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How þou schalt temp[er] þi colourng to
symnge. And how thou schal make asyse
to kowche gost on bokus.
firste that schal make aplit tias · and saye
drawe hit with roset·
ffor to make syse for golde lett[er][us]
take dryȝe kalke [and] of þe softeste· [and] schaf
hit [and] grynde hit on amolur wiþ colde
glayre· and alit wat wip· [and] alitus saffr[o]n
let hit ſtonde aſeniʒch or ʒe worche wt
Hit [and] ich day stepe hit oons · but be war
þat þou do not on mekel gleyr þ[at] to· for
þen hit wol be to stif· þ[at] for meengiþ þa[t]
wiþ discrecion· [and] looke þat þi syse be
sudeel stondante·
ffor to asay þi syse if hit be touȝth y
nowȝe drepe hit on a cole· [and] we[n] hit
is driȝe· ȝif hit be plyant [and] breke not
þe hit is good· zif hit breke put a
litel wat[er] þer to· [and] make hit wayker ·
and alitul ȝeere wax þ to· [and] looke how
þ[a]t hit wol cleue to þe booke · [and] ȝif hit
do not pitt gleys i to z make htt scg
hemoy syse is soden e lengur hit
ioti pe bet hit is
how thon schalt say thi syse on thileffyn
taken apensel and sey eu thi syse iperfo
substannal · or elsis seth oon beedfinst
and set hit anyo and seethe anoy · and set hıt
any · and then mothfoer hit wth byooth · and shauo