spotty moone, figure & bitokene [th]e condicioun of helle / and

[Page 19: TO CURE THE GOUT AND ITCH, AND KILL LICE.]

[Devils hate the joys of God and the brightness of the sun;
they delight in stinking places, and melancholy and hell-like
things.]

si[th] [th]{a}t deuelis
be dampned, & ful of wreche of helle, [th]erfore
[th]ei hate [th]e clennesse & [th]e ioie of oure lord god & of hise
seyntis / also [th]ei haten [th]e su{n}ne and his cleernes, and pure
[th]i{n}gis
[th]{a}t maken a man glad. and naturaly it plesi[th] he{m} to 4
dwelle in derk, & in blak, orrible, stynkynge placis, in heuynesse,

[But our Quinte Essence is heavenly, like the joy of Paradise,
and drives away anger and all that devils love, so that it is
fitly called 'Man's Heaven.']

wreche, & malencoly, & i{n} [th]o [th]i{n}gis [th]{a}t p{re}tende [th]e
condiciou{n} of helle / And si[th] oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} aforeseid is so

[[* Fol. 22.]]

heuenly a [th]i{n}g,
& by sotil c{ra}ft [*]brou[gh]t to so myche swetnes, 8
it is so sou{er}eyn
a medicy{n} [th]{a}t it may weel be lijkned to [th]e ioie
of p{ar}adice. forwhi, it maki[th] a man li[gh]t, iocunde, glad, and
merie, & putti[th] awey heuynesse[9], angre, melencoly, & wra[th][th]e,

[Footnote 9: houynesse MS.]

[To deliver a man from a devil,--give him some of our Quinte
Essence with that of gold and pearl, and St. John's Wort
water: at once the devil will flee away.]

[th]e whiche [th]at deuelis loue /
+et ideo n{os}tra 5 e{ss}enc{ia} digne 12
vocat{ur} celu{m} humanu{m}+ / Also if a man be traueylid wi[th] a
feend, and may not be delyuerid fro hi{m}, lete hi{m} dri{n}ke a litil
quantite of
oure 5 e{ss}en{ce}, wi[th] 5 e{ss}en{ce} of gold & peerl, and

['fuga demonu{m}']

wi[th] an eerbe callid ypericon, i.[e.] fuga demonu{m}, and [th]e seed 16
[th]{er}of grounden
& aftirward distillid, & [th]e watir [th]{er}of a litil
quantite medlid wi[th]
[th]e o[th]ere 5tis e{ss}enc{iis}; {and} anoon [th]e deuel
wole fle awey fro him & fro his hous.

[--To cure the Gout.--]

Also for [th]e goute, hoot or cold, [th]e pacient schal drynke 20
oure 5. e{ss}enc{e}
wi[th] a litil q{ua}ntite at oonys of [th]e letuarie de

[Take a little Quinte Essence and Rose-juice electuary, and
use daily our Quinte Essenc