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And ano??{er} maner worchinge of oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
??is / Take ??e noblest and ??e strengest bre{n}nynge watir ??{a}t ??e
may haue distillid out of pure my??ty wiyn, and putte it into
a glas clepid ampho{ra}, w{i}t{h} a long necke / and close ??e mou?? 4
strongly wi?? wex; And loke ??at half or ??e ??ridde p{ar}t be fulle;
and birie it al in hors dou{n}ge,
p{re}p{ar}ate as it is seid hereaft{er} /
so ??{a}t ??e necke of ??e glas be turned dou{n}ward, & ??e botu{m}
be turned vpward, ??{a}t by v{er}tu of ??e hors dou{n}ge ??e q{ui}nta 8
e{ss}encia ascende vp to ??e botu{m}. And ??e grost?© of ??e mater
[Take the glass out of the dung; make a hole in the wax seal,
let out the impure earthy water, and when the Quinte Essence
would begin to run, turn the glass up, and keep your Quinte
Essence.]
of ??e watir descende dou{n}ward to ??e necke / And aftir manye
daies, whanne ??e take it out, softly lift vp ??e glas as it stondith,
and ??e schal se in ??ickenes and cleernesse a difference bitwene 12
??e q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} sublymed,
and ??e grose mat{er} ??{a}t is in ??e
necke / ??e wondirful maistry of dep{ar}tynge of ??{a}t oon fro ??{a}t
o??{er} is ??is / Take a scharp poyntel, or a pricke of yren, &
peerse into ??e wex ??at hongi?? i{n} ??e mou?? of ??e glas a??ens ??e 16
er??e / and wha{n}ne ??e haue peersid al fully to ??e watir, take out
??e poyntel or ??e pricke / And ??{a}t er??ely watir wole first come
out ??{a}t is in ??e necke / and so til it be come out vnto ??e
dep{ar}ti{n}ge bitwixe it / and ??e q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, ??{a}t is, mannys 20
heuene sublymed.
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