The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) - Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D. by Unknown
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or more, and it puttiþ fro hi{m} gladnesse, & bryngiþ yn heuynes 12
more þan oþ{er}e feueris do / If Èe wole heele þis sijknes in schort [[* ? our]] tyme, lete þe pacient vse to drynke oon[*] 5 e{ss}enc{e}, and he schal be al hool hastily / forwhi; it consumeþ þe corrupt sup{er}flue humouris, & reducit nature to eq{ua}lite, and bryngiþ yn gladnesse, 16 & chasiþ a-wey heuynes & malencolie. and if it so be þ{a}t Èe haue nouÈt oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} / þanne take j â of þe beste bre{n}nynge watir, and þ{er}i{n}ne putte medullam ebuli, and namely þe white, if Èe may may haue it / of þis watir Èeue to þe pacient, 20 morowe and eue{n}, a walnot-schelle ful at oonys. and he schal [Or, take whatever purges black choler, put it into Burning Water; make small pellets of it, and take one, and then two, gradually.] be al hool / or ellis þus: take what þi{n}g Èe wole þ{a}t purgiþ malencolye, and putte a litil þ{er}of into brennynge watir, & vse þ{a}t laxatif maad into smale pelotis, wijsly resceyuy{n}g riÈt a 24 litil at oonys, as oon litil pelot, and p{re}ue þerby how it worchiþ, þa{n}ne anoþ{er} tyme .ij. at oonys, if it be nede / so þat þe mater be a litil digestid and a litil egestid. for bettere it is to worche a litil & a litil at oonys, þan sodeynly greue þe nature. forwhi, 28 [[* Fol. 23.]] two litil pelotis laxatif meyngid wiþ bre{n}ny{n}ge watir [*]wole worche more myÈtily þan .8. pelotis wole do bi hem silf / |
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