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of ??ong??e / And it schal ??eue plenteuously heel??e: and so it
is p{re}ued by astronomy aboue, ??at sterris ??at ha?? influence vpon
??e heed and ??e necke of ma{n} / as be{n} ??e sterris of aries, taurus, 28
[???N{ot}a.??™]
and gemini, ??eue{n} influence syngulerly vpon?… Gerapigra galieni /
And ??{er}fore it ha?? a synguler strenk??e, by ??e ordynau{n}ce of
god, to drawe awey ??e sup{er}flue humouris fro ??e heed, ??e necke,
and ??e brest, and not fro ??e membris byne??e / And so I seie of 32
spicis ??at drawi?? humouris fro ??e knees, ??e leggis, and ??e feet,
??at resseyuen a synguler influence of ??e sterris of Cap{ri}corn,
[Tell not these Divine secrets to wicked men.]
Aquarie and pisces, & ri??t so of o??{er}e, {et} c{etera} / Comou{n}ne
??e not ??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 ??e it in p{ri}uytee / Take ??e beste wiyn ??at ??e may
fynde, if ??e be of power; & if ??e be ri??t pore, ??anne take
corrupt wiyn, ??{a}t is, rotyn, of a wat{er}y humour, but not egre,
??{a}t is, sour,
for ??e q{ui}nt e{ss}encia ??{er}of is naturaly incorruptible 4
??e which ??e schal drawe out by sublymac{i}ou{n} / And ??a{n}ne
schal ??{er} leue in ??e grou{n}d of ??e vessel ??e .
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