[--To draw the Fifth Being out of each of the Four Elements,
and to separate them.--]

The science to drawe out þe 5 beynge of eu{er}ych of þe .4
elementis, and to schewe eu{er}ych of þe forseid þing bi he{m} 12
silf; & þ{a}t is riȝt merueylous / I wole not leue for a litil to
schewe a greet secreet, how ȝe may drawe out þe 5 beynge of
ech of þe 4 elementis of al þe þing rehersid afore, and p{ro}fitably

[Take any thing rotted and turned into water, as man’s blood;
put it in a glass distiller, and distil it over into an
amphora.]

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schewe hem / And þe man{er} ys [*]þis / take þ{a}t þing putrified 16
and brouȝt into watir, what so eu{er}e ȝe wole, as I tauȝte ȝou
tofore; and þat þing be mannes blood brouȝt into watir, of þe
which ȝe wole drawe out þe 4 elementis / putte þ{er}fore þat
wat{er}, or þat blood putrified, in a stillatorie of glas, and sette 20
it wiþi{n}ne a pott of watir, and ȝeue vndirneþe a fier til þe watir
of blood be distillid by þe pipe of þe lembike into a glas clepid

[When no more vapour rises, you have drawn out the water.]

ampho{ra}, riȝt clene / And whanne no þing may more by þat fier
ascende, for certeyn ȝe haue of blood drawen out al oonly þe 24
element of watir / Forwhi. fier of þat bath hath no strenkþe to