??™]
[Distil it 1000 times, and it shall be glorified and become a
medicine incorruptible as heaven.]
a ??ousand tymes, so ??at by coutynuel ascendynge and descendynge,
by the which it is sublymed to so myche hi??nes of glorificaciou{n}, 24
it schal come ??{a}t it schal be a medicyn incorruptible
almoost as heuene aboue, and of ??e nature of heuene / And
??{er}fore oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia wor??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 ??at it hath be in ??is sotil vessel of glas 28
distillid / ??e schulen opene ??e hoole of ??e vessel in ??e heed ??at
[???lute??™]
w{a}s selid with ??e seel of lute of wijsdom, maad of ??e sotillest
flour, and of white of eyren, and of moist pap{er}e, ymeyngid so
??at no ??ing respire out / And wh{a}ne ??e opene ??e hoole. if ??{er} 32
come out a passynge heuenly swete flauour ??at alle me{n} ??{a}t
[[* Fol. 12b.]]
come yn naturely [*]drawe ??{er}to. ??anne ??e haue oure q{ui}nta
e{ss}encia / and ellis sele ??e vessel, and putte it to ??e fier a??en
til ??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.
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