the 3 water yt is red drawen out of ♄ is the best dissolver of ☉ et ☾. & /good to be given inward\ thē otherwise aqua regis but thē it must be well stopped & also put in a large re {sic} Retorte & well luted.
seawater sylver
dn̄s cut in thyn peeces at 5 or 6s the once & the fynest leafe golde ℥ß. at 40s.
Calcyne in a Crucible
Calendared text from MS Ashmole 335, f. 5r
