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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 72 of 77 (93%)
Extremities, p. 17, l. 2, ends of the limbs. {extremytees}

Fecis, p. 4, l. 7; p. 9, dregs.
Fire of hell, p. 8, l. 23, a disease. {fier of helle}
Fumiter, p. 18, l. 3, fumitory. {f[u]mit{er}}
Fyme, p. 10, l. 2 bot., mud, clay.

Gerapigra galieni, p. 3, l. 29, ἱερα πικρα Γαληνου.
Giltid, p. 7, l. 3, having the properties of gold communicated by it.
Groste, p. 5, ll. 9, 29, grossness, heavy particles, residuum.
{grosté}

Hide, p. 13, l. 18, ? for hide{us}; compare the Harleian reading
‘unkinde.’
Hool, p. 15, l. 10, recover, improve.

Incombustible, p. 10, l. 2.
Incorruptibility, p. 7, l. 2. {incorru{m}ptibilitee}

Kynde, p. 1, l. 12, all creatures; l. 13, nature.

‘Lapis Lazuli {p. 18, l. 3} a kind of Azure or Sky-colour’d Stone, of
which the Blew Colour call’d _Ultramarine_ is made .. much us’d in
Physick.’ _Phillips._ {lapis lasuly}
Lembike, p. 9, l. 2, ‘Alembick or Limbeck (Arab.), a Still, a Chymical
Vessel used in Distilling, shaped like a Helmet, and towards the
Bottom having a Beak or Nose, about a Foot and a half long, by which
the Vapours descend. They are commonly made of Copper tinn’d over on
the inside, and often of Glass.’ _Phillips._
Liquibles, p. 7, l. 6 bot., meltable metals.
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