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The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) - Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D. by Unknown
page 37 of 77 (48%)

And for a cause I speke to ȝou nomore of this science. but 20
ioie ȝe, and thanke oure glorio{us} lord god of þese þingis þat
ȝe haue had.

[--To fix all earthly things in our Quinte Essence.--]

The science to fixe alle erþely þingis in n{ost}ra 5ta e{ss}encia,
þat is to seie, o{ur}e heuene, þat by her influence þei may ȝeue 24
þerto þer p{ro}p{er}tees and her hid vertues / oure glorious god

[God has given it the power of drawing all the virtues out of
every thing in 3 hours.]

haþ ȝeue sich a uertu to oure q{ui}nta e{ss}ence, þat it may drawe
out of euery matier of fruyȝt / tree / rote / flour, herbe / fleisch,
seed & spice / And eu{er}y medicynable þing, alle þe v{er}tues, 28
p{ro}pirtees, and naturis, þe whiche god made in he{m}; and þat
wiþi{n}ne .iij. houris.

[Put therefore every thing necessary for any syrup into our
Quinte Essence, and in 3 hours it shall be 100 times better
than before.]

Now I haue schewid ȝou a souereyn p{ri}uytee, how þ{a}t ȝe
may wiþ oure heuene drawe out eu{er}y 5 e{ss}encia from alle 32
þingis aforeseid / þ{er}fore alle necessarie þingis to eu{er}y syrup
putte yn oure 5 e{ss}encie, & wiþi{n}ne .iij. houris þ{a}t watir schal
be sich a sirup, vndirstonde wel, bettir by an hundrid p{ar}t, by

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