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& let it melt 1/4 of an hour, or
longer, & clear it from y scales
that swim at top: then pour
it through a whisk, or birch
broom, into a sharp [Dr?],
made either of quicklime &
vine-branch ashes, or salt of
tartar, or caput mortuum of
distilled spirit of mitre, or such
like, & copper will corn fine
& nice; then take it out of ye
[Dr?] & let it melt again as
before; repeat this 4 times [Dr?]\
-ing inorder to purify ye
copper & when y copper is well
purifyed m[Dr?] it over again;
& when in fusion,