certeyn exp{er}ience techi?? ??at
[???colerike.??™
???Sangueyn.??™
???Fleumatyke.??™
???blake coler.??™
???malencoly.??™]
[Dark melancholy men are troubled more with anxieties than any
others, being born under ???Saturne, a wykyd planete.??™]
colerik me{n} ??eue?? to su{m}me ymagynac{i}ou{n}s; and sangueyn
me{n} be{n} ocupied aboute su{m}me o??{er}e ymagynaciou{n}s; & ??itt 20
flewmatik men aboute o??{er}e / but ??o me{n} ??at habounde in blak
coler, ??at is, malencoly, ben occupied a ??{o}usa{n}d p{ar}t wi?? mo
??ou??tis ??an ben men of ony o??{er} complexiou{n} / Forwhi. ??{a}t
humour of blak coler is so noyous, ??{a}t if it a-bounde and a-sende 24
vp to ??e heed, it troubli?? alle ??e my??tis of ??e brayn, engendrynge
[???Nota sequentia.??™]
noyous ymagynaciou{n}s, bryngynge yn horrible ??ou??tis bo??e
wakynge and slepinge; and siche man{er} of men ben born vndir
??e constillacioun of saturne, the wickide planete / Forso??e, to 28
siche me{n} deuelis wole gladly appere, & mi{ni}st{er} to hem[*] her
[[* MS. hom]]
[Devils gladly appear to them and tempt them, so that they
often fall into despair and kill themselves.]
[[* Fol. 21.]]
p{ri}uy te{m}ptaciou{n}s wi??i{n}ne ??e cours of her ??ou??tis; and ??ese
men ??us [*]turmentid wi?? ??e passiou{n}s of malencoly comou{n}ly
speke wi?? hem, stryue and dispute wi?? hem silf whanne ??ei be 32
a-loone, ??{a}t ofte tymes o??{er}e folk may heere it / These maner
of me{n} ??at ben ??{us} turmentid, as weel by passioun of malencoly
as of deuelis, ofte tymes falle in dispeir, and at ??e laste sle hem
silf / ??e p{er}fi??t cure of alle ??ese is oure 5 e{ss}encie auri {et} 36
[The cure is our Quinte Essence of Gold and Pearls, with a
little senna or lapis lazuli.
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