So a smith sitting beside the anfelt (or the anvil), and beholding the work of iron, the heat of fire burneth his fleshes; and he striveth in the heat of the furnace. The voice of a hammer maketh new his ear; and his eye is against (or towards) the like-ness of a vessel. He shall give his heart into the performing of (the) works; and by his waking he shall adorn unperfection, that is, matter (or material) which he bringeth to perfection of form.