The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) Part 5

[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, & wii{n}ne .iij. houris {a}t watir schal be sich a sirup, vndirstonde wel, bettir by an hundrid p{ar}t, by

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[Whatever medicines are put into our Quinte Essence, it increases their power a hundred fold.]

cause of oure 5 e{ss}encie, an it [*]schulde be wioute it / And so I seie of medicyns comfortatyues, digestyues, laxatyues, rest{ri}ktyues, and alle o{er}e; forwhy. if ?e putte seedis or flouris, fruy?tis, leeues, spicis, coold, hoot, sweet, sour, moist, do ei 4 good or yuel, i{n}to o{ur}e 5 e{ss}enci{e}, forsoe sich 5 e{ss}enc{e} ?e schulen haue erfore. oure 5 e{ss}encie is e instrument of alle v{er}tues of i{n}g t{ra}ns.m.u.table if ei be putt in it, encreessynge an hu{n}drid foold her worchingis // 8

[End of Part I.]

Explicit p{ar}s p{ri}ma tractatus q{ui}nte e{ss}encie:

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BOOK II.

[--To restore an old evangelic man to the strength of his youth.--]

Here bigynneth the secunde book of medicyns / The first medicyn is to reduce an oold feble euangelik man to e firste strenke of ?onge / Also to restore a?en his nat{ur}e {a}t is lost, and to lenke his lijf in greet gladnesse and p{er}fi?te heele 4

[Give him our Quinte Essence with some of that '1^a. M^e.' of Gold and Pearl, a walnut-sh.e.l.l full at morn and eve. In a few days he shall feel only 40 years old. Then let him take little of our Quinte Essence, only that of Gold in good wine at dinner and supper.]

vnto e laste teerme of his lijf at is sett of G.o.d / ?e schal take oure 5ta e{ss}enc{ie} aforeseid, at is to seye, mannys heuene, and {er}i{n}ne putte a litil q{ua}nt.i.te of 5 e{ss}encia of gold and of peerl.

and e oolde feble man schal vse is deuyn drynk at morn and 8 at euen, ech tyme a walnote-sch.e.l.le fulle / and wii{n}ne a fewe dayes he schal so hool[7] at he schal fele him silf of e statt and

[Footnote 7: ? 'be so hool.' Or is _hool_ a verb, become whole, recover?]

e strenke of xl ?eer; and he schal haue greet ioie at he is come to e statt of ?onge. And whanne his ?onge is recouerid, 12 and his nature restorid, and heele had, it is nedeful at litil and seelde he vse 5 essence / Also it is nedeful at he vse ofte good wiyn at his mete and at e soper, in e which be fixid e 5.

essence of gold, as I tau?te ?ou tofore. 16

['2^a. M^e.']

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[--To cure a man given up by his doctors.--]

The secu{n}de [*]medicyn is to heele a man, and make hym lyue, {a}t is almoost consumed in nature, and so ny? deed at he is forsake of lechis. but if it be e laste teerme of his lijf

[Give him Quinte Essence of Gold with celandine water, and he shall rise up and speak.]

sett of G.o.d, ?e schal ?eue hi{m} oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence of gold wi a 20 litil quant.i.te of watir of celendoyn ?drawe, and meynge it wi

['Aq{u}a celidoyn.']

e o{er}e ingis aforeseid / and anoon as e sike hath resceyued it into his stomak, it ?eue to e herte influence of naturel heete and of lijf. and anne ?e schal se hi{m} rise vp and speke, and 24

[Then comfort him with our Quinte Essence, and he shall be cured, unless G.o.d wills he shall die.]

wondirfully be comfortid and strenkid {er}by // anne comforte him wi minist{ra}ciou{n} of our{e} q{ui}nte e{ss}encie afore seid, and he schal be al hool / but if it be so at G.o.d wole algatis at he schal die / And I seie to ?ou truly, at is is e hi?este maist{ri}e {a}t 28

[Few doctors now know this highest secret.]

may be in trans.m.u.taciou{n} of kynde; for ri?t fewe lechis now lyuynge knowe is p{ri}uytee.

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['3^a. M^e.']

[--To cure the Leprosy that is caused by rotten humours.--]

The ridde medicyn is to cure e lepre at is causid of corrupcioun and putrifaccioun of ony of e p{ri}nc.i.p.al humouris of man; but not e lepre {a}t come to man of kynde of e fadir and of e modir leprous,--for it is callid morbus 4 heredit{us},--ne e lepre at is sent of G.o.d by his plage, but at

[Use our Quinte Essence, with those of Gold and Pearl; (or Burning Water, if you have no Quinte Essence.)]

{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 quant.i.te at oonys, and vse it in maner as I seide afore / and wii{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

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[*]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 pa.s.sages of motive power.--]

The 4 medicyn is to cure palsie vniuersel. Forsoe 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. And erfore it is necessarie at o ingis at schal cure is sijknes be temp{er}ate, hoot, and moist, 24

[Blessed be G.o.d, our Quinte Essence will restore the paralitic.]

and a litil att{ra}ctyue, and to e syno{us} confortatyue / Therfore, blessid be G.o.d, makere of kynde, at ordeynede for e ma{n} p{ar}alitike oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} aforseid, {a}t souereynly to hi{m} comfortynge,

[Fix in it the Quinte Essence of euphorbium and the like; and, if G.o.d will, the palsied man shall be whole, if you make him a stew of ivy and sage.]

restorynge, and temp{er}atly worchynge / {er}fore fixe 28 {er}i{n}ne e 5 e{ss}enc{e} of o laxatyues {a}t purgen flewme &

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