p{re}p{ar}ate redy oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, þanne take in þe stide þ{er}of fyn
bre{n}ny{n}ge watir / but þat oþ{er} is bettere.

[Wash the leper with strawberry or mulberry water; this is of
great virtue, but is much encreased by our Quinte Essence.]

Also, drawe a wat{er} of þe fruyȝt of strawbery or mulbery 12
tree, whanne it is ripe, and waische þe lepre þ{er}wiþ. þis watir
is of so greet vertu; for a souereyn maistir took it a leprous

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[*]womman, þat wiþ þe waischinge oonly of þis watir, w{i}t{h}ynne
schort tyme was maad al hool / but sikirly þe vertu þerof is 16
myche worth if it be meyngid w{i}t{h} oure 5 e{ss}enc{e}, or ellis
brennyng watir; and þanne it schal be no nede to vse in þis
p{er}ilous cure, venemys, as su{m}me lechis doon.

[4^a. M^e.]

[--To cure Palsy, which comes from viscous humours closing the
passages of motive power.--]

The 4 medicyn is to cure palsie vniuersel. Forsoþe alle 20
philosophoris seyn þat þe palesye vniuersel comeþ of habou{n}dau{n}ce
of visco{us} humouris closynge þe metis of vertu a{n}i{m}ale,
sensityue, and motyue. And þerfore it is necessarie þat þo
þingis þat schal cure þis sijknes be temp{er}ate, hoot, and moist, 24

[Blessed be God, our Quinte Essence will restore the paralitic.]