Waxe is made white in this manner, firste that kinde of waxe (fit for this purpose) ought to be whiter and purer, and broken into little péeces, putte after into a newe earthen panne, pouring vppon it sufficient salt or sea water, and a lyttle Nitre brused, which séeth altogither. When the same bath boiled twice or thrice vp, remoue the panne from the fire: the waxe being throughly colde, take forth of the panne, and scraping off the filth, if any suche hang on, putte againe into newe salte water, séething it againe. And when the waxe hathe so often boyled (as aboue was taughte) then take off the panne from the fire, and taking the bottome of a newe earthen panne, melt it with colde water, whiche dippe by little and little into the waxe, drowning it a little, and that the water be aboue the waxe, whereby the waxe maye become verye thinne, and be the sooner cooled it selfe. And taking by and by oute the moulde or bottome, drawe firste the rounde cake off, and wetting againe the bottome in colde water, dip it into the waxe, and the same so long doe, vntill you haue drawne off all that waxe into cakes of like sorte, whiche after stitche throughe with thréede, hanging the cakes on a rope one from another, and that in the daye time often wetting them in the Sunne, but in the nighte time, in the Moone light: and so long doe this, vntill the waxe be white. And if anye desireth to haue waxe whiter than this, then let him do the like, as abouesaide, but boyle the waxe oftner. Some in stéede of the salte seawater, take strong Brine water, in whiche they boyle the waxe in the same manner twice or thrice, as aboue was taughte. And _Paulus Euerdus_ in his booke of Confections, teacheth the making of waxe white two manner of wayes. ¶ Howe you may make redde Waxe. Cap.xxxix. That you maye colour and make Waxe redde, take to one pounde of waxe, thrée ounces of verye cleare Turpentine, if it be in sommer, but if it be in winter, then take foure ounces. Now these disolue and melt togither ouer a soft fire, and taking it from the fire, let it coole a little, after which put in your Vermillian finely ground on a Marble stone, and of swéete Salet Oyle, of eache one ounce, mixing these well, stirre al togither, diligently. But some in stéede of Vermilion, doe take the reede leade, which is little commended, except there be thrée times so muche of the redde leade, as of the Vermilion putte in. And in the like sorte may you make the gréene Waxe, if instéede of the Vermillian, you take so much of the gréene Coporas finely ground, as you did of the Vermilian. ¶ Howe to drawe a profitable Oyle out of Waxe, for sundrie vses. Cap.xl.