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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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terbe{n}tyn & rewe.
and þis is p{er}fiȝt cure for þe feu{er}e pestilence /
And þus ȝe may, wiþ þis 5 e{ss}encijs, cure alle þese sijkness{es}
aforeseid, and manye oþ{er}e, as it were by myracle, if ȝe 4

[Here is an end of this most sovereign of all secrets.]

worche disc[r]eetly as I haue toold ȝou tofore / Now here
I make an eende of þis tretis þat is clepid þe mooste & þe
sou{er}eyneste secrete of alle secretis, and a passynge tresour

[What ills will befall if it gets into tyrants’ and
reprobates’ hands and prolongs their life in evil. I will keep
it for holy men alone; and I commend it to Christ’s keeping
now and ever.]

þat may nouȝt fayle // O quantu{m} malu{m} foret, si hic 8
liber p{er}ueniret ad manus ho{m}i{nu}m mundano{rum}, ad noticia{m}
tiranno{rum}, {et} ad
s{er}uiciu{m} rep{ro}bo{rum}! q{ui}a, si{c}ut s{anct}i p{er}
hunc libru{m} pot{er}unt continuare op{er}a vite {christian}i diuci{us}
{et} vehemenci{us}, ita {et}
rep{ro}bi possent p{er}u{er}so vsi diuci{us} 12
p{er}seu{er}are in malo. ego aute{m}, q{ua}ntu{m} in me est, p{ro}pt{er}
solos s{an}c{t}os
libru{m} hunc co{n}stituo, {et} ip{su}m custod[iæ] ih{es}u
{Christ}i c{om}mendo nunc et in eternu{m} // = //


Explicit librum de maximis secretis e{ss}encie quinte &c. 16
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