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??{a}t is causid oonly of rotu{n} humo{ur}is / take oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}
aforeseid, wi?? ??e
q{ui}nte e{ss}enc{e} of goold and peerl, a litil quantite
at oonys, and vse it in maner as I seide afore / and wi??i{n}ne a 8
fewe daies he schal be p{ar}tily hool ??{er}of. and if ??e haue n{o}n
p{re}p{ar}ate redy oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, ??anne take in ??e stide ??{er}of fyn
bre{n}ny{n}ge watir / but ??at o??{er} is bettere.
[Wash the leper with strawberry or mulberry water; this is of
great virtue, but is much encreased by our Quinte Essence.]
Also, drawe a wat{er} of ??e fruy??t of strawbery or mulbery 12
tree, whanne it is ripe, and waische ??e lepre ??{er}wi??. ??is watir
is of so greet vertu; for a souereyn maistir took it a leprous
[[* Fol. 20.]]
[*]womman, ??at wi?? ??e waischinge oonly of ??is watir, w{i}t{h}ynne
schort tyme was maad al hool / but sikirly ??e vertu ??erof is 16
myche worth if it be meyngid w{i}t{h} oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, or ellis
brennyng watir; and ??anne it schal be no nede to vse in ??is
p{er}ilous cure, venemys, as su{m}me lechis doon.
[4^a. M^e.]
[--To cure Palsy, which comes from viscous humours closing the
passages of motive power.--]
The 4 medicyn is to cure palsie vniuersel. Forso??e alle 20
philosophoris seyn ??at ??e palesye vniuersel come?? of habou{n}dau{n}ce
of visco{us} humouris closynge ??e metis of vertu a{n}i{m}ale,
sensityue, and motyue.
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