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Tablets

Some are made from boxwood inlaid with ebony, sandalwood, ivory, or gold and silver like damascening. Then one writes on it with silverpoint, and next erases it with a cuttlefish bone by rubbing them.

Making letters easier to read

One cuts the largest pieces of beryl or crystal round on one side and flat on the other, then one fits it with a little handle and puts the flat side on the letter

Stamping

If you have some bronze medal & you want to make it very light, make a hollow of lead of it, then spread upon it a thin plate of gold, or sheets of lead or annealed silver recuit, & set your bronze medal on top & strike with a wooden mallet.

Softening horn

Those who mount acou Agnus Deis and make circles from horn for certain little boxes soften the said circles by soaking them in hot water and then shape them on a round or oval—shaped triblet.

Ears

When a defluxion occurs in the ear, be very careful not to put anything in it, and following the proverb, ears and eyes should only be touched with your elbow. However, to an affected ear, it is good to apply musky cotton, that is to say, cotton kept in musk, which comforts quite well.

Toothache

Some put a clove of garlic in the ear on the side of the aching tooth, and after two or three hours they feel better. Others put in their nostril, on the same side as the tooth that hurts, some green skin scraped from the stem of bisaube, namely that which is under the grey one that looks like a vine.