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eight days, fHrring it, as occafion requires ; and after this you
may dye with it, fifft putting in a pint of brandy.
J receipt to make a dye good. When it fhall happen that the
dye begins to work off, you ought to confider what time of the
month it was made, and what time worked ; then put three
pailfuls of water into a kettle, and add to it two ounces of bo-
rax, half a pound of agaric, and a quarter of a pound of li-
tharge of filver ; four ounces of madder, half a pint of brandy,
and a quarter of a pound of verdigreafe ; boil thefe all together
for an hour, and then put them into the dye, and let it ftand
to fettle for a fortnight, ftirring it often.—Then make a liquor
of two pounds of fenna leaves, two pounds of gentian, one
pound of agaric, and two pounds of pomegranate fhells; boil thertl
together for two hours, and then pour them into the dye ; when
this has been done, the longer you dye with it, the finer Black
colour will be produced ; but particular care muff, be taken
that no foot get into it, for that will fpoil it paft all help.
But, if any greafe or tallow happens to fall into the dye, let
it cool and take it clean out, and, if you cannot fee it, make
the ladle red-hot and {fir the dye about, and that will confume
or burn up any greafinefs; alfo fill two or three canvas bags
with bran, and hang them in the dve while it is hot, and let
it continue two or three hours; then take out the bags, and
cover the dye with brown paper 5 and that will attract all the
greafinefs of it.
But when the dye begins to decay, whenever you dye, you
muff ftrengthen and refrefh it in the morning with fix pounds
of gum, fix pounds of copperas, four pounds of filings, and a
quarter of a pail of ley; then dye with it, three days, fix pounds
of filk at a time.
When the filk is dyed, it muff be boiled, and galled as fol-
lows :—To every pound of filk take twelve ounces of galls,
and boil them two hours ; then wring the filk, and lay it in
the liquor for two nights and a day.
A Black Dye for re-dying hats or any thing that has loji its
Black colour. Take half a pound of blue Provence wood, boil
it in a pint of {tr©ng beer, till half of it be confumed ; then add
half a pound of vitriol, and an ounce of verdigreafe 5 take
out the wood, and put in a quarter of an ounce of gum traga-
canth j let it ftand, and, when you have occafion to ufe it, dip
a little brum in it, and fo {freak it over the hat, wool, or filk,
and it will give a fine lafting Black.
BLACKNESS, is the quality of a Black body, or a colour
arifing from fuch a texture and fituation of the fuperficial parts
of the body, as does as it were deaden or rather abforb the light
falling on it, without reflecting any or very little of it to the eye.
Vol. I. £ Sir
eight days, fHrring it, as occafion requires ; and after this you
may dye with it, fifft putting in a pint of brandy.
J receipt to make a dye good. When it fhall happen that the
dye begins to work off, you ought to confider what time of the
month it was made, and what time worked ; then put three
pailfuls of water into a kettle, and add to it two ounces of bo-
rax, half a pound of agaric, and a quarter of a pound of li-
tharge of filver ; four ounces of madder, half a pint of brandy,
and a quarter of a pound of verdigreafe ; boil thefe all together
for an hour, and then put them into the dye, and let it ftand
to fettle for a fortnight, ftirring it often.—Then make a liquor
of two pounds of fenna leaves, two pounds of gentian, one
pound of agaric, and two pounds of pomegranate fhells; boil thertl
together for two hours, and then pour them into the dye ; when
this has been done, the longer you dye with it, the finer Black
colour will be produced ; but particular care muff, be taken
that no foot get into it, for that will fpoil it paft all help.
But, if any greafe or tallow happens to fall into the dye, let
it cool and take it clean out, and, if you cannot fee it, make
the ladle red-hot and {fir the dye about, and that will confume
or burn up any greafinefs; alfo fill two or three canvas bags
with bran, and hang them in the dve while it is hot, and let
it continue two or three hours; then take out the bags, and
cover the dye with brown paper 5 and that will attract all the
greafinefs of it.
But when the dye begins to decay, whenever you dye, you
muff ftrengthen and refrefh it in the morning with fix pounds
of gum, fix pounds of copperas, four pounds of filings, and a
quarter of a pail of ley; then dye with it, three days, fix pounds
of filk at a time.
When the filk is dyed, it muff be boiled, and galled as fol-
lows :—To every pound of filk take twelve ounces of galls,
and boil them two hours ; then wring the filk, and lay it in
the liquor for two nights and a day.
A Black Dye for re-dying hats or any thing that has loji its
Black colour. Take half a pound of blue Provence wood, boil
it in a pint of {tr©ng beer, till half of it be confumed ; then add
half a pound of vitriol, and an ounce of verdigreafe 5 take
out the wood, and put in a quarter of an ounce of gum traga-
canth j let it ftand, and, when you have occafion to ufe it, dip
a little brum in it, and fo {freak it over the hat, wool, or filk,
and it will give a fine lafting Black.
BLACKNESS, is the quality of a Black body, or a colour
arifing from fuch a texture and fituation of the fuperficial parts
of the body, as does as it were deaden or rather abforb the light
falling on it, without reflecting any or very little of it to the eye.
Vol. I. £ Sir