[gh]e haue a sotilte
and a slei[gh][th]e to quenche sodeynly [th]e
fier, [th]at [th]e
watir waaste not; and be weel war [th]at no{n} yren touche

[Repeat this 50 times in fresh Water, and then mix all the
Waters together.]

[th]e watir.
but af[t]er caste into [th]e watir [th]e floreyn, and do so .l.
tymes or more, for [th]e oftere
[th]e bettere it is / And if [gh]e se [th]{a}t [th]e 32
watir waaste to myche, chaunge it [th]anne, and take newe, & do
so ofte tymes. and whanne [gh]e haue do [gh]oure quenchour, putte

[The Water draws out all the properties of the gold.]

all [th]e wat{ri}s togidere /
And [gh]e schulen vndirstonde [th]at [th]e
v{er}tu of bre{n}nynge watir
is sich [th]at naturely it drawi[th] out of 36

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[Mix the gilt Burning Water with Quinte Essence.]

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gold alle [th]e v{er}tues & p{ro}pirtees of it, & it holdi[th]
incorru{m}ptibilitee
& an euene heete. [*][th]anne meynge [th]is brennynge
watir [th]us giltid
wi[th] oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, and vse it. but be war
[th]{a}t [gh]e quenche not
[th]e floreyn in oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence; for [th]anne 4

[You may substitute for Burning Water best white wine, which
also retains the powers of gold.]

it were lost /
And if it so be [th]at [gh]e haue not [th]is brennynge watir
redy, [th]anne que{n}che
[gh]oure floreyn in [th]e beste whi[gh]t wiyn [th]at
may be had / For sikirly [th]e philosophore sei[th], [th]at wiyn hath
also [th]e p{ro}pirtee
to restreyne in it [th]e influence and v{er}tues of 8
gold / And whanne [gh]e
haue do [gh]o{ur}e werk, [gh]e schal wite [th]at [th]e
floreyn is als good, & almoost of [th]e same wei[gh]te, as it was
afore / [th]erfore
vse wiyn or bre{n}nynge watir giltid, so [th]{a}t [gh]e may

[This gilt Water will make you well and young again.
In it you have the Sun fixed in our Heaven.]

be hool, and wexe glad, and be [gh]ong. And [th]us [gh]e haue oure 12
heuene, and [th]e
su{n}ne in him fixid, to [th]e conseruac{i}ou{n} of mannys
nature and fixaciou{n} of o{ur}e heuene, [th]{a}t is, oure q{ui}nte
e{ss}ence.

['science.']

[--How to gild Burning Water or Wine more thoroughly.--]

The sci{enc}e how [gh]e schule gilde more my[gh