And ??e vta e{s}sencia of ??e 36
[Evaporate the water left; the residuum is the Quinte Essence
of Gold.]
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gold wole abyde byne??e. And manye philosophoris clepi?? ??is
q{ui}nta e{ss}encia an oile incombustible, ??{a}t is a greet p{ri}uytee /
And if ??e wole
fixe ??is q{ui}nta e{ss}encia i{n} o{ur}e heuene, ??{a}t[1] it
[And if you fix this Quinte Essence in our heaven, it will
restore man to the strength of his youth.]
[[1 then, MS. Harl.]]
may wi??oute doute restore a??e{n} to man ??{a}t nature ??at is lost, 4
and reduce hi{m} a??e{n} i{n}to ??e v{er}tu of ??e strenk??e of ??ong??e, and
also lenk??i?? his lijf into ??e laste terme of lijf set of god // Now
[Now I have told this most sovereign secret, which should not
be shewed. The Quinte Essence of gold is best to heal wounds.]
[[* Fol. 16b.]]
[[N{ota}.]]
forso??e I haue toold ??ou ??e souereynest [*]pr{i}uytee and restorynge
of mannys kynde, and i{n} p{ar}t greet ??ing ??at schulde not be 8
schewid / Forwhi. ??is oyle, ??at is to seie, q{ui}nta e{ss}encia of gold,
hath ??e mooste swetnes and v{er}tu to a-swage and putte awei ??e
ache of woundis, and for to heele woundis, oolde sooris, and
manye wondirful yuelis / Also i{n} ??e same maner ??e may drawe 12
out of siluir, q{ui}nte e{ss}encie //
[--How to get its Quinte Essence out of Antimony.
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