Take some glew, and let it steep all night in water to make it the readier to melt in the morning, then set it on a coal of fire to melt, to try wether it be neither too stiff nor too weak, for the meanest is best; take a spoonfull thereof and set it in the air to cool, or fill a mussel-shell of it, and let it swim in cold water to cool the sooner; if it be too [fuss], when it is cold put more water to it, if too weak, then put more glew to it; and when you use it make it lake-warm.,This is to wet your cloths in, if you intend to paste your maps or pictures upon cloth, you may use white starch to wet your sheet, and wring it out and strain it upon a frame, or nail it upon a wall or board, so paste your maps or pictures thereon.,