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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
page 71 of 77 (92%)
Apostemes, p. 24, l. 24, imposthumes, boils.
Appeire, p. 3, l. 12, impair, worsen.
Arreins, p. 2, l. 25, spiders. {areins}

‘Cassia Fistula (Lat.), {p. 21, l. 16}, Cassia in the Pipe or Cane, a
kind of Reed or Shrub that grows in _India_ and _Africa_, bearing
black, round, and long Cods, in which is contain’d a soft black
Substance, sweet like Honey, and of a purging Quality.’ _Phillips._
Colaciouns, p. 18, l. 21, ? comments, homilies. {colac{i}ou{n}s}
Comounne, p. 3, l. 35, communicate. {Comou{n}ne}
‘Continual Feaver {p. 21} is that whose Fit is continu’d for many Days;
having its times of Abatement, and of more Fierceness; altho’ it
never intermits, or leaves off.’ _Phillips._ {feu{er}e contynuel{e}}

Deedly, p. 3, l. 24, liable to death, mortal.
Departynge, p. 5, l. 14, parting, separating.
Depurid, p. 9, l. 27, purified, purged.
Distillatorie, p. 10, l. 24, a still. Randle Holme, (_Academy_, p. 422,
col. 2,) speaks of ‘a Still or Distillatory Instrument,’ and further
on, iv., ‘He beareth Sable, the Head of a _Distillatory_ with 3 pipes;
having as many Receivers or Bottles set to them.’

‘Ebulum or Ebulus (Lat.), {p. 18, l. 3} the Herb _Wall-wort_,
_Dane-wort_, or _Dwarf-elder_.’ _Phillips._ {appears in form _ebuli_}
Encorpere, p. 13, l. 4, mix, incorporate. {encorp{er}e}
Euforbii, p. 21, l. 3 bot., ‘Euphorbia, the _Libyan Ferula_, a Tree or
Shrub first found by King _Juba_, and so call’d from the Name of his
Physician _Euphorbus_.’ _Phillips._ {euforbij}
Euphorbium, ‘the gummy Juice or Sap of that Tree much us’d in Physick
and Surgery.’ _Phillips._
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