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A, The crooked pipe. B, The Glae-body. Or upon the top of a Glae-topple there may be fatened ome lead, that if the pirit be too trong it will onely heave up the Stopple and let it fall down again. C, The Glae-topple with lead on the top. D, The mouth of the veell itelf.

Ut what matter you pleae into a bolt head with a long neck or pipe, put this pipe through a pan that hath a little hole made in the bottome thereof, that the top of it may be three or four inches above the pan, cloe up the hole round about the pipe with clay, then put coals in the pan and kindle firt thoe that are furthet off from the pipe that the heat may come by degrees to the pipe (for otherwie a uddain heat will break it) when the pipe is hot, blow the coals about it til it melt, then with a pair of heares cut it off where it is melted, and then with a pair of tongs cloe it together. Note that after you have cloed it you mut put the burning coals upon the top thereof, and let it thus tand till all be cold which