yren, and of moist pap{er}e, ymeyngid so
[th]at no [th]ing respire out /
And wh{a}ne [gh]e opene [th]e hoole. if [th]{er} 32
come out a passynge heuenly swete flauour [th]at alle me{n} [th]{a}t

[[* Fol. 12b.]]

come yn naturely [*]drawe [th]{er}to. [th]anne [gh]e haue oure q{ui}nta
e{ss}encia / and ellis
sele [th]e vessel, and putte it to [th]e fier a[gh]en
til [gh]e haue it. 36

[Page 5: THE 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th WAYS OF MAKING QUINTE ESSENCE.]

[--The second way to make Quinte Essence.--]

[Put the strongest Burning Water into an 'amphora;' seal it
up; bury it neck downwards in horse-dung, and the Quinte
Essence will rise into the globe and the impurities settle in
the neck.]

And ano[th]{er} maner worchinge of oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
[th]is / Take [th]e noblest
and [th]e strengest bre{n}nynge watir [th]{a}t [gh]e
may haue distillid out of pure my[gh]ty wiyn, and putte it into
a glas clepid ampho{ra}, w{i}t{h} a long necke / and close [th]e mou[th] 4
strongly wi[th] wex;
And loke [th]at half or [th]e [th]ridde p{ar}t be fulle;
and birie it al in hors dou{n}ge,
p{re}p{ar}ate as it is seid hereaft{er} /
so [th]{a}t [th]e necke
of [th]e glas be turned dou{n}ward, & [th]e botu{m}
be turned vpward,
[th]{a}t by v{er}tu of [th]e hors dou{n}ge [th]e q{ui}nta 8
e{ss}encia ascende
vp to [th]e botu{m}. And [th]e grost['e] of [th]e mater

[Take the glass out of the dung; make a hole in the wax seal,
let out the impure earthy water, and when the Quinte Essence
would begin to run, turn the glass up, and keep your Quinte
Essence.]

of [th]e watir descende dou{n}ward to [th]e necke / And aftir manye
daies, whanne [gh]e
take it out, softly lift vp [th]e glas as it stondith,
and [gh]e schal se in [th]ickenes and cleernesse a difference bitwene 12
[th]e q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} sublymed,
and [th]e grose mat{er} [th]{a}t is in [th]e
necke / [th]e wondirful
maistry of dep{ar}tynge of [th]{a}t oon fro [th]{a}t
o[th]{er} is [th]is / Take a scharp poyntel, or a pricke of yren, &
peerse into [th]e wex [th]at
hongi[th] i{n} [th]e mou[th] of [th]e glas a[gh]ens [th]e 16
er[th]e / and wha{n}ne
[gh]e haue peersid al fully to [th]e watir, take out
[th]e poyntel or [th]e pricke /
And [