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

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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$TO OCT THE QUINTE ESSKNCK OUT OF AXTIMOXY, &c. [Hook r. 19 the Quintc Kmence of Uold. [> then, MS. llarl.] And if you fix tliis Qninte Bdsenve in onr heaven, it will restore man to the [•Fol. 166.] ptrengthofhis youth. Now 1 have ISola.] told this most sovereign se- erct, which should not be shewed. The (iuinte Essence of gold is best to heal wounds. J/oir to pet its Quinte JSxxence out of Antimony, Put powdered antimony into distilled vine- gar; heat it till the vine- giir is red; ta' e away the red viiiefiar, and put fresh; take that away when red. Put the red vinegar hito a dis- tiller, and 1000 drops of ble.ssed wine shall come down the pipe; collect this ; it is an incomparable treasure. [Nota.] [• Fol. 17.] It cures the pain of all wounds, and when fer- mented it works great secrets. gold wole abyde bynejje. And nianye pliilosoplioiis cle])i)) )>is qjtmta esseucia an oile incombustible, Jjat is a greet priuytee / And if 3e wole fixe ))is qwinta easencia m owe heuene, ))at' it may wijjoute doute restore a3e?i to man nature )jat is lost, and reduce him &-^Qn into j)e vertu of j>e strenkjje of 30ug)>e. and also lenk))i)) his lijf into ))e lastc terme of lijf set of god // Now forsojje I liaue toold 30U ))e souereynest * priuytee and restorynge of inannys kynde. and \n part greet J)ing )jat sclmlde not be schewid / Forwhi. jjis oyle. Jjat is to seie qztinta essencia of gold hath ))e raooste swetnes and vertu to a-swage and putte awei ])e ache of Avoundis. and for to heele woundis, oolde sooris, and manj e wondirful yuelis / Also in ))e same mauer 3e may drawe out of siluir qmnte essencie // The science to drawe out of antyiuony, |)at is, mercasite of leed, ))e v** essencie, is a souereyn maistrie and a priuytee of alle priuytees / Take ))e myii of antymony aforeseid, and make ))e?'of al so sotil a poudre as 3e kau / jjanne take )>e beste vynegre distillid, and putte ^er'mne \e poudre of antymonye, and lete it stonde in a glas vpon a litil fier into ])e tyme jsat Jie vynegre be colourid reed, jjanne take ))at vynegi'e awey, and kejDe it clene, and putte a3en jjer-to of o^ere vynegre distillid, and lete it stonde vpon a soft fier til it be colourid reed, and so. do ofte tymes. and whanne 30 haue gaderid al -SfOure vynegre colourid. putte it jjanne in a distillatorie. and first ))e vynegre wole ascende. jjanne after 3e schal se merueilis. for 36 schal se as it wore a J)0usand drojjis of blessid wiyn discende doun in maner of reed dropis, as it were blood, by J)e pipe of ])e lymbike / \e which licowr gadere togidere in a rotuwibe / and J)anne 3e haue a jjing fat al jje tresour of jie world may not be in comparisoun of worj)ines jjerto / aristode scij) J)at it is his lede in J)e book of secretis. al ))oU3 he * telle not ])e name of ))e antymonye aforseid / Forsojje jjis doij> awey ache of alle woundis, and wondirfully heeli)>. ))e vertu Jjerof is incorruptible and merueiloiis pj-ofitable / it nedit to be putrified in a rotombe and seelid \n fyme. and J)anne it worchi)) greet prmytees / For- so|)c J)e yt essencia of |)is antymony jjut is reed, \n ))e which is$

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