vynegre distillid, and lete it stonde vpon a soft fier til it be
colourid reed. & so do ofte tymes. and whanne ȝe haue gaderid
al ȝo{ur}e vynegre colourid, putte it þanne in a distillatorie. and 24
first þe vynegre wole ascende; þanne aft{er} ȝe schal se merueilis:
for ȝe schal se as it were a þousand dropis of blessid wiyn
discende doun in maner of reed dropis, as it were blood, by
þe pipe of þe lymbike / þe which lico{ur}, gadere togidere in a 28
rotu{m}be / and þanne ȝe haue a þing þ{a}t al þe tresour of þe world

[[No{ta}.]]

may not be in
comp{ar}isou{n} of worþines þ{er}to / aristo{t}le seiþ þ{a}t
it is his lede in þe book of secretis, al þouȝ he [*]telle not þe name

[[* Fol. 17.]]

[It cures the pain of all wounds, and when fermented it works
great secrets.]

of þe antymonye aforeseid / Forsoþe þis doiþ awey ache of alle 32
woundis, and wondirfully heeliþ. þe v{er}tu þ{er}of is incorruptible
& merueilo{u}s p{ro}fitable / it nedit to be putrified in a rotombe
and seelid i{n} fyme, and þanne it worchiþ greet p{ri}uytees / Forsoþe
þe vta e{ss}encia of þis antymony þat is reed, i{n} þe which is 36


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þe secreet of alle secretis, is swettere þan ony hony, or sugre, or