Thanne muste ȝe do make in þe furneis of aischin, a distillatorie

[‘vas’]

of glas al hool of oo. pece, wiþ an hoole a-boue in þe heed, where
þe watir schal be putt yn, and be take out / And þis is a 12
wondirful instrument
þ{a}t þ{a}t þing þ{a}t by v{er}tues of fier ascendith
and distillith wiþi{n}ne þe vessel,
p{er} canales brachiales, þ{a}t is, by
pipis lich to armys, be bore aȝen, and eftsoones ascendith, &
eft desce{n}diþ contynuely day and nyȝt, til þe bre{n}nynge wat{er} 16
heuenly be turned into
q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} / And so bi continuell{e}
ascenciou{n}s & discenciou{n}s, þe q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
dep{ar}tid fro þe corruptible composiciou{n} of þe .4. eleme{n}tis.
For bifore þ{a}t þing þ{a}t is twies sublymed is more glorified, and 20
is more sotil, and fer fro{m} þe corru{m}pciou{n} of þe .4. eleme{n}tis
more sep{ar}at þa{n} wha{n}ne it ascendith but oonys; and so vnto

[‘N{ot}a.’]

[Distil it 1000 times, and it shall be glorified and become a
medicine incorruptible as heaven.]

a þousand tymes, so þat by coutynuel ascendynge and descendynge,
by the which it is sublymed to so myche hiȝnes of glorificaciou{n}, 24
it schal come þ{a}t it schal be a medicyn incorruptible
almoost as heuene aboue, and of þe nature of heuene / And
þ{er}fore oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia worþily is clepid ‘mannys heuene’ /