The Mysteryes of Nature and Art / Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention

by John Bate

Take a shell of gold, and put a little gum-water unto it, and temper it together, and then you may write with it as with other colours.

To make Azure, or bise sadder.

Take blew Turnsole, wet it in gum-water, and then wring it out, and mixe it either with Bise, or else over-shadow the Bise with it.

Red Colour.

Take Vermillion, and temper it with gumme water: His false colour is two parts vermillion, and a third part ceruse.

Another Red.

Take russet, and temper it with gumme-water, clay it with ceruse, and sad it with it selfe.

Another Red.

Take Brassill in grosse powder, allum in powder: steep them in gum water a night and a day: then straine it, and keepe it for use.

A greene Colour.