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[[Venice]]

His Wife & he entertained us with great Hospita
-lity - after dinner he accompany'd [accompanied] us to
[[Isle of Morano]] ^ near [[Venice]] where there is a pretty consid'ble [considerable]
Town & the glass Works are carry'd [carried] on in all
the different Branches - What we saw with
most astonishment was the drawing out of a
vitrify'd [vitrified] Matter or Enamell to a most astonishing
degree of fineness - the common Size to w'ch [which] they
draw it out for the use of Enamellers is about
the thickness of ye [the] small end of a fine pipe Shank,
w'ch [which] they cut into the length of abt. [about] 20 Inches to
put up in Boxes, & ship off - To make this is
a particular Branch of the art of Glass Making.
The Composition is of a particular kind & col'rd [colored]
variously by different [metal?] & fossil Substances.
To shew us their Dexterity in drawing out the
Enamel. They took a certain Quantity of two
three or four pounds out of the furnace in a
melted or [f] ductile State, w'ch [which] two Men siez'd [seized] hold of
at each end with Pinchers & run very briskly from
the Middle to ye [the] two
~~one~~ end of the walk or Alley almost w'ch [which] is very long
& by that means drew the matter out like soft
wax to the ~~Size~~ thickness above describ'd [described] &
to ye [the] length of more than 100 feet -

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