merie, & puttiþ awey heuynesse[9], angre, melencoly, & wraþþe,

[Footnote 9: houynesse MS.]

[To deliver a man from a devil,--give him some of our Quinte
Essence with that of gold and pearl, and St. John’s Wort
water: at once the devil will flee away.]

þe whiche þat deuelis loue / +et ideo n{os}tra 5 e{ss}enc{ia} digne 12
vocat{ur} celu{m} humanu{m}+ / Also if a man be traueylid wiþ a
feend, and may not be delyuerid fro hi{m}, lete hi{m} dri{n}ke a litil
quantite of oure 5 e{ss}en{ce}, wiþ 5 e{ss}en{ce} of gold & peerl, and

[‘fuga demonu{m}’]

wiþ an eerbe callid ypericon, i.[e.] fuga demonu{m}, and þe seed 16
þ{er}of grounden & aftirward distillid, & þe watir þ{er}of a litil
quantite medlid wiþ þe oþere 5tis e{ss}enc{iis}; {and} anoon þe deuel
wole fle awey fro him & fro his hous.

[--To cure the Gout.--]

Also for þe goute, hoot or cold, þe pacient schal drynke 20
oure 5. e{ss}enc{e} wiþ a litil q{ua}ntite at oonys of þe letuarie de

[Take a little Quinte Essence and Rose-juice electuary, and
use daily our Quinte Essence with that of Gold and Pearl.]

succo rosa{rum}. and lete hi{m} vse þis letuarie a litil at oonys ech
oþ{er}e day, til sup{er}flue humouris be purgid / but he schal vse