or xl dayes, or aftir, more or lasse / ??anne
putte it in a lembike, and distille it at a good fier / what so euere
may ascende, putte ??at watir vpon ??e fecis brayed, mey{n}gynge
vpon a marbil stoon; putte it a??en, and aftir distille it a??en 28
manye tymes rehersynge / And whanne ??e haue ??is noble ??ing
[Heat the water in the distiller till it comes to a heavenly
savour. This Fifth Being works miracles hardly credible unless
seen.]
of blood, ??erof ??e .5. beynge d{ra}we out / putte a??en ??e watir in
??e stillatorie of circulaciou{n} til ??e brynge it to so myche swetnes
& an heuenly sauour, as ??e dide ??e brennynge watir. and ??is is 32
??e 5 beynge of blood deuyn, and miraclis more ??an man mai
bileue but if he se it.
[Page 12: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF BEASTS AND THE 4 ELEMENTS.]
[--To get the Quinte Essence out of capons, beasts, eggs, &c.--]
Now wole I teche ??ou to drawe out ??e .5 beynge from
capou{n}s, he{n}nes, and al man{er} fleisch of Brut beestis, and
from al maner eggis of foulis ??at ben holsum and medicynable
[Grind some of them with a tenth part of prepared salt; put
??™em into a horse??™s belly till they become water, and distil
that till it??™s heaven-sweet.]
to ete for m??n kynde / Grynde summe of ??ese ??ingis 4
forseid, which ??at ??e wil, as strongly as ??e can in a morter, wi??
??e 10 p{ar}t of hi{m} of sal co{m}e{n} p{re}p{ar}ate to ??e medicyne of
me{n}, as I seide tofore.
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