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 &ensp;Then removing the ground and the wax at a heat, &ensp;Cleanse the surface with oil, spermaceti or sweet— For your hand a performance scarce proper— &ensp;So some careful professional person secure, &ensp;For the laundress will not be a safe amateur, To assist you in cleaning the copper.

&ensp;Thus your etching complete, it remains but to hint &ensp;That with certain assistance from paper and print, Which the proper mechanic will settle, &ensp;You may charm all your friends—without any sad tale &ensp;Of such perils and ills as beset Lady Sale— With a fine India Proof of your metal."