7 tymes bi an o??ir /
but first ??e moste ??e ri??t blak er??e of oon hide[5] nature, in ??e
furneys of glas mon[6],
or ellis reu{er}berac{i}ou{n}, xxj. dayes calcyne /
[Footnote 5: of vnkinde natuer. Harl. 853.]
[Footnote 6: of glasse made. Harl. 853.]
And for a cause I speke to ??ou nomore of this science. but 20
ioie ??e, and thanke oure glorio{us} lord god of ??ese ??ingis ??at
??e haue had.
[--To fix all earthly things in our Quinte Essence.--]
The science to fixe alle er??ely ??ingis in n{ost}ra 5ta e{ss}encia,
??at is to seie, o{ur}e heuene, ??at by her influence ??ei may ??eue 24
??erto ??er p{ro}p{er}tees and her hid vertues / oure glorious god
[God has given it the power of drawing all the virtues out of
every thing in 3 hours.]
ha?? ??eue sich a uertu to oure q{ui}nta e{ss}ence, ??at it may drawe
out of euery matier of fruy??t / tree / rote / flour, herbe / fleisch,
seed & spice / And eu{er}y medicynable ??ing, alle ??e v{er}tues, 28
p{ro}pirtees, and naturis, ??e whiche god made in he{m}; and ??at
wi??i{n}ne .iij. houris.
[Put therefore every thing necessary for any syrup into our
Quinte Essence, and in 3 hours it shall be 100 times better
than before.]
Now I haue schewid ??ou a souereyn p{ri}uytee, how ??{a}t ??e
may wi?? oure heuene drawe out eu{er}y 5 e{ss}encia from alle 32
??ingis aforeseid / ??{er}fore alle necessarie ??ingis to eu{er}y syrup
putte yn oure 5 e{ss}encie, & wi??i{n}ne .
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