t Burning Water; put this in a Distiller
in a furnace, and let the vapour rise, condense, and be
distilled till it is turned into Quinte Essence, and parted
from the 4 elements.]

were, rotu{n} fecis
of wiyn / But firste [gh]e muste distille [th]is wiyn
.7. tymes; & [th]a{n}ne haue [gh]e good bre{n}nynge watir / Forso[th]e, 8

[[* Fol. 12.]]

[th]is is [th]e watri mat{er}
[*]fro which is drawe oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia /
Thanne muste [gh]e do make in [th]e furneis of aischin, a distillatorie

['vas']

of glas al hool of oo. pece, wi[th] an hoole a-boue in [th]e heed, where
[th]e watir schal be putt yn, and be take out / And [th]is is a 12
wondirful instrument [th]{a}t
[th]{a}t [th]ing [th]{a}t by v{er}tues of fier ascendith
and distillith wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e vessel,
p{er} canales brachiales, [th]{a}t is, by
pipis lich to armys, be bore a[gh]en, and eftsoones ascendith, &
eft desce{n}di[th]
contynuely day and ny[gh]t, til [th]e bre{n}nynge wat{er} 16
heuenly be turned into
q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} / And so bi continuell{e}
ascenciou{n}s & discenciou{n}s, [th]e q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
dep{ar}tid fro
[th]e corruptible composiciou{n} of [th]e .4. eleme{n}tis.
For bifore [th]{a}t [th]ing
[th]{a}t is twies sublymed is more glorified, and 20
is more sotil, and fer
fro{m} [th]e corru{m}pciou{n} of [th]e .4. eleme{n}tis
more sep{ar}at [th]a{n} wha{n}ne it ascendith but oonys; and so vnto

['N{ot}a.']

[Distil it 1000 times, and it shall be glorified and become a
medicine incorruptible as heaven.]

a [th]ousand tymes, so [th]at by coutynuel ascendynge and descendynge,
by the which it is sublymed to so myche hi[gh]nes of glorificaciou{n}, 24
it schal come [th]{a}t it schal be a medicyn incorruptible
almoost as heuene aboue, and of [th]e nature of heuene / And
[th]{er}fore oure q{ui}nta
e{ss}encia wor[th]ily is clepid 'mannys heuene' /

[After many days unstop your distiller, and if there issues
out a heaven-sweet savour, you have our Quinte Essence. If
not, distil again till you have.]

And aftir manye daies [th]at it hath be in [th]is sotil vessel of glas 28
distillid / [gh]e schulen
opene [th]e hoole of [th]e vessel in [th]e heed [th]at

['lute']

w{a}s selid with [th]e seel of lute of wijsdom, maad of [th]e sotillest
flour, and of white of e