And anoþ{er} maner worchinge of oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia is
þis / Take þe noblest and þe strengest bre{n}nynge watir þ{a}t ȝe
may haue distillid out of pure myȝty wiyn, and putte it into
a glas clepid ampho{ra}, w{i}t{h} a long necke / and close þe mouþ 4
strongly wiþ wex; And loke þat half or þe þridde p{ar}t be fulle;
and birie it al in hors dou{n}ge,
p{re}p{ar}ate as it is seid hereaft{er} /
so þ{a}t þe necke of þe glas be turned dou{n}ward, & þe botu{m}
be turned vpward, þ{a}t by v{er}tu of þe hors dou{n}ge þe q{ui}nta 8
e{ss}encia ascende vp to þe botu{m}. And þe grosté of þe mater

[Take the glass out of the dung; make a hole in the wax seal,
let out the impure earthy water, and when the Quinte Essence
would begin to run, turn the glass up, and keep your Quinte
Essence.]

of þe watir descende dou{n}ward to þe necke / And aftir manye
daies, whanne ȝe take it out, softly lift vp þe glas as it stondith,
and ȝe schal se in þickenes and cleernesse a difference bitwene 12
þe q{ui}nta{m} e{ss}encia{m} sublymed,
and þe grose mat{er} þ{a}t is in þe
necke / þe wondirful maistry of dep{ar}tynge of þ{a}t oon fro þ{a}t
oþ{er} is þis / Take a scharp poyntel, or a pricke of yren, &
peerse into þe wex þat hongiþ i{n} þe mouþ of þe glas aȝens þe 16
erþe / and wha{n}ne ȝe haue peersid al fully to þe watir, take out
þe poyntel or þe pricke / And þ{a}t erþely watir wole first come
out þ{a}t is in þe necke / and so til it be come out vnto þe
dep{ar}ti{n}ge bitwixe it / and þe q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, þ{a}t is, mannys 20
heuene sublymed. and wh{a}ne ȝe se þ{a}t þis q{ui}nt e{ss}ence wole