Take a pound of copper plates thin beaten & put it over the fyer vuntill it chang col{ore} & looke blewe & then
Take horse hoofe or {sic} buls hoofe s w burnt bat beate it to poudr salt peter ℥iij Arsnick ℥iij bolearmoniak halfe a pounde poudered boyle all togeathr & Annoynt & batter yr copper {rou}nd about thicke. & this will blanch it to looke white like silver. then burne it in the fyer vntill it looke blacke. then wth quicksil{ver} mortifyed & vinegar dippe a scrape brush made {wth} fyer & wash it vntill it looke white Samps{on}
Calendared text from MS Ashmole 193, f. 146v (upper part of page)

