ce or by disp{er}aciou{n}, or 16
ellis by necligence, sle hi{m} silf / but sikirly alle o[th]{er}e maner
of feueris pestilence [th]at god suffri[th] to come to ma{n}kynde by
p{er}ilous influence of yuele planetis, by [th]e g{ra}ce of god & good
gou{er}nau{n}ce
may be curid p{ar}ti{a}ly wi[th] oure 5. e{ss}enc{e}. and 20

['N{ot}a b{e}n{e}.']

[th]{er}i{n}ne putte a litil of aloes epatik & euforbij, & a litil of
ierapigra galieni & of 5 e{ss}enc{e}, of [th]e rote of lilie and also

[[* Fol. 25b.]]

of gold & peerle,
capilli ven{er}is [*]and ysope; for [th]ese [th]i{n}g{is}
ben nedeful to siche feueris & apostemes / it is nedeful also 24
[th]{a}t wi[th] [th]ese
[th]ingis [th]er be sich a q{ui}nta e{ss}encia laxatyue [th]at
wole purge [th]e sup{er}flue humouris [th]at abounde; and [th]at [th]e
pacient so myche resceyue in a natural day [th]{er}of [th]at he may
go weel oonys to sege;
and so lete him vse [th]is laxatif .3. i{n} [th]e 28

['Caueas.']

woke; But be weel war [th]{a}t he take wi[th] oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia
but ri[gh]t a litil q{ua}ntite
of [th]e laxatif at oonys, as I tolde [gh]ou

[He must also take every morning an egg-shell-full of Burning
Water, and 2 or 3 pestilence pills in our Quinte Essence, and
smoke his house with frankincense, &c.]

tofore, for peril
[th]{a}t mi[gh]te bifalle. & eu{er}y day take he by [th]e
morowe an eye-schelle ful
of good brennynge watir, and [th]e corrupt 32
eyr schal not noye hi{m}; & also vse in [th]e dayes, two or
[th]re smale pelotis
pestilenciales in oure 5 e{ss}encia, or in brennynge
watir; & al [th]e hous of [th]e pacient schal be encensid

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strongly .iij in [th]e day wi[th] frank-encense, mirre, & rosyn,
terbe{n}tyn & rewe.
and [th]is is p{er}fi[gh]t cure for [th]e feu{er}e pestilence /
And [th]us [gh]e may,
wi[th] [th]is 5 e{ss}encijs, cure alle [th]ese sijkness{es}
aforeseid, and manye o[th]{er}e, as it were by myracle, if [gh]e 4

[Here is an end of this most sovereign of all secrets.]

worche disc[r]eetly as I haue toold [gh]ou tofore / Now here
I make an eende of [th]is tretis [th]at is clepid [th]e mooste & [th]e
sou{er}eyneste secrete of alle secretis, and a passynge tresour

[What ills will befall if it gets into t