“To make a bright red Cley wth Staffordshire red Cley.—Take sifted Staffordshire Cley thirty pounds. ffine dark twenty pounds. Mingle & tread.
“The fine Stone Cley.—Take sifted cley sixty pounds ffine white fourteen pounds. ffine white sand sifted ten pounds. Mingle and tread. The best way of weighing and mingling this Cley is, 1, To weigh thirty pounds of Cley & put that into ye mingling box, 2, To weigh thirty pounds of Cley and put that also into ye mingling box. Spreading all the Cley till it lye Leuell. 3, Then weigh fourteen pounds of fine white, & ten pounds of fine white sand, and pour ym together upon the Cley, and spread them to lye leuell, yn mingle all ye grate Shouell.
“The fine white Cley for Gorges & Cans.—Take Cley sifted three and thirty pound, ffine white thirty pounds. Mingle & tread. The readiest way of weighing and mingling this Cley is 1st, Weigh three and thirty pounds of Cley and put it into ye mingling box, spreading it abroad till it lye leuell, 2, Weigh thirty pounds of fine white, put it into the mingling box vpon the Cley, spreading it to the leuell, then mingle them with ye grate Shouell.
“The like fine white Cley in smaller quantity if occasion require.—Take Cley sifted two & twenty pounds, ffine white twenty pounds. Weigh the white first, and lay the Cley a top, mingling ym in the scale.
“The fine white Cley for dishes or Teapots to endure boiling water.—Take Cley sifted two & twenty pounds ffine white twenty pounds. White ꝑ. Cyprus six pounds. Weigh these one vpon another and mingle them in ye Scale.
“‘9ber[43] 1695. An Essay towards a China Glasse.—Take calcin’d sand six ounces, ffine white sand two ounces. Mingle and melt them vnder the ffurnace into a white hard glasse. Take of the set white hard glasse beated & sifted half a pound. White Lead two ounces. Mingle & melt them into a glasse to be ground for a china glasse.’ ‘Not (note) yt in burning China you must set pots near the wideness of ye Arches and set them 6 inches distant from one another and from the wall. The little furnace where the last Red Teapots were burnt I take to be a convenient one for this vse.’
“1691 March 14. To make a gray Porcellane by Salt.—Take eighteen pound of fine white Earth, two pound of fine pale Earth, twenty pound of Cley, six pound of vnground White Earth sifted through Cyprus sieve; mingle & tread. This is a strong hardy Cley, fit for Garden pots, teapots, dishes &c.
“1691 March 15. To make a blew porcellane Cley to be turn’d into vessells or to spot and inlay pots of any other Porcellane.—Take fiue pounds of Cley, fiue pound of ye fine White Earth, one pound of zaffer fine ground-dryd and done through a midling hair Sieve, mingle & tread. If it be wetted with the white water ’twill be the brighter.
“To make another blew porc: Cley more bright.—Take six pound of fine White Earth, four pound of Cley, one pound of zaffer ground fine dry’d & sifted through ye midling hair sieve, mingle, and tread them wth the white water.
“1692 July 12. To make a blew porcell: Cley of inlaying or to turn into vessells.—Take fine white two ounces. White ꝑ. Cyp’s sieve one ounce. Best Smalt one ounce. Cley three ounces.