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"The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D."

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p{er}fi??tly ??e
feu{er}e co{n}tynuel{e} / and ??ou?? bre{n}nynge watir caste 8
out fro blood watry humouris and corrupt, ??itt take it nou??t in
??is cure / forwhi; ??ou?? bre{n}nynge watir be .7. tymes distillid,
??itt it is [not] fully depurid fro his brennynge heete, & ??e .4.
elementis / but si?? oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} is not hoot, ne moist, coold, 12
ne drie, as ben ??e 4. eleme{n}tis / ??{er}fore it heeli?? p{er}fi??tly ??e
contynuel feu{er}e; namely wi?? co{m}mixtioun of ??e 5 e{ss}enc{e} of
gold & peerle / and if ??e wole strenk??e ??oure medicyn, ??a{n}ne
putte yn oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} a litil quantite of pulpa cassie fistule / 16
or ellis ??e iuys of ??e eerbe m{er}curial{e}. & if it so be ??at o??{er}e
humouris habounde to myche w{i}t{h} blood, ??anne take ??o laxatyues
[[* Fol. 23b.]]
??at kyndely wole [*]purge hem, as comou{n} bookis of
fisik declare??. 20
[???10. M^e.??™]
[???feu{er} t{er}cyane.??™]
[--To cure Tertian Fever.--]
The 10. medicyn to cure ??e feuere tercian, ??e which is
causid of putrifaccioun, or reed coler to myche haboundynge /
[Take Quinte Essence, with Rhubarb and Endive water, morn and
eve.]
to cure ??ees sijknes, tak oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, or ellis fyn brennynge
watir,--but ??e firste is bettere,--and putte ??{er}i{n}ne a litil 24
of rubarbe or of su{m}me o??{er} laxatiue ??at purgi?? reed coler, and
[???wat{er} of endyue.


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