[--To restore an old evangelic man to the strength of his
youth.--]

Here bigynneth the secunde book of medicyns / The first
medicyn is to reduce an oold feble euangelik man to þe firste
strenkþe of ȝongþe / Also to restore aȝen his nat{ur}e þ{a}t is
lost, and to lenkþe his lijf in greet gladnesse and p{er}fiȝte heele 4

[Give him our Quinte Essence with some of that ‘1^a. M^e.’ of
Gold and Pearl, a walnut-shell full at morn and eve. In a few
days he shall feel only 40 years old. Then let him take little
of our Quinte Essence, only that of Gold in good wine at
dinner and supper.]

vnto þe laste teerme of his lijf þat is sett of god / ȝe schal take
oure 5ta e{ss}enc{ie} aforeseid, þat is to seye, mannys heuene, and
þ{er}i{n}ne putte
a litil q{ua}ntite of 5 e{ss}encia of gold and of peerl.
and þe oolde feble man schal vse þis deuyn drynk at morn and 8
at euen, ech tyme a walnote-schelle fulle / and wiþi{n}ne a fewe
dayes he schal so hool[7] þat he schal fele him silf of þe statt and

[Footnote 7: ? ‘be so hool.’ Or is _hool_ a verb, become
whole, recover?]

þe strenkþe of xl ȝeer; and he schal haue greet ioie þat he is
come to þe statt of ȝongþe. And whanne his ȝongþe is recouerid, 12
and his nature restorid, and heelþe had, it is nedeful þat litil and
seelde he vse 5 essence / Also it is nedeful þat he vse ofte good