hy. in it is merueylous v{er}tu of oure

[Footnote 4: MS. Harl. reads 'and this fifte beinge so
nighe kinde it is most to haue.']

[Get from Barbers the blood of young sanguine men; let it
stand; pour off the serum; mix the blood with a tenth of
prepared salt; put it in an amphora; seal that up; put it in
a horse's belly, renewing the dung weekly till all the blood
turns into water; distil that; put the outcome on the pounded
faeces, and distil over again.]

heuene sterrid, and to [th]e cure of nature of man worchi[th] moost
deuyn myraclis,
as wi[th]i{n}ne I schal teche [gh]ou / [th]erfore resceyue 16
of Barbouris, of [gh]ong sangueyn men, or colerik men, wha{n}ne [th]ei
be late blood, [th]e which
vse good wynes. take [th]at blood aftir [th]{a}t
it ha[th] reste,
and cast awey [th]e watir fro it, and braie it wi[th] [th]e
.10. p{ar}t of co{men} salt
p{re}p{ar}ate to medicyns of me{n}; and putte 20
it into a uessel of glas clepid ampho{ra}, [th]e which, sotely seele,

[[* Fol. 17b.]]

and putte it wi[th]i{n}ne
[th]e [*]wombe of an hors, p{re}p{ar}ate as tofore,
and renewe [th]e fyme oonys in [th]e wike, or more, and lete it
putrifie til
al [th]e blood be turned into watir / and it schal be doon 24
at [th]e mooste
in xxx. or xl dayes, or aftir, more or lasse / [th]anne
putte it in a lembike, and distille it at a good fier / what so euere
may ascende, putte [th]at watir vpon [th]e fecis brayed, mey{n}gynge
vpon a marbil stoon; putte it a[gh]en, and aftir distille it a[gh]en 28
manye tymes rehersynge / And whanne [gh]e haue [th]is noble [th]ing

[Heat the water in the distiller till it comes to a heavenly
savour. This Fifth Being works miracles hardly credible unless
seen.]

of blood, [th]erof
[th]e .5. beynge d{ra}we out / putte a[gh]en [th]e watir in
[th]e stillatorie
of circulaciou{n} til [gh]e brynge it to so myche swetnes
& an heuenly sauour,
as [gh]e dide [th]e brennynge watir. and [th]is is 32
[th]e 5 beynge of blood deuyn, and miraclis more [th]an man mai
bileue but if he se it.

[Page 12: TO GET THE QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF BEASTS AND THE 4 ELEMENTS.]

[--To get the Quinte Essence out of capons, beasts, eggs, &c.--]

Now wole I teche [gh]ou to drawe out [th]e .5 beynge from
capou{n}s, he{n}nes, and al man{er}