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1611 novemb. 4. h. 2. p m

novēb. 4 we did put f elixir to quicksivr {sic} purged. & they would not incorporate. & wee did put it to halfe a french crowne melted & it vanished into a smoke & would not mix togeathr. We did put of the dryed pouder also vnto two onces & a halfe of ☿ purifyed ʒj. & of the other gūmy licour we put ʒij. but it would not cotten. nor incorporate wth it nor fix it. Afterward we did put other white ☿ sublymed. & they seemed to mix.

Calendared text from MS Ashmole 200, f. 186r (upper left part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘NOTE5243’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/notes/NOTE5243, accessed 29 October 2026.