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[It cures the pain of all wounds, and when fermented it works
great secrets.]
of ??e antymonye aforeseid / Forso??e ??is doi?? awey ache of alle 32
woundis, and wondirfully heeli??. ??e v{er}tu ??{er}of is incorruptible
& merueilo{u}s p{ro}fitable / it nedit to be putrified in a rotombe
and seelid i{n} fyme, and ??anne it worchi?? greet p{ri}uytees / Forso??e
??e vta e{ss}encia of ??is antymony ??at is reed, i{n} ??e which is 36
[Page 11: TO EXTRACT THE QUINTE ESSENCE FROM MAN??™S BLOOD.]
??e secreet of alle secretis, is swettere ??an ony hony, or sugre, or
ony o??ir ??ing.
[???Science.??™]
[--How to get its Quinte Essence from Man??™s Blood.--]
The science in the extraccioun of ??e .5[3] e{ss}encie from blood,
[Footnote 3: 5 for _fifth_, or _quinte_.]
and fleisch, & eggis / To ??ou I seie, ??at in eu{er}y elementid 4
??ing, ??e .5. e{ss}encie remayne?? incorrupte: it schal be ??anne
??e moost ??i{n}g of merueyle if I teche ??ou to drawe out ??at
fro mannys blood reserued of Barbouris whanne ??ei lete blood;
also fro fleisch of alle brute beestis, and fro alle eggis, and o??{er}e 8
[Man??™s blood is the perfectest work of nature in us, and its
Quinte Essence converts blood into flesh, and works divine
miracles of healing.]
suche ??ingis. for als myche as mannes blood is ??e p{er}fitist werk
of kynde in us, as to ??e encrees of ??{a}t ??at is lost, it is certeyn
??at nature ??at .
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