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inferior, ??at is to seie, ma{n}nys heuene, is incorruptible,
in reward of ??e .4. q{ua}litees of mannys body; and so it is
p{re}ued naturaly ??at oure quinta e{ss}encia, ??at is, mannes heuene, 8
in it-silf[2] is incorruptible; and so it is not hoot and drie wi??
[Footnote 2: MS. ???siff.??™]
fier / ne coold and moist wi?? watir / ne hoot & moist w{i}t{h} eyr,
ne coold and drie wi?? er??e; but oure q{ui}nta e{ss}e{nci}a avayli?? to
??e cont{ra}rie, as heuene incorruptible / But vndirstonde ??{a}t oure 12
q{ui}[n]ta e{ss}e{nci}a is nou??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 ??e .4. elementis; & it hath .iij. names by the philosophoris,
??{a}t is to seie / bre{n}nynge watir / ??e soule in ??e spirit of 16
wyn, & watir of lijf / But whanne ??e wole concelle it, ??a{n}ne
schal ??e clepe it ???oure q{ui}nta e{ss}e{nci}a??™; for ??is name, & ??e
nature ??{er}of, ri??t fewe philosophoris wolde schewe / but sikurly
??ei biriede ??e tru??e with hem. and witi?? 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??, & so doi?? not
comyn watir; ne it is nat hoot and moist as eir, for eir corru{m}pi??
a ??i{n}g a-noon, as it schewi?? weel by gen{er}ac{i}ou{n} of flies, 24
& areins, and siche o??{er}e; but sikirly ??is is alwey incorruptible,
if it be kept cloos fro fli??t / Also it is n{o}t coold and drie as er??e.
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