[‘Nota sequentia.’]

noyous ymagynaciou{n}s, bryngynge yn horrible þouȝtis boþe
wakynge and slepinge; and siche man{er} of men ben born vndir
þe constillacioun of saturne, the wickide planete / Forsoþe, to 28
siche me{n} deuelis wole gladly appere, & mi{ni}st{er} to hem[*] her

[[* MS. hom]]

[Devils gladly appear to them and tempt them, so that they
often fall into despair and kill themselves.]

[[* Fol. 21.]]

p{ri}uy te{m}ptaciou{n}s wiþi{n}ne þe cours of her þouȝtis; and þese
men þus [*]turmentid wiþ þe passiou{n}s of malencoly comou{n}ly
speke wiþ hem, stryue and dispute wiþ hem silf whanne þei be 32
a-loone, þ{a}t ofte tymes oþ{er}e folk may heere it / These maner
of me{n} þat ben þ{us} turmentid, as weel by passioun of malencoly
as of deuelis, ofte tymes falle in dispeir, and at þe laste sle hem
silf / þe p{er}fiȝt cure of alle þese is oure 5 e{ss}encie auri {et} 36

[The cure is our Quinte Essence of Gold and Pearls, with a
little senna or lapis lazuli.]


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p{er}ela{rum}, or ellis brennynge watir in stide þ{er}of, in þe whiche