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An Excellent Writing Ink :/ Ignot
Rx Gum arabick three Ounces, Vitriol two- ?
Ounces, Galls three Ounces, White wine two pou
[nd]
and a half, beat the Gall, put them with the Wi
[ne]
into an Earthen Vessell, sett it in the sunn for
Six dayes, stirring them every day twice or thrice
then sett it over a moderate heat for half a day or a day,
[.]
a day, then strain it; then having dissolved som
[e]
Vitriol and Gum in a little Wine, put it into
it, then sett it in the sunn three days more, and
it is made; to keep it from friezing, put into i
[t]
a little Aqua Vitæ.
To Clean Silver
Rx the ashes of wheatstraw burnt, and rub
your silver with it.
To take Spots &c. out of Writing paper
or Parchment
Rx half an ounce of Roach Allom burnt, flower:
of Brimstone a like quantity, powder these well
An Excellent Writing Ink :/ Ignot
Rx Gum arabick three Ounces, Vitriol two- ?
Ounces, Galls three Ounces, White wine two pou
[nd]
and a half, beat the Gall, put them with the Wi
[ne]
into an Earthen Vessell, sett it in the sunn for
Six dayes, stirring them every day twice or thrice
then sett it over a moderate heat for half a day or a day,
[.]
a day, then strain it; then having dissolved som
[e]
Vitriol and Gum in a little Wine, put it into
it, then sett it in the sunn three days more, and
it is made; to keep it from friezing, put into i
[t]
a little Aqua Vitæ.
To Clean Silver
Rx the ashes of wheatstraw burnt, and rub
your silver with it.
To take Spots &c. out of Writing paper
or Parchment
Rx half an ounce of Roach Allom burnt, flower:
of Brimstone a like quantity, powder these well