orso[th]e [gh]e woot 16
weel [th]at [th]er be manye werkis in [th]e whiche gold and siluir
be meyngid, as in giltynge of vessel & Iewellis / [th]{er}fore

[Put the mixture into a solution of vitriol and saltpetre, and
the silver will be dissolved.]

whanne [gh]e wole drawe
[th]e toon fro [th]at o[th]ir, putte al [th]at mixture
into a strong watir
maad of vitriol and of sa[l-] pet{re}. and [th]e 20

[[* Fol. 16.]]

[Corrosive water and sal ammoniac will dissolve the gold.]

[*]siluyr wole be dissolued,
and not [th]e gold: [th]a{n}ne [gh]e haue [th]at
oon departid fro [th]e to[th]ir /
And if [gh]e wole dissolue [th]e gold to
watir, putte [th]a{n}ne
yn [th]e watir corosyue, Sa[l-] ar{moni}ac; and [th]at
watir wi[th]oute doute wole dissolue gold into watir. 24

['science.']

['N{ota}.']

[--How to get out of gold its Quinte Essence.--]

[Put calcined gold into distilled vinegar or purified urine;
set it in a hot sun; a film will soon rise; skim it off,
collect all such in a glass vessel till no more rise.]

The sci{enc}e to drawe out of fyn gold vta e{ss}encia is [th]is /
First [gh]e schal reduce gold into calx, as I tolde [gh]ou tofore /
[th]anne take vynegre distillid, or ellis oold vryne depurid fro [th]e
fecis, and putte it in a uessel glasid; and [th]e liquor schal be in 28
[th]e hei[gh][th]e of 4. ynchis;
and [th]{er}i{n}ne caste [th]e calx of gold, &
sette it to the strong su{n}ne in somer tyme, [th]{er}e to abide / and
soone aftir [gh]e schal se as it were a liquor of oyle ascende vp,
fletynge aboue in man{er} of a skyn or of a reme. gadere [th]at awey 32
wi[th] a sotil spone
or ellis a fe[th]{er}e, and putte it into a uessel of
glas in [th]e which be putt watir tofore. and [th]us gadere it manye
tymes in [th]e day,
into [th]e tyme [th]{a}t [th]er ascende nomore / and aftir
do vapoure awey [th]e watir
at [th]e fier. And [th]e vta e{s}sencia of [th]e 36

[Evaporate the water left; the residuum is the Quinte Essence
of Gold.]

[Page 10: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF ANTIMONY, &C.]

gold wole abyde byne[th]e. And manye philosophoris clepi[th] [th]is
q{ui}nta e{ss}encia an oile
incombustible, [th]{a}t is a greet p{ri}uytee /
And if [gh]e wole fixe
[th]is q{ui}nta e{ss}encia i{n} o{ur}e h