þ{a}t ȝe quenche not þe floreyn in oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence; for þanne 4

[You may substitute for Burning Water best white wine, which
also retains the powers of gold.]

it were lost / And if it so be þat ȝe haue not þis brennynge watir
redy, þanne que{n}che ȝoure floreyn in þe beste whiȝt wiyn þat
may be had / For sikirly þe philosophore seiþ, þat wiyn hath
also þe p{ro}pirtee to restreyne in it þe influence and v{er}tues of 8
gold / And whanne ȝe haue do ȝo{ur}e werk, ȝe schal wite þat þe
floreyn is als good, & almoost of þe same weiȝte, as it was
afore / þerfore vse wiyn or bre{n}nynge watir giltid, so þ{a}t ȝe may

[This gilt Water will make you well and young again.
In it you have the Sun fixed in our Heaven.]

be hool, and wexe glad, and be ȝong. And þus ȝe haue oure 12
heuene, and þe su{n}ne in him fixid, to þe conseruac{i}ou{n} of mannys
nature and fixaciou{n} of o{ur}e heuene, þ{a}t is, oure q{ui}nte
e{ss}ence.

[‘science.’]

[--How to gild Burning Water or Wine more thoroughly.--]

The sci{enc}e how ȝe schule gilde more myȝtily by brennynge 16
watir or wiyn þan I tauȝte you tofore, wherby þe wat{er} or
þe wiyn schal take to it myȝtily þe influence & þe v{er}tues
of fyne gold.