for souereynly it worchi?? & chaungi??. And it is not hoot and
drie as fier, as it schewi?? by exp{er}ience; for hoot ??ingis it keli??, 28
[It gives incorruptibility, for it prevents dead flesh from
rotting, and much more the living flesh of man.]
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& hoot sijknessis it doi?? awey / Also ??{a}t it ??eue?? incorruptibilite,
and kepi?? a ??i{n}g fro corruptibilite [*]and rotynge, it is p{re}ued
??{us} / Forwhi. what pece of fleisch, fisch, or deed brid, be putt
??{er}i{n}ne, it schal not corru[m]pe ne rote whilis it is ??{er}i{n}ne / 32
miche more ??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, ??{a}t is to seie, mannys heuene, ??{a}t god made to ??e
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conseruac{i}ou{n} of ??e .4. q{ua}litees of mannys body, ri??t as he made
his heuene to ??e conseruac{i}ou{n} of al ??e world / And wite ??e for
[Many know it not now for their covetousness and vice.]
certeyn ??at manye philosophoris and lechis ??at ben now, knowe
nou??t ??is q{ui}nta e{ss}encia, ne ??e tru??e ??{er}of / Forwhi; god wole 4
not ??{a}t ??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.
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