[Put the other 3 elements for 7 days into the same bath, then
into a coal fire, and the water shall rise as oil shining like
gold, the air remaining at the bottom like oil of gold. Put
these aside.]

sublyme eyr, or fier, or erþe. and so [take] þo þre elementis, and
sette in þe same bath by .vij. dayes þat þei be weel meyngid, &
so cloos þ{a}t no þing be distillid / aftir þe .vij. dayes take þe 28
stillatorie,
and putte it to þe fier of aischen, þ{a}t is strongere þa{n}
fier of bath clepid marien; and þe watir schal ascende in foorme
of oyle schynynge as gold / and aftirward þ{a}t no þing more schal
ascende, ȝe haue þanne in þe ampulle .ij. elementis, þat is to seie, 32
watir and eyr. & oon from anoþir ȝe schal dep{ar}te in þe bath,
puttynge yn aȝen wher al-oonly þe cleer watir schal ascende /
and þe eyr schal al-oonly remayne in̅ þe botu{m} of þe vessel in
lijknesse of oyle of gold. þe which oyle þat is gold, þe which oyle 36


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[To separate fire from the earth, put 4 lbs. of water on 1 lb.
of earth; place it in the Marian bath for 7 days; then in hot
flames; red water shall ascend and black earth fall.]

þat is ayr / putte it aside. þanne þ{er} leeueþ ȝitt fier wiþ erþe.
to dep{ar}te fier from erþe, putte þe element of watir, þat is to
seye .iiij ℔ of watir, vpon j ℔ of mat{er} / and putte by .vij. daies

[Put the red water into the distiller; pure water shall rise;