The Book of Quinte Essence or The Fifth Being | Page 9

[th]e vynegre wole ascende; [th]anne aft{er} [gh]e schal se merueilis: for [gh]e schal se as it were a [th]ousand dropis of blessid wiyn discende doun in maner of reed dropis, as it were blood, by [th]e pipe of [th]e lymbike / [th]e which lico{ur}, gadere togidere in a 28 rotu{m}be / and [th]anne [gh]e haue a [th]ing [th]{a}t al [th]e tresour of [th]e world
[[No{ta}.]]
may not be in comp{ar}isou{n} of wor[th]ines [th]{er}to / aristo{t}le sei[th] [th]{a}t it is his lede in [th]e book of secretis, al [th]ou[gh] he [*]telle not [th]e name
[[* Fol. 17.]]
[It cures the pain of all wounds, and when fermented it works great secrets.]
of [th]e antymonye aforeseid / Forso[th]e [th]is doi[th] awey ache of alle 32 woundis, and wondirfully heeli[th]. [th]e v{er}tu [th]{er}of is incorruptible & merueilo{u}s p{ro}fitable / it nedit to be putrified in a rotombe and seelid i{n} fyme, and [th]anne it worchi[th] greet p{ri}uytees / Forso[th]e [th]e vta e{ss}encia of [th]is antymony [th]at is reed, i{n} [th]e which is 36
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[th]e secreet of alle secretis, is swettere [th]an ony hony, or sugre, or ony o[th]ir [th]ing.
['Science.']
[--How to get its Quinte Essence from Man's Blood.--]
The science in the extraccioun of [th]e .5[3] e{ss}encie from blood,
[Footnote 3: 5 for fifth, or quinte.]
and fleisch, & eggis / To [gh]ou I seie, [th]at in eu{er}y elementid 4 [th]ing, [th]e .5. e{ss}encie remayne[th] incorrupte: it schal be [th]anne [th]e moost [th]i{n}g of merueyle if I teche [gh]ou to drawe out [th]at fro mannys blood reserued of Barbouris whanne [th]ei lete blood; also fro fleisch of alle brute beestis, and fro alle eggis, and o[th]{er}e 8
[Man's blood is the perfectest work of nature in us, and its Quinte Essence converts blood into flesh, and works divine miracles of healing.]
suche [th]ingis. for als myche as mannes blood is [th]e p{er}fitist werk of kynde in us, as to [th]e encrees of [th]{a}t [th]at is lost, it is certeyn [th]at nature [th]at .5. e{ss}ence maad so p{er}fi[gh]t [th]{a}t, wi[th]oute ony o[th]ir greet p{re}p{ar}acioun wi[th]oute [th]e veynes, it beri[th] for[th] [th]at blood 12 anoon aftir into fleisch. and [th]is 5 e{ss}ence is so ny[gh] kynde [th]at [it] is moost to haue[4] / Forwhy. in it is merueylous v{er}tu of oure
[Footnote 4: MS. Harl. reads 'and this fifte beinge so nighe kinde it is most to haue.']
[Get from Barbers the blood of young sanguine men; let it stand; pour off the serum; mix the blood with a tenth of prepared salt; put it in an amphora; seal that up; put it in a horse's belly, renewing the dung weekly till all the blood turns into water; distil that; put the outcome on the pounded faeces, and distil over again.]
heuene sterrid, and to [th]e cure of nature of man worchi[th] moost deuyn myraclis, as wi[th]i{n}ne I schal teche [gh]ou / [th]erfore resceyue 16 of Barbouris, of [gh]ong sangueyn men, or colerik men, wha{n}ne [th]ei be late blood, [th]e which vse good wynes. take [th]at blood aftir [th]{a}t it ha[th] reste, and cast awey [th]e watir fro it, and braie it wi[th] [th]e .10. p{ar}t of co{men} salt p{re}p{ar}ate to medicyns of me{n}; and putte 20 it into a uessel of glas clepid ampho{ra}, [th]e which, sotely seele,
[[* Fol. 17b.]]
and putte it wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e [*]wombe of an hors, p{re}p{ar}ate as tofore, and renewe [th]e fyme oonys in [th]e wike, or more, and lete it putrifie til al [th]e blood be turned into watir / and it schal be doon 24 at [th]e mooste in xxx. or xl dayes, or aftir, more or lasse / [th]anne putte it in a lembike, and distille it at a good fier / what so euere may ascende, putte [th]at watir vpon [th]e fecis brayed, mey{n}gynge vpon a marbil stoon; putte it a[gh]en, and aftir distille it a[gh]en 28 manye tymes rehersynge / And whanne [gh]e haue [th]is noble [th]ing
[Heat the water in the distiller till it comes to a heavenly savour. This Fifth Being works miracles hardly credible unless seen.]
of blood, [th]erof [th]e .5. beynge d{ra}we out / putte a[gh]en [th]e watir in [th]e stillatorie of circulaciou{n} til [gh]e brynge it to so myche swetnes & an heuenly sauour, as [gh]e dide [th]e brennynge watir. and [th]is is 32 [th]e 5 beynge of blood deuyn, and miraclis more [th]an man mai bileue but if he se it.
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[--To get the Quinte Essence out of capons, beasts, eggs, &c.--]
Now wole I teche [gh]ou to drawe out [th]e .5 beynge from capou{n}s, he{n}nes, and al man{er} fleisch of Brut beestis, and from al maner eggis of foulis [th]at ben holsum and medicynable
[Grind some of them with a tenth part of prepared salt; put 'em into a horse's belly till they become water, and distil