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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in ciuitate &c.â {et} infra; âad-iu{n}gat t{ib}i pestilenc{iam}
donec consumat te de t{er}ra, p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us egestate, 4 febre, {et} frigore, ardore {et} estu, {et} aere corrupto ac rubigi{n}e, {et} p{er}seq{ua}tur donec p{er}easâ hec ib{ide}m; {et} infra âp{er}cuciat te d{omin}us vlc{er}e egipti, {et} p{ar}tem corp{or}is p{er} q{uam} stercora eg{er}ant{ur}. scabie q{uoque}, {et} p{ru}rigine, ita ut curari nequeas; p{er}cuciat te 8 d{omin}us necessitate ac furore mentisâ // Therfore a gret fool [These plagues a man would be a great fool to presume to cure, but all other pestilences from evil planets may be cured by our Quinte Essence with Aloes, Euphorbium, &c., and a laxative Quinte Essence that will send the patient to stool once a day.] were he þat wolde p{re}sume to cure þese plagis of pestilence þ{a}t ben vncurable, þat ben sent of god to ponysche synne // Also Èe schal vndirstonde þ{a}t me{n} may die in .iij. maners. in oon 12 maner by naturel deeþ, in þe teerme þ{a}t is sett of god / In anoþir maner bi violent deeþ, and also in þe .iij. maner occasionaly wiþi{n}ne þe teerme þ{a}t is sett of god; as þo me{n} þ{a}t to myche replecioun, or to greet abstynence or by disp{er}aciou{n}, or 16 ellis by necligence, sle hi{m} silf / but sikirly alle oþ{er}e maner of feueris pestilence þat god suffriþ to come to ma{n}kynde by p{er}ilous influence of yuele planetis, by þe g{ra}ce of god & good gou{er}nau{n}ce may be curid p{ar}ti{a}ly wiþ oure 5. e{ss}enc{e}. and 20 [âN{ot}a b{e}n{e}.â] þ{er}i{n}ne putte a litil of aloes epatik & euforbij, & a litil of |
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