red water, or fire, shall remain; so you have the 4 Elements
separate.]

to encorp{er}e wel as tofore in þe bath of marien̅ / Aftirward 4
putte it to þe fier of flawme riȝt strong, and þe reed wat{er} schal

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ascende. þe which gadere togidere as longe as ony [*]þing ascendiþ.
and to ȝou schal remayne an erþe riȝt blak in þe botum. þe which
gadere togidere aside / þanne þe redeste watir ȝe schal take. forwhy. 8
þer be .ij. eleme{n}tis, þat is to seie, þe element of watir and fier.
þa{n}ne yn þe stillatorie, to þe fier of baþ, cleer watir schal asende.
and in þe botu{m} schal remayne þe reed watir, þat is, þe element
of fier. and so ȝe haue now first oon oyle, þat is, ayer o side, and 12
watir, and fier, and erþe. and note ȝe weel þ{a}t þ{er}fore þe element
of watir is putt aȝe{n} to drawe out from erþe fier and eyr, for þei

[Distil each into its Quinte Essence, or rectify it, and thank
our glorious God for this bit of knowledge.]

wole not ascende, but þoruȝ þe help of element of watir. brynge
aȝe{n} eu{er}ych into 5 beynge wiþ þe vessel of circulacioun as tofore 16
/ or ellis rectifie, makynge oon ascende .7 tymes bi an oþir /
but first ȝe moste þe riȝt blak erþe of oon hide[5] nature, in þe
furneys of glas mon[6],
or ellis reu{er}berac{i}ou{n}, xxj. dayes calcyne /

[Footnote 5: of vnkinde natuer. Harl. 853.]
[Footnote 6: of glasse made. Harl. 853.]