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two quarterns and an half of lime juice; all which muft be pre-
pared as in the pearl and flame colour.
jc-^ Albert FLAMEN, in certain plates of birds, beafls,
y\^, and fifhes, made this mark.
JL Alexander Badiali, a painter and engraver of Bo-
logna ; and Another Bofs, a native of France, alfo ufed this mark,,
FLATTERY, is reprefented, in painting, by a woman in an
affected wanton habit, playing upon a flute; a buck at her feet
faff, afleep, with a bee-hive by her fide.—The buck denotes flat-
tery, becaufe he is fo charmed with mufic that he lets himfelf be
taken ; the bees are a true emblem of it, carrying honey in their
mouth, and a fecret fting in their tails.
To dye ivoollen fluffs', &c. a FLESH colour. Firft boil the {tuff
or cloth for two hours, in a liquor, made with a pound of alum,
a pound of calcined tartar, four ounces of cerufs, and three
ounces and an half of arfenic; then take it out, leaving the fuds
over the fire ; and the next morning prepare a liquor, made with
two pounds of good leather fhreds, a quarter of a pound of Or-
leans, two ounces of turmeric, and an ounce and an half of aqua-
fortis.
Another. Boil the cloth, for an'hour, in a liquor made with
three pounds and an half of alum, four ounces of cerufs, and three
ounces of arfenic ; pour off the water, and rinfe the fluff in run-
ning water, and then make a liquor of eight pounds of madder,
and two ounces of fal armoniac; let them lie a night to diffolve ;
then boil them a little, adding one ounce of pot-afhes; then
pour fome of this upon the ftuff in the other kettle ; and, as of-
ten as it is poured on, fo often you dye, fo that you may leave
off when it is light dyed, or deepen it as you pleafe ; and, if you
would have it very deep, mix with the pot-afhes an ounce and
an half of borax, and that will alfo give it a beautiful luftre.
A paler Flesh colour. This dye muft be made juft as the laft*
except that there muft be but half the fame quantity of ingre-
dients, and that without any galls.
A Spaniff) Flesh colour. For every pound of ware, take
two ounces of tartar, a quarter of an ounce of cochineal, a quar-
ter of an ounce of ftarch, to which add half an ounce, when the
former has been a little while in the fuds.
Then, having diffolved two ounces of filings of tin in three
ounces of aqua-fortis in the funfhine, put the cochineal into the
liquor by degrees; and, when it boils, put in the aqua-fortis, and,
a little after that, put in the goods to be dyed, adding a quarter
of an ounce of cream of tartar, or the moft fubtile tartar; half
an ounce of fiarch, half an ounce of lemon juice, and half an
ounce of cochineal; boil for a quarter of an hour, or as you fee
occafiun.
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two quarterns and an half of lime juice; all which muft be pre-
pared as in the pearl and flame colour.
jc-^ Albert FLAMEN, in certain plates of birds, beafls,
y\^, and fifhes, made this mark.
JL Alexander Badiali, a painter and engraver of Bo-
logna ; and Another Bofs, a native of France, alfo ufed this mark,,
FLATTERY, is reprefented, in painting, by a woman in an
affected wanton habit, playing upon a flute; a buck at her feet
faff, afleep, with a bee-hive by her fide.—The buck denotes flat-
tery, becaufe he is fo charmed with mufic that he lets himfelf be
taken ; the bees are a true emblem of it, carrying honey in their
mouth, and a fecret fting in their tails.
To dye ivoollen fluffs', &c. a FLESH colour. Firft boil the {tuff
or cloth for two hours, in a liquor, made with a pound of alum,
a pound of calcined tartar, four ounces of cerufs, and three
ounces and an half of arfenic; then take it out, leaving the fuds
over the fire ; and the next morning prepare a liquor, made with
two pounds of good leather fhreds, a quarter of a pound of Or-
leans, two ounces of turmeric, and an ounce and an half of aqua-
fortis.
Another. Boil the cloth, for an'hour, in a liquor made with
three pounds and an half of alum, four ounces of cerufs, and three
ounces of arfenic ; pour off the water, and rinfe the fluff in run-
ning water, and then make a liquor of eight pounds of madder,
and two ounces of fal armoniac; let them lie a night to diffolve ;
then boil them a little, adding one ounce of pot-afhes; then
pour fome of this upon the ftuff in the other kettle ; and, as of-
ten as it is poured on, fo often you dye, fo that you may leave
off when it is light dyed, or deepen it as you pleafe ; and, if you
would have it very deep, mix with the pot-afhes an ounce and
an half of borax, and that will alfo give it a beautiful luftre.
A paler Flesh colour. This dye muft be made juft as the laft*
except that there muft be but half the fame quantity of ingre-
dients, and that without any galls.
A Spaniff) Flesh colour. For every pound of ware, take
two ounces of tartar, a quarter of an ounce of cochineal, a quar-
ter of an ounce of ftarch, to which add half an ounce, when the
former has been a little while in the fuds.
Then, having diffolved two ounces of filings of tin in three
ounces of aqua-fortis in the funfhine, put the cochineal into the
liquor by degrees; and, when it boils, put in the aqua-fortis, and,
a little after that, put in the goods to be dyed, adding a quarter
of an ounce of cream of tartar, or the moft fubtile tartar; half
an ounce of fiarch, half an ounce of lemon juice, and half an
ounce of cochineal; boil for a quarter of an hour, or as you fee
occafiun.
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