I am he who was born before my father, the third part of the men slain, then I returned into my mother's womb.

To wash brushes.

Lye of oak-ash, and then quicklime and a little rock alum.

Glue to work on cloth. White water-birdlime, 4 ounces; turpentine, 1 ounce; honey, 1 ounce; sagapenum, 1/4 ounce; white soap, 1/24 ounce; walnut oil, 1/12 ounce.

And you shall dry this composition in the sun and make it into a paste, and when you wish to use it put a little of it to soak in well-water.

You can also do it with pincers or other carved presses that squeeze the part which is to be dyed by boiling, leaving certain small holes that register with the stamp, that is, where the colour is to dye the cloth.

You can also weave it tightly, in the manner of tapestry cloth, and then wet and shear and finish it, that is, a little as would be the leg of a stocking.

[Editorial note: after 'shear' the letters 'he g' are struck out.]

Rule of Boethius taken from Pythagoras.

Take the first number above 7, which is 8, and add it to the first number below 7, which is 6: add 8 and 6, it makes 14, of which the half is 7. Then add the following numbers, the greater with the lesser, as long as there are any, and always the half will be 7; as you see:

9 and 5 make 14, the half is 7

10 and 4 make 14, the half is 7

11 and 3 make 14, the half is 7

12 and 2 make 14, the half is 7

13 and 1 make 14, the half is 7.

8 and 6, 9 and 5, 10 and 4, 11 and 3, 12 and 2, 13 and 1

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If you want a good clear varnish made without fire, cut into the juniper, and the gum that flows from such cuts mix with old walnut oil, well purified and white. You shall make this mixture with your finger in a cup in the sun. And cut such juniper in April, that is, about the end of March.

To make colours on woollen cloth of various kinds and patterns. Take the cut stockings and stretch them on a frame in the manner of embroiderers, and pounce your design and apply glue on this side and that of the outline of the pouncing, so that it be strong so that it does not run into the cloth. And if you could apply it with a stamp of carved wood according to your design, it would be good. Then let it dry well, and when this is done, trace over the pounced points with aqua fortis of whatever sort you please. Let us say the cloth is green and you wish to make on it purple, blue and yellow flowers. For the blue take strong vinegar; for the purple, over that blue apply boiled kermes-water laid on with the brush; and for the yellow take aqua fortis, and if you wish to outline, use the dyers' black tint. And if the stockings were white, apply over the pounced points whatever colour you please, some boiling and some cold, such as indigo and the like. Then wash and keep it moist; once you have washed it well, keep it soaking so long in warm water that the glue dissolves, and that suffices.

60 has these parts, which are figured below: 1/60 which is 1, 1/30 which is 2, 1/20 which is 3, 1/15 which is 4, 1/12 which is 5, 1/10 which is 6, 1/6 which is 10, 1/5 which is 12, 1/4 which is 15, 1/3 which is 20, 1/2 which is 30, 1/1 which is 60.

And by this number a whole one should be divided, and it will be useful.

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