nys, and vse it in maner as I seide afore / and wi[th]i{n}ne a 8
fewe daies he schal be
p{ar}tily hool [th]{er}of. and if [gh]e haue n{o}n
p{re}p{ar}ate redy
oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, [th]anne take in [th]e stide [th]{er}of fyn
bre{n}ny{n}ge watir / but [th]at o[th]{er} is bettere.

[Wash the leper with strawberry or mulberry water; this is of
great virtue, but is much encreased by our Quinte Essence.]

Also, drawe a wat{er} of [th]e fruy[gh]t of strawbery or mulbery 12
tree, whanne it is ripe,
and waische [th]e lepre [th]{er}wi[th]. [th]is watir
is of so greet vertu; for a souereyn maistir took it a leprous

[[* Fol. 20.]]

[*]womman, [th]at wi[th]
[th]e waischinge oonly of [th]is watir, w{i}t{h}ynne
schort tyme was maad al hool / but sikirly [th]e vertu [th]erof is 16
myche worth if it be meyngid w{i}t{h} oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, or ellis
brennyng watir; and [th]anne it schal be no nede to vse in [th]is
p{er}ilous cure, venemys, as su{m}me lechis doon.

[4^a. M^e.]

[--To cure Palsy, which comes from viscous humours closing the
passages of motive power.--]

The 4 medicyn is to cure palsie vniuersel. Forso[th]e alle 20
philosophoris seyn [th]at
[th]e palesye vniuersel come[th] of habou{n}dau{n}ce
of visco{us} humouris closynge [th]e metis of vertu a{n}i{m}ale,
sensityue, and motyue. And [th]erfore it is necessarie [th]at [th]o
[th]ingis [th]at schal
cure [th]is sijknes be temp{er}ate, hoot, and moist, 24

[Blessed be God, our Quinte Essence will restore the paralitic.]

and a litil att{ra}ctyue, and to [th]e syno{us} confortatyue / Therfore,
blessid be god, makere of kynde, [th]at ordeynede for [th]e ma{n}
p{ar}alitike oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}
aforseid, [th]{a}t souereynly to hi{m} comfortynge,

[Fix in it the Quinte Essence of euphorbium and the like; and,
if God will, the palsied man shall be whole, if you make him a
stew of ivy and sage.]

restorynge, and temp{er}atly worchynge / [th]{er}fore fixe 28
[th]{er}i{n}ne [th]e
5 e{ss}enc{e} of [th]o laxatyues [th]{a}t purgen flewme &

['sawe']

viscous humouris, as a litil of euforbie, or turbit, or sambucy.
& [th]anne wi[th]oute doute,
if god wole, [th]e p{ar}alitik man schal be
hool wi[th] comfortynge and restorynge of kynde, if [gh]e make him 32

['No{t}a
yue
sauge.']

a stewe