“_To make red porcelane Cley._--Take Cley sifted twenty pounds. Ffine dark Earth fifteen pounds. White ꝑ. Cyprus five pounds. Mingle & tread. “_To make a bright red Cley w^{th} 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 y^m together upon the Cley, and spread them to lye leuell, y^n mingle all y^e 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 1^{st}, 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 y^e 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 y^m 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 y^e 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.