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firft boiled, alumed, and rinfed, put them into the kettle, and boii
them for an hour ; then foak them in the liquor a whole night,
and in the morning wring them out, rinfe, and beat them ; and
afterwards brown them a little, till they become lufficiently
deep.
To dye filk a Fillemot. Firft dye the fiffc in the laft-men-
tioned yellow ; then, for every pound of filk, take a quarter of a
pound of blue Provence wood ; boil it in a bag as ufual for half
an hour, in the quantity of a pail of water; take the bag out,
and let the fads fland to cool, till you can juft bear your hand
in it; then lay the yellow filk to foak in it for a full hour ;-then
take it out, and boil a fufficient quantity of powdered foot in
half a pail of water for half an hour, and afterwards put in the
filk: When it is taken out, let it be rinfed in a good flrong ley
of wood afhes, and after that in river water, and then hang it
out to dry.
An excellent invention to make a fieafant coal FIRE. Take
of the beft Newcaftle coals, pounded fmall, three parts ; loam
one part; mix them well together into a mafs with water; make
them up into balls, and dry them well. This fire is durable,
fweet, and not offenfive, by reafon of the fmoak or cinders, as
other coal fires are; but burns as well in a chamber as charcoal
itfelf.
Fire and flames, in miniature, are coloured, the lights with
mafticote and orpiment; and, for the fhades, vermilion and
carmine.
Yi^-Worh. See PYROTECHNY.
To dye filk of a Fire colour. Alum your filk ; then tie up half
a pound of brafil in a bag to each pound of filk, and lay it in
liquor for half an hour ; then take it out, and put in an ounce of
beaten turmeric; let the dye diffolve, and when it is cold take
out the filk, and put the bag in again with fome ley ; boil it a-
gain, and then take out the bag, and put in the filk, leaving it
in till it is cold ; then rinfe and dry it.
To dye a FLAME colour. It being firft dyed yellow, boil two
ounces of fulfil wood, and an ounce of pot-afhes, for every pound
of woollen fluffs, for half an hour; ftir it very well, and then
put in the fluffs; work it till the colour is to your mind j then
rinfe it out.
To dye filk a Flame colour. Firft boil, rinfe, beat, and dry
the filk, and for every pound take two ounces of Orleans, diffolve
it in warm water, and wave the filk to and fro in it till it is juft
ready to boil, which it muft not be fuffered to do ; then rinfe
and beat the filk ; and afterwards, to every pound of filk, take
fix pounds of wild faffron, prepared as directed in the Spanifh
fkfh colour, or in carnation, four ounces and an half of pot-afhes,
two
firft boiled, alumed, and rinfed, put them into the kettle, and boii
them for an hour ; then foak them in the liquor a whole night,
and in the morning wring them out, rinfe, and beat them ; and
afterwards brown them a little, till they become lufficiently
deep.
To dye filk a Fillemot. Firft dye the fiffc in the laft-men-
tioned yellow ; then, for every pound of filk, take a quarter of a
pound of blue Provence wood ; boil it in a bag as ufual for half
an hour, in the quantity of a pail of water; take the bag out,
and let the fads fland to cool, till you can juft bear your hand
in it; then lay the yellow filk to foak in it for a full hour ;-then
take it out, and boil a fufficient quantity of powdered foot in
half a pail of water for half an hour, and afterwards put in the
filk: When it is taken out, let it be rinfed in a good flrong ley
of wood afhes, and after that in river water, and then hang it
out to dry.
An excellent invention to make a fieafant coal FIRE. Take
of the beft Newcaftle coals, pounded fmall, three parts ; loam
one part; mix them well together into a mafs with water; make
them up into balls, and dry them well. This fire is durable,
fweet, and not offenfive, by reafon of the fmoak or cinders, as
other coal fires are; but burns as well in a chamber as charcoal
itfelf.
Fire and flames, in miniature, are coloured, the lights with
mafticote and orpiment; and, for the fhades, vermilion and
carmine.
Yi^-Worh. See PYROTECHNY.
To dye filk of a Fire colour. Alum your filk ; then tie up half
a pound of brafil in a bag to each pound of filk, and lay it in
liquor for half an hour ; then take it out, and put in an ounce of
beaten turmeric; let the dye diffolve, and when it is cold take
out the filk, and put the bag in again with fome ley ; boil it a-
gain, and then take out the bag, and put in the filk, leaving it
in till it is cold ; then rinfe and dry it.
To dye a FLAME colour. It being firft dyed yellow, boil two
ounces of fulfil wood, and an ounce of pot-afhes, for every pound
of woollen fluffs, for half an hour; ftir it very well, and then
put in the fluffs; work it till the colour is to your mind j then
rinfe it out.
To dye filk a Flame colour. Firft boil, rinfe, beat, and dry
the filk, and for every pound take two ounces of Orleans, diffolve
it in warm water, and wave the filk to and fro in it till it is juft
ready to boil, which it muft not be fuffered to do ; then rinfe
and beat the filk ; and afterwards, to every pound of filk, take
fix pounds of wild faffron, prepared as directed in the Spanifh
fkfh colour, or in carnation, four ounces and an half of pot-afhes,
two