[--To make a Coward bold and strong.--]

The .15. medicyn, to make a man þat is a coward, hardy
and strong, and putte a-wey almaner of cowardise and drede / 12
I seye ȝou forsoþe þ{a}t no þi{n}g m{a}y telle alle þe myraclis vertues
þat god h{a}þ m{aa}d in o{ur}e 5 e{ss}enc{e}, and not al oonly in
him, but also in to his modir, þat is to seye, fyn brennynge

[Give him our Quinte Essence with twice as much Burning Water,
and a little Peony juice and saffron, and Quinte Essence of
Gold and Pearl. The coward shall lose all faintness of heart,
despise death, and dread no perils. Therefore Christian
Princes should have tuns of Burning Water, and give every
fighting man a cup before battle with the heathen.]

watir. for to cure þis sijknesse, take a litil quantite of oure 5 16
e{ss}enc{e}, & putte þerto double so myche of brennynge watir,
and a litil q{ua}ntite
of þe iuys of eerbe pione and of saffron distillid
togidere, and a litil of 5 e{ss}enc{e} of gold and of peerl; and
ȝeue it him to drinke. and aftir sodeynly, as it were by myracle, 20
þe coward man schal lese al maner drede and feyntnes of herte,
and he schal recou{er}e strenkþe þat ys lost by drede, and take to
him hardynesse, and he schal dispise deeþ; he schal drede no
perelis, and passyngly he schal be maad hardy. þis is trewe, for 24
it haþ ofte tymes by oolde philosophoris [bene] p{re}ued / þ{er}fore
it were a greet wisdom þat cristen p{ri}ncis, in bateilis aȝen
heþene me{n}, hadde wiþ hem in tonnes brennynge watir, þ{a}t
þei myȝt take to eu{er}y fiȝtynge man half a riȝt litil cuppe ful 28
þ{er}of to drynke in þe bigynnynge of þe batel. & þis p{ri}uyte