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??at is ayr / putte it aside. ??anne ??{er} leeue?? ??itt fier wi?? er??e.
to dep{ar}te fier from er??e, putte ??e element of watir, ??at is to
seye .iiij ?„” of watir, vpon j ?„” of mat{er} / and putte by .vij. daies
[Put the red water into the distiller; pure water shall rise;
red water, or fire, shall remain; so you have the 4 Elements
separate.]
to encorp{er}e wel as tofore in ??e bath of marien?… / Aftirward 4
putte it to ??e fier of flawme ri??t strong, and ??e reed wat{er} schal
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ascende. ??e which gadere togidere as longe as ony [*]??ing ascendi??.
and to ??ou schal remayne an er??e ri??t blak in ??e botum. ??e which
gadere togidere aside / ??anne ??e redeste watir ??e schal take. forwhy. 8
??er be .ij. eleme{n}tis, ??at is to seie, ??e element of watir and fier.
??a{n}ne yn ??e stillatorie, to ??e fier of ba??, cleer watir schal asende.
and in ??e botu{m} schal remayne ??e reed watir, ??at is, ??e element
of fier. and so ??e haue now first oon oyle, ??at is, ayer o side, and 12
watir, and fier, and er??e. and note ??e weel ??{a}t ??{er}fore ??e element
of watir is putt a??e{n} to drawe out from er??e fier and eyr, for ??ei
[Distil each into its Quinte Essence, or rectify it, and thank
our glorious God for this bit of knowledge.]
wole not ascende, but ??oru?? ??e help of element of watir. brynge
a??e{n} eu{er}ych into 5 beynge wi?? ??e vessel of circulacioun as tofore 16
/ or ellis rectifie, makynge oon ascende .
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