nd 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] / Forw