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[Whatever medicines are put into our Quinte Essence, it
increases their power a hundred fold.]

cause of oure 5 e{ss}encie, [th]an it [*]schulde be wi[th]oute it / And
so I seie of medicyns
comfortatyues, digestyues, laxatyues, rest{ri}ktyues,
and alle o[th]{er}e; forwhy. if [gh]e putte seedis or flouris,
fruy[gh]tis, leeues, spicis, coold, hoot, sweet, sour, moist, do [th]ei 4
good or yuel, i{n}to o{ur}e
5 e{ss}enci{e}, forso[th]e sich 5 e{ss}enc{e} [gh]e
schulen haue [th]erfore. oure 5 e{ss}encie is [th]e instrument of alle
v{er}tues of [th]i{n}g
t{ra}nsmutable if [th]ei be putt in it, encreessynge
an hu{n}drid foold her worchingis // 8

[End of Part I.]

Explicit p{ar}s p{ri}ma tractatus q{ui}nte e{ss}encie:

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BOOK II.

[--To restore an old evangelic man to the strength of his
youth.--]

Here bigynneth the secunde book of medicyns / The first
medicyn is to reduce an oold feble euangelik man to [th]e firste
strenk[th]e of [gh]ong[th]e /
Also to restore a[gh]en his nat{ur}e [th]{a}t is
lost, and to
lenk[th]e his lijf in greet gladnesse and p{er}fi[gh]te heele 4

[Give him our Quinte Essence with some of that '1^a. M^e.' of
Gold and Pearl, a walnut-shell full at morn and eve. In a few
days he shall feel only 40 years old. Then let him take little
of our Quinte Essence, only that of Gold in good wine at
dinner and supper.]

vnto [th]e laste
teerme of his lijf [th]at is sett of god / [gh]e schal take
oure 5ta e{ss}enc{ie} aforeseid, [th]at is to seye, mannys heuene, and
[th]{er}i{n}ne putte
a litil q{ua}ntite of 5 e{ss}encia of gold and of peerl.
and [th]e oolde feble man schal vse [th]is deuyn drynk at morn and 8
at euen, ech tyme a walnote-schelle fulle / and wi[th]i{n}ne a fewe
dayes he schal so hool[7]
[th]at he schal fele him silf of [th]e statt and

[Footnote 7: ? 'be so hool.' Or is _hool_ a verb, become
whole, recover?]

[th]e strenk[th]e of xl [gh]eer;
and he schal haue greet ioie [th]at he is
come to [th]e statt
of [gh]ong[th]e. And whanne his [gh]ong[th]e is recouerid, 12
and his nature restorid,
and heel[th]e had, it is nedeful [th]at litil and