| That he hadde in our matier sublymynge | |
| And in a malgamynge and Calcenynge | |
| Of quiksiluer I clepid mercury crude | |
| For alle our slightis we can not conclude | |
55 | Our orpement and sublymyd mercury | |
| Our grounden litarge eke on the perfury | |
| Of eche of theym of vncis a certeyn | |
| Not helpith vs our labour is in veyn | |
| And eek our spiritis assensioun | |
60 | Ne our maters that liyn al fix a doun | |
| Mowe vs in our workynge onys auaylle | |
| For lost is al our labour and trauaylle | |
| And the coste a twenty deuyl wey | |
| Is lost whiche we on it leye | |
65 | Ther is also ful many anothir thing | |
| That is to our craft apperteynyng | |
| Though I be ordre hem reherce ne can | |
| As bool Armoniak veertgrece boras | |
| And sondry vessellis made of erthe & glas | |
| Our vrynalis and oure descensories | |
| Violis crossolettis and sublimotorijs | |
75 | Turokis and Alembikis eke | |
| And other suche dere ynow a leek | |
| Not nedith it to reherce hem alle | |
| Watirs rubyfiyng and bores galle | |
| Arsenyk sal Armoniak and brymstone | |
80 | And erbis eek coude I telle many on | |
| As Egremoigne valerian and lunarye | |
| And other suche yf me list to tarye | |