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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth
+Being (1889), by Unknown
+
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+Title: The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889)
+ Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D.
+
+Author: Unknown
+
+Editor: Frederick James Furnivall
+
+Release Date: November 29, 2005 [EBook #17179]
+
+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOOK OF QUINTE ESSENCE ***
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+
+The 1866/1889 text printed many single letters in italics, representing
+contractions in the 15th-century original. These italicized letters are
+shown within {braces}. Italics elsewhere in the text are indicated with
+_lines_ in the usual way. Brackets from the original text are [[doubled]]
+where necessary to avoid ambiguity.
+
+The printed text used headnotes, footnotes and several kinds of sidenote.
+In this e-text, headnotes begin with the page number, and footnotes are
+marked [Footnote...]; all other bracketed lines are sidenotes. Details
+are explained at the end of the text.]
+
+ * * * * *
+ * * * *
+ * * * * *
+
+ The
+ Book of Quinte Essence
+
+ or
+ The Fifth Being;
+
+ That is to say,
+ Man's Heaven.
+
+
+A tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of [th]e book of quintis
+ e{ess}encijs in latyn, [th]{a}t hermys [th]e p{ro}phete and
+ kyng of Egipt, aft{er} [th]e flood of Noe
+ fadir of philosophris, hadde by
+ reuelaciou{n} of an aungil
+ of god to him
+ sende.
+
+
+ Edited from
+ British Museum MS. Sloane 73
+ about 1460-70 A.D.
+ by
+ FREDERICK J. FURNIVALL
+
+
+ _Published for_
+ THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY
+ _by the_
+ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
+ LONDON . NEW YORK . TORONTO
+
+
+
+
+FIRST PUBLISHED 1866
+REVISED EDITION 1889
+REPRINTED 1965
+
+
+Original Series, No. 16
+Reprinted in Great Britain by Richard Clay
+(The Chaucer Press) Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk
+
+ * * * * *
+
+
+The odd account of the origin of this Treatise--in its first
+lines--caught my eye as I was turning over the leaves of the Sloane
+Manuscript which contains it. I resolved to print it as a specimen of
+the curious fancies our forefathers believed in (as I suppose) in
+Natural Science, to go alongside of the equally curious notions they
+put faith in in matters religious. And this I determined on with no idea
+of scoffing, or pride in modern wisdom; for I believe that as great
+fallacies now prevail in both the great branches of knowledge and
+feeling mentioned, as ever were held by man. Because once held by other
+men, and specially by older Englishmen, these fancies and notions have,
+or should have, an interest for all of us; and in this belief, one of
+them is presented here.
+
+The loss of my sweet, bright, only child, Eena, and other distress, have
+prevented my getting up any cram on the subject of Quintessence to form
+a regular Preface. The (translated?) original of the text is attributed
+to Hermes--Trismegistus, "or the thrice great Interpreter," so called as
+"having three parts of the Philosophy of the whole world"[1]--to whom
+were credited more works than he wrote. The tract appears to be a great
+fuss about Alcohol or Spirits of Wine; how to make it, and get more or
+less tipsy on it, and what wonders it will work, from making old men
+young, and dying men well, to killing lice.
+
+The reading of the proof with the MS. was done by Mr. Edmund Brock, the
+Society's most careful and able helper. To Mr. Cockayne I am indebted
+for the identification of some names of plants, &c.; and to Mr. Gill
+of University College, London, for some Notes on the Chemistry of the
+treatise, made at the request of my friend Mr. Moreshwar Atmaram.[2] The
+Sloane MS. I judge to be about, but after, 1460 A.D.[3] The later copy
+(Harleian MS. 853, fol. 66) seems late 16th century or early 17th,[3]
+and has been only collated for a few passages which require elucidation.
+The pause marks of the MS. and text require to be disregarded
+occasionally in reading.
+
+ EGHAM, _16th May, 1866_.
+
+P.S. The short side-notes in inverted commas on and after p. 16 (save
+'5 M^e' and the like) are by a later hand in the MS. The 'Spheres' on
+p. 26, and the 'Contents,' p. vii-viii, are now added.--F. 1889.
+
+
+ [Footnote 1: _The Mirror of Alchimy_, composed by the thrice-famous
+ and learned Fryer, Roger Bachon, 1597.]
+
+ [Footnote 2: Mr. M.A. Tarkhad has been for many years Vice-Principal
+ of the Rajkumar College, for the sons of the native Chiefs of
+ Rajkote.--1889.]
+
+ [Footnote 3: Mr. E.A. Bond of the British Museum has kindly looked
+ at the MSS., and puts the Sloane at 1460-70 A.D., and the Harleian
+ at about 1600.]
+
+ * * * * *
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+BOOK I.
+
+ PROLOG: GOD'S GREATEST SECRET 1
+ QUINTE ESSENCE DEFINED: ITS QUALITIES 2
+ HOW TO MAKE QUINTE ESSENCE 4
+ 1ST WAY 4
+ 2ND WAY 5
+ 3RD WAY 5
+ 4TH WAY 5
+ 5TH WAY 6
+ HOW POOR EVANGELIC MEN MAY GET THE GRACIOUS INFLUENCE OF GOLD 6
+ HOW TO GILD BURNING WATER OR WINE MORE THOROUGHLY 7
+ HOW TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT COALS, LIME, LIGHT, ETC. 8
+ HOW TO CALCINE GOLD 8
+ HOW TO SEPARATE GOLD FROM SILVER 9
+ HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF GOLD 9
+ HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF ANTIMONY 10
+ HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF MAN'S BLOOD 11
+ HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF THE 4 ELEMENTS 12
+ HOW TO FIX ALL EARTHLY THINGS IN OUR QUINTE ESSENCE 13
+
+BOOK II.
+
+ HOW TO MAKE AN OLD EVANGELIC MAN YOUNG 15
+ HOW TO CURE A MAN GIVEN UP BY DOCTORS 15
+ HOW TO CURE THE LEPROSY 16
+ HOW TO CURE THE PALSY 16
+ HOW TO FATTEN LEAN AND CONSUMPTIVE MEN 17
+ HOW TO CURE FRENSY, GOUT, AND TROUBLES FROM DEVILS,
+ WICKED THOUGHTS, ETC. 17
+ AND HOW OUR QUINTE ESSENCE IS HEAVEN 19
+ HOW TO CURE THE GOUT 19
+ HOW TO CURE THE ITCH, AND KILL LICE 19
+ HOW TO CURE QUARTAN FEVER 20
+ HOW TO CURE CONTINUAL (CHRONIC) FEVER 21
+ HOW TO CURE TERTIAN FEVER 21
+ HOW TO CURE DAILY OR QUOTIDIAN FEVER 21
+ HOW TO CURE AGUE, FEVER, AND LUNACY 22
+ HOW TO CURE FRENZY AND MADNESS 22
+ HOW TO CURE CRAMP 22
+ HOW TO CAST POISON OUT OF A MAN'S BODY 23
+ HOW TO MAKE A COWARD BOLD AND STRONG 23
+ HOW TO CURE PESTILENTIAL FEVER 23
+ HOW THIS QUINTE ESSENCE IS FOR HOLY MEN ONLY 25
+
+ THE SPHERES AND THE PLANETS 26
+ MR. GILL'S NOTES ON THE CHEMISTRY OF THE TEXT 27
+ GLOSSARY 29
+
+ * * * * *
+
+
+ THE BOOK OF QUINTE ESSENCE
+ OR THE FIFTH BEING;
+ THAT IS TO SAY,
+ MAN'S HEAVEN.
+
+ [[Sloane MS. 73, fol. 10. Brit. Mus.]]
+
+
+
+
+BOOK I.
+
+
+ [[Fol. 10.]]
+
+ [By the grace of God I translate you this Treatise revealed to
+ Hermes by an angel after Noah's flood, that the knowledge of
+ this book may be preserved to the end of the world.]
+
+With [th]e my[gh]t, wisdom, & grace of [th]e holy trynite, I write
+to [gh]ou a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of [th]e
+book of quintis
+ e{ss}encijs in latyn, [th]{a}t hermys [th]e p{ro}phete and
+kyng of Egipt, aft{er} the flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, 4
+hadde by reuelaciou{n} of an aungil of god to him sende, [th]{a}t
+[th]e wijsdom and [th]e science of [th]is book schulde not p{er}ische,
+but be kept and p{re}serued vnto [th]e eende of [th]e world, of alle
+holy men from al wickid peple and tyrauntis, for greet p{er}ilis 8
+[th]at my[gh]te falle [th]erof.
+ For wi[th]i{n}ne [th]is breue tretis, wi[th] [th]e
+g{ra}ce of god, I wole more determine of practif[*] [th]an of theorik.
+
+ [[* practise, MS. Harl.]]
+
+ [God's greatest secret for man's need is how to restore old
+ feeble men to the strength of their youth, except in case of
+ thunder-blast, and too much fasting, and the term set for all
+ men.]
+
+[gh]itt ben bo[th]e nedeful /
+ The firste and souereyneste p{ri}uyte [th]at
+god, maker of kynde, ordeyned for mannys nede, how [th]at olde 12
+euangelik men, and feble in kynde, my[gh]te be restorid, and haue
+a[gh]en her firste
+ strenk[th]is of [gh]ong[th]e in [th]e same degree [th]at is in
+al kynde, & be m{a}d hool p{ar}fi[gh]tly, except [th]e strok of [th]e
+[th]undir blast, & violent brusuris, and oppressynge of to myche 16
+betynge / Also p{er}ilous
+ fallyngis of hi[gh] placis, to myche abstynence,
+& o[th]{er}e yuel gou{er}naunce a[gh]ens kynde, And also [th]e
+teerme [th]{a}t is sett
+ of god, [th]{a}t noman may a-schape, as Iob sei[th] in
+latyn / "Breues dies ho{min}is s{un}t &c." Forso[th]e philosophoris 20
+
+ ['N{ot}a.']
+
+
+ [Page 2: THE NAMES AND QUALITIES OF QUINTE ESSENCE.]
+
+ [The purest substance of corruptible things is Quinte Essence
+ or man's heaven.]
+
+clepen [th]e purest substau{n}ce
+ of manye corruptible [th]i{n}gis elementid,
+'qui{n}ta e{ss}encia,' [th]at is to seie, 'ma{n}nys heuene,' drawe out
+by craft of mani;[1] for whi,
+ as quinta e{ss}encia sup{er}ior, [th]{a}t is,
+
+ [Footnote 1: ? MS. meant for 'man.']
+
+ [[* Fol. 10b.]]
+
+heuene of oure lord god, in reward of [th]e .iiij elementis, is 4
+yncorruptible & vnchau{n}geable /
+ ri[gh]t so [*]q{ui}nta e{ss}encia sup{er}ior
+
+ [Quinte Essence is incorruptible as to the four qualities of
+ man's body, but not as the heaven of God.]
+
+inferior, [th]at is to seie, ma{n}nys heuene, is incorruptible,
+in reward of [th]e .4. q{ua}litees of mannys body; and so it is
+p{re}ued naturaly [th]at
+ oure quinta e{ss}encia, [th]at is, mannes heuene, 8
+in it-silf[2] is incorruptible; and so it is not hoot and drie wi[th]
+
+ [Footnote 2: MS. 'siff.']
+
+fier / ne coold and moist wi[th] watir / ne hoot & moist w{i}t{h} eyr,
+ne coold and drie
+ wi[th] er[th]e; but oure q{ui}nta e{ss}e{nci}a avayli[th] to
+[th]e cont{ra}rie,
+ as heuene incorruptible / But vndirstonde [th]{a}t oure 12
+q{ui}[n]ta e{ss}e{nci}a
+ is nou[gh]t so incorruptible as is heuene of oure
+lord god; but it is incorruptible in reward of composiciou{n}
+
+ [It is called, 1. Burning Water; 2. the Soul in the spirit of
+ Wine; 3. Water of Life; and if you wish to conceal it, Quinte
+ Essence.]
+
+maad of [th]e .4. elementis; & it hath .iij. names by the philosophoris,
+[th]{a}t is to seie /
+ bre{n}nynge watir / [th]e soule in [th]e spirit of 16
+wyn, & watir of lijf / But whanne [gh]e wole concelle it, [th]a{n}ne
+schal [gh]e clepe it
+ 'oure q{ui}nta e{ss}e{nci}a'; for [th]is name, & [th]e
+nature [th]{er}of, ri[gh]t fewe philosophoris wolde schewe / but sikurly
+[th]ei biriede
+ [th]e tru[th]e with hem. and witi[th] weel that it is clepid 20
+
+ [It is neither moist and cold like water, nor hot and moist
+ like air, nor cold and dry like earth, nor hot and dry like
+ fire.]
+
+brennynge watir; and it is no bre{n}ny{n}g watir: forwhi, it is not
+moist ne coold as comou{n} watir; for it bre{n}ne[th], & so doi[th] not
+comyn watir; ne it is nat hoot and moist as eir, for eir corru{m}pi[th]
+a [th]i{n}g a-noon,
+ as it schewi[th] weel by gen{er}ac{i}ou{n} of flies, 24
+& areins, and siche
+ o[th]{er}e; but sikirly [th]is is alwey incorruptible,
+if it be kept cloos fro fli[gh]t /
+ Also it is n{o}t coold and drie as er[th]e.
+for souereynly it worchi[th] & chaungi[th]. And it is not hoot and
+drie as fier, as it schewi[th] by exp{er}ience;
+ for hoot [th]ingis it keli[th], 28
+
+ [It gives incorruptibility, for it prevents dead flesh from
+ rotting, and much more the living flesh of man.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 11.]]
+
+& hoot sijknessis it doi[th] awey /
+ Also [th]{a}t it [gh]eue[th] incorruptibilite,
+and kepi[th] a [th]i{n}g
+ fro corruptibilite [*]and rotynge, it is p{re}ued
+[th]{us} / Forwhi. what pece of fleisch, fisch, or deed brid, be putt
+[th]{er}i{n}ne,
+ it schal not corru[m]pe ne rote whilis it is [th]{er}i{n}ne / 32
+miche more [th]anne it wole kepe quyk fleisch of mannys body
+
+ [It is Man's Heaven, preserving his body as Heaven does the
+ world.]
+
+from al man{er}e corruptibilite and rotynge / This is oure q{ui}nta
+e{ss}encia,
+ [th]{a}t is to seie, mannys heuene, [th]{a}t god made to [th]e
+
+
+ [Page 3: THE NATURE AND WORKING OF QUINTE ESSENCE.]
+
+conseruac{i}ou{n}
+ of [th]e .4. q{ua}litees of mannys body, ri[gh]t as he made
+his heuene to
+ [th]e conseruac{i}ou{n} of al [th]e world / And wite [gh]e for
+
+ [Many know it not now for their covetousness and vice.]
+
+certeyn [th]at manye philosophoris and lechis [th]at ben now, knowe
+nou[gh]t [th]is q{ui}nta
+ e{ss}encia, ne [th]e tru[th]e [th]{er}of / Forwhi; god wole 4
+not [th]{a}t [th]ei knowe it; for her greet bre{n}nynge coueitise &
+
+ [But as God's Heaven is aided by sun and stars, so our Heaven,
+ or Quinte Essence, is made fair by the sun mineral, or pure
+ gold of the mine, not of alchemy.]
+
+vicious lyuynge /
+ Forso[th]e q{ui}nta e{ss}encia sup{er}ior, [th]{a}t is to seie,
+heuene of oure lord god
+ bi hi{m} silf / Aloone / [gh]eue[th] not conseruacioun
+in [th]e world, and wondirful influence, but by [th]e v{er}tue 8
+of [th]e su{n}ne, planetis,
+ and o[th]{er}e sterris; ri[gh]t so oure q{ui}nta
+e{ss}encia, [th]at is,
+ mannys heuene, wole be maad fair wi[th] [th]e su{n}ne
+min{er}alle, fynyd, schynynge, incorruptibile; and euene in qualite
+[th]at fier may not appeire,
+ corru{m}pe, ne distroie. and [th]is is v{er}ry 12
+
+ ['N{ot}a.']
+
+gold of [th]e myn,
+ of [th]e er[th]e, or of [th]e floodis gaderid / for gold of
+alkamy maad w{i}t{h} corosyues distroie[th] kynde, as aristotle and
+
+ [Good natural gold is called _Sol_, because Sol the planet
+ gives gold its power, colour, &c.]
+
+manye o[th]ere
+ philosophoris p{ro}uen / and [th]{er}fore good gold naturel,
+& of [th]e myn of [th]e erbe, is clepid of ph{ilosophor}is 'sol' in 16
+latyn; for he is
+ [th]e son{ne} of oure heuene, lich as sol [th]e planet is
+in [th]e heuene aboue;
+ for [th]is planete [gh]eue[th] to gold his influence,
+
+ [Our Quinte Essence is the colour of heaven; gold makes it
+ fair; and the two work in us (so far as is possible) renewal
+ of youth, and give health plenteously.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 11b.]]
+
+nature, colo{ur}, & a substaunce i{n}corruptible. And oure q{ui}nta
+e{ss}encia, mannys heuene,
+ is of [th]e nature [*]& [th]e colour of heuene / 20
+
+And oure sol, [th]{a}t is,
+ fyn gold of [th]e myne, schal make it fair, ri[gh]t
+as sol [th]e planete maki[th] heuene fair / and so [th]ese two togidere
+ioyned schal [gh]eue influence in us, and [th]e condiciou{n}s of heuene
+and of heuenly so{n}ne / in as miche as it is possible in deedly 24
+nature, conseruac{i}ou{n} and restorynge of nature lost, & renewynge
+
+ [As Aries, Taurus, and Gemini draw humours from the head and
+ breast, and not the limbs beneath, so those spices that do
+ draw from these limbs get their power from Capricorn, &c.]
+
+of [gh]ong[th]e / And it schal [gh]eue plenteuously heel[th]e: and so it
+is p{re}ued
+ by astronomy aboue, [th]at sterris [th]at ha[th] influence vpon
+[th]e heed and [th]e necke of ma{n} /
+ as be{n} [th]e sterris of aries, taurus, 28
+
+ ['N{ot}a.']
+
+and gemini, [gh]eue{n} influence syngulerly vpo[-n] Gerapigra galieni /
+And [th]{er}fore it ha[th]
+ a synguler strenk[th]e, by [th]e ordynau{n}ce of
+god, to drawe awey
+ [th]e sup{er}flue humouris fro [th]e heed, [th]e necke,
+and [th]e brest, and not fro [th]e membris byne[th]e / And so I seie of 32
+spicis [th]at drawi[th]
+ humouris fro [th]e knees, [th]e leggis, and [th]e feet,
+[th]at resseyuen a synguler influence of [th]e sterris of Cap{ri}corn,
+
+ [Tell not these Divine secrets to wicked men.]
+
+Aquarie and pisces,
+ & ri[gh]t so of o[th]{er}e, {et} c{etera} / Comou{n}ne
+[gh]e not [th]is book of deuyne secretes to wickid me{n} and auerous; 36
+
+
+ [Page 4: THE 1st WAY TO MAKE QUINTE ESSENCE.]
+
+ ['aq{u}a vite']
+
+ [--To make Quinte Essence.--]
+
+ [Take the best wine, or any not sour; distil it, and the 4
+ Elements shall be left like dregs.]
+
+but kepe [gh]e it in p{ri}uytee / Take [th]e beste wiyn [th]at [gh]e may
+fynde, if [gh]e be of power; & if [gh]e be ri[gh]t pore, [th]anne take
+corrupt wiyn, [th]{a}t is, rotyn, of a wat{er}y humour, but not egre,
+[th]{a}t is, sour, for [th]e
+ q{ui}nt e{ss}encia [th]{er}of is naturaly incorruptible 4
+[th]e which [gh]e schal drawe out by sublymac{i}ou{n} / And [th]a{n}ne
+schal [th]{er} leue in [th]e grou{n}d
+ of [th]e vessel [th]e .4. eleme{n}tis, as it
+
+ [Distil 7 times to get Burning Water; put this in a Distiller
+ in a furnace, and let the vapour rise, condense, and be
+ distilled till it is turned into Quinte Essence, and parted
+ from the 4 elements.]
+
+were, rotu{n} fecis
+ of wiyn / But firste [gh]e muste distille [th]is wiyn
+.7. tymes; & [th]a{n}ne haue [gh]e good bre{n}nynge watir / Forso[th]e, 8
+
+ [[* Fol. 12.]]
+
+[th]is is [th]e watri mat{er}
+ [*]fro which is drawe oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia /
+Thanne muste [gh]e do make in [th]e furneis of aischin, a distillatorie
+
+ ['vas']
+
+of glas al hool of oo. pece, wi[th] an hoole a-boue in [th]e heed, where
+[th]e watir schal be putt yn, and be take out / And [th]is is a 12
+wondirful instrument [th]{a}t
+ [th]{a}t [th]ing [th]{a}t by v{er}tues of fier ascendith
+and distillith wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e vessel,
+ p{er} canales brachiales, [th]{a}t is, by
+pipis lich to armys, be bore a[gh]en, and eftsoones ascendith, &
+eft desce{n}di[th]
+ contynuely day and ny[gh]t, til [th]e bre{n}nynge wat{er} 16
+heuenly be turned into
+ q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} / And so bi continuell{e}
+ascenciou{n}s & discenciou{n}s, [th]e q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
+dep{ar}tid fro
+ [th]e corruptible composiciou{n} of [th]e .4. eleme{n}tis.
+For bifore [th]{a}t [th]ing
+ [th]{a}t is twies sublymed is more glorified, and 20
+is more sotil, and fer
+ fro{m} [th]e corru{m}pciou{n} of [th]e .4. eleme{n}tis
+more sep{ar}at [th]a{n} wha{n}ne it ascendith but oonys; and so vnto
+
+ ['N{ot}a.']
+
+ [Distil it 1000 times, and it shall be glorified and become a
+ medicine incorruptible as heaven.]
+
+a [th]ousand tymes, so [th]at by coutynuel ascendynge and descendynge,
+by the which it is sublymed to so myche hi[gh]nes of glorificaciou{n}, 24
+it schal come [th]{a}t it schal be a medicyn incorruptible
+almoost as heuene aboue, and of [th]e nature of heuene / And
+[th]{er}fore oure q{ui}nta
+ e{ss}encia wor[th]ily is clepid 'mannys heuene' /
+
+ [After many days unstop your distiller, and if there issues
+ out a heaven-sweet savour, you have our Quinte Essence. If
+ not, distil again till you have.]
+
+And aftir manye daies [th]at it hath be in [th]is sotil vessel of glas 28
+distillid / [gh]e schulen
+ opene [th]e hoole of [th]e vessel in [th]e heed [th]at
+
+ ['lute']
+
+w{a}s selid with [th]e seel of lute of wijsdom, maad of [th]e sotillest
+flour, and of white of eyren, and of moist pap{er}e, ymeyngid so
+[th]at no [th]ing respire out /
+ And wh{a}ne [gh]e opene [th]e hoole. if [th]{er} 32
+come out a passynge heuenly swete flauour [th]at alle me{n} [th]{a}t
+
+ [[* Fol. 12b.]]
+
+come yn naturely [*]drawe [th]{er}to. [th]anne [gh]e haue oure q{ui}nta
+e{ss}encia / and ellis
+ sele [th]e vessel, and putte it to [th]e fier a[gh]en
+til [gh]e haue it. 36
+
+
+ [Page 5: THE 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th WAYS OF MAKING QUINTE ESSENCE.]
+
+ [--The second way to make Quinte Essence.--]
+
+ [Put the strongest Burning Water into an 'amphora;' seal it
+ up; bury it neck downwards in horse-dung, and the Quinte
+ Essence will rise into the globe and the impurities settle in
+ the neck.]
+
+And ano[th]{er} maner worchinge of oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
+[th]is / Take [th]e noblest
+ and [th]e strengest bre{n}nynge watir [th]{a}t [gh]e
+may haue distillid out of pure my[gh]ty wiyn, and putte it into
+a glas clepid ampho{ra}, w{i}t{h} a long necke / and close [th]e mou[th] 4
+strongly wi[th] wex;
+ And loke [th]at half or [th]e [th]ridde p{ar}t be fulle;
+and birie it al in hors dou{n}ge,
+ p{re}p{ar}ate as it is seid hereaft{er} /
+so [th]{a}t [th]e necke
+ of [th]e glas be turned dou{n}ward, & [th]e botu{m}
+be turned vpward,
+ [th]{a}t by v{er}tu of [th]e hors dou{n}ge [th]e q{ui}nta 8
+e{ss}encia ascende
+ vp to [th]e botu{m}. And [th]e grost['e] of [th]e mater
+
+ [Take the glass out of the dung; make a hole in the wax seal,
+ let out the impure earthy water, and when the Quinte Essence
+ would begin to run, turn the glass up, and keep your Quinte
+ Essence.]
+
+of [th]e watir descende dou{n}ward to [th]e necke / And aftir manye
+daies, whanne [gh]e
+ take it out, softly lift vp [th]e glas as it stondith,
+and [gh]e schal se in [th]ickenes and cleernesse a difference bitwene 12
+[th]e q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} sublymed,
+ and [th]e grose mat{er} [th]{a}t is in [th]e
+necke / [th]e wondirful
+ maistry of dep{ar}tynge of [th]{a}t oon fro [th]{a}t
+o[th]{er} is [th]is / Take a scharp poyntel, or a pricke of yren, &
+peerse into [th]e wex [th]at
+ hongi[th] i{n} [th]e mou[th] of [th]e glas a[gh]ens [th]e 16
+er[th]e / and wha{n}ne
+ [gh]e haue peersid al fully to [th]e watir, take out
+[th]e poyntel or [th]e pricke /
+ And [th]{a}t er[th]ely watir wole first come
+out [th]{a}t is in [th]e necke / and so til it be come out vnto [th]e
+dep{ar}ti{n}ge bitwixe it /
+ and [th]e q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, [th]{a}t is, mannys 20
+heuene sublymed.
+ and wh{a}ne [gh]e se [th]{a}t [th]is q{ui}nt e{ss}ence wole
+re{n}ne & melte aftir [th]{a}t
+ [th]is er[th]ely watir be voydid, putte [th]anne
+swiftly [gh]oure fyngir
+ to [th]e hoole, & t{ur}ne vp [th]e glas, and [th]anne
+
+ [[* Fol. 13.]]
+
+[gh]e haue [th]{er}i{n}ne oure
+ q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, [*]and [th]e er[th]ely watir wi[th]oute 24
+aside. And [th]is is a passy{n}g souereyn p{ri}uytee.
+
+ [--The third way.--]
+
+ [Put your amphora into a horse's belly instead of the dung,
+ and proceed as above.]
+
+The [th]ridde man{er} is,
+ [th]{a}t [gh]e take a greet glas clepid ampho{ra},
+and seele it weel, and birie it weel in [th]e wombe of an hors al
+togidere. and [th]e puret['e]
+ of [th]e q{ui}nte e{ss}encie schal be sublymed 28
+aboue, & [th]e grost['e] schal abide byne[th]e in [th]e botme / take out
+softli [th]{a}t [th]{a}t fleti[th]
+ a-boue; and [th]at [th]at leeue[th] bihynde, putte it
+to [th]e fier.
+
+ [--The fourth way.--]
+
+ [Substitute for the amphora a vessel of glass or earth, with a
+ tube running from the top and hanging in the air, into which
+ the vapour may fall and condense.]
+
+The .iiij. maner is [th]is.
+ take wh{a}t vessel of glas [th]{a}t [gh]e wole, 32
+or of er[th]e strongly glasid, and [th]{er}-vpon a round foot of glas
+wi[th] a leg. and seele
+ [th]e vessel w{i}t{h} his couerto{ur}, [th]{a}t [th]e rod
+of [th]e foot of [th]e glas
+ wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e vessel honge in [th]e eyr, [th]{a}t [th]{a}t
+[th]i{n}g [th]{at} asce{n}dith
+ to [th]e couertour in [th]e maner of a pott boilynge 36
+
+
+ [Page 6: THE 5th WAY TO MAKE QUINTE ESSENCE, &C.]
+
+ [--The fifth way.--]
+
+ [Distil your Burning Water ten times.]
+
+descende doun a[gh]en by [th]e foot of [th]e glas. and this instrument
+may [gh]e do make
+ wi[th]oute greet cost / The fif[th]e maner is, [th]at [th]e
+brennynge wat{er} be .10 tymes distillid in hors dou{n}ge contynuely
+digest. 4
+
+ [--To make fire without fire, and Quinte Essence without cost
+ or trouble.--]
+
+The sci{en}ce of makynge of fier wi[th]oute fier / wherby [gh]e
+may make oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence wi[th]oute cost or traueile, and
+
+ [Put horse-dung into a vessel or pit lined with ashes, and
+ place your vessel in it up to the middle. The cold top part
+ will condense the vapour caused by the heat of the dung.]
+
+w{i}t{h}oute occupac{i}ou{n}
+ and lesynge of tyme / Take [th]e beste horse
+dou{n}ge [th]at may be had
+ [th]{a}t is weel digest, and putte it wi[th]ine 8
+a uessel, or ellis a pitt maad wi[th]
+ [th]e er[th]e anoy{n}tid [th]oru[gh]out w{i}t{h}
+past maad of aischin. And in [th]is vessel or pitt, bete weel togidere
+[th]e dou{n}ge;
+ And i{n} [th]e myddil of [th]is dou{n}g, sette [th]e vessel of
+distillac{i}ou{n} v{n}to
+ [th]e myddis or more / For it is nede [th]{a}t al [th]e 12
+heed of [th]e vessel be in [th]e
+ coold eir / [th]{a}t, [th]{a}t [th]{in}g [th]{a}t bi v{er}tu
+of [th]e fier of [th]e dou{n}g
+ [th]{a}t ascendith [th]{er}by be turned into watir
+
+ [[* Fol. 13b.]]
+
+[*]by v{er}tu of cooldnes
+ of [th]e eir and falle dou{n} a[gh]en and ascende
+vp a[gh]en. and [th]us
+ [gh]e haue fier wi[th]oute fier, and but wi[th] litil 16
+traueile.
+
+ [Or, place your vessel in the sun's rays.]
+
+Also ano[th]{er} maner of fier. sette [gh]oure vessel forseid to [th]e
+strong reuerberaciou{n} of [th]e su{n}ne in somer tyme, and lete it
+stonde [th]{er}e ny[gh]t and day. 20
+
+ [--How poor evangelic men may get the gracious influence of
+ gold.--]
+
+Here I wole teche [gh]ou how pore eua{n}gelik me{n} may haue
+wi[th]oute cost, and almoost for nou[gh]t, [th]e g{ra}cious influence of
+gold, and [th]e maner of [th]e fixynge of it in oure heuene, [th]at is,
+
+ [Borrow a Florence florin of a rich friend, anneal [?heat]
+ it on a plate of iron, and throw it into some Burning Water,
+ taking care to quench the fire quickly to prevent the Water
+ wasting.]
+
+oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia.
+ if [gh]e be pore, [gh]e schal p{re}ie a riche man 24
+[th]at is [gh]o{ur}e free{n}d
+ to leene [gh]ou a good floreyn of florence / and
+anele it vpon a plate of yren as yren is anelid. and haue biside
+[gh]ou a uessel
+ of er[th]e glasid, fillid ful of the beste brennynge watir
+[th]at [gh]e may fynde.
+ & caste into [th]e watir [th]e floreyn anelid. and 28
+loke [th]at [gh]e haue a sotilte
+ and a slei[gh][th]e to quenche sodeynly [th]e
+fier, [th]at [th]e
+ watir waaste not; and be weel war [th]at no{n} yren touche
+
+ [Repeat this 50 times in fresh Water, and then mix all the
+ Waters together.]
+
+[th]e watir.
+ but af[t]er caste into [th]e watir [th]e floreyn, and do so .l.
+tymes or more, for [th]e oftere
+ [th]e bettere it is / And if [gh]e se [th]{a}t [th]e 32
+watir waaste to myche, chaunge it [th]anne, and take newe, & do
+so ofte tymes. and whanne [gh]e haue do [gh]oure quenchour, putte
+
+ [The Water draws out all the properties of the gold.]
+
+all [th]e wat{ri}s togidere /
+ And [gh]e schulen vndirstonde [th]at [th]e
+v{er}tu of bre{n}nynge watir
+ is sich [th]at naturely it drawi[th] out of 36
+
+
+ [Page 7: HOW TO GILD BURNING WATER OR WINE.]
+
+ [Mix the gilt Burning Water with Quinte Essence.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 14.]]
+
+gold alle [th]e v{er}tues & p{ro}pirtees of it, & it holdi[th]
+incorru{m}ptibilitee
+ & an euene heete. [*][th]anne meynge [th]is brennynge
+watir [th]us giltid
+ wi[th] oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, and vse it. but be war
+[th]{a}t [gh]e quenche not
+ [th]e floreyn in oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence; for [th]anne 4
+
+ [You may substitute for Burning Water best white wine, which
+ also retains the powers of gold.]
+
+it were lost /
+ And if it so be [th]at [gh]e haue not [th]is brennynge watir
+redy, [th]anne que{n}che
+ [gh]oure floreyn in [th]e beste whi[gh]t wiyn [th]at
+may be had / For sikirly [th]e philosophore sei[th], [th]at wiyn hath
+also [th]e p{ro}pirtee
+ to restreyne in it [th]e influence and v{er}tues of 8
+gold / And whanne [gh]e
+ haue do [gh]o{ur}e werk, [gh]e schal wite [th]at [th]e
+floreyn is als good, & almoost of [th]e same wei[gh]te, as it was
+afore / [th]erfore
+ vse wiyn or bre{n}nynge watir giltid, so [th]{a}t [gh]e may
+
+ [This gilt Water will make you well and young again.
+ In it you have the Sun fixed in our Heaven.]
+
+be hool, and wexe glad, and be [gh]ong. And [th]us [gh]e haue oure 12
+heuene, and [th]e
+ su{n}ne in him fixid, to [th]e conseruac{i}ou{n} of mannys
+nature and fixaciou{n} of o{ur}e heuene, [th]{a}t is, oure q{ui}nte
+e{ss}ence.
+
+ ['science.']
+
+ [--How to gild Burning Water or Wine more thoroughly.--]
+
+The sci{enc}e how [gh]e schule gilde more my[gh]tily by brennynge 16
+watir or wiyn [th]an I tau[gh]te you tofore, wherby [th]e wat{er} or
+[th]e wiyn schal take to it my[gh]tily [th]e influence & [th]e v{er}tues
+of fyne gold.
+
+ [Heat calcined gold in a silver spoon and put it in Burning
+ Water or wine 50 times, as with the florin before.]
+
+Take [th]e calx of fy{n} gold as it is declarid here-aftir in [th]is 20
+book, and putte it in a siluer spone, and anele it at [th]e fier.
+& [th]a{n}ne caste [th]e cals of the gold in [th]e brennynge watir
+or i{n} wiyn .l. times,
+ as I tau[gh]te [gh]ou tofore wi[th] [th]e floreyn. and
+
+ [Your liquor will be better gilt, as the fire and Water or
+ wine work more powerfully on the grains of gold than on a
+ plate.]
+
+[gh]e schule haue [gh]oure lico{ur}
+ by an hu{n}drid p{ar}t bettir gilt [th]an [gh]e 24
+had tofore wi[th] [th]e floreyn / Forwhi. fier worchi[th] more strongly
+
+ [[* Fol. 14b.]]
+
+and bett{er}e
+ [*]in sotil p{ar}ties [th]an it doi[th] in an hool plate / And
+also bre{n}nynge watir or wiyn drawi[th] out more my[gh]tily bi a
+[th]ousand p{ar}t
+ [th]e p{ro}pirtees of gold fro smale p{ar}ties anelid, [th]an 28
+
+ [Wine retains the properties of all liquibles quenched in it.]
+
+it doi[th] fro a
+ [th]icke plate / And [gh]e schal vndirstonde [th]{a}t wiyn
+not aloonly holdi[th] in it [th]e p{ro}pirtees of gold, but myche more
+[th]e p{ro}pirtees of alle
+ liquibles if [th]ei be quenchid [th]{er}i{n}ne. and [th]at
+
+ [If Saturn (lead) liquefied be quenched in wine, and then Mars
+ (iron) be quenched in it, Mars acquires the softness of Saturn.]
+
+is a souereyn p{ri}uite: Forwhi, if [gh]e quenche saturne liquified 32
+in wiyn or in comou{n} watir .7. tymes, and aftirward in [th]at wiyn
+or watir [gh]e quenche mars manye tymes, [th]a{n}ne mars schal take
+algate [th]e neischede and [th]e softnes of saturne / And [th]e same
+schal venus do, & alle o[th]{er}e liquibles / or ellis, And [gh]e 36
+
+
+ [Page 8: TO MAKE FIRE WITH NO FIRE. TO CALCINE GOLD.]
+
+ [Again, if you quench Mars in wine and put in it Saturn
+ liquefied, this will be made hard.]
+
+quenche mars in whi[gh]t wiyn or in comou{n} watir manye tymes,
+and aftirward
+ in [th]e same wiyn or watir [gh]e caste saturne liq{ui}fied
+ofte tymes, [th]anne
+ wi[th]oute doute [gh]e schal fynde [th]at [th]e saturne
+is m{aad} ri[gh]t hard /
+ Therfore [th]e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles may 4
+be brou[gh]t into wiyn or watir; but myche more my[gh]tily into
+brennynge watir good and p{re}cious.
+
+ [--To make fire without coals, lime, light, &c.--]
+
+The sci{enc}e to make a fier, [th]at is, wi[th]oute cole, w{i}t{h}oute
+lyme, wi[th]oute li[gh]t, worchinge a[gh]ens al maner scharpnes or 8
+acc{i}ou{n} of visible fier,
+ ri[gh]t as worchi[th] [th]e fier of helle / And
+[th]is p{ri}uytee is so v{er}tuous,
+ [th]{a}t [th]e v{er}tu [th]{er}of may not al be
+declarid. And [th]us it is maad. Take Mercurie [th]{a}t is sublymed
+
+ [Mix equal parts of sublimated Mercury, Salt, and Sal
+ Ammoniac, grind them small, expose them to the air, and
+ they'll turn into water, a drop of which will eat thro' your
+ hand, and make Venus (copper) or Jupiter (tin) like pearl.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 15]]
+
+w{i}t{h} vit{ri}ol,
+ [*]& co{m}e{n} salt, & sa[l-] armoniac .7. or .10. tymes 12
+sublymed / and meynge hem togidere by euene porc{i}ou{n}. and
+grynde it smal, and leye it abrood vpon a marbil stoon; and by
+ny[gh]te sette it
+ i{n} a soft cleer eir, or ellis in a coold seler; and [th]{er}e
+it wole turne into watir / And [th]anne gadere it togidere i{n} to 16
+a strong vessel of glas, and kepe it / This wat{er} forso[th]e is so
+strong, [th]at if a litil drope
+ [th]{er}of falle vpon [gh]oure hond, anoon it
+wole p{er}ce it [th]oru[gh]-out;
+ and i{n} [th]e same maner it wole do, if it
+falle vpon a plate
+ of venus or Iubiter, into [th]is watir, it turne[th] 20
+
+ [If it could be moderated it would cure the disease Hell fire,
+ and every corrosive sickness.]
+
+hem into lijknes of peerl. who so coude rep{ar}ale & p{re}p{ar}ate
+kyndely [th]is fier,
+ wi[th]oute doute it wolde que{n}che anoon a brennynge
+sijknes clepid [th]e fier of helle. And also it wolde heele
+eu{er}y cor[os]if sijknesse. And manye philosophoris clepi[th] [th]is 24
+
+ ['sal amarus.']
+
+ [It is also called 'Sal Amarus.']
+
+[th]i{n}g in her bookis
+ 'sal amarus,' al [th]ou[gh] [th]ei teche not [th]e maistrie
+[th]{er}of / If it be so
+ [th]{a}t [th]is firy watir breke [th]e glas, and re{n}ne out
+into [th]e aischen,
+ [th]anne gadere alle togidere [th]{a}t [gh]e fynde pastid in
+[th]e aischen /
+ and leye it vpon a marbil stoon as afore, and it wole 28
+t{ur}ne into watir. And [th]is is a greet p{ri}uytee.
+
+ ['Scie{n}ce.']
+
+ [--To calcine gold.--]
+
+ [Cut gold into shavings; put it into a crucible with Mercury;
+ heat it, and it will crumble into dust like flour. Heat it
+ more till the mercury goes his way; or distil it, and the gold
+ powder will be in the crucible.]
+
+The sci{enc}e to brynge gold into calx / Take fyn gold, and
+make it into smal lymayl: take a crusible wi[th] a good q{ua}ntitee
+of Mercur{ie}, and sette it to a litil fier so [th]{a}t it vapoure 32
+not, and putte [th]{er}i{n}ne
+ [th]i lymail of gold, and stire it weel togidere /
+
+ [[* Fol. 15b.]]
+
+& aftirward [*]wi[th]i{n}ne a litil tyme [gh]e schal se al [th]e gold
+wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e
+ M{er}cur{ie} turned into er[th]e as sotil as flour. [th]a{n}ne
+[gh]eue it a good fier,
+ [th]at [th]e M{er}cur{ie} arise and go his wey; or ellis, 36
+
+
+ [Page 9: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF GOLD.]
+
+and [gh]e wole,
+ [gh]e may distille and gadere it, puttynge [th]{er}-vpon a
+lembike / and in
+ [th]e corusible [gh]e schal fynde [th]e gold calcyned and
+
+ [A thin plate of gold will do instead of shavings, and Silver
+ may be treated like gold.]
+
+reducid into er[th]e / And if [gh]e wole not make lymayl of gold,
+[th]anne make [th]{er}of a sotil
+ [th]i{n}ne plate, as [gh]e kan, and putte wi[th]i{n}ne 4
+[th]e M{er}cur{i}e al warm; and [gh]e schal haue [gh]oure desier / And
+in [th]is same maner [gh]e may worche wi[th] siluir / Thanne take [th]e
+calx of [th]ese two bodies,
+ and bere hem openly wi[th] [gh]ou; and [th]{er}
+
+ [To carry these powders about, mix them with pitch, wax, or
+ gum, melting the mass when you want the metal.]
+
+schal noman knowe what [th]ei ben /
+ And if [gh]e wole bere hem 8
+more p{ri}uyly wi[th]oute ony knowynge, [th]anne meynge hem wi[th]
+pich melt, or wex, or ellis gu{m}me, for [th]anne noman schal knowe
+it what it is. And whanne [gh]e wole dissolue ony of [th]ese calces
+by hem silf, putte ei[th]ir
+ by hi{m} silf in a test, or ellis [th]e pich or 12
+[th]e wex in which [th]ei be{n} y{n}ne; and anoon schal come out verry
+gold & silu{er} as [th]ei were tofore.
+
+ [--How to separate gold from silver when mixed with it.--]
+
+Now I wole teche [gh]ou [th]e maistrie of departynge of gold
+fro siluir wha{n}ne
+ [th]ei be meyngid togidere / Forso[th]e [gh]e woot 16
+weel [th]at [th]er be manye werkis in [th]e whiche gold and siluir
+be meyngid, as in giltynge of vessel & Iewellis / [th]{er}fore
+
+ [Put the mixture into a solution of vitriol and saltpetre, and
+ the silver will be dissolved.]
+
+whanne [gh]e wole drawe
+ [th]e toon fro [th]at o[th]ir, putte al [th]at mixture
+into a strong watir
+ maad of vitriol and of sa[l-] pet{re}. and [th]e 20
+
+ [[* Fol. 16.]]
+
+ [Corrosive water and sal ammoniac will dissolve the gold.]
+
+[*]siluyr wole be dissolued,
+ and not [th]e gold: [th]a{n}ne [gh]e haue [th]at
+oon departid fro [th]e to[th]ir /
+ And if [gh]e wole dissolue [th]e gold to
+watir, putte [th]a{n}ne
+ yn [th]e watir corosyue, Sa[l-] ar{moni}ac; and [th]at
+watir wi[th]oute doute wole dissolue gold into watir. 24
+
+ ['science.']
+
+ ['N{ota}.']
+
+ [--How to get out of gold its Quinte Essence.--]
+
+ [Put calcined gold into distilled vinegar or purified urine;
+ set it in a hot sun; a film will soon rise; skim it off,
+ collect all such in a glass vessel till no more rise.]
+
+The sci{enc}e to drawe out of fyn gold vta e{ss}encia is [th]is /
+First [gh]e schal reduce gold into calx, as I tolde [gh]ou tofore /
+[th]anne take vynegre distillid, or ellis oold vryne depurid fro [th]e
+fecis, and putte it in a uessel glasid; and [th]e liquor schal be in 28
+[th]e hei[gh][th]e of 4. ynchis;
+ and [th]{er}i{n}ne caste [th]e calx of gold, &
+sette it to the strong su{n}ne in somer tyme, [th]{er}e to abide / and
+soone aftir [gh]e schal se as it were a liquor of oyle ascende vp,
+fletynge aboue in man{er} of a skyn or of a reme. gadere [th]at awey 32
+wi[th] a sotil spone
+ or ellis a fe[th]{er}e, and putte it into a uessel of
+glas in [th]e which be putt watir tofore. and [th]us gadere it manye
+tymes in [th]e day,
+ into [th]e tyme [th]{a}t [th]er ascende nomore / and aftir
+do vapoure awey [th]e watir
+ at [th]e fier. And [th]e vta e{s}sencia of [th]e 36
+
+ [Evaporate the water left; the residuum is the Quinte Essence
+ of Gold.]
+
+
+ [Page 10: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF ANTIMONY, &C.]
+
+gold wole abyde byne[th]e. And manye philosophoris clepi[th] [th]is
+q{ui}nta e{ss}encia an oile
+ incombustible, [th]{a}t is a greet p{ri}uytee /
+And if [gh]e wole fixe
+ [th]is q{ui}nta e{ss}encia i{n} o{ur}e heuene, [th]{a}t[1] it
+
+ [And if you fix this Quinte Essence in our heaven, it will
+ restore man to the strength of his youth.]
+
+ [[1 then, MS. Harl.]]
+
+may wi[th]oute doute
+ restore a[gh]e{n} to man [th]{a}t nature [th]at is lost, 4
+and reduce hi{m} a[gh]e{n}
+ i{n}to [th]e v{er}tu of [th]e strenk[th]e of [gh]ong[th]e, and
+also lenk[th]i[th]
+ his lijf into [th]e laste terme of lijf set of god // Now
+
+ [Now I have told this most sovereign secret, which should not
+ be shewed. The Quinte Essence of gold is best to heal wounds.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 16b.]]
+
+ [[N{ota}.]]
+
+forso[th]e I haue toold
+ [gh]ou [th]e souereynest [*]pr{i}uytee and restorynge
+of mannys kynde, and i{n} p{ar}t greet [th]ing [th]at schulde not be 8
+schewid / Forwhi.
+ [th]is oyle, [th]at is to seie, q{ui}nta e{ss}encia of gold,
+hath [th]e mooste swetnes and v{er}tu to a-swage and putte awei [th]e
+ache of woundis, and for to heele woundis, oolde sooris, and
+manye wondirful yuelis / Also i{n} [th]e same maner [gh]e may drawe 12
+out of siluir, q{ui}nte e{ss}encie //
+
+ [--How to get its Quinte Essence out of Antimony.--]
+
+The science to drawe out of antymony, [th]at is, m{er}casite
+of leed, [th]e v^te
+ e{ss}encie, is a souereyn maistrie, and a p{ri}uytee
+
+ [Put powdered antimony into distilled vinegar; heat it till
+ the vinegar is red; take away the red vinegar, and put fresh;
+ take that away when red. Put the red vinegar into a distiller,
+ and 1000 drops of blessed wine shall come down the pipe;
+ collect this; it is an incomparable treasure.]
+
+of alle p{ri}uytees / Take [th]e myn of antymony aforeseid, 16
+and make [th]{er}of al so sotil a poudre as [gh]e kan / [th]anne
+take [th]e beste vynegre distillid, and putte [th]{er}inne [th]e poudre
+of antymonye, and lete it stonde in a glas vpon a litil fier
+into [th]e tyme [th]at
+ [th]e vynegre be colourid reed. [th]anne take [th]{a}t 20
+vynegre awey,
+ and kepe it clene, and putte a[gh]en [th]er-to of o[th]{er}e
+vynegre distillid, and lete it stonde vpon a soft fier til it be
+colourid reed. & so do ofte tymes. and whanne [gh]e haue gaderid
+al [gh]o{ur}e vynegre colourid,
+ putte it [th]anne in a distillatorie. and 24
+first [th]e vynegre wole ascende;
+ [th]anne aft{er} [gh]e schal se merueilis:
+for [gh]e schal se as it were a [th]ousand dropis of blessid wiyn
+discende doun in maner of reed dropis, as it were blood, by
+[th]e pipe of [th]e lymbike /
+ [th]e which lico{ur}, gadere togidere in a 28
+rotu{m}be / and [th]anne
+ [gh]e haue a [th]ing [th]{a}t al [th]e tresour of [th]e world
+
+ [[No{ta}.]]
+
+may not be in comp{ar}isou{n}
+ of wor[th]ines [th]{er}to / aristo{t}le sei[th] [th]{a}t
+it is his lede in [th]e book
+ of secretis, al [th]ou[gh] he [*]telle not [th]e name
+
+ [[* Fol. 17.]]
+
+ [It cures the pain of all wounds, and when fermented it works
+ great secrets.]
+
+of [th]e antymonye aforeseid /
+ Forso[th]e [th]is doi[th] awey ache of alle 32
+woundis, and wondirfully
+ heeli[th]. [th]e v{er}tu [th]{er}of is incorruptible
+& merueilo{u}s p{ro}fitable / it nedit to be putrified in a rotombe
+and seelid i{n} fyme,
+ and [th]anne it worchi[th] greet p{ri}uytees / Forso[th]e
+[th]e vta e{ss}encia of
+ [th]is antymony [th]at is reed, i{n} [th]e which is 36
+
+
+ [Page 11: TO EXTRACT THE QUINTE ESSENCE FROM MAN'S BLOOD.]
+
+[th]e secreet
+ of alle secretis, is swettere [th]an ony hony, or sugre, or
+ony o[th]ir [th]ing.
+
+ ['Science.']
+
+ [--How to get its Quinte Essence from Man's Blood.--]
+
+The science in the extraccioun of [th]e .5[3] e{ss}encie from blood,
+
+ [Footnote 3: 5 for _fifth_, or _quinte_.]
+
+and fleisch, & eggis / To [gh]ou I seie, [th]at in eu{er}y elementid 4
+[th]ing, [th]e
+ .5. e{ss}encie remayne[th] incorrupte: it schal be [th]anne
+[th]e moost [th]i{n}g of merueyle if I teche [gh]ou to drawe out [th]at
+fro mannys blood reserued of Barbouris whanne [th]ei lete blood;
+also fro fleisch
+ of alle brute beestis, and fro alle eggis, and o[th]{er}e 8
+
+ [Man's blood is the perfectest work of nature in us, and its
+ Quinte Essence converts blood into flesh, and works divine
+ miracles of healing.]
+
+suche [th]ingis.
+ for als myche as mannes blood is [th]e p{er}fitist werk
+of kynde in us,
+ as to [th]e encrees of [th]{a}t [th]at is lost, it is certeyn
+[th]at nature [th]at .5. e{ss}ence
+ maad so p{er}fi[gh]t [th]{a}t, wi[th]oute ony o[th]ir
+greet p{re}p{ar}acioun
+ wi[th]oute [th]e veynes, it beri[th] for[th] [th]at blood 12
+anoon aftir into fleisch.
+ and [th]is 5 e{ss}ence is so ny[gh] kynde [th]at
+[it] is moost to haue[4] / Forwhy. in it is merueylous v{er}tu of oure
+
+ [Footnote 4: MS. Harl. reads 'and this fifte beinge so
+ nighe kinde it is most to haue.']
+
+ [Get from Barbers the blood of young sanguine men; let it
+ stand; pour off the serum; mix the blood with a tenth of
+ prepared salt; put it in an amphora; seal that up; put it in
+ a horse's belly, renewing the dung weekly till all the blood
+ turns into water; distil that; put the outcome on the pounded
+ faeces, and distil over again.]
+
+heuene sterrid, and to [th]e cure of nature of man worchi[th] moost
+deuyn myraclis,
+ as wi[th]i{n}ne I schal teche [gh]ou / [th]erfore resceyue 16
+of Barbouris, of [gh]ong sangueyn men, or colerik men, wha{n}ne [th]ei
+be late blood, [th]e which
+ vse good wynes. take [th]at blood aftir [th]{a}t
+it ha[th] reste,
+ and cast awey [th]e watir fro it, and braie it wi[th] [th]e
+.10. p{ar}t of co{men} salt
+ p{re}p{ar}ate to medicyns of me{n}; and putte 20
+it into a uessel of glas clepid ampho{ra}, [th]e which, sotely seele,
+
+ [[* Fol. 17b.]]
+
+and putte it wi[th]i{n}ne
+ [th]e [*]wombe of an hors, p{re}p{ar}ate as tofore,
+and renewe [th]e fyme oonys in [th]e wike, or more, and lete it
+putrifie til
+ al [th]e blood be turned into watir / and it schal be doon 24
+at [th]e mooste
+ in xxx. or xl dayes, or aftir, more or lasse / [th]anne
+putte it in a lembike, and distille it at a good fier / what so euere
+may ascende, putte [th]at watir vpon [th]e fecis brayed, mey{n}gynge
+vpon a marbil stoon; putte it a[gh]en, and aftir distille it a[gh]en 28
+manye tymes rehersynge / And whanne [gh]e haue [th]is noble [th]ing
+
+ [Heat the water in the distiller till it comes to a heavenly
+ savour. This Fifth Being works miracles hardly credible unless
+ seen.]
+
+of blood, [th]erof
+ [th]e .5. beynge d{ra}we out / putte a[gh]en [th]e watir in
+[th]e stillatorie
+ of circulaciou{n} til [gh]e brynge it to so myche swetnes
+& an heuenly sauour,
+ as [gh]e dide [th]e brennynge watir. and [th]is is 32
+[th]e 5 beynge of blood deuyn, and miraclis more [th]an man mai
+bileue but if he se it.
+
+
+ [Page 12: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF BEASTS AND THE 4 ELEMENTS.]
+
+ [--To get the Quinte Essence out of capons, beasts, eggs, &c.--]
+
+Now wole I teche [gh]ou to drawe out [th]e .5 beynge from
+capou{n}s, he{n}nes, and al man{er} fleisch of Brut beestis, and
+from al maner eggis of foulis [th]at ben holsum and medicynable
+
+ [Grind some of them with a tenth part of prepared salt; put
+ 'em into a horse's belly till they become water, and distil
+ that till it's heaven-sweet.]
+
+to ete for m[-a]n kynde / Grynde summe of [th]ese [th]ingis 4
+forseid, which [th]at
+ [gh]e wil, as strongly as [gh]e can in a morter, wi[th]
+[th]e 10 p{ar}t of hi{m}
+ of sal co{m}e{n} p{re}p{ar}ate to [th]e medicyne of
+me{n}, as I seide tofore. putte it in [th]e wombe of an hors til it be
+turned into water.
+ distille as it is aforeseid, and in [th]e stillatorie 8
+of circulac{i}ou{n}
+ [th]e watir [th]at is distillid, putte it in a[gh]en til it be
+brou[gh]t to [th]e swete heuenly sauour and smel aforeseid /
+
+ ['science.']
+
+ [--To draw the Fifth Being out of each of the Four Elements,
+ and to separate them.--]
+
+The science to drawe out [th]e 5 beynge of eu{er}ych of [th]e .4
+elementis, and to schewe eu{er}ych of [th]e forseid [th]ing bi he{m} 12
+silf; & [th]{a}t is ri[gh]t merueylous / I wole not leue for a litil to
+schewe a greet secreet, how [gh]e may drawe out [th]e 5 beynge of
+ech of [th]e 4 elementis
+ of al [th]e [th]ing rehersid afore, and p{ro}fitably
+
+ [Take any thing rotted and turned into water, as man's blood;
+ put it in a glass distiller, and distil it over into an
+ amphora.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 18.]]
+
+schewe hem / And [th]e man{er}
+ ys [*][th]is / take [th]{a}t [th]ing putrified 16
+and brou[gh]t into watir,
+ what so eu{er}e [gh]e wole, as I tau[gh]te [gh]ou
+tofore; and [th]at
+ [th]ing be mannes blood brou[gh]t into watir, of [th]e
+which [gh]e wole
+ drawe out [th]e 4 elementis / putte [th]{er}fore [th]at
+wat{er}, or [th]at
+ blood putrified, in a stillatorie of glas, and sette 20
+it wi[th]i{n}ne a pott
+ of watir, and [gh]eue vndirne[th]e a fier til [th]e watir
+of blood be distillid
+ by [th]e pipe of [th]e lembike into a glas clepid
+
+ [When no more vapour rises, you have drawn out the water.]
+
+ampho{ra}, ri[gh]t clene /
+ And whanne no [th]ing may more by [th]at fier
+ascende, for certeyn [gh]e haue of blood drawen out al oonly [th]e 24
+element of watir / Forwhi. fier of [th]at bath hath no strenk[th]e to
+
+ [Put the other 3 elements for 7 days into the same bath, then
+ into a coal fire, and the water shall rise as oil shining like
+ gold, the air remaining at the bottom like oil of gold. Put
+ these aside.]
+
+sublyme eyr, or fier,
+ or er[th]e. and so [take] [th]o [th]re elementis, and
+sette in [th]e same bath
+ by .vij. dayes [th]at [th]ei be weel meyngid, &
+so cloos [th]{a}t
+ no [th]ing be distillid / aftir [th]e .vij. dayes take [th]e 28
+stillatorie, and putte it
+ to [th]e fier of aischen, [th]{a}t is strongere [th]a{n}
+fier of bath clepid marien; and [th]e watir schal ascende in foorme
+of oyle schynynge as gold /
+ and aftirward [th]{a}t no [th]ing more schal
+ascende, [gh]e haue [th]anne
+ in [th]e ampulle .ij. elementis, [th]at is to seie, 32
+watir and eyr. & oon
+ from ano[th]ir [gh]e schal dep{ar}te in [th]e bath,
+puttynge yn a[gh]en wher al-oonly [th]e cleer watir schal ascende /
+and [th]e eyr schal
+ al-oonly remayne i[-n] [th]e botu{m} of [th]e vessel in
+lijknesse of oyle of gold.
+ [th]e which oyle [th]at is gold, [th]e which oyle 36
+
+
+ [Page 13: HOW TO FIX OTHER THINGS IN OUR QUINTE ESSENCE.]
+
+ [To separate fire from the earth, put 4 lbs. of water on 1 lb.
+ of earth; place it in the Marian bath for 7 days; then in hot
+ flames; red water shall ascend and black earth fall.]
+
+[th]at is ayr / putte it aside.
+ [th]anne [th]{er} leeue[th] [gh]itt fier wi[th] er[th]e.
+to dep{ar}te fier from er[th]e,
+ putte [th]e element of watir, [th]at is to
+seye .iiij [lb] of watir,
+ vpon j [lb] of mat{er} / and putte by .vij. daies
+
+ [Put the red water into the distiller; pure water shall rise;
+ red water, or fire, shall remain; so you have the 4 Elements
+ separate.]
+
+to encorp{er}e wel as tofore in [th]e bath of marie[-n] / Aftirward 4
+putte it to [th]e fier of flawme
+ ri[gh]t strong, and [th]e reed wat{er} schal
+
+ [[* Fol. 18b.]]
+
+ascende. [th]e which gadere
+ togidere as longe as ony [*][th]ing ascendi[th].
+and to [gh]ou schal remayne
+ an er[th]e ri[gh]t blak in [th]e botum. [th]e which
+gadere togidere aside /
+ [th]anne [th]e redeste watir [gh]e schal take. forwhy. 8
+[th]er be .ij. eleme{n}tis,
+ [th]at is to seie, [th]e element of watir and fier.
+[th]a{n}ne yn [th]e stillatorie,
+ to [th]e fier of ba[th], cleer watir schal asende.
+and in [th]e botu{m}
+ schal remayne [th]e reed watir, [th]at is, [th]e element
+of fier. and so [gh]e haue
+ now first oon oyle, [th]at is, ayer o side, and 12
+watir, and fier, and er[th]e.
+ and note [gh]e weel [th]{a}t [th]{er}fore [th]e element
+of watir is putt a[gh]e{n}
+ to drawe out from er[th]e fier and eyr, for [th]ei
+
+ [Distil each into its Quinte Essence, or rectify it, and thank
+ our glorious God for this bit of knowledge.]
+
+wole not ascende,
+ but [th]oru[gh] [th]e help of element of watir. brynge
+a[gh]e{n} eu{er}ych into
+ 5 beynge wi[th] [th]e vessel of circulacioun as tofore 16
+/ or ellis rectifie, makynge oon ascende .7 tymes bi an o[th]ir /
+but first [gh]e moste
+ [th]e ri[gh]t blak er[th]e of oon hide[5] nature, in [th]e
+furneys of glas mon[6],
+ or ellis reu{er}berac{i}ou{n}, xxj. dayes calcyne /
+
+ [Footnote 5: of vnkinde natuer. Harl. 853.]
+ [Footnote 6: of glasse made. Harl. 853.]
+
+And for a cause I speke to [gh]ou nomore of this science. but 20
+ioie [gh]e, and thanke
+ oure glorio{us} lord god of [th]ese [th]ingis [th]at
+[gh]e haue had.
+
+ [--To fix all earthly things in our Quinte Essence.--]
+
+The science to fixe alle er[th]ely [th]ingis in n{ost}ra 5ta e{ss}encia,
+[th]at is to seie, o{ur}e heuene,
+ [th]at by her influence [th]ei may [gh]eue 24
+[th]erto [th]er p{ro}p{er}tees and her hid vertues / oure glorious god
+
+ [God has given it the power of drawing all the virtues out of
+ every thing in 3 hours.]
+
+ha[th] [gh]eue sich a uertu
+ to oure q{ui}nta e{ss}ence, [th]at it may drawe
+out of euery matier of fruy[gh]t /
+ tree / rote / flour, herbe / fleisch,
+seed & spice /
+ And eu{er}y medicynable [th]ing, alle [th]e v{er}tues, 28
+p{ro}pirtees, and naturis, [th]e whiche god made in he{m}; and [th]at
+wi[th]i{n}ne .iij. houris.
+
+ [Put therefore every thing necessary for any syrup into our
+ Quinte Essence, and in 3 hours it shall be 100 times better
+ than before.]
+
+Now I haue schewid [gh]ou a souereyn p{ri}uytee, how [th]{a}t [gh]e
+may wi[th] oure heuene drawe out eu{er}y 5 e{ss}encia from alle 32
+[th]ingis aforeseid /
+ [th]{er}fore alle necessarie [th]ingis to eu{er}y syrup
+putte yn oure
+ 5 e{ss}encie, & wi[th]i{n}ne .iij. houris [th]{a}t watir schal
+be sich a sirup, vndirstonde wel, bettir by an hundrid p{ar}t, by
+
+
+ [Page 14: OUR QUINTE ESSENCE IMPROVES EVERYTHING 100 FOLD.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 19.]]
+
+ [Whatever medicines are put into our Quinte Essence, it
+ increases their power a hundred fold.]
+
+cause of oure 5 e{ss}encie, [th]an it [*]schulde be wi[th]oute it / And
+so I seie of medicyns
+ comfortatyues, digestyues, laxatyues, rest{ri}ktyues,
+and alle o[th]{er}e; forwhy. if [gh]e putte seedis or flouris,
+fruy[gh]tis, leeues, spicis, coold, hoot, sweet, sour, moist, do [th]ei 4
+good or yuel, i{n}to o{ur}e
+ 5 e{ss}enci{e}, forso[th]e sich 5 e{ss}enc{e} [gh]e
+schulen haue [th]erfore. oure 5 e{ss}encie is [th]e instrument of alle
+v{er}tues of [th]i{n}g
+ t{ra}nsmutable if [th]ei be putt in it, encreessynge
+an hu{n}drid foold her worchingis // 8
+
+ [End of Part I.]
+
+ Explicit p{ar}s p{ri}ma tractatus q{ui}nte e{ss}encie:
+
+
+
+
+ [Page 15: TO MAKE OLD MEN YOUNG, AND DYING ONES WELL.]
+
+BOOK II.
+
+
+ [--To restore an old evangelic man to the strength of his
+ youth.--]
+
+Here bigynneth the secunde book of medicyns / The first
+medicyn is to reduce an oold feble euangelik man to [th]e firste
+strenk[th]e of [gh]ong[th]e /
+ Also to restore a[gh]en his nat{ur}e [th]{a}t is
+lost, and to
+ lenk[th]e his lijf in greet gladnesse and p{er}fi[gh]te heele 4
+
+ [Give him our Quinte Essence with some of that '1^a. M^e.' of
+ Gold and Pearl, a walnut-shell full at morn and eve. In a few
+ days he shall feel only 40 years old. Then let him take little
+ of our Quinte Essence, only that of Gold in good wine at
+ dinner and supper.]
+
+vnto [th]e laste
+ teerme of his lijf [th]at is sett of god / [gh]e schal take
+oure 5ta e{ss}enc{ie} aforeseid, [th]at is to seye, mannys heuene, and
+[th]{er}i{n}ne putte
+ a litil q{ua}ntite of 5 e{ss}encia of gold and of peerl.
+and [th]e oolde feble man schal vse [th]is deuyn drynk at morn and 8
+at euen, ech tyme a walnote-schelle fulle / and wi[th]i{n}ne a fewe
+dayes he schal so hool[7]
+ [th]at he schal fele him silf of [th]e statt and
+
+ [Footnote 7: ? 'be so hool.' Or is _hool_ a verb, become
+ whole, recover?]
+
+[th]e strenk[th]e of xl [gh]eer;
+ and he schal haue greet ioie [th]at he is
+come to [th]e statt
+ of [gh]ong[th]e. And whanne his [gh]ong[th]e is recouerid, 12
+and his nature restorid,
+ and heel[th]e had, it is nedeful [th]at litil and
+seelde he vse 5 essence / Also it is nedeful [th]at he vse ofte good
+wiyn at his mete and at [th]e soper, in [th]e which be fixid [th]e 5.
+essence of gold, as I tau[gh]te [gh]ou tofore. 16
+
+ ['2^a. M^e.']
+
+ [[* Fol. 19b.]]
+
+ [--To cure a man given up by his doctors.--]
+
+The secu{n}de [*]medicyn is to heele a man, and make hym
+lyue, [th]{a}t is almoost consumed in nature, and so ny[gh] deed [th]at
+he is forsake of lechis. but if it be [th]e laste teerme of his lijf
+
+ [Give him Quinte Essence of Gold with celandine water, and he
+ shall rise up and speak.]
+
+sett of god, [gh]e schal
+ [gh]eue hi{m} oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence of gold wi[th] a 20
+litil quantite of watir of celendoyn [gh]drawe, and meynge it wi[th]
+
+ ['Aq{u}a celidoyn.']
+
+[th]e o[th]{er}e [th]ingis aforeseid /
+ and anoon as [th]e sike hath resceyued
+it into his stomak,
+ it [gh]eue[th] to [th]e herte influence of naturel heete
+and of lijf. and [th]anne [gh]e schal se hi{m} rise vp and speke, and 24
+
+ [Then comfort him with our Quinte Essence, and he shall be
+ cured, unless God wills he shall die.]
+
+wondirfully be comfortid
+ and strenk[th]id [th]{er}by // [th]anne comforte
+him wi[th] minist{ra}ciou{n}
+ of our{e} q{ui}nte e{ss}encie afore seid, and he
+schal be al hool /
+ but if it be so [th]at god wole algatis [th]at he schal
+die / And I seie to [gh]ou truly,
+ [th]at [th]is is [th]e hi[gh]este maist{ri}e [th]{a}t 28
+
+ [Few doctors now know this highest secret.]
+
+may be in transmutaciou{n} of kynde; for ri[gh]t fewe lechis now
+lyuynge knowe [th]is p{ri}uytee.
+
+
+ [Page 16: HOW TO CURE LEPROSY AND PALSY.]
+
+ ['3^a. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cure the Leprosy that is caused by rotten humours.--]
+
+The [th]ridde medicyn is to cure [th]e lepre [th]at is causid of
+corrupcioun and putrifaccioun of ony of [th]e p{ri}ncipal humouris
+of man; but not [th]e lepre [th]{a}t come[th] to man of kynde of
+[th]e fadir and of [th]e modir leprous,--for it is callid morbus 4
+heredit{us},--ne
+ [th]e lepre [th]at is sent of god by his plage, but [th]at
+
+ [Use our Quinte Essence, with those of Gold and Pearl; (or
+ Burning Water, if you have no Quinte Essence.)]
+
+[th]{a}t is causid oonly of rotu{n} humo{ur}is / take oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}
+aforeseid, wi[th] [th]e
+ q{ui}nte e{ss}enc{e} of goold and peerl, a litil quantite
+at oonys, and vse it in maner as I seide afore / and wi[th]i{n}ne a 8
+fewe daies he schal be
+ p{ar}tily hool [th]{er}of. and if [gh]e haue n{o}n
+p{re}p{ar}ate redy
+ oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, [th]anne take in [th]e stide [th]{er}of fyn
+bre{n}ny{n}ge watir / but [th]at o[th]{er} is bettere.
+
+ [Wash the leper with strawberry or mulberry water; this is of
+ great virtue, but is much encreased by our Quinte Essence.]
+
+Also, drawe a wat{er} of [th]e fruy[gh]t of strawbery or mulbery 12
+tree, whanne it is ripe,
+ and waische [th]e lepre [th]{er}wi[th]. [th]is watir
+is of so greet vertu; for a souereyn maistir took it a leprous
+
+ [[* Fol. 20.]]
+
+[*]womman, [th]at wi[th]
+ [th]e waischinge oonly of [th]is watir, w{i}t{h}ynne
+schort tyme was maad al hool / but sikirly [th]e vertu [th]erof is 16
+myche worth if it be meyngid w{i}t{h} oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, or ellis
+brennyng watir; and [th]anne it schal be no nede to vse in [th]is
+p{er}ilous cure, venemys, as su{m}me lechis doon.
+
+ [4^a. M^e.]
+
+ [--To cure Palsy, which comes from viscous humours closing the
+ passages of motive power.--]
+
+The 4 medicyn is to cure palsie vniuersel. Forso[th]e alle 20
+philosophoris seyn [th]at
+ [th]e palesye vniuersel come[th] of habou{n}dau{n}ce
+of visco{us} humouris closynge [th]e metis of vertu a{n}i{m}ale,
+sensityue, and motyue. And [th]erfore it is necessarie [th]at [th]o
+[th]ingis [th]at schal
+ cure [th]is sijknes be temp{er}ate, hoot, and moist, 24
+
+ [Blessed be God, our Quinte Essence will restore the paralitic.]
+
+and a litil att{ra}ctyue, and to [th]e syno{us} confortatyue / Therfore,
+blessid be god, makere of kynde, [th]at ordeynede for [th]e ma{n}
+p{ar}alitike oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}
+ aforseid, [th]{a}t souereynly to hi{m} comfortynge,
+
+ [Fix in it the Quinte Essence of euphorbium and the like; and,
+ if God will, the palsied man shall be whole, if you make him a
+ stew of ivy and sage.]
+
+restorynge, and temp{er}atly worchynge / [th]{er}fore fixe 28
+[th]{er}i{n}ne [th]e
+ 5 e{ss}enc{e} of [th]o laxatyues [th]{a}t purgen flewme &
+
+ ['sawe']
+
+viscous humouris, as a litil of euforbie, or turbit, or sambucy.
+& [th]anne wi[th]oute doute,
+ if god wole, [th]e p{ar}alitik man schal be
+hool wi[th] comfortynge and restorynge of kynde, if [gh]e make him 32
+
+ ['No{t}a
+ yue
+ sauge.']
+
+a stewe hoot and moist with herbis, [th]at is to seye, eerbe yue,
+& sauge, [th]at haue an heuenly strenk[th]e to comforte [th]e joynctis,
+
+ [Failing Quinte Essence, let him drink Burning Water in fine
+ wine, and wash all over with burning water.]
+
+& [th]e senewis, and [th]e vertu motyue. and if [gh]e haue not redi
+p{re}p{ar}ate oure 5 e{ss}enc{e},
+ [th]anne take fyn brennynge watir til it 36
+
+
+ [Page 17: TO CURE CONSUMPTION AND DRIVE AWAY DEVILS.]
+
+be redy, and lete [th]e pacient drynke [th]erof a litil i{n} fyn wiyn.
+and also he schal waische al his body and his extremytees wi[th]
+brennynge watir ofte tymes. and lete him vse [th]is a good while,
+& he schal be hool. / 4
+
+ ['5. M^e.']
+
+ [[* Fol. 20b.]]
+
+ [--To fatten lean and consumptive men.--]
+
+[*]The .5 medicyn for a man [th]at is almoost al co{n}sumed,
+& waastid in al his body, and ri[gh]t leene, as [th]{a}t man [th]{a}t
+hath [th]e tisik & [th]e etik /
+ Forso[th]e [th]e v{er}ry cure to heele him
+is oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} /
+ Forwhi. it comforti[th] [th]e feble nature; and 8
+
+ [Mix with our Quinte Essence a little celandine water; give it
+ the patient, and he shall soon be wonderfully fat.]
+
+[th]e nature [th]at
+ is lost it restori[th], & so restorid it p{re}serue[th] /
+And [th]{er}fore
+ if [gh]e wol restore [th]e fleisch of a leene mannys body
+
+ ['Celidoyne.']
+
+almoost consumed awey, drawe [th]anne a watir of celidoyne, and
+take [th]{er}of a litil q{ua}ntite,
+ and meynge wi[th] oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} if [gh]e 12
+haue it redy,
+ or brennynge watir in stide [th]{er}of, and [gh]eue it hi{m}
+to dri{n}ke; and wi[th]i{n}ne fewe dayes he schal be wondirfully
+restorid and fat.
+
+ ['.6. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cure Frensy, Gout, and troubles from Devils.--]
+
+The .6. medicyn for passiou{n}s of frenesie, foly, ymagynac{i}ou{n}s 16
+and noyous vexac{i}ou{n}s of deuelis, and also for [th]e
+goute als weel hoot as coold. certeyn exp{er}ience techi[th] [th]at
+
+ ['colerike.'
+ 'Sangueyn.'
+ 'Fleumatyke.'
+ 'blake coler.'
+ 'malencoly.']
+
+ [Dark melancholy men are troubled more with anxieties than any
+ others, being born under 'Saturne, a wykyd planete.']
+
+colerik me{n} [gh]eue[th] to su{m}me ymagynac{i}ou{n}s; and sangueyn
+me{n} be{n} ocupied
+ aboute su{m}me o[th]{er}e ymagynaciou{n}s; & [gh]itt 20
+flewmatik men
+ aboute o[th]{er}e / but [th]o me{n} [th]at habounde in blak
+coler, [th]at is,
+ malencoly, ben occupied a [th]{o}usa{n}d p{ar}t wi[th] mo
+[th]ou[gh]tis [th]an
+ ben men of ony o[th]{er} complexiou{n} / Forwhi. [th]{a}t
+humour of blak coler is so noyous, [th]{a}t if it a-bounde and a-sende 24
+vp to [th]e heed, it troubli[th]
+ alle [th]e my[gh]tis of [th]e brayn, engendrynge
+
+ ['Nota sequentia.']
+
+noyous ymagynaciou{n}s, bryngynge yn horrible [th]ou[gh]tis bo[th]e
+wakynge and slepinge; and siche man{er} of men ben born vndir
+[th]e constillacioun of saturne, the wickide planete / Forso[th]e, to 28
+siche me{n} deuelis wole gladly appere, & mi{ni}st{er} to hem[*] her
+
+ [[* MS. hom]]
+
+ [Devils gladly appear to them and tempt them, so that they
+ often fall into despair and kill themselves.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 21.]]
+
+p{ri}uy te{m}ptaciou{n}s
+ wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e cours of her [th]ou[gh]tis; and [th]ese
+men [th]us [*]turmentid
+ wi[th] [th]e passiou{n}s of malencoly comou{n}ly
+speke wi[th] hem, stryue and dispute wi[th] hem silf whanne [th]ei be 32
+a-loone, [th]{a}t ofte tymes o[th]{er}e folk may heere it / These maner
+of me{n} [th]at ben [th]{us} turmentid, as weel by passioun of malencoly
+as of deuelis, ofte tymes falle in dispeir, and at [th]e laste sle hem
+silf / [th]e p{er}fi[gh]t
+ cure of alle [th]ese is oure 5 e{ss}encie auri {et} 36
+
+ [The cure is our Quinte Essence of Gold and Pearls, with a
+ little senna or lapis lazuli.]
+
+
+ [Page 18: TO CURE MELANCHOLY AND DRIVE OUT TROUBLES FROM DEVILS.]
+
+p{er}ela{rum},
+ or ellis brennynge watir in stide [th]{er}of, in [th]e whiche
+[gh]e fixe gold as it is
+ aforeseid, wheri{n}ne be putt a litil of se[-n][-e] or
+watir of f[u]mit{er}, or poudre of lapis lasuly, or ellis medulla{m}
+ebuli, and vse it discreetly. forwhy. not al oonly oure q{ui}nte 4
+
+ [Burning Water, with a purge, will also cure these diseases.]
+
+e{ss}enc{e} auri {et}
+ p{er}ela{rum} heelith [th]ese disesis. / but also brennynge
+watir in [th]e which
+ gold is fixid, heeli[th] hem, wi[th] a litil of [th]o
+[th]ingis [th]{a}t
+ purgen and casten out blak coler sup{er}flue, & heli[th]
+[th]e splene. 8
+
+ [These medicines put away wicked thoughts, and bring in merry
+ ones; they dispel devils' temptations and despair, and bring a
+ man to reason.]
+
+Forso[th]e [th]ese medicyns putti[th] awey wickid [th]ou[gh]tis and an
+heuy herte malencolious; [th]ei gladith and clense [th]e brayn and
+alle hise my[gh]tis, and brynge yn gladnes and merye [th]ou[gh]tis.
+[th]ei putte awey
+ also [th]e craft of [th]e feendis temptac{i}ou{n}s, and 12
+ymagynaciouns of dispeir. [th]ei distroie, & make a man to for[gh]ete
+almaner of yueles, and naturaly bryngi[th] him a[gh]en to resonable
+
+ ['Saturne. [gamma].']
+
+ [Saturn is an enemy to all creatures, and has power over foul
+ solitary places, as Vitas Patrum says.]
+
+witt. and for as myche as saturne [th]e planete naturaly ys coold
+and drye, and is enemye to al kynde / Forwhy, euery snow, 16
+euery hayl, euery tempest, & also [th]e humour of malencoly
+come[th] of hi{m}. & he ha[th] his influence vpon derk leed, &
+vpon derk [*]placis
+ vnder [th]e erf[8], foul{e} and stynkynge, and derke
+
+ [[* Fol. 21b.]]
+
+ [Footnote 8: Erf = er[th]e.]
+
+wodis, and vpon
+ foule, horrible, solitarie placis, as it is pr{e}ued in 20
+vitas patru{m}, [th]at is to seye, in lyues & colac{i}ou{n}s of fadris /
+
+ [The Moon too is full of bane.]
+
+And also [th]e moone, naturely coold and moist, ha[th] his influence
+vpon [th]e ny[gh]t, and vpon myche moisture, and vpon [th]e placis
+wha{n}ne 4. weyes
+ meti[th] togidere. forso[th]e in alle siche placis [th]ei 24
+wole a-bide and schewe hem to her foloweris / but forso[th]e [th]o
+
+ ['Jubiter and Sol | .B.']
+
+ [Jupiter and Sol, on the other hand, make devils flee, and
+ betoken the joy of heaven, as Saturn and the Moon do hell.]
+
+[th]ingis [th]at ben
+ of [th]e nature of Iubiter and of sol, goode planetis,
+arne displesynge to hi{m}, and contrarie, and naturaly deuelis fle
+awei fro he{m},
+ for [th]ei haue greet abhominaciou{n} of [th]er v{er}tuous 28
+influence / [th]{er}fore it
+ schewi[th] weel [th]{a}t [th]o [th]ingis [th]at ben in [th]is
+world, su{m}me [th]er ben
+ [th]at bitokene [th]e glorious yoie of heuene,
+and su{m}me [th]ing
+ [th]at figure [th]e derknesse of euerlastynge peynes
+of helle / Forso[th]e [th]e su{n}ne and iubiter, goode planetis, & 32
+gold, pure metal,
+ and alle pure [th]i{n}gis [th]at gladen a man, figurynge
+by resou{n} [th]e ioie of heuene / and blak Saturne, and [th]e
+spotty moone, figure & bitokene [th]e condicioun of helle / and
+
+
+ [Page 19: TO CURE THE GOUT AND ITCH, AND KILL LICE.]
+
+ [Devils hate the joys of God and the brightness of the sun;
+ they delight in stinking places, and melancholy and hell-like
+ things.]
+
+si[th] [th]{a}t deuelis
+ be dampned, & ful of wreche of helle, [th]erfore
+[th]ei hate [th]e clennesse & [th]e ioie of oure lord god & of hise
+seyntis / also [th]ei haten [th]e su{n}ne and his cleernes, and pure
+[th]i{n}gis
+ [th]{a}t maken a man glad. and naturaly it plesi[th] he{m} to 4
+dwelle in derk, & in blak, orrible, stynkynge placis, in heuynesse,
+
+ [But our Quinte Essence is heavenly, like the joy of Paradise,
+ and drives away anger and all that devils love, so that it is
+ fitly called 'Man's Heaven.']
+
+wreche, & malencoly, & i{n} [th]o [th]i{n}gis [th]{a}t p{re}tende [th]e
+condiciou{n} of helle / And si[th] oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} aforeseid is so
+
+ [[* Fol. 22.]]
+
+heuenly a [th]i{n}g,
+ & by sotil c{ra}ft [*]brou[gh]t to so myche swetnes, 8
+it is so sou{er}eyn
+ a medicy{n} [th]{a}t it may weel be lijkned to [th]e ioie
+of p{ar}adice. forwhi, it maki[th] a man li[gh]t, iocunde, glad, and
+merie, & putti[th] awey heuynesse[9], angre, melencoly, & wra[th][th]e,
+
+ [Footnote 9: houynesse MS.]
+
+ [To deliver a man from a devil,--give him some of our Quinte
+ Essence with that of gold and pearl, and St. John's Wort
+ water: at once the devil will flee away.]
+
+[th]e whiche [th]at deuelis loue /
+ +et ideo n{os}tra 5 e{ss}enc{ia} digne 12
+vocat{ur} celu{m} humanu{m}+ / Also if a man be traueylid wi[th] a
+feend, and may not be delyuerid fro hi{m}, lete hi{m} dri{n}ke a litil
+quantite of
+ oure 5 e{ss}en{ce}, wi[th] 5 e{ss}en{ce} of gold & peerl, and
+
+ ['fuga demonu{m}']
+
+wi[th] an eerbe callid ypericon, i.[e.] fuga demonu{m}, and [th]e seed 16
+[th]{er}of grounden
+ & aftirward distillid, & [th]e watir [th]{er}of a litil
+quantite medlid wi[th]
+ [th]e o[th]ere 5tis e{ss}enc{iis}; {and} anoon [th]e deuel
+wole fle awey fro him & fro his hous.
+
+ [--To cure the Gout.--]
+
+Also for [th]e goute, hoot or cold, [th]e pacient schal drynke 20
+oure 5. e{ss}enc{e}
+ wi[th] a litil q{ua}ntite at oonys of [th]e letuarie de
+
+ [Take a little Quinte Essence and Rose-juice electuary, and
+ use daily our Quinte Essence with that of Gold and Pearl.]
+
+succo rosa{rum}.
+ and lete hi{m} vse [th]is letuarie a litil at oonys ech
+o[th]{er}e day, til sup{er}flue humouris be purgid / but he schal vse
+eu{er}y day a litil
+ of oure 5. e{ss}en{ce} w{i}t{h} 5 e{ss}en{ce} of gold & 24
+peerle; & wi[th]i{n}ne a fewe dayes [th]e pacient schal be hool. //
+
+ ['.7. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cure the Itch and destroy Lice.--]
+
+The .7. medicyn, for to heele ycche, & for to dist{ri}e lies[10]
+[th]at ben engendrid of corrupt humouris. take {o}ure 5 e{ss}enc{e}
+bi hi{m} silf a-loone, and vse to drynke [th]{er}of a litil quantite 28
+
+ [Footnote 10: "A lous is a worme w{i}t{h} manye fete, &
+ it co{m}meth out of the filthi and onclene sky{n}ne, &
+ oftentymes for faute of atendau{n}ce they come out of the
+ flesshe through the skynne or swet holes.
+ To withdryue them / The best is for to wasshe the
+ ofte{n}times, and to chaunge oftentymes clene lynen."
+ --_The noble lyfe and nature of man, Of bestes, serpentys,
+ fowles, and fisshes y^t be moste knowen_. Capitulo. C. xix.]
+
+ [Drink Quinte Essence. Mix Mercury with spittle, Stavesacre
+ and Burning Water. Wash the body or head where the itch and
+ lice are.]
+
+at oonys / and take also a litil q{ua}ntite of M{er}[{curie}?]. &
+mortifie it wi[th] fastynge spotil, & medle it wi[th] a good quantite
+
+
+ [Page 20: TO CURE QUARTAN FEVER.]
+
+of poudre of stafi-sagre, & [th]anne put it i{n} to a greet q{ua}ntite
+of bre{n}nynge wat{er}, & [th]anne waische al his body, or ellis [th]e
+heed where [th]e icche & [th]e lies ben. & vse [th]is medicyn .2. or
+3. & [th]e sijk [*]man schal be hool. 4
+
+ [[* Fol. 22b.]]
+
+ ['.8^ua. M^e.']
+
+The .8. medicyn for to cure the quarteyn and alle [th]e
+passiouns [th]{a}t come[th] of male{n}coly in mannys body; and [th]e
+
+ ['feu{er} q{ua}rtene.']
+
+ [--To cure Quartan Fever.--]
+
+maistrie to p{ur}ge malencoly. and [gh]e schal vndirstonde [th]at [th]e
+q{ua}rteyn is gendrid of myche haboundau{n}ce of malencolye [th]{a}t 8
+
+ ['ye q{ua}rten is ingendyrd of Malyncoly.']
+
+ [The Quartan arises from too much black choler, and lasts a
+ year or more. To cure it soon, drink our Quinte Essence; if
+ you have it not, put pith of white dwarf elder in Burning
+ Water, and take a walnut-shell full morning and evening.]
+
+is corru{m}pid w{i}t{h}y{n}ne
+ [th]e body. and for [th]is humour is er[th]ely,
+coold, & drie,
+ of [th]e nature of slowe saturne, [th]erfore [th]e accesse
+of [th]is sijknes ben slowe,
+ and it duri[th] comou{n}ly yn a man a [gh]eer
+or more, and it
+ putti[th] fro hi{m} gladnesse, & bryngi[th] yn heuynes 12
+more [th]an o[th]{er}e feueris do /
+ If [gh]e wole heele [th]is sijknes in schort
+
+ [[* ? our]]
+
+tyme, lete [th]e pacient
+ vse to drynke oon[*] 5 e{ss}enc{e}, and he schal
+be al hool hastily / forwhi; it consume[th] [th]e corrupt sup{er}flue
+humouris, & reducit nature to eq{ua}lite, and bryngi[th] yn gladnesse, 16
+& chasi[th] a-wey heuynes & malencolie. and if it so be
+[th]{a}t [gh]e haue nou[gh]t
+ oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} / [th]anne take j [lb] of [th]e beste
+bre{n}nynge watir, and [th]{er}i{n}ne putte medullam ebuli, and namely
+[th]e white, if [gh]e may may haue it /
+ of [th]is watir [gh]eue to [th]e pacient, 20
+morowe and eue{n}, a walnot-schelle ful at oonys. and he schal
+
+ [Or, take whatever purges black choler, put it into Burning
+ Water; make small pellets of it, and take one, and then two,
+ gradually.]
+
+be al hool / or ellis [th]us:
+ take what [th]i{n}g [gh]e wole [th]{a}t purgi[th]
+malencolye, and putte a litil [th]{er}of into brennynge watir, &
+vse [th]{a}t laxatif
+ maad into smale pelotis, wijsly resceyuy{n}g ri[gh]t a 24
+litil at oonys,
+ as oon litil pelot, and p{re}ue [th]erby how it worchi[th],
+[th]a{n}ne ano[th]{er} tyme
+ .ij. at oonys, if it be nede / so [th]at [th]e mater
+be a litil digestid and a litil egestid. for bettere it is to worche
+a litil & a litil at oonys,
+ [th]an sodeynly greue [th]e nature. forwhi, 28
+
+ [[* Fol. 23.]]
+
+two litil pelotis laxatif meyngid wi[th] bre{n}ny{n}ge watir [*]wole
+worche more my[gh]tily [th]an .8. pelotis wole do bi hem silf /
+
+ ['Nota for y^e q{ua}rtene.']
+
+ [It is said that a tooth from a live beast heals the Quartan,
+ and the juice of Hen-bit or Chickweed put in a man's nostrils.]
+
+Also philosophoris seyn [th]at a too[th] drawe out from a quyk
+beest, born vpon a man, delyueri[th] fro [th]e quarteyn / Also 32
+[th]ei seyn [th]at if
+ [th]e yuis of [th]e eerbe [th]at is callid morsus galli{n}e
+rub{r}i be putt in hise nose-[th]rillis whanne he bigynneth to suffre
+[th]e accesse of
+ [th]e q{ua}rteyn, he schal be hool, wi[th] [th]e g{ra}ce of
+god. 36
+
+
+ [Page 21: TO CURE CONTINUAL, TERTIAN AND DAILY FEVERS.]
+
+ ['9^a. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cure continual Fever.--]
+
+ [It arises from putrefaction of blood and corruptions of
+ humours.]
+
+The medicyn to heele [th]e feu{er}e contynuel{e}. alle philosophoris
+seyn [th]at [th]e feu{er}e contynuel{e} is ge{n}drid of putrifaccioun
+of blood and of corrupcieu{n} of humouris in it /
+[th]{er}fore [th]e cure
+ [th]{er}of is to p{ur}ge blood, and to putte awey [th]e 4
+corrupcioun of it, & [th]e humoris vneuene to make euene,
+[th]e nature lost to restore,
+ and so restorid to kepe / Forso[th]e alle
+[th]ese [th]ingis worche[th]
+ o{ur}e q{ui}nte e{ss}enc{e}; and [th]erfore it curi[th]
+
+ [Our Quinte Essence cures this, (tho' Burning Water does not,)
+ if mixed with Quinte Essence of Gold and Pearl, and a little
+ Cassia or Herb Mercury.]
+
+p{er}fi[gh]tly [th]e feu{er}e
+ co{n}tynuel{e} / and [th]ou[gh] bre{n}nynge watir caste 8
+out fro blood watry humouris and corrupt, [gh]itt take it nou[gh]t in
+[th]is cure /
+ forwhi; [th]ou[gh] bre{n}nynge watir be .7. tymes distillid,
+[gh]itt it is [not] fully depurid fro his brennynge heete, & [th]e .4.
+elementis /
+ but si[th] oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} is not hoot, ne moist, coold, 12
+ne drie, as ben [th]e 4. eleme{n}tis /
+ [th]{er}fore it heeli[th] p{er}fi[gh]tly [th]e
+contynuel feu{er}e;
+ namely wi[th] co{m}mixtioun of [th]e 5 e{ss}enc{e} of
+gold & peerle /
+ and if [gh]e wole strenk[th]e [gh]oure medicyn, [th]a{n}ne
+putte yn oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} a litil quantite of pulpa cassie fistule / 16
+or ellis [th]e iuys
+ of [th]e eerbe m{er}curial{e}. & if it so be [th]at o[th]{er}e
+humouris habounde
+ to myche w{i}t{h} blood, [th]anne take [th]o laxatyues
+
+ [[* Fol. 23b.]]
+
+[th]at kyndely wole [*]purge hem, as comou{n} bookis of
+fisik declare[th]. 20
+
+ ['10. M^e.']
+
+ ['feu{er} t{er}cyane.']
+
+ [--To cure Tertian Fever.--]
+
+The 10. medicyn to cure [th]e feuere tercian, [th]e which is
+causid of putrifaccioun, or reed coler to myche haboundynge /
+
+ [Take Quinte Essence, with Rhubarb and Endive water, morn and
+ eve.]
+
+to cure [th]ees sijknes, tak oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, or ellis fyn brennynge
+watir,--but [th]e firste is bettere,--and putte [th]{er}i{n}ne a litil 24
+of rubarbe or of
+ su{m}me o[th]{er} laxatiue [th]at purgi[th] reed coler, and
+
+ ['wat{er} of endyue.']
+
+a greet q{ua}ntite of watir of endyue; and vse [th]is medicyn at
+morowe & euen. and [th]e pacient schal be hool wi[th]oute doute.
+
+ ['.11. M^e.']
+
+ ['feu{er} cotydyan.']
+
+ [--To cure Daily Fever.--]
+
+The 11. medicyn is for to heele [th]e feu{er}e cotidian, [th]e 28
+which is causid of putrifaccioun of flewme to haboundynge /
+and si[th] flewme is coold and moist. oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} (and in his
+absence take good brennynge watir.) ha[th] stre{n}k[th]e and vertu to
+consume [th]e rotu{n} wat{er}y inordinat, and to myche coold humidite / 32
+
+ [Take our Quinte Essence, and a little Euphorbium, &c.]
+
+[th]erfore take oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} or brennynge watir, and putte
+[th]{er}i{n}ne a litil
+ of euforbij, turbit, or sambuci, or sum o[th]ir [th]ing
+[th]at purgi[th] flewme; and vse it morowe and eue, & [th]e pacient
+schal be hool. 36
+
+
+ [Page 22: TO CURE AGUE FEVER, LUNACY, AND CRAMP.]
+
+ ['.12. M^e.']
+
+The .12. medicyn for to cure [th]e feuere agu, and [th]e lunatik
+man and womman / discreet maist{ri}s seyn, [th]{a}t [th]e feu{er}e
+
+ ['lunatyke p{er}sons.']
+
+ [--To cure Ague Fever and Lunacy.--]
+
+agu comou{n}ly is causid of a uyolent reed coler adust, and of
+blood adust, and of blak coler adust; and sumtyme of oon of 4
+
+ [This fever comes of choler inflamed, and is accompanied by
+ lightheadedness.]
+
+[th]ese adust, and sumtyme of two togidere, and sumtyme of .3.
+togidere / and [th]erfore
+ [th]e feu{er}e agu is [th]e posityue degree, and
+in [th]e sup{er}latyue degree,
+ comp{ar}atif gree & sup{er}latif gree /
+For [th]e feu{er}e agu
+ ha[th] comou{n}ly alienacioun of witt, & schewynge 8
+
+ ['No{t}a b{e}n{e}.']
+
+ ['Signa.']
+
+ [[* Fol. 24.]]
+
+of [th]ingis of fantasy / And [gh]e schal knowe weel whiche
+ben [th]e humouris
+ adust [th]at causen [th]e feu{er}e, be [th]ese [*]tokenes /
+
+ [As the patient sees black, gold, or red things, so the
+ different humours are inflamed.]
+
+Forwhi, if [th]e pacient
+ sei[th] [th]{a}t he see[th] blak [th]i{n}gis, [th]anne blak
+coler, [th]at is, malencolie,
+ is adust / & if he se [th]ingis of gold / 12
+reed coler is adust / if reed [th]i{n}gis, and schewynge of bloodt
+[th]anne blood is adust /
+ And if he sei[th] [th]at he see[th] alle [th]ese .iij,
+[th]ingis, [th]anne alle [th]e humouris ben adust / For as myche as
+brennynge watir ascendi[th] to [th]e heed, and gladly wole a man 16
+
+ [Burning Water should not be taken, but Quinte Essence of Gold
+ and Pearl should, with that of Rose water, Violet, &c.]
+
+drynke / And si[th]
+ [th]{a}t feuere agu regne[th] in [th]e regiou{n} of [th]e
+heed / [th]e philosophoris counceilis [th]at [th]e pacient schal not
+resceyue it in [th]is sijknes / but it is nedeful [th]at he take
+oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} of gold and of peerl, meyngi{n}g [th]e 6 p{ar}t of 20
+
+ ['Rose
+ violett
+ Borage
+ lutuse']
+
+5 e{ss}enc{e} of watir of rose, violet, borage, and letuse[1] / and
+[th]anne [gh]e schulen haue
+ an heuenly medicyn to cure p{er}fi[gh]tly [th]is
+sijknesse.
+
+ ['for y^e frenesye & wodnesse.']
+
+For to cure [th]e frenesye and woodnes, or ellis at [th]e leeste 24
+to swage it / take a greet quantite of popilion, and [th]e beste
+
+ [--To cure or assuage Frenzy and Madness.--]
+
+vynegre [th]at [gh]e may haue, and a good q{ua}ntite of rewe domestik,
+weel brayed,
+ and meyngid wi[th] [th]ese forseid [th]i{n}gis; and biclippe
+
+ [Wrap the head and feet in, and smell at, Popilion (with
+ Vinegar mixed), and Rue.]
+
+[th]e heed and [th]e feet
+ of [th]e pacient w{i}t{h} [th]is medicyn; and sum 28
+[th]erof putte to his
+ nose-[th]rillis. [th]is medicyn anoon putti[th] awey [th]e
+frenesye & [th]e schewy{n}ge of fantasies / it curi[th] also wode me{n}
+& lunatike me{n}. and it restori[th] a[gh]en witt and discrecioun, &
+maki[th] al hool and weel at eese. 32
+
+ ['13^a. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cure Cramp.--]
+
+The .13. medicy{n} is to put a-wey [th]e craumpe fro a man.
+for as myche as wise me{n} seyn [th]{a}t [th]e craumpe cometh of [th]e
+
+ [Use our Quinte Essence or Burning Water.]
+
+hurtynge & [th]e febilnes of [th]e senewis, as it schewi[th] sumtyme
+yn medicyns maad of elebore,
+ [th]er is no [th]i{n}g [th]{a}t putti[th] awey [th]e 36
+
+
+ [Page 23: TO CURE POISON AND COWARDICE.]
+
+ [[* Fol. 24b.]]
+
+craumpe as doi[th] oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} aforeseid, or ellis [*]brennynge
+watir in stede of it.
+
+ ['14^a. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cast poison out of a man's body.--]
+
+The .14. medicyn, to caste out venym fro mannys body /
+take o{ur}e 5 e{ss}enc{e},
+ and putte [th]{er}in{e} fleisch of a cok, neysch 4
+soden & sotilly brayed, note kirnelis, fyn triacle, radisch,
+
+ [Take our Quinte Essence, with cock's flesh, nut-kernels, &c.,
+ and Quinte Essence of Gold and Pearls.]
+
+& garleek smal brayed, and o[th]{er}e [th]ingis [th]{a}t ben goode
+to caste out venym, as comou{n} bookis of fisik declari[th] /
+And also, to comforte
+ [th]e herte, putte yn oure foreseid 5. e{ss}enc{e}, 8
+[th]e 5. e{ss}enc{e} of gold and of peerl. and he schal be delyuerid
+[th]erof & be hool.
+
+ ['15^a. M^e.']
+
+ [--To make a Coward bold and strong.--]
+
+The .15. medicyn, to make a man [th]at is a coward, hardy
+and strong, and putte a-wey almaner of cowardise and drede / 12
+I seye [gh]ou forso[th]e
+ [th]{a}t no [th]i{n}g m{a}y telle alle [th]e myraclis vertues
+[th]at god h{a}[th] m{aa}d in o{ur}e 5 e{ss}enc{e}, and not al oonly in
+him, but also in to his modir, [th]at is to seye, fyn brennynge
+
+ [Give him our Quinte Essence with twice as much Burning Water,
+ and a little Peony juice and saffron, and Quinte Essence of
+ Gold and Pearl. The coward shall lose all faintness of heart,
+ despise death, and dread no perils. Therefore Christian
+ Princes should have tuns of Burning Water, and give every
+ fighting man a cup before battle with the heathen.]
+
+watir. for to cure [th]is sijknesse, take a litil quantite of oure 5 16
+e{ss}enc{e}, & putte [th]erto double so myche of brennynge watir,
+and a litil q{ua}ntite
+ of [th]e iuys of eerbe pione and of saffron distillid
+togidere, and a litil of 5 e{ss}enc{e} of gold and of peerl; and
+[gh]eue it him to drinke. and aftir sodeynly, as it were by myracle, 20
+[th]e coward man schal lese al maner drede and feyntnes of herte,
+and he schal recou{er}e
+ strenk[th]e [th]at ys lost by drede, and take to
+him hardynesse, and he schal dispise dee[th]; he schal drede no
+perelis, and passyngly he schal be maad hardy. [th]is is trewe, for 24
+it ha[th] ofte tymes
+ by oolde philosophoris [bene] p{re}ued / [th]{er}fore
+it were a greet wisdom [th]at cristen p{ri}ncis, in bateilis a[gh]en
+he[th]ene me{n}, hadde wi[th] hem in tonnes brennynge watir, [th]{a}t
+[th]ei my[gh]t take
+ to eu{er}y fi[gh]tynge man half a ri[gh]t litil cuppe ful 28
+[th]{er}of to drynke
+ in [th]e bigynnynge of [th]e batel. & [th]is p{ri}uyte
+owith to be hid from alle enemyes of [th]e chirche; and also
+
+ [[* Fol. 25.]]
+
+[*]p{ri}ncis and lordis
+ ministri{n}ge [th]ese [th]ingis schulde n{o}t telle
+what it is. 32
+
+ ['16^a. M^e.']
+
+ [--To cure Pestilential Fever (when not sent as a punishment
+ by God).--]
+
+The .16. medicyn a[gh]ens [th]e feu{er}e pestile{n}cial{e}, and [th]e
+maistrie to cure it. forso[th]e holy scripture sei[th] [th]at su{m}me
+tymes oure lord god sendi[th] pestilence to sle su{m}me maner
+of peple, as it is seid deutrono{miu}m 28 in [th]is man{er} "Si 36
+
+
+ [Page 24: TO CURE PESTILENTIAL FEVER AND PLAGUES.]
+
+ [God says in Deuteronomy xxviii. that if men will not hear His
+ voice and obey His commandments, pestilences shall come on
+ them.]
+
+audire nolu{er}is[11] vocem d{omi}ni dei tui, ut custodias {et} facias
+
+ [Footnote 11: MS. volu{er}is.]
+
+om{n}ia mandata eius,
+ ve{n}iant sup{er} te om{n}es maledicc{i}ones; iste
+maledictus eris
+ in ciuitate &c." {et} infra; "ad-iu{n}gat t{ib}i pestilenc{iam}
+donec consumat te de t{er}ra, p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us egestate, 4
+febre, {et} frigore, ardore {et} estu,
+ {et} aere corrupto ac rubigi{n}e, {et} p{er}seq{ua}tur
+donec p{er}eas" hec ib{ide}m; {et} infra "p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us
+vlc{er}e egipti, {et} p{ar}tem
+ corp{or}is p{er} q{uam} stercora eg{er}ant{ur}.
+scabie q{uoque},
+ {et} p{ru}rigine, ita ut curari nequeas; p{er}cuciat te 8
+d{omin}us necessitate ac furore mentis" // Therfore a gret fool
+
+ [These plagues a man would be a great fool to presume to cure,
+ but all other pestilences from evil planets may be cured by
+ our Quinte Essence with Aloes, Euphorbium, &c., and a laxative
+ Quinte Essence that will send the patient to stool once a day.]
+
+were he [th]at wolde p{re}sume
+ to cure [th]ese plagis of pestilence [th]{a}t
+ben vncurable, [th]at ben sent of god to ponysche synne // Also
+[gh]e schal vndirstonde [th]{a}t me{n} may die in .iij. maners. in oon 12
+maner by naturel dee[th], in [th]e teerme [th]{a}t is sett of god / In
+ano[th]ir maner bi violent dee[th],
+ and also in [th]e .iij. maner occasionaly
+wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e teerme
+ [th]{a}t is sett of god; as [th]o me{n} [th]{a}t to
+myche replecioun, or to greet abstynence or by disp{er}aciou{n}, or 16
+ellis by necligence, sle hi{m} silf / but sikirly alle o[th]{er}e maner
+of feueris pestilence [th]at god suffri[th] to come to ma{n}kynde by
+p{er}ilous influence of yuele planetis, by [th]e g{ra}ce of god & good
+gou{er}nau{n}ce
+ may be curid p{ar}ti{a}ly wi[th] oure 5. e{ss}enc{e}. and 20
+
+ ['N{ot}a b{e}n{e}.']
+
+[th]{er}i{n}ne putte a litil of aloes epatik & euforbij, & a litil of
+ierapigra galieni & of 5 e{ss}enc{e}, of [th]e rote of lilie and also
+
+ [[* Fol. 25b.]]
+
+of gold & peerle,
+ capilli ven{er}is [*]and ysope; for [th]ese [th]i{n}g{is}
+ben nedeful to siche feueris & apostemes / it is nedeful also 24
+[th]{a}t wi[th] [th]ese
+ [th]ingis [th]er be sich a q{ui}nta e{ss}encia laxatyue [th]at
+wole purge [th]e sup{er}flue humouris [th]at abounde; and [th]at [th]e
+pacient so myche resceyue in a natural day [th]{er}of [th]at he may
+go weel oonys to sege;
+ and so lete him vse [th]is laxatif .3. i{n} [th]e 28
+
+ ['Caueas.']
+
+woke; But be weel war [th]{a}t he take wi[th] oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia
+but ri[gh]t a litil q{ua}ntite
+ of [th]e laxatif at oonys, as I tolde [gh]ou
+
+ [He must also take every morning an egg-shell-full of Burning
+ Water, and 2 or 3 pestilence pills in our Quinte Essence, and
+ smoke his house with frankincense, &c.]
+
+tofore, for peril
+ [th]{a}t mi[gh]te bifalle. & eu{er}y day take he by [th]e
+morowe an eye-schelle ful
+ of good brennynge watir, and [th]e corrupt 32
+eyr schal not noye hi{m}; & also vse in [th]e dayes, two or
+[th]re smale pelotis
+ pestilenciales in oure 5 e{ss}encia, or in brennynge
+watir; & al [th]e hous of [th]e pacient schal be encensid
+
+
+ [Page 25: MAY THIS BOOK {rest of line illegible} ]
+
+strongly .iij in [th]e day wi[th] frank-encense, mirre, & rosyn,
+terbe{n}tyn & rewe.
+ and [th]is is p{er}fi[gh]t cure for [th]e feu{er}e pestilence /
+And [th]us [gh]e may,
+ wi[th] [th]is 5 e{ss}encijs, cure alle [th]ese sijkness{es}
+aforeseid, and manye o[th]{er}e, as it were by myracle, if [gh]e 4
+
+ [Here is an end of this most sovereign of all secrets.]
+
+worche disc[r]eetly as I haue toold [gh]ou tofore / Now here
+I make an eende of [th]is tretis [th]at is clepid [th]e mooste & [th]e
+sou{er}eyneste secrete of alle secretis, and a passynge tresour
+
+ [What ills will befall if it gets into tyrants' and
+ reprobates' hands and prolongs their life in evil. I will keep
+ it for holy men alone; and I commend it to Christ's keeping
+ now and ever.]
+
+[th]at may nou[gh]t fayle // O quantu{m} malu{m} foret, si hic 8
+liber p{er}ueniret ad manus ho{m}i{nu}m mundano{rum}, ad noticia{m}
+tiranno{rum}, {et} ad
+ s{er}uiciu{m} rep{ro}bo{rum}! q{ui}a, si{c}ut s{anct}i p{er}
+hunc libru{m} pot{er}unt continuare op{er}a vite {christian}i diuci{us}
+{et} vehemenci{us}, ita {et}
+ rep{ro}bi possent p{er}u{er}so vsi diuci{us} 12
+p{er}seu{er}are in malo.
+ ego aute{m}, q{ua}ntu{m} in me est, p{ro}pt{er}
+solos s{an}c{t}os
+ libru{m} hunc co{n}stituo, {et} ip{su}m custod[iae] ih{es}u
+{Christ}i c{om}mendo nunc et in eternu{m} // = //
+
+
+ Explicit librum de maximis secretis e{ss}encie quinte &c. 16
+
+
+
+
+ [Page 26: THE SPHERES AND PLANETS]
+
+
+ [[_leaf_ 26]]
+
+[P] Philosofirs puttyn 9 sper{is} vndirewritten; but Diuinis puttin [th]e
+ten[th]e sper{e}, where is heuyn empir{e}, in [th]e whiche, angel{is} &
+sowl{is}[1] of seynt{is} seruen god; i{n} [th]e whiche is crist, in [th]e
+same forme that he walkid i{n} er[th]e, and also owr{e} lady, & seynt{is}
+that arosen w{i}t{h} criste.
+
+ [Footnote 1: l{is} is the MS. l with a line at right angles to it.]
+
+[P] [Th]e first spere of [th]e 9 is clepid 'p{ri}mu{m} mobile,' [th]e
+first mevabil thyng.
+
+[P] [Th]e .ij. spere of sterr{is}: Arie{s} .1. [th]e rame. [P] the
+secund hows of Mars, [th]e bool, [P] [th]e secund hows of Venus, Gemini,
+[P] [th]e secund hows of Mercuri, Canc{er}. [P] [th]e hows of [th]e mone,
+leo. [th]e hows of [th]e sonne, Virgo. // [th]e first hows of M{er}cury,
+Libra // [th]e first hows of Venus, Scorpio // [th]e first hows of Mars,
+Sagittari{us} // [th]e first hows of Iubit{er}, Cap{ri}cornus // [th]e
+first hows of Saturne, Aquari{us} // [th]e secund hows of Saturne, Piscis.
+/ [th]e secunde hows of Iubit{er}
+ [[_no more_]].
+
+[P] Saturn is a planete evel-willid and ful of sekenes. Wherfore he is
+peyntid w{i}t{h} an hooke, for he repe[th] dow{n)} grene thyng{is} / he
+fulfilli[th] his course in xxx [gh]eere.
+
+[P] Iubit{er} is a planete wele willyng to alle thi{n}g{is} to be gendrid,
+plent[i]ful & plesyng; therfor he is y-seid Iubit{er} as helpyn. i{n}
+xij [[gh]]eere he filli[th] his course.
+
+[P] Mars is an enemy to alle thyng{is} to be gendrid; wherfor he is clepid
+god of batel, for he is ful of tempest. he fulfilli[th] his course i{n}
+.ij. [gh]eere.
+
+ [[leaf 26, back]]
+
+[P] [Th]e sonne is [th]e worthiest planet, y-set i{n} myddis. he
+fulfilli[th] his course in CCClxv dayes & vj. howr{is}, [th]e whiche
+causen bisext.
+
+[P] Venus is apte to alle thyng{is} to be gendrid. he fulfilli[th] his
+course in CCCxxxvj daies.
+
+[P] Mercuri swyft is y-seid a messeng{er} of daies [[? heuene]]. he
+fulfilli[th] his course i{n} CCCxxxvj daies.
+
+[P] [Th]e mone is a planete ny [th]e er[th]e. [[_ends._]]
+
+ * * * * *
+
+
+ NOTES
+
+ ON THE CHEMISTRY OF THE TEXT
+
+By C. H. GILL, Esq., of University College, London
+
+
+P. 4. Direction to submit any wine _that is not sour_ to distillation.
+(_Sour_ wine is deficient in alcohol; that body having been changed into
+acetic acid by oxidation.) In the language of the mystical ideas which
+prevailed in the dawn of Chemistry, the colouring matters, sugar, &c. of
+the wine are called 'the .4. elementis,' or as it were the 'rotten faeces
+of wine'??
+
+The direction to distill the wine seven times is a good practical
+suggestion for the obtaining of strong alcohol which will burn well.
+Then follows a description of the distilling apparatus, which seems to
+have been arranged to ensure a very slow distillation, so as to obtain a
+product as colourless and scentless as possible.
+
+P. 5. The second way to make the Quinte essence depends on distillation
+of alcohol by means of the heat of fermenting horse-dung; also the fifth
+manner.
+
+P. 6. The directions for gilding burning water are all nonsense; but as
+the writer had no means of testing the truth of his statements, they may
+have been made in good faith.
+
+P. 7. The idea which he expresses, that this gilt burning water will
+make you well and young, is difficult to explain, except on the
+assumption that, it being the strongest of alcohol, a very little served
+to produce that elevation of spirits which seemed to bring back the
+spring of youth.
+
+P. 7, l. 6 from the bottom. The word _liquibles_ in the text does not
+mean liquids, for a liquid cannot be made hot enough to be _quenched_.
+If the original _liquibles_ cannot be retained I should substitute the
+word _liquiables_, meaning those things which can be liquefied by heat.
+Indeed in the next passage we find stated that if Saturn (the
+alchemists' mystical name for Lead) be quenched, &c., and that if then
+Mars (Iron) be quenched in the same liquid, it will acquire the softness
+of Saturn. Or if you quench lead in spirit which has had iron first
+cooled in it, it becomes hard.
+
+Of course there is no truth whatever in the above statements.
+
+P. 8. The fire without coals, &c., is 'corrosive sublimate,' most
+probably containing an excess of Sulphuric acid (vitriol) as an
+impurity. If Copper (Venus) or Tin (Jupiter) be dipt into this solution
+of mercury they will have a deposit of mercury formed on their surface,
+which will give them a pearly appearance.
+
+P. 8. To bring Gold into calx. When gold is treated in the way directed,
+a fine powder of gold of a brown or yellow colour is left. This might
+readily have been mistaken for a calx by those who had no clear ideas of
+what calx really was.
+
+P. 9. The departing of gold from silver is essentially the same as the
+plan practised at the present day.
+
+To get the Quintessence of Gold. I can make nothing of the directions,
+that is, I cannot see that they (the directions) hide any real truth.
+
+P. 10. How to get the Quintessence of Antimony. I can make nothing of
+this part, and can only suggest that the vinegar used contained
+hydrochloric acid, and when distilled with 'Myn Antimony' (native
+sulphide of antimony) gave a distillate of Chloride of Antimony
+containing some 'kermes' which is red.
+
+From this point onward there is little or nothing that can be explained
+by a Chemist.
+
+
+
+
+ GLOSSARY.
+
+
+ [Transcriber's Note:
+ A number of the listed words are spelled differently in the text than
+ in the glossary, or have italics that will affect text searching. The
+ searchable spelling is given in braces at the end of the entry. Line
+ references in braces were also added by the transcriber.]
+
+Agu, p. 22, l. 1, 'Intermittent Feaver, commonly called an _Ague_, has
+ certain times of Intermission or ceasing; it begins for the most part
+ with Cold or Shivering, ends in Heat, and returns exactly at set
+ Periods.' _Phillips._
+Aischin, p. 4, l. 10, ashes.
+Amphora, p. 11, &c., 'a large vessel which derived its name from its
+ being made with a handle on each side of the neck, from +amphi+ _on
+ both sides_, and +phero:+ _I carry_.' _Dict. of Gr. and Rom. Ant._
+Anele, p. 6, l. 26, &c., heat?
+Apostemes, p. 24, l. 24, imposthumes, boils.
+Appeire, p. 3, l. 12, impair, worsen.
+Arreins, p. 2, l. 25, spiders. {areins}
+
+'Cassia Fistula (Lat.), {p. 21, l. 16}, Cassia in the Pipe or Cane,
+ a kind of Reed or Shrub that grows in _India_ and _Africa_, bearing
+ black, round, and long Cods, in which is contain'd a soft black
+ Substance, sweet like Honey, and of a purging Quality.' _Phillips._
+Colaciouns, p. 18, l. 21, ? comments, homilies. {colac{i}ou{n}s}
+Comounne, p. 3, l. 35, communicate. {Comou{n}ne}
+'Continual Feaver {p. 21} is that whose Fit is continu'd for many Days;
+ having its times of Abatement, and of more Fierceness; altho' it
+ never intermits, or leaves off.' _Phillips._ {feu{er}e contynuel{e}}
+
+Deedly, p. 3, l. 24, liable to death, mortal.
+Departynge, p. 5, l. 14, parting, separating.
+Depurid, p. 9, l. 27, purified, purged.
+Distillatorie, p. 10, l. 24, a still. Randle Holme, (_Academy_, p. 422,
+ col. 2,) speaks of 'a Still or Distillatory Instrument,' and further
+ on, iv., 'He beareth Sable, the Head of a _Distillatory_ with 3 pipes;
+ having as many Receivers or Bottles set to them.'
+
+'Ebulum or Ebulus (Lat.), {p. 18, l. 3} the Herb _Wall-wort_,
+ _Dane-wort_, or _Dwarf-elder_.' _Phillips._ {appears in form _ebuli_}
+Encorpere, p. 13, l. 4, mix, incorporate. {encorp{er}e}
+Euforbii, p. 21, l. 3 bot., 'Euphorbia, the _Libyan Ferula_, a Tree or
+ Shrub first found by King _Juba_, and so call'd from the Name of his
+ Physician _Euphorbus_.' _Phillips._ {euforbij}
+Euphorbium, 'the gummy Juice or Sap of that Tree much us'd in Physick
+ and Surgery.' _Phillips._
+Extremities, p. 17, l. 2, ends of the limbs. {extremytees}
+
+Fecis, p. 4, l. 7; p. 9, dregs.
+Fire of hell, p. 8, l. 23, a disease. {fier of helle}
+Fumiter, p. 18, l. 3, fumitory. {f[u]mit{er}}
+Fyme, p. 10, l. 2 bot., mud, clay.
+
+Gerapigra galieni, p. 3, l. 29, +iera pikra Gale:nou+.
+Giltid, p. 7, l. 3, having the properties of gold communicated by it.
+Groste, p. 5, ll. 9, 29, grossness, heavy particles, residuum.
+ {grost['e]}
+
+Hide, p. 13, l. 18, ? for hide{us}; compare the Harleian reading
+ 'unkinde.'
+Hool, p. 15, l. 10, recover, improve.
+
+Incombustible, p. 10, l. 2.
+Incorruptibility, p. 7, l. 2. {incorru{m}ptibilitee}
+
+Kynde, p. 1, l. 12, all creatures; l. 13, nature.
+
+'Lapis Lazuli {p. 18, l. 3} a kind of Azure or Sky-colour'd Stone, of
+ which the Blew Colour call'd _Ultramarine_ is made .. much us'd in
+ Physick.' _Phillips._ {lapis lasuly}
+Lembike, p. 9, l. 2, 'Alembick or Limbeck (Arab.), a Still, a Chymical
+ Vessel used in Distilling, shaped like a Helmet, and towards the
+ Bottom having a Beak or Nose, about a Foot and a half long, by which
+ the Vapours descend. They are commonly made of Copper tinn'd over on
+ the inside, and often of Glass.' _Phillips._
+Liquibles, p. 7, l. 6 bot., meltable metals.
+Lymayl, p. 8, l. 6 bot., Fr. '_limaille_: f. File-dust, pinne-dust.'
+ _Cotgrave._
+
+Marien Bath, p. 12, l. 7 bot., Balneum Mariae, a Chemist's bath. '_Bain
+ de Marie._ Maries bath; a cauldron, or kettle full of hot water.'
+ _Cotgrave._ {bath clepid marien}
+Medle, p. 19 last line, mix.
+Medulla, p. 18, l. 3, pith.
+Mercasite, p. 10, l. 14, 'a kind of Mineral Stone, hard and brittle,
+ partaking of the Nature and Colour of the Metal it is mixed with; some
+ call it a Fire-Stone.' _Phillips._ {m{er}casite}
+Mercuriale, mercurie, p. 21, 19, &c., 'Mercury .. among Chymists ..
+ signifies Quick-silver; and is also taken for one of their active
+ Principles, commonly call'd _Spirit_ .. Also the Name of a purging
+ Herb, of which there are two sorts, _viz._ _Good Harry_ and _Dog's
+ Mercury_.'
+Metis, p. 16, l. 22, _meatus_, passages.
+Mon, p. 13, l. 19. ? {question mark in original: see footnote}
+Morsus Gallinae, the Herb Henbit or Chick-weed. _Phillips._ {cited at
+ p. 20 l. 33}
+Mortifie, p. 19 last line, 'Among Chymists to change the outward Form
+ or Shape of a Mixt Body; as when Quicksilver, or any other Metal, is
+ dissolved in an _acid Menstruum_.' _Phillips._
+
+Neischede, p. 7, l. 2 bot., neshness, softness, pliancy.
+
+Oo, p. 4, one. {cited at line 11 and later}
+
+Popilion, p. 22, l. 24; 'Populeum, an Ointment made of Poplar buds, of a
+ cooling and allaying Quality.' _Phillips._ Fr. '_Populeon._ Popilion,
+ a Pompillion; an ointment made of blacke Poplar buds.' _Cot._ {word
+ appears on line 25, not 24}
+Preparate, p. 8, l. 21, prepare. {p{re}p{ar}ate}
+
+'Quartan Ague {p. 20} is that whose Fit returns every fourth Day.'
+ _Phillips._ {quarteyn}
+Quenchour, p. 6 at foot, cooling the florin ?
+Quintessence is defined by Phillips as 'the purest Substance drawn
+ out of any Natural Body; a Medicine made of the efficacious active
+ Particles of its Ingredients separated from all _Faeces_ or Dregs; the
+ Spirit, chief Force, or Virtue of any thing.'
+
+Reme, p. 9, l. 5 bot., A.S. _reoma_, a strap, thong.
+Reparale, p. 8, l. 21, make, compound. {rep{ar}ale}
+Respire, p. 4, l. 5 from foot, exhale.
+Restreyne, p. 7, l. 8, retain.
+Reward, p. 2, l. 4, 7, regard.
+Rotombe, p. 10, l. 3 bot., a retort.
+
+Sambucy, p. 16, l. 7 bot., 'Sambucus, the Elder-Tree; a Shrub of very
+ great use in Physic.' _Phillips._
+Stafisagre, p. 20, l. 1, 'Staphis agria, the Herb Staves-acre, or
+ Lice-bane.' _Phillips._ {stafi-sagre}
+
+'Tertian Ague or Feaver {p. 21} is that which intermits entirely, and
+ returns again every third Day with its several Symptoms at a set
+ Time.' _Phillips._ {tercian}
+To, p. 1, l. 16, too.
+Triacle, p. 23, l. 5, cordial, 'Treacle, a Physical Composition, made of
+ Vipers and other Ingredients.' _Phillips._
+Turbit, p. 16, l. 7 bot., 'Turbit, Tripoly, an Herb called Turbith, or
+ blew Camomel.'
+'Turbith, an Herb so call'd by the Arabians, which grows in Cambaya,
+ Surat, and other parts of Asia; a dangerous Drug upon account of its
+ violent purging Quality.' _Phillips._
+
+Vapoure, p. 8, l. 5 from foot; p. 9 at foot, evaporate.
+
+Woodnes, p. 22, l. 23, wildness, madness.
+
+Ypericon, p. 19, l. 16, 'Hypericon, St. _John's-Wort_, an excellent Herb
+ for Wounds, and to provoke Urine.' _Phillips._
+
+ * * * * *
+ * * * *
+ * * * * *
+
+[Technical Notes and Errata:
+
+Two entries in the Table of Contents were merged in the printed book,
+apparently for reasons of space. The original form was:
+
+ HOW TO CURE FRENSY, GOUT, AND TROUBLES FROM DEVILS, WICKED THOUGHTS,
+ ETC., p. 17; AND HOW OUR QUINTE ESSENCE IS HEAVEN 19
+
+The main title page has been left as printed:
+ e{ess}encijs...
+The internal title page was changed from
+ [Sloane MS. 73, fol. 10. Brit, Mus.]
+The superfluous "e" and the comma after "Brit" appear to be the only
+typographical errors in the book.
+
+Each page of body text was surrounded by the following:
+
+Top of Page:
+ Synopsis of page contents. This e-text preserves the page breaks and
+ line divisions of the 1866/1889 book.
+
+Inner Margin:
+ Line numbers in increments of 4, used for Index.
+
+Bottom of Page:
+ Footnotes, originally numbered from 1 on each page.
+
+Outer Margin:
+ Side footnotes: Identified by asterisk rather than by number. In this
+ e-text they are printed directly below the referring line, in the same
+ way as page-bottom footnotes.
+
+ Folio number: Marked with an asterisk at the exact point of page break.
+ It appears to be mere coincidence that the text of folio (leaf) 26 was
+ printed on page 26 of the 1889 book.
+
+ Marginal notations: These are described in the "P.S." of the editor's
+ introduction.
+
+ Subheads: Printed in italics, with horizontal lines above and below.
+
+ Running summary: Provided by the 1866 editor. In this e-text, some of
+ the more fragmentary summary notes have been combined into one block.
+
+Special Case:
+ On page 22, in the space at the end of a paragraph, a numbered
+ footnote reads [_in margin_, 'Rose / violett / Borage / lutuse/']. In
+ this e-text, the words have been shown as a marginal notation. ]
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