]
??itt ben bo??e nedeful / The firste and souereyneste p{ri}uyte ??at
god, maker of kynde, ordeyned for mannys nede, how ??at olde 12
euangelik men, and feble in kynde, my??te be restorid, and haue
a??en her firste strenk??is of ??ong??e in ??e same degree ??at is in
al kynde, & be m{a}d hool p{ar}fi??tly, except ??e strok of ??e
??undir blast, & violent brusuris, and oppressynge of to myche 16
betynge / Also p{er}ilous fallyngis of hi?? placis, to myche abstynence,
& o??{er}e yuel gou{er}naunce a??ens kynde, And also ??e
teerme ??{a}t is sett of god, ??{a}t noman may a-schape, as Iob sei?? in
latyn / ???Breues dies ho{min}is s{un}t &c.??? Forso??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 ??e purest substau{n}ce of manye corruptible ??i{n}gis elementid,
???qui{n}ta e{ss}encia,??™ ??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, ??{a}t is,
[Footnote 1: ? MS. meant for ???man.??™]
[[* Fol. 10b.]]
heuene of oure lord god, in reward of ??e .iiij elementis, is 4
yncorruptible & vnchau{n}geable /
ri??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.
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