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)

Lib> i. Drawings and Limming.
Another sair red upon Glass,
Take a quantity os Dragons blood, called in La-
tine Sanguis Vraconis, beat it into fine powder in a
Mortar, and put it in a linnen cloth, and put thereto
strong Aquavitas, and strain them together in a pot,
and. use them when you need.
Another excellent green upon Glass.
Take a quantity of Vertgreese, and grind it very
well with Turpentine, when you have done, put it in-«
to a pot, and as often as you use it warm it on the sire.
To ma\e a sair (farnat ion upon a Glass.
Take an ounce of Tinne-glass, one quarter of Gum,
of J et three ounces,of red Oker five ounces,and grind
them together.
Another Blacky
Take a quantity of Iron scales, and so many Cop-
per scales, and weigh them one againsi: another, and
half as much Jet, and mix them well together.
Before you occupy your scales, let them be damped
small, and put them into a clean fire Ih >vell, and set
them upon the fire till they be red hot, and they will
be the better.
Another Carnation,.
Take a quantity of Jet, and hals as much Silver,
seum or glass tinne, and half as much of Iron scales, a
quarter as much of gum, and so much red chalk as all
these do weigh, and grind it.
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