hoot and moist with herbis, [th]at is to seye, eerbe yue,
& sauge, [th]at haue an heuenly strenk[th]e to comforte [th]e joynctis,

[Failing Quinte Essence, let him drink Burning Water in fine
wine, and wash all over with burning water.]

& [th]e senewis, and [th]e vertu motyue. and if [gh]e haue not redi
p{re}p{ar}ate oure 5 e{ss}enc{e},
[th]anne take fyn brennynge watir til it 36

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be redy, and lete [th]e pacient drynke [th]erof a litil i{n} fyn wiyn.
and also he schal waische al his body and his extremytees wi[th]
brennynge watir ofte tymes. and lete him vse [th]is a good while,
& he schal be hool. / 4

['5. M^e.']

[[* Fol. 20b.]]

[--To fatten lean and consumptive men.--]

[*]The .5 medicyn for a man [th]at is almoost al co{n}sumed,
& waastid in al his body, and ri[gh]t leene, as [th]{a}t man [th]{a}t
hath [th]e tisik & [th]e etik /
Forso[th]e [th]e v{er}ry cure to heele him
is oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} /
Forwhi. it comforti[th] [th]e feble nature; and 8

[Mix with our Quinte Essence a little celandine water; give it
the patient, and he shall soon be wonderfully fat.]

[th]e nature [th]at
is lost it restori[th], & so restorid it p{re}serue[th] /
And [th]{er}fore
if [gh]e wol restore [th]e fleisch of a leene mannys body

['Celidoyne.']

almoost consumed awey, drawe [th]anne a watir of celidoyne, and
take [th]{er}of a litil q{ua}ntite,
and meynge wi[th] oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} if [gh]e 12
haue it redy,
or brennynge watir in stide [th]{er}of, and [gh]eue it hi{m}
to dri{n}ke; and wi[th]i{n}ne fewe dayes he schal be wondirfully
restorid and fat.

['.6. M^e.']

[--To cure Frensy, Gout, and troubles from Devils.--]

The .6. medicyn for passiou{n}s of frenesie, foly, ymagynac{i}ou{n}s 16
and noyous vexac{i}ou{n}s of deuelis, and also for [th]e
goute als weel hoot as coold. certeyn exp{er}ience techi[th] [th]at

['colerike.'
'Sangueyn.'
'Fleumatyke.'
'blake coler.'
'malencoly.']

[Dark melancholy men are troubled more with anxieties than any
others, being born under 'Saturne, a wykyd planete.']

colerik me{n} [gh]eue[th] to su{m}me ymagynac{i}ou{n}s; and sangueyn
me{n} be{n} ocupied
aboute su{m}me o[th]{er}e ymagynacio