nature, colo{ur}, & a substaunce i{n}corruptible. And oure q{ui}nta
e{ss}encia, mannys heuene, is of þe nature [*]& þe colour of heuene / 20

And oure sol, þ{a}t is, fyn gold of þe myne, schal make it fair, riȝt
as sol þe planete makiþ heuene fair / and so þese two togidere
ioyned schal ȝeue influence in us, and þe condiciou{n}s of heuene
and of heuenly so{n}ne / in as miche as it is possible in deedly 24
nature, conseruac{i}ou{n} and restorynge of nature lost, & renewynge

[As Aries, Taurus, and Gemini draw humours from the head and
breast, and not the limbs beneath, so those spices that do
draw from these limbs get their power from Capricorn, &c.]

of ȝongþe / And it schal ȝeue plenteuously heelþe: and so it
is p{re}ued by astronomy aboue, þat sterris þat haþ influence vpon
þe heed and þe necke of ma{n} / as be{n} þe sterris of aries, taurus, 28

[‘N{ot}a.’]

and gemini, ȝeue{n} influence syngulerly vpon̅ Gerapigra galieni /
And þ{er}fore it haþ a synguler strenkþe, by þe ordynau{n}ce of
god, to drawe awey þe sup{er}flue humouris fro þe heed, þe necke,
and þe brest, and not fro þe membris byneþe / And so I seie of 32
spicis þat drawiþ humouris fro þe knees, þe leggis, and þe feet,
þat resseyuen a synguler influence of þe sterris of Cap{ri}corn,

[Tell not these Divine secrets to wicked men.]

Aquarie and pisces, & riȝt so of oþ{er}e, {et} c{etera} / Comou{n}ne
ȝe not þis book of deuyne secretes to wickid me{n} and auerous; 36