Peacham, Henry: The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c (London, 1661)

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3. Gum-lake.
Gum-lake is made with the glair of egs, ftrained os-
ten and very Chore, about March or Aprill: to which
about the quantity of a pint you must put two spoon-
sull of honey 3 and as much of Gumma Heder<e as a hasel
nut, and four good spoonfulls of the stro,ige(t wort you
can come by: then (train them again with a sponge,or
piece of wool, so fine as you can, and so long, till that
you see them run like a sine and clear oyl, keep it then
in a clean glass, it will grow hard, but you may resojve
it again with alittle clear water, asyou do Gum Ara-
bick ; it is moreover an excellent vernish for any pi-
cture.
4. Gum Arnmiacks
Take Gum Arm niack, and grind it with the juyee
of of Gar ick so fine as may be, to which put two or
threedrops of weak Gum r\rabick water, and temper
it so, tha. it may be not too thick, but that it may run
well out of your pen, and write therewith what you
will, and let ic dry , and when you mean to gild upon
it, cut your g«ld or iilver according to the bignessos
'-the size you have laid} and then let it with a piece of
wool in this manner: firit breath upon the fize, and
thtn lay on your gold upon it gently ta en up, which,
press down hard with your piece of wool, and then let
k well dry, being dried, with a sine linnen cloth stiike
off finely the loose gold : then (hall you find all that
you drew very fair gold, and clean as you have drawn
k, choagh it were assmall as any haire: it is caked gold
Armoniack, and is taken many times for liquid gold.

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