The Book of Quinte Essence or The Fifth Being | Page 6

fier. sette [gh]oure vessel forseid to [th]e strong reuerberaciou{n} of [th]e su{n}ne in somer tyme, and lete it stonde [th]{er}e ny[gh]t and day. 20
[--How poor evangelic men may get the gracious influence of gold.--]
Here I wole teche [gh]ou how pore eua{n}gelik me{n} may haue wi[th]oute cost, and almoost for nou[gh]t, [th]e g{ra}cious influence of gold, and [th]e maner of [th]e fixynge of it in oure heuene, [th]at is,
[Borrow a Florence florin of a rich friend, anneal [?heat] it on a plate of iron, and throw it into some Burning Water, taking care to quench the fire quickly to prevent the Water wasting.]
oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia. if [gh]e be pore, [gh]e schal p{re}ie a riche man 24 [th]at is [gh]o{ur}e free{n}d to leene [gh]ou a good floreyn of florence / and anele it vpon a plate of yren as yren is anelid. and haue biside [gh]ou a uessel of er[th]e glasid, fillid ful of the beste brennynge watir [th]at [gh]e may fynde. & caste into [th]e watir [th]e floreyn anelid. and 28 loke [th]at [gh]e haue a sotilte and a slei[gh][th]e to quenche sodeynly [th]e fier, [th]at [th]e watir waaste not; and be weel war [th]at no{n} yren touche
[Repeat this 50 times in fresh Water, and then mix all the Waters together.]
[th]e watir. but af[t]er caste into [th]e watir [th]e floreyn, and do so .l. tymes or more, for [th]e oftere [th]e bettere it is / And if [gh]e se [th]{a}t [th]e 32 watir waaste to myche, chaunge it [th]anne, and take newe, & do so ofte tymes. and whanne [gh]e haue do [gh]oure quenchour, putte
[The Water draws out all the properties of the gold.]
all [th]e wat{ri}s togidere / And [gh]e schulen vndirstonde [th]at [th]e v{er}tu of bre{n}nynge watir is sich [th]at naturely it drawi[th] out of 36
[Page 7: HOW TO GILD BURNING WATER OR WINE.]
[Mix the gilt Burning Water with Quinte Essence.]
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gold alle [th]e v{er}tues & p{ro}pirtees of it, & it holdi[th] incorru{m}ptibilitee & an euene heete. [*][th]anne meynge [th]is brennynge watir [th]us giltid wi[th] oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, and vse it. but be war [th]{a}t [gh]e quenche not [th]e floreyn in oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence; for [th]anne 4
[You may substitute for Burning Water best white wine, which also retains the powers of gold.]
it were lost / And if it so be [th]at [gh]e haue not [th]is brennynge watir redy, [th]anne que{n}che [gh]oure floreyn in [th]e beste whi[gh]t wiyn [th]at may be had / For sikirly [th]e philosophore sei[th], [th]at wiyn hath also [th]e p{ro}pirtee to restreyne in it [th]e influence and v{er}tues of 8 gold / And whanne [gh]e haue do [gh]o{ur}e werk, [gh]e schal wite [th]at [th]e floreyn is als good, & almoost of [th]e same wei[gh]te, as it was afore / [th]erfore vse wiyn or bre{n}nynge watir giltid, so [th]{a}t [gh]e may
[This gilt Water will make you well and young again. In it you have the Sun fixed in our Heaven.]
be hool, and wexe glad, and be [gh]ong. And [th]us [gh]e haue oure 12 heuene, and [th]e su{n}ne in him fixid, to [th]e conseruac{i}ou{n} of mannys nature and fixaciou{n} of o{ur}e heuene, [th]{a}t is, oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence.
['science.']
[--How to gild Burning Water or Wine more thoroughly.--]
The sci{enc}e how [gh]e schule gilde more my[gh]tily by brennynge 16 watir or wiyn [th]an I tau[gh]te you tofore, wherby [th]e wat{er} or [th]e wiyn schal take to it my[gh]tily [th]e influence & [th]e v{er}tues of fyne gold.
[Heat calcined gold in a silver spoon and put it in Burning Water or wine 50 times, as with the florin before.]
Take [th]e calx of fy{n} gold as it is declarid here-aftir in [th]is 20 book, and putte it in a siluer spone, and anele it at [th]e fier. & [th]a{n}ne caste [th]e cals of the gold in [th]e brennynge watir or i{n} wiyn .l. times, as I tau[gh]te [gh]ou tofore wi[th] [th]e floreyn. and
[Your liquor will be better gilt, as the fire and Water or wine work more powerfully on the grains of gold than on a plate.]
[gh]e schule haue [gh]oure lico{ur} by an hu{n}drid p{ar}t bettir gilt [th]an [gh]e 24 had tofore wi[th] [th]e floreyn / Forwhi. fier worchi[th] more strongly
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and bett{er}e [*]in sotil p{ar}ties [th]an it doi[th] in an hool plate / And also bre{n}nynge watir or wiyn drawi[th] out more my[gh]tily bi a [th]ousand p{ar}t [th]e p{ro}pirtees of gold fro smale p{ar}ties anelid, [th]an 28
[Wine retains the properties of all liquibles quenched in it.]
it doi[th] fro a [th]icke plate / And [gh]e schal vndirstonde [th]{a}t wiyn not aloonly holdi[th] in it [th]e p{ro}pirtees of gold, but myche more [th]e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles if [th]ei be quenchid [th]{er}i{n}ne. and [th]at
[If Saturn (lead) liquefied be quenched in wine, and then Mars (iron) be quenched in it, Mars acquires the softness of Saturn.]
is a souereyn p{ri}uite: Forwhi, if [gh]e quenche saturne liquified 32