th]{a}t er[th]ely watir wole first come
out [th]{a}t is in [th]e necke / and so til it be come out vnto [th]e
dep{ar}ti{n}ge bitwixe it /
and [th]e q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, [th]{a}t is, mannys 20
heuene sublymed.
and wh{a}ne [gh]e se [th]{a}t [th]is q{ui}nt e{ss}ence wole
re{n}ne & melte aftir [th]{a}t
[th]is er[th]ely watir be voydid, putte [th]anne
swiftly [gh]oure fyngir
to [th]e hoole, & t{ur}ne vp [th]e glas, and [th]anne

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[gh]e haue [th]{er}i{n}ne oure
q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, [*]and [th]e er[th]ely watir wi[th]oute 24
aside. And [th]is is a passy{n}g souereyn p{ri}uytee.

[--The third way.--]

[Put your amphora into a horse's belly instead of the dung,
and proceed as above.]

The [th]ridde man{er} is,
[th]{a}t [gh]e take a greet glas clepid ampho{ra},
and seele it weel, and birie it weel in [th]e wombe of an hors al
togidere. and [th]e puret['e]
of [th]e q{ui}nte e{ss}encie schal be sublymed 28
aboue, & [th]e grost['e] schal abide byne[th]e in [th]e botme / take out
softli [th]{a}t [th]{a}t fleti[th]
a-boue; and [th]at [th]at leeue[th] bihynde, putte it
to [th]e fier.

[--The fourth way.--]

[Substitute for the amphora a vessel of glass or earth, with a
tube running from the top and hanging in the air, into which
the vapour may fall and condense.]

The .iiij. maner is [th]is.
take wh{a}t vessel of glas [th]{a}t [gh]e wole, 32
or of er[th]e strongly glasid, and [th]{er}-vpon a round foot of glas
wi[th] a leg. and seele
[th]e vessel w{i}t{h} his couerto{ur}, [th]{a}t [th]e rod
of [th]e foot of [th]e glas
wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e vessel honge in [th]e eyr, [th]{a}t [th]{a}t
[th]i{n}g [th]{at} asce{n}dith
to [th]e couertour in [th]e maner of a pott boilynge 36

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[--The fifth way.--]

[Distil your Burning Water ten times.]

descende doun a[gh]en by [th]e foot of [th]e glas. and this instrument
may [gh]e do make
wi[th]oute greet cost / The fif[th]e maner is, [th]at [th]e
brennynge wat{er} be .10 tymes distillid in hors dou{n}ge contynuely
digest. 4

[--To make fire without fire, and Quinte Essence without cost
or trouble.--]

The sci{en}ce of makynge of fier