The book of quinte essence or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven : a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of þe book of quintis essencijs in latyn, þat hermys þe prophete and kyng of Egipt, after þe flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, hadde by reuelacioun of an aungil of god to him sende / edited from the Sloane MS. 73, about 1460-70 A.D. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

  • Hermes, Trismegistus.
Date:
1866
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Credit: The book of quinte essence or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven : a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of þe book of quintis essencijs in latyn, þat hermys þe prophete and kyng of Egipt, after þe flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, hadde by reuelacioun of an aungil of god to him sende / edited from the Sloane MS. 73, about 1460-70 A.D. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    l!ov)K 11.] cnvumpe as doij) oure 5 essence aforeseid, or ellis *brennynge [*foi. 246.] watii* in stede of it. Tlie .14. medicyn, to caste out venym fro mannys body / i^*- Me. take o?<re 5 essence, and putte Jjerine fleiscli of a cok, neyscli ^/o*! ^''J soden and sotilly brayed, note kirnelis, fyn triacle, radisch, '^■tJa^^- Tal;e our and garleek smal bi-ayed, and obere bingis bat ben goode QuinteEs- . seiice, witli to caste out veuyni, as comouTi bookis of fisik declanb / coeu's flesh, uiit-kernels, And also, to comforte be herte, putte yn oure foraeid 5. essence, &c., and y ^ I J . ' Quinte Es. be 5. essence of gold and of peerl. and lie sclial be delyuerid seneeofGoki ^ ° ^ andPeails. jjerof and be liool. The .15. medicyn, to make a man ])at is a coward, hardy \5^. Me. and strong, and putte a-wey almaner of cowardise and drede / cowardboid I seye 50U forsojje ^at no ]>hig may telle alle Jje myraclis ver- ^ strong. tues Jjat god ha]? maad in o«re 5 essence, and not al oouly in him. but also in to his modir. bat is to seye, fyn brennynge Give him our „ ... . « Quinte Es- watir ; for to cure bis sijknesse. take a litil quantite of oure 5 seuce witii twice as mucli essence, and putte berto double so myche of brennynge Avatir. Burning . . . , , . Water, and a and a litil cmantite of be iuys of eerbe pione and of saffron dis- Httie Peony ' •' ^ juice and saf- tillid togidere. and a litil of K essence of gold and oT peerl, and fron, and _ °_ _ ^ * ^ ' Quinte Es- 5eue it him to drinke. and aftir sodeynly, as it were by myracle, ^^JJ^p^^^'*^ be coward man schal lese al maner drede and feyntnes of herte. Tiie coward ' •' shall lose aU and he schal recouere strenkj^e jjat ys lost by drede, and take to fointneas of him hardynesse. and he schal dispise deeb. he schal drede no despise death, ' and dread no perelis, and passyngly he schal be maad hardy. Jsis is trewe, for penis, it ha)> ofte tymes by oolde philosophoris [bene] p?-eued / jjerfore Tlierefore it were a greet wisdom J^at cristen pri'ncis in bateilis a3en Princes hejjene men hadde wi)) hem in tonnes brennynge watir ]>at tuns of Biu-n- jjci my3t take to eueiy fi3tynge man half a ri3t litil cuppe ful and give every „ figliting man perot to drynke in be bigynnynge of be batel. and bis pn'uyte acuphefore . . . battle with owith to be hid from alle enemyes of be chirche, and also [♦Poi. 25.] . . 111. . . . . the heathen. * iynnc\s and lordis ministriwge ))ese jjingis schulde not telle what it is. The .16. medicyn ajens \>e feuere pestile?iciale, and ))e ]C'». Me. maistrie to cure it; forsojje holy scripture seij) jiat su»?inic tymes cure lord god sendij) pestilence to sle summe mancr f>f pfple, as it i.s seid deuti-oiiommin 28 in jjis maiv?- Si ''^'/j''. To cure /V.t. lilfiitidiJ'fivr Itrlu-n not srnf (ts a /nniixft-