in a different ink that what comes before. See 86v for reference to "old K." We have no idea what this entire subtitle refers to. hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:21 AM </comment>ard[...]es<lb/>
et <m>vieulx K</m> et quelque Re sur xii</head>
<ab>Jen ay gecte le plus net que jay veu en fort petites figures<lb/>
& tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m> Jay gecte fort chault dans le moule<lb/>
tout rouge Et ay mis dans la matiere fondue de<add>s</add> <del>ceste</del><lb/>
deulx <del>matieres</del> compositions qui font courre l<m>argent</m> & ay<lb/>
faict co{mm}e si jeusse vouleu gecter <m>argent pur</m> Ceste ligue est<lb/>
blanche au bullitoire co{mm}e tout alliage qui tient tant soict<lb/>
peu de <m><figure>☾</figure></m> pour gecter quelque chose delicat use de ceste cy</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_2</id>
<head><m>Luth</m></head>
<ab>Il nen y a poinct de meilleur que celuy <del>qui ha</del> duquel<lb/>
tu as moule scavoir des lopins de tes moules Mays il fault choisir des mieulx recuits</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_3</id>
<head>Crusol</head>
<ab>Prens garde quil soict trois doigts de <del>fe</del> la bouche<lb/>
du souflet & que ledict souflet batte dess<del>us</del>oubs le cul du<lb/>
crusol aultrem{ent} il le refroidiroit</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_4</id>
<head>Gect de <m>letton</m></head>
<ab>Jay prins de celuy de poilonnes de <m>letton</m> qui sont battues<lb/>
& forgees tanvres <del>I</del>Layant bien chaufe je y ay gecte<lb/>
deulx ou trois grains co{mm}e pois de <m>sel armoniac</m> Cela<lb/>
la esclarcy co{mm}e un mirouer Estant fort blanc de force<lb/>
destre chault Jy ay gecte de la <m>calamine</m> crue & pure<lb/>
pulverisee Je lay gecte en son moule tout rouge Il est<lb/>
venu fort net & tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m> & creux par le revers<lb/>
Mays pourcequil avoit chappe Je lay recuit cest<lb/>
a dire rougy lay laisse refroidir puys lay mis au<lb/>
<m>blanchiment</m> dune partye de tartre crud & de la moictie<lb/>
de <m>sel commun</m> Ayant bien bouilly je lay grattebroisse<lb/>
en <m>eau clere</m> Et pourceque la premiere foys il nestoit
<note>
<margin>left-bottom</margin>Ne le laisse<lb/>
pas froidir en<lb/>
fondant Il faict<lb/>
tousjours une<lb/>
queue co{mm}e <m>verre</m><lb/>
fondu a cause<lb/>
de la <m>calamine</m><lb/>
communem{ent} le <m>letton</m><lb/>
doulx de poelonne<lb/>
vient rouge du gect<lb/>
mesmem[{ent}] quand il<lb/>
est long temps au<lb/>
foeu <del>m</del> pourceque la <m>calamine</m> sexhale<lb/>
Mays le <m>letton</m> aigre de chandelier vient jaulne & la <m>limaille</m> despingle</note>
<page>147v</page>
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<div>
<id>p147v_1</id>
<figure>+</figure>
<head>Gect de <m>cuivre</m> allié de <m><figure>☾</figure></m><lb/>
qui est co{mm}e <m>soubdure</m> fort basse ard[...]es<lb/>
et <m>vieulx K</m> et quelque Re sur xii</head>
<ab>J’en ay gecté le plus net que j’ay veu en fort petites figures<lb/>
& tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m>. J’ay gecté fort chault dans le moule<lb/>
tout rouge, et ay mis dans la matiere fondue des<lb/>
deulx compositions qui font courre l’<m>argent</m>, & ay<lb/>
faict co{mm}e si j’eusse vouleu gecter <m>argent pur</m>. Ceste ligue est<lb/>
blanche au bullitoire co{mm}e tout alliage qui tient tant soict<lb/>
peu de <m><figure>☾</figure></m>. Pour gecter quelque chose delicat, use de ceste cy.</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_2</id>
<head><m>Luth</m></head>
<ab>Il n’en y a poinct de meilleur que celuy duquel<lb/>
tu as moulé, sçavoir des lopins de tes moules. Mays il fault choisir des mieulx recuits.</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_3</id>
<head>Crusol</head>
<ab>Prens garde qu’il soict trois doigts de la bouche<lb/>
du souflet, & que ledict souflet batte dessoubs le cul du<lb/>
crusol, aultrem{ent} il le refroidiroit.</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_4</id>
<head>Gect de <m>letton</m></head>
<ab>J’ay prins de celuy de poilonnes de <m>letton</m> qui sont battues<lb/>
& forgées tanvres. L’ayant bien chaufé, je y ay gecté<lb/>
deulx ou trois grains co{mm}e pois de <m>sel armoniac</m>. Cela<lb/>
l’a esclarcy co{mm}e un mirouer. Estant fort blanc de force<lb/>
d’estre chault, j’y ay gecté de la <m>calamine</m> crue & pure<lb/>
pulverisée. Je l’ay gecté en son moule tout rouge. Il est<lb/>
venu fort net & tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m>, & creux par le revers.<lb/>
Mays pource qu’il avoit chappé, je l’ay recuit, c’est<lb/>
à dire rougy, l’ay laissé refroidir, puys l’ay mis au<lb/>
<m>blanchiment</m>, d’une partye de tartre crud & de la moictié<lb/>
de <m>sel commun</m>. Ayant bien bouilly, je l’ay grattebroissé<lb/>
en <m>eau clere</m>. Et pource que la premiere foys il n’estoit
<note>
<margin>left-bottom</margin>Ne le laisse<lb/>
pas froidir en<lb/>
fondant. Il faict<lb/>
tousjours une<lb/>
queue co{mm}e <m>verre</m><lb/>
fondu à cause<lb/>
de la <m>calamine</m>.<lb/></note>
<note>
Communem{ent}, le <m>letton</m><lb/>
doulx de poelonne<lb/>
vient rouge du gect<lb/>
mesmem[{ent}] quand il<lb/>
est long temps au<lb/>
foeu, pourceque la <m>calamine</m> s’exhale.<lb/>
Mays le <m>letton</m> aigre de chandelier vient jaulne & la <m>limaille</m> d’espingle.</note>
<page>147v</page>
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<div>
<id>p147v_1</id>
<figure>+</figure>
<head>Casting with <m>copper</m> alloyed with <m><figure>☾</figure></m>,
<comment> These seem to be materials, but their exact nature is not clear. We are left somewhat baffled. See 86v for "old K". hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:43 AM </comment>
which is like very low <m>solder</m> and ard[...]es and <m>old K</m> and some Re out of xii</head>
<ab>I have cast the cleanest I have ever seen, making very small figures as thin as paper. I have cast extremely hot in the very red mold, and have put into the melted mixture the two compositions which makes <m>silver</m> runny, and have done as if I wanted to throw with <m>pure silver</m>. This
<comment> This can be found in Cotgrave: "solder, 8 parts whereof be fine gold, 3 of silver and 3 of copper." hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:52 AM </comment>
<m>league</m> is white when it
<comment> This could be an implement, like a pot in which one boils things: bullitoire hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:53 AM </comment>
boils, as with every other alloy which contains even just a small bit of <m>silver</m>. To cast something very delicate, use this.</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_2</id>
<head><m>Lute</m></head>
<ab>There is none better than the one you have used to mold, that is to say lumps from your molds. But you need to choose some of the better recooked ones.</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_3</id>
<head>Crucible</head>
<ab>Beware that it should be three fingers away from the mouth of the bellows and that the aforesaid bellows is positioned underneath the bottom of the crucible, otherwise it will cool it down.</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_4</id>
<head><m>Latten</m> casting</head>
<ab>I have taken the one you find in <m>latten</m> skillets, which have been beaten and forged quite thinly. Having well-heated it, I threw in two or three grains, like beads of <m>sal ammonicac</m>. This will clarify it like a mirror, having turned very white from all the heating, I threw in it some crushed raw and pure <m>
<comment> See Cotgrave: "a certain yellow mineral substance, which fire consumes but melts not, that looks like gold; also the heavier soil of brass, or copper, which comes out of the sparkles and smoke that arise from the furnace and cleave to the roof and upper sides of the house , wherein it has melted." hgwacha June 10, 2015 2:15 AM </comment>
calamine</m>. The I casted it in its very red mold. Il cast cleanly and thin like <m>paper</m>, and hollow on the back. Because it has become crusty I cooked it again, which to means to say, I reddened it, and left it to cool, then put it in <m>bleach</m>, made partly with raw <m>tartar</m> and half of common <m>salt</m>. Having boiled it well, I brushed it in clear <m>water</m>, because the first time it was
<note>
<margin>left-bottom</margin>Do not let it cool down when melting. It always makes into filaments, as you would find with melted <m>glass</m>, because of the <m>calamine</m>. Usually, the soft <m>letten</m> of skillets, becomes red from casting, even when it has been in the fire for a longtime, because the <m>calamine</m> evaporates. But the brittle <m>letten</m> of candleholders becomes yellow,
<comment> We think this must be the translation of "et" because otherwise the sentence does not make sense. hgwacha June 10, 2015 2:29 AM </comment>
as well as the <m>filings</m> made of needles.</note>
<page>147v</page>
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<div>
<id>p147v_1</id>
<figure>+</figure>
<head>Gect de <m>cuivre</m> allie de <m><figure>☾</figure></m><lb/>
qui est co{mm}e <m>soubdure</m> fort basse
<comment> This appears in a different ink that what comes before. See 86v for reference to "old K." We have no idea what this entire subtitle refers to. hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:21 AM </comment>ard[...]es<lb/>
et <m>vieulx K</m> et quelque Re sur xii</head>
<ab>Jen ay gecte le plus net que jay veu en fort petites figures<lb/>
& tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m> Jay gecte fort chault dans le moule<lb/>
tout rouge Et ay mis dans la matiere fondue de<add>s</add> <del>ceste</del><lb/>
deulx <del>matieres</del> compositions qui font courre l<m>argent</m> & ay<lb/>
faict co{mm}e si jeusse vouleu gecter <m>argent pur</m> Ceste ligue est<lb/>
blanche au bullitoire co{mm}e tout alliage qui tient tant soict<lb/>
peu de <m><figure>☾</figure></m> pour gecter quelque chose delicat use de ceste cy</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_2</id>
<head><m>Luth</m></head>
<ab>Il nen y a poinct de meilleur que celuy <del>qui ha</del> duquel<lb/>
tu as moule scavoir des lopins de tes moules Mays il fault choisir des mieulx recuits</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_3</id>
<head>Crusol</head>
<ab>Prens garde quil soict trois doigts de <del>fe</del> la bouche<lb/>
du souflet & que ledict souflet batte dess<del>us</del>oubs le cul du<lb/>
crusol aultrem{ent} il le refroidiroit</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_4</id>
<head>Gect de <m>letton</m></head>
<ab>Jay prins de celuy de poilonnes de <m>letton</m> qui sont battues<lb/>
& forgees tanvres <del>I</del>Layant bien chaufe je y ay gecte<lb/>
deulx ou trois grains co{mm}e pois de <m>sel armoniac</m> Cela<lb/>
la esclarcy co{mm}e un mirouer Estant fort blanc de force<lb/>
destre chault Jy ay gecte de la <m>calamine</m> crue & pure<lb/>
pulverisee Je lay gecte en son moule tout rouge Il est<lb/>
venu fort net & tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m> & creux par le revers<lb/>
Mays pourcequil avoit chappe Je lay recuit cest<lb/>
a dire rougy lay laisse refroidir puys lay mis au<lb/>
<m>blanchiment</m> dune partye de tartre crud & de la moictie<lb/>
de <m>sel commun</m> Ayant bien bouilly je lay grattebroisse<lb/>
en <m>eau clere</m> Et pourceque la premiere foys il nestoit
<note>
<margin>left-bottom</margin>Ne le laisse<lb/>
pas froidir en<lb/>
fondant Il faict<lb/>
tousjours une<lb/>
queue co{mm}e <m>verre</m><lb/>
fondu a cause<lb/>
de la <m>calamine</m><lb/>
communem{ent} le <m>letton</m><lb/>
doulx de poelonne<lb/>
vient rouge du gect<lb/>
mesmem[{ent}] quand il<lb/>
est long temps au<lb/>
foeu <del>m</del> pourceque la <m>calamine</m> sexhale<lb/>
Mays le <m>letton</m> aigre de chandelier vient jaulne & la <m>limaille</m> despingle</note>
<page>147v</page>
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<div>
<id>p147v_1</id>
<figure>+</figure>
<head>Gect de <m>cuivre</m> allié de <m><figure>☾</figure></m><lb/>
qui est co{mm}e <m>soubdure</m> fort basse ard[...]es<lb/>
et <m>vieulx K</m> et quelque Re sur xii</head>
<ab>J’en ay gecté le plus net que j’ay veu en fort petites figures<lb/>
& tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m>. J’ay gecté fort chault dans le moule<lb/>
tout rouge, et ay mis dans la matiere fondue des<lb/>
deulx compositions qui font courre l’<m>argent</m>, & ay<lb/>
faict co{mm}e si j’eusse vouleu gecter <m>argent pur</m>. Ceste ligue est<lb/>
blanche au bullitoire co{mm}e tout alliage qui tient tant soict<lb/>
peu de <m><figure>☾</figure></m>. Pour gecter quelque chose delicat, use de ceste cy.</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_2</id>
<head><m>Luth</m></head>
<ab>Il n’en y a poinct de meilleur que celuy duquel<lb/>
tu as moulé, sçavoir des lopins de tes moules. Mays il fault choisir des mieulx recuits.</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_3</id>
<head>Crusol</head>
<ab>Prens garde qu’il soict trois doigts de la bouche<lb/>
du souflet, & que ledict souflet batte dessoubs le cul du<lb/>
crusol, aultrem{ent} il le refroidiroit.</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_4</id>
<head>Gect de <m>letton</m></head>
<ab>J’ay prins de celuy de poilonnes de <m>letton</m> qui sont battues<lb/>
& forgées tanvres. L’ayant bien chaufé, je y ay gecté<lb/>
deulx ou trois grains co{mm}e pois de <m>sel armoniac</m>. Cela<lb/>
l’a esclarcy co{mm}e un mirouer. Estant fort blanc de force<lb/>
d’estre chault, j’y ay gecté de la <m>calamine</m> crue & pure<lb/>
pulverisée. Je l’ay gecté en son moule tout rouge. Il est<lb/>
venu fort net & tanvre co{mm}e <m>papier</m>, & creux par le revers.<lb/>
Mays pource qu’il avoit chappé, je l’ay recuit, c’est<lb/>
à dire rougy, l’ay laissé refroidir, puys l’ay mis au<lb/>
<m>blanchiment</m>, d’une partye de tartre crud & de la moictié<lb/>
de <m>sel commun</m>. Ayant bien bouilly, je l’ay grattebroissé<lb/>
en <m>eau clere</m>. Et pource que la premiere foys il n’estoit
<note>
<margin>left-bottom</margin>Ne le laisse<lb/>
pas froidir en<lb/>
fondant. Il faict<lb/>
tousjours une<lb/>
queue co{mm}e <m>verre</m><lb/>
fondu à cause<lb/>
de la <m>calamine</m>.<lb/></note>
<note>
Communem{ent}, le <m>letton</m><lb/>
doulx de poelonne<lb/>
vient rouge du gect<lb/>
mesmem[{ent}] quand il<lb/>
est long temps au<lb/>
foeu, pourceque la <m>calamine</m> s’exhale.<lb/>
Mays le <m>letton</m> aigre de chandelier vient jaulne & la <m>limaille</m> d’espingle.</note>
<page>147v</page>
<image>http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10500001g/f300.image</image>
<div>
<id>p147v_1</id>
<figure>+</figure>
<head>Casting with <m>copper</m> alloyed with <m><figure>☾</figure></m>,
<comment> These seem to be materials, but their exact nature is not clear. We are left somewhat baffled. See 86v for "old K". hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:43 AM </comment>
which is like very low <m>solder</m> and ard[...]es and <m>old K</m> and some Re out of xii</head>
<ab>I have cast the cleanest I have ever seen, making very small figures as thin as paper. I have cast extremely hot in the very red mold, and have put into the melted mixture the two compositions which makes <m>silver</m> runny, and have done as if I wanted to throw with <m>pure silver</m>. This
<comment> This can be found in Cotgrave: "solder, 8 parts whereof be fine gold, 3 of silver and 3 of copper." hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:52 AM </comment>
<m>league</m> is white when it
<comment> This could be an implement, like a pot in which one boils things: bullitoire hgwacha June 10, 2015 1:53 AM </comment>
boils, as with every other alloy which contains even just a small bit of <m>silver</m>. To cast something very delicate, use this.</ab>
</div>
<div>
<id>p147v_2</id>
<head><m>Lute</m></head>
<ab>There is none better than the one you have used to mold, that is to say lumps from your molds. But you need to choose some of the better recooked ones.</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_3</id>
<head>Crucible</head>
<ab>Beware that it should be three fingers away from the mouth of the bellows and that the aforesaid bellows is positioned underneath the bottom of the crucible, otherwise it will cool it down.</ab></div>
<div>
<id>p147v_4</id>
<head><m>Latten</m> casting</head>
<ab>I have taken the one you find in <m>latten</m> skillets, which have been beaten and forged quite thinly. Having well-heated it, I threw in two or three grains, like beads of <m>sal ammonicac</m>. This will clarify it like a mirror, having turned very white from all the heating, I threw in it some crushed raw and pure <m>
<comment> See Cotgrave: "a certain yellow mineral substance, which fire consumes but melts not, that looks like gold; also the heavier soil of brass, or copper, which comes out of the sparkles and smoke that arise from the furnace and cleave to the roof and upper sides of the house , wherein it has melted." hgwacha June 10, 2015 2:15 AM </comment>
calamine</m>. The I casted it in its very red mold. Il cast cleanly and thin like <m>paper</m>, and hollow on the back. Because it has become crusty I cooked it again, which to means to say, I reddened it, and left it to cool, then put it in <m>bleach</m>, made partly with raw <m>tartar</m> and half of common <m>salt</m>. Having boiled it well, I brushed it in clear <m>water</m>, because the first time it was
<note>
<margin>left-bottom</margin>Do not let it cool down when melting. It always makes into filaments, as you would find with melted <m>glass</m>, because of the <m>calamine</m>. Usually, the soft <m>letten</m> of skillets, becomes red from casting, even when it has been in the fire for a longtime, because the <m>calamine</m> evaporates. But the brittle <m>letten</m> of candleholders becomes yellow,
<comment> We think this must be the translation of "et" because otherwise the sentence does not make sense. hgwacha June 10, 2015 2:29 AM </comment>
as well as the <m>filings</m> made of needles.</note>