| | 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 | |