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Book.1. If a Glas be cracked, then wet a linnen cloth in the white of an Egge beaten to water, and lay upon it, an upon that preently whilet it is wet ift ome unlaked Lime, and pres it cloe with your hand, when that is dry lay on another cloth thus wet as before, and on it ift more Lime. A veell may be topt o cloe with Quick-ilver that no Spirit can breathe forth, by which means the Glas will be preerved from breaking by the incloed Spirits, (for the head will firt yeeld before the Glas breaks) the Veel mut be made thus.

This alo is a good way to preerve Spirits already ditilled from the air, A, Signifies the head or cover. B, The body or veel it elf. C, The little Glas to take out the Liquor that is in the Veell becaue it cannot well be poured out, as by reaon of the Quick-ilver which will be apt to be lot, o by reaon of the form of the Veel it elf. D, A fale bottom where the Quick-ilver mut lye, into which the head mut be et upon the Quick-ilver that o the Quick-ilver may come above the bottome of the Head. B 3Alo